//------------------------------// // Friday Part 3 - The Question // Story: Equestria Girl. Wait, What's Equestria? // by Bysen //------------------------------// The first thing Twilight was greeted with as she entered the class was Pinkie Pie shouting from across the room as she stood up from her desk. “Heya Twilight!” as she smiled and waved eagerly. Despite what Pinkie had told Twilight about leaving her be, she wasn’t exactly surprised by thi- “Heya Moon Dancer!” Pinkie Pie shouted from across the room as she stood up in her seat, smiling and waving eagerly. Oh right… she was friends with everyone. Or something like that. Maybe she wasn’t singling Twilight out and just being… whatever she was. ‘Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie’? Na, that sounds stupid. It’s like saying ‘Twilight Sparkle being Twilight Sparkle’. As if they could be someone else. Actually that was a bad example seems there was another Twilight Sparkle apparently. Unfortunately, Pinkie Pie was sitting right next to where Twilight usually sat in a classroom with this sort of desk set up. Well, she can’t have everything after all. She went and sat instead at the end of one the column but two rows closer to the front. She only just sat down when the girl who had come in behind her came up and stood beside her. “Can I help you?” Twilight asked, looking up at the girl looking down at her. “That’s my seat.” the red haired girl with a pair of taped together glasses said as she put her books down on the table. “Mr. Ato gave us seating assignments remember. Now please. Leave.” She had completely forgotten about that. “Oh. Right. Sorry.” she said as she hastily grabbed her book and stood up, letting the girl into her seat. She then sighed as she accepted she had to sit next to Pinkie for this class. It wasn’t that bad though. Pinkie Pie was pretty smart from what Twilight had seen in their last two classes together. “Wrong seat.” she said as she took her correct seat. “Ooh… I was wondering what you were doing. I was all like ‘Doesn’t she remember we have assigned seating in this class?’ and ‘Of course she does, she wouldn’t forget something like that’ and “Oh, the girl with the crush on her is talking to her.’ and ‘She’s coming over here now, I wonder what she was doing there in the first place?’. Hey, where were you for Chemistry. I know you said we don’t have chemistry but I didn’t think you would actually change out of it so fast. But I guess you’re right about us always having Geology instead." “What was that?” Twilight asked before she looked back at the girl she’d taken the seat of. “I said we’ll always have Geology. I don’t mind if you transferred out of Chemistry. But if you missed this class on the other hand… hoo hoo… you don’t even know!” she said in a manner that was both friendly and psychopathically threatening. “N-no… I just… I was late again and missed my first class.” Twilight replied trying to pretend she hadn’t been freaked the hell out by the previous statement. “Now, what was that about that other girl?” “Good morning class.” Mr. Ato said as he walked in and put his folder down on the table. From there, the two of them were silent for most of the remainder of the period. A few answers and questions throughout as they listened and took notes. It was towards the end of the hour when Twilight was caught off guard by a small piece of paper folded into a triangle landed on her desk. It read ‘READ ME’ on it. Which was a request Twilight could hardly refuse. She unfolded the piece of paper and in it it said ‘ARE WE FRIENDS?’ with two boxes next to the words ‘YES’ and ‘NO’ essentuated with two blue and one yellow balloon down in the bottom corner. Twilight, looked up and around to see who’d thrown this at her. Sitting right beside her was Pinkie Pie, facing away and whistling nonchalantly. Of Course whistling in the middle of a classroom while the teacher was talking drew more attention than anything else she’d done so far. It was clearly from Pinkie. But Twilight swore she’d seen no signs of her making it. For starters, with how neatly it had been folded there’s no way she could’ve done that without noticing it right beside her. Then there were the coloured balloons and no pens to match. Either Pinkie was a master of stealth or she had a stack of these premade. And as weird as it was, neither of this options would come as a surprise to Twilight by this point. “Is there something you want Pinkie Pie?” the teacher asked as she stopped his lecture. Pinkie answered as she stopped whistling. “No I’m fine Mr. Ato. Just trying to act inconspicuous. Is it working?” there was a pause as he looked at her, obviously as new to her antics as Twilight was, before he just continued on with his lecture now that she’d finished making that noise. The next twenty minutes passed pretty fast, seeming to go by in only the time it takes to read a short sentence before the bell rang. Twilight stood from her seat and was about to leave “So… what did you mark on the note?” “Why didn’t you just ask me. We’re right next to each other.” Twilight asked as she handed the unmarked piece of paper back to the girl. Pinkie just gasped sharply. “How did you know it was from me?! I mean sure it has my Cutie Mark on it but you, nor I for that matter, don’t even know what a Cutie Mark is!” Pinkie asked as she crossed her arms and tapped her chin, pondering. “And also we’re not meant to talk in class." “We’re not meant to pass notes either.” Twilight quipped. “Hmmm… you’re right. Guess it didn’t really make much sense then huh? Oh well. Hey, you didn’t tick either of the boxes?” she said before handing the piece of paper back to Twilight. “So, is it yes or no?” “Is there a third option ‘Sorta’?” Pinkie took the piece back, looked at it and answered. “Nope. Had to check and make sure though.” as she extended it to Twilight once more. “Fine…” Twilight said as she accepted the piece of paper. She put it down on the desk and pulled out a pen. It was only then that the ramifications of answering this stupid question sunk in. Saying yes would probably just make things like Tuesday all over again. Saying no would probably make thing like Tuesday afternoon all over again. She had to have stood there, awkwardly leaned over a desk thinking about the answer for a good thirty seconds. Pinkie was patient though. Maybe it was because she had judged it to cause the least drama of the two options or maybe it was that she’d just found out she was hanging out with the mean girls but the answer she chose was ‘No’ as she stood back up and handed it to Pinkie. She’d seen Twilight right on the piece of paper but still needed to look at it to see the answer. As she did she simply laughed, snorted slightly and said “Oh, good one Twilight. You’re such a kidder. Anyway, I gotta go. See you ‘round!” She left, leaving Twilight baffled. Considering Pinkie had had a borderline breakdown the last time she’d said they weren't friendss all Twilight could do was “I… don’t… even… wut?” she muttered as she watched the spaz leave. But that was enough waiting around, she still had to meet Sil and Die by the cafeteria.