Twilight and Applejack got about the same reaction to different levels from the rest of their friends. Rainbow tried to act cool about the whole thing, but the smile gave her away. It took a good five minutes to get Fluttershy to stop hugging them and crying for joy. Pinkie was, of course, wanting to plan a party.
Now the two were walking to Sweet Apple Acres. Before they’d left Twilight’s castle, they’d let Starlight and Spike in on the good news. Starlight said she figured as much, with the hints Applejack and Twilight herself had dropped.
Spike took a little bit of explanation. But when he realized they already had friends that were two mare couples i.e. Sweetie Drops/Lyra Heartstrings and Octavia Melody/Vinyl Scratch a.k.a. DJ Pon-3. Then he understood.
Twilight asked if Starlight would mind keeping an eye on Spike and feeding him dinner. She was going to Sweet Apple Acres to talk to AJ’s family and wasn’t sure when she’d be home.
“Honey,” said Twilight, “I need to ask you something.”
“Anythin’ Darlin’,” replied AJ.
“What would’ve happened if I, in my drunken state, would’ve tried to have sex with you?”
Applejack chuckled.
“Twilight,” said AJ, “that’s just what ya were actually tryin’ to do. It felt so good when ya were rubbin’ my boobs. It was so hard not to let ya go on”
“I think I remember that,” said Twilight with a smile, “and if I’m remembering correctly, you’ve quite the set. It makes me drool thinking of them.”
“Well if’n ya behave,” said AJ with a wink and quick kiss, “Ah might be persuaded to let ya check ‘em out again. But like we said, we shouldn’t rush into such things.”
“Sorry Honey,” said Twilight, “I guess I’ve dreamed so much about it and you, I was trying to act it out.”
Applejack kissed Twilight.
“Don’t worry ‘bout it Sugar Cube,” said AJ. “Ah’ve dreamed ‘bout it an’ you too. An’ it was so hard fer me to want to stop ya.”
“You know,” said Twilight, “I’ve always thought affection was an important part of a relationship. But I’ve always thought respect was just as great. I can’t tell you how much my heart feels knowing you respect me as much as you care for me.”
“Ah don’t know why this took so long Sweetheart,” said AJ smiling, “if’n we’d ever talked ‘bout this stuff years ago, no tellin’ where we’d be now.”
“I could take a guess,” said Twilight with a mischievous gleam in her eyes.
“An’ Ah look forward to that day,” said AJ. Twilight nodded in agreement.
Applejack understood what was being implied and smiled before stopping and delivering an extra-large kiss to her marefriend.
“Y’all two wanna bring that in here?” Said Granny Smith’s voice. “We don’t wanna shock the chickens an’ have ’em stop layin’.”
Twilight and Applejack were surprised, with their talk, they hadn’t noticed that they’d already walked to Sweet Apple Acres.
Granny told Twilight that she had to stay for dinner and they’d talk about important matters after that. AJ had some chores that she needed to finish so Twilight insisted that she help.
AJ was a little jealous that Twilight could move heavy objects and was able to do a lot of the things AJ had to put effort into with just her magic. There was a hole in the barn roof that AJ was going to patch, but before she could go get the ladder, Twilight teleported herself, AJ, the tools and supplies to the roof.
When finished, Twilight teleported herself and her marefriend, along with her supplies, back to earth.
“Sugar Cube,” said Applejack, “Ah could get used to this kind’a help ‘round the farm.”
“Honey,” said Twilight, “not to be too hasty, but there may come a time when that help may be a lot more common.”
The two embraced, a tremor was felt by both. There was so much they wanted to say, but they thought that it might be way too early and they had to make sure it wasn’t just the new release of repressed feelings but something much deeper. They so hoped that it was the latter. Yet there were years of attraction to take into consideration as well.
They then heard Granny calling:
“’Kay ya lazy daisies, if’n y’all wanna eat, then scoot yer boot’s!”
Twilight looked at AJ and snickered.
