//------------------------------// // Resolution // Story: D-I-V-O-R-C-E // by SanityLost //------------------------------// A knock on the door woke Applejack. She rose in the darkness and opened it to see the silhouette of a pegasus standing in the doorway. She lit the oil lamp by her bed and saw the bloodshot eyes of her mare looking over at her. The corners of her mouth sagged lower than she had ever seen them, her mane was more of a mess than usual, her fur was very disheveled, and she shook violently. This was the most distressed she had ever seen her Dashie, and it made her heart twinge. She looked around the bed, and noticed Reddawn was gone, probably to sleep in her own room. "I thought about it," Rainbow Dash croaked, her wings hung limply at her sides. "Thought about what?" Applejack tried to appear stoic, but seeing her wife in such distress made concern slip through her ill prepared defenses. "Everything, that happened tonight." She sniffed, "I thought about you and Reddawn. I want you both to have a good life, I want you both to have everything you could ever ask for. I wanted to hang on to the part of me that defined my life for so long." Applejack's face fell, "So you decided to go?" "You didn't let me finish. I want Reddawn to have everything she could ask for, the life that I never got to have. I also want to be able to live the life I always wanted to live with the Wonderbolts, but...it won't feel like life to me if you and her aren't a part of it..." Rainbow Dash's puffy red eyes leaked again. "So, I decided I want to stay," Rainbow Dash continued, "that is if...you still want me to stay. If you still want to go through with the divorce, I can at least stay in Ponyville. Either way, I mean, I don't want to leave my family hangin'. As far as a job, I know the weather team would take me on again. I could get an apartment or something, I mean...I guess..." Rainbow Dash stammered as Applejack walked over to her and silenced her wife's stammering with a gentle kiss. The touch of the cowpony's gentle lips made Rainbow Dash take in a deep breath. Warmth rushed through her muscles. She relaxed. "Dashie," Applejack broke their kiss after a tender moment, "I want you to stay here with me and Reddawn forever, till the worms start calling for ya that is. But only if that's what you want." "It is what I want, I missed so much not being here for you both. I don't want to miss any more." The pegasus tried to say more, but the words were caught in her throat. She was only able to utter an emotional squeak that touched her wife's heart. Applejack drew her wife close, and pressed her lips to Rainbow Dash's in a deep, velvet kiss. Rainbow's head tilted to the side and their mouths parted. Their rough, rustic tongues met with intense fervor, gliding across each other in fierce passion. Electric pulses spiraled down their spines as they fell into each others embrace. This lasted for a long moment, until the orange pony pulled away, and looked into rose colored eyes that rekindled her passion for her wife. She wrapped a fore hoof around Dash's shoulder and drew her toward the bed. "We have a lot to do tomorrow Dashie," said Applejack with a soft smile, "we have to visit the lawyer so we can annul this divorce, tell your trainer that you won't be joining the Wonderbolts this time around, and I still have to come back and do some apple buckin' before sundown." For the first time since being home, Rainbow Dash felt a genuine smile spread on her face. "Then we better get to bed then, huh?" "Yeah, but before we do, I thought we might have us a little roll in the hay to ease the tension. Whatcha say?" Rainbow Dash hopped into the bed, "Sounds like a plan to me, it's been too long since I've even been close to you." Applejack rested her head beneath her wife's chin, "Let's just...take things a bit more slowly this time. Remember, you ain't in the air, you're on the ground with me." "I think I can manage that," said Rainbow Dash before she blew out the oil lamp light. Their silhouettes came together in the darkness, then disappeared in the quiet of the room. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author's Notes: This story was inspired by the song D-I-V-O-R-C-E by Tammy Wynette. This was the first "normal story" that I have written in a long time, and it was very difficult for me to write. However, I really enjoyed this piece because it contained a large amount of dialogue, which is my favorite part of a story. I hope that you enjoyed reading it! A very special thanks goes out to Vivex, Taranasaurus0.0, Word-Sight, and Sour Grapes. Without them, I wouldn't have been able to make this story half as good