There was absolutely nothing Rainbow Dash liked more than annoying Applejack. Except for maybe annoying Applejack on April Fool's Day. Which she was doing as of late, making sure Applejack's day was anything far from peaceful.

She was extremely successful, and after the third bucket of water that had (successfully) landed on her head fell, Applejack was feeling a horrid hatred for the cyan pegasus, and was sick of foalish endeavors, a word Applejack never used unless completely serious.

She sighed, pushing the bucket off of her head with a push of hoof, glaring at the guffawing pegasus. She grabbed her rainbow tail between her teeth and pulling sharply.

Rainbow, caught off guard, fell to the ground with a small 'thump!'.

Applejack stated at her with a satisfied smirk on her muzzle.

"Now, git, vermint. Go on, git!"

She pushed the grumbling pegasus with her hoof, and, with a groan, Dash untangled herself from the ground and stretched.

"Geez, it just a joke."

She lingered for a moment, but at Applejack's aggressive glare, held up a hoof and lazily waved it.

"I'm leaving!"

She flew up into the air, and when she was out of sight, Applejack shook her head, droplets of water landed on muzzle.

She took her hat off her head and wrung it out.

"That girl oughta use 'er head before somepony hits her."

She blinked at her hat, which had a small note attached to it.

It was slightly damaged from the water, but the ink hadn't run too bad, and it was still decipherable.
'Wink at me if I'm sexy. ;)

And her strange day was suddenly explained. Her mouth gaped.

"An' here Ah thought everypony had some nervous tick or somethin'!"

----

"I can't believe she just shot me down like that!" Rainbow Dash grumbled, her hair whipping through the air as she flew about town, trying to think of a way to get back her best friend.

As she sped past the Carousel Boutique, she pondered its name for boredom sake.

'I used to think she sold carousels, like those zebras that spun around. Flutters likes them. Right?'

As she further questioned the name, she found she had stopped in front door.

"Ugh, that reminds me of the first time I was ever in there. And the last, for the longest time, before purple booksmart came into town."

She shook her head trotted away, preparing to start flying again, but suddenly crashed into a flower cart.

She was about to start to shouting obscenities, but an idea sparked in her mind, and she saunter around the corner she bumped into and towards the front of the cart, where Roseluck was tending to a stallion, who walked away with a large bouquet of roses and a sappy grin plastered on his face.

Rainbow rested both of her hooves on the counter and grinned, flicking her head in a quick motion towards a large bouquet of white roses.

"How much?"

Roseluck smiled.

"Ten bits."

Dash nodded slowly, and whistled loudly. Roseluck covered her ears as Dash continued the high note for ten seconds, before running out of breath and laying her head on one hoof.

"Just give it a second."

Pinkie popped out of the bouquet in question and squealed delightfully.

Roseluck fainted.

"Hey, Dashie!! These for me?!"

"Nah, they're for Rarity."

Pinkie pouted, but regained her look of glee.

"You have the hots for Rare-bear?! Aw!"

Dash rolled her eyes .

"No, AJ does. "

"Jackie doesn't like Rare-bear, Dashie, I thought you knew that."

"I know, that's the prank. I need to borrow ten dollars from you to get them."

Pinkie saluted dutifully and propped a pair of saddle bags onto Dash's back and grinned.

And everything flashed white for a moment.

Rainbow rested both of her hooves on the counter and grinned, flicking her head in a quick motion towards a large bouquet of white roses.

"How much?"

Roseluck smiled.

"Ten bits."

Dash reached into her saddle bags and handed the money over.

Roseluck took the money, but squinted at the bags.

"Were they there before?"

Dash shrugged.

"Probably."

Roseluck laughed and grabbed the boutique and wrapped it with a purple bow.

"Want a message written?"

Dash smirked.

"Just write, 'To the fairest maiden in all of Ponyville'...."

----

Rarity had been having a very horrid day.

First some colts had been making fun on the phone, and then some silly fillies had drawn on her wall when their obnoxious mother had forgotten about them when discussing her dress.

Her dear Sweetie Belle had tried to wash it off, but ended just marking the wall and scrubbing off the paint.

On the bright side, it gave her an excuse to get Sweetie out of the house. On the bad side, it meant she had to go out and get paint to get rid of the mark.

Her trip was rather uneventful, and she got to watch Rainbow Dash drop a bucket of water on Applejack's head twice, and watch Dash face plant the ground, so it wasn't all bad.

She decided, to lift her spirits, to further delay her trip and get a small treat to eat.

When she returned, and her day seemed to be getting on fine again, it got even better, for on her porch, was a bouquet of white roses wrapped in purple ribbon and bow.

She lifted it into the air with her magic and squealed delightedly.

"Ooh, a secret admirer, perhaps? Or maybe it's signed?"

She didn't check until got into the boutique, her mind racing.

She read the little note attached to one of the stems with glee.

"'To the fairest maiden in all of Ponyville...'? Oh, how romantic!"

She fanned her face with one hoof as opened the door with the other one, not truly wanting divide her magic between the door handle and the bouquet of white roses.

As she closed the door, her mind raced with possibilities.

'Who could it have been?' she wondered, setting the flowers in a glass vase and fixing them.

Once they were perfect, she smiled.

'Could it have been Fluttershy? I was just telling her yesterday how much I loved white roses. It would be very like her not to write her name. But then , it would also be very like her not to do anything at all. And Fluttershy has already told me she has a crush on somepony else..."

She thought for a moment longer, drawing blanks until she came upon another conclusion.

"I bet it was Twilight. I showed her that book, didn't I? Where the mare gets flowers from a secret admirer? Oh, knowing Twiligjt she probably wanted it to be perfect... But knowing her shed probably do something a bit more than flowers, like chocolates..."

