She Said "I Love You."

They were awoken the next morning by Applejack’s phone, blasting its ringtone. She fumbled around on the floor for her phone until she found it stuck in the pocket of her jeans.

“Hello?” She sat bolt upright. “WHAT? I’ll be right over!” She hung up the phone and started furiously dressing. Dash sat up in bed.

“What’re you doing?”

“I gotta go! I forgot that we’re plowing the south field today! We were supposed to start bight n’ early!” She finished dressing and started scrounging for her hat. “I really gotta run. Call you later, okay?” She grabbed her hat and made a beeline for the front door. A moment later she ran back into the bedroom, kissed Dash, and ran back out. Dash heard the front door slam and flopped back into bed.

By the time AJ made it back to the farm, she was sweating profusely and out of breath. She found Big Mac plowing the field, with Apple Bloom’s assistance. “I’m sorry… I’m late… I forgot… crashed at Dash’s… forgot… to set… alarm.”

Big Mac patted his sister on the shoulder. “Take a breath sis, there’s still plenty of time in the day. ‘Sides, Apple Bloom’s been a big help.” Apple Bloom smiled widely at her big brother. She was covered, nearly head to toe, with dirt and mud.

AJ took a seat on a nearby tree stump to catch her breath. Apple Bloom brought over a bottle of water. “You an’ Dash have been hangin’ out a lot lately. Scootaloo’s gonna get jealous.” She giggled at the thought.

AJ nearly choked on her water. She didn’t know how to approach the subject of her newfound relationship to her family. “Yeah well, we always see a lot of each other, don’t we? Let’s get to work!” She shot up from the stump before Apple Bloom could ask any more questions.

A few hours into the plowing and AJ was fading fast. She barely got any sleep the previous night, not to mention how much she tired herself out with Dash. After about her hundredth yawn, Big Mac spoke up.

“Late night?”

“Uh, yeah. Late night at the carnival…”

Big Mac looked around for Apple Bloom. She was at the other end of the field, out of earshot. “Something going on between you and Rainbow Dash?”

Applejack bolted upright in terror. “I uh… what do you… n-n-no. Nothin’ at all…”

Big Mac glared at his sister. He always knew when she was lying, mostly because she was a terrible liar. AJ broke down in his intense gaze.

“Fine… um… don’t freak out, okay?”

Big Mac nodded.

“We’re uh… we’re… together…” She looked away from her brother.

Big Mac didn’t say anything for a moment.

“I didn’t want to hide it from you, I just... It’s just happened so fast I didn’t have to time to catch my breath until recently… I was a bit scared to tell you. I didn’t know how you would react…”

Big Mac looked down and kicked a rock by his foot. “Are you happy with her?”

AJ nodded.

Big Mac stepped forward and hugged his little sister. “That’s all that matters.”

She hugged him back. Then she went down the field and hugged a puzzled Apple Bloom.

“Big Mac knows about us.”

Rainbow Dash was splitting her time between eating a sandwich and talking to AJ on her phone. She decided to focus on the phone call and put the sandwich down. “What do you mean?”

“I told him about us. I mean, he already kinda knew, but I told him the truth when he asked.”

“You alright?”

“Yeah. He said he’s not gonna tell Granny Smith, he’s gonna wait til I’m ready. But he says I don’t need to worry.”

“Are you gonna tell her?”

“I dunno. I mean, she’s family an’ I can’t really keep it a secret from her… but I dunno how she’s gonna react. I want to tell her though.”

“Okay.”

“Tonight.”

“Oh.”

“I want you to be there too.”

“Fuck.”

Dash was sitting awkwardly at the Apple family dinner table later that night. AJ told her to come hungry, because she was cooking for everyone. Applejack told Granny Smith and Apple Bloom that Rainbow was coming over to dinner because she never ate well. Granny Smith practically insisted that she come over to eat all week. AJ was busying herself in the kitchen as Big Mac and Apple Bloom sat at the table with Dash. Apple Bloom was asking Dash questions about her flying practice, while Big Mac just shot meaningful glances her way.

