Applejack was allowed to spend the rest of the day in reflection on her life. Rather than achieving clarity about her situation she felt like she was staggering through a fog. Her heart ached, her head was spinning, she couldn't stop worrying about Rainbow. Was it true? Was her girlfriend only with her for sex? When evening finally came she lay awake on her bunk unable to think about anything but Rainbow.
"Stupid Rainbow." The farm girl mumbled angrily to herself. "Always tryina git up my shirt, er. . . Er in mah. . ." She realized almost as afterthought that she had been thinking about nothing but Rainbow Dash and sex all afternoon. She looked down at her body and an uncomfortable idea wormed its way into her mind. She could count on one hand the times that she had touched herself, but she simply couldn't get her mind off of her girlfriend. "Stupid sexy Rainbow Dash."
Awkward as it might be to do in an unfamiliar place after so much had happened, Applejack couldn't deny she needed some comfort right about now, and quite frankly, she was bored. The camp, despite pictures of happy campers kayaking in the brochure, was surprisingly scarce on recreational activities. The whole camp seemed like one big sensory deprivation chamber, nothing to do but think about her heartache.
Well now her head was filled to bursting with thoughts of her rather attractive girlfriend being handsy with her. That was one of Applejack's biggest sources of conflict, the fact that she genuinely did like the things that Rainbow did to her. Her hand strayed netherward and her breath began to grow labored. She slipped a hand under her shirt just like Rainbow had and her neck arched.
The thought began to occur to Applejack's mind. Why didn't she let Rainbow do these things to her? She did love her, didn't she? So why did she withhold herself from the girl she loved? Why was it that she wanted to hold Rainbow, kiss Rainbow, to look into those scarlet eyes for minutes on end, yet the second Rainbow's hand strayed to the places that She was touching right now she would snap at her? What was it that made her uncomfortable about her girlfriend touching her?
"Rainbow." She breathed as her movements grew faster and more intense. "Rainbow! . . . Rainbow?!" She stopped suddenly when she saw a streak of Rainbow fly across the moon. She stuck her head out the window and looked up to see the girl she loved floating high in the air on a pair of magic wings. Her heart leapt at setting the girl she'd been fantasizing about, but she suddenly grew pensive. This was the very person that she had come to this camp to get away from, to get her mind straight about. She knew Rainbow had to go, but she had to admit part of her was happy to see her. "T'wouldn't hurt to just. . . Talk to her. . . Just fer a minute." She stealthily scrambled out the window.
Rainbow Dash finally spotted her and darted to the ground. "Applejack!" She shouted with equal relief and desperation.
The farm girl shushed the athlete. "Hush girl! Ya might get in trouble if they see ya. What're y'all doin here?" She let out a grunt when Rainbow crushed her in an embrace.
"Applejack I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry." Rainbow wept bitterly into Applejack's shoulder. The farm girl couldn't help but smile. Despite everything that had happened, the big silly blue girl still made her heart swell. Applejack coaxed her girlfriend into a sitting position on the ground and cooed softly to her as she cried. The athlete clung to the farmer like a scared child, worried that she'd vanish forever if she let go. The sniffles grew less and less frequent and soon the two were sitting together in loving silence. "A.J., do you still love me?"
Applejack thought hard for a long moment and sighed. She gave the blue girl a comforting squeeze. "O'course Ah do."
Rainbow snuggled closer and sighed with relief. "So we're still together then?" The farm girl sighed hard and got to her feet and took several steps away. "Applejack?" She asked worriedly.
Pinkie and Rarity caught a glimpse of the two through the trees from the road and pulled over quickly. "Rainb" Pinkie began to shout, but Rarity cupped a hand quickly over her mouth.
"Shush! This isn't a discussion we should interrupt!" She chided in a hushed voice.
"Oh, right, sorry. So I guess we should just wait here and not eavesdrop on the juiciest drama we'll probably ever see in person in our lives then huh." Pinkie said in a completely honest tone. Rarity's face went blank. She being an avid fan of soap operas of all kinds, failed to resist the temptation and the two crept silently towards the drama already in progress.
"Ah don't know Rainbow." Applejack choked back a sob. "Ah just don't know if Ah can be with you if y'all'r gonna be like this!" Rarity gasped and delicately took one single piece of the popcorn Pinkie had acquired from who knows where.
Rainbow's heart felt pierced as with an icicle. "A.J. . . You can't mean that. I love you!"
"DO YOU?!" Applejack screamed, disregarding her previous warning to use stealth. Rarity jumped slightly at the sudden volume. "Cause Ah'm not so sure anymore! Ah trah to remember a tahme where you was sweet on me without bein lewd and fer the lahfe a me ah cain't do it!" She glared through her tears. "Do you really love me, or are y'all just with me so you can get in mah pants Rainbow?" She waited in vain for an answer, but the athlete was too stunned by the accusation to answer right away. "Answer me!" Applejack screamed.
Rainbow Dash and the two concealed spectators flinched at the demand. "Yes! I mean, no! I." She groaned in frustration. "A.J. please! I love you." She took both of the outraged girl's hands in her own. "What do I have to do to make you see that? I'll do anything! No more kissing? I'll put myself in handcuffs when we're together!" She grinned weakly. "I can borrow them from Fluttershy."
"See! I told you fuzzy pink handcuffs were a good Christmas gift for Sunshy! Pay up!" Pinkie whispered triumphantly. Rarity rolled her eyes and slipped her a five.
Applejack couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at the joke. Rainbow felt a wave of relief at seeing the girl she loved smile again. "You wanna take a break here and get your head straight? That's fine, I'll wait. I promise, I have never meant to make you uncomfortable. I love you! She gently kissed the clasped hands and there were tears in both of the spectators eyes.
Applejack's heart melted at these ministrations, and she was almost ready to throw her arms around her girlfriend's shoulders and say all was forgiven, but unfortunately at that exact moment Rainbow decided to make another lewd joke. She kissed the hands again but this time caught a whiff of Applejack's leftovers on her unwashed fingers. She grinned her usual cocky grin and quipped, "And hey, clearly you've been thinking about me." She sensually sucked on the tip of Applejack's middle finger.
Rarity face palmed. Pinkie, suddenly wearing a sports caster's headset whispered, "Oh that's gonna cost her some points!" Applejack's eyes blazed. She summoned all of her magical super strength and slapped Rainbow across the face as hard as she could.
Both Rarity and Pinkie screamed for their friend as they rushed to help her.
"Hey! What're you three doing here! No visitors allowed!" Came the voice from a security guard flanked on either side by a comrade.
Applejack's surprise at seeing two more of her friends suddenly appear was drowned in her hurt and rage. She lashed out a finger towards the prone figure of the blue girl on the ground and roared, "GIT HER OUTTA HERE! I DON'T NEVER WANNA SEE HER AGAIN!" She stomped away back to her cabin. The sound of her sobbing could be heard from within. Rarity and Pinkie carried the unconscious body of their friend quickly to Rarity's car and rushed away before the guards could get to them.