The bar was a place of drinking and boisterous people. Not for a group of 16 to 24 year old men sitting quietly. They all sat there awkwardly, occasionally sipping their beers waiting for the most chatty person in their group to arrive.
The doors swag open and Prism Bolt walked in. He looked around frantically and then spotted their table in relief.
"Your late." Stated Illusion as Del passed him a beer.
"Sorry, sorry I was teaching Star another stunt." He pulled the lid off with his teeth and spat it on the floor taking a long sip.
"Seems like your spending at lot of time with her Prism." Valiant remarked.
Prism went a bit red in the face and it went unnoticed.
"So the princess eh? I thought you had you fill when you dated Nidra. I guess you can't get enough." Sneered Hot Head. Prism angrily raised his eyebrow.
"Why the hell is he here again?"
"Annie wanted to spend time with Amber and the girls, so she decided it would be good if I brought Lucky and Hot Head around so they weren't bored." T said.
"Wanted to, or forced to?"
"Trust me, forced to." Hot Head huffed. A silence once again overtook the table, with loud chatter drowning out the bored sighs.
"Alright then are we going to talk? So Illusion how are things with Claire?" Valiant exclaimed.
"Er... yeah good. Nothing has changed. What about you and Red June."
"Yeah ah want to know whats going on." Said Del suspiciously.
"Junes great. Still happy and Del nothing is going down in the barn... so Del whats been going on in your love life?"
"Nothing."
"Liar! Whats been going on with you and Creme?" inquired Illusion.
That got the farm boy to go red in the face and stutter.
"Well-uh..."
"Come on Del she's a hot model, you must have done something!" Said Prism.
"Well Prism, Del isn't a man whore and he doesn't need to do anything with a girl." Hot Head snarled. Prism leap across the table and almost grabbed Hot Head, but T and Del held him back.
"STOP. We can't even have a civilised conversation? You guys are becoming adults... so act like it!" Yelled Valiant.
“Look at the girls, they can do it!" Cried Illusion. They all turned their heads towards Sugar Cube Corners main window, where Amber was motioning something inappropriate with a spoon and a piece of cake and Claire, Annie, Whirlwind and Candy were laughing hysterically. Even Nidra managed to crack a cheeky smile. Star was facing away, face as red as an apple, looking angry.
"Maybe not the best example but at least their having fun!"
"Star looks like she's going to throw something." Announced Prism.
"Oh Amber." Lucky was shaking his head with Hot Head as they all took a seat again.
"So Prism how is you love life?" Questioned Del
"Same old same old. Free man."
"Come on there must be more to that. What about Star? Didn't you take a dust bath with her? Thought you made it clear that you weren't interested in her." Said Illusion smugly.
Prism went red in the face once again.
"Where did you hear that from?!"
"Son of chaos remember?"
"Well...yes but...I'm not interested in her! Besides no offence or anything but she's not my type...look way. And she's a bit of a buzz kill. She has her moments of fun but meh."
Valiant and Illusion raised their eyebrows in disbelief.
"That's not true! There ah plenty of great features she's got!" Exclaimed Del.
"Like what?" Asked Prism. Its not like Star was ugly but he never saw her the attractive way.
"Her eyes."
"Her ass."
"Her spirit."
"WHOA WHOA WHOA! Who said her ass?!" Exclaimed Prism.
"I did." Hot Head looked up from his beer and gave a 'so what?' look.
All the guys gave him equally confused looks besides Valiant Heart, who wasn't to impressed to here guys commenting on his cousin. Illusion had a expression of amusement and disgust.
"And since when have you ever seen her ass?"
"Whenever she dances. She wears these shorts... and...just dances along I guess."
The more Prism thought about it, Star appeared in a different light.
"Well.... I guess so. But I don't know. And I thought you were crushing on WHIRLWIND Hot Head."
Hot Head went slightly red.
"I don't know. She's not interested in dating because of you." Hot Head sighed but didn't glower or yell at Prism. Prism looked a bit guilty.
"Er... I'll try and talk to her." Once again it relayed to silence, not before Del started another conversation.
"Illusion how are you and Claire?"
"We're good. I'm warming up to her and doing more romantic stuff. After all I'm leaving Equestria with my mother to The Crystal Palace so she can teach me more about politics and how to rule a kingdom.... have fun with Nidra."
Del grimaced a bit and the rest of the guys chuckled.
"So.... wanna go play soccer or something?" Questioned Prism.
"Don't have to ask me twice."
"Hell yeah."
"Woo let's go."
A chorus of responses echoed and they grabbed their coats walking out the door.