Sunset just approached the table her friends were sitting at. To her relief, they started the conversation out in a friendly tone, and were not telling her to get lost, or calling her mean names all of a sudden.
"Sunset, darling! How nice of you to join us!" Rarity greeted. "We were wondering where you were."
"Hi, girls!" Sunset replied. "Yeah, I was just searching around the school for you girls, and didn't find you anywhere, not even in the music room. Didn't... Applejack text me that our plan today was to move out our band instruments from the music room?" Sunset asked as she pulled out her phone.
"Oh? Did I say today?" Applejack asked, confused. She pulled out her own phone to check the chat log between her and Sunset, before slapping her forehead at her mistake. "My bad, Sugarcube. We were actually plannin' to move out the instruments tomorrow, not today. I should've made things a little more clear that we planned to meet in the cafeteria to have lunch. This is Granny Smith's final day here as the lunch lady before she retires."
"Oh, all right then, no problem." Sunset said politely. "Accidents will happen. So anyway, what are we doing today besides having lunch?" Sunset asked as she took a seat and pulled out a packed lunch from her bag. She was confused as to why Pinkie wasn't with them, but just assumed she was simply somewhere else.
"Well, we were discussing what we might do over the summer, until Twilight brought up the boring question of what we plan to do during our college years." Rainbow Dash said with annoyance. "Like come on, Twilight. It's obvious! I'm going to be a star athlete and compete in championships! Got no time for an academic curriculum when I got all C's and D's in my classes."
"That might be true for you, Rainbow." Twilight said, keeping her cool. "But I'm still curious what everyone else plans to do during their college years. Besides, didn't you start reading books lately? Sometimes in the halls, I still hear you go on and on about this fictional character named Daring Do."
"Errrrr, uhhhhh..." Rainbow Dash began, but was unable to finish her sentence before quickly changing the topic. "Anyway, what do you plan to do when you get into college, Fluttershy?"
Sunset and her friends began to have a long winded conversation, with each of the girls contemplating what their next move will be after they graduate and head off to college. Each of them gave some rather enthusiastic responses to their majors that did also fit with their interests. Fluttershy considered getting into animal biology to become a vet, while Rarity proposed possibly becoming a fashionista and also a side career as a therapist.
As Sunset listened on to her friends' dreams and motives, she really had no idea what she wanted to do in college, or anything that would be job related in the far future. Ever since the Friendship Games, she's had this internal feeling that perhaps this human world was a bit too "ordinary" for her tastes. It's been a constant battle between whether she should spend more time in Equestria, with her natural talents in magic, or staying behind to live out her current human life. At the same time, she did not want to have her friends believe she was simply going to abandon them. They've been by her side ever since she was a fallen school bully, and went through so many adventures together. From music festivals to summer camp, the memories she's had with these girls were one valuable piece of her life Sunset would always hold close to her heart. To this day, her mind still lingers the thought of whether there really is more for her to do back home, but she just never mentioned it to her friends, due to how extra personal the topic is.
As Applejack just finished explaining that she did have some interest in plant biology due to her family's history with farming produce, it was then Sunset's turn to talk about what she plans on doing in college. Sunset knew the truth on not really having any plans and the possibility of going back to Equestria would not be an easy thing to tell them, so she only gave a vague answer off the top of her head.
"Hmm, maybe I'll do an arts and music major. I do have the talents with playing guitar and painting every now and then." Sunset said, as her friends nodded in approval, agreeing that they do love those aspects in her merits.