An Earthbound Honeymoon

by drnkntst

A Good Day

Chapter 11

Rick rolled out of bed a couple hours after sunrise. He was a little sore this morning, Rarity was a bit more eager than normal. It was probably her cycle affecting her the way it had Applejack. Oh well, it was time for breakfast, therefore, he was hungry and, since they were being careful, he had other concerns right now. Besides, a child wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

He came into the kitchen and found his beautiful brides already enjoying their breakfast. Once again, Fluttershy had forgotten to wear anything under her apron, but at least she remembered to put on her underwear this time. Still, that was an incredibly sexy thing to get to wake up to and therefore, it meant his day was already pretty great.

“You know, ladies,” they all looked at him as he addressed them, “I’ve been getting the feeling that I have not been giving you a good time on our honeymoon thus far.”

“Ah know Ah had a lot uh fun uh few nights ago,” AJ smirked as Rarity and Twilight giggled. Fluttershy merely turned a brilliant shade of red.

“While I appreciate that and would add that I did as well, it’s not what I was referring to.”

Rarity stood from the table and wrapped her arms around Rick, it was pretty evident that she was indeed being influenced by her hormones at this time. He wrapped one arm around her waist and continued explaining. “what I mean is, you all seemed fairly unimpressed with the park, seeing as it’s the kind of thing you see all the time, and, even though the museum was cool, I feel that it wasn’t really your thing.”

“I enjoyed it,” Twilight defended.

“Yeah, I figured you would, but I don’t know about everybody else. Some of those displays were more disgusting than they were intriguing.” Twilight’s expression showed she, reluctantly, agreed. “So I think today will be purely just for fun.” The girls shared a look of confusion and a little excitement, “so get your swimsuits on, we’re goin’ tubin’.”

*****

They all climbed out of the truck at the River Rat shop. There they sold and rented tubes and rafts, sunscreen and towels, even folding chairs and t-shirts. Rick procured the ‘tour’, which was nothing more than a short school bus that drove one upstream and dropped them off to float back down to the shop, it was a business model that was almost pure profit.

Rick purchased some towels as well as a tube of sunscreen and thought about how much fun he would have applying it to his brides’ perfect, smooth skin. As he walked over to the truck, where they were waiting for him, he couldn’t help but admire them. They were all wearing variations of denim shorts and t-shirts. Under that, they each had a different type of suit, ranging from a string bikini to a high-hipped one-piece. Each one suited the figure and personality of the one wearing it perfectly.

He also noticed someone else admiring their forms. Three young men standing around a blue hatch-back. Each of them were blatantly staring at his wives, not even caring that they could be seen. Rick forced himself to walk calmly to the truck and pulled his own shirt off. This served three purposes. One was that allowed sunscreen to be applied to his torso. Two was that it allowed the staring youth, who were now known to be the assholes that have been plaguing them all week, to see what awaited them should they even think of trying something. Namely, muscles that were capable of dropping every apple on a tree with a single kick and, if need be, drag that same tree from one side of the farm to the other. Third, he really did like showing off for his girls. The assholes got the message and left in their car. On the plus side, he now had a few faces to go with that little car.

“Alright, time for the sunscreen. I know fur blocks the sun’s rays, but humans don’t have fur, so we humans use this stuff.” He held up the bottle as exhibit A. “Now, off with the clothes,” he grinned as a thought crossed his less mature mind, “but just the jeans and t-shirts. Leave the swimsuits on.”

“Why is it, that a woman removing clothes with a swimsuit underneath is always sexier than when she has regular underwear on?” Rick couldn’t help but think as he happily watched the show before him. Then, one at a time, they laid down across the tailgate and allowed him to apply the liquid to their bodies. He was enjoying himself to no end and it seemed the girls were to, even if it was only their backs he was applying it to, being careful not to touch the middle of Fluttershy’s or Twilight’s backs. He had even caught himself admiring their cutie marks, which in their human form looked like tattoos commonly referred to as ‘tramp stamps’. Though he would very happily rub the lotion into their chests, they were in public, so that would have to wait… unfortunately.

“Here, Rick, let meh get’cher back.”

“Oh, thanks, AJ.” Rick sat down on the tailgate while Applejack climbed into the bed where Rarity and Fluttershy were already sitting. Twilight was leaning on the side of the truck. They were all watching the little show with interest, especially Rarity.

As she rubbed the sunscreen into his back, AJ couldn’t help but run her fingers along the scars on his back. To her, they were a reminder of just what this man willing to give in order to protect others before he even knew them.

“Does it bother you, Applejack? My scars I mean. I can put my shirt back on if you want.”

AJ threw her arms around him and held on tight, “don’t’chu dare. These scars’re frum you protectin’ meh family.” Without moving, she brushed a hand across his chest, over the burn scar from when Shining Armor thought he was some kind of monster. “There’s no way Ah would want ya ta hide ‘em.”

Rick placed his own hand on top of hers, “alright, I won’t hide them then. Besides, they’re my family too now, remember?” She laid her head on his shoulder and nuzzled him. “In fact, I’m actually kind of proud of all these little lines, because I earned them to make sure none of you did.” He got a good hold on AJ’s arms and effortlessly stood up with her hanging on his back and giggling, “now, I believe it’s time we got on the bus.”

