A Double Life

I woke up and did my usual morning routine and rushed out the door. I knew if I just get the waterworks, I could get out of this mess. I didn't spot anypony in sight and the sun was barely up as I got to the school. I opened the door and he wasn't here. Good, now I can get myself ready. This will be a piece of cake since I'm a great actor. I tried to start crying but it wasn't working. I tried to hit my head on the desk but I still wasn't crying. It seems I'll have to take on desperate measures to get myself to cry. I saw the iron table and kicked it and... Ow, that hurt but tears were starting to poor down my face. Moments later, he came into the room. I handed him the work from yesterday and I knew he saw my tears.

"Your a terrible pony, making a lovely mare such as myself do all this work." I said, crying.

I knew that would do that trick. I waited a few seconds but his demeanor didn't change. He smiled and said,

"Nice try, but I know you inflicted self-injury to cry."

Darn it...

"Your pretty strong to still be able to stand up after that." He said, smiling.

"Ugh, just shut it, why don't you?!" I said, snapping back.

After I said that, The bell rang and everypony came it including the teacher. He went back to his seat and just went though the day slightly annoyed. I went to gym and played some baseball by myself while everypony was outside watching Grape running. After that, I went to my last class and jolted down notes. Then the final bell rang and I went outside and sat down.  He appeared behind me and handed me more papers.

"What's this for?" I asked.

"Making trips to the Crystal Empire. That and some extra prep work on top on of that." He replied.

"What? Your even doing stuff like that?!" I asked, stunned.

He nodded as I asked that. Jeez, having been made to assist, I can see what he needs the help. He truly has a lot of responsibilities. He's in every sport, every club and he's a leader in all of them. That's not even adding the fact he's still got homework and dealing with everypony asking him questions. Even I don't do all that much. Not because I don't want to, but because I would get next to no sleep at all.

"I'm surprised your not exasperated from all that..." I said, baffled.

He grabbed something from his bag. It looked to be food and he handed it to me. He sat down as he did.

"Oh... thanks." I said, surprised.

He smiled and we started to talk some more.

"It seems I stand out somehow." He said.

"Well, that's the hard part. With your brains and personality, you  could easily lead a better life." I said.

"Oh? I see. Do you really believe that?" He asked with a slight chuckle, "Well, it's all because of your help that it makes my life much easier." He said, patting my head.

"I'm not a dog you know." I said, moving away.

The sun started to come up but nopony had showed up yet.

"Grape, did you do this in your last school as well?" I asked.

"Yep. What about you?" He asked.

I nodded.

"Then you must've done a lot of work as well." He said.

I shook my head and said,

"Na, Not this much."

"Oh? How come?" He asked, surprised.

I smirked as he asked that.

"I would say something like, 'What will I do? I can't maintain all this work'. That's all it took and everypony would chip in and help me." I said, laughing.

He looked at me with concern.

"So you just con everypony into doing all the hard work. And this is the real you..." He said, slightly worried.

"What? Your doing the exact same thing to me!" I said, snapping back.

"Hmm? No I'm not. I'm normally like this. My actions haven't changed once. I'm only doing this because I'm following your lead." He said with a smile.

"So your saying it's my fault?" I asked, slightly mad, "That can't be true." I told him.

"But it's the undeniable truth." He said.

As he said that, I noticed it was completely dark out. We got up and started to walk home. We continued to talk for what felt like hours and went our spate ways. I hate to admit it but... in he end, he's prefect, somehow. I didn't care about surpassing him anymore. My emotions kept sweeping me around. I hate him but... at the same time, I understand what he does. I hate him because he's blackmailing me. He's aware that's its wrong but don't show any regret in doing it. I don't understand it myself but... I guess it's something I will never understand...

I got home and everypony was in the living room. I went upstairs and into my room.  For some reason, I want to explode but, I just can't. Despite what he's done, I can't truly fault him for it... I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep...