White fur and purple scales forever (part 3)

Later that day at Twilight's library, she approached the front door, which has someone knocking rapidly and loudly on the other side.

Twilight: Okay okay, i'm coming.

She opened the door, and at it was Rarity, who's currently hyperventilating and panicking like crazy after witnessing the romantic scene between Spike and Sweetie Belle earlier.

Twilight: Hi, Rari--.

Rarity: Twilight, you will not believe what i just saw happened!
Remember when we first saw Spike and Sweetie Belle walking together and you said Sweetie was just cheering him up?!
I really think he's actually given up his crush on me and passed it onto my sister!

Twilight: But Rari--.

Rarity: I saw Spike save Sweetie Belle from falling to her doom from a tall tree! And she said Spike was her hero!
AND THEN SHE KISSED HIM!

Twilight: Oh, well how--.

Rarity: But it gets worse! Spike gave my sister the bedroom eyes when she kissed him!
And they were the same bedroom eyes he gives me whenever i kiss him!
[sobbing] AND HE SAID SWEETIE KISSES JUST LIKE ME!

Twilight: Rarity, please calm--!

Rarity: And it gets even worse than that! Sweetie offered to go with Spike to his concert on friday!
The same concert he offered me to go and i made an excuse not to!
AND THEY'RE MAKING IT INTO A DATE! [continues sobbing]

Twilight: Rarity, i beg you to--!

Rarity: I don't know what to do!
What if Spike never wants to speak to me again?! What if he asks Sweetie Belle to marry him?! What if...?! [hyperventilating]
What do i do, Twilight?! WHAT DO I DO--?!

Twilight grabbed the drama queen pony with her magic and began shaking her rapidly as a way of getting her to stop shouting.

Twilight: Rarity! Please settle down so i can tell you something!

The shaking stopped, and there, Rarity finally started taking a deep breath.

Rarity: Okay. I'm calm now.
What were you trying to say?

Twilight: Look, i'm really sorry if Spike may be in love with Sweetie Belle now, but i do know one thing you can do.
In fact, it may just be your only option.

Rarity: What is it?! Tell me!

Twilight: Go to Spike and tell him the truth.
Ask him if he still loves you.

Rarity: But...but i hurt his feelings when i lied to him.
What if he hates me after telling the truth?

Twilight: He won't, trust me. He's been pretty attracted to you ever since you two first met.
Even though you lied to him about being unable to accept a gift he worked so hard to get, i know for sure he'll forgive you.

Rarity: I...i'm still not...a-are you really sure he--?

Twilight: I'm totally sure.
You will regain Spike's love, Rarity, and even you know it too.

Half of Rarity believes Twilight is right, while her other half still worries about when she comes clean with Spike.
Later on at the Carousel Boutique, Spike and Sweetie Belle were sitting at a desk in Rarity's room, with the dragon using a needle and yarn to sew up a new homemade piece of cloth, and the unicorn filly using her magic to insert a bunch of multicolored holed gems onto a thick piece of string.

Sweetie Belle: So when did Rarity teach you how to sew?

Spike: A month ago. That was where i made her the special sweater that shows that i'm her favorite dragon.
And i still haven't seen her wear it yet.

Sweetie Belle: I'm sure she will. You made the sweater because you love her after all.

Spike: And uh, what is that you're making?

Sweetie Belle: Hey, don't look yet. This is a surprise.

Spike: Sorry.

Meanwhile, outside in the hall, there came Rarity walking near the door to her room while still feeling nervous about taking Twilight's advice.
She stopped at the door to quickly hold her chest while taking another deep breath.

Rarity: Okay, you can do it, Rarity. Just go right in and tell Spike the truth.
You heard what Twilight said: he'll forgive you no matter what.

The unicorn was now slowly reaching her left front hoof out for the doorknob, but stopped after nearly touching it.
She's continuing to let her paranoia get the best of her, despite trying really hard not to.
As soon as her hoof started to shake vigorously, she pulled it away from the door.

Rarity: Oh, curse you, paranoia! Why must you keep overwhelming me?

As for Spike and Sweetie Belle, they were both finishing up their crafts.

Spike: And...done.

Sweetie Belle: And...so am i.

Spike: Ready to see what i made you?

