Second Chance: Canterlot U
Chapter 3
Previous ChapterAfter finishing the last class of the, Jason and Honey Milk were making their way to the entrance hall to meet Daybreaker and see what clubs would be waiting for them. As they walked through the halls Jason didn't know how to properly act around Honey Milk so he figured the best course of action would be to let the woman come out of her shell at her own pace, rolling his neck he tried his best to work out any stiffness that had formed from how he had to sit while taking notes. Letting out a small grunt of satisfaction when a loud *POP* echoed out. Feeling a pair of eyes on him he turned and looked down at Honey Milk whose eyes were wide with shock smirking he said "If I sit still for too long my body gets stiff, gotta stretch ya know?"
"I-I was just caught off guard by how loud the sound was." Honey Milk said turned back to look down the hall.
"Hehe yeah that it was but you should her me when I pop my back, some days it sounds like a bunch of firecrackers."
"Oh.......does it hurt?"
"Nah it feels nice," Jason answered shaking his head he placed a hand on his chin and rubbed it in thought "Just a way to get rid of any and all stiffness I've got."
"T-that's good........so Jason I was wondering what club were looking to join?"
"I uh was gonna look and see if this school had a diving club, I've always been interested in something like that."
"That sounds nice."
"How about you?" Jason asked as he looked down at Honey Milk who returned his gaze a smile coming to her lips.
"I was gonna look into some type of cooking club." She answered noticing a small group heading towards her she tried to get out of the way only to stumble and almost fall.
Reacting on instinct Jason reached out and wrapped an arm around Honey Milks chest pulling her up he set her down on her feet, freezing on the spot Honey Milk now sported a heavy blush as she looked back at Jason who still had his arm wrapped around her. Smiling at her Jason quickly let go and offered an apology for just grabbing her out of the blue like that taking a breath Honey Milk said "It's all right, I'm not the most graceful when it comes to how I move."
"Well, I'll try my best to be there if you ever need help."
"Thanks Jason that means quite a lot to me."
"It's no problem I know Daybreaker feels the same way," Jason said as looked up to see they were quickly approaching the main entrance hall, suddenly realizing something Jason pulled out his phone "Before I forget, do you mind if I get your number so we can stay in touch?"
"Yeah, its %^%-*^&-%*&@." Honey Milk answered as she pulled out her own phone, she looked up at Jason who quickly knew exactly what she wanted so he gave her his and Daybreakers number. *PING*PING*PING*
Exiting the doors Jason quickly found the mare waiting for them listening to her music eyes closed bobbing her head to the rhythm and tapping her fingers on her leg, chuckling at her antics Jason pointed to her and Honey Milk also giggled seeing her rocking out to her music. As soon as they approached Daybreakers vicinity her eyes shot open removing her headphones and looking between them she immediately. Not wasting a second the mare went in and gave a hug to Honey Milk, this caught the woman off guard, but she recovered and returned said hug with a smile her face. Looking around Jason saw dozens of booths with groups of people and ponies surrounding them crossing his arms Jason scanned them all hoping to find the booth he was wanting, but his searching was interrupted when Daybreaker jumped into his field of view locking eyes with each other Jason was lost in hers for a moment until a she said "So are we gonna start touring these clubs or what?"
"Oh oh yeah we can," Jason stammered as he forced himself to focus maintaining the eye contact, he motioned passed Daybreaker ", After you Day I figured, we could start looking at the clubs you and Honey Milk wanted to join first."
"Such a gentleman, well I guess the hard part is about to begin because I was hoping for us to go and explore the clubs you and Honey Milk wanted to join." Daybreaker said spinning in a circle like a ballerina she did a 180 and stared out at the sea of people, ponies and booths.
"But I do have a solution because Honey Milk is a new member to our group of friendship. I think we should go to the club she wants to join first!"
"I agree whole heartedly with you Daybreaker," Jason said looking down at Honey Milk he gave her a sorry not sorry smile while saying "After all what friends would we be if we didn't look at your club first."
"A-are you sure, I don't wa-"
"Shush my sweet new friend it’s no trouble whatso ever." Daybreaker said as she teleported to the left side of Honey Milk and wrapped an arm around her shoulder smiling down at her.
“O-ok well I was telling Jason I wanted to check out the cooking club they had here.”
“Alright then let’s go find that club first!” Daybreaker said as a large smile split her muzzled guiding the young woman towards the booths with Jason close behind them.
It hadn’t take the trio long to find the booth that held the cooking club, Honey Milk was placed front and center to talk with the recruiters while Jason’s and Daybreaker drifted to the sides to try some of the free samples. After a few minutes of talking Honey Milk was signed on and ready to join the club, as they began walking away Honey Milk was talking about how excited she was too join and how nice everyone seemed to her. Nodding along Jason was about to say something but was beaten by Daybreaker who’d said ‘If you have any trouble though let us know and we’ve got your back.’ which she agreed to saying she’d come quickly if anything had happened. The next booth that both Honey Milk and Jason said should be visited was Daybreakers music club, grumbling that she would rather have visited the diving club first the group quickly moved towards the sound of music and celebration.
As they approached they soon realized that both the diving club and music clubs were side by side, making a kind of joint booth Jason thought ‘Well at least I don’t have to look to far for them then.’ making his way over he found himself approaching a petite looking woman. She seemed deeply engrossed in a book staining at the cover Jason read ‘Sea Guide to Better Diving’ not sure what the book was about Jason cleared his throat to get her attention.
Setting down the book Jason was met with a lightly tanned woman who’s skinned knew the touch of the sun, her short brunette hair was tied in a pony tail and she looked up at him with intelligent green eyes. Smiling down at her he noted she worn a simple blue T-shirt and black jeans, Jason rubbed his neck and asked “H-hey I was interested in joining the diving club if I’m able?”
