The unicorn and country earth pony had been shopping together for what seemed like ages. The two seemed to talk and laugh at each other's jokes the whole time while doing the shopping. Applejack was starting to think that Flim wasn't as bad as she thought he was.

"Ah got ta say, Flim, you're not as bad as ah thought ya are," the country mare admitted.

"Oh! Well, thank you. That means a lot," he responded, giving her a sweet smile.

Applejack smiled in return. She had to admit... he has a great smile. Wait, what?!

Flim loved seeing her smile. Seeing her smile made him happy. Her smile made him fall in love with her all over again.

Both ponies spent the rest of the time asking each other questions. Each question they asked, they were to know each other a little better. A lot better if you asked Applejack, especially. There was more to Flim than just the smooth-talking salespony he is.

It was then that they both realized that they were at her cousin's farm. The time seemed to have flew by. The orange mare went up the five steps of the front porch before turning towards the unicorn.

"Thanks a lot for helping me out, Flim."

"Awh, it was nothing. Glad I could be of service," he said giving her a little bow.

Applejack laughed. "Well, ah better take this stuff inside."

"Would you like me to help you?"

"Oh, no, Flim. There's no need. Ah think ah can manage carrying the rest inside. Besides, ya helped me out enough already," she answered him, truthfully.

"Alright, well, then. I'll just leave you to it," the unicorn said as he used his magic to take his half of groceries off of his back. "Maybe we can do this again some time?"

"Whoa, there, partner! This was jus' a one time deal. Ya may 'ave been a big help but ah still don't think ah can trust ya," she said boldly.

Even though Flim knew that she represented the element of honesty, it made his heart sink hearing her say that she still doesn't trust him. Or his brother, for that matter. But he couldn't let her know how painful it was to hear her say that, so he put on a neutral face but trotting back to where he and his brother were staying.

Applejack watched the unicorn salespony trot off back to where he went. She noticed that he looked a teeny bit off. Not a goodbye or anything. Was it because of what she said to him? Sure she thought it was a little harsh to say that she couldn't trust him even after helping her get the stuff that Braeburn needed, but it's the truth.

She knew how he and his brother worked. They may seem nice and smooth but in reality, they trick you into doing things and buying their phony products. Even convincing you to believe that doing the wrong this is the good thing.

The country mare wasn't going to fall for that trick again. Last time she did, she almost lost her grandmother. The only guardian she had in her family to help take care of her, her big brother, and little sister.

Applejack finally brought the groceries into the house, setting them down next to the kitchen counter. She turned to realize her dear cousin wasn't on the couch where he should be. The orange country pony groaned in frustration.

"Braeburn! Ah told ya ta stay on the couch. Ya better not have left this, here, house! Ya know as well as ah, that ya can't walk on that broken hoof of yours," she said searching throughout the house.

She went up the stairs to find his bedroom door open. Applejack looked inside to find Braeburn sitting in bed, his head covered by an issue of "Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Statue."

Seriously? Does almost everypony in Equestria read these books? she thought. Applejack shook the thought out of her head before entering his room.

"Ah thought ya said the reading was boring."

Braeburn put down the book to find that it just his favorite cousin. "Well, ah did but ah had nothing else ta do. Ah can't leave the house an' ah certainly can't even do my chores with this broken hoof ah have here," he explained, pointing to the hoof with a cast on it.

That's right! The country mare forgot about that. Who's gonna help do his chores while she's taking care of him? Surely, she could it by herself but she thought that she could buck all the apples from the trees by herself during Applebuck Season when Big Mac was hurt... and well... she and her friends knew how that turned out.

"Well, make sure ta stay off that hoof. In the mean time, ah got ta think of how ah can take care of ya and your chores," she told him, trotting out of his room.

Flim had returned to where he and Flam where staying. His thoughts were still on what Applejack had told him. The last thing she had said to him before he came back.

Applejack still doesn't trust me? he asked himself. Even after what I've done today, she still doesn't trust me? The young unicorn kept asking himself questions: What can I do to make her trust me?

"Oh, brother, you're back," a male voice said, out of nowhere. Flim turned just to see that it was his older brother Flam. "Feel better after getting some fresh air?" he asked.

"Hmm? Oh, yes! Yes, I feel much... much better," he answered, almost forgetting what Flam was talking about.

"I must say, you were gone quite a long time. Almost an hour. Usually when you go get some fresh air, your gone 10 minutes."

"Yes, well, something came up - but it's not important. Shouldn't we be off to bed?" Flim asked, quickly changing the subject.

"Oh, yes! We do gotta to sell the rest of our 'Flim-Flam Tonic' tomorrow! See you in the morning."

Flam, then, quickly scattered off to his room while Flim stayed put. He was thinking of a way to get the orange mare, whom he couldn't stop thinking about, to trust him. But the more he thought about it, he didn't just want her to trust him - he wants her to forgive him. Both he and his brother.

However, Flim didn't think that it would be possible for the Southern Belle of a mare would forgive him after the way he tried to speak to her. Himself, on the other hand, was a maybe. Perhaps if he did something to help make up for what he and his brother have done. Something more than just help her with her groceries.

The unicorn salespony had a light bulb go off in his head as he thought of the perfect solution. Although, he knew that his brother wasn't going to like it one bit.

Applejack has been up right before Celestia had risen the sun. She wanted to get most of Braeburn's chores done before he had woken up so she would have more time to take care of him.

She had to buck the apples off the trees and then feed the pigs, she still had so much to do after that. The country mare didn't mind though; she's used to doing her chores by herself, but do her cousin's and also take care of him? She needed help.

She was a little sweaty, for she wasn't out that long... about half an hour or so. The orange earth pony was just about to buck the apples off one of the trees when a voice came out of nowhere.

"Do you usually wake up this early to work?" the voice asked. It sounded like a voice that belonged to a stallion.

Applejack turned her head to the side to see the pale unicorn salepony who helped her out with her groceries the day before.

"Ah could ask the same about ya," she replied. "What are ya doing here?"

"Well, I... uh... I quit working with my brother."

The orange country pony looked at him in disbelief. He quit working with brother? she asked herself. But why? Did it have something to do with what he told her yesterday?

"Why did ya quit? Ya'll were a team... a smooth talking-trickster kind of team but still a team."

"I know. But since I'm not working with him anymore..."

Applejack became curious. What was he trying to say? Please, don't tell me this is going where ah think it is! she thought.

"I was wondering... may I work on the farm with you?" he asked, sounding hopeful that she'll accept.

Eeyup. This went exactly where she thought it went.