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The cars honked, and Twilight had not noticed yet. The light was green, and yet she still had not begun driving yet. Her eyes felt so heavy, and she could barely keep her hands on the wheel. She nearly fell out until Sunset tapped her on the shoulder.

"Twilight!" Sunset cried her name loudly, startling her enough to wake up again.

Sunset had not noticed quick enough either, as she was flipping through her smartphone, not knowing at all what was going on in the world around her. "Twi, girl... you want me to drive us instead? You look too tired... maybe you should've stayed home today instead," Sunset said. "I'm sure Spike wouldn't mind..."

"Spike does a lot at the Library already... I don't need to have him taking care of me too..." Twilight groaned, about to fall alseep once again. Her hands fell from the steering wheel, and the cars behind them had begun to try to go around. Some still beeped however. None of this fazed Twilight; her head hit the back of her seat and she sighed.

"Then... just let me drive, Twi," Sunset suggested, rubbing Twilight's shoulder softly, "you sit in the passenger's seat. C'mon, I'll drive."

Twilight looked to Sunset and smiled. "I swear, I didn't feel this tired when we left the Library earlier... maybe it was the steak, egg, and cheese bagel I had... with no coffee." Twilight switched seats with Sunset, and her behind ended up hitting against Sunset's face, much to the latter's dismay.

Sunset exhaled. She tried to get the blush from her face, but felt it didn't matter as Twilight was too tired anyways. "Y'know, I don't like it when you drink coffee. And you know why. You drank a full three cups that one morning and ended up nearly getting Applebloom to run away from home how scared she was of you." Sunset chuckled and sighed afterwards. "You're a really easily influenced girl, little do you know. You get a little caffeine in your system and there ya go! Off like Pinkie... You gotta lay off the long nights of studying too. I know how much you wanna master your subjects, but you won't do good if you don't get enough sleep either. I don't wanna sound too controlling, but as your superior, I want you to know I've done that too, and it has not fared well for me in the past." Sunset looked to Twilight, seeing that she was already fast asleep. Though she adored Twilight's cuteness as she slept, she was irritated at how she didn't at least tell her... but how could she?

And the light was red again.

"I told you it was gonna be awesome! Why didn't you come?!"

"Rainbow honey, we've been through this already! And I told you yesterday over the phone, darling..."

"I know! I wanna make you regret it as much as possible, then next time I go, you'll think twice about leaving me to go alone!"

"Why not Applejack? Why not ask her?"

"Because!" Rainbow leaned in to Rarity's ear and whispered, "She doesn't even like the Dracos. If I took her, she would've rooted for the stupid Hummingbirds all through the game! And she doesn't even like the Hummingbirds! She likes the Reapers!"

"I like ALL the teams! Because if I didn't, then having a party after the game would feel all solemn!"

"Not you too, Pinkie! Why are you girls so into sports anyways... it's so unladylike..."

"Like we would be into that crazy 'lady' stuff! And it's volleyball! That sport was made for girls anyway..."

"Gals, Ah don't think we should be arguin' about this... it seems so... uh, stupid."

The cafeteria was loud enough, and once Rainbow further made a comment about how much the Reapers were trash, Applejack retorted and Pinkie told them how much they should love all the teams. Rarity sighed and began whining about how unladylike they were being, taking nothing into concern about how she was reacting as well. This went on until the group turned to Fluttershy, collectively asking her,

"What do you think?"

To Fluttershy, all had gone silent. And it was like the entire school had it's eyes on her. She kind of cowered until she lightly gulped and lowered her head to say, "I... I don't know..."

The other girls were confused. "What was that? Didn't quite get ya there," Rainbow asked, leaning in closer, and soon, the others did as well.

Fluttershy scooted back in her chair and took a light breath. "I... I said I... don't...know..."

The other girls looked at one another, confused. Then, of course, it was Fluttershy. She was surely the voice of reason when things got like this, at least when Twilight and/or Sunset was around. Even still, she hated being the focus of attention. She liked to contribute in a quieter setting, but the library was closed this morning for a teacher's meeting that would make the morning bell rather late. The bell would ring at 8:30, but right now, it was 7:10. Still plenty of time. Now that this thought was in Fluttershy's mind, it made her all the more uncomfortable. She would either say something to get them to quarrel, something to make them question her more, or they would sit here awkwardly for the next hour or so waiting for her to answer. Time surely was running out, but it wasn't feeling like it to her.

"Well... I think that you all have your opinions, and we should... respect that?"

Rainbow laughed, patting Fluttershy on the back and pulling her close. "Ha! Ya got us there, Flutters! I guess we did go a bit overboard, especially putting you on spot like that. Sorry 'bout that..."

The others apologized as well, and Fluttershy smiled while blushing quite lightly. "It's okay... I guess I should try to contribute more when I'm with you guys..."

"No, don't force yourself to do somethin' ya can't do," Applejack told her. "Ah don't know if you'd wanna do that to yourself."

"C'mon guys, I'm not some Butterfly..." Fluttershy said with a chuckle, but no one really laughed either. "That... that was...supposed to be a joke..."

"Your tone didn't really help with that," Pinkie told her, getting behind her and tickling her, making her laugh loudly. "When ya wanna make someone laugh, you gotta Get*LOUD!*"

"Pinkie's right, Fluttershy darling," Rarity said, poofing her hair. "Even a lady knows when to get a bit loud so she can get her point across. If you do not project your voice properly, people won't think that you really wanna take them seriously. How do you expect to get through your first speech like that?"

It hit her right there. She had managed recently to push back the idea enough, as she in fact was too much afraid of the idea in the first place. She had no clue how long or far her a thousand mile stare went on for, but it took Pinkie patting her on the back to get her to snap out of it. "Hey! Fluttershy?" the girls all said.

Then Rainbow, "You alright?"

Fluttershy took in a deep breath, but then the act of speaking became alarming to her, and doing so became impossible to accomplish. She again found herself stuck with the eyes of her friends looking at her, but she turned her head to also find she had been saved by the arrival of Twilight Sparkle and Sunset Shimmer. She let go of a long sigh as the girls then welcomed the two.

"Sorry we're late," Sunset said, "Twi and I got stuck at a light... and