Every Dark Night Turns Into Day
Chapter LI
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I sighed as I watched Sugarcoat send her bowling ball down the lane, barreling towards the pins. Indigo gave a grin her way as she high fived the reserved girl.
“Nice spare. Split pins are the worst,” Indigo said as Sugarcoat sat next to her.
“Facts bro!” Lemon shouted as me and Sunny stood up to follow them out of the bowling alley. Sunset and her girlfriend along with her friends had left about an hour and a half ago. “Where to next?”
“Home,” Sunny Flare said instantly. “It’s been fun surprisingly but we got school tomorrow and it’s late.”
“God you’re lame,” Indigo grumbled. “It’s literally seven at night unless you have bed time. It’s not even that late.”
“Excuse me for caring about my beauty sleep!” Sunny growled as she rolled her eyes.
“May God have mercy on my soul,” Indigo rolled her eyes. “Who gives a fuck about sleep?”
“She does,” Sugarcoat stated as she pushed her glasses up. “Evidently.”
“Brilliant observation!” I grumbled. “We can all tell Sugarcoat that she does because she told us!”
“Okay Sour,” Sunny rolled her eyes and flicked my ear. “But yes I’m going home. I have to help mom with a project for work anyway and I promised I’d help her.”
“Okay that’s a better reason than just it’s being late,” Lemon said as she played with her headphones. “It’s been real. I’m going to go play video games. I want to finish Skyrim and watch The Girls.”
“The Girls?” Sugarcoat raised an eyebrow. “The heck is that?”
“It’s a new gaming channel. It’s like twelve girls who play video games. Three or four play different games at a time and upload the video. Sometimes they live stream,” Lemon answered. “They seem kinda familiar now that I think about. One of them already had a channel for a few years called Shimmer Time that I used to watch for a bit freshman year but she kinda went off the radar for a bit.”
“Did you say Skyrim?” I demanded as I grabbed Lemons cheeks. “It’s the best game ever!”
“Uh yes?” Lemon said uncertainly. “And can you please let go of my face, that would be greatly appreciated.”
“Oh sure,” I felt my cheeks slightly turn red as I collected myself and stepped back. “But yes Skyrim is amazing.”
“You play video games?” Sugarcoat asked in her usual monotone voice.
“No not at all!” I snorted. “I just enjoy seeing you guys try to decide if I lied or not.” They all rolled their eyes as Sunny groaned.
“Are you done?” Sugarcoat asked as she pushed her glasses up. We stopped at a black gmc truck as Indigo pulled out her keys. “Why do you drive a truck?”
“Because trucks are cool,” Indigo said simply. “Lemon owns a Silverado when I picked her up. It’s a nice truck for a chevy.”
“We are not starting that argument about what brand is better,” Sunny said instantly.
“Well what do you drive?” Lemon demanded.
“Probably a freaking Lincoln or a Bentley,” Indigo snorted as the two burst out laughing. Even Sugarcoat wore a small smile.
“Yeah,” Sunny forced a laugh as me and her glanced at her beat up Subaru. “A Lincoln. Totally.”
“Okay so see you guys after school maybe?” Indigo asked hopefully. “Sour picks where we go next. Hopefully it doesn’t suck.”
“It won’t,” I promise. “Unlike you. You suck.”
“And you swallow.”
“That’s disgusting,” Sugarcoat muttered. Sunny flipped her hair a bit with a hand.
“Agreed.”
I kicked the door open to the house with my boot as Sunnys car made awful noises as she drove down the road to presumably her own house. My parents and grandparents were on the couch as I raised an eyebrow.
“Hey mom. Hey dad. Grandma and grandpa hello,” I smiled faintly as I grabbed an apple from the countertop.
“Hey dear. Did you have fun?” Mom asked hopefully.
“A bit,” I admitted. I didn’t expect to actually have fun with my classmates but it was an experience.
“I’m glad. Don’t forget you medicine,” Mom said as she held out a bottle, giving it a shake. I rolled my eyes as I took the bottle and tossed the pill in my mouth.
“She still needs her bipolar medicine?” Grandma asked worriedly.
“Yes,” I answered angrily as I swallowed the bill.
“No shocker there.” I jumped slightly and stared at my sister in the doorway, wearing her Wondercolts band captain uniform with her hands on her hips. “She’s a freaking annoying prick.”
“Baton Switch!” Dad chided. “Don’t call your sister that please.”
“It’s true,” Baton muttered under her breath as I glared at her. “Hey mom did you hear we won the Friendship Games? Shame Crystal Prep wasn’t good enough, right?” Baton smirked at me coldly and winked. “Took them off their high horse all right.”
“I heard,” Mom said nervously as she looked at me. “I didn’t take the rivalry seriously growing up. I always found it kinda dumb.”
“Same here,” Dad agreed as my grandparents nodded. “About time.”
“Mhm!” Baton switched her cold glare from me to my parents and smiled warmly at them. “They might never recover after this. Heard Principal Bitch got arrested too.”
“Don’t use that language around your grandparents please,” Mom begged. “You two know they don’t approve of cursing.”
“Are you two finally going to get along now since the rivalry is practically over?” Grandma asked hopefully as she looked at the two of us. Baton took her band hat off and ran her hand over the brim. “You’re sisters after all.”
“I’ll pass,” Baton shrugged after a moment. “I’m a Wondercolt, she’s a Shadowbolt. She’s picked her side and I’ve chosen mine. I’m perfectly happy with how things are. I’m also perfectly happy with living with grandma and grandpa so I don’t have to deal with my stupid egotistical sister.”
I gave a frustrated sigh as I stormed up to my room and kicked the door open, slamming my head against my desk. Just because I was obsessed with winning doesn’t mean I don’t want a decent relationship with my sister again.
Author's Note
Fun fact, Baton Switch and Sour Sweet are sisters in canon. Baton Switch was the band captain with the baton.
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