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Today's Horoscope (Virgo): Awkward revelations today may open the door to deeper personal relationships.

Morning

It's nearly nine when I wake up. The master bedroom has its own bathroom separate from the downstairs bath; I need to piss like crazy, so I take care of that, then I wash up a bit. Twilight's just waking up when I exit the bathroom. "Mornin'," she says sleepily.

I lean down and kiss her. "Morning," I say. "I'm about to head out and see if anyone's up yet."

Twilight moans sleepily as she sits up. "They should be, it's pretty late..." She stretches.

I head out into the hall. The first thing I see upon leaving the bedroom is Cadance's breasts right in my face.

"Oh! Good morning, Flash," she says. She's still "dressed" the way she was last night, except her shirt is spread wide open, and her body is proudly on display. Caught off-guard, all I can do is stare...

"Cadance, put those away before Flash makes a mess," Twilight says from behind me.

Cadance giggles. "Aww, I was kind of hoping to get felt up a little," she says. "I love a good morning grope."

"Whatever," Twilight mutters, shuffling past us with a yawn. "I need bacon."

"Better follow her if you want any breakfast," Cadance says. "I think I'll take a shower." She pauses and cocks a hand on her hip, smirking at me. "You could join me if you want..."

"Gah! What the hell, Cadance?"

Cadance giggles. "I'm just teasing," she says. She waves and heads off to the bathroom.

Good grief...

I head for the kitchen.

Twilight is dressed similarly to Cadance; she has on a modest dark purple bikini (plus the top), with an unbuttoned light blue blouse over it, and flip-flops that match her bikini. "Nice," I say as I walk up behind her and hug her.

"But it'd be nicer if I was flashing my boobs like Cadance, right?" Twilight says as she turns on the burner under a skillet full of bacon.

"What's with her this morning?" I ask. "I thought she wasn't...y'know...doing that kind of thing anymore."

Twilight shrugs. "As long as she doesn't go down to the beach like that, I don't really care." She sighs. "I really hope she behaves herself this week..."

"Where's the fun in behaving yourself?" I ask, tickling Twilight's stomach. She giggles.

I help Twilight make breakfast; I can hear the other girls wandering downstairs. "Hey Flash, hey Twilight," Pinkie calls as she enters the kitchen. "Need a hand? A leg? A tit? A pu—"

"Just help us finish up breakfast and take it out to the living room," Twilight says.

I nearly drop the pan of eggs I'm holding when Pinkie brushes past me. She's still naked. "Pinkie...seriously, cut it out."

"Whaaat?" Pinkie whines.

Twilight frowns at her. "Pinkie, really, you need to go put on your bathing suit at least," she says. "You're making the others really uncomfortable."

Pinkie sighs. "Oh-kaaaaaay," she says, trudging out.

"That girl," Twilight mutters.

"Yeah," I say. "I mean, if everybody was going naked, it'd be one thing, but..."

Twilight smirks at me. "You'd like that, wouldn't you?"

"Yes. Yes I would."

"Perv," Twilight says, blowing a raspberry. We finish up breakfast and start carrying things out to the living room.

Upon seeing all the girls in their beach wear, I can tell I'll be embarrassing myself all day long.

Rainbow Dash is wearing a sporty dark blue one-piece, cut high up the hips, and white canvas slip-on shoes.

Sonata's wearing a wine-colored strapless bikini and flip-flops. She has bigger tits than I realized. Her scars are standing out against her bare skin, but she's in the process of applying makeup to cover them. And there are a lot of scars to cover. I almost can't look at her without cringing...

"Good heavens, darling," Rarity says to her, a sympathetic look on her face. "It really is a miracle you survived that crash, isn't it? Here, let me help you with that." Rarity is wearing a skimpy dark blue bikini and spike-heeled black sandals. She very obviously waxed...

Sonata gives her a grateful thumbs-up and hands her the makeup sponge.

Applejack's wearing denim shorts and a tied-off checkered shirt. The deep neckline's showing a fair amount of cleavage; I don't think she's wearing a bra under it. She's barefoot. Fluttershy's wearing a green bikini, a sarong, and fancy sandals.

