My Little AJ

                                         My Little AJ

     If you told Austin and I that a baby Applejack was in an abandoned building in the middle of LA, we'd probably ask you if you had been drinking. It's hard to believe it has almost been a year since we found Applejack. I've been teaching her how to talk, and Austin has helped her learn how to write. The writing was a failure attempt, granted she threw the pencil across the room. I remember the "Apple Family Reunion" episode, and she said "I'm Applejack, more apple fritter,", and I wanted to test if she actually liked apple fritters in my world, and she ate the whole plate, and that was when she said it.

     "More apple fritter," Austin picked her up, and carried her over to the couch and they watched, what seemed entertaining to her, Animal Planet's "Untamed and Uncut" because of a rodeo incident. Austin covered her eyes whenever it got too brutal, but what she had said, it was so cute! It was almost Thanksgiving, and I couldn't take her to my parents' house, they'd think I've lost it! So I just told them that Austin was sick and couldn't go. We had to spend Thanksgiving here at home, just so Applejack wouldn't get experimented on. Only Ella (Austin's sister), Emily, Kiya (my other sister), Jay, Alex C. and Alex W. knew about AJ, and Austin and I intended to keep it that way, but that burglar, my god, how...how did he know?

That night, Applejack was playing with my car keys, and I just had to get it on video, so I pulled my phone out and started filming it. It was adorable, and Austin soon joined and played along with her. But after half an hour, Applejack fell asleep. "That, my love, is what I call a video!" I laughed. Austin rolled his eyes playfully and laid Applejack down in her crib.

"Don't put it on YouTube, people will think-" I cut him off with a reasonable explanation if someone actually thought that the Applejack was real.

"That it's photoshopped," Austin nodded his head and we both went into our room. As I slipped on my pajama shirt, Austin was laying on the bed, just looking toward the ceiling, when I laid down on him, head turned to face my side of the bed. "You okay, babe? You haven't talked much since we played with AJ," I pointed out. Austin started gently stroking my head, with the other hand on my back.

"I'm fine, just worried about Applejack," I turned my head to face upward. He glanced down at my face. "God you're warm!" He laughed, casually changing the subject.  I laughed and started to drift off to sleep, when I said.

"Don't worry, we'll protect Applejack...". He looked down at me, my head facing my side of the bed again. He smiled and continued stroking my head. He couldn't stop thinking about how AJ is so close to getting exposed, just like how I couldn't help but worry about how the guy knew about her.

The next morning, at about 7:05 a.m., I heard Applejack shout two words, two particular words that made my heart, you guessed it, explode, and Austin, well, I think his just pounded, because I could hear his own heartbeat! She had shouted: "Mama, Dada!" My eyes widened, and Austin had already stood up. As I walked into her nursery, she repeated herself, "Mama, Dada!". I had never heard her call us her Mama and Dada. My god...I went over to her crib and said soothingly.

"Hush, Mama and Dada is here,". I picked her up and carried her over to where Austin was standing. As I held her, Austin came a little closer, and wrapped his arms around my body, leaving room for Applejack to lay in my arms, between Austin and I. She reached a hoof up, and Austin and I smiled. As her little mouth curved into a smile, I raised her up to chest level, and Austin held one of her hooves, she giggled and reached over to Austin, her body leaned toward him, and I let him hold her. Applejack looked Austin in his light blue eyes, and snuggled up to him. His heart exploded when he said.

"Aww!". I smiled and came up behind him, and rested my head on his shoulder, with my arms around his chest. Applejack had fallen asleep. As he laid her back down, I quoted in memory.

"Ya know, you haven't said 'Aww' since you met Maddox," I said. Austin turned to face me and he responded, picking me up, as I wrapped my legs around his small body.

"Yeah, and you haven't hugged me like this since we were in the 8th grade!". I laughed and we just went back to sleep for another two hours. At about 9:05 a.m., Applejack was crying again, and Austin and I went to get her. As I picked her up, I heard her little stomach growl, and I asked Austin to get me her bottle. After he came back with her bottle, she started reaching to Austin. She whimpered a few times and then Austin walked over, and gave her her bottle. She sipped on it and I sat down on the chair in her nursery. Austin kissed me on the cheek, and kissed Applejack on the forehead. Then he said he had to go to work, so he left after about 30 minutes of getting ready. As Applejack laid there in my arms, I realized, time was going too fast. Soon enough, Austin and I would have to figure out why and/or how she got here.