Rarity: "I'm really, really sorry, Jackie. It's just...you know how I get after visiting my parents and seeing my old friends."

Applejack: "Never really sounded much like 'friends' to me...and...I forgive ya. I can't stay mad at you forever."

Rarity: "Thank you."

Applejack: "I just...I just wish you'd come out and tell them about us. At least it'd get them to shut their yaps."

Rarity: "It's...not that simple."

Applejack: "...seems pretty simple to me. To the others too."

Rarity: "That's because it's simple here. People here don't care who you're with; just how you feel about them. Nobody batted an eye when Dash and Fluttershy got together. Heck, even Twilight and Spike might be rethinking their relationship and nobody's making a big deal about it. But back there...I moved here to get away from all that blasted pressure. And when I did, all I heard was my mother and friends teased me about was the idea of me falling for some 'country bumpkin'. If I told them I was with Big Mac, they'd just have a big laugh about it and tease me about having a few 'rolls in the hay' and that'd be it.

Applejack: "Not the mental image I need right now."

Rarity: "Sorry, Jackie. But you know what I mean. There's a big difference between a...well, 'normal' relationship and ours."

Applejack: "..."

Rarity: "...there's just all this pressure to elevate your status, find a guy that can take good care of you and then some, have a family...things you can't do in a relationship like ours."

Applejack: "...don't sound like there's much space in there to figure out what you want, just what everybody else wants from you."

Rarity: "That's all there is it feels like sometimes. I came out here to get away from that because it was suffocating. They're all used to it. To them, it's normal. They're good people most of the time, just like I was at the start, and I love them and my mother and father dearly. But I know it...they just wouldn't handle the news very well...I know they'd get over it in time and accept it as my choice...especially when they see how happy you make me because the moment I agree the next trip I take back is the one I'm going to tell them you'll suddenly have a bag packed and ready to go with me..."

Applejack: "Breathe, Sugar, breathe."

Rarity: "Thank you...I just...I'm not sure I'm ready for how they'd react. And until I am, I'd just like our relationship to stay...you know...between us. You understand, don't you, love?"

Applejack: "Yeah. I understand. And when you are ready, just like you said, I'd be there with you, ready to weather the storm with ya, come hell or high water."

Rarity: "Thank you, Jackie. I love you."

Applejack: "Love you too, 'darlin''. Now give me some sugar, Sugar."