It was getting darker and darker outside as Fluttershy sat on her couch with a look of worry on her face. She was staring into the fire trying to keep her mind from thinking the worst. The angered yelling of a little filly could be heard from upstairs. After a few minutes she could hear the guest room's door open. She heard the sound of hooves walking down the stairs.

Sweetie Belle walked into the living room with a look of regret on her face. Rarity was walking close behind her. They both looked like they had cried quite a bit. Sweetie Belle walked up to Fluttershy and bowed her head.

"I'm sorry for acting out like that Fluttershy.. can you forgive me?" The filly said with sincerity in her voice.

Fluttershy's heart warmed at the filly's words. the pegasus got off of the couch and hugged the little filly tightly. "Don't worry, I understand.." She said softly. "You had all the right to be angry. Just know that your sister kept this from you because she cares about you. She loves you very much and I'm sure you do the same.. I never wanted to get between the bond you and your sister have together.. I just wanted to be.. part of it.." she said as her gaze dropped to the floor

Sweetie Belle's eyes filled with tears as she realised how selfish she had been. All she had been thinking about was how this affected her. Not once did she stop to think about Rarity and Fluttershy's feelings. Not many were lucky enough to have a sister. Fluttershy had been alone for the last couple of years. Sure, she had friends but her home was always empty. "She must have been so lonely.." Sweetie Belle thought.

"Fluttershy.. I.. I" Sweetie Belle felt horrible about what she had done.

"Shh, It's ok Sweetie. All that matters is that everything is ok now." She said comforting the sad filly.

Rarity could not help but smile at the scene. "She's so great with Sweetie Belle.." she thought. Rarity walked over to the two most important ponies in her life and hugged them tightly.

Sweetie Belle was lying in her bed. Rarity walked up to her with a smile on her face. As Rarity was about to tighten the covers around her little sister the filly spoke up.

"Rarity.. Can Fluttershy tuck me in tonight?" She said with a smile.

Rarity's heart was about to explode. The two ponies that meant the most the her were getting closer each day. Finally her life was starting to look up. She was in love with the most wonderful and beautiful pony she had ever met and that pony loved her back. Her sister had never seemed happier and her career was about to sky-rocket.

"Sure, Sweetie.." She said trying to keep a straight face. As she closed the door behind her she dropped to her knees and tears of joy started to appear in her eyes. No matter how hard she tried she could not suppress the smile forcing itself onto her face. Never before did she feel so.. Happy.

She gathered her composure and entered the bedroom. Fluttershy was already lying in the bed, smiling softly at Rarity.

"Fluttershy, Sweetie wants you to tuck her in tonight. Is that ok?" She said. Fluttershy was at a loss for words. Never before had she ever felt so.. accepted.

Fluttershy's childhood wasn't the easiest one. Both of her parents were well known weather pegasi and Fluttershy had always been afraid of flying. They loved her but only because they were her parents. She could never shake the feeling that they were disappointed with her.. She never really felt like she was part of the family. It was one of the reasons she moved to Ponyville at such a young age.

But Sweetie Belle and Rarity's love had awakened feelings inside of her that she always thought were things out of fairy tales.

"I.. I would love to." She said as she gave Rarity a loving smile.

"There you go.. Sleep well Sweetie." Fluttershy said as she finished tucking the filly in. She was about to walk out of the room when Sweetie Belle spoke up.

"Fluttershy.. do you ever feel.. scared?" The filly whispered.

Fluttershy turned around and gave the filly a soft caring look. "How do you mean?" She said.

"I.. I have kind of been sleeping with the lights on the last few days.. I had a night light at our old home.. but I think Rarity forgot about it.." She said trying to hide her embarrassment.

"Fear is nothing to be embarrassed about Sweetie.." She said as she sat down next to the filly's bed. "I'm afraid all the time. Like when me, Rarity and our friends had to climb that big mountain to ask the.. d-d-dragon to leave.. I was afraid and I had almost left my friends out there! But something inside me told me that it was not the right thing to do." She put her hoof on Sweetie's shoulder. "Courage is the mastery of fear. Not the absence of it. Every time we face our fears we gain a bit of strength, courage and confidence." She said as she smiled at the filly.

Sweetie Belle looked up at Fluttershy. "Your right." She said as a smile formed on her face. She turned to the lamp that was standing on her night stand and switched it off. "Thank you, Fluttershy.." A sleepy voice said as the pegasus walked out of the room.

Fluttershy walked into the bedroom to find Rarity lying in bed, looking at her with a mischievous smile.

"Ooh Fluttershy! T'is so cold in this bed all alone.." She said with the skill of a master actor.

A blush appeared on Fluttershy's face. "I.. I.. I could join you to keep you warm.." She said looking at the ground.

"But whatever shall we do in that tiny little space together while we wait for it to warm?" She said trying to contain her laughter.

scientists would describe the blush appearing on Fluttershy's cheeks at that moment as a miracle.

"Well.. I.. just.." Fluttershy was ready to sink into the ground.

Rarity noticed how uncomfortable the pegasus was getting. She got out of bed and walked over to her love. "Fluttershy.. if you're not ready for this yet you don't have to. I can wait." She said trying to ease the pegasus out of her frozen state of being.

"Thank you Rarity.." She said as she smiled softly at the unicorn. "By the way.. I have been thinking.. Maybe we should tell our friends about.. us? I sort of already told Rainbow.." she said looking into Rarity's eyes.

