Matt simply waited in line. This time, there was no laptop, and, it was Taco Tuesday. Strangely enough, he never saw any of the students eat tacos. He'd always wondered why, however. Were they like the stereotypical mystery meat kinda thing? Or were the other foods just better? These thoughts clouded Matt's minds, and it took Granny Smith repeating his name over and over to realize he was next in line. He'd went for 2 tacos and 3 oranges. Oranges, his favorite fruit in the world. Ironically enough, he didn't eat them often. Oh well. When Matt was done getting his food, he wasn't sure whether he'd be sitting with Pinkie and the group, or Flash's group. Either one was fine to him, as he probably wouldn't be leading the conversation.
"Matt, Matt, Matt! Over here!" Pinkie said, guiding Matt's attention to her table. Matt followed the commands, not realizing that he would be leading the conversation... sort of. Matt sat down next to Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash.
"Matt?" Applejack asked
"Yeah?" Matt replied
"You know Sunset Shimmer, right?" She asked him, knowing the answer.
"Do you mean know her know her? Because I don't know her know her. I know that she exists, but, I know a lot of people exist. Where exactly is this going?" Matt asked, unsure of what he wanted to hear.
"We'd like you to meet the Work In Progress reformed Sunset Shimmer" Applejack said.
"Reformed?" Matt asked, with a slight hint of sarcasm.
"Yes. Reformed, darling" Rarity said, not picking up on the sarcasm he'd delicately placed.
"I don't believe in reformation. I do believe in changing your actions, however." Matt said, differing the two.
"Well, would you like to meet the totally awesome Sunset Shimmer?" Rainbow Dash asked, sure he would say yes.
"Sure. As long as it doesn't take too much time." Matt said, wanting to get back to his thoughts about coding.
"Hello, Matt! We haven't really talked before, have we?" Sunset said, trying to be as nice as she could. Unfortunately, Matt wasn't any help.
"Really? What tipped you off?" Matt said, not really caring. Sunset, however, got angry.
"WHY are you acting like this?" Sunset said, unable to hide her feeling of anger.
"Rule #1, Sunny. Never show anger. It'll either get people angry at you, or people will feed off of it. They'll be happy to see you angry, and they'll keep on making you angry. We'll refer to these people as... *snickers* trolls." Matt said, hoping for Sunset to learn her newest lesson.
"Why are you teaching me all this? And W-when did I give you permission to call me Sunny?" She said, giving up that light blush again.
"You didn't; I did!" Matt said, going from a serious tone to a 'I don't really care, it's fun!' tone.
"Nicknames already..." Rarity said, the others joining in on slight laughter.
"I can see where the rest of you are going with this; I have nicknames for everyone! Flashor, Dashie, AJ, Pinks, Flutters, Rare, Sunny. She's hardly different from the rest of you. Not even I'm that different." Matt said, explaining the way that he thinks. As he finished, the bell rung, and it was time for them to go to class. Matt had P.E.
"Ugh, my least favorite class." Matt said, making a motion for shooting himself in the head.
"Come on, it's awesome!" Rainbow Dash said, but only to Matt's annoyance.
"No, it's not. I wish I could be coding right now." Matt said, wishing this class didn't exist. Surprisingly, he was actually a pretty good runner, it's just that he enjoyed other things more than he did Physical Activities. P.E. went rather quickly, because this class, he was talking to Rainbow Dash the entire time. By the end of the day, he was ready to go on home, but he was unexpected by who saw trying to hang out with him.
"Hey, wanna hang out?" He heard a voice ask, but was surprised to see who it was.
"Flashor?" Matt said.
"What?" Flash asked, surprised at the sudden nickname.
"Your new nickname. Let's grab a pizza, then hit up Sugarcube corner?" Matt suggested, and Flash seemed to be fine with it.
"I'd like 2 plain slices" Matt said, waiting for his slices. Flash simply ordered 1 slice, as he was getting a snack at Sugarcube corner.
"Yo, Flash!" Matt said, trying to get his attention.
"Yeah?" Flash asked.
"How are you and Twili?" Matt asked, hoping to hear it was going well.
"Well, I get to talk to her every now and then. She secretly visits me sometimes, and we hang out. You know, she's really nice and stuff. You know what else?" Flash said, getting excited. Matt expected it to be some good news, like they were officially able. Matt got his pizza, and left the shop, still talking to Flash.
"You should start dating Pinkie Pie!" Flash said, excited for Matt.
"Wut." Matt said. It was his only reaction.
"You should start dating Pinkie Pie!" Flash restated.
"WUT." Matt said, clearly denoting that he knew what he said, but was frankly surprised at the notion that Flash had just made. Besides, Matt only loves code.
"You two are perfect for each other! You're both silly at times, you make people laugh, and sometimes, you can even give the most helpful advice! I think it'd be great, man." Flash said. They both reached Sugarcube Corner, to continue talking about the topic at hand. Eventually, however, it became quite late, and they both went their separate ways. Matt couldn't help but think about what Flash Sentry had said earlier. 'Why had he said that?' was the thing that he mainly thought about, but he couldn't help but feel that he was somewhat right. The points he showed were valid, but, Matt simply had no interest in her. Did he have slight interest at the Fall Formal, and the events that fell before it? Yes, he would have to admit that he did. But for now, all he could think about was what would happen next for him in life. What would life bring?