Thanks for the Memories

Saturday, July 26th 2014

Dear Journal,

We had a going away party for Twilight today. She’s leaving in a few days to visit her brother and his family, and then start her first semester of college at one of them big, fancy schools. She’s real nervous but I know that’s she’s gonna do well. She’s real smart and mature for her age, both of which a lot of students straight outta high school don’t have much of.

She promised that she would take pictures and call us when she could. I hope she keeps her word ‘cause I’m gonna miss her. Ever since she moved to town in our fifth grade year, me and her have been thick as thieves. I think the only person I was friends with longer than her was Rarity. I’ve known Rare since we were toddlers just about. I met Pinkie not long after I met Twilight, and Fluttershy came a few years after that.

I wonder who the next one to leave is gonna be? I know Fluttershy has her eye on being a veterinarian, and Rarity is looking to open some sort of boutique? I dunno where she wants to open it up at though, probably in a large city or something. Pinkie seems like she’s content working at the bakery in town. Rainbow has a dream of becoming an aerial stunt pilot. I’ll be right here though, like always. Good ole reliable Applejack.

Anyways, I wish the best for Twilight. She worked her rear off to get to this point. I’m sure she’ll fit right in with all the others and breeze through her classes like always. I just hope she remembers to let loose and have a little fun once in a while. She gets too wound up sometimes.

Applejack

Sunday, August 3rd 2014

Dear Journal,

So Mac is definitely seeing someone. In a relationship way or just a friends with benefits way, I dunno. I walked by his room earlier to get to the bathroom and his door was open. He was changing shirts I guess, facing away from me, and I saw his back. Good gravy, his upper back was almost completely covered in sex scratches.

I, being the nosy little sister that I am, went in there and asked who he was seeing. He wouldn’t tell me. He just kept saying that it wasn’t any of my business and I told him that if he didn’t want it to be my business then he should learn to keep his door shut. Then I reminded him of the time he quit talking to me for a month because I wouldn’t let loose who gave me the hickeys I came home with.

The only thing he said was that everyone would find out when the time was right, and he asked me not to tell anyone. After I told Rainbow, her and I have been throwing ideas back and forth about who it might be. I’m real curious to see who it is, I hope they’re nice.

I’ll kill him if it’s one of my friends,

Applejack

Thursday, August 14th, 2014

Dear Journal,

I got a call from Twilight today. She was just checking in, letting me know that she made it to school and settled in real nice. She also sent some pictures of the school. It’s a old school, real Victorian era. It looks nice, and the insides have been modernized a bit. I’m glad she’s doing okay.

Rainbow and I went on our forth date recently. It’s always fun to be able to spend some personal time together. I took her to a prison break themed escape room, and we barely managed to escape in time. We only had a couple of minutes left on the clock. It was intense! I didn’t think we were gonna make it.

I think we’ve become a lot more comfortable with each other lately. I feel like at the beginning of the relationship we were being careful, kinda testing the waters, but now I feel at home around her and I can tell she feels the same. We make dirty jokes, and slap each others butts when we walk by, talk about our periods like it’s no big deal. I’ve even used the toilet while she showered because I couldn’t hold it. It’s just stuff like that that’s changed, and I like it.

We’re still holding off in the bedroom though. No sex, just cuddling and kissing. Rainbow makes some really hot comments sometimes that makes it hard to hold back. The other night for example, we were really getting into it and she said something about needing blindfolds and rope so she could have her way with me. I almost made her go get the rope outta the tool shed. I dunno why I’m holding out on her, it’s not like I’m waiting ‘til marriage, I guess I just want to take things slow. This is my first relationship and I wanna do it right. Jumping into bed on the first date might be fine for some folks, but it ain’t my style.

