Woken up by the bright rays of light penetrating the glass window, Spike yawned in satisfaction, rubbing his eyes. He came to realization that no one was hugging him anymore, so he looked to his side and saw nopony. Spike walked downstairs groggily, still slightly tired. But he was curious as to where Twilight went. His eyes spotted a piece of paper at the table where they both usually ate.

His eyes scanned the paper, side to side, line by line. After close inspection, he sighed. She had to run some errands for some potion she was experimenting with.

"What is there to do...?"

Thinking, he bit the tip of his thumb. "What to do..." He thought of chores. Being a librarian's assistant, that was his first thought. To dust the books, arrange them in a certain order... However, as he looked around, he found everything to be clean. He facepalmed, realizing that he had done everything the other day already.

"Maybe I could visit Ra-"

His lips curved downwards into a frown at this thought. His eyes looked down sadly, knowing that "that" wasn't an option anymore.

"This... is getting ridiculous." Spike said out loud. "Why can't I get over her?" His eyes threatened to tear up again, as he clenched his hand into a fist, slamming it down on the table.

"Darn it..." Biting his lip hard in vain attempt to stop the tears, he walked into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Tears were once again falling freely. He stood there, watching his mouth quiver while slow moving droplets of water glided across his scaly cheeks. With a sigh, the young drake twisted the knob of the sink and put together his hands below the faucet, before splashing it onto his face.

...

"So, any luck?" Twilight asked with a tint of hope in her voice. Rarity had recently decided to lock herself in her home, which alerted her friends, as this was very unusual. No one knew what caused this, except for Twilight and Spike.

"No. She really isn't coming out of there." Rainbow said in defeat, suspended in mid-air. "Don't worry about it, you know she usually goes through some mood swings."

"Well, her customers ain't gonna be happy about that." Applejack said, worried.

"I-I tried knocking on the door, but she told me to g-go away..." Fluttershy said dejectedly, reporting from having just tried.

"Maybe we could try..."

"No, we are not going to do that Pinkie." Twilight rolled her eyes.

"But why?" Pinkie asked in her usual, hyper-energetic self. "You haven't even heard it!"

"Well, we're going to have to get her out somehow..." Twilight already knew the solution. It was most likely going to take Spike to do this, but who would want to see the one they used to love right after their rejection? And besides deep inside, she of course had her own personal feelings... But it was conflicted. All of these lessons of friendship, all of those events... Shouldn't she do this for her friend? At this, she finally decided.

"I think it's best if I brought Spike here to talk to her." Twilight spoke to the others.

"What makes you think he'll have more luck than the rest of us?" Rainbow asked coolly, fore hooves behind her neck in a resting position, mid-air.

"Well, it wouldn't hurt to try, would it?" Applejack responded.

I'm sorry for not updating soon enough. I would use an excuse like "It's finals week" or "Writer's block," but I'm sure you've heard it all before. I'll try to update more. Once again, my apologies for not updating, and thank you for those who are still following this story.