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I left Rarity's with my new white hoodie that covered up my injuries quite nicely, I know Princess Celestia said that she was there for a couple days before she was sent home. But I didn't want to make her have to worry.
I soon arrived at Sweet Apple Acres in the middle of the afternoon and went right into the orchard fields, she was probably way behind on her work. She wasn't hard to find. I saw her carrying way too many baskets full of apples and decided to lend a hand, I flew off and hovered over her. Hopefully this time I won't get bucked into a tree.
When Applejack walked under me I reached down and grabbed two of the baskets off her back. She quickly looked up.
"Spark!" She squealed in excitement and jumped and grabbed onto me. I was at least six or seven feet off the ground so that was no easy feat. I couldn't hold all of us in the air in my weakened state so we crashed to the ground. That hurt, but I got no respite because soon I found myself in AJ's bear hug. That really hurt, sorta in a bad way, more so in a good way.
After a few seconds of tight hugging her eyes shot open and she looked up at me.
"What the hay are ya'll doin here and not in the hospital?" She asked rather pointedly.
I just flashed my best smile. "What can I say? I needed to see a certain pony." I told her while grabbing her and hugging her tightly. She crumpled into me and we lay there in a comfortable silence in the shade of a rather large apple tree. That is until an apple fell and hit me in the snout.
"Again with the face!" I muttered while rubbing my nose. Applejack looked up and sighed.
"I'm way behind in my work, I'm gonna hafta work darn near through the night to catch up." She said while standing up and placing her straw hat back on her head.
"Well what if I helped?" I asked her while I picked myself up slowly.
"Oh I couldn't ask you to do that, you're still hurt." She said while rubbing my cheek along my scar.
"I'm fine, just tell me what to do" I insisted.
"Alright well, when I buck the apples down, can ya bring them into the barn?" she asked.
"On it boss!" I said saluting her. I grabbed the baskets that were already full around us and flew or walked them into the barn. Soon the barn was filling up and before the sun even set we were done.
"Wow Spark, I don't think I could've done all that in two days, let alone one afternoon." She said while wiping her forehead.
"Well we make an awesome team." I told her and she blushed a little. "Now, how about some of that world famous cider you promised me oh so long ago?"
"Right this way!" She said with her head held high and led me to the house.
She went straight to what looked like a metal bar tap in the kitchen counter, put a mug under it and pulled a lever, pouring a slightly foggy amber liquid in. She offered it to me and I gladly accepted. I took a big gulp. It was quite possibly the greatest thing on the face on the planet…world…universe…where ever the hell I was.
"So wha'd ya think?" Apple asked with a waiting smile.
I handed the mug back. "Well I'm not sure, but I'd have to say that it was…freaking amazing!" I said while practically jumping off the ground.
"Yup, that's what I thought." AJ said with a smile. "Now if you want to wait around a while, the rest of my family should be arriving for dinner." Excellent, I was starving.
In a matter of hours the previously empty kitchen counters were filled with stacks of various apple related food, pastries, and other sweets. Oh this was going to be good.
The table was set and the spread was varied, I think I was probably drooling. Granny Smith was there, and so was Applebloom, but I still haven't seen Applejack's brother.
"Big Mac's out of town, he had to get us some supplies for the farm." Granny Smith told us. Worked for me, we dug in, I think I was on my third plate of everything when I suddenly felt very full and very tired.
I felt bad for making such a mess so I helped Applebloom clean up the kitchen and then made my way outside into the warm evening air. I found Applejack lying on top of a nearby hill, a piece of straw in her mouth, looking up at the clear sky full of stars. I couldn't take my eyes of her, I felt like a picture like this should be put on display in a museum, but they wouldn't get the same sensation that I was feeling right now. In the dim starlight I saw her cheeks redden slightly.
"Ya just gonna stand there all night starin'? Or are ya gonna come up here with me?" she said.
Crap, she caught me. I made my way up the hill and I lied down next to her. She leaned into me and rested her head on my shoulder. Her hair was soft and her body was warm. I took my eyes off her and looked up into the sky. There were so many stars I didn't know where to look first. Then a few of them decided to streak across the sky.
"Make a wish." Applejack told me
I smiled to myself and thought back to that old fortune teller machine.
"Nah, I'm good right here." I told her and leaned my head onto her.
We sat out there under the stars for a couple minutes and watched the world turn for maybe an hour or two. Time didn't matter to us. Then I heard Applejack yawn and I realized how tired I was.
"Hey Apple, any chance I could crash here?" I asked her
She just gave me a sleepy smile. "The barn loft is open and full of fresh hay." She told me. It sounded good. "I'll take it." I told her.
I slowly picked myself up and when she stood up I picked up her chin and kissed her. We lingered and slowly her mouth opened and I felt her tongue gently prod my lips so I opened up and danced with her. There was no fierceness to it, just gently back and forth movement. I soon found myself running out of air but didn't want to break off ever. She pulled back first and just held herself close to me. We were both breathing rather heavily.
"Goodnight…" I muttered softly.
"Night." She said back barely audible. I watched as she headed slowly down the hill and into the house. I made my way down the other side of the hill and into the open barn. I climbed the steps into the loft and lied down in a large mountain of soft hay. I looked out of the open loft door and over the farm. This might sound sappy, but heaven should be called 'Sweet Apple Acres'.
I soon fell asleep but was woken in the night by the sound of hoof steps and someone laying down next to me. I opened my eyes to see Applejack lying down facing me, she was already asleep. I scooted closer and wrapped my arms around her and pulled her close.
'Yeah, heaven can go screw itself' I thought while I drifted back to sleep.
I heard what sounded like an engine and sirens so I opened my eyes to see an ambulance pulling up to the boardwalk and those three guys from earlier lift me up on some sort of cart or bed and shove me into the ambulance and close the doors and speed off. I just closed my eyes.
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