As we finish setting out the serving dishes, Cadance walks in, dressed pretty much the same as before, except now she's wearing the top to her bikini under her shirt. We all sit down and start heaping food onto our plates. Pinkie joins us, wearing a dark pink bikini. "So, are we all going down to the beach after breakfast?" Pinkie asks.

"Sounds like a plan to me," Cadance says. "I brought a couple of vinyl bags we can use to pack stuff we'll need for the beach. You know...blankets, sunscreen, money to buy drinks and snacks, whatever."

"Cool."

"I've got some stuff we can have fun with!" Pinkie says. "I brought a couple of beach balls, a volleyball, some games..." She beams. "I'll just bring everything and we can do whatever we feel like doing."

"That sounds fun," Twilight says.

"There's a little snack shack about a mile up the beach from here," Cadance says. "I figure we'll stake out an area close to that to spread out. It's a bit of a walk from the beach house, but..."

"If it's closer to food, it's fine by me!" Twilight says. We all laugh.

"It's not going to get very hot, is it?" Fluttershy asks.

Cadance shakes her head. "Mid seventies," she says. "But it'll be sunny, so...don't forget your sunscreen, and...Rarity, you said you found a big beach umbrella in the upstairs closet, right?"

"I certainly did!" Rarity says in a singsong voice.

"Right. So if the sun gets to be too much, we'll have some shade," Cadance says. She looks around at us. "Now, there's one thing I forgot to mention last night. Booze." She frowns. "I remember Spring Break when I was in high school." She blushes. "I remember sneaking booze and...well..." She coughs and clears her throat. "Anyway. I...really don't want you kids getting drunk."

"I don't think that'll be a problem," Twilight says.

"Yeah, being drunk isn't fun," Pinkie agrees. "I do silly enough things when I'm sober. I'd rather remember them."

"Won't get no argument from me," Applejack says.

"Hey, my body is a temple," Rainbow says.

"Ooh, can anyone worship?" Pinkie asks.

Rainbow smirks at her. "We'll see."

After breakfast, we all start getting ready to head down to the beach. While we're cleaning up the kitchen, Twilight says, "You and I need to have a word with Cadance before we head out."

We find Cadance packing blankets and towels for the beach. "Cadance," Twilight says quietly, "before we head out, I..." She pauses, then sighs. "Are you going to behave yourself?"

"Of course not," Cadance says in a light, playful voice.

"Cadance," Twilight says seriously, grabbing her shoulder and turning her to face us.

Cadance sees the serious look on Twilight's face and sobers up, sighing. "My wedding ring is staying firmly on," she says, holding up her left hand and wiggling her ring finger for emphasis. "But..." She shrugs. "I can't spend a week on the beach and not have some fun." Seeing Twilight gearing up to go on a tirade, she holds up a hand to ward her off. "Twiley, I had a long talk with Shiny about this." She ruffles Twilight's hair. "I can fool around a little, as long as it's with anyone from the dorm. And really, that's all I need." She smiles. "Between you, Flash, Pinkie, and probably Rainbow, I can have plenty of safe sexy fun."

Twilight flushes. "M-me?!" she squeaks.

Cadance leans close to Twilight. "Well you're just so adorable," she says huskily.

"Meep," Twilight says. I can tell her brain has completely locked up. I can sympathize. I'm feeling a bit brain-locked myself right now...

Cadance giggles and hugs us both close. "I won't do anything I shouldn't do with anyone I don't love and care about," she says. "That's a promise." She kisses us both on the cheek, then goes back to work packing.

We head back to our room to get our stuff. Twilight's face is red and she's blinking owlishly. "Did...did what I think just happened happen?" she asks.

"If you mean did we just add another oversexed pink girl to our collection? I think so..." I shrug. "At least until we get back to Canterlot." I hug Twilight. "I think it'll be okay. It's...it's not the same as before, right?"

Twilight shakes herself. "I...I guess..."

I change into a pair of blue board shorts and flip-flops. We finish packing, then join the others in the living room. "Everybody ready?" Cadance asks. "Let's go!"

