She woke up a bit feeling a bit groggy and sore thus making her not want to actually wake up. But she was already wide awake, so she decided to go take a shower after last night. Though it was a bit difficult due to the fact that Lyra seemed to have pinned her down to the bed.

After quickly working her way out of the bed, she couldn't help the big smile that spread across her face. Granted, some of the other details started to make her cheeks go red. That didn't matter to her though, she had a great time and now she needed a nice shower to clean last night off.

"Hey, did you just get in?" She heard Lyra ask through the door.

"Um, yeah I did. Why, do you need to use the bathroom?" She replied.

"Nah, I was just planning on taking a shower as well. I mean, I did get pretty sticky last night." Lyra said, and she could hear the smirk through the door.

"Yeah, me too, and after we both had our showers we should clean up. Maybe go buy some nice smelling candles, because of the smell." She retorted.

"Well, at least I wasn't the only who contributed to it, and yeah because I think we left a few things out last night anyway," Lyra said.

"So, we have a plan then." She said.

After they both had their showers, they quickly started cleaning the mess that was a lot worse than it looked. A Chocolate bar had somehow melted into the couch despite it being far away from the fire, a marshmallow clung to the ceiling, and their drinks were spilled all over the floor. But they managed to get it all cleaned, and headed out to town for some candles.

"So, what kind of candles should we get?" She asked, knowing Lyra would most likely know what Brandon Liked.

"Hmm, well he likes ones that smell seasonal. You know the kind of candles with names like Winter Frost, Spring Rain, Summer Breeze, and Falling Leaves. Stuff like that, though I think we should get him to try some other kinds." Lyra suggested.

"Hmm, how about when we get to the market we each buy at least two different kinds that we think he might like and buy one he will most definitely like." She suggested.

"Sounds like a good deal to me," Lyra said giving her a bit of a smile. "Though, I wonder who's working the apple stand today? Cause if it's Big Mac, then it won't be as awkward as Granny Smith, Apple Bloom, and of course Applejack."

"Yeah, but I wasn't planning on going to buy some apples today. Were you?" She asked.

"It came across my mind, but it's not important right now. We have plenty at the house," Lyra said.

Once in the market area, they split up to find candles as they had planned. They had a little trouble finding ones that they liked since it seemed that the candle stands were running a bit low on supplies. But eventually, they both found two candles that they did like but had yet to find one that Brandon would like.

"Sorry, just sold out of our seasonal candles. It seems they're very popular this year," the stand clerk said.

"Okay, well thanks anyways." Lyra gave a big huff. "Last candle place here, and they don't have anything either."

"Well, what other candles does Brandon like? I mean he has to like more than just the seasonal smelling ones." She said.

"I don't really know, all I've ever seen him buy were the seasonal ones and he hadn't told me if he had a favorite kind of smell for candles," Lyra said.

"What if we get one of the flower ones? Like this rose one," she said grabbing the candle.

"No, he has a tiny bit of allergies. For whatever reason, even the smell of flowers can make him go on a sneezing fit." Lyra said.

"Really?" She asked, and Lyra only nodded her head. "Then what about one of these fruity ones? I mean he seems to be crazy about fruit most of the time."

"Crazy is a bit of an understatement, we can barely keep any fruit in the house more than four days. But that's only if we're lucky," Lyra said snorting at the memory of wanting the last container of strawberries and finding that Brandon had already eaten them the day before.

"So, these would be perfect then! We should pick out different kinds." She suggested, giving the green unicorn a cute little smile.

"Yeah, guess I should have come up with that myself," Lyra said giving a sigh at actually not thinking of it herself, after all, she knew him better than most ponies ever could.

"Oh no, just because you're his best friend doesn't mean that you could think of everything he likes on the spot." She said, paying for her candles.

"Still, wish I would have thought of it even if it was that small," Lyra mumbled as she paid for her own.

"So, after we light a few of these when we get back, what do you wanna do?" She asked.

"Well, I don't know actually. I mean we had a lot of fun last night, and I doubt you would be up for another round." Lyra said and smirked at the blush on her face. "I mean we could always just do our own thing, after all, you do have kids to take care of and I have my music to practice."

