Me: Hello peoples!

Tigress: Is this story almost over?

Me: you know as well as I do the answer is unknown to even me.

Tigress: Why can't you plan anything?

Me: Planning things is boring. I just get enough for a basic outline, which would be enough for me to write something.

Tigress: yes. Junk.

Me: Hey! My second multi-chapter story is my most viewed and I had a baisc plan that I strayed away from. So, there. Anyways, Enjoy!

The Saturday sun was just past the noon position. Sprocket and Applebloom were working in the barn. Sprocket was only handing tools to Applebloom and telling her what to do, as he was still unable to do any real work. "Alright. Move it just a little mor to the left."

"Yer left or mine?"

"It's the same left!"

"Oh. Right."

"Just a little more. Perfect." He handed her a clamp. "Now, clamp it on there to make sure it stays there. Good. Now, grab that piece of wood and connect it to the base."

Applebloom grabbed the piece of wood and walked over with it, but she sat down before she hooked it up. "Sprocket. Ah got a question."

Sprocket sat down as well. "Oh? What about?"

"Ah was just wonderin', what made ya fall in love with mah sister?"

Sprocket blushed slightly. "Wh-why do you want to know that?"

"Ah'm just curious."

Sprocket shrugged. "I guess it is honest enough. I started to fall for her because she is honest. She is strong, hard, dedicated worker. I was a love stricken fool by her personality. It is so great that, it would be impossible for any sane stallion not to fall for her."

"Are ya plannin' on marryin' 'er?"

Sprocket was blushing even more than the first time. "I-I-I'm n-not s-sure. M-maube in the furture."

"Will Ah be gettin' any nieces or nephews?"

Sprocket was stuttering and his face was redder than Applebloom's mane. He heard snickering from the door. He turned to see Big Mac and Applejack standing there. "Di you two have something to do with her asking those questions?"

Big Mac nodded. "Eeyup."

"We was just wonderin' how long it would take before yall would start stutterin' like a fool."

Sprocket sighed. "I can't live with you guys. And I can't live without you." He smiled towards Applejack. "Especially without you." Applejack blushed. He went over and gave her a kiss and then turned when he heard gagging coming from Applebloom. "What?"

"That mushy stuff is disgustin'."

"Well, when you get older, you'll understand. You'll be doing just as mushy stuff. Maybe even more mushy."

"Ah hope not. Specially not with a filly within eyesight."

"Just be glad this is as mushy as we've gotten in front of you."

Applebloom rose an eyebrow. "Ya mean what yall were doin' at the breakfast table wasn't mushier than this?"

Sprocket chuckled an emberassed chuckle. "That doesn't count since I was half asleep."

"So ya don't mean anything ya said?"

Sprocket was now caught between a rock and a hard place. Either face the wrath of his marefriend or be proven wrong by a filly. "Uh, Big Mac.."

"Nope."

He darted his eyes between the two, when he remembered what Pinkie had taught him. If you can't find a way out, confuse them and make a way out. "Well, if the heart is in the outside of a conversation, it doesn't exactly stay mushy nor unintended, thus making it nul and void, even if it is still in your memory bank of the mind, causing a conundrum of irreversable cognative thinking."

There was a collective, "Huh?" From all the Apple siblings. As there eyes were averted from him, Sprocket darted out and hid. Applejack was the first to come out of her confusion. "Why, that little.."

Applebloom looked around. "He said all that jus' ta confuse us and allow him ta escape."

"Eeyup."

"But, where did he come up with that?"

"Ah'd say he met Pinkie Pie one too many times."

"Eeyup."

"Does that mean Ah don't have ta work on this anymore?"

"Finish what ya know ya gotta do, then ya can help us out in the field.

in town

Sprocket had ran into the house and grabbed the books he had borrowed from the library and snuck off the farm. He was currently walking throught town, making sure to swing by Sugarcube Corner before heading to the library. He entered, and was face-to-face with Pinkie Pie. "Hello Pinkie."

"Hello! I was wondeirng how long it would take you, until I realized that it would just be a little after it was mentioned that you were heading here, so I waited for you until you got here. Anyways, you're welcome for giving you that information, though I didn't really give it to you, but you thought about it from all the times I confused you."