The thought of chocolate was enough to make Rarity's stomach rumble, as she only had that pastry all day.

Pastry.

"Could it have been Pinkie Pie? She knows everything about everypony, so she must have known about the flowers. But then, it's not like Pinkie to be shy, or serious for that matter. I can't see her getting me flowers either. She's more of a chocolates person. Or something a bit more extravagant and showy..."

She blinked. Showy?

"Of course! It was Rainbow Dash! We do have a lot more in common than we act like. Big dreams, big hopes, big hearts... Oh yes, it must have been her! We may not have the same dreams, but we certainly know a lot about what it takes to get there... Professionalism, individuality, hope, luck, talent. She'd sweep me off my hooves, hold me in her strong ones and kiss me and say, 'The fairest maiden in all of-'"

She paused.

'No, that doesn't sound right. Rainbow Dash, calling me a maiden? That's pushing it. And calling me the fairest maiden is pushing it even further. Even I know when things go to far, and that is much to old-fashioned for Rainbow Dash. Too romantic, too."

She sighed.

"But who else? Who else could possibly be so romantic? And know what would push my buttons just right? Who could be so old-fashioned?"

And then she went pink.

"Oh, my."

----

Rainbow Dash lay lazily on the rooftop of the Carousel Boutique, waiting impatiently for the right moment to tell Rarity about Applejack's crush on her. She waited with bated breath as the door slowly opened and Rarity stepped out, looking extremely anxious.

She propelled down and crashed in front of Rarity, who yelped in surprise.

"Rainbow Dash! Oh, you're just the person I needed to see!"

Rainbow brushed the dirt off of her shoulder and opened mouth to speak, only to be silenced by Rarity's hoof.

"Whatever you are about to say is never going to be anywhere near as shocking as what I'm about to tell you."

Rainbow nodded.

"Applejack has a crush on me."

Rainbow forced herself to keep a still face.

"Uh, ahem, yeah, I-I know."

"You know!"

"Yeah, totally, that's what- what I came to tell you. Er, AJ has a crush on you."

There was silence. Rarity slowly opened her mouth.

"Thank you for letting me... Know... Ahem, I must, um, I must be off now, I have a ruffian to visit."

----

Applehack smiled at Derpy, bless her, as she flew off.

"Such a lovely-oof!"

Rarity's hoof dutifully smacked Applejack in the horse-gut. She doubled over in pain.

"Applejackpayattentiontome!"

"H-hey, Rares...Can A-Ah help ya in some way that doesn't involve mah gut?"

Rarity feigned a sigh, dropping herself into Applejack's hooves in a faux faint.

"Applejack, I am in the deepest of deep troubles! What has happened to me has got to be. The. Worst. Possible. Thing!"

Applejack's eyebrow tried to reach her hairline as she dropped Rarity and sat on her hind legs, her front left hoof nursing her aching gut.

"Oh? An' whut might that be?"

Rarity smacked her back.

"You dropped me!"

"Ya aren't exactly a feather..."

Rarity hit her again.

"At least I don't have a crush on a mare who is way higher than me on the social ladder of everything!"

"... Whut?"

Rarity huffed standing on all four legs and trotting away dutifully.

Applejack rubbed the back her neck.

"Huh."

"She has a crush on you, dude," Dash said from behind her.

Applejack stare at the haughty mare as she left.

"Oh. Huh."

Dash groaned.

"Huh? Huh? You find out one of the hottest mares in Ponyville has a crush on you and that's what you say?"

Applejack shrugged.

"Ah'd have a better reaction if Ah was fifteen again. And wasn't on the football team. And was in high school. And had a lisp... Alright, Ah had the last one but-"

Dash waved a hoof in her face.

"Hey, A.J., newsflash! I don't care. What I do care about is that heartbroken mare is... well.. heartbroken! What happened to being a hopeless romantic?"

Applejack pondered this.

"... Ah dont think Ah ever was one..."

Dash groaned, face-hoofing.

"Argh! Go hit on her or something! Turn on your natural rustic charm or whatever!"

Applejack pouted.

"One, its country charm, an' two, Ah ain't into her type! All that high-maintenance jazz gets on mah nerves. 'Oh, Ah got ya flowers!'. 'Oh really?! Ugh, Applejack these roses are yellow! They clash with my dress!' she imitated.

Rainbow put a hoof around Applejack's shoulder.

"Yeah, Rarity sucks, but what's worse? You making her feel better, or her complaining about you to basically everypony in town?"

"Well, when ya put it that way... Hey! Ya aren't lying to me, are ya?"

Dash's bravado disappeared. her eyes shifted back and forth.

"Whaaaa? Nooo, AJ, we're paallss, I would never do that!"

Applejack's eyebrows dropped, her eyes half-lidded.

"Ya told me when we was foals jumping off trees didn't hurt."

Dash slumped.

"Yeah, okay but-"

"An' ya told me Pinkie's birthday party was three days after her actual birthday."

Dash rubbed the back of neck sheepishly.

"Okay, I did-"

"Heck, just last week ya told me rain was pegasus piss!"

"I never said that was a lie..."

At Applejack's disgusted flinch, she recovered quickly.

"Hehe... I mean, its just a fabricated truth!"

Applejack rolled her eyes.

"Th' point is ya always lie t' me! How do Ah know ya ain't lyin' now?"

Rainbow thought about it for a second.

"... She's pretty hot?"

Applejack glared at her, but her resentment soon turned to understanding as she watched Rarity strut down the pathway.

"... Yeah, she is, ain't she?"

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To be continued...

Author's Notes:

It's agreed, Applejack is sexiest pony. The mares are all over that country love.