Applejack's ears tickled.
With a blink, she stood up from the basket of apples she was pushing to the barn. She adjusted her hat and turned around just in time to greet—
Fwoooooooosh! Rainbow Dash flew in from town. "Applejack!"
"Rainbow Dash!" With a smile, Applejack tilted the brim of her hat back. "Well, howdy there, Partner!"
"Uhhh... h-hi... I, uhm..."
"Yeah?"
Rainbow Dash bit her lip. Her wings flapped less and less, and she descended until all four hooves touched the ground. "I... uhm... I was just... er..." She kicked at the ground, wheezed, and produced a limp smile. "H-how's it going?"
"Rainbow, is somethin' the matter?" Applejack tilted her head aside. "I haven't seen ya in two days and... eheh..." She sighed out a bittersweet grin, avoiding the pegasus' gaze. "...reckon I was out of sorts the last time you saw me."
"Oh, I was just... y'know... hangin' around and... uhm..." Rainbow Dash fidgeted, gazing aside. "Uhhhh..." Her ears drooped. "...whoah."
"Hmm?" Applejack glanced aside as well. Next to the barn was a gargantuan stack of baskets—all full of glistening red apples. "Oh... eheheh... that..."
"Holy... frick..." Rainbow grimaced. She glanced at Applejack, noticing there wasn't a bead of sweat on her. "Did... did you—?"
"Eenope." Applejack shook her head. "None of my doin'. Though... eheh... I kinda wish it was. That's a darn neat heap'o'apples. Already done sold them to Fancy Pants after a meeting we had this mornin'. Some of his stallions should be by tomorrow to make the delivery. Whew..." She pulled her hat off and fanned herself. "We should be makin' some hefty profit real early this month too. I might even have some time to relax and take stock of the farm as a whole. Can ya imagine that?"
"That's... uh..." Rainbow blinked. "That's pretty crazy. But..." She blinked, turning aside to gaze at Applejack. "...if you didn't, then... then who...?"
"Heheheh... ohhhhhhhh Rainbow..." Applejack slapped the hat back on her blonde head and sighed through a smile. "...it's been a crazy thirty-six hours, lemme tell ya..."