Forgive, Forget and Fall in Love

Chapter 6 - Trees

The day with the apple blossoms and dizzy kisses faded into irrelevance as the air between Rainbow Dash and Applejack became tense again. Maybe bringing that up as the first thing to talk about wasn't such a smart idea, Rainbow Dash had no idea how to segway a steamy kiss into making things better. She glanced at Applejack, her smile had faded into a bit of a glare. Uh oh.

She knew that to make things better she'd need to explain. Explaining meant being vulnerable, being honest. It was a huge hit or miss. She'd either be forgiven for her brash and hurtful decision to break up or she'd be lectured and told to leave. Applejack's worst trait was probably her short temper. Rainbow Dash opened her mouth to speak before she was interrupted.

"I betcha Fluttershy never gave you no kisses like those ones, that day." Rainbow Dash stopped dead in her tracks, her breath caught in her throat. That was not expected, Rainbow Dash didn't even think that Applejack knew that she had started dating Fluttershy. A look of horror was firmly plastered on her face. Applejack stopped a few steps ahead and turned to read her expression with an ironic smile on her face. Rainbow Dash had been one to do a lot of stupid things, bringing that kiss up was one of them. She thought of another.

I was sitting on my bed. Sitting on my bed in a cast, well, it was more of a splint, boot thing. My ankle wasn't broken that time. It was sprained. Gosh, it was so stupid too. I had been out with one of my friends from the team, we were playing Truth or Dare on our way to grab smoothies, it was more like Dare or Dare. We had fun because she did not chicken out and neither did I. We were walking down the street and it was my turn to be dared. She dared me to climb a tree... and jump down. I knew how to land tumbles and break fall pretty well so I didn't figure it would be too bad. I nodded with determination before approaching the tree.

I started to climb it, she told me to go higher so I did. Higher, higher. I was pretty far from the ground, heights didn't bother me though. She was satisfied. I jumped. When I jumped, my arm hit a branch, scraping my elbow. It totally threw off my form. I landed wrong and my ankle twisted, it sent pain shooting through my entire leg, anyway, we went to the hospital and it was sprained, that meant I couldn't help you pick apples. I hadn't even thought about the fact that I ended up needing to miss the beginning of the autumn soccer season too.

"Didja really think I didn't know you completely ran to her after dumpin' me like trash in the bin?" no, she did not and besides that, Rainbow Dash very well did not run to her. If Applejack knew what yesterday was like, maybe she'd take it back. Rainbow Dash fought the anger that was threatening to show on her face, dumpin' her like trash in the bin? A complete misconception on her ex's part because that was not what happened. Rainbow Dash took a deep breath and continued walking, it was not going to turn into a fight if she could help it.

So I was alone in my room, trying to figure out how to word my text to you. Hey Applejack, fell out of a tree so you need to pick all the apples all by yourself, sorry! :) Absolutely Not. I briefly debated the option of calling you but I decided against it. I wouldn't know what to say anyway and what if you were doing something? I hated getting calls when I was in the middle of something frustrating, it just made me more mad. I started typing. Aj, I'm sorry. I sprained an ankle earlier and I'm not allowed to leave my bed. I can't come help you today. I pressed send before reaching over to my nightstand for a sip of water. When I looked back at my phone you had read the message, I sat there staring at it for fifteen minutes before realising you weren't going to reply.

"I did not dump you," Rainbow Dash said–as calmly as she could manage. Applejack scoffed, Rainbow Dash also had a short temper and it was being tested heavily, right then. Applejack's voice came again, loud and angry. "You basically said that it was a competition on who was better, me or you, and since you were losing, in your mind, you bolted," Rainbow Dash was baffled. That was not what she said. At least, it was not what she had meant.