Sweet&Low work in progress part 2

>You get out from the lake and shake like a dog trying to get the water off, but it doesn’t help

 >You grab your stuff and get goin back to the farm

>You catch your self-think about sally

>She was acting really strange but you brush it off, It was kind cute for a pony

>You walk back to AJ’s house you can smell the sweet scent of apple pie

>The apple family has always been extremely hospitable over the past years

>You see granny smith sleeping on the rocking chair on the front porch

>You sneak up the steps and you her mumble to her self

>“No see, that there is my apple sauce”

>She starts moving her hands and you notice that she was crocheting socks with little apples all over them

>You open the door slowly and hear a slow steady creaking noise

>Granny smith starts mumbling some more

“Have sweet dreams granny, you whisper

>You shut the door behind you and it creaks again

>You turn around relieved; the smell of apple pie saturates the air

>You hear some pots and pans turning

>You turn the corner to see Apple washing the dishes

“Sup AJ”

>She looks at you concerned; you can see it in her eyes

>“Anon where you been!!”      

“Umm..”

>Before you can talk, she adds to her sentence

>“What about sally, I haven’t see her I since I yelled at her”

>You assure AJ that sally is ok

>"She fine, relax, and you know she has a problem when you call her sally right"

>Applejack blinks, then shakes her head and sighs.

>"To be honest, no I didn't have a clue.”

>She looks at you wearily, "Sometimes it's so hard to tell with that filly. Sweet gal but not real easy to have a heart to heart with”

>"But she talked to you? Well shucks that's a nice change. Did she seem..." she pauses, looking for the right word. "Happy to you?"

“It was weird, I think she has trust issues or something." you shrug you shoulder nonchalantly, "she said she was here for good, and then I asked her about it, it was.....weird too, why she stayin with you guys??

>She chewed her lower lip a moment as if carefully considering what to say.

> "Well," she says haltingly. "That's a bit of a story, and more hers to tell than mine, but I will say that she needed real bad to get away from where she was.

>She begins to smiles, looking away as if reflecting

>“And of course, you know granny, she opened our doors right up. Sally doesn’t know any pony in these parts so we're all she's got."

>You can’t stop thinking about what you saw, you’re sure that cutie mark was fake, and now you know she was lying about that friend....but you don’t know whether to asks AJ or not.

>you feel like you’ve said enough, and feel it would be better to ask Sweet&Low yourself

>you realize that you’re standing in the kitchen with just boxers on

“Oh, um AJ about my arms and a back.” you say with an awkward smile

>Applejack suddenly seems to notice your battered appearance.

>"Good gracious Anon, you're all beat up!"

>She trots quickly to a nearby cabinet where she kept a first aid kit.

>"Can't believe you've been traipsing around all this time looking like that. Gonna make me worried sick."

>You laugh a little, its always funny seeing AJ when she freaks out, you watch as she looks thought the cabinet shuffling and moving thing until she finds she’s looking for

>Your smile quickly turns to fright as you see her pull out a bottle of rubbing alcohol

>Applejack manages to smile a little as she notices your anxious look

>"Now, don't you fret sugarcube. Just gonna clean you up a little. You can even ask Applebloom, I'm real gentle with this. You'll be right as rain soon enough."

>Right as rain, you think….what does that even mean

>She dabs a cotton ball into the rubbing alcohol then approaches you slowly.

>You take a seat and close your eyes as you extend your arm out, and seeing that you cooperating, she rubs the cotton swab on your scrape

>You wince with your face turned as far away from your arm as physically possible  

>at first it feels cool and you start to relax, then as your guard is down, it instantly starts to sting it

“Doesn’t hurt, MY ASS!!”

>"Now I never said it wouldn't hurt, just that I'd be gentle. And watch that cussin in my house."

>She adds this last part in a slightly sharper tone. "Now hold still I'm almost done."

>you say ok in pain , and then a thought crosses your mind, you remember Sweet&Low saying something like that, you have to ask

"Hey AJ??"

>What's on your mind?" she mutters past the cotton swab.