AJ poked her head into the dining room. “Food’s almost ready! Apple Bloom, get Granny Smith.” AJ and Dash’s eyes met briefly, and Dash could see how nervous she was.

As Apple Bloom ran off to find her grandmother Big Mac cleared his throat. “You gonna be alright, Dash?”

She swallowed hard. “I think so.” Big Mac patted her on the shoulder before Granny Smith shuffled in.

AJ’s voice came from the kitchen. “Dash, help me serve.” She jumped to her feet and scurried into the kitchen.

AJ passed some dishes to Dash, but didn’t let go at first. “You ready?”

Dash just nodded and served dinner.

The food was great, but the company was better. Apple Bloom told stories about her day at school and her efforts in gaining her cutie mark with her friends. Granny Smith forced second helpings of everything onto Rainbow until she felt like she was going to explode. She kept telling Rainbow that she didn’t have enough meat on her bones. As everyone finished dessert, it seemed the time had finally come.

AJ pushed her plate away and cleared her throat. “I have something I need to tell everyone.” All eyes were on her. “Rainbow Dash and I… well… we’re dating.” Her hand reached across the table and found Dash’s. They held tightly.

Everyone went quiet for a moment until Granny Smith spoke up. “You’re what?”

“We’re dating, Granny.”

“Who?”

“Rainbow Dash and myself.”

“You’re dating who?” She cupped her hand to her ear in order to hear better.

“Each other, Granny.”

“Oooh. That’s nice.” She turned back to her dessert. Applejack was stunned at her quick acceptance.

“That’s it? Dang it Granny, I was so nervous!”

She gave Applejack the stink eye. “Why? Because I’m an old lady stuck in the past?”

“Uh, well…”

“Applejack, when you get as old as I am you see the world change a lot. There’s all this fancy new technology, you got phones in your dang pockets. I ‘member when the first phone I ever saw was stuck in town hall. Times change, but you’ll always be by granddaughter. That don’t change.”

Applejack burst from her seat and gripped her grandmother in a tight hug. “I love you Granny Smith.”

Apple Bloom hopped up in her seat. “This makes Rainbow Dash like, another big sister right?”

Dash chuckled. “We only started dating kid, slow down.”

“Scootaloo is gonna be so jealous! I gotta go call her!” She scampered off to her room.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack cleared and washed the dishes together, and stole a few quick kisses when nobody was watching. Before she left, Granny Smith made sure to tell Dash to come by whenever she needed a good meal.

“Dashie, you like it in the butt?” Pinkie’s outburst turned the heads of everybody at the café. Dash choked on her coffee and slapped her hand over Pinkie’s mouth too late.

“Damn it Pinkie, you can’t shout stuff like that in public.”

“Mmmf mmmmm hhhmf mmm.” Dash removed her hand. “That’s soooo funny Dash, I never thought you would like butt stuff!”

“Yeah well, I didn’t do it on purpose.”

It was a week after her dinner with the Apple family, and Dash had met Pinkie for their weekly café lunch. Pinkie had been bugging her nonstop about the details of her date with Applejack, so she eventually gave in. But when Pinkie wants details, she wants all the details.

Pinkie brought her voice lower to satisfy Dash’s shyness. “The first time I did it in the butt I thought I was gonna poop!” She laughed at her own wit and took another big bite of her triple chocolate cake. “But he had a really big cock, so maybe that was why. Isn’t it awesome though?”

“Yeah it’s… it’s pretty great.”

“So when is your next date with AJ?”

“Tonight. I mean, it’s not much of a date. I got this awesome kung-fu movie and we’re gonna watch it together at my place.”

“I love kung-fu! Can I come too?” She was shouting again.

“No Pinkie, it’s a date. It’s not a group movie night. Plus…” she lowered her voice, “I haven’t seen her in a couple of days… so I’m hoping…”

“Ooooooh….” Pikine likewise lowered her voice, “you’re gonna try to fuck her?”

Pinkie was nothing if not blunt.