Mint woke up Thursday morning, later than normal.
"Oh buck! I'm gonna be late!" Mint said, her mother standing in the doorway.
"Mind your language missy!" Snow Flurry said in an angry tone as Mint got up and got ready.
"Sorry mom!" Mint said as she whizzed past her to the bathroom. She fixed her mane and tail bush after brushing her teeth. "Man, my tail can come in handy when you don't have a horn!" she thought, smiling.
"Bye mom! Love you!" Mint said, running out the door, barely able to catch the bus in time. Her mother giggled as she watched her daughter leave for school.
"Yo Diamond. How'd you do on the pop quiz?" Onyx asked his friend. "I think I did pretty well!"
"Oh the test? Yeah, I think so, too. All I could think of was the dance in a couple days. I'm kinda nervous actually," Diamond said, smiling awkwardly.
"Haha! Dude, no need to be nervous! You're fine! Mint will have a great time with ya," Onyx said, patting his back.
"You're right, no need to be nerv-oof!" Diamond said as Mint toppled him.
"So sorry Diamond! I'm late for class! Stupid schedule putting me from the front of the school to the opposite corner! See ya!" Mint said in a rush as she dashed to the class.
"Well..that happened, I guess," Onyx said as Diamond lay on the floor. "Oh dag! You okay man!"
"Y-yea..fine," Diamond said, his red eye semi-visible through his mane.
"Pfft...your red eye is showin'," Onyx laughed.
"WHAT!" Diamond said, getting up, fixing his mane back over his eye.
"Don't worry about it!"
"Mint, pass your paper up to me," Ginger Roots said to Mint as she scribbled a few final words onto her paper.
"Here you go, Mrs. Roots!" Mint said, handing the paper to her teacher.
"Alright, class. I'll give you a moment to look over your notes before the quiz on radicals. Remember, no talking during the test, else I'll assume you're cheating and give you an automatic zero," Ginger Roots stated to the entire class, making eye contact with two stallions in particular in the back of the room. They were snickering amongst themselves, then stopped as soon as they realized that the teacher was staring at them.
"Would you two like to share whatever seems to be so important that you cannot take instructions?" Ginger Roots said, not really giving the two a choice in the matter. The stallions walked up to the front of the room and read the text messages they were sending back and forth. Afterwards, Ginger Roots took both of the boys' phones away until the end of school.
"Time's up! Tests are out! You may begin!"
After a few minutes of working, Mint was already half way through with the test. Another twenty minutes ticked by when Mrs. Roots spoke up.
"Time's up. Pass your tests to the front then to the right. You have free time to do whatever you please until the dismissal bell rings. I'd advise you work on your homework, which is workbook pages twenty one to twenty two, even numbers only. You have about twenty minutes left," Ginger Roots said, taking the papers from Mint, who was the furthest front and right. Her friend and his date, who were both behind and beside her, chatted about the dance that Saturday. Having not had the chance to tell them about her date, she started to tell them about it.
"Mint, that's, like, totally awesome for you!" Spring Dancer said, her full pink eyes beamed at her. Autumn Leaves started fanning himself with his wings, smiling at Mint. Spring levitated her workbook out of her bag and started to work on her homework, as she usually did when there was free time. She always wanted to have more time at home for other stuff. Autumn followed suit, since he had to work that afternoon. Mint decided to join in and they all helped each other with the work.
Once the bell rang, everypony trotted out of the room, say for a few unicorns who teleported to the busses with their friends. Autumn and Spring, being self driven, offered to drive Mint home so they could talk some more on the ride back. Mint grinned and accepted their offer. The ride home was full of laughs and stories back and forth between the friends.
Autumn pulled up to Mint's driveway and said bye to her as she got out. She trotted up to the door and walked in.