Monday August 3

Sunset woke up to her alarm and got up to turn it off. Her wife moaned and re-positioned herself to snuggle into Sunset’s pillow. She smiled. She did her morning stretches and then headed in to the bathroom to put in her contacts and do her morning cleaning tureen. After that she got dressed and walked into the kitchen for breakfast.

She cooked a breakfast of bacon and quinoa. After eating quinoa and celery she went back upstairs to check on her wife.

“Moony! Hay Moon. Time to wake up! You have school in an hour!”

“Fine.” Moon sat up and rubbed her eyes. “Is that bacon I smell?”

“Yes it is!”

“You didn't have to do that for me!”

“I figured after how crazy and stressful the weekend was you might need something special to get you out of bead.”

“Fine. I'll get up.” Moon groaned and rubbed sleep out of her eyes.

“That's my girl!” Sunset said enthusiastically.

A few minutes later they walked into the kitchen together. Moon ate quietly while Sunset checked emails silently.

“Well we best be off to the university.”

“Yeah.”

They listened to pop music during the car ride.

“I hope you have a good day at school! I'll pick you up at six. Oh and good luck on that test, not that you'll need it!” Sunset said as she and Moon started to part ways in the parking lot.

“Ok. Have a good day too. I hope your meaning with your boss goes well!”

“Yeah… Hopefully he gives me a raise…”

Sunset stared at her sealing. She had never liked the wired off white that someone had decided it should be. Now was not the time to dwell on that. Sunset got dressed for work.

She got to work early and checked in with her boss to see what was needed of her. Sunset had landed a paid internship at a local nursing home. She mostly did small jobs and projects that the official staff gave her. She often found it boring tiring or frustrating but it was good pay and great introduction to the medical field.

At noon Sunset left the nursing home on her Motorcycle to get lunch at a nearby bakery. She had plans to meet her girlfriend there and share lunch. She was extremely excited because to see her because they had not been able to see each other that weekend.

“Hay Sunny!” Sunset heard her favorite voice in the world call out just after parking her bike.

“Twilight!” She said turning to see her girlfriend. “Did you have a good weekend?”

“Oh sure, listening to my niece scream about any little discomfort when ever she so please and listening to Cadence and Shining defend her endlessly was so much fun I can't wait until them come back!” Twilight said sarcastically.

“That bad?”

Twilight sighed and nodded, “I am just grateful that my dad insisted the baby sleep in the downstairs guest room and not upstairs in my brothers room, next to mine" she said while taking off her glasses and rubbing her eyes.

The two of them walked through the door of the bakery together. They got in line to order.

