Rarity was a good friend and a lady, so she just ignored Twilight's... incident. When Twilight watched me trying different dresses, and I got topless every time in the process, she very discreetly used a towel to wipe away every bit of evidence of what had happened.
I was surprised how well most of the dresses fit me. "I must say Rarity, these are all fabulous.", I addressed her. "I never met such a talented seamstress and designer."
"Oh darling, your flattering me. Please pick the ones you like the most. I will unstitch the rest to use the fabric in future projects."
I had a hard time picking, since there was so much to choose from.
"You can take as many as you want, don't be shy.", she encouraged me.
I settled for four regular and casual dresses and one black with dark purple, fit for a special occasion. I carefully set them aside on a chair. "Can we get these later?", I asked. "We are on our way to Applejack."
"But of course, my dear. I will put them in a bag, and you can get them anytime. I will write your name on it, in case I'm not in here you are allowed to just get it."
We both thanked her and left the shop. It wasn't far to Applejack’s farm from here and soon we were on the path through the orchards.
...
"I can't wait for Rarity to finish our lingerie.", I said. "It looked like you got excited by the idea of lace fabric softly caressing your udders and me slowly undressing you." I gave her a naughty smile.
Her cheeks gained color, and I felt her arousal through our connection. "Stop putting such pictures in my mind while we are not private.", she scolded me. "You get me in embarrassing situations."
"But you look soooo cute when your bashful.", I told her and kissed her cheek.
She just mumbled something, but I felt no anger from her. "I guess we should avoid being to lovey-dovey while we are near Applejack.", I mused. "Considering what Granny has told us."
"Yes, that would be wise. We don't want a reaction like last time."
...
When we arrived at their farm, we met a huge red stallion... well huge for pony standards.
"Stella, this is Big Mac.", she introduced us.
"Hi, it's so nice to meet you.", I told him and shook his hoof.
"Eeyup.", was his only reply.
"So, you are Applejack’s brother, right?"
"Eeyup."
"Do you know where we can find her, I got something to talk about."
He pointed to the other side of the farm, where I saw her as a tiny orange dot pretty far away.
"... thanks."
We walked towards Applejack. I looked back at him.
"Does he have a problem with me?", I asked Twilight once we were far enough.
She laughed. "No, he is always like that. I found he is pretty smart, but just decided not to talk that much."
"Strange...", I mumbled.
...
Applejack was working in a potato field and turned around as she heard us approach her.
"Hi Applejack.", my marefriend greeted her.
"Hi.", I added myself.
"Nice to see you two again. It's good to see you in a better condition.", she said and wiped some sweat from her forehead.
"Seems like hard work.", I said to get a conversation going.
"Everything here on the farm is hard work.", she replied.
"Well, we came here because Twilight told me you're great at building structures, I have a project I could use help with."
"Sure, if I got some free time, I would be happy to help. What is it?", she asked.
"I want to build a little lab, just two small wooden rooms, something where I can experiment without getting others in danger.", I explained. "I will talk to Princess Celestia about a little budget, to pay for all the stuff and the construction."
"You don't have to pay me for helping you. I'm more than happy to do it."
"No, if you use your little free time to help me, I insist on paying you for it.", I told her.
She stared at me for a moment. "Okay, I accept it.", she finally said.
"That’s great.", I cheered. "We want to visit the Carpenter later anyway, so I will ask him for wood planks and so on."
"Ask him about sturdy thick posts too.", Applejack added. "We will need some of them to build it."
And just like that, we were out of conversation topics.
"… well, I better get back to work.", she said.
"Thanks in advance for your help.", I said while she went back to work. We walked on, headed back to Ponyville.
…
"I don't knew what to talk about with Applejack.", I told Twilight after a while. "I don't think we have much in common. "
"You hardly know her right now. It will get better when you have spent so time together.", she told me. "You said you want to talk to Celestia about getting some budget, I think that is a very good idea… and it would solve another problem for me."
"What problem?", I asked.
"Well, I normally write reports to Celestia about everything interesting happening to me, but I didn't found the right words to tell her we are a couple now."
"What’s the problem, just tell her as it is."
"Well, she is kind of a motherly figure to me.", she told me. "This is a huge change in my life, and I think I would prefer to tell her in person, to see her reaction to it."
'Is she afraid she would disapprove?'
"Well, nothing is stopping you from telling her in person.", I said. "Just make an appointment."
"My idea was to invite her and Princess Luna for dinner and tell them about your science project and our relationship as well. It would be nice if you could make your curry again."
"Do they even have time for something like this? They are princesses after all."
She laughed. "They usually have about one to two hours of free time per day. Even princesses go crazy without time for their own. They can schedule if we tell them ahead."
"Well, I have to get some coconut milk from Canterlot then and make some more adjustments, I must give them the best I can… I want them to be in a good mood before asking them for money", I said smiling.
"I may have already sent Spike to Canterlot to get coconut milk…", she admitted.
"Wow, you're excellent in planing ahead. I bet you have lists for everything." I saw a lot of lists in her library so far.
"Actually… I have a list of ponies to tell about our relationship. After we told the princesses we should visit my family soon."
"I love too. I can't wait to see photos of you as a baby. You must have been so adorable."
Her face lost some of its color." Oh no… that totally a thing my mom will do."