“And I guess I’m going to have to get used to some new terminology’s.”
“Ah really hope so,” said AJ.
The two kissed and went in to wash up to eat.
Twilight had dined with the Apples before. But this time, there were smug looks from Apple Bloom and uncertain ones from Big Mac at their sister and Twilight sitting very close. They might have been more amused if they could see that Twilight and AJ were rubbing their hind hooves together under the table.
After dinner was finished, Twilight insisted that she help clean up. AJ told Twilight that dishes were Apple Bloom’s chore, but Twilight said she wanted to help.
Apple Bloom stood there amazed as she was watching Twilight’s magic washing, drying and putting away the dishes, pots and pans.
“Whoo-ee!” said Apple Bloom, “Thanks Twilight, ya can come over an’ wash dishes anytime!”
“I just bet,” said Twilight as she received a genuine hug from the filly. “now let’s see what the rest of the family is doing.”
Twilight took Apple Bloom’s hoof and walked into the family room and saw that Granny Smith was in her rocking chair, Big Mac was in a chair reading a farming magazine. Applejack was sitting on a sofa. When she saw Twilight, she patted the cushion beside herself. Twilight sat close as Apple Bloom sat on the floor.
Twilight looked at AJ, AJ took Twilight’s hoof and nodded.
“Listen y’all,” said Applejack, the family looked in their direction. Granny had a sly smile.
“Twilight an’ Ah have to tell y’all somethin’. It took a bad incident an’ some of Granny’s Apple Brandy, but Twilight an’ Ah’ve admitted to each other that we’ve had feelin’s fer each other fer some time now.”
Big Mac looked amazed, Apple Bloom looked like she would burst.
“Do any of you have any problem with that?” asked Twilight.
“Nope,” said Big Mac smiling.
“My sis an’ Princess Twilight! Together! Ah can’t wait to tell Sweetie Belle an’ Scootaloo,” said Apple Bloom excited, but then she paused. “If’n that’s ’kay?”
“Sis,” said Applejack, “we don’t care what pony knows.”
“And Apple Bloom, I’m now your sister’s marefriend. You don’t have to call me princess.”
Apple Bloom smiled at that.
They sat and talked for hours. The siblings enjoyed hearing about some of Twilight’s past and her relationship with Princesses Celestia and Luna. But it was getting late and Twilight mentioned that she had to get going.
“A’fore ya do that,” said AJ, “let me talk to Granny.”
Granny got up out of her chair and walked to meet Applejack.
“Look out Twilight,” said Apple Bloom, “Granny’s off her rocker!”
Twilight and the family snickered.
Applejack and Granny went aside. Their conversation was short but both were smiling.
Apple Bloom went up to get ready for bed, after saying goodnight to everypony, even giving Twilight a hug. AJ took Twilight’s hoof and looked into her eyes.
“Sugar,” said Applejack, “don’t take this wrong, but would ya mind stayin’ the night with me. I promise no hanky-panky. But it felt so nice with ya holdin’ me yesterday. If’n ya ain’t comfortable, I’d understand.”
Twilight’s smile would’ve been visible in the dark. She walked over to Granny and kissed her cheek.
“Thanks for trusting me.” Said Twilight, “I promise that there’ll be nothing for you to be concerned about.”
“Thanks Twilight,” said the old pony, “but both of y’all are adults, so Ah ain’t got no say. All I ask is that ya treat my granddaughter right.”
“Granny, I couldn’t do anything else.”
“Ah know Twilight, Ah know.”
The two hugged and Twilight followed AJ up to her room. Twilight had never been in this part of the house before, but it was what she imagined it would be. Very rustic, very clean and very tidy. AJ closed the room’s door behind themselves. She looked as nervous as Twilight.
“We don’t have to do this if you don’t want, my Darling,” said Twilight caressing Applejack’s cheek.
