Rainbow and Applejack stood outside their new home and cocked their heads at it. “Well, this’ it I reckon. We best head on inside and see what it looks like.”

“Wait, you’ve never been inside?”

“Well, yeah but not since I decided to buy it a couple weeks ago. Needs a bit a work ta be honest but it’s nothing between us, we raised barns and destroyed monsters. Won’t be a problem,” she said giving Rainbow a punch in the shoulder.

“Ow, why’d you hit me?”

“That was a love tap and ya know it. Let’s head in.”

They walked the stone path lined with flowers along the sides to the nice two story log cottage. A bay window facing the rising sun to the right of the entrance door and a smaller window to the left for a kitchen view. Two windows indicating the rooms upstairs and a smaller window above those centered near the top for an attic.

“Wow. It’s so big, and we live here?” Rainbow asked in awe as she reached the door with Applejack who produced the key in her teeth with a smile. Applejack slid the key into the lock, turned it and it clicked.

Rainbow felt her wings twitch in anticipation as she watched the door swing open.

“Oh. My. Gosh. This place is awesome!” She flew inside and began flying between rooms quickly covering the bottom floor before Applejack could close the door behind her. “Applejack, there’s a pool table in that room! Is there a basement? Oh my gosh I’m gonna check,” she said turning and flying around a corner. Hearing a door swing open and bump a wall Applejack smiled and trotted into the living room and looked at the couch.

“Blue. Maybe we can get a different one, not my favorite color.”

“Oh well excuse me for being blue,” Rainbow said hovering in the doorway.

“Ya know darn well I didn’t mean you.”

“Yeah yeah, I know. Just giving you a rock time.”

“Rock time? Ya mean hard time?”

“Pinkie got me callin’ it rock time. What’s harder than a rock, right?”

“Well ya got me there. So, whatya think of the place?”

“Yeah, it’s pretty cool. Ya know, for an earth house and all,” Rainbow said looking away before flying a few inches from Applejack. “Oh Celestia it’s amazing! I can’t believe this’ our house! It’s our house? House. Home. Wait, we have to talk,” she said landing on the couch falling back.

“This couch sucks. We gotta get a new one, you’re right. So, about a family. What’s your thoughts?”

“Well, I dunno what you’re askin’.”

“Okay, I wanna have a family but I can’t carry a little one inside me. Not yet. I’m only eighteen. What am I gonna do with my stunts and acrobatics? I’m still totally into it even though I can’t be a wonderbolt now. I love to stay in shape and be the fastest, even if I change everything about me I still have to be a part of me. The part of me that’s still awesome. I’m not ready to give that up.”

“Who said ya had ta give it up? Ya can still be an acrobat and all that when yer pregnant.”

“Ick. I don’t even like to say that word, that ‘p’ word.”

“Well, then are you okay if I do it?”

“I dunno. That’s up to you AJ. Ya got yer farmin’ and Apple Bloom, Granny, Big Macintosh. What’d ya gonna do with all that if ya can’t work there?”

“Dash. Rainbow Dash,” Applejack said turning to Rainbow and placing her hooves on Rainbow’s that were in her lap moving them to the middle of them resting them on the couch, “they’re doin’ fine and with you makin’ zap apples Granny’s already teaching Apple Bloom to make the jam and whatnot and they’re payin’ a crew of twenty to pick ‘em.

“We’re talkin’ about hirin’ a farm crew and that means less work and chores for us. I ain’t gonna stop workin and chorin’ cuz that’s my life and calling but buckin’ season; it would be nice to work a bit less. However, ya gotta know that no matter what I’m a farmpony and cowpony. I love the rodeo and until Ah’m too big I’m gonna be livin’ like I always have, just like you.

“Ah don’t want ya to change or do anything ya ain’t ready for, but ya gotta be there for me when I do have your little one inside me.”

Rainbow sat up quickly. “AJ, what’re ya saying? You’ve already made plans and we don’t even know if we can yet. There’s so much that can go wrong and all the stuff we need to get ready for. It’s only a year AJ. After that then we’re official parents, what, how about. If we or you, or me-”

“Dash, ya ain’t makin’ a lick of sense.”

