After dinner, one of the best Ditzy had the fortune to enjoy, Carrot drove her to Sweet Apple Acres to pick up little Dinky. To her surprise, Big Macintosh was on the porch, a cup of coffee in his hand, and appeared slightly surprised to see Ditzy getting out of the car with Carrot, an acquaintance of the Apple family. "Hello, Miss Carrot. How is the farm this time of year?"
"It's going splendidly," She replied, smiling widely to the handsome farmer. "Not as much business as Sweet Apple Acres, but enough to give me a home."
"That there is really all that matters, Miss Carrot." Big Mac replied, nodding in understanding. He maintained that lazy smile as Ditzy approached him, and he remembered her from this afternoon. Chuckling some as she got closer, Big Mac looked to her. "Ah suppose that little angel in there is yours?"
Ditzy thought he had chuckled at her, and bit her lip sadly. Hearing his following words, however, her mood brightened and she gave him a big smile. "Yep, that's my Dinky."
"Well then, please come on in." Big Macintosh offered as he opened the door, waiting for the two women like the gentleman he was. Carrot entered first and it sounded like she saw Applejack, because the greetings and conversation began. Ditzy stopped beside Big Macintosh for a moment and smiled warmly to him. "I wanted to thank you for letting Dinky stay with you all for the afternoon. I hope she wasn't trouble. And please, call me Ditzy."
"Well, Ditzy, she wasn't any trouble at all. In fact, Ah reckon' she was probably the best behaved one out of the four." Big Mac replied before taking another sip of his coffee. "May I get you a cup?"
Ditzy shook her head and smiled. "No thanks, Carrot and I just ate."
"Alright, Ah wouldn't want to keep ya waitin' in that case." Big Macintosh replied, walking over to the stairs of the Apple house. "Bloom! Time for y’all to come down and say g'night; your friend has to go home!" His voice, as loud as it was, wasn't yelling. It was more stern than anything, and soon the sound of little footsteps was heard upstairs. Down come a group of young girls, and with them was Dinky, looking as happy as ever. "Mommy!"
"Hey, Muffin." Ditzy replied with a bright smile, kneeling down to scoop up her daughter in her arms. With her was a young redhead dressed like Big Mac; a young girl in boyish clothing with violet hair; and a rather beautiful young girl in a dress, hair a little purple and pink.
"If ya have a moment to spare, I'd like to introduce you to Dinky's new friends." Big Macintosh started, placing a hand on the redhead's head. "This is mah sister, Applebloom. Her friends Scootaloo," His hand rested on the violet-haired one. "And Sweetie Belle." His hand moved and rested on the girl with the dress. "Now, girls, say g'night to Dinky, then get ya things together so Ah can take ya home."
"G'night Dinky!" They cheered in unison with bright smiles before disappearing back up the stairs. Ditzy couldn't help but smiling proudly at her daughter. "They seem really nice."
Dinky nodded and yawned widely before snuggling into her mother. Ditzy kissed her head and looked to Big Mac. "Thank you for taking care of her. I should really get her home and into bed."
"Eeyup." He replied with another sip of his coffee. Ditzy found his short answers cute. She gave him a small smile, one he returned, and walked over to Carrot.
"Sorry if I'm interrupting, but can you take us home? She's exhausted." Ditzy said to Carrot Top, who looked to the young girl and smiled. "Sure, no problem, Ditz. I'll talk to you later, Applejack."
"We'll be here if ya need anythin', Carrot." AJ replied, smiling at the sight of the tired girl. "Mighty cute kid ya got there, Miss Doo."
Ditzy blushed and smiled some, nodding in agreement. She followed Carrot to the car and got Dinky strapped in safely before looking back at the house. Big Mac was leading the two younger girls to his truck, fulfilling his duties of getting them back home to their families. She noticed him looking at her and waved gently before getting into the car. Big Mac flashed her a simple nod and got into his truck.
The car ride home was silent until Carrot Top spoke. "You like him, don't you?"
Ditzy was taken aback by the forward question and she couldn't find a lie. "He's really nice..." was all she could reply with.
"I saw how you were eyeing him in your conversation." Carrot teased. Ditzy slapped her arm with a playfully shocked look on her face. "I was not!"
"I'm not saying it's bad, Ditz," Carrot laughed as she pulled up into the apartment complex. "I think it's good. You're showing affection again, and that's a good sign. Plus, he's handsome and a gentleman. You should keep talking to him."
Unbuckling Dinky from the backseat, Ditzy lifted her and walked around to Carrot Top. She was blushing and smiled to her oldest friend. "Ok...Ok! I'll keep talking to him, for you."
"No, for you." Carrot replied, pointing to Ditzy. Ditzy smiled some and watched Carrot leave before walking up to the door of her home. She unlocked the lock and went inside, taking a moment to tuck Dinky into bed before settling down for the evening with a shower, and a personal moment of thinking of Big Mac. It was something she hadn't done in ages, and it was exactly what she needed to be perfectly comfortable when she finally hit her bed, dressed in just a pair of panties. Smiling, she chewed her lip gently and drifted to sleep thinking of the farmer.