Sunday, 1:00 am, I'm currently lying on top of my bed covers, everypony currently in the house is asleep, Applejack hasn't came back from her night out yet. But I'm not worried about her being late, she deserves to have her fun.
My father-in-law's hat is on my bedside table, strangely enough, all I could be thinking about right now, is how Applejack might react to seeing the hat for the first time in Celestia knows how long. Will she be sad, because it brings back too many memories? Or will she be overjoyed by it? I have no idea, and never have I thought so much about a hat. But to Big MacIntosh and possibly to the rest of the ponies who live under the roof of this house, it's special, and if it's special to my family then it's special to me.
I can't sleep, I'm worried that if I sleep, Luna will come into my dreams and force me to watch depressing memories from my past. Maybe if she can show a little bit of compassion and show me a good memory, then that would be awesome, like she could probably show me proposing to Applejack, or my wedding itself, or the first time I came to Ponyville and was greeted by Pinkie, that was a good memory, or my bachelor party with Thunderlane, Lucky, Pokey Pierce, Comet Tail and Noteworthy, that was fucking amazing. But the chances of thinking that will happen are slim to none, because Luna is just evil, I think sooner or later she's going to snap back into the alternate persona that got her banished to the moon, I can tell she sickly enjoys doing the dream thing to others, it's hell for them though.
I can't seem to get myself comfortable on my bed, so I got myself up and just paced myself back and forth from my door and to the window across from it, I paced quietly so I wouldn't wake up Toffee, but it shouldn't really wake her up, she's out cold. After about seven paces back and forth, I stopped at my window, opened the curtains and stared out of my window to see the Moon, bright and beautiful, shining through my window, casting my shadow in the white light. Despite the fact that I hate Luna, I will give Luna credit for one thing, she always makes the Moon look amazing. I continued to stare at the moon, and then I thought about my former home town's turf gang, The Lunar Runners.
Me and Lucky were actually members of the Lunar Runner for about seven months after Lucky and I recovered from our injuries at the hooves of the Wingers. I was recruited as a scout and Lucky was recruited as a tagger. During our seven months, we both seen horrible shit, around three months into our recruitment, we both saw Ajax get wasted by Conchie, and the final four months were just raid upon raid from other gangs. Good thing me and Lucky quit the gang when we did, or we would probably be dead.
I zoned out thinking about the Manehattan gangs, until the sound of the front door opening snapped me out of my phase. Applejack must be home now. The door closed and I quietly and quickly went back to lie on my bed, I heard her step up the stairs and then she opened the door and much to my surprise, she wasn't steaming drunk, like previous times when she went out with her friends. I spoke out to Applejack, who was taking her dress off,
"Hey hon"
Applejack jumped in fright, obviously not expecting me to be awake,
"Oh hey, sugarcube, ah wasn't expecting ya to be up at this time" She whispered.
"Honey, you can talk in your normal volume, Toffee's out cold" I told my wife.
"Oh OK, but anyways, how come yer still awake?" She asked in her normal tone of voice.
"I can't sleep" I replied, "How was your night, sweetie?"
"It was really fun, ah had a good time" She replied.
"What was happening?" I asked.
"Me and the gals went up to the nightclub just had a few drinks, ah had only about four drinks, the others had more, the worse being Fluttershy, she pretty much became opposite of 'shy' after about ten drinks" She told me.
"Anything else that happened?" I asked.
"Well, Rarity hooked up with some guy, big surprise right there" She sarcastically said, "Rainbow Dash was just being herself, in fact, she almost got into a fight, but with me being the only one that wasn't completely drunk, ah had to talk her out of it. Pinkie was just partying like there was no tomorrow. And Twilight came second place in a drinking contest, first place was Fluttershy"
"So you everything was good?" I asked again.
Applejack nodded, "Yeah, apart from minor hiccups along the way"
"That's good then" I replied.
"Hon, can ya turn on yer lamp please?" She asked.
"Sure thing" I replied.
