"Oh!" Rarity laughed nervously. "You're so very kind to do all this." She stumbled into a coffee table in her jittery path, and began laughing again.

Should she say yes? They had been together long enough. She couldn't imagine leaving Pinkie or being with anyone else. She did love Pinkie. But this was such an awful time when she was going to ask Pinkie about her thoughts on children. If they went through with it shouldn't they be stably married as a better example? Or was marriage and kids too much to throw into the pile at once. They had lived too routinely for the past several months. It was wonderful. Perhaps things should have been taking things more slowly. But which issue should be postponed? They could agree to marriage after concluding to be on the same page concerning children. Then again they could decide as an engaged or even married couple to be on the same page with children. Which issue superseded the other?

Children. It had to be children. They were already committed to each other after all. What would two rings do? Rarity knew Pinkie better than that. She probably didn't really care about marriage, it was just something she did because she figured it was what was bothering Rarity.

Rarity made it to the dining room table, still shaking a bit of course. Pinkie was right behind her...

Until she heard a thump.

A thump from where their sweaters and coats lay. A thump that Rarity was too nervous to hear. Pinkie looked to see a book that had fallen out from its quickly found hiding place.

The Theory of Starting a Family Made Simple