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// Applejack 
// Story: A Boy and a Bunch of Cute Ponies 
// by Rupertthered 
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	This was the 8th week ever since Lyra has visited you. To think it's been such a long time since this all started. You never expected your life to change so much just from meeting six ponies a few months ago. You still remember those days, some of the best days you had in years. They taught you so much, and these new ponies have also taught you so much, it was wonderful. Total strangers being open to a person outside their species and never met in their life, yet so kind. It was a gift that you sometimes questioned if it was really meant for you.

You waited by the door as you always did waiting for the knock to come. It always seemed to happen around one in the afternoon, you never understood why. Then again there were many things you never understood, but you let those things pass as you didn't pay it much heed. Soon enough the knock came, rather loudly and hasty. You hurried over to the door, opening it, hoping it was nothing bad.

And behind the door stood an orange earth pony wearing a stetson hat. Applejack you thought. "Howdy Anon." She clopped over to you and began to hug you. "It's been so long, I missed you. My brother told me he visited you. Is that true?" You nod your head, remembering the encounter with the much larger stallion. "Did he treat you right? He better have."

You couldn't help but laugh at how she acted knowing Big Macintosh visited you. You never thought she would act this way. "Well good to know my brother didn't do anything, be he is a gentle giant he is. Never hurt a fly big ol' him." She stopped hugging and trotted inside hoping to lay down in the comfort of your home. "I like what you did with the place Anon. I'm sure Rarity helped you a lot. She would be a proud girl let me tell you."

She turned her neck this way and that way trying to take in eveything. Funny thing was you don't remember her being into these kinds of things. She was always a cow girl ready for a rodeo and such. You chuckled a bit hoping she wouldn't hear, unfortunately for you, she did hear it.

She turns around to look at you. "What's that laughter for Anon?" She began to trot to you looking square in your eyes. You weren't sure what to say to her. You being to shift your eyes trying to think of something quick before she.

And the next moment you find yourself tied up underneath her. Did she always carry her rope around you wondered. "Now I'll say this again Anon, you gonna tell me what you were chuckling at?" Well you figured you couldn't do much, with you being tied up and her on top on you. You finally decided to tell you. You never figured she would be into these things that Rarity liked, unless...

"Oh that, umm well you see Anon." You couldn't see her face, but you figured she was red all over her orange face. "Since I figured I wouldn't be able to see you again, my heart has been feeling heavy, I tried asking Rarity for help, and well after spending some time with her, I found myself getting closer to her. I never expected to be a fillyfooler as my pony folks like to call it. But I'm dam proud to be with her." 

Fillyfooler? Was that their term for the L word? You assumed it was and passed it. "So yea I've been getting interested in the fashion and stuff, but nothing compared to her still. Though I'm mighty surprised she is fine getting dirty, at least when I'm around." That was quite an interesting story. You never figured that those two would get along. Then again, in a world that seemed mostly female dominated it isn't too hard to imagine. 

After a while of sitting in silence, she finally decided to untie you. "Sorry about that Anon, I guess I'm still nervous about letting folks know I'm with Rarity. I never expected to be interested in love, till I started my own farm. But some months ago it started with you, and now its with Rarity. I still care for you honestly, but we're from two different worlds Anon. I'm sorry." She didn't need to apologize to you, you completely understood how she felt. You once liked someone that was different from you, but they were moving away from town and going to live somewhere far away, you can't always hold on to feelings that seem impossible to grasp. 

You finally stood up after the rope came off. But soon enough you found yourself back on the ground as Applejack began to hug you tightly as she gently cried. You couldn't help but cry yourself, seeing such a strong pony such as herself cry for such a thing. It was neither of your faults, you hoped she understood that. But you didn't care at the moment, she was hurt, and you didn't like that. 

She begins to sniff between her cries. "I'm sorry Anon, I probably shouldn't act this way. I'm suppose to be a strong mare, and here I am acting like a filly. It's wrong of me to do that." You sat up, and removed her hat, as you put your hand on her head where her golden hair was. You looked at her eyes, she was a strong one, you can just tell even when she was crying. You couldn't believe you were doing this, but you knew it was the right thing to do. You begin to put your mouth against hers, hoping it would calm her down. And it seemed to have down the trick.

You two eventually broke off after a few seconds, she apologized for being a silly pony back there, and she should have known it was wrong for her to act as such. But it didn't matter to you, you only cared she was happy. And you knew Rarity would take care of her. That was the second time you two had kissed you believe. The second kiss of your life.