"Whoooo hooo!" came the high-pitched squeal of Pinkie Pie as she jumped around, continuing cheering. "This is amazing!"
"Pinkie, could you possibly stop all that noise? I'm trying to hear what Applejack has to say." called out Rarity, in annoyance. She flipped her mane and turned back to Applejack. "Continue, dear."
"Well, Ah'm jest sayin' almost everyone's here. Them brothers should be 'round here soon."
"What makes them so special?" Rarity asked. Applejack tilted her head.
"What do ya mean, Rarity?" the white unicorn was just to glad to continue.
"Well," she began, with a sly smile on her face. "It's quite obvious you've been very fond of them. I mean you can't say anything without mentioning them. Yet when their around, ether you make a sarcastic or sweet remark. Or you say nothing at all!"
"What's your point?" before Rarity could reply, there was suddenly a burst of music. Everypony turned their heads to see where is came from. All heads turned to a small radio, and near it were none other then the FlimFlam Brothers. They were dressed, however, in their straw hats, bandanas, blue jean overalls with white long sleeve underneath. Flim began singing a familiar tune.
"Well lookie what we've got here, brother of mine....
Dear Celestia no.... Applejack grunted. It wasn't really the words, it was the tune. When she first heard it, no matter how much she despised it, it always got stuck in her head. She got a hint that the brothers knew this and were getting revenge for having apples thrown at their heads.
"All right you two." she called out, turning off their music.
"Awwww." the brothers said, disappointed.
"We changed the words just for this occasion." Flam said, slouching.
"And it took forever!" Flim sighed.
"Forever?" Applejack asked skeptically.
"Well..... twenty-five minutes." Flim said, shrugging. "But that doesn't mean we didn't work hard on it!"
"Yaw'll to stop whining like lil foals and come on! We're startin' a tune that we can all dance to!" Applejack said, smiling. Everypony cheered, while the brothers shrugged with smiles on their faces. "Everypony grab a partner. We'll start off with a square dance."
She was tapped on the shoulder and nether the less it was Flim. "Flim, don't'cha have some other mare to charm and flirt 'round with?"
Flim, at first, seemed rather offended by this remark.
"Well if you rather not have just a dance with me then I'll leave you alone." he turned, but Applejack garbbed his right forehoof.
"Wait- Ah'm sorry I jest was kiddin'. Ah didn't mean to.." she then heard his chuckle and saw the sly grin on his face. "Ya did that on purpose!"
"So you do care about having a dance with me." Applejack just rolled her eyes.
"Well lets see if yer dancin' is as good as yer talkin'."
"Weren't you paying attention to our dance when we first came?"
"That wasn't a dance, that was some advertising nonsense." again, that offended look came on Flim's face. But he shook I off and put on a smile.
"Well I'll just have to show you how I can do better then you, Orangejack." Applejack narrowed her eyes.
"Oh it's on."
The music began to play, and everypony started dancing. While the two once again rivals were dancing, they caught a glimps of poor Flam being jerked all over the dance floor by Pinkie.
"Why on Equestria would he ask Pinkie to dance with?" Flim asked, puzzled. Applejack shrugged.
"Maybe their wasn't anypony else to ask left."
The upbeat music kept everypony dancing. It was the start of a great night, and Applejack spent all of it with Flim.
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"It was a lovely night sky. The moon shone it's brightest. It seemed Luna was extra hard at work, don't you agree?" Rarity sighed, turning to Applejack. Everypony had left, and they sat in the edge of Sweet Apple Acers, looking at the crisp, relaxing night sky.
"Mm hmm..." Applejack hummed.
"Applejack dear, with that kind of tone I'd think Queen Chrysalis has you under mind control."
"Mm hmm...."
"So she does have you mind controlled?"
"MM- wait, huh?" Applejack woke from her trance, as faced Rarity, blushing. "Ah'm sorry 'bout that Rarity. What was that you were sayin'?"
"Oh I see how it is." Rarity cooed, smiling as she looked at the moon.
"How what is?.....How what is Rarity?" Applejack asked, demandingly.
"Oh don't get worked up, darling. It's just I think a certain stallion is on your mind."
"What? What are ya talkin' about?"
"Does the name, 'Flim Skim' ring a bell?"
"Why do you think Ah'm thinkin' 'bout him?!"
"Well you've spent the entire afternoon with him. And when you saw him and Flam away, when he winked playfully at you, you're face was as red as an apple."
"Ah-"
"Applejack..... you like Flim, don't you?"
"W-What?!"
"You're face has it written all over : 'I like Flim, I like Flim."
"Oh... ah can't lie to ya. But ya have to promise me ya won't tell nopony- not even Twilight, or Pinkie, or Rainbow Dash, or Fluttershy. Nopony."
"I won't tell."
"Pinkie Pie promise me."
Rarity sighed, and did the motions to the promise while reciting them.
"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stab a cupcake in my eye."
"Good. Now ah best get on inside."
"Yes, and I must go back to my boutique and check on Sweetie Bell. Good night Applejack."
"G'night."
That night, it was hard for Applejack to sleep. The memory of the night with Flim kept playing back through her head, and she hoped Flim had the same feelings for her.