Rainbow Dash didn't care about when other ponies called her lazy, a slacker, a dreamer, or any other word to insinuate she was merely skating by life. She knew what it took to be the best flyer in Equestria. And although everypony else may forget at times, when it came to training to become a Wonderbolt, she had willpower that got her through even the toughest of days and most difficult of tricks.

There was a reason she had a speed record to her name and got into the Wonderbolts academy with little trouble. There was a reason she was often in charge of the other Pegasi for weather related issues. Sure, some ponies thought that she didn't have the attention span for any of it, but she knew better. Training came before everything else.

"Okay, I see what you're doing there, and you can forget it!"

Almost everything.

Applejack looked back at her marefriend, who was walking behind her with a bushel of apples attached to either side of her. She gave an innocent smile. "What's the matter, sugarcube?"

"Don't play dumb with me," Rainbow said. Her wings were pinned to her body from the bushels of apples she was carrying, and they were beginning to strain again them.

"Ah'm not playing dumb about anything," Applejack said, her innocent smile replaced with a crooked one. "Ah'm not sure what you're talkin' about."

"Uh-huh," Rainbow Dash said. Applejack gave a sidelong look at Rainbow before continuing forward. Rainbow Dash followed, her eyes automatically watching the tail swaying gently before her when... "You just did it again!"

"Did what?" Applejack asked, but her smile betrayed her.

"You keep flicking your tail out of the way!" Rainbow said, huffing in annoyance, desperate to get the baskets off her side and stretch her wings to their full glory.

"You mean like this?" Applejack asked, before moving her tail to the side and giving Rainbow full view of her glistening marehood. A hard days work always had Applejack thinking about rewarding herself with something nice, and it seemed today, Rainbow Dash was what she had in mind.

Rainbow's mouth was open as she stared. Her mind immediately thought up how fun it would be to go to town on Applejack while she had the apple bushels strapped to her. Considering how Applejack hated having to pick the apples back up if they dropped, it would make for a fun game to see how well she could keep her balance. Rainbow Dash let out an audible groan, before looking back at the mare, frowning.

"You know I'm going to work on my new trick tonight! I can't be distracted."

Applejack swayed her hips slightly, back and forth, the tail still moved to the side. She always did that when she desperately needed Rainbow Dash, and that knowledge made it hard for the Pegasus not to give in.

"I am NOT....getting....distracted."

"Seems to me like you already are," Applejack said, her half lidded eyes and cocky smile enticing the mare ever more. "You know, you're gunna be distracted now no matter what you do." Applejack shrugged. "Might as well, get this distraction out of the way before you go practice rather than thinking about it and not bein' able to focus. Might even give ya a pep in your step..."

Rainbow Dash had willpower. More than any pony gave her credit for. But what was the point if she would, in fact, be distracted?

Later that day, Rainbow turned and twisted through the air with a big smile on her face. She tried hard not to think about how she left Applejack to pick up all the apples off the ground.

Author's Notes:

Special thanks to RatofDrawn for the idea!