Big Macintosh was laying in bed, when he heard a knock at his door.
“Ah don’t wanna talk!” said Big Macintosh.
“Come on Big Macintosh!” said Applejack. “Yah been in there way too long! When you fall down, yah gotta get back up!”
“Go away, Applejack!” yelled Big Mac.
“CON SARNIT! THAT’S IT!” yelled Granny Smith.
Suddenly Big Mac’s door came crashing down. Standing there was Granny Smith. How she was able to kick his door down, he would never know.
“Granny!?” said Big Mac. “What tha hay are you doin’!?
“Ah’ve been quiet too long!” proclaimed Granny Smith. “And ah canst be quiet no more!”
“But she hasn’t stopped talking about it all week,” said Apple Bloom.
“Don’t poke the bear, sugar cube,” said Applejack.
“Macintosh Chelmsford Apple!” began Granny Smith.
“Aw, Granny, how many times ah gotta tell yah…” he started.
“No talkin’ back!” said Granny Smith. “Ah can still put yah over mah leg and whoop yer big behind! Ifn’ this filly really means that much to yah, then you gotta shape up and go after her! Life is too short tah be sittin in yer room feelin’ sorry fer yerself! Twilight Sparkle’s a good young filly! Ifn’ you don’t snatch her up, somepony else will! Do you want that tah happen!?”
“N…nope,” said Big Mac quietly.
“What’s that!?” said Granny. “Ah can’t hear ya! Alls ah can hear is some other feller askin’ Twilight Sparkle out! That what you want!?”
“NOPE!” he finally yelled as loud as he could.
“That’s more like it!” she proclaimed. “Now get yer silly flank in gear, n’ go get that sweet filly b'fer she decides to move on!”
“EEYUP!” exclaimed Big Mac.
He ran out of his room as fast as his legs could take him. But he came back for his yoke, then immediately ran back out. Applejack and Apple Bloom just stood there in shocked silence.
“Ya’ll is a bunch of amateurs!” said Granny Smith. “Yeh don’t get a colt movin’ by bein’ all sweet n’ soft with em. Yeh gotta challenge their masculinity…Now if ya’ll scuse me, ah need me a good ol fashioned nap.”
As Granny Smith walked back downstairs to her rocking chair, Applejack and Apple Bloom looked at each other.
“Think we’ll ever be as smart as Granny Smith?” said Apple Bloom.
"Ah sure hope so, Apple Bloom,” said Applejack. “Cuz ah don’t know what we’ll do the day she finally goes. That old mare never ceases to amaze me.”
Twilight was nearly halfway to Sweet Apple Acres when she saw what looked to be a dust cloud. But it was definitely not a dust cloud. It was Big Macintosh, running faster than she had ever seen him run. Big Mac saw Twilight almost immediately and managed to come to a screeching halt. They both stared at each other intensely for a moment.
“Big Macintosh,” began Twilight. “I…”
“Hold it, Twilight,” interrupted Big Mac. “Ah have a lot tah say and if ah don’t get it out now, ah’ll never be able to say it again…Twilight…Ah love you! Since the first day ah saw you comin’ inta Ponyville ah haven’t thought of any other filly. Gettin’ tah know you only increased those feelins. Yer the smartest, sweetest, an most beautiful filly ah ever laid eyes on. Gettin’ tah see you any day is always a highlight fer me, no matter how bad that day coulda been beforehand. And ah think the twinkles on mah cutie mark aint twinkles, but sparkles. It means that the filly fer me is the someone who sparkles. Ah can only hope that you feel the same way fer me that ah feel fer you.”
The two stood there for what seemed to be forever. At least to Big Macintosh. Twilight suddenly began to tear up. He wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Twilight then jumped at him and pressed her lips deeply against his. It was the most passionate kiss either had ever felt in their entire lives. At this moment, their moment, nothing else mattered. There was nopony else but them. After several minutes they pulled away from each other, continuing to look in each other’s eyes.
“I love you too, Macintosh Chelmsford Apple,” said Twilight with a sly smile.
“Ah’ll never live that down now,” said Big Mac.
“Would you feel better if I told you my middle name was Monceros?” asked Twilight.
“Monoceros?” asked Big Mac.
“Astrology is a huge hobby in my family,” said Twilight.
“Ah spose it helps,” said Big Mac. “Though it still sounds better than Chelmsford.”
“I don’t care what you’re called,” said Twilight. “As long as you’re you.”
She gave him a peck on the cheek.
“And I think I discovered something new about my cutie mark,” said Twilight.
“Really?” asked Big Mac. “What?”
“See this white star behind the bigger star?” she asked.
He looked closely at her flank, and indeed there it was.
“Eeyup,” he said “What about it?”
“While the tinier stars may be my friends, who will always be around me,” she started. “The white star represents the one who will always be with me no matter what.”
Big Macintosh smiled widely and they shared another kiss.
“We should probably let our families know everything is going well now,” said Twilight.
“Eeyup,” said Big Mac. “Ah reckon that’s a mighty fine idea.”
They decided to walk to Sweet Apple Acres first.
“Guess what?” said Twilight. “I met Chester Buckingham.”
“Really!?” said a surprised Big Mac. “Wow! He’s a nice feller.”
“I know,” said Twilight. “He was my first coltfriend during my time at the academy.”
“WHAT!?” said a shocked Big Mac.
Twilight gave him one last tackle, planting another big kiss on him. They started laughing big as they continued on to Sweet Apple Acres to give the exciting news to the rest of the Apple Family.
To Twilight Sparkle
Love is the greatest adventure of all! Never let it slip away.
Bookworm Ferdinand Scholar
AKA Chester Buckingham
THE END
TwiMac will return in Love Is a Many Splendid Pile of Crazy!