After Spike stays up all night fixing the fence, Twilight realises that he's been working too hard lately, so gives him the day off. Spike is at a bit of a loose end with what to do with his free day and Twilight faces the challenge of fending for herself, which is of course, a recipe for disaster.

Can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7072702/1/Spikes_Day_Off Here]]

!!Tropes appearing in this fic

* AmusingInjuries: Poor Twilight...
* BeleagueredAssistant: Spike, while willing to go out in the blustery weather to fix the fence, is not above complaining about it.
* EpicFail: Twilight's attempts at fixing the roof and the toilet. In the end, all the distractions result in [[spoiler:her blowing up a tea pot]] at which point she breaks down crying.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: "If you're lucky enough to have an assistant, don't let him out of your sight or all hell will break loose!"
* MustHaveCaffeine: Spike downs a HUGE jug of coffee in a single gulp.
* NonSequiturThud: Twilight, after falling through Sugar Cube Corner's window trying to replace roof tiles.
* NoSympathy: Played with. The morning after the fence if fixed, Twilight berates Spike for falling asleep at the table, having been up working all night, but then she realises what he'd been through for her and gives him the day off.
* SpoofAesop: See HyperCompetentSidekick above.
* {{Swirlie}}: Poor Twilight ends up accidentally giving herself one...[[{{Squick}} in a dirty toilet.]]
* TheOneGuy: Spike.
--> He contemplated visiting one of his male friends. Then he realized that he didn't have any male friends. His entire social life consisted of hanging out with a bunch of girls.