I turned my body on its side and turned my bedside lamp on at the back of the bedside table, then Applejack finally undone the final part of her dress, which must've been difficult to see in the dark, and the Moon was hiding behind dark clouds, so she couldn't use the Moon as a light. Once she took her dress off, she turned around and paused,
"Where did ya find that?" She asked as she pointed to her dad's hat.
I turned to look at it, then I faced her again, "Your brother gave it to me"
"Golly, ah ain't seen that hat since.." She paused once more, "...since Celestia knows when"
"Mac said he's kept it all this time, but could never bring himself to wear it" I said to my wife, "He also said this hat and yours work better for a husband and wife than it does for a brother and sister"
"Have ya tried it on yet?" Applejack asked.
"Not yet, hon" I replied.
"Try it on just now" Applejack said, "Ah wanna see ya wear it, please"
"OK, hon" I replied.
I grabbed the hat from my bedside table and put it on. I saw Applejack's reaction to me putting it on, she looked stunned, though I could see it in her eyes that it looked like she was going to cry, possibly due to remembering her dad,
"Babe? Are you alright?" I asked.
Applejack teared up and sniffed, "Yeah, ah'm fine, it's just memories"
"Come here and lie down beside me, babe" I said, "I'll make you feel better"
Applejack smiled but she was still upset, she hung up her dress on the closet handle and lied on her side of the bed.
A tear rolled out of her eye and down her cheek, I stroked my hoof against the cheek that the tear was on,
"Ah'm sorry for being so emotional" Applejack apologized.
"Oh, babe, don't be sorry, I completely understand why you're upset" I told her, "If you need somepony to cry to, I'm that pony. I just want to comfort you, Applejack"
Applejack wrapped her arms around me and came closer to me, she nuzzled her face against my chest, I wrapped my arms around her and cuddled her,
"It's OK, just let it out, hon" I said.
Applejack backed her head away from my chest, but she still cuddled close to me,
"Caramel, thanks for being here for me" Applejack said.
"Hey, I'm your husband, Applejack. If I wasn't here for you, that'd make me a complete bastard" I replied.
She snuggled herself closer into me,
"Ah love you" Applejack told me.
"I love you too, baby" I replied.
She relaxed her head against my chest once more, but instead of nuzzling her face there to cry, she laid the side of her head there. she was calmed down now,
"Can we talk about something else, that isn't about any of ma parents please?" My wife asked me.
"Of course, Applejack" I replied as I closed my eyes, trying to relax as well, "What do you want to talk about?"
Applejack hummed whilst she thought of something to say, "Tell me about those gangs back in Manehattan"
I opened my eyes in disbelief, I never knew Applejack would ever pick that subject, "Really? The gangs?"
"Yeah, ah wanna know more about them, ah've only heard bits and pieces. Ah heard you were apart of a gang, and ah know ya got beat up by one" She said.
"Where did you hear that I got beat up?" I asked.
"Lucky told me" She replied.
"Well, that would explain it then" I spoke to myself.
"So it is true?" She jokingly asked.
"Yes, I got beat up" I blushed.
"Aww, babe. How bad was it?" She asked me.
"I got a broken back, and I think Lucky broke his collar bone, or his arm, but I'm not sure" I told Applejack.
"Ooh, how long were ya hospitalized?" Applejack was curious.
"About a month" I replied, "After me and Lucky were let out, we initiated for my main turf's gang, The Lunar Runners. Wanna find out how I joined?" I asked.
"Yeah, it sounds cool" She replied.
"OK, then get comfy, honey" I told her.
Applejack snuggled into me even more. She then lifted her head to look at me from my chest and gave a smile,
"Ah already am" She replied.
"Well, after me and Lucky were coming out of hospital, Lucky coaxed me into joining the Lunar Runners after saying we could get our own back against the gang that beat me and Lucky up, and....well...we did, but before that we have to partake in an initiation test to get our colors..." I told her.
"What do ya mean by 'colors?" Applejack asked.
"Oh, sorry about that, colors mean our gang's jacket, once you get them, you're in the gang. It's just gang lingo, I'll explain the ones I used as I continue the story" I told her.