"I had forgotten all about them!" Rarity said "You are right. We should tell them when we get the chance." She climbed into the bed and waited for Fluttershy to do the same.

The pegasus climbed under the covers and brushed up against Rarity. "Do you think they will accept us..?" Fluttershy said nervously.

"I am sure of it.." Rarity said as she kissed Fluttershy on the cheek.

Twilight was snoozing softly in her bed as she dreamed of whatever she had read about last night. Suddenly a soft tapping could be heard on her window. Twilight slowly awakened from her dreams. She opened her eyes and looked around the room to identify the strange noise.

A small white dove was sitting on a branch of the tree next to her window. The bird was tapping its beak against the glass of her bedroom window. She walked up to the window and opened it. The dove flew inside and presented a small note attached to her feet to Twilight. She carefully untied the note from the bird's feet.

"Thank you kindly." She said as the visitor flew out of her window.

Dear Twilight,

Could you arrange a meeting for our friends at the library?
Me and Rarity have something important to tell all of you.

Fluttershy.

"Spike! Owlicious! I have a job for you two." She yelled.

The young dragon entered her room. "Uugh Twilight, it's too early in the morning.." he whined.

"I need you to write a letter to our friends and ask Owlicious to deliver them." she said.

"Are you sure about this Rarity..?" Fluttershy said as she tried to keep up with the unicorn's pace.

"I don't want to have to lie to our friends.. and besides, they would never judge us." She said trying to comfort Fluttershy.

"I guess your right.." Fluttershy said as she walked up to Rarity and put her wing over her love's back. Rarity loved it whenever Fluttershy could gather the courage to do so. In Pegasi culture it was a way of showing somepony that you loved them dearly.

The two neared Twilight's library. As Rarity knocked on the door she could feel Fluttershy's wing leave her back. She looked over at her marefriend with concern. "Fluttershy.. Is something wrong?" she asked.

"I'm just.. afraid to lose a friend.." She said softly. "I don't know if I can do this.."

"I promise you that I will be right beside you. You are not alone Shy.." She said in an attempt to give Fluttershy some courage.

The door to the library opened. A purple unicorn looked to see who was at the door. "There you two are! The others are inside. Come in." She said signaling the two to come inside. Their friends had already gathered. They sat around Twilight's table drinking their tea. Rainbow Dash smiled at Fluttershy as she saw her enter with her marefriend.

Applejack noticed her friends enter the library. "There you two are. So what is it y'all wanted to tell us? she asked curiously.

"This is it Fluttershy.." She thought to herself. Her friends would understand. They would support them... wouldn't they? Only one way to find out.

Pinkie Pie may have been a bit off of this world sometimes but she certainly wasn't dumb. She knew exactly what they had to tell them. She had to use all of her power to fight the grin forming on her face.

Rarity sat down on the couch. "It is nice to see you too Applejack!" she said amazed at her friends rudeness. Fluttershy took her place next to Rarity.

"Hey Ah aint here to exchange pleasantries, Big Macintosh needs me back at the orchard." She said.

Fluttershy tried to speak up. "Well.. you see.. Rarity and me.." All she wanted to do at that moment was sink into the couch she was sitting on. Never to be seen again. "What if they don't accept us.. What if they start yelling.." Fluttershy couldn't get the words to go.

Suddenly she felt Rarity nuzzle her neck causing her to blush heavily. A huge grin appeared on Pinkie and Rainbow's face. Twilight and Applejack were not sure what was going on. Rarity turned to their friends. "We are together." She said smiling.

"That's so super! I'm so happy for you two!" Pinkie exclaimed with her hooves in the air. She was bouncing up and down happily thinking about the party she just had to throw for them.

Rainbow Dash walked up to Fluttershy and hugged her "I'm so proud of you shy." She said.

"Well this was the last thing Ah expected when Ah read your note!" Applejack said as she started laughing. "Congratulations girls." She said smiling.

"Well that is.. unexpected" Twilight said. "But I'm not the one to judge. If this is what makes you two happy then I am happy for you." She said smiling at her friends.

They could see spike running upstairs with a sad expression on his face. "He'll get over it." Twilight laughed. They spent the rest of the day laughing and talking about everything that had happened between the two over the past few days.

"And she was standing in the snow with a bouquet of white roses. It was the most adorable thing I ever saw." Rarity said, receiving a D'awww from their friends. Fluttershy was sitting up against Rarity.

As she listened to her friends talk, she felt relieved to know that she could just be herself around them.

"But why does it have to be THIS exact tree Fluttershy?" Applejack said in an annoyed tone as she followed the pegasus through the snowy woods surrounding Ponyville. She was carrying a wood saw in her bag.

"Applejack.. It would just mean a lot to me if you could help me out.." She said shyly.

*sigh* "Fine, where is this tree of yours?" She asked as they entered the clearing where Rarity and Fluttershy had sat on the night of their date.

"It.. It's over there.." Fluttershy said as she pointed to a large green pine-tree at the top of the hill.

Applejack walked up to the tree to check how difficult it would be to get it down. She looked at the base of the tree and saw a heart sctratched into its bark with the names Fluttershy and Rarity scratched into it. She looked over at Fluttershy who was wearing a huge blush on her face as she tried to hide it behind her mane

"Well aint that just the sweetest thing Ah ever saw.."