Spike rearranged the bow tie and top hat just to make sure he looked completely presentable. He smelt his breath and popped another mint. Even if he didn't dance tonight with the girl that he really wanted to, he would at least not suffer from halitosis. Spike finished putting on his shoes and walked downstairs. Twilight was smiling in panic as her parents took a thousand pictures.
For some reason they felt that it was necessary to document the first dance that their daughter had organized almost entirely by herself. Once Spike came downstairs his adopted parents swooped down on him and began a barrage of pictures, hugs and he think he felt his face being cleaned by a handkerchief at one point.
Twilight grabbed his hand and pulled him out the door just before they insisted on coming with the two of them. Once they were outside Twilight wiped some sweat off of her face. She took a little bottle out of her purse and sipped something.
"What's that?" He asked as she put it back.
"Mountain Dew, the caffeine keeps me sharp and I don't like coffee." She held the small bottle out to him but Spike politely declined he enjoyed sleeping too much.
"So we're walking over to Rarities and meeting the others there right?"
"Except Pinkie she's supposed to already be there." Spike nodded and the two well dressed teenagers started their walk towards the dress shop.
Twilight felt a buzz from her phone. She quickly flipped it open and recognized the fancy text.
Sweetie told big news!
Followed by what looked to be a barrage of cats, hearts, smiling and winking faces and something that looked like a panda eating grass.
WHAT?
Twilight responded, she didn't speak emoji at all. She could almost feel Rarity getting more and more excited through the phone. Twilight started to wonder whether or not people really did have some kind of ESP when Rarity responded.
Use simple text for you darling.
Sweetie said Spike came over and asked her to the dance!
Few nights back but still!
Twilight grinned before texting back
Got Them on the Hook now.
Twilight grinned over at her little brother, Spike seemed lost in his own thoughts, looking up at the sky and down at the ground.
'What will I say? Does she think of me that way? Could she?' He was thinking to himself, he had decided to ask Sweetie to dance with him, if anything happened, well hopefully something will happen. He didn't want to just be suppressing stuff like this his entire life.
The Boutique came within view, he took a deep breath and strode forward confidently. Twilight had to suppress a giggle, Spike trying to look confident and actually achieving it looked equal parts adorable and threatening.
Sweetie was pacing in her room, she had on her dress, a couple of earrings and a thin layer of make up. She had to almost beat Rarity away with how much the older girl was insisting. She was going to stick with a little bit of blush and some sparkling lipgloss. And just to shake things up some sparkles that she had squirreled away from a dance competition.
They went over the bridge of her nose and almost resembled Applebloom's freckles.
She heard the doorbell ring and she jumped for the door handle. Quickly spinning it open and running for the stairs. She got down the bottom jumping them three and four at a time, unconcerned with her own safety. She got to the door and pulled it open before the second ring.
"Hi!" She said perkily. Spike blushed deeply, he had forgotten how adorable she looked in the dress, and the stuff she had put across her face made her look as if she had captured some stars. Especially with how the light reflected off of them.
"Hi." He responded, he felt his throat dry up and he was worried that he had too many mints, his stomach began to roll and he wondered if the top hat made him look ridiculous.
"Sweetie Belle! Invite our guests in young lady!" Rarity trilled from the top of the stair case as she descended making her grand appearance. She was wearing a dress made of dark purple with blue diamonds sewn into the fabric, real or fake he couldn't tell.
"Rarity! You look lovely!" Twilight said as she entered the doorway behind Spike.
"I know." The older girl replied, "Please sit down, Fluttershy sent me a garbled text, but I think that they should be here soon. Twilight could you help me with something in the other room?" The two girls left for the kitchen, turning around and whispering excitedly as they left the two teenagers in the room alone together.
Spike sat on the couch and Sweetie sat next to him, they tried not to make eye contact, occasionally starting to speak only to stop. Finally Spike muscled up some courage and turned to speak.
"You look really nice tonight Sweetie." She smiled in response, her face scrunching up a little.
"Elegant you might say?" She said putting an arm behind her head and leaning back playfully.
"Glorious is the term I would use." Sweetie giggled and looked at his outfit, it was simple. Stylish, and yet also him, Spike didn't seem to follow trends, he just wore what he found to look good. The two smiled at each other for a little bit, blushed a little but mostly just smiled in silence.
A screech of tires from outside signaled Rainbow Dash's arrival. There was the slam of a door and someone storming out to the drivers side.
"That is it Rainbow! I am driving!"
"Oh please, do you even have a license." The girl said dismissivly. Spike and Sweetie Belle popped up from the couch and walked over to the window. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were arguing outside, Twilight and Rarity ran outside to keep the two from tearing each other apart. Sprinting from the other direction was Sunset Shimmer in a dress as red as her hair.
Applebloom was outside of the van praising the solid ground and Fluttershy looked green with fear.
"Never a dull moment with these guys." Spike said before turning to Sweetie "Want to go outside and see what's happening?" Sweetie grinned and nodded her head quickly.