Chapter 14: That Party Last Night

"Applejack, Applejack! Today's the day!"

"The day fer' what, Applebloom?" Applejack asked, rubbing sleep from her blood-shot eyes.

"Today's the day Big Macintosh is gettin' married!"

"The day for what now?" Rainbow Dash replied as she sleepily sat up in Applejack's bed. She had been flying all last night to be able to attend her best friend Fluttershy's wedding.

"Big Macintosh an' Fluttershy's wedding! It's time ta get over at Fluttershy's ta get ready!"

"Ugh… sweet Celestia, why did Ah have ta go an' drink that last Appletini?"

"Well, you're lucky you even got to drink. I can't because of my contract."

"Yeah, well, it's a small price to pay fer yer life's dream, right?" Applejack commented, feeling a little bit sad that Rainbow Dash was constantly traveling, far away from her.

"Well, to be honest, I-"

"Listen, you two! We were supposed ta be at her house over ten minutes ago!"

"Oh, just give us a minute to get ready, will ya?" Rainbow Dash snapped, slightly peeved she had been interrupted.

"Oh, all right, Ah'm gunna walk over there. You two better hurry up, though!"

Rainbow Dash waited until she heard Applebloom go down the stairs, before she continued her sentence.

"Like I was saying, to be honest, I'm not sure I want to be in the Wonderbolts anymore."

"Wait, what? Sugar cube, that was yer life dream! The thing you've been looking forward to since you were a little filly!"

"Yeah, but… I get really lonely on the road, knowing you're all the way back here!"

"Aw, sugarcube, Ah'm still gunna be here when you get back! You know Ah'll always be yours, ya silly filly…"

"Aw, Applejack…"

Applejack gave Rainbow Dash a kiss on the cheek and donned her traditional Stetson.

"Anyway, you an' Ah should get headin' over ta Fluttershy's. Hate ta admit it, but we were supposed ta be there ten minutes ago… Ah'm gunna get me some coffee and some aspirin 'fore we go. You want me ta get you a cup?"

"Nah, I'll come down with you."

"Okay. Quick question, how's my breath?" Applejack questioned as she exhaled to give Rainbow Dash a whiff.

"You smell like an Appletini. I'd suggest we both brush our teeth before we go."

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea. That was a crazy bachelorette party, huh?" Applejack smirked at the memories that weren't completely fuzzy. Everything after that 3rd Appletini was gone.

"Yeah. Still, I'm surprised Fluttershy didn't drink anything but papaya juice!"

"Ah've seen her drink. She can barely get more than two glasses of wine down, much less a shot of anything else!"

"Wow, really?" Rainbow Dash had always know her friend had a less than average tolerance for alcohol, but that sounded just extreme.

"Yeah. Ah once got her ta drink a shot of Vodka, an' she nearly passed out in about half an hour."

"Wow. That's… wait, when were you two drinking?"

"Long story short, she was takin' me to a filly-fooler bar, ta help me… oh, Ah don' know, 'cope' or somethin'. It was awkward." Applejack blushed as she remembered the night over 4 years ago.

"Wow… that sounds… actually, pretty interesting! Want to tell me the rest tonight?"

"Oh, Ah don' see why not."

As they made their way downstairs, they began to smell bacon sizzling, with an apple and rhubarb crumble in the oven, with Big Macintosh in a "Kiss the Cook" apron.

Rainbow Dash, caught between confusion and not bursting out laughing, attempted to make sense of the scene she was seeing.

"Now just how in the hay is he up before us? Didn't he… *snicker* have a bachelor party?"

"Eeyup, Ah did. Got home 'round 8."

"In the morning, right?" Applejack questioned, expecting her brother to have had an even crazier night.

"Nope. Eight at night."

"Eight? I thought the bachelor party started at 7!" Rainbow Dash had actually helped plan the bachelor party, seeing as how Braeburn would have made it almost all about- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPLELOOSA! The name had been said by Braeburn so many times that she could never hear or say it without it being how he did.

