Chapter four: I spy with my little Pinkie-Pie

Big Macintosh looked over his shoulder and saw nothing but the usual busy town square. The fountain making calming sounds of running water. He turned back to what he was doing. Closing up his cart of apples after selling them for most of the morning. He had let his sister Apple-Jack off for the day and had done the selling and the gathering of the apples for the cart. Now he had to go back since he was out of apples and eat lunch. Which usually intended on eating with Granny Smith. She wasn't much of a conversationalist because she was so old and couldn't hear much. Apple-Jack usually was with her friends or working. Which bless her soul she was working most of the time.

As Big Macintosh passed through town, just reaching the outskirt of the Apple orchard, he saw a flash of pink. He took a double take but nothing was there. He shook off the feeling of being watched and headed through the apple orchard. A soft wind blew and pollen went across his snout. Macintosh huffed and breathed deeply in. He let out a mighty roar of a sneeze. Then from a nearby bush, "Scat there tom cat, your tails on fire."

"Now I know some-pony is there... Come on out..." Macintosh demanded.

"Aww... I was being so stealthy wealthy too." Pinkie-Pie stated being herself.

"Were you following me?" Macintosh asked.

"Yes, I saw you were alone and no one should be alone. Especially on a day like this!" Pinkie-Pie spazzed hopping in place.

"Um... I reckon you could have lunch with me..." Macintosh stated with an unsure sigh.

"THAT'D BE GREAT!" Pinkie-Pie yelled making Macintosh fall back onto his rear end.

Pinkie-Pie tilted her head at Macintosh, "Why you fall for? And how, I don't see any rocks around here?"

Macintosh gave a nervous chuckle before standing up, "We outta go before Granny Smith be missin' us."

"Okie dokie!" Pinkie-Pie said as she bounced when she followed the big red Macintosh.

They walked silently and Pinkie-Pie skipped the whole way. Macintosh sighed in relief as he saw the house come into view. His heart sank as he heard loud noises notifying that Apple-Bloom had her friends over today. Macintosh hesitantly stepped into the house and was ignored by the three girls Apple-Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie-Bell.

"Whatt'a in tarnation are you girls doing... makin a mess?" Macintosh said with irritation clear in his voice.

"Were making sandwiches with Granny Smith." Scootaloo was the first to answer.

"Yeah, but Granny kind'a fell asleep." Apple-Bloom replied second.

"I dun reckon you made extras? Pinkie-Pie decided to have lunch wit me." Macintosh stated.

"But... then where is Pinkie-Pie?" Sweetie-Bell asked sweetly.

Macintosh started looking around and went to look out the window. His nose was bumped as Pinkie-Pie popped in the window, "Here I am!"

"So random Pinkie-Pie." Scootaloo laughed.

"Girls, let's see if we got a sandwich makin cutie mark." Apple-Bloom stated as she presented her flank.

"Awwww..." The girls moaned as they saw that their flanks were blank.

"Don't you fret girls, yall will get it someday." Apple-Jack stated as she walked through the door.

Macintosh gave a small smirk as her sister walked through the door. At least someone he didn't mind around came in.

"Hiya Apple-Jack." Pinkie-Pie greeted.

"Why hello thar Pinkie. What brings you here? Need more apples for the cake shop?" Apple-Jack questioned.

"Nopedy popedy, I is here to eat with your brother!"

Apple-Jack gave Macintosh a surprised confused look as if waiting for a reason.

"She kind of... invited herself..." Macintosh adverted his eyes in embarrassment.

Growing up with Granny Smith, Apple-Bloom and Apple-Jack. He found it hard to say no to the girls. He even found it hard to say no to other girls out in town.

"Sugarcube... I dun mind you havin lunch wit us, but could you tone it down a little?" Apple-Jack tried to ask as nicely as she could.

"Of COURSE!" Pinkie-Pie yelled out.

Apple-Jack gave her a disappointed look.

"I mean... Of course." Pinkie-Pie said in a whisper.

"Thank you." Apple-Jack smiled.

Apple-Jack brought out a basket from a closet and started filling it with sandwiches and apples from her fridge. A couple pieces of cake and some canned drinks.

"Apple-Jack, where you goin off too?" Macintosh asked.

"She has a LOOOOVEeeer!" Pinkie-Pie spazzed as she forgot that she said she would tone it down.

"Pinkie-Pie!" Apple-Jack snapped.

"Is that true?" Macintosh asked.

"I... not really... I don't think..." Apple-Jack had to think for a moment.

Apple-Jack hadn't really made it official with Rainbow-Dash. She hasn't even seen her since that night Rainbow had kissed her. This wasn't why she was packing a basket though. Twilight had wanted to have a picnic for a long time because she had found a book on it and it intrigued her.

