The Drink's Still Good When It's Cold
"Hmm, it seems this will never finish by the afternoon, it looks like I am staying behind once more, sorry girls, you know how finals are," Rarity said, rubbing her temples in frustration before her friends, all dress in casual clothes, excluding Rainbow Dash in her Canterlot University sports sweater and shorts. Twilight softly giggle, agreeing it was similar to how she took finals so seriously back in her days in Highschool. Though, it did not remained similar with the others.
"Oh come on, you said you'd hang out with us at the upcoming game! We are so gonna beat those Applepolosan's butts, but it wouldn't feel the same without you!" Rainbow Dash whined, only to pause in silence noticing a long stare from Applejack. Once she realized what she said, she could only cast a soft embarrassed smile before folding her hands back, looking away, and whistling a tune to drive those words away.
Fluttershy gulped and look at Rarity who began staring out of the window and into the cloudy sky. Out of everypony, she noticed the difference between her moods and how the others felt. Disappointment, relatable, sad, and impatient, which Rainbow Dash was infamous for. Fluttershy was alright with it, however, worry for her friend being left behind. Rarity and her had done plenty of things together all the time, with this sort of situation, it felt alien. "So, will you be alright without us around, Rarity?"
The others paused, especially Rarity, finding that question quite odd when it came out of Fluttershy so softly and caring, almost a bit terrified behind her shy demeanor. Applejack shook her head before patting Fluttershy's shoulder, giving the girl a gentle smile as she looked at Rarity, "Ah'm sure she'd be alright, Fluttershy. Rarity here 's ah strong girl."
"Lady, strong lady," Rarity corrected with a smitten smile, emphasizing with her pen.
The girls all laughed, a sign of relief and warmth that fluttered in their heart, spreading like a flame would grant them all to smile at one another. Pinkie Pie thought for a bit, before smiling wide to speak out, however, Rainbow Dash unknowingly butted in, resting her left boot upon a empty chair, "Say what, we'll get some souvenirs, sounds tight?"
Her use of slang words were always inadequate to here, however, Rarity saw past it through the Soccer-holic's heart with her devoted loyalty to her friends. Rarity rubbed her chin and nodded her head. The idea of still getting items from the grand stadium was still exciting as it was back in Highschool.
"OK! OK! I know! I know!" Pinkie Pie shouted, hopping up and down as she rested her palms upon the table near Rarity's laptop, one left foot up, while the right stuck down, she was inches from Rarity's face smiling wide. "And even bring you an autograph from Soarin' since well! He was transfer from Cloudsdale to Canterlot and I remember you having a crush on while Dash was looking at Spitfire a lot! It's rare Wonderbolts tranfer a lot!"
Rainbow Dash was left to blush and bite her lower lip by Pinkie's way of description involving her admiration over Spitfire as the others would giggle at the display. Rarity was unsure what to say though. She did not expect her friends to go all this way though, most likely put through all the trouble for one game. Such a strange group they were, adjusting to situations with and without each other. It made her softly smile, patting Pinkie's cheek lightly, which strangely made the girl purr like cat, oddly enough not weirding Rarity out.
"Girls, thank you all, this means a lot to me to see you all go through all this trouble for one game, I'm unsure in how to ever repay you," Rarity rubbed the back of her head with a soft smile to sport upon her own lips.
"Don' count on it," Applejack stated.
"Yeah, it's perfectly alright. We are just making sure you're going to be alright without us, after all, this is the first time of everything you're staying behind. We wish you luck on this preparation for the finals, all of us finished ours as you know, when yours approaches, we're sure you're going to pass," Twilight said, "We have faith in you, Rarity."
"Yeah, ain't nothing gonna stop us from making sure you don't enjoy this time alone!" Rainbow Dash boldly said, "You deserve it!"
"We hope you do well, Rarity," Fluttershy softly said, as her palms gently wrap together in a soft clutch, while she looked down at the ground with a small smile.
"Again, girls, thank you all. This means a lot to me that you all are doing this for me. Even if it is just one game, things like this means so much to me. I am grateful," Rarity said, looking up at them, but spotting the clock in the top right corner, she gasped, "The game is going to begin very soon, you girls should hurry!"
"Holy crud, you're right!" Rainbow Dash shouted after taking her phone out to check the time. "Come on guys, I'm driving!"
"Wasn' you drivin' us from the beginnin'?" Applejack chuckled, before Rainbow Dash run out of the library faster before anyone could begin walking. As the others proceeded towards the exit, they waved goodbye to Rarity, just before meeting the end and through the sliding doors, disappearing into the hallway.
The library was empty, all except the receptionist and her. Rarity sighed, before looking down at the screen of her laptop with Mare13 open on a blank document page. Another window was wedged by the right of it, being a study guide for making short stories at a certain length and page limit. It was almost like writing an essay, though Rarity preferred reading over writing any day.
With her drink by her side and cellphone, she was sure this amount of time being taken was going to be worth it in the end. She just needed to relax her mind, take a few moments of the silent library in, and go with the flow. The issue was, what did she had to write that would qualify for passing her class. It was a Freestyle essay, but her teacher was picky. It had to catch his attention, stir his thoughts, and wow him into passing her. All of this planned out so easily, yet she was blanked as a doorknob being dull and loose. Twilight had an easy life, the others simply had one too.
Rarity barely had a life. Most of the time, she would spend countless of hours with the sewing machine, fashion drama, and soap operas; next to reading romantic novels. When it came to friends and other types of experiences, they were not so fascinating like Rainbow Dash's tales of her achievements highly impossible, but still interesting to hear, next to Pinkie Pie's pursuit to having the greatest party ever made. Life was easy for her friends, hers on the other hand was boring...or so she thought.
Rarity, sipped her drink, hot coffee with a straw and as she slurped down the hot soothing contents not fast, but slow and steady, she took in a chance to enjoy the moments that occur with her and her friends. The Sunset Shimmer incident, the Sirens, and even saving the Town from renovation from Discord's Corrupted Company. At least Fluttershy had shown his good side to change his mind and help fix the mess he made, but also improve some parts.
Those moments with her friends were special, precious beyond anything she could hope for than what never occurred in her childhood. This made Rarity smile gently, stared out at the window and watched the night sky be full of bright lights from miles away for the game that her friends went off to to enjoy. This was the first time she was without her friends, but it would not be the end of her time with them, instead it meant more. She held their moments with her too, those precious months and even years of spending time together since highschool, it was beautiful.
Rarity set down her cup, flex out her arms, and set her fingers down on the keypad of her laptop. She knew what she had to write, sure enough what was going to take hours, would be minutes in her head. Minutes worth sparing to not only seek a passing grade for the class, but to also seek a piece of work she could look back, read, share, and express her feelings through the art of literature.
"The Perpetual Melody...."
Rarity paused, saying the title lf her freestyle essay one more time, enjoying the sound through her lips, "Yeah, that's a good title."
~Fin~