Chapter 2 Confession (part 2)

Applejack carefully let go of Rainbows tail, looking unsure of whether she would dash away or talk.

“Now Sugarcube, will you tell me what’s wrong?” Applejack asked.

Rainbow stared at her, not able to look her in the eyes. She glanced around thinking about what to say, or whether she should run or not. After about a minute of silence, she stared into the emerald depths that were her eyes and sighed.

“To tell you the truth I don’t know what’s wrong,” She replied with another sigh. “But lately I’ve been thinking of you... a lot, and I don’t know why.”

“When I see you, I can’t think clearly. My thoughts are replaced by thoughts of you and I get this feeling right here” She explained, pointing at her chest right above her heart. “And it makes me feel warm and happy, it makes me feel like I’m flying. The exhilarating thrill of it all, but on a higher level, it makes me feel free.”

“I feel the need to be with you more and more,” She said looking down at the ground. “And... and I think I... I think I... well... like you.”

Applejack just sat there silently. The only noise that was heard were the rustling of leaves, and the creak of wood as they are blown by the wind. It was almost as if she was expecting Rainbow to say more, but what else there was to say was the question. When she looked up Applejack was staring at her with a look of pure shock. She waited for her to say something, anything, she didn’t move, she didn’t blink, she would hardly dare breathe, waiting for Applejack to respond to her confessions.

Rainbow stared into Applejack's eyes, searching for a response. Her heart started racing the longer she stared into her impassive gaze. She leaned forward praying for anything, any reaction at all. Any reaction to tell her what was going on in her friends mind.

‘What if I just ruined our friendship?’ She shook her head to dispel the thoughts only to have more surface and take it’s place. ‘What if...what if she doesn't want to to see me anymore?’

An eternity seemed to have passed and Rainbow's eyes hadn't left the green irises once. She stretched her wings slowly, dropping her head as she turned away and hopped into the air with a gentle flap of her wings

‘I-I’ve got to go,’ she thought.

She shot into the sky, moving as fast as her wings would allow. Rainbow didn’t even know where she was going, she just wanted to get away from there. A tear running down her cheek, and many more followed suit.

‘Why wouldn’t she say anything?' She thought with a sob. ‘What could she say, even if she had said anything, would it ha-’

Rainbow’s thoughts were interrupted by a loud shout, “Rainbow, look out!”, then the pain hit and everything went black.

Applejack was staring at the spot where Rainbow used to be, her eyes widened from the words she had just heard. She’d been raised by a traditional family who, while not disapproving of two mares together, did not like seeing it happen to one of their own.The orange mare was no exception.

'She likes me,' thought Applejack. 'Ah never would’a suspected...

Finally managing to tear her eyes away from the ground, She watched as Rainbow flew blindly straight toward a tree. “Rainbow, look out!” shouted Applejack, yet she was too late to stop her. With a loud crack, Rainbow collided head first with the tree. The cyan pegasus toppled to the ground, wings splayed out at her sides, landing heavily on her foreleg.

The Earth pony ran directly to Rainbow’s slowly breathing form, hoof moving back and forth to check for injuries. “Oof,” Applejack said worriedly. “That’s a pretty bad sprained foreleg there.” Applejack carefully hoisted the pegasus onto her back, and began to rush to the farm as quickly as possible trying not to harm the pegasus further.

As they neared the barn, Applejack looked over her shoulder at the sleeping pony on her back. Well, Ah hafta admit, Rainbow does look kinda cute right now. Applejack instantly shook her head of those thoughts and continued towards the barn.

Applejack could feel as Rainbow shifted upon her back. Looking back she saw as Rainbow quickly glanced around before once again resting her head on Applejack’s coat and drifting back into unconsciousness.

Rainbow Dash drearily opened her eyes to see Applejack standing in front of her, eyes wide open to see her. ‘Ugh... my head feels like it’s split...’ She thought ,before sitting up and looking into Applejack’s eyes.

“What happened?” she asked groggily.

“Ya crashed. Again.”

“Again? Sweet Celestia, I need to work on my flight control.” Rainbow tried to get up, but an aching pain shot through her left foreleg causing her whole body to go limp and release a small gasp, making her fall back onto the bed with an “oof”.

“Don’t get up, Rainbow,” warned Applejack. “You sprained your left foreleg. You should be okay in a few days, but you’re staying here till you’re better.

Rainbow noticed she was on a familiar straw mattress. The soft almost downy feel, and the smell was very familiar. She searched around the room, and a look of understanding crossed her face. “But... this is your bed.”

“Ah’ll sleep on the couch tonight. Ya should get the softer bed, what with your leg and all.”

“I-I don’t want to get in the way...” Rainbow said, glancing down at the sheets.

“It’s my fault you’re hurt, and it happened on my farm.” Applejack replied sheepishly. “Besides... You won’t get in the way cause you aren’t going to be walking until that sprain of yours is healed.”

“What! How am I supposed to survive cooped up in a bed?” Rainbow groaned, throwing her head back into the pillow.

“You did a fairly good job in the hospital when you broke your wings, you can do it here.” She replied sternly.

Rainbow glared at Applejack. Letting out a huff she let her shoulders sag in defeat.

“Fine...” She said meekly.

“Rainbow–” Applejack tried, but was interrupted by Rainbow throwing her right foreleg around the orange earth pony, wrapping her neck around hers, drawing her into an embrace. Rainbow wanted to show her how much she really appreciated her help, she wanted to do a lot more than hug her, but that was all she could do at the moment. Applejack smiled slightly, and Rainbow’s heart started beating faster, and her smile grew to an almost Pinkie Pie state.

They held the embrace for a few seconds, before Applejack broke it and spoke. “Thanks, Rainbow. Ah’ll see ya tomorrow.”

As Applejack walked out of the room, Rainbow lay back down on the bed. She was feeling anxious to get her feelings for the orange mare straight, and perhaps have them eventually returned.

‘I don’t know how I’m going to do it...’ She thought ‘But I hope I do it right.’

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Applejack slowly walked across the hallway, mind in a haze. Upon reaching the living room, she threw herself upon the couch and attempted to organize her thoughts.

'Rainbow Dash has a crush on me. She injured herself trying to fly away. She is now sleeping in my bed. She hugged me, and it felt ni-'

Applejack attempted to clear her head, before repeating that last statement. 'She hugged me, and it felt nice. It felt nice.

She suddenly felt strange and out of place, sort of how she felt in Cloudsdale; not where she should belong. The Earth pony sighed inwardly.
'Ah’ll think about it in the morning. Things always look better in the morning.'

Applejack closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep, thoughts of the day running through her mind. Her dreams constantly shifted towards the strange experiences that day, going from Rainbow confessing her feelings to the orange mare, to the hug they had just shared. Slowly her dreams shifted to that of which she returned the feelings Rainbow had for her. She dreamed of what it would be like to have her as a marefriend, and unconsciously smiled as she drifted off into a deeper sleep.

Author's Note

Thanks to Kutkh for editing this chapter! Very much so appreciated!