“We are looking for new members.” The woman answered slowly in a straight to the point tone.
“Oh well I’m down to join,” Jason said immediately as he leaned in to get closer to the woman who backed away slightly he added in a hushed whisper “I-if it’s okay for someone who’s never dived before.”
“That’s perfectly fine we have new comers all the time,” the woman answered her voice sounded a little excited and Jason could swear he’d eyes started to sparkle.
“So we can sign you up to join and our first meeting for this semester is this Friday that will be the introduction segment for all new member and if you don’t show up I can say don’t bother showing up to anything else.” The woman quickly fired off as she slid the paperwork over to Jason to read as he picked it up he began to look it over when *CRASH* looking up sharply Jason was wondering what was going on behind the tarp to see it moving.
“Uh what was-“
“Oh one of the members was probably showing someone one of the tanks and dropped his equipment,” the woman quickly said as she grabbed the sing papers quickly and made copies “Looks like everything is in order you’ll need to meet us as Emerald Coast Dive Shop at 8:00 pm sharp.”
“Ah ok, I’ll be there then.” Jason said a smile on his face he still wasn’t sure about the loud crash, plus how the recruiter acted he was sure what to make of it.
Walking over to the other side Jason found that Honey Milk and Daybreaker were waiting on him as the mare had quickly joined, discussing each of the clubs Jason was excited for the meeting Friday while Honey Milks club would be meeting Saturday and Daybreaker would be meeting Friday also. As they walked towards the parking lot Daybreaker and Jason guided Honey Milk to her car but before she left them alone the woman offered both her new friends a ride home, declining the offer Jason informed her that the two of them were within walking distance and would be fine. Saying their good byes Jason and Daybreaker broke away from Honey Milk and watched her drive off as they walked towards home, as they were making their way back Daybreaker had requested that Jason make French toast and eggs for dinner tonight.
Agreeing with her Jason would whip them up for her as long as she helped with the cleanup, nodding vigorously Daybreaker almost dragged Jason back him forgetting in her excitement she could have teleported them both of the back home no problem. As they approached Jason looked up at the single story, three bedroom and one and a half bath house, said building is owned by his aunt to whom is thankful for as she charges him bare minimum rent and had gotten the house just to give him a place to live.
(A few moments later)
Placing the final plate onto the drying rack Jason looked around the kitchen making sure he hadn’t forgotten anything, seeing that the kitchen was clean and tidy Jason took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. Walking back into the living room Jason started to flip between channels on the T.V. looking for something to watch, Daybreaker on the other hand had left to take a shower before heading to bed after a few minutes of looking Jason couldn't find anything interesting on. Checking the time, he saw that it was 9:44 pm deciding it was best to just head straight to bed standing up Jason walked passed Daybreakers room she'd left the door open. Peeking in Jason saw she was working on some work for school, knocking on the frame to get her attention Jason said "I'm heading to bed, have a good night, Day."
"You too Jason," Daybreaker answered not looking up from the work, nodding his head Jason turned and was about to leave when he heard her say "Sweet Dreams Jason."
Smiling at that Jason made his way into his room changed, plugged in his phone and crawled into bed and found himself falling asleep quickly after the long school day and the events that had happened. But it didn't take long for something out of his control to wake him as a loud crack of lightening snapped him awake and the thunder shook the house, laying there on his back and staring up at the ceiling Jason knew it would be a long while before he could find himself in the embrace of sleep again. Turning towards his phone he picked it up to check the time seeing that it was only 10:21 pm groaning he tossed it back and flipped back onto his back, when another crack of lightening and a roll of thunder shook the house again. Deciding it would be best just to close his eyes and wait for sleep to take him again Jason began to relax when a soft knocking came from his door, sitting up he looked to the door and saw Daybreaker standing there in her sleepwear a concerned look on her face she looked behind her and asked "Jason I uh hate to impose b-but-*BOOM*"
"Eeep!" Daybreaker squealed as the house shook causing her to jump slightly and shake looking at her concerned Jason hadn't seen her act like this.
"Is everything okay Daybreaker?"
"I um I uh.....well um." Daybreaker was trying too hard to bring something up something that she probably found embarrassing or a type of weakness which he figured had to do with the storm.
"You wanna bunk in here with me?" Jason ask putting as kind of smile as he could on his face, hoping he didn't accidentally look like he didn't look smug or like he was making fun of her. But his fear was quickly silenced when the mare made her way over quickly and got herself comfortable against him, deciding to take some type of initiative Jason wrapped an arm around Daybreakers waist. She stiffened only for a moment but quickly relaxed as she scooted towards him enjoying the embrace she let out a small sigh of relief, for some reason Jason felt more relaxed having Daybreaker here with him and the cuddling was very nice.
"Jason I-I hope I-I'm-"
"It's fine, the storm was doing me no favors falling asleep..........but for some reason." Jason said sleepily as he let out a slow yawn, shutting his eyes Jason found himself relaxing more and from how Daybreaker was reacting so was she.
"That's......good." Daybreaker said sleepily and from how her breathing was slowing down she was falling asleep and fast.
"Yeah.........it is," Jason murmured as he got comfortable adjusting himself only slightly as he got into a more comfortable position, he found sleep approaching he quietly whispered, "Sweet Dreams Day."
"Sweet Dream Jay." Daybreaker answered just as softly as her breathing slowed both individuals found themselves asleep and oblivious to the storm that was raging outside.
Author's Note
Emily (F) Human
Age 20
Height 5ft 1 in
Bust BB
