You got to believe in the power of love

Chapter 31

Twilight stumbled into her home. It had been a long night and she was ready for some sleep. She slowly made her way up the stairs and into her room. She yawned and looked at her calendar to see if she had anything planned for tomorrow, hoping there wouldn't be too much.

'Shoot!' She saw that she had a meeting with Nightwatch's father tomorrow for lunch, to discuss the arrangements for teaching Nightwatch (it also said that her letter on friendship was due, but that was postponed until further notice). She also remembered she had to talk with the Autobots, have dinner with Shining and Cadence, give her report on the Autobots to Princess Celestia, and figure out what to teach Nightwatch on his first lesson.

Careful not to wake Spike-who was sleeping soundly in his basket, Twilight got into bed and yawned. 'How am I going to stay awake with all of this?' She wondered, though not for long; because she soon drifted off to sleep.

In Applewood's room…

Applewood heard a knock at the door. "Come in." He answered after spitting toothpaste into the sink. The door opened and in stepped Applejack. "Hay, Applewood."

"Hay Applejack, is somethin' wrong?" Applewood asked, curious as to why his cousin was here at 11 o'clock at night.

"No, I wuz just wonderin…"

"How mah date went?"

"Well," Applejack paused, awkwardly grounding her hoof into the floor, "Yeah, did you enjoy it?"

"To be honest, it was one of the best nights Ah've ever had."

"Really? Rainbow said she enjoyed it, but didn't tell me much. Think you could tell me some stuff?"

"Sure, Ah guess so." He made his way to the bed and sat with his hind legs dangling at the foot of the bed. "Well, as ya know I was pretty nervous when Ah left, and when Ah got there Ah was even more nervous, and Rainbow hadn't even showed up! And when she finally did Ah had to go to the bathroom and upchuck."

Applejack cringed slightly at the mention of 'upchuck'.

"So after a while Ah got outta the bathroom and back to our table. We talked a bit before our food came, 'bout stuff-"

"Like what?" Applejack interrupted.

"Well, Ah told her 'bout how Twilight and I met some years ago, and she asked me if Ah had ever been interested in her and Ah told her I wasn't, but she was a good friend. Then Rainbow told me 'bout how you and she met."

Applejack chuckled, "Yeah, that wuz interestin.'"

"And we kept swappin' stories and talkin' bout what we liked and didn't like for a few hours, then she said she had to get to the welcome party for the Autobots, and that she had a fun time and it was nice meeting me and stuff like that, and," the green earth pony smiled, "She said she'd go out with me next week."

"Wow Applewood, you've done pretty good. Ah'm proud of ya."

"Thanks, couldn't uv done it without your advice though."

"Don't mention it, Ah couldn't say no to kin."

"Thanks anyway. Oh, before Ah forget," He got off his bed and took something off his dresser with his mouth, it was a slice of cheese pizza wrapped in plastic wrap, "Ah saved this, too nervous to eat all of it."

"Thanks," Applejack thanked, gladly accepting the pizza, "So did y'all kiss?"

Applewood chuckled. "No, but Ah wouldn't have the guts to anyway."

"So," Applejack began in a more serious tone, "Do ya think ya like her?"

"To be honest, even though that was our first date, Ah think Ah do. Ah don't know why, but Ah do."

"Really? Ah didn't think ya were each other's type."

"Ah know, but, there's just something about her. She scares me to death but, Ah dunno, Ah hate it, but kinda like it."

Rainbow's house…

Rainbow dash got into her bed and contentedly sighed, that had been a fun evening. She remembered the mental image she had of Applewood and smiled. She didn't know what it was, but she liked him too. Not only did she enjoy herself at their date, there was also a part of her that missed him at the party. She had thought about asking him to come, but knew that some of her friends might think she was some kind of fangirl who goes crazy every time a cute stallion comes by.

She turned onto her other side and wondered, 'Is this going to be a "become friends" relationship? Will it be one of those "hi and bye" relationships? Or, could this evolve into something bigger?' Rainbow fell asleep before she could answer.