Sweetie Belle: Of course i am.

The dragon revealed his craft to the little unicorn, and it was a lavender-colored scarf.
And just like the sweater he made for Rarity, the scarf was sloppily made, with several missed spots and some loose yarn sticking out.
And of course, Sweetie Belle found it looking uncomfortable.

Spike: I made you a scarf. And you said you loved the color lavender.
What do you think?

Sweetie Belle: Uh...it's really...lovely. Thank you, Spike.

She took the scarf, and unlike Rarity rejecting her sweater, she actually wrapped it around her neck.

Sweetie Belle: Well...it's soft, i'll give it that.

Spike: I knew you'd love it.

Rarity was listening to what they're saying through the door, and thus she begins to panic again.

Rarity: Heavens! They're exchanging gifts now!
[grunts] Come on, just go in there already!

She tried reaching for the doorknob again, but stopped after her hoof continued to shake.

Rarity: Don't talk back to me like that, hoof! I'll make you open the door if i have to!

Back inside the room...

Sweetie Belle: And now, Spike, look what i've made you.

Her craft was revealed to be a sparkling multicolored gem necklace.
And Spike's eyes sparkled themselves upon gasping happily.

Spike: A gem necklace! it's beautiful!

He put the necklace on and immediately hugged Sweetie Belle after.

Spike: Thanks a lot, Belle.

Sweetie Belle: [giggles] Anytime, Spikey-Wikey.

Raritys face burst into intense shock as soon as she heard what her sister called Spike.

Rarity: No! No, she did not just call him Spikey-Wikey!
I call him Spikey-Wikey!

Sweetie Belle: We all know how much you love anything gem-related.

Spike: Oh, it's not just gems i love. Want to know what (or rather who) i also love?

Sweetie Belle: [gasp] Who?

Spike: You.

He tapped Sweetie Belle on the nose and made her giggle as he said it.
The second Rarity heard that, her heart overloaded with massive heartbreak and panic, and now she started to shift her face into several random shocked expressions while grinding her teeth and feeling like her head was about to explode.

Rarity: [GROAN] THAT'S IT!

Refusing to delay the inevitable any longer, she reached her hoof for the knob once again, which re-triggered the vigorous shaking.
This time, she grabbed it with her other front hoof and went forcefully pushing down on it, in an attempt to finally grab the knob.
As the teeth-grinding and hoof-shaking kept going, Rarity proceeded to groan and sweat down her face from all the struggling.
She put maximum strength on her hoof, until finally...she completely laid it on the knob and turned it. From there, she opened the door while breathing heavily, which attracted Spike and Sweetie Belle's attention.

Spike: Oh, hi, Rari--.

Rarity: Spike, there's something i need to tell you.
And you too, Sweetie Belle.

Sweetie Belle: Rarity, are you okay? You look completely under pressure.

Rarity: I am. And that's because...i have a confession to make, to both of you.

Spike: Confession?

Rarity: Spike, this is difficult for me to say, but remember when i told you i had to go to Canterlot on friday and couldn't attend your concert with you?

Spike: Yeah.

Rarity: Well, i...i lied! I don't have any plans this friday.
I made an excuse to not go to the concert because rock music makes my ears ring constantly, and i was worried i couldn't handle it.
And i felt truly terrible for how sad i made you. In fact, it wasn't just going to Canterlot i lied about.
I also made an excuse to not wear the sweater you made me because it was poorly-made and looked very uncomfortable, and i felt like we should've taken your sewing lessons to a new level before you tried sewing something major.

There, Rarity began to cry as she dropped down to the floor and grabbed Spike's legs.

Rarity: [sobbing] There, i said it! Spike, i'm so terribly, incredibly, excruciatingly sorry!

Sweetie Belle: Gee, Rarity, there's no need to be that sorr--.

Rarity: And Sweetie Belle, remember you asked me to go swimming with you and i said i was busy rearranging some room decorations?
I lied about that too! I was worried that the lake would be full of germs, and you know how much germs disgust me.
And i'm really sorry for that too.

Sweetie Belle: Well, just as i figured.

Rarity: Spike, i know you made me that sweater and offered me a concert ticket because you love me, but now you have every right to not love me anymore.

Spike: But Rari--.