"The problem with that is Dinky likes to stay over at Sparklers, which I find adorable. So, I'm pretty much free for a few days." She said. "But, I would love to hear you practice if you don't mind?"

"Nah, I don't mind at all. I mean it'll be great to get feedback on some of the songs I've been working on." Lyra replied.

"Then let's hurry up then!" She said taking off into the sky.

"Hey, some of us can't fly you know!" Lyra yelled despite knowing it was a little too late. "Hmmph, guess she'll be waiting for a little bit"

After she took off she could swear she could hear somepony calling out to her, but she needed to stretch her wings really bad. Her wings popped several times as she flew, and she couldn't help but give a sigh of relief. Though it wasn't long before she had reached Brandon's house and went in and automatically started to make tea.

"Where do they keep their tea bags?" She asked in exaggeration after searching the entire kitchen.

"And why are you looking for tea bags?" She jumped at the question and turned to see Lyra giving her a slight glare. "And you know that was mean to just leave me back there like that."

"Sorry, but I had to stretch my wings by flying. As for the tea bags, I was hoping to make some tea." She replied, and Lyra rolled her eyes.

"We don't have any, mostly because we ran out last night," Lyra said.

"Then why didn't you get some while we were in the market?" She asked.

"Because I forgot my list for grocery shopping, I'm actually planning on heading back later," Lyra replied.

"Oh, okay so what do you want to do until then?" She asked.

"Make a bit of lunch because we kind of skipped breakfast this morning," Lyra said.

"Alright, I think I'll join you." She said.

After looking around for a bit, they both decided on something easy and quick to make to eat for their lunch. They didn't really talk much as they prepared everything, and ate their lunch. Lyra decided to do the dishes since Derpy did them this morning, and as they were getting settled to relax a bit there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it," she said getting up from the chair. "I'm coming!"

"I wonder who it is at this time?" Lyra asked, making her shrug her shoulders.

"Hello...." Derpy froze as she opened the door.

"Um, how ya doing?" Lyra could hear the southern drawl and tensed up.

"What are you doing here?" Lyra asked, anger evident in her voice.

"I, um, came to talk with Brandon." Applejack said dropping her eyes in shame as the unicorn came to the door.

"Lyra, please go and sit back down to calm down please." She gave Lyra a harsh look, and Lyra just mumbled angry comments under her breath. "As for you Applejack, I do understand that Brandon gave you the time to figure things out, but you have to understand as a friend how hurt he must have felt."

"I-I do understand, and I am sorry if I hurt him." Applejack said, her own voice starting to fill with pain.

"So, have you sorted your feelings?" She asked.

"I-I..." Applejack took a deep breath. "No, I'm still just as confused but I wanted to talk to him more about it. To see if that would help."

"Sort out your feelings without dragging him into it..." Lyra suddenly felt something hit her, though not hard enough to hurt.

"Shush it right now," she said giving an extremely harsh glare at the unicorn. "And I'm sorry Applejack, but Brandon left to Canterlot to visit Luna. He'll be back in a few days, so take that time and think about your feelings more."

"A-alright, thanks anyway, and I think you're right. Don't want to cause any more damage than I already have." Applejack said, turning to leave.

"Applejack, just know that he may have been hurt that day but you didn't do any damage. You should know by now that Brandon wants to keep us all as close as possible because we're the closest he has to a family to him. So even if you don't have the same feeling towards him, I don't think he would let that ruin your guy's friendship." She said, and she could tell from Applejack's body language that she was about to cry, and then she ran off.

"Wow, that was amazing..." Lyra said before getting cut off.

"You're an idiot! If Brandon had been here and heard anything you said, and how you acted he would have hurt more! Especially if you did scare her away, because what if she did have an answer for him? He would have been angry, disappointed, hurt worse than before!" She started yelling. "And you call yourself his best friend?"

"I-I..." Lyra tried but tears started to come to her eyes.

"I...I'm going home, I'll see you later." She said before taking off out of the open door.