"Eeyup."

"What, you didn't like the dancers?" Applejack had also helped, by helping select the 'dancers'.

"Ah didn't feel right, starin' at some mare's flank when Ah was gettin' married ta Fluttershy in less than a day."

"Wow. Yeesh, Applejack, your brother is a major stick in the mud."

Big Macintosh ignored the young mare's taunting. Here he was, on the best day of his life, about to marry the mare he loved.

"Anyway, would ya'll mind takin' the crumble over ta Fluttershy's? The lady-folk forgot ta eat 'fore startin' ta get ready."

"Nah, we can take it over. Mind if I get a cup of mud an some aspirin first?" Applejack noticed the opportunity to distract from the fact that she and Rainbow Dash, two of the four bride's maids, were late.

Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle, the other bride's maids, and Rarity, the maid of honor, could probably handle it just fine… but probably a bit peeved too. Twilight sparkle especially, considering that she was the wedding planner and was liable to go crazy whenever a hair was out of place.

"Go right ahead. That way the crumble will probably be cooled off enough for ya ta carry it over."

Rainbow Dash went to go brush her teeth, as Applejack popped her aspirin.

"So, you lookin' forward to it, Big Macintosh?"

"The weddin'? Hay yeah!"

"No, Ah mean the honeymoon, ya killjoy." Applejack was curious to know how much Big Macintosh was ready to get into what he had been waiting until marriage for: sex with Fluttershy.

"Oh, Ah… hadn't really thought of that…"

"You two are gettin' ta go on a cruise, as Princess Celestia's gift, an' you haven't thought 'bout it yet?"

"Nope. We're writin' her a letter ta thank her, but Ah feel sorta bad, her givin' us somethin' that big…" Big Macintosh began to scratch his neck, looking out of the corner of his eye away from Applejack.

"Ah just don' understand ya. You really are a piece of work, both of you two."

"She certainly is…" Big Macintosh began to allow his thoughts to drift towards his beautiful fiancé.

"Heck, I'd tap that if she and I weren't already taken!" Rainbow Dash called from the bathroom.

"Dashie!" Applejack was honestly hoping that she wouldn't be make the same kind of remarks at the wedding.

"Whaaaaaaaaat, I was just saying she has a nice-"

"Dash! Yer in the same room as her fiancé, fer cryin' out loud!"

"Okay, okay, fine. I'll stop. But if I can't say it now, it will probably slip out later!"

Applejack rolled her eyes and began to wonder how Rainbow Dash could just blurt that out.

"Fine, Ah'll tell ya what, sugar cube. We can talk all about her flank on the way to her place. Second we get in ear shot of her house, though, not another peep 'bout her flank. Kay?"

"Riiiiiiiiight. You ready to go?" Rainbow Dash walked into the room as she rolled her eyes, clearly disappointed in the limits placed on the discussion of Fluttershy's flank.

"Yeah. See ya, Big Macintosh!"

"Eeyup. See ya, Applejack, Miss Rainbow Dash."

"Wow, your big brother still calls me 'miss'. He is just weird."

"Eh, it's just how he was raised."

Applejack and Rainbow Dash began to trot off to Fluttershy's, and Rainbow Dash began her earlier interrupted conversation as soon as they were out the door.

"Seriously, Fluttershy's flank is so-"

"Dashie! Seriously, we're not even out the door, yet!"

"Sorry, it's been a while since I've had an actual conversation with my mare-friend!" She gave Applejack a small nudge on her shoulder.

"Yeah, well, ta be honest, Ah'd rather talk 'bout yer flank than mah sister-in-law's."

"Oh, really? How about we talk about yours, instead?"

Applejack blushed as she continued to trot towards Fluttershy's, her uncombed mane lying flat in her face.

Okay, so you remember how a few chapters ago, I said I would be done in a few chapters? Yeah, about that… I lied. XD. Anyway, this chapter went how I liked it to… I'm happy. Hope you liked the chapter too!