Daytime

The hike down to the beach is long. Cadance leads us along the higher inner section of the beach, nearer the elevated, fenced-off street. We soon approach a fairly decent-sized wooden building with faded whitewashed walls, unpainted supports, and a sanded floor on stilts. The front half of the building is a mostly open dining area with nine or so medium-sized tables, with a low wood lattice fence enclosing one corner of it, and a brightly-painted yellow sign over the building's facade that reads "Lemon Beach House". The sign boasts a variety of Neighponese foods that are quick and cheap, as well as shaved ice, sodas, and ice cream. There's a low counter in the front, behind which a Neighponese girl with short red hair wearing a yellow T-shirt is standing.

"Well, this is the spot!" Cadance says. She leads us down the slope from the lemon place until we find a nice, level patch of sand, where we start spreading out our beach blankets.

"Neighponese food?" Rainbow asks, wrinkling her nose. "I dunno...when I think of beach snacks, I think of like, hot dogs and nachos, not raw fish and shit-taking mushrooms..."

Sonata starts snickering. Twilight and Pinkie giggle. Rarity shakes her head. Cadance rolls her eyes. "Shiitake," she corrects. "And this place doesn't serve sushi. I think you'll like what they have."

"If you say so," Rainbow says dubiously.

Cadance stretches out on a blanket, kicking off her flip-flops. "Flash? Would you help me with my sunscreen?" She rolls over onto her stomach, wiggling her butt in the air.

"He's supposed to help me with mine," Twilight says poutily.

"I'll do you if you do me, Twi-Twi!" Pinkie says happily.

Twilight shrugs. "Alright." She spreads out on a blanket, and Pinkie kneels over her with a bottle of lotion. I grab a bottle and sit down next to Cadance.

"Get my legs first," she says.

As I start applying sunscreen lotion to Cadance's gorgeous legs, I look around at the others. Rainbow is putting lotion on Rarity, Fluttershy and Sonata are helping each other (with absolutely no sexual body language, unlike everybody else), and Applejack is rubbing sunscreen on her own arms and legs.

Cadance lets out a silken moan as I rub her legs down. I'm getting seriously turned on here...

After rubbing lotion onto every inch of Cadance's legs, I start on her back. I untie her bikini strap to rub lotion into her entire back; she giggles. She wiggles her butt at me; I rub lotion onto the considerable amount of bare ass hanging out of her bikini.

"Oooh," she coos, giggling. "I do believe you're enjoying this." She lets me finish working on her ass, then ties her bikini strap and rolls over onto her back. I rub down her stomach, her arms, and the fronts of her thighs. I sit back, and Cadance sits up. "My turn to do you," she says. She takes the lotion and motions for me to lie down on my stomach. She rubs down my arms, legs, and back, then has me roll over. She takes her time rubbing lotion on my bare chest and stomach; her touch is electrifying. When she's done, she sets the lotion bottle aside, and slides her hand down the front of my shorts...

"Uhh, Cadance?" Twilight says. "What...are you doing?"

I sit up and look around. Everybody is staring at me and Cadance.

"Oopsie!" Cadance giggles. "I got a little carried away there." She coughs. "Sorry, Flash." The twinkle in her eyes tells me she's not the least bit sorry...

Taking a look around, I decide I probably need to put a little distance between myself and the girls. "Twilight, let's go for a walk down the beach," I say.

Twilight smiles. "Sure." She stands up and follows me back in the direction we came from; I head for the outcropping of rocks I saw yesterday. "That looks like a nice, private place," I say.

Twilight glances at me. "For what, a quickie?"

"Maybe," I say. "Not today, though. I really just wanted to walk off this raging boner."

Twilight rolls her eyes. "You really are a pervert," she says.

"ME?!" I yell. "I'm not the one who—"

"Yes you are," she says. "You had your hands all over Cadance's butt. I was watching you." Twilight gives me a mild frown. "You were encouraging her." She sticks her tongue out at me. "Like I said...you're a pervert."

