Monday, September 14, 2015

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Today's Horoscope (Virgo): You've had enough excitement in your life lately. Take it easy and stick to the routine today.

Early Morning

Rainbow Dash is going back to school today. She comes down to breakfast wearing a T-shirt and nothing else. It doesn't even remotey begin to cover her crotch...

Cadance is eating breakfast with us this morning. She sees this and freezes up. "Uhh...Rainbow Dash? You, um...should probably..." She motions at me with her head.

"Haven't showered yet, running low on clean underwear," Rainbow mutters as she pours milk over cereal.

"But...you realize there is a male in the dorm..."

"He's already seen me naked," Rainbow says. "Don't really care." She starts shoveling cereal into her mouth, dripping milk everywhere.

Cadance splutters. "Wait, WHAT?"

I roll my eyes. "Rainbow's got some bad habits about wearing clothes in the morning," I say.

"Hey! I'd just taken a shower! It was five in the friggin' morning! Nobody else was supposed to be up and I couldn't find my towel!"

Cadance's cheeks flush. "Oh...oh my..."

"Okay, but that doesn't explain the being-in-my-room-in-your-underwear thing from the other day," I say.

Rainbow pauses with a spoonful of cereal halfway to her mouth. "Ah...heheh...yeah..."

Cadance raises an eyebrow at Rainbow. "Rainbow Dash? You...DO know Flash is Twilight's boyfriend, right?"

"Look, sometimes I just don't feel like wearin' clothes, okay? Sheesh!"

Twilight rolls her eyes and giggles. "Just forget it, Cadance. As long as she doesn't leave the dorm naked, it doesn't really matter."

"Yeah, we're used to seeing the pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow," Pinkie says, laughing and snorting.

Rainbow stands up and slams her palms on the table. "Friggin'...!" She grabs her bowl, angrily wolfs down the rest of her cereal, slams it back on the table, and storms upstairs.

Applejack slaps Pinkie upside the head. "Way too far, sugarcube."

Pinkie sticks her tongue out.

Cadance shakes her head. "Well...that was...interesting."

"Welcome to mornings at the Applewood Dorm," I quip.

"Speaking of which, you put on the wrong shoes this morning," Twilight says.

I look down at my feet. I'm not wearing the Spike-walking shoes. "Crap! Thanks for catching that, I'll change them after breakfast."

"What's wrong with his shoes?" Cadance asks, frowning.

Twilight blushes. "Flash bought a special pair of shoes for when we walk Spike," she explains. "Spike...sort of...really likes peeing on him."

"Oh. Oh my."

"This is the BEST DORM EVER!" Pinkie exclaims, tipping her chair back so far she loses her balance and crashes to the floor. "I'm okay!"

Lunch

At lunch, Twilight is practically glowing red. "Everybody's seen that picture of us," she says.

"Yeah they have!" Pinkie says. "It's got like, four hundred likes!"

"I haven't heard a single dirty word about either of you all day," Rarity says. "Quite the opposite, in fact." She looks at her own phone. "Quite a few people are saying Flash may be the luckiest guy at CHS." She raises an eyebrow. "There are also several who want to steal Twilight from you."

"And a bunch more that want to steal you from her," Pinkie says. "Congratulations, you're popular!"

"Yay," Twilight mutters, ducking her head.

"Hey Twilight, did you talk to Principal Celestia about that thing?" I ask.

The others look to Twilight with interest.

"Oh! Right, that." Twilight nods, smiling happily. "I managed to talk her into letting me change my schedule. I'll have Mr. Turner for history starting tomorrow." She frowns. "It won't be until fifth period, though. Can't change my homeroom."

"Oooh, I have Mr. Turner that period," Pinkie says. "He's fun!"

"He certainly is...eccentric," Rarity says.

"He's...nice," Fluttershy says.

Rainbow groans. "Who cares who's teaching history? History's lame."

Twilight raises an eyebrow. "Who do you have for history, Rainbow Dash?"

"Mr. Waddles," Rainbow says, pulling a face.

"Ah got ol' Waddles too," Applejack says. "Hardest class t' stay awake in ever."

"I had Mr. Waddles too, until now," Twilight says. "Flash told me about how much fun Mr. Turner's class is, so I decided to see if I could switch."

"Huh. Maybe I should switch too."

"Me too."

"I don't think she'll let more than one student transfer," Twilight says. "Besides, I only got to do it because Mr. Turner's fifth period is a student short."

"Crap," Rainbow says.

After School

As I leave the school, I spy Pinkie standing by the horse statue in the courtyard. She peels away and walks over to me. "Hey, Flash!"

"Hey, Pinkie."

"You know Twilight's birthday is next week, right?"

"Yeah, I know."

"I'm about to go shopping for her birthday present! Have you bought her anything yet?"

Actually, I haven't...

"Not yet."

"Wanna go together?"

"Sure."

We head into town. Our first stop is, of course, the bookstore.

While we're searching for something Twilight might like to read that she hasn't already read, a tall, older girl with grey skin and darker grey hair appears out of nowhere. "Hello Pinkie," she says in a flat, toneless voice.

"Oh, hi Maud!" Pinkie beams. "Flash, this is my older sister Maud!"

Maud looks at me and blinks slowly. Her face is expressionless.

"So, looking for a book, Maud?" Pinkie asks.

Maud looks back at her. "Yes. A book about rocks."

"Of course," Pinkie says with a strained laugh. "Well, we're just looking for something for our friend Twilight's birthday."

"You should get her a rock," Maud says.

"Uhh...we'll think about it," I say.

Maud walks off into the reference section.

"Wow. Your sister is...so different from you," I say.

Pinkie looks down. "Yeah. I'm...not really like the rest of my family." She sighs. "My family is kind of..." Her hair seems to sag a little. "They don't really understand me, you know? They don't really get the whole 'fun' thing."

Given Pinkie's hyperactive personality, I could be forgiven for thinking she's exaggerating. But then, there's Maud...

"Anyway, we should...we should really get back to looking for Twilight's present," Pinkie says.

She doesn't really seem like herself at the moment. I think I've just seen a side of Pinkie Pie she tries to hide from the world...

I don't end up buying anything, but I make a list of a few things Twilight might like. There's still over a week until her birthday to decide.

Evening

After guitar practice and dinner, I decide to do my homework in the lounge. Twilight is there too, and we study together and talk for a while. Rainbow wanders in looking bored, and the three of us watch television together until bedtime.