Rarity: I no longer deserve your love. Not after i been nothing but a gift-rejecting liar.

Spike: Rarity, i--.

Rarity: You can go ahead and let Sweetie Belle replace me.
I'll fully understand that you must hate me now for being such an awful frie--.

Spike: Rarity!

The unicorn mare attempted to walk away, but Spike quickly stopped her by grabbing her by the face cheeks and turned her over to look at him so he can finally tell her something.

Spike: It's okay. I forgive you.

Rarity: You...you really do?

Spike: Of course. You may 've hurt my feelings yesterday, but i would never ever hate you, no matter what you do.

Rarity: So...you do still love me?

Spike: Absolutely. I love all of my best friends.
And you, Rarity, will always be the one who stole my heart ever since we first met.

Sweetie Belle: Yeah, you see? I would never do anything to replace you as Spike's crush.
I may 've kissed him and called him "Spikey-Wikey", but that's because i'm your sister, and siblings tend to be just like each other sometimes.

Spike: So do you feel better now, most beautiful one?

Rarity felt like her heart have just become whole again after hearing such good news.
As she smiled and started dripping tears of joy, she pulled Spike toward her with her magic and hugged him tightly with one front leg.

Rarity: Oh, you have no idea how relieved i am, and how much love i just regained!
Thank Celestia almighty that you're still my little Spikey-Wikey!

Spike: [chuckles] You bet i am.

Rarity: [puts Spike down] Listen, Spike, i hope it's not too late for me to change my mind and accept your other concert ticket.
I'll even wear my new homemade sweater to make friday night more special.
...Unless you still prefer to take Sweetie Belle.

Spike: No, it's not too late. I'd be more than delighted to still take you.

Sweetie Belle: I only accepted the ticket because i thought you were really unable to.
It's all yours now.

Rarity: Why thank you, sister. Oh and Spike, you wouldn't mind if we, say...make the concert night into a date, would you?

She laid a hoof on Spike's back and looked at him with the bedroom eyes as she asked that.
With the dragon turning romantically flattered and blushing, he gave the bedroom eyes himself and instantly made his decision.

Spike: [chuckles] Oh, why would i ever mind that? It's a date.

The two of them hugged each other, which is where Sweetie Belle briefly interrupted the moment saying...

Sweetie Belle: Um, excuse me, can your little sister get some love too?

Thus, Rarity let Sweetie join the hug. And while it went on, the filly quickly turned Spike's head over to face her and smooched him on the lips one last time, as a way of telling him she'll always love him as much as Rarity does.
A few days later after everything was sorted out, it was friday night, and Spike and Rarity were now at the concert, which took place outdoors in downtown Ponyville.
The two of them were in the middle of a humongous crowd of ponies cheering wildly and endlessly jamming to an incredibly loud rock song being performed on stage by the starring band themselves The Firebreathers, who 're a quartet of teenage dragons with mohawk-shaped spines and wear black leather jackets with fire-like designs and the name of their band on the back.
The two guitarists, one bassist and one drummer kept the entire crowd going nuts over their intense music and singing, especially Spike, who's playing air guitar and banging his head to the song while still wearing his gem necklace, and Rarity, who's casually dancing to the song while wearing Spike's dreadful homemade love sweater like she said she would.

Spike: Isn't this the most super-cool hardcore flaming-hot rock n' roll you ever heard?

Rarity: Indeed it is. I totally see how much you love this band now.

Spike: Yeah, and like you said, seeing them live was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Rarity: Oh and Spike, i wanted to thank you again for making this such a special night for me.

Spike: No need to thank me. Just let the ear-splitting sound of electirc guitars continue to take you away.

Rarity: And you, my knight in shining scales, continue to let this date take you away.

She kissed Spike on the cheek after saying that, which made him stop jamming for a moment to touch his kissed cheek and briefly grow another lovesick expression as he felt happily flattered, then went back to enjoying the concert.
In conclusion, Rarity's never been happier to know that Spike still kept his crush on her, and vows to never turn him down by rejecting his gifts again.
And after her constant paranoia over seeing Spike and Sweetie Belle together, she hopes to never let any of it get the best of her again, and thus allows her sister to bond with her favorite dragon in any way all she wants.