"... and that's pretty much how it went down," Sunset finished.
As she sipped from her shake,
"Oh, oh dear, I think I'm going to start crying," Rarity said, waving her hands at her face. "Oh, I can't let my makeup run, someone get me a tissue."
Rainbow reached over with a tissue in hand, Rarity swiping it and nodding her thanks.
"I know, right? I mean, I never thought I'd just come out and admit something like that to him first, but... I just, felt like I needed to get that off my chest, you know?"
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"I just needed to get that off my chest, you know?" Trevor said.
Charles hummed, nodding along.
"Well, I think that's fantastic, Trevor," he said. "It shows that you're actually ready to start opening up to the world around you. That you can move past Augustine and Curden Cay."
"Yeah... you know, I thought it was weird that Sunset of all people would say something like that, you know?"
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"Just seems weird that he'd say something like that, you know?" Sunset said. "I mean, I wouldn't have taken him for someone with anything to really regret."
"Because he seems a bit slow to try anything at all, right?" Rainbow said.
"Alright, really?" Applejack deadpanned.
"What? You saw how he acted in PE! Guy could barely finish a lap while trying to avoid touching anyone! Fluttershy, what's that weeb thing where the guy's allergic to girls?"
Fluttershy scowled at Rainbow.
"You have a phone, right? Just Google it yourself," she muttered.
"Yeah, but I don't want that in my search history. My point is, he's probably just a little loose in the headspace and needs a few bolts to get him in a good place."
"Is that supposed to be your way of saying we should try and get him to open up to us, because I feel like you could've worded that a bit better, darling," Rarity said.
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"I just... don't know if I'd feel comfortable trying to get to know everyone in there, you know?"
Charles shook his head, patting Trevor on the shoulder.
"Kid, I get it, you need to take it slow to make progress on the whole, 'reintegration' thing, but if you avoid Sunset's friends she might take a bit of offense to that."
"Really?"
"Yes. Now, what you should do, is try and get to know them all a bit better. You have classes with them, right? Start there, just ask for some notes occasionally and try to talk with them at lunch. Start small and work your way up to having a good relationship with everyone."
"... I don't have to try and make friends with that girl in the cape and hat, do I?"
"I'm not going to force you to socialize, I'm just advising you, as your overseer and guardian, that you should at least get to know the people closest to Sunset."
"Alright."
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Trevor shuffled his bag into the corner as he sat down at his desk, seated in the furthest corner in the room. He brought out a notebook and a pencil, eyeing the board as the rest of the class walked in.
"Hey, Trevor," Sunset greeted as she approached.
"Hey Sunset!" he said gleefully. "Have a nice morning?"
"Yeah, you wouldn't believe how good an extra hour of sleep feels when you eat enough cookies to put you in a sugar-coma."
"Y-yeah, I... don't think that's healthy."
"Well, that's because you haven't spent much time with Pinkie. Give her... I dunno, twenty eight minutes before you start to question the laws of relativity."
"Uh... t-thanks for the, warning?"
"Don't mention it," she said, sitting at the desk ahead of him. "Still, can't wait to see what our great Astronomy teacher has in store for our first week of real classwork."
As the last few students took their seats, Sunset waved another familiar girl over.
"Hey Fluttershy, there's an empty seat over here," she said, pointing to the chair beside her.
"Oh, thanks for saving me a seat, Sunset," she said. "I can never really keep up with Dr. Discord's wild pacing like you can."
"Just a lot of practice with speedwriting," Sunset said, opening a textbook.
Fluttershy nodded, then looked back to see Trevor sitting there. She smiled and leaned back to him.
"Dr. Discord's pretty fast-paced with how he runs his classes, but he's pretty lenient in his grading, so I wouldn't worry too much."
Trevor blinked as he took in the information.
"Oh- okay, thanks," he said, smiling back at her. "I'll try and keep up."
The door slammed open, startling most of the students as a tall man, easily 6'-9", stumbled in. He wore a brown suit with the sleeves and pant-legs stitched together and miss-matched in fabric and color. Running a hand through his wild, graying hair, he yawned loudly before walking to the center of the room, turning on the projector mounted on the ceiling, and up to his desk before collapsing in the chair.
"Ugh, it's FAR TOO EARLY for this," he said, half shouting and yawning. "Just watch the movie and... I don't know, take notes for whatever quiz I come up with after this."
A student walked up to the lights and flicked them off, earning an appreciative thumbs-up from the professor as the documentary began to play.
Fluttershy turned back to Trevor and giggled.
"Sometimes he likes to take it really easy on us."