Chapter 2
A/N: So, just so you guys know, this fic is set just after Call of the Cutie, and the prologue was a week or so after Applebuck Season. Later I will directly reference things that happen in Green Isn't Your Color. I'm going to try to keep the timeline correct, but I may mess things up or have to put in events in the wrong order because it just fits better that way. Please bear with me. And now... A chapter about Big Macintosh! I may switch off every other chapter, but it'll probably just be whenever I feel like switching POV. Sorry this isn't as long as i promised, especially considering how long it's been. I will hopefully be updating more regularly in the next month or so, as well as starting a new Octavia/Vinyl Scratch fic, because there aren't enough of those in this world yet. Sorry for the disgustingly long AN. So, yeah. Enjoy, I guess ;)
Big Macintosh was surprised by how normal Fluttershy had seemed, compared to Applejack's other friends. He had met them all now, and let's just say he wasn't quite sure about them. Rainbow Dash seemed to do nothing but taunt AJ, as did Rarity, but in a different way. And Pinkie Pie was... Well, Pinkie Pie. There was no explaining her. Twilight Sparkle was the most normal besides Fluttershy, and she seemed to do nothing but study and practice her magic. And even though she'd technically saved winter wrap up, it was partially her fault that they had been so behind anyways, since she'd gotten the field covered in snow again, right as they were almost done ploughing it. Big Macintosh couldn't wait to see her again, but wait he did until he got an opportunity almost two weeks later.
He was in the basement getting some apples ready to turned into applesauce, when he heard a set of hooves clopping down the stairs behind kept cutting the apples, until the pony came right up behind him. He turned, and found himself face to face with his sister Applejack. "AJ," he said, nodding to her.
"Howdy," she said back, smiling at her practically silent brother. "Ah'm goin' to Twilight's for a sleepover with her an' Rarity tonight, but Ah'm behind on apple deliveries, an Twi said we had ta be there at 4 exactly. So, long story short, could ya deliver the last few wagons full? It's only ta Fluttershy's an' Diamond Tiara's."
Big Macintosh knew he would say yes as soon as she mentioned Fluttershy, but he liked to make his sister work for what she asked. "Hm," he said, fighting a smile. "Well..."
"Pleeeeease?" she whined at him. "Pretty please?"
"And what'll Ah get out of this?" he asked, smiling widely now.
"Ah'll... Ah'd offer ta do all the applebucking next year, but we know how that'd turn out." she said, smiling too, almost in a mischievous way. Big Macintosh began to grow worried. "Ah'll put a good word in for ya with Cheerilee."
Big Macintosh frowned, remembering the purple pony he had dated the year before. She had broken his heart, and dumped for that moronic pony Caramel, who would lose his own mane if it wasn't attached to his head, and though it had been almost a year since it happened, it still hurt to think about her. Usually, at least. Now all Big Macintosh felt was frustration with himself for not realizing sooner that Cheerilee wasn't right for him - and that there was somepony else who was. "Hmm," said Big Macintosh, pretending to consider. "Ah'll pass."
"What?" said Applejack. "But... Ah... You... But ya're in love with her ain't cha? What do Ah hafta do?"
"Trade jobs with me?"
"Ya mean..." stuttered Applejack, obviously confused. "Ya mean, Ah do all the easy work 'round here, like makin' applesauce, and you do all the deliveries?"
Big Macintosh nodded. "Eeyup."
"Big Mac, it looks like ya have yerself a deal," said Applejack, spitting on her hoof and holding it out. Big Macintosh spit on his hoof too, and they shook on it, Applejack not realizing in the slightest how happy she'd just made her brother. She turned and headed back up the stairs, and Big Macintosh turned back to the apples, deciding to finsh cutting them up before he started the deliveries.
Just after she reached the top step he called after her. "Oh, an' AJ? Ah ain't in love with Cheerilee anymore. Ah reckon Ah found mahself somepony new." and without waiting for a response, he turned back to the applesauce, leaving a befuddled Applejack standing in the doorway.