About half way through my foot started to hut. I had to kick the trees like I was kicking down a door. And it was starting to take it's toll. I eventually had to switch to my left foot, which was a little awkward to kick with. The dinner bell rang when we decided to call it a night, and as we were walking to the house Applejack noticed my limp.
"Aw y'all went and worked yourself to hard! Ya shoulda told ya needed help."
"Well you had more trees then I did so I didn't want to interrupt you."
"Ya know, Ah didn't think it but y'all can be stubborn."
"At times, but this is starting to bother me."
"From the looks of it, it was bothering you for awhile now."
"Yeah, it kinda has been. But enough of that, I'm kinda hungry."
"So am Ah. What do ya thinks fer dinner?"
"Hopefully something that wont make me sick." I laughed. "But seriously I don't know."
She didn't say anything and we walked the rest of the way in silence.
We were now entering the house. Big Mac and Applebloom were setting the table and then I remembered Applejack usually cooks. And she was asking me what I would like. I mentally facepalmed at the realization. Applebloom saw her sister and I enter the house and when she was done setting the table she walked up to us.
"How he do?" She asked Applejack.
"Better than Ah originally thought. We got maybe two times as much done in that short amount of time, we may even have a day off in the future because of it."
Applebloom's eyes widened. "Really?!"
"Well Apple bucking that is, but you'll have help with everything else."
"You're right!" She looked at me. "Thanks a bunch Zane!"
"Huh?" I wasn't really paying attention. I spaced out sometime during their conversation.
Applejack chuckled as she was starting to make dinner. "She was thanking you for helping me out today."
"Oh ok, You're welcome Applebloom." Applebloom smiled.
"Why don't you and everyone get to know each other a little better? You can go into the living room whilst Ah make dinner."
"Ok." Applebloom and I said, while Big Mac answered with his usual "Eeyup."
We entered the living room and sat down on the floor for no reason. Applebloom was the first one to speak.
"Is it true that you and Applejack got all cuddlely with each other?"
"I don't know what your talking about. Why would you ask that." I raised an eyebrow, trying not too send any signals that I was lying.
"Well Ah heard her saying something about 'some other things', before Ah went outside to do my chores."
I searched my mind for something to say. "She was talking about giving me a massage. I've been stressed lately."
Applebloom raised an eyebrow. "Ah didn't know she gave massages?"
"Well don't tell her this but she's not very good. It does help, but just a little bit."
"Why have ya been stressed?"
"My job." I rolled my eyes. "People like to over complicate things and we get busy pretty much all the time."
"What do ya do?" Big Mac asked.
"I work at a restaurant. I wash the dishes."
"Why did you apply as a dishwasher?"
"I didn't. I applied as a cook but I don't know. Enough boring me. What do you two do other then work on the farm?"
"I help run the apple cart in the market sometimes." Big Mac.
"And Ah have to go to school. But when all my chores are done, I go out and crusade for my cutie mark!"
"Crusade?"
"Yes sir. Me and my friends are the Cutie Mark Crusaders! We do different things to try to earn our cutie marks!"
"Sounds interesting. You have fun doing it?"
"Sure do!"
"That's good."
Applejack came in to tell us dinner was ready and to wake up Granny Smith. Applebloom, Big Mac and I sat down at he table and waited for the other two. Applejack had put the food on the plates before she came in. And I had no idea what was on the plates. I asked Applebloom and she said it was hay casserole. I'm not too sure about this.
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Fucking pony food.....making me sick.... It seems I can't eat any of the food here. Maybe it's a good thing I'm leaving soon. Don't get me wrong, I like it here. But if I cant eat the food here, well I'd think it's obvious. After throwing up again, it was family night, which I opted out of.
"B-but yer leaving tomorrow." Applejack said.
"I know I am. I just don't want to be around you guys right now."
"But why?"
"Because you keep trying to kill me!! I'm going to bed!"
Applejack's and Applebloom's ears flattened against their heads and Big Mac and Granny Smith glared at me. I ignored them and headed up to the room. I opened the door and sat down on the bed.
"I'm so freakin' hungry..." My stomach growled. "God damn it! I would fine if I didn't help Applejack."
I laid down after a few minutes and heard the door creak open.
"Why do ya have to be such a jerk sometimes?" It was Applejack.
"Why do you have to make food that tries to kill me?" I replied.
"Ah don't do it on purpose! Ah never cooked for a human before! And hay casserole is one of the family's favorites."
I sat up. ".....You're right, I'm sorry." My stomach growled again. "It's just hard to be in high spirits when everything I eat, other then junk food, makes me sick."
"We have some fruit y'all can eat."
"Other then apples?"
"Yes. The only condition is that ya to join in on family night."
"Fine, just show me the fruit." She chuckled and turned around and flicked her tail. "Goddammit! That's not what I meant."
She laughed. "Ah know. Go sit down in the livin' room and apologize to everypony. Ah'll go get you some fruit."
"Ok." I followed Applejack downstairs, and sat down on the couch next to Applebloom, who scooted away from me a little. Big Mac and Granny Smith looked at me with raised eyebrows. I sighed. "Listen everyone, I would like to apologize for earlier. I have no right to act like that in response to kindness. Applejack didn't know my stomach would react to that, and I shouldn't have expected her to know." I turned to Applebloom. "I'm sorry if I scared you again....I didn't mean it."
Granny Smith and Big Mac smiled. "That's what I wanted to hear, eh Big Macintosh?"
"Eeyup!"
I felt a tug on my shirt and looked at Applebloom. "Are ya gonna join family night?"
"Well I have to make up for being a jerk somehow right?" She smiled and hugged me, I hugged her back. "So what do you all do for family time?"
"Games." Applejack said coming out of the kitchen with my fruit. "Sometimes it's card games, other times it's board games." She placed the bowl of fruit in front of me. "There ya go partner, eat up!"
"Thank you A.J." There were some cherries in the bowl along with a plum and four strawberries. "Oh nice!"
Applejack chuckled. "Alright what is it this time? Card game or board game?"
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We decided to play board games and played for about an hour before it was "bed time". Applejack and I were in our room.
"So how did you enjoy family night?"
"It was alright. I'm surprised Equeastria has Battleship, er well it's the same Idea anyway."
"It seems we have a lot of of things in common with your world."
"Yeah it's kinda strange isn't it?"
"Mmhmm, that's fer sure." She looked at Applebloom's bed. "Ya know, Applebloom's asleep....anything could happen."
"I-I don't think we should. She was asking about us earlier, for all we know she could still be awake. And if she wasn't what if she woke up when we're in the middle of it?"
She gave an annoyed sigh. "Ah guess you're right. See ya in the morning."
"Good night."