I sat quietly on the couch, staring at the papers in front of me as a bunch of different sounds came around me. Snoring or the occasion mumble of a word in someone’s sleep.
“Can’t sleep?” Mom asked suddenly as I jumped and shook my head. I had thought she was asleep, but I guess not. Raindrops and Carrot had gone back to Raindrops apartment down the hall to sleep. “What’s up?”
“This,” I answered and slid the papers over to them as she read slowly before she gave me an impressed look. “What?”
“I am impressed. Old you wouldn’t have signed something like this,” Mom answered as we both looked at Diamond snoring between us. “Do you want me to help you tell her?”
I scratched back of my head and nodded. She might have more expertise in this area than I did.
“Yeah sure,” I admitted and shook Diamond gently. “Wake up.”
“Is it morning already?” Diamond grumbled and rubbed her eyes as we both laughed quietly.
“Not quite,” I said with a faint smirk. “In about a few hours it will be. We gotta talk.”
“And it couldn’t have waited till the morning why?” Diamond snapped as I laughed into my fist. She and I both absolutely hated being woken up early unless it’s an emergency, like the apartment being on fire or something like that. “What’s up?”
“I’ll just let you read it,” I said and Mom nodded approvingly as I showed Diamond the papers and she rubbed her eyes again.
“I’m too tired to understand,” Diamond muttered as she looked at me. “So I’m like, living here now?”
“If you want to,” I conceded. “You did say you liked it here, correct?”
“Mhm. You treat me like a human being more than anyone else has really,” Diamond answered and yawned.
“You’re taking this surprisingly well,” I noted as Diamond gave me a tired look.
“It’s four am. I don’t know what type of reaction you were expecting from me when I’m half asleep.”
“Touché,” I said after a moment. “Well, are you happy?”
“Mhm. What do you want me to call you?” Diamond asked and yawned again as she stretched.
“Anything you want. Sunset works, sister works. You come up with it and I’m fine with it,” I said and paused. “As long as it’s nothing derogatory of course. You don’t need to call me mom or anything. I’m only eighteen, after all.”
“Hm alright. Can I go back to sleep now?” Diamond asked as she laid back down. I gave a slow nod as she gave a tired thumbs up. “Okay, night mom.”
“Wow,” Mom said after a moment of stunned silence. “Even I was anticipating that and I have a way of knowing things before they happen.”
“Are you crying?” I demanded as I glanced over at her.
“Yes. You technically have a kid now. That’s huge for me. Oh just wait till we get to the castle,” Mom smirked. “Luna and Cadence are gonna flip.”
“I’m more worried about how Twilight is gonna react, my partners at least are happy and supportive of it,” I admitted.
“Have you even gone on a date with Cloudkicker and Trixie yet?” Mom asked as my eyes widened. “I’m a mother, I’m not stupid. They’re both sleeping in your bed upstairs and they were the only two you had come into the bathroom when you returned.”
“No we haven’t. We were just gonna all three go on one.”
“That settles it then. Luna and I will set up a date when we go back,” Mom decided and I stifled a groan. She always did this, even when I was a young mare. She even tried to set me up with Lemon Hearts, Minuette and Twinkleshine once. I will admit to sleeping with the unicorns but that’s as far as it really went.
As far as I know, she has no idea. She was the one who set us up individually at first. She really should have figured that would happen.
“Okay I trust you,” I conceded. No real point in trying to fight her about this. I don’t get my stubbornness from thin air, after all. “Hearths Warming is a bit before Christmas here. I’m still surprised they all agreed to come back for the holiday with me.”
“I’m not. They seem to care about you a lot, especially your daughter,” Mom smirked as I turned red and looked away.
“Yeah well they’re good people. Tomorrow is Friday. Wonder how tomorrow is gonna go,” I mused bitterly and rolled my eyes.
To say I was not looking forward to tomorrow was a massive understatement. Probably gonna be the biggest shit show there or well, at least one of them I suppose would be more accurate.
“It will be difficult but you’ve faced difficult situations before. Like the time I sent you to try to negotiate with the Diamond Dogs to give them a designated part of Equestria.”
“Oh yeah because that went so well,” I scoffed and rolled my eyes. “Didn’t want to work with a mare and ran off to who knows where.”
“Their loss,” Mom commented as she laid back down. “I must say, this is a pleasant break from being princess. It’s not easy as everypony thinks.”
“I have to take your word for it,” I chuckled as I put all the papers back in the folder and set it on a nearby book case for tomorrow morning. “Goodnight mom.”
“Goodnight Sunset,” Mom answered as I lifted Diamond up, grunting slightly under her weight.
She may not seem but she was a bit heavy at times. I partially blame spending so much time here. I usually get pizza or other fast food when she’s here. Cooking takes a lot of work.
I carried her up the stairs and smirked slightly at Trixie and Cloudkicker hugging each other as they both snored. Originally I had been in the middle but I couldn’t sleep so I just went downstairs.
I placed Diamond in the bed and yawned as I joined her.
“Sunset?” Trixie said and kissed Cloudkickers head as I resisted the urge to burst out laughing.
“I’m here. What’s up?”
“Goodnight.”
I covered my mouth with one hand and covered Diamond and I with the other as I snorted at Trixie as she fell back asleep. She always did go back to sleep quickly. I had known that for awhile, mainly when we are in Crankys class together. She’s constantly getting detention for snoring loudly in his class.
“Night Trix.”
I yawned and curled up slightly in a ball as I closed my eyes to sleep.