Sprocket blinked at Pinkie's smiling face. Confused for the fact she actually spoke slow enough to understand and she knew he was coming. He quickly dismissed the first as Pinkie being Pinkie. But, he still had to question, "How did you know I was going to thank you for that confusing people to get away?"

"Because, silly willy, I read the part about you using it to get away from the Apple siblings. See?" She pulled down a white screen with writing, and it was exactly what I had written earlier.

Sprocket blinked again, thouroughly confused. He regretted coming here, now. "Um. Well, thanks. But, I gotta go. Need to return these books. Been confusing as always."

"Okie dokie loki.* Pinke hopped back to the kitchen and Sprocket left, not wanting to make any more scenic trips.

He arrived at the library and walked in. Twilight was having tea with Rarity. They looked up when he arrived. "Oh. Hello, Sprocket. How're you?"

"Well, other than being cornered by the Apple siblings, and getting confused by Pinkie, fine."

The two mares chuckled. Rarity asked, "So, how are things going with Applejack?"

"Wait. What do you mean by that?"

Sprocket chuckled. "Well, Applejack and I are in a good relationship. We've spent several nights just looking at the stars and we have a picnic lunch every day."

Twilight lit up. "So, you and Applejack have started dating after you got that concussion?"

"Yes. All because I had told her that I loved her while being out of it."

"That is the most interesting way I've ever heard of two ponies getting together."

Sprocket chuckled again. "I've heard of even more interesting ways. But, anyways. I came by to drop of some books. And pick up the next few issues of Daring Do."

He pulled the books out of his saddle bag and Twilight picked them up and levitated three issues of Daring Do down, and Sprocket put them inside his saddle bags. "Will that be all?"

"Well, I'd like to look through the books to see if you had anything else I'd be interested in."

"Alright. Anything inparticular?"

"No." Sprocket took his time looking through the titles while Twilight and Rarity talked. He seen something that, for some reason, had his cutie mark on it. "Hello there?" He pulled it out, and his face lit up like it was Hearth's Warming. The title was, "The Complete Guide to Everything Mechanical and Electronical in Equestria for the Mechanically Inclined". He looked as if he was lovestruck, again.

Suddenly, some fo the conversation reached his ears. "Applejack certainly knows how to pick them."

"Yes. He is quite good looking."

"Quite. I wouldn't mind having him as my coltfriend. He is definitly somepony I wouldn't be ashamed of."

"And his build. It is real nice."

"Indeed. I would love to feel those muscles. They seem so strong."

Sprocket decided to let them know he was listening. "Well, I'd hope they were strong after all the applebucking I've done."

He turned around, and seen that the two mares were blushing at being found out by the stallion they were talking about, she looked like she was about to burst out laughing. "Dreadful sorry, dear. Didn't realize you were listening."

"It's fine. I only heard enough to realize you were talking about me and complimenting me. Better hope Applejack doesn't find out. Anyways, I found a book I wanted to check out." He showed them the title, and their eyes widened. "What? I'd like something like this for some extra pleasure reading."

Twilight was barely able to squeak out, "You consider that pleasure reading!?"

Sprocket nodded. "Um, ya. Hello, I'm a stallion that works with technology and enjoys improving it." The two nodded in understanding. "So, anyways, that'll be all."

"Alright. Just be sure to return them when you're done."

"I will." Sprocket then left.

Rarity then turned to Twilight. "I'm so glad he didnt hear anything before that."

"Me too."

with Sprocket

Sprocket was walking through the town, just trying to make sure the Apple siblings were cooled down before he returned. But, he had to return sometime. Applejack would kill him if he would miss their late night chat.

that evening

The two were watching the stars. "So, why didja run off like that?"

"I didn't want to let Applebloom know she was right. I did mean everything I said. But, I was too scared to let a filly know she outsmarted me. Twice." Applejack just chuckled. "It isn't funny."

"Actually. It's very funny. Yall could make somethin' ta git us ta the moon n' back, but are outsmarted by a filly. How does that make sense?"

"Makes about as much sense as Pinkie." He paused. "No. It makes more sense than Pinkie." The two laughed as they watched the sky before heading to bed.

Me: Well, I'm just gonne end this now.

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