I sigh and shrug. "I can't help it. Even though I have the cutest girlfriend on the planet...and, well...Pinkie..." I gesture vaguely with my hands. "I mean, look at it this way. I'm surrounded by the hottest girls at CHS all the time at the dorm, and that includes Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna. And, well...have you seen what Luna wears around the dorm when she's playing games with Rainbow?"

Twilight blushes. "She...does sort of...let it all hang out," she says.

"And now I'm here, on the beach, with the same hot girls..." I shake my head. "If Celestia and Luna were here, I think I'd explode or something. As it is, well..."

"Okay, okay, I get it," Twilight says, rolling her eyes again and laughing. "Still, I think you do let your dick do the thinking for you a little too much."

I sigh. "Probably, yeah." I wrap an arm around her and kiss the top of her head. "Lucky for me you've got enough brains for ten people."

Twilight blushes and leans into me.

By the time we've reached the outcropping, I've settled down, and Twilight is hungry. We turn and head back to our spot on the beach. Cadance and Rarity are the only two there; they're relaxing on the beach blankets, sunbathing. Pinkie, Sonata, Applejack, and Rainbow are down on the beach, hitting the volleyball around.

"Where's Fluttershy?" Twilight asks.

Cadance points up at Lemon House. We look over in that direction and see Fluttershy sitting at a table, eating shaved ice.

"So, did you two enjoy your little...afternoon delight?" Rarity asks, smirking.

Twilight blushes. "We just went for a walk! We didn't...THAT!"

"We found a pretty good place to do that, though," I say, pinching Twilight's butt. She yelps and swats me. Her stomach rumbles.

Cadance glances at her phone. "It's about time for a lunch break, I think," she says. Even as she says this, the others start winding down their game and head in toward us. Cadance and Rarity get up; Cadance grabs the bag with our money and phones, and we head up to the little beachside cafe. We all order yakisoba and korokke, then occupy two of the tables. A girl with long blue hair and a gentle smile brings out our food.

"Okay, this isn't so bad," Rainbow decides as she digs in. I have to agree; this is pretty good stuff. We all eat quickly, then order ice cream to take back to our spot.

"So, are we gonna go back to volleyball?" Rainbow asks as we eat our ice cream.

"Eh, I kinda wanna sit for a while," Pinkie says. She rummages through her bag of game stuff. "We should play a party game! One we can do without..." She trails off, and an evil smile crosses her face. "I know! How about truth or dare?"

"Oh dear God," Cadance says, laughing. "With this group? That's a disaster waiting to happen!"

"Oh, I don't know," Rarity says. "A good juicy game of truth or dare sounds quite lively."

Pinkie Pie pulls out a colorful plastic spinner. "We can take turns," she says. "Whoever's turn it is, they can spin this, and the person it lands on has to pick truth or dare. Then they get to go next."

"We know how truth or dare works, Pinkie Pie," Rainbow says, rolling her eyes. She shrugs and tucks her legs under her. "Sure, I'm in."

"I haven't played truth or dare since college," Cadance says. "I'm in!"

"Oh, very well," Rarity says. "So who goes first?"

"We'll let the spinning wheel decide!" Pinkie says. She lays the spinner down; we all group around it in a circle. She flicks the arrow; it spins around and lands on Twilight.

Twilight blinks. "Oh! Umm...okay? What do I do?"

"Just spin it," Pinkie says. "Whoever it points to, you ask them truth or dare. If they pick truth, you ask a question and they have to answer it truthfully. If they pick dare, you have to dare them to do something."

"Oh. Okay, that sounds easy enough." Twilight spins the arrow. It stops on Rarity. "Okay, Rarity. Truth or dare?"

Rarity tilts her head. "Hmm...truth, I suppose."

"Okay." Twilight thinks for a minute, brow scrunched up cutely as she taps her cheek with a finger. Her eyes light up. "Aha! I've got it." She smiles at Rarity. "This is something I've always wondered about, actually. I've noticed, well...you speak with a completely different accent from the rest of your family."

Rarity blanches.

"So," Twilight says, "what's up with that? I mean, how does that work?"

