Monday, April 4, 2016

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Today's Horoscope (Virgo): When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you lemonade, share it with someone who's thirsty.

Morning

Everyone in homeroom looks a little zoned out this morning. I'm not entirely all here myself, but that's mostly because despite not drinking much of...whatever that was...I've had a slight, lingering headache since I woke up.

"Good morning, everyone!" Mr. Turner says. "I know you're all a bit knackered after all that vacation time, so we'll take it slow today and review that exam you took. But first, Principal Celestia wants to make some announcements, so log into Canterbook please, that's a good class..."

We log into Canterbook to find a countdown waiting for us. When it reaches zero, Principal Celestia appears.

"Good morning, students and faculty, and welcome back," Celestia says. "I'd just like to make some quick announcements.

"First, a word about Spring Break pictures and videos. We've already had to take action against a few of you for posting inappropriate pictures and videos to Canterbook. Just a reminder: if you wouldn't want your parents to see it, you shouldn't post it on Canterbook.

"Next: we're excited to welcome the students and faculty of Canterlot Junior High to our Canterbook community! I expect all our CHS students to be respectful and courteous, and I expect all you CJHS students to behave yourselves and not abuse this privelege. Your homeroom teachers will brief you on Canterbook usage this morning. Please remember that while the scholastic functions of Canterbook will always remain available to all students, the social functions are a privelege that can be revoked at any time.

"Thank you, and have a good day!"

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle are on Canterbook now...

I'll have to remember to add them later.

Lunch

At lunch, we all gather together at our usual table. In addition to everyone from the dorm, Chrysalis' daughters and Coco have joined us.

"Boy, Sunset Shimmer looks mighty mad today," Applejack observes. We all glance over at Sunset. She looks positively furious; everyone is giving her a wide berth.

"Her Spring Break must not have gone as planned," Rainbow Dash says with a smirk.

My phone vibrates in my pocket. I pull it out...

Apple Bloom's friend request has an...interesting avatar attached to it...

I'm not the only one who got a friend request, nor am I the only one who noticed this. Twilight starts giggling. "What is THAT?" she wonders.

"That's so funny!" Pinkie Pie says, looking at her own phone.

Applejack takes a look, covers her face, and chuckles. "She's still doin' that? Seriously?"

"What's that even supposed to be?" Rainbow Dash wonders.

Applejack shakes her head. "Apple Bloom likes doodlin' these little pictures of herself an' other people she knows as cartoon ponies. Ah dunno why or where it came from. She's been doin' it since she was little."

Fluttershy covers her mouth and giggles. "I think it's cute," she says.

I shake my head and accept the friend requests.

After School

After school, I run into Juan.

"Well, hello there!" he says. "I trust you had an eventful break?"

I shrug. "You might say that."

"Oh, come now. Going to Haytona with all those beautiful girls?" He leers at me. "Why, when I was your age, I—"

"You really don't wanna go there with me," I say.

"Err...yes, of course. So inappropriate of me." Juan coughs. "I noticed young Fluttershy seems happier today than I've seen her since she first came here." He looks around, then leans close. "Between you and me...Fluttershy is the living proof of what the kids call the Greater Internet Dickwad Theory."

I grimace. "Yeah...I know." I blink. "Wait, how do you know?"

"Oh, I've been watching her wreak havoc on this school for some time now," Juan says cheerfully. "She does get quite...creative when she's angry."

I frown. "And you never thought to tell Principal Celestia?"

Juan shrugs. "It's not my job to spy on the students and report on their online activities." He tilts his head and frowns. "Speaking of which, that whole sordid business with Sunset Shimmer..." He shakes his head. "Just between you and me, there's something seriously wrong with that girl."

I snort. "Yeah, tell me about it."

"I must say," Juan says, "I'm actually rather enjoying watching what all you nasty little children get up to...seeing as my job is no longer on the line because of it." He chuckles. "Canterbook is one mess nobody expects a lowly janitor to clean up." He gives me a jaunty wave. "Well, ta-ta!"

That guy really gives me the creeps...

I have homework to do and I haven't touched my guitar in over a week, so I hurry back to the dorm.

Evening

"Are you girls enjoying Canterbook so far?" Celestia asks at dinner.

"Yeah!" Apple Bloom says. "Ah mean, sure, some kids like Diamond Tiara are already cuttin' up on it, but it's pretty fun, an' Ah like all those neat little apps!"

"Like the horoscope app!" Sweetie Belle says.

