Applejack's Family Bonding

”I’ll have, er, Apple Juice, I guess.”

Applejack smirks at you as you sip your juice, playfully teasing you about your choice and tousling your mane. Her hoof lingers between your ears, and you dreamily crane your neck back against her before she pulls away with a small giggling hiccup. ”Hey cousin, I feel like dancing. Care to join me?”

You down your juice, slamming your cup on the counter and giving your cousin a grin as she limbers up with one last cider. ”Sure Applejack, let’s dance!”

The two of you move out onto the floor, and easily you pick back up on years of past reunions and routines with your cousins.You gingerly step in time with her, a little self-conscious of your footwork but still having fun as the crowd swells, ebbing and flowing in time with the music. Applejack easily cuts through the throngs of dancing ponies, dancing and whooping with joy as her eyes sparkle in the lantern light. She moves in close and the two of you lock forelegs, twirling right then left before you use her momentum to slide her across the dance floor with graceful ease. The look in AJ's eyes is blindingly fierce, a look of certain victory and gritty determination. Applejack backs up for the big finish, and you know just what she has in mind. She charges towards you at a full gallop, and you tense your body in preparation until finally the moment is right.

You leap as Applejack drops onto her knees, preforming a graceful slide beneath you and eliciting gasps and cheers as the final chord of the song is struck. Applause breaks out, and you and Applejack take a knee; Applejack giving you a kiss on the cheek that catches your breath in your throat and makes you blush from your nose to eartips.

You’re both walking your way out of the barn when Applejack nudges you gently to get your attention. ”Care to come on up to the house and spend some time with just your cousin for a bit? Have to say, you really took well to the party scene.”

Well shucks, why wouldn't you go?

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Why don't you get to know her a bit more intimately?