"Well I reckon... I outta be off..." Apple-Jack didn't hesitate to dart out of the door so they wouldn't get a chance to ask her any more questions.

"Pinkie-Pie... Does she have a boyfriend?" Macintosh asked afraid of the answer.

"Nope!" Pinkie-Pie smiled wide.

"Thank Celestia..." Macintosh sighed in relief.

"But she does have a girlfriend!" Pinkie-Pie blurted out.

"Wh... WHAT...?" Macintosh stuttered.

"Yeah, Flutter-shy and Apple-Jack had a crush on Rainbow-Dash and then Flutter-shy admitted her feelings to Rainbow-Dash, then Rainbow-Dash said she liked some-pony else. Which turned out to be Apple-Jack which Apple-Jack regrets because if she had known she would have admitted her feelings sooner and the only reason she didn't admit her feelings was because she was afraid that Rainbow-Dash or the others would think she was nasty for liking another girl. Flutter-shy broke down and Apple-Jack went to comfort her and Rainbow-Dash showed up later to apologize and was met by Apple-Jack. She admitted she was the reason Rainbow-Dash had turned down Flutter-shy. Rainbow-Dash kissed Apple-Jack and ZOOOOM she flew off without another word, probably because she was embarrassed and afraid of her reaction." Pinkie-Pie said in a thousand words per minute. She didn't show any signs of running out of breath or even inhaling between sentences.

Macintosh's eye twitched as he tried to keep up with Pinkie-Pie, "Um... wait... How'd you know all tis?"

"I get bored." Pinkie-Pie smiled wide.

"That... doesn't really answer my question..." Macintosh sighed shaking his head.

"OOHHhh... Sandwich" Pinkie-Pie spazzed as she grabbed a sandwich that the girls had made.

Macintosh frowned as he turned and left the house. He headed to the barn where most of his thinking usually took place. Especially when he needed to be alone. He plopped himself down on a hay-bale and pulled out a single strand and started chewing on the end.

"Why'd you run off?" Pinkie-Pie jumped up from out of nowhere.

Macintosh fell backwards off his hay bale and coughed up the hay that he had in his mouth.

"Macintosh?" Pinkie-Pie tilted her head with a goofy grin, "What's wrong?"

Macintosh sighed as he thought that he might as well tell her since he didn't much care otherwise, "I always was close to mah sister... Now she has a life of her own... friends outside the family... I feel like... were growin apart..."

"Family can never grow apart!" Pinkie-Pie gave an unusual wide smile.

"They do... and they can..." Macintosh sighed taking his seat back on top of his hay bale.

"Then you just need your own friends."

"Who would be friends with some field pony?" Macintosh spit out some remaining remnants of the piece of hay he was chewing.

"I would!" Pinkie-Pie smiled as she tackled Macintosh and he fell once again backwards, but this time Pinkie-Pie was on top of him.

Macintosh froze as he looked up at her. She just kept a goofy grin as she looked down at him. He had never been so close to a girl like this. He could feel her breathing on his nose. She smelled awfully nice compared to what he smelled like most of the time. Macintosh did something that he would never have thought of doing. Especially to a girl like Pinkie-Pie. He lifted his head up and pressed his lips against Pinkie-Pie's.

Pinkie-Pie immediately jumped off spitting, "EWWW eww ewww... Boy cooties."

Macintosh frowned with a crimson blush on his face. He got up and started running from the barn. He ran as fast as he could to get away from her. He clenched his eyes as he yelled at himself, "Why did I have to go and do sumthin like tat?"

"Do what?" Pinkie-Pie asked as she popped out from behind a tree, making Macintosh skid to a halt.

"Your... not mad?" Macintosh asked.

"I was only teasing, you don't really have cooties!" Pinkie-Pie giggled.

"Oh..." Macintosh blushed and fell quite, not exactly sure how to take Pinkie-Pie's answer.

"Really though, we could be boyfriend and girlfriend if you like?" Pinkie-Pie asked in an uncharacteristic serious voice.

"Um... I... don't... know how to be... a boyfriend..." Macintosh admitted.

"Then I'll teach you!" Pinkie-Pie smiled a over happy grin.

"Why... do I'a feel like I'm bitin off more than I'a can chew?" Macintosh said quietly to himself.

Author's notes:

Dairu: I don't much like Pinkie-Pie but I wanted to do a chapter about each pairing I wanted to do. I didn't want to pair Pinkie-Pie up with any of the others so I picked Macintosh.

Macintosh: Why you gotta be so mean?

Pinkie-Pie: Don't worry, I won't be too rough!

Macintosh: (Swallows in fear)