“Are you and Sweet&Low related??”, you ask

>“She laughs "Well not by blood no. But Granny Smith was best pals with her granny growing up, so we're just about like cousins. You know, we picked her up this morning, from the train station." she adds "I hope her moving here will set her right."

think, about why you didn't see her this morning, as Aj steps back to look over her work so far, studying your body.

>"Ah," she says suddenly. "You got a little one up on your head"

>She indicates a small cut right above your temple. "Hold still now, this is just about the last one.

>She puts a hoof on your knee to prop herself up higher and then places her other hoof under your chin to hold your head steady.

>Her nose brushes against your cheek as she cleans the cut on your face.

>You’re a little angry because how thorough she is, but you begin to blush because you’d never expect a pony to be cleaning you wound, especially like this

>Just then the back door, which was located conveniently in the kitchen, opens and Sweet&Low enters

 

Applejack looks up and spots her, she drops the cotton swab and hops back off of your knee. "Sally! Am I sure glad to see you. I was gettin plumb worried you'd got lost or somthing."

 

>you look at her still blusing, and say “sally” under your breath

Oh sorry, I didn’t mean to inturupt you too

You try to change the subject,

"so how was hangin out with your friend”

just then you realized what Aj said about her not knowing anyone here, and immediately stop your sencence there

She look at you and makes a a foced smile we had fun, she turns quckly and walks out of the room, and you make out the shine of tears running down her cheek

AJ is about to say something, but you stop her

As soon as she walks out the room you hear her start to gallop down around the hallways and up the stairs

You wait for her to close the door, and proceed to discuss what just happened

 

"Anon, what was that for like we've done something to upset her." Applejack says. "Not sure what but she seems real down in the dumps." and Heck I didn't know she hadfri a friend in town. She didn't say nothin to me. Unless..." Applejack shakes her head. "Ah never mind it, not my business."

 

AJ, some times people just need space, theres probably nothing we can do to fix it, only time i guess

 

"Here, could you take her up a slice of pie? She doesn't seem to want to talk to me much, maybe you'll do better. And hey, if not," Here Applejack cracks a smile."Granny's apple pie can solve most problems on its own."

 

"AJ dont be so so hard on yourself, your just tryin to help. and I know you, you'd never do anything to hurt anyone, I guess things just get fu...i mean messed up

 

althought she hears you almost drop an F bomb, she pays no attention to it

"thanks anon, i dont now if yuo kown it, but your darn good at making ponies feel better about themselves"

she gives you a weird smile and you don't know really how to take it

"Oh, anon, i for got to patch you up

you get up and grab a slice of cake, while apple jack grabs some gauze wrap

Dont worry about, ill wrap my self up you say kindly, you feel as though you disrespecting her some how "i mean not that hooves cant do any better, I'm mean cant....you begin to blush, i mean you have pretty hooves

apple jack begins to blush too, which is something you think you'd never have see in you life time

 

she give you that same smile, you dont know how to react to it

I should give this to Sweet&low you say as AJ gives you the gauze wrap

you then turn and apple jack realizes she forget to clean the scratches on your back

"Anon wait I still need to clean your back"

you turn back at her this the most serious face you can muster

 

"Rubbing alcohol is the devil"

 

she looks at you confused

your giving her the squinty eyes, as you glance at the rubbing alcohol then back at he

 

then turn around and walk out the room

 

the aroma of the slice of pie fills the air around you as you walk up the stairs

 

now you realize you havn't eaten anything the whole day, but this pie was for sally

you reach the guest room and knock

you dont hear anything

you decide to open the door

it unlatch, as if it wasnt properly locked

sally is laying face first in to the covers

she gets up in shock to see the door open

again you see the shine of her wet cheeks

she then throws her head in the the pillows saying go away in a loud audable voice

"I um brought you some pie"

"i dont want it"

"well i'll just set it down in case you cange your mind"

"I."

"dont."

"want."

"it."

her voice is muffled under the pillow

"ill just eat it then, ill see you around"

she doesn't reply

you set the pie down gently on the night stand then leave

You pause in the doorway "Hey I'll teach you how to farm tomorrow ok? See you later?" You close the door, lock it so no one can intrude, and leave.