“To tell the truth,” said AJ, “Ah don’t wanna do this. Ah wanna make love all night to the pony who’s now the center of my heart. But we both know that if’n it’s to happen, it’ll be at a better time an’ place.”
“I agree because I feel the same. Perhaps we should set limits and swear that we won’t go beyond them”
“Deal, Sugar Cube. What say that kissin’ anythin’ below the chest is off limits an’ no hooves past the breasts. Ah ain’t got to check yers out yet.”
“Second base eh? I can live with that,” said Twilight with a smile, “Cutie marks okay? Rubbing, not kissing.”
“Cutie marks are ’kay.”
“Pinkie Pie swear?” asked Twilight.
“Pinkie Pie swear,” said AJ.
“Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!” Said the two together, going through the motions. Then they giggled. But both could swear they heard Pinkie’s voice in the distance:
“Forever…”
“How does she do that?” said AJ and Twilight together.
AJ hung her hat on a nail then turned to face Twilight.`
“Do you take your ribbons out at night?”
“Sometimes," said Applejack.
“May I?”
AJ nodded her head.
Twilight could have done this with her magic, but she chose to move her head to the ribbon in AJ’s mane, she was nuzzling as much as reaching the ribbon. Twilight secured an end with her teeth and pulled it loose. Applejack shook her head and her golden mane flowed free and hung loose. Twilight thought that she’d never seen Applejack so beautiful before. Then Twilight’s horn glowed and the ribbon on AJ’s tail came loose and floated to a dresser. AJ giggled.
“Don’t ya trust me?” giggled Applejack.
“Yes Honey, I trust you,” said Twilight, nuzzling Applejack. “I don’t trust me. If I got that close to your ‘goodies’, I don’t think I could stop myself.”
“Twi Sugar,” said AJ, “if’n we was to slip up and made love, then it’d be both of us slippin’ up. Ah wanna wait, but truthfully part of me doesn’t.”
“Apple-Honey, we probably need to stop talking about this. I’ve never felt this level of desire before.”
The two stood there kissing for several minutes, wanting and yet hesitant of getting in the bed together. They broke the kiss and looked deep into each other’s eyes.
“Come on,” said AJ as she led Twilight to the bed.
Twilight’s magic turned down the covers and the two climbed on. They embraced
an pulled the other so close it was like they were trying to occupy the same space.
AJ noticed Twilight had tears in her eyes.
“What’s wrong Twi,” said AJ, “are ya regrettin’ this already?”
“No, I’ve dreamed of this so often.”
“Then what?”
“Apple-Honey, how long have we known each other”
“Ya know as well as Ah do, it’s been six years this last Summer Sun Celebration.”
“How long have you had feelings for me?”
“’Bout five years… You?”
“About the same.”
“Is somethin’ wrong?”
“No Apple-Honey,” AJ was really liking the pet name, “there’s something I need to say. I keep thinking that it’s too soon, but when we factor in the five years, and how we’ve both felt, maybe it isn’t.”
Applejack’s breath caught. She was sure she knew where Twilight was going with this, because she felt the same. But she needed to make sure it was what Twilight was alluding to.
“What is it ya need to say?”
“Applejack, I… I… I love you.
I think I have for some time.”
There were tears in Applejack’s eyes. But her face reflected pure joy.
“Twilight, Ah love ya too!”
The two kissed as deep as they dared.
“I love you Apple-Honey, I love you!”
“Ah love ya Twi, Ah love ya so much!”
They held each other laughing and crying.
“Why did this have to take this long?” asked Applejack.
“I don’t know,” said Twilight, “but I don’t want to waste another day by us being apart or even ‘just friends’. I’m not saying that we need to move in together, at least not right away (Applejack smiled at that). But now that it’s in the open, I don’t want to be without my Apple-Honey.”
“Or without my Twilight.”
“Apple-Honey, I think this is going to be fun.”
Applejack’s response was perhaps the deepest and most passionate kiss yet. Their hooves slowly worked to the other’s breasts. To the thrill of both mares.