Rarity stares at Twilight for a long moment. A stray hair pokes up out of her elegant coiffure. She sighs. "It's a fake accent," she says...in a normal voice that sounds like any other girl in Canterlot. "I do it to sound more cultured and refined." She laughs. "I've been doing it so long it's completely natural now. Even my own family has forgotten what I really sound like."

"Oh. Wow." Twilight blinks. "I...wasn't expecting that. Umm...I'm sorry if that made you uncomfortable..."

Rarity sighs theatrically. "Really, darling," she says in her usual accent, "it's no more embarrassing than being outed for wearing false eyelashes. Which I also do." She laughs ruefully. "There's quite a bit about me that's fake, I suppose..."

"How about your boobs?" Pinkie asks. "Are those fake?"

"Certainly NOT!" Rarity scoffs. "Everything about my body is absolutely, one hundred percent real." She tosses her hair. "Well, except for my eyelashes." She looks around at the rest of us. "So...is it my turn now?"

"Yeah."

Rarity leans forward and spins the spinner. It stops on Pinkie.

"Oooh," Pinkie says. "I take dare!"

"Very well," Rarity says. She smirks. "I noticed that the delightful little cafe over there has a special. Squid ink spaghetti. I dare you to go up there, order some, and eat it."

"Eww, gross!" Rainbow says, laughing.

"Sure!" Pinkie jumps up and runs over to Lemon House. She spends a minute talking with the red-haired girl at the counter. After a few minutes, she returns with a paper tray full of thin black spaghetti noodles with fried shrimp and slices of shiitake mushroom.

"Oh eww," Rainbow says. "That stuff looks diseased..."

Pinkie grins at us. "Bon appetit!" she says. She eats the squid ink spaghetti right in front of us.

"How is it?" Twilight asks.

"Weird," Pinkie says. She finishes it, then takes the tray over to one of the recycling barrels and dumps it. She walks back over, taking a bow before sitting back down. "My turn!" Pinkie grabs the spinner and spins it several times. It takes forever for it to stop, but when it finally does, it's pointing at Cadance.

Cadance giggles. "Oh my." She smiles and tosses her hair. "Truth, I guess."

Pinkie gets a sly smile. "What's the kinkiest thing you've ever done while having sex?"

"GAH! Pinkie!" Twilight cries, face flaming.

Cadance mirrors Pinkie's sly smile. "That depends. Are we talking with one or multiple partners?"

Rainbow's eyes bug out. "Multiple...?"

Pinkie tilts her head. "How many are we talking here?"

Cadance shrugs. "Back before I started going steady with Shiny, I...well...partied a lot. I've done it with like, five guys at once before."

"Oh my," Rarity says softly, her face burning red.

"How does that even—?" Rainbow asks, waving her hands around.

Cadance blushes. "Well...there's three places a guy can...you know...and I've got two hands..." She makes some rather obscene hand gestures, causing us ALL to blush.

"WAY too much information!" Twilight shrieks.

I think THAT counts as the kinkiest thing by itself.

"Yeah," Pinkie agrees. Even SHE looks wigged out...

Cadance shrugs. "Yeah, I've always been kind of a slut. I'm trying to be better." She giggles. "I might misbehave a bit during Spring Break, though. If it's with the right people." At this, she winks at me...and Twilight.

"CADANCE!" Twilight yells, blushing furiously.

"What?" Cadance asks innocently. "I thought you'd developed a taste for pink girls..."

"Oh, she likes the taste of pink girls alright," Pinkie says.

"GAH!" Twilight yelps. The others all laugh...

Cadance shakes her head and leans forward. "My turn," she says, flicking the spinner. It lands on Sonata. "Truth or dare?"

Truth.

"Are you a virgin?"

Yep!

Sonata spins the spinner. It points to Applejack.

Applejack blinks. "Uhh...truth," she says.

Sonata thinks for a minute, giggles, and writes:

Have you ever seen your brother's pecker?

"Ooooooh," Rainbow, Pinkie, and Rarity all catcall, giggling.

Applejack flushes scarlet. "Uhh...yeah," she admits. "Ah walked in on him in th' bathroom once, by accident." She fans herself with her hat.