"An' that cupcake game!"

Celestia smiles. "Well, just so long as you remember to do your homework and pay attention in class before playing with the apps," she says. She looks around the table. "Did everybody have a good first day back?"

"Ehhh," is the general consensus. Celestia smirks.

After dinner, Cadance comes upstairs to talk to me. "Hey," she says, sitting down at my desk.

I sit down on the bed. "Hey." I shift awkwardly. "Umm...listen, I just wanna ask..."

"Why I had sex with you even though I knew I was pregnant?"

"Yeah. Isn't that...y'know...bad?"

Cadance laughs. "It's safe for quite a while, I assure you. In fact, I won't stop having fun with my husband until I start to show. And even then, I can still keep him very happy." She plays with her hair. "Listen, Flash...I just wanted to thank you. For a lot of things.

"When you first came here, I..." She sighs. "I was a wreck. I was nervous, I was tense, I had this big secret I couldn't share with anyone, and...and between that and the stress of the wedding, Shiny and I got...all messed up somehow. And..." She looks down. "He knew, even back then, that I was sleeping around on him. That I was using random sex with people I barely even know as stress relief. And he stuck by me, even...even with that...

"And then, when...I hit a low point in October..." She looks up at me. "I could've destroyed everything. Everything. My entire family, you, Twilight...the two of you were just starting out in your relationship, and I almost wrecked it because I felt like I needed to fuck you to get back at Shiny." She sighs again. "I was so stupid...

"But at the same time, that whole thing helped me understand something. It..." She sighs. "It helped me understand how badly I was hurting everybody I cared about." She laughs ruefully. "I know I'm still a little too obsessed with sex, and...well, maybe one of these days I'll finally get over that, but..." She smiles. "I'm so, so very lucky that, with the help of my therapist and my husband, I've learned to control myself—a little bit—and learned that my sexual appetites shouldn't be..." She fumbles around with her hands a bit. "That I should only do those things with people I love." She looks up at me. "I love my husband. And I love Twilight. And I love you, because I have a feeling I'm going to be Twilight's maid of honor sooner than I was expecting..." She winks at me. I blush.

"So much has happened this year," Cadance says. "To all of us, to me, to my marriage..." She sighs. "I'm not perfect. I know I'm not. And I never will be. But...I know one important thing that's never going to change." She smiles. "I love my husband, and he loves me. And I'll make mistakes, and maybe we'll fight sometimes over stupid things, but...I know our love is real, and I know our love is forever. And..." She places her hand on her stomach and smiles. "Right here, growing inside me, is the proof of that. This baby is my gift to my husband...and his gift to me. Our child is our ultimate bond."

I smile. "You'll make good parents."

She laughs. "I hope so. Honestly? I expect this kid to need years of therapy after having to put up with us." She reaches into her pocket. "I wanted to give you something." She pulls out a little black book and hands it to me. "I've had this since high school," she says. She blushes. "It's...it's how I keep track of everybody I've ever...you know...been with." She bows her head. "That part of my life is over now. I'm leaving it behind. I was just going to throw it away or...or burn it, but...I thought I'd give it to you. So that you'll always remember how much you changed me." She looks up shyly. "I'm not perfect, and...and I still want to share my body and my heart with the people I love the most, even the ones that aren't my husband, but..." She smiles. "I'm a wife, and sister, and soon to be a mother, and...and that's all. The slut I used to be...she's gone now. And I owe that to you." She blushes. "Even if...even if it's for a really, really wrong reason." She kisses me on the cheek. "Thank you," she says. "And...and take good care of Twiley. Always."

"I will," I promise.

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"And I know this sounds hypocritical coming from me, but...behave yourself, okay?" Cadance pokes me in the shoulder. "I mean, the girls in the dorm wanting to have fun with you is fine and all as long as Twilight's okay with it, but...she really shouldn't be okay with it. Try to rein it in a little."

I roll my eyes. "I'll try." I frown. "You know, I was never...this horny and sex-crazed until I came to Canterlot. I mean, I never even went out with a girl back in Seaddle, and now..."

Cadance laughs. "I think it's environmental," she says. "Something about this dorm is getting to everybody. Especially since you came here..." She smirks. "And there...and over there...and in the shower..."

"Cadance!"

She giggles. "Goodnight, Flash." She leaves. I shake my head and sigh, looking down at the black book she gave me.

I put it in my desk drawer, wash up and brush my teeth, and go to bed.