"OK, babe" Applejack replied, "Please continue"
"OK, so as I was saying, Luck and I had to endure in a little test to become apart of the Lunars, the test was bopping, I mean, beating, some of the Lunars finest single hoofedly, and me and Lucky did well, we earned our colors, I was recruited as a scout, and Lucky was recruited as a tagger, which was pretty much a pony who went around other turfs in the city and sprayed painted our gang's logo on their walls" I explained to Applejack, "Me and Lucky stayed in the gang for around seven months, but after the death of our gang's leader, Ajax, which was around three months after I joined, the gang almost fell completely apart, we had raids constantly, so me and Lucky quit the gang, if we stayed any longer, we'd probably be dead"
"Wow, sounds horrible" Applejack said.
"It was, after Ajax's death" I replied.
"Do ya wanna talk about something different?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, you can pick the subject again" I replied.
"OK, em....strangely enough, honey, ah want ta talk about ma walk home from the nightclub" She told me.
At this point, I was puzzled, why does she want to talk about her walk home? Did something bad happen? From her tone it doesn't seem like she's going to say something bad,
"Go ahead. hon" I played along.
"Well, whilst ah was walking down the dirt path that led ta the house, it was dark, but there was light guiding me, it was the fireflies. Ah just wanted to bring that up, because the fireflies reminded me of the night you proposed to me" She told me.
"I remember that night" I said.
"You? You actually remember something?" Applejack chuckled.
"I remember what's important, honey" I said.
"Oh really? Do ya remember where we went for our second date?" She asked me.
Our second date? Crap, it's at the back of my mind. If there was something important about it, then why can't I remember it?
"Um..." I struggled.
Applejack sighed, but then giggled afterwards, "Ah'll give ya a clue, it was were we shared our first kiss"
"Oh" I realized now, "It was Sugarcube Corner"
"That's right hon" Applejack said, "Ah guess ya do remember the important things most of the time"
"I guess I do" I replied, "But I've got one for you. Do you, remember the first time we met?"
Applejack smiled, "Well, ah try not to" She said in joking tone.
"Come on, Ms. Element of Honesty, even I know that's a lie" I replied.
Applejack chuckled, she then rolled me over and she crawled forwards on top me to give me a kiss, "Well, ah do remember the first we met, yer mane was much more shaggy then" She said as she stroked my mane.
"Really?" I replied.
"Ya were also slightly chubbier back then" Applejack said.
"Slightly?" I asked again.
"Yeah" She replied, "And ah take ya're gonna make fun of how ah looked back then as well?"
I shook my head as she was on top of me,
"Nope" I replied to her question.
"And why's that?" She whispered seductively as she moved her face closer to mine, attempting to give me a kiss.
But before she could kiss me, I rolled her over until I was on top, I came closer to her ear and I whispered,
"Because, you still look as young and as beautiful as you did back then"
I nibbled on her ear and then she let out gasp of air, and a moan. But the moan wasn't a moan of pain, but a moan of pleasure. After I nibbled her ear, I backed my face away and looked at hers, her mouth was open and her pretty, green eyes were sparkling. She then bit her bottom lip and let it loose and then asked me,
"Can ya turn off the light, please?" She whispered.
I nodded at her request and leaned over towards my lamp at my bedside table, I was still atop of her. I switched off my lamp and came closer to her again, this time, near her neck, I bit it slightly, and again, she moaned with pleasure,
"Caramel, can ya stop for a second?" She asked.
I retreated my head away from her neck,
"What's the matter, honey?" I replied and asked.
"What if we wake up Toffee?" Applejack asked.
"She won't, she's out cold" I quietly replied.
"But what if she doe..." She tried to say.
I placed my hoof on her top lip before she could finish what she wanted to say,
"Ssshh, she won't" I whispered, "Trust me"
I moved my hoof off of her top lip and then she whispered something,
"Please.....be gentle"
The emotion in her voice spoke loudly than the words themselves. The way she paused after she said "please" was the most powerful part of her three word sentence,
"Well, get comfy, baby" I replied.
"Ah already am" She smiled.