*****

After about an hour on the shallow river, which was cold enough to be made evident by the girls’ new human features and swift enough to be mildly thrilling, they reached the store and climbed back out. It was also interesting to see the fish schooling around Fluttershy so much.

Since there was so much daylight left, Rick thought it would be fun to bring them to one of the arcades in town. Not for the games mind you, seeing as most games in arcades are loud and/or violent, though there was always ski ball. No, his thoughts were more on the other attractions of the arcades in this tourist trap. Such attractions as go-karts, bumper boats and miniature golf.

Go-karts turned out to be a big success. The four ladies had been curious about what it would be like to drive his truck since he first arrived in Equestria.

The bumper boats were equally successful. After all, who doesn’t enjoy boating, splashing and safe hitting? Besides, it meant their t-shirts got wet again and, being a human male, meant Rick was okay with that.

The highlight of the arcade was the mini golf. Fluttershy loved it because of all the animal statues around the course. Twilight loved it because, believe it or not, there was a lot of math involved. Rarity enjoyed the design of the course and the flowers surrounding it. And AJ just wanted a competition and had to replace a ball sent into the river six times. The real river too, the big one the town was built around, not the little ones on the course meant for aesthetics. She just couldn’t seem to grasp a little game meant little swings. Twilight won by five strokes, she was the best with math after all.

As they left for their final planned destination of the day, Rick couldn’t help but think back to all the stares they were getting. He figured a lot of them were due to his scars, claw marks on one’s face caused by a bear do tend to attract attention. Many of them would also be likely drawn by the beauty of his four companions. The one little girl who rushed up to and hugged as much of Twilight as possible was a little odd, especially when her mother asked for a picture with them. He was a little hurt by the look on the mother’s face when she looked at his, but he had expected it so it wasn’t that bad.

Soon, they arrived at the gem shop. True, they had been at a similar store just the day before, but this one was different. For one thing, this was one of those side of the road places that have been there for years but always looks like it’s either closed or falling apart or both. Another nice thing was, the prices weren’t set in stone. One could haggle over some of the beautiful gems and crystals on the shelves and potentially get one for an excellent price.

“What are we doing here? We already went to a geology shop,” Twilight pointed out.

“We did, but there is a reason.”

Rick walked over to trough with running water pouring through it. Behind the trough, was a set of shelves filled with buckets of what appeared to be just sand. Shortly after, a man came out of the store to greet them.

“Afternoon! How can I help ya folks?”

“Hey, how you doing?” Rick shook the man’s hand while Fluttershy hid behind him. “We were hoping to mine five of your buckets here.”

“Sure thing, just come inside with me and we’ll get ya squared away.” The man turned and walked back inside but held the door open or Rick.

“Alright, I gotta go inside for a sec, you girls wait out here. Oh, Twilight, Rarity, no using your gem finding spell to figure out which buckets are best,” he whispered before he followed the clerk.

Rick paid for five large buckets, but before he left, the clerk asked him one more question. “Are all those girls with you?”

Rick looked out the dirty window at his beautiful wives, “why do you ask?”

“No reason, no reason. Just, four gorgeous girls for one guy. You must be hung like a horse.”

Rick smirked, “horse, nah. Pony maybe.” They both had a good laugh, even if the man didn’t know why Rick thought it was so funny. When he went back outside, he addressed the others, “alright, ladies, each of these buckets is filled with not only sand, but also with gems and unusual stones. So here’s what we’re going to do, we… are going to have a little contest. Whoever finds the most and whoever finds the best will win a prize of their choosing. Alright, let’s start.”

It was an intense thirty minutes. They were all taking their time sifting through their buckets. The squeal of delight that came from each of them every time they found stone in their sand was distractingly cute. In the end, they each had a bag of gems that would make Spike drool, but Applejack had the most and Fluttershy had the most beautiful stones, therefore making them the winners. They decided their prize would be a night on the town. Dinner certainly, maybe some dancing, but most importantly, spending time close to each other.

*****

When they finally got back to the cabin, Rarity had rushed out of the truck telling Rick to find her in ten minutes. She had obviously been holding out with all her might, as was evident by her blush and the fact that she couldn’t keep her eyes off him all day. At least she was able to keep her hands to herself instead nearly driving them off the road like AJ had.

Rick waited the requested time and grabbed a couple preventatives and some bottled water before he went in. Now, the whole French maid thing never really did anything for him, but this was different. Rarity made anything look good. A burlap sack would look sexy on her curves. And that was before one saw the purple, lace thong under the too short skirt.

By the time she let him go, the water bottles were empty and Rick was unable to go for more. He decided the best course of action instead was to simply lay there with Rarity and drift off to sleep with her.

Comments

[sjo3989]

just finished reading the entire series up till now and I have to say: Well Done. I honestly cant see why this story has more dislikes than likes, it is well written, tell a compelling story, and follows in the steps of the previous two. Also thanks for updating it.

[Dj Star Flight]

There yah go. 49 likes to 49 dislikes. Evened out.

[drnkntst]

3884623 awww thank you

[damnaion]

11# aww

[The Cosmic Consciousness]

I think I can tell why the girl suddenly hugged Twilight.