Rainbow, Pinkie, and Rarity all burst into cackles. Cadance grins. Twilight blushes.

"So, does he have a BIG Macintosh?" Pinkie asks.

Applejack ducks her head. "Well...it...it looked pretty big t' me," she said. "Course, Ah was twelve at th' time..." She laughs. "Boy, he was mighty mad. Ah learnt words that day..." She shakes her head.

We all laugh. "Okay, spin it," Cadance says.

Applejack spins the arrow. It lands on Fluttershy. Fluttershy looks startled. "Oh...umm..." She swallows. "Dare?"

"Hmm..." Applejack thinks about that for a minute. "Alright. Ah dare you t' go up t' that there snack shop an' tickle that girl at th' counter."

"Oh my." Fluttershy frowns. "I...I don't think we should get her angry at us..."

"You gotta do it," Rainbow grins.

Fluttershy sighs, stands up, and trudges over to the snack shop. We watch as she spends a minute talking to the redhead, who looks past her and frowns at us. The redhead shakes her head and steps out from behind the counter. They have a brief tickle fight, then Fluttershy walks back down to us. We all applaud.

"Umm...she asked us to please not involve her in any more of our silly games, unless it involves buying something from her."

"Fair enough," Cadance says. "Your turn!"

Fluttershy leans forward and gives the spinner a good flick. It spins around for several seconds before landing on me. She looks up at me. There's a slightly malevolent gleam in her eyes. For a second, I feel like I'm facing down Eris on the battlefield... "Truth or dare?"

Oh crap.

I'm not sure I want to do this...I have a feeling this is gonna suck either way...

"Truth."

Fluttershy smirks at me. "Out of everyone at the dorm you haven't already had sex with, which of us do you wish you could screw?"

"Yikes," Rainbow says, blinking.

Oh my god... "What the hell, Fluttershy?"

Fluttershy leans back on her hands. "You have to answer," she says.

Twilight frowns at her, but looks over at me. All the girls are leaning forward, varying expressions of interest and mortification on their faces.

I am so dead...

"Poor Flashie," Pinkie says. "That question was a death sentence..."

"C'mon, dude," Rainbow says. "Out with it."

I sigh and swallow nervously. My throat is suddenly dry...

I look around at the girls. "Rarity," I say. "And...and Rainbow Dash."

Rarity blushes and toys with her hair. "W-well," she says. "I'm flattered, of course."

Rainbow blinks. "Me? Seriously?"

I look away. "Yeah," I admit. "I, uhh...the whole first week at the dorm, I kinda wanted to do you..."

"Oh, that week Rainbow couldn't keep her clothes on?" Pinkie asks.

Rainbow blushes furiously.

What about the rest of us?

Sonata looks almost like her feelings are hurt.

You don't think I'm cute enough?

"Uhh..." I cough. "You're really cute, Sonata. It's just...I don't think of you that way." At her crestfallen look, I add, "It's...it's because you're...well..." I cast about for an explanation.

"Because she's crippled?" Fluttershy asks.

"NO!" I yell. "Because...because she's too cute. Like...sweet little sister cute."

Sonata blinks at that. A blush creeps across her face.

Really?

"Yeah," I say. "Like...you're totally safe and..." I shrug. "You just feel like a little sister. Like I want to cuddle you and protect you, not..." I gesture with my hands. "You know."

Sonata smiles.

Thank you. I think.

"And me and Applejack?" Fluttershy asks.

"Applejack's just not my type," I say. I look at Applejack. "Sorry."

She shrugs. "Don't bother me none."

"And Fluttershy, well..." I frown and look at her. "It's complicated, but...let's just say there's only one girl at CHS I'd be less likely to touch."

Fluttershy gives me a look that's equal parts stung and angry.

"Ouch," Rainbow says.

"Whoa, low blow," Pinkie says.

Cadance coughs. "I think we've had enough truth or dare for today," she says.

Hey, what about Cadance?

Sonata gives me a teasing smile.

You didn't say whether or not you'd sleep with HER!