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She couldn't help the tears, she knew she shouldn't have gone there so soon, but at the same time how could she wait? After all, what if she waited and that only hurt him more than her telling him? But the whole reason why she wanted to go there and talk with him was to actually see if that wouldn't help sort things out. Eventually, she collapsed into a ball crying.

"Why can't I just...just sort this out on my own?" She balled. "Why can't I just give him an answer?"

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She couldn't help the tears, Derpy was right when she said she might have caused more trouble if she had scared Applejack off if he was here. After all, if Applejack rejected him it would bring him closure at least, and if she had accepted the invitation they would add another to their herd. But she let her anger and something else take over.

It didn't take long before she started to calm down, but she still needed to calm down more in order to collect her thoughts. But one thing that kept popping into her mind was that she needed to apologize to Derpy for how she acted. Thinking about Derpy only made her choke and her eyes well up again.

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She made it home taking a breath to help calm her anger down, after all, how could Lyra be such an idiot? Everything she said to that mare was well deserved, even if it did hurt the unicorn's feelings. Somepony needed to set her straight, or else she would actually be the cause of the pain.

"I really need some tea," she muttered to herself going to the kitchen.

Quickly gathering everything to make some tea, she put her kettle on her stove and sat down to try to get a hold of herself. After all, she really didn't like yelling at other ponies even if they did deserve it. But if it meant that Brandon wouldn't have to get hurt due to a stupid mistake, then she had to push her boundary's.

Though she was hoping that she and Lyra would make up because otherwise, this herd won't work out as well as Brandon hoped. She hoped that Lyra understood that as well, because despite what he may think he actually does more for each of them than he knows. And all they have to do in return is give him the love that he needs.

After all, if anypony knows what it's like to be different it would be their herd. After all, she was cross-eyed, Lyra liked sitting in a bipedal position, and Luna is a thousand years out of date after being possessed. To add a cherry on top of their mismatched group, they had a human who started their herd.

She couldn't help but laugh a little at actually thinking about their herd, and it did kind of feel nice to know that he did try to get a semi-normal mare into the herd. The only thing odd about her is that she helped saved Equestria multiple times now. It would be nice to have her in the group.

After finishing her tea, and fully calmed down she gave a long sigh as she finally relaxed after what happened. Thinking about other things helped her out a lot in making her relax. As they say, laughter is the best medicine, especially if the pony is stressed in any way.

"I guess I should go back over and try to make up," she said under her breath, getting up from her table.

She quickly went out the door and started to fly back to Brandon's house, and she was there in a few minutes. Though she hesitated to go back in due to how she left thing earlier, she quickly shook it off. Opening the door and going in, she was hit by a smell that she loved and realized that it was one of her candles.

"Um, Lyra?" She called.

"I'm in here!" Lyra answered, and she quickly followed the voice to the kitchen, and she shuffled around nervously.

"Hey," she said.

"Hey," Lyra replied looking a bit glum. "Derpy, I'm sorry about how I acted when Applejack came over. I know I'm gonna have to apologize to her, but I figured I apologize to you first."

"I'm happy to accept your apology, and I'm sorry for yelling like I did." She said.

"I deserved it," Lyra replied. "So don't worry about it."

They gave each other a hug and sat back down to the table where apparently Lyra had made tea. She couldn't help but smile as the unicorn offered her a cup which she gladly accepted. Making small talk, they quickly started to lighten the mood and break the tension that was left.

"So, we're gonna tell Brandon that Applejack did come today right?" She nodded.

"It'll be up to you whether we tell him some of the more smaller details." She said.

"I'll think about it, but I don't think it would be worth mentioning unless Applejack brings it up," Lyra said.

"Alright, but why didn't you wait for me to go shopping though?" She asked.

"Well, didn't realize you would be coming back so soon. That and I wanted to have some tea ready just in case." Lyra replied.

"Thanks, it tastes great." She said leaning over the table to give Lyra a peck on the cheek.

Once again they sat at the table, only in comfortable silence and it wasn't long before they were laughing. They started to tell each other jokes and made a lot more small talk. They mostly asked about each other's lives, like what school they went to, besides their jobs what their interest are, and so on.

Author's Notes:

Hope you enjoyed, and remember to smile, smile, smile!