“I, I don’t know what ta say. I love ya to the end of the world and back, but, I don’t know what ta say. Ah’m really scared of this, all of it. It’s a totally awesome house and piece of land but to make it a home… I just dunno,” she said shrugging. Her eyes were closed, she couldn’t look at Applejack while voicing her concerns.

“Dash, look at me,” Applejack asked placing a hoof on Rainbow’s cheek. Slowly Rainbow opened her eyes and saw Applejack’s emerald eyes looking into hers as soft as ever. “I love you and I’m not askin’ for us ta change our lives, just to see what can happen. Ya wanna see about Scootaloo then lets look into it.

“Reckon the worst ya find is ya can’t, right?”

“Yeah, I guess so,” Rainbow said uncertainly, “my only thing is she looks up to me like a sister and then to be her mother? What’ll she do when she sees me like this? All sappy and soft?”

“Rainbow like ya said; you’re eighteen. Ya got a few years ahead of you ta figure it all out and Scootaloo could use a real mare to guide her through life and not be a hothead showoff,” she said winking.

“Hey, I am not a hothead.”

They looked at each other then giggled. “Okay, okay. You’re right. I’m a hothead show off. I guess I can just be cool and not as awesome around her when she moves in.”

“If.”

“Yeah, that too. Can we get off this couch? It feels like I’m sitting on a soggy noodle.”

“Yeah, I guess they loved it enough ta keep it but that don’t mean we gotta.”

They got off of the couch and looked around their new living room and then they snapped to look back at each other. The idea dawned on them at the same time.

“AJ, do you think…”

“Dashing, I…”

They both looked to the couch and shivered.

“Soggy.”

“Noodle.”

Rainbow reached to the couch and lifted a cushion and to their dismay was a very large sex toy under it.

“Dashing, ya gotta take it out back and bury it.”

“Me!? Why me? You bought the house and the couch and everything with it.”

“Oh hay no, you’re the one who sat on it.”

“Okay, first off: Ew,” Applejack giggled at Rainbow’s response, “B: we both know where it’s been and you’re better friends with them.”

“Well you’ve been with more stallions!”

“Well you owe me for saving you from Nightmare Moon,” Rainbow said letting the cushion fall and cover their argument piece as she crossed her forelegs and floated in the air with several slow flaps of her wings.

“Well I saved you from the drink,” Applejack said smirking.

Rainbow opened her mouth to protest but her mind went blank. She frowned and stuck out her tongue before turning her body away. “Fine, I’ll do it but I need gloves, a shovel, a bubbly soapy bath and lots of lemonade.”

“Now, the gloves and shovel I understand hun, but what in tarnation do ya need all that other stuff for?”

“Cuz, I wanna take a bath and I think that’d be really relaxing after the day we had and nothing says goodbye to the day than a nice cold lemonade,” she said smiling turning back around to face Applejack.

“Ya know, ya had me goin’ for a minute. Sounds good, is that gonna be a bath and lemonade for one?”

“Meh, I’m sure I could find a way to share it. If Ah have a good reason,” she said drifting closer to Applejack.

“Oh, I think Ah can entice ya somehow.”

Rainbow leaned in close for a kiss and smiled as Applejack closed her eyes. Quietly she reached into the couch and removed the stallions toy and held it in her hooves as she kissed Applejack. “Hey AJ?” she asked as they finished their kiss.

“Yeah?” she asked opening her eyes slowly.

“Catch,” she said throwing the dildo at Applejack who screamed and jumped back as Rainbow flew away.

“Dashing yer so dead when I get ya,” she shouted with a smile as she chased Rainbow around their house.

Their first memory of their house was certainly memorable, however undiscussable it may have been.

A short chapter, yes. I needed something to bridge the gap between the next couple chapters.

I have a lot to cover quickly before they get back into the swing of life.

As always thanks to my bud Atomicbrony458 for editing this!