Twilight gets a panicked look on her face. Cadance grimaces and draws her knees up to her chest. Pinkie sighs. Rainbow and Rarity both look away from me.

"I asked him about everyone he hasn't already had sex with," Fluttershy says cattily.

Sonata blinks. Her eyes widen. She looks between me and Cadance.

I sigh. "Yeah."

Cadance frowns at Fluttershy. "I was having a fight with Shining Armor, I got drunk, I decided to do something really stupid, and Flash and I are both lucky we have very forgiving partners."

"You got that right," Twilight mutters.

Applejack blinks and stares at us. "Okay...am Ah th' ONLY one who didn't know?"

I didn't! I'm sorry! I really didn't!

"It's okay, Sonata," Cadance says with a smile. "Everybody's in a better place now."

"I'm going back to the beach house," Fluttershy announces. "I need to check on the pets."

I'll go with you. I think I need to get out of the sun anyway.

"Me too, darling," Rarity says. "As fair-skinned as I am, I really shouldn't be in the sun more than four or five hours at a time."

Cadance gives Rarity the key, and the three of them head back up the beach. The rest of us decide to go for a swim.

"What is wrong with that girl?" Cadance mutters to me and Twilight as we head down to the ocean.

"I don't know," Twilight says. "I think...she's just mad at us for..." She shrugs. "Actually, I can't figure her out at all." She sighs. "She sure isn't making an effort to be friends with us." She glares at me. "But that comment you made to her was really uncalled for."

I sigh. "Yeah, I know. I...I'll apologize later."

We play around in the water and on the shore, swimming and collecting seashells, until a little past four, then head back up to the house.

Evening

Rarity and Sonata are halfway through making dinner when we get back to the house. We more or less toweled ourselves off on the way back from the beach, but we all still smell like the sea and have sand everywhere. Twilight and I take a quick shower together while the others all share the other two bathrooms. Everybody's wearing shorts and T-shirts when we all head to the living room just as Rarity announces dinner. Cadance turns on the TV; she channel-surfs until we find a decent movie to watch while we eat.

All through dinner, some of the girls are giving me really disconcerting looks...

After I finish eating, I help clean up the kitchen, then head to the master bedroom. I'm tired, and I need to be up early tomorrow because we're cooking out. Twilight's only a few minutes behind me; she strips down and pulls on a long T-shirt to sleep in, then snuggles up next to me in the bed. "Hey, Flash?"

"Yeah?"

"About...all that stuff that came up this afternoon...you know, about you wanting to have sex with Rainbow and Rarity?"

I sigh. "Just...let's forget that ever happened, okay?"

Twilight shakes her head. "Weren't you paying attention at dinner? There's way too much tension in the air now." She plays with her hair as she looks at me. "Look, Flash...I know you. Hell, this morning, I could tell you wanted to fool around with Cadance." She blushes. "And...if you had...I would've let it slide."

"Seriously?"

She ducks her head. "I...probably would've watched," she admits in a small voice.

Wow.

"And I still don't know what to think about...about what she said to us," Twilight admits, "but I..." She shakes her head. "Anyway...I was watching Rarity and Rainbow all evening. They're...pretty hung up on what you said today."

I sigh. "I guess I need to apologize to them too..."

Twilight shakes her head. "No, that's not going to work." She takes my hand. "I know I'm...pretty new to relationships and sex, but...even I know there's only one way to get rid of sexual tension." She pulls me into a soft kiss, then looks right into my eyes. "I'm giving you one week," she says huskily. "Anything you want to do, anyone you want to do it with. Just...don't forget who you belong to."

I stare at her. "What?"

She slaps me on the shoulder. "I'm saying get this Rarity and Rainbow Dash thing out of your system, dummy!" She smiles. "It's okay, honest. I...I don't mind."

"Are you serious?" I shake my head. "Twi..."

"I think we'll all be healthier and happier in the end," Twilight says, hugging me tightly. "Now let's get some sleep. Tomorrow's cookout day, and I can't wait."

I have permission to make time with other girls over the next week...

Spring Break just got a whole hell of a lot more interesting.