It wasn’t quite a limousine. But it wasn’t quite not a limousine either. The closest comparison would oddly enough be a herse that had had the extended back converted into an open lounge. So on the inside it was a limo, on the outside it was just a larger than average car. Suburban high class is what Diamond Tiara had called it when Trixie mentioned its oddity.
The four of them, and Randolph the butler/driver/man-slave, had been driving for about twenty minutes now and Silverspoon was starting to see why Twilight needed her own car. With the exception of a few short answers when directly asked something, Twilight had stayed mostly quiet the whole ride. Sil was sitting beside her on the forward facing lounge while Die and Trixie were on the one running along the length of the car.
She was keeping a conversation going between herself, Die and Trixie with ease but was having trouble keeping Twilight involved for more than a few words at a times. Silverspoon mostly just chalked it up to what had happened to her earlier but truth be told, Twilight just wasn’t a naturally talkative person. And though outwardly she may’ve seemed bored to the others, she was actually enjoying being part of the conversation, whether or not she was contributing much to it.
“Tell me about your brother.” Sil said to Twilight after Die had said she and Sil would soon be step-sisters.
“My brother?” Twilight asked in response. “How’d you know I had one?”
“Because you said it was his phone, remember?” Sil smiled as she said cheerily, hoping she hadn’t just repressed one of Twilight’s buttons with that question.
“Oh, well he’s my BBBFF: Big Brother Best Friend fivever [dats moar dan 4eva!]. He’s currently enlisted in the army and has aspirations to become a commander one day. He and I discussed it in great length his roadmap to becoming a General by the time he’s forty-two and he’s currently on a four year tour but also taking tactician classes on the internet in his spare time. Or at least he better be, I always tell him he has to keep studying if he wants this dream of his to come true.” Twilight answered happily. There weren't many of them, but get her started on a topic that she enjoyed and Twilight would tell you everything. Literally everything.
Silverspoon wasn’t expecting a detailed answer like that. Mainly because “Wait, he’s still alive?” asked Sil.
“Well I haven’t seen him in a few months now but I talk to him every friday on the phone so I’m pretty sure he’s still alive.” Twilight said both factually and horrified that he could die at any moment in the army. “What made you think he wasn’t?” Twilight asked back.
“Uh, it’s just how you said the phone was your brother’s, and it’s just so old too. I don’t know, I thought it was like sentimental or something and that’s why you weren’t allowed to bring it to school.”
“Oh no, it’s just an old phone. And turns out I was allowed, I just hadn’t asked in over five years. I wasn’t allowed to bring it to school when I was like ten. Wait, when did I get that thing?...” she trailed off and started counting on her fingers and trying to figure out how old she was/is. fifteen, turning sixteen on October tenth and in grade 11. For some odd reason she didn’t remember how old she was, she always just counted how long it’s been since the year she was born.
“Well that’s goo-” Sil began but stopped as the car did too.
“We have arrived ma’am.” Randolph called back to them as he pulled over. Twilight hadn’t even noticed they were in her suburb yet thanks to these ridiculously dark tinted windows. In fact she wasn’t even sure she was now. She put her hands against the window and shelled her eyes trying to see through it. Twilight then almost fell as Randolph opened the door for her from the outside, fully aware it would make her fall but playing it off as being a good servant.
Catching herself, Twilight managed to turn her falling momentum into standing out of the car. She tried to brush it off and act casual by saying “Thank you.” to the chauffour. She then turned back to look inside for her backpack, only to see Silverspoon getting out as well, holding it for her. “Thanks too.” she said with a weak chuckle.
“No problem.” Sil said as she handed over the bag and closed the door before waving Randolph to get back in the front seat. Just the two of them now, she added “So… are you alright? Really?”
“I’m fine Sil. Thank you though.”
“It’s just, you don’t really like Die do you?”” Sil asked with obvious worry.
“What? No. I mean yes. I mean… she’s alright. She’s not the nicest person I’ve ever met but she’s alright.” Twilight told Sil, not entirely sure why’d she’d been asked that question to begin with.
“You just seemed out of place with us today is all. You barely said a word all day and not once had any back and forth with Die.” Silverspoon told her friend. “Truth is, I like you and all, but if you don’t like Die, then we can’t really be friends. And it was obvious you didn’t enjoy hanging out with her today. Or me, or Trixie.”
“Woah, woah, woah! Hang on a minute. Who said I didn’t enjoy myself?” Twilight replied. “I had an amazing time today. Well, not to oversell it but I did have fun.” Twilight happily added.
“Really? You just seemed so, I don’t know, bored though. You really had fun with us just talking and hanging out in the library for three hours?”
“Absolutely!” Twilight replied with sheer enthusiasm. “I haven’t had that much fun in ages!”
“Wow…” Silverspoon said. “You must have a really boring life.”
Twilight just laughed. “Shut up, I had fun ok?”
And Sil laughed lightly in return. “Yeah ok. So I’ll see you tomorrow I guess.” and she extended a hand to shake.
“No hands.” Twilight said and pulled her smaller friend into a hug, accidently pulling Sil's face into her breasts in the process. Silverspoon sheepishly returned the hug and the two pulled away about a second or so later. “Alright, well, I’ll see you.” Twilight finally farewelled. Sil just nodded in response and turned to open the door.
She climbed back in but before she closed the door Twilight heard from inside “Now, Trixie was promised a lift home as well.”
“Fine.” Die said with exasperation. “But don’t get used to it. And you owe me for this!” she said the last part to Sil.
“Hmm… no I don’t.” Sil replied, and then she closed the door.
Twilight stood there for a moment as the car began to take off. It was half way down the street when she began towards her house. Pulled her keys out, went inside, and for the first time in four days now, didn’t grab a muffin out of the fridge. Instead she just went straight into her room. And also unlike the last few days she didn’t turn on her computer, instead she just flopped down onto the bed beside Spike who barely flinched as she woke him up.
She didn’t have the muffin because they’d restocked the vending machines and she’d managed to get an Illegal Danish Super Snack unlike when Trixie had stolen the last one away from her. She actually smiled at the thought of Trixie. And Silverspoon. And even Diamond Tiara. She’d had fun today, more than she'd had in a long time. Just from simply hanging out with a few friends… huh. Friends…
At that thought though, a small bit of water began to form in her eyes. That simple fact made it so much worse that this last straw in the bathroom had made up her mind. She wasn’t staying at this school.