I’ve been talking to Rarity about it, and she brought something up that sorta made me feel bad. Ever since Rainbow started staying in my room, neither of us have relieved ourselves, at least in bed. I know I’ve been getting my rocks off in the shower, so Rainbow might be doing the same thing, but otherwise it’s almost like I’m teasing her, and then leaving her high and dry. I never thought of it like that.

She suggested that maybe if I’m still not ready to have sex, let Rainbow know it’s okay to touch herself if she needs to, in the comfort of the bedroom. I know the shower isn’t a great place to do it unless you’re taking a bath and have room to spread out, but getting off while standing up with your foot propped is more annoying than anything. Maybe I’ll talk to Rainbow about it.

Am I being a bad girlfriend?

Applejack

Monday, August 25th 2014

Dear Journal,

Apple Bloom started ninth grade today. It’s her first year in high school and she was nervous wreck this morning. I got up to make her favorite breakfast; fried eggs, grits and strawberry jelly toast. Honestly, I thought she was gonna pass out. I almost brought out a paper sack for her to breathe in. She was worried about her clothes, then her shoes, and oh Lord her hair. She was almost late because she wasn’t sure if her backpack looked grown up enough. I had to shove her outta my truck just to get her moving.

Then she came home and told me that she had a great day. All that worrying over nothing. She shares a lot of her classes with her friends and her teachers are all real nice. I hope this year is better for her than last year. She had a pretty hard time in eighth grade with her teachers and the bullying got bad at times. She seems like she’s not gonna let it affect her though, she’s just gonna push through and keep going. Plus she has Pipsqueak now, so I think that also helps.

Applejack

Thursday, October 2nd 2014

Dear Journal,

Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written but harvest season hit and it was all we could do to keep up. There were days where we were still out after dark, just trying to get as much done as possible. It’s slowed down a lot now, the bulk of it’s done, just half of the west orchard is left but there’s still the sorting, boxing and distributing left. That’s the easy part and goes by pretty quick.

On top of that, Apple Bloom has been more of a handful than usual. I think it’s hormones. She’s arguing with everyone, being real unhelpful, complaining about everything. The other night she slammed the door in Granny’s face. Boy howdy was that girl in trouble. She keeps crying about the stupidest things too. Toothpaste on her shirt, the dog laid on her school clothes, Mac didn’t put the toilet seat down. I’ve had it with her and that attitude.

I damn near ripped her a new one yesterday. She got home from school in a bad mood and I snapped. I don’t yell often and she knows it, so when I laid into her, she shut her mouth real quick. I don’t do whining. It’s alright to have feelings and express them, but you don’t take it out on others, especially your grandmother. It’s been hard enough around here without having to deal with that every day.

I haven’t talked to Rainbow about anything yet either. Just ain’t been no time. I plan on doing it soon, now that our workload has died down. I’ve barely had time to sleep. Rainbow’s been a trooper though, helping out everyday. I’ll have to take her out soon as thanks for all the hard work she’s put in the last month or so.

Applejack

Wednesday, October15th 2014

Dear Journal,

I finally got around to having the talk with Rainbow. It went a lot better than I thought it would. I asked her questions about how she felt about our lack of sexual activity, if she felt lead on and let down, how she took care of herself, stuff like that. I wanted her honest opinion. She was real sweet about everything which was comforting to me.

She said that she did feel a little let down when I ask her to stop, but she understands that I’m not ready. She told me that she wasn’t a virgin, that she’d fooled around with a few girls so it was weird for her to be in a relationship in general. I was right about the shower thing. She does touch herself in the bathroom and she said it sucks. I agreed. She also got off in her room a couple times but she was worried because it don’t have a lock like the other doors.

I let her know everything. Why I was waiting, how I felt about furthering our relationship, how awful the shower was, how much I wanted to be with her that way. I also brought up the idea Rarity had of letting her use my room when she wanted. I even slipped in that maybe I don’t have to be out of the room when she does it. Then we made out ‘til supper was done. I’m glad we had a chat, maybe finally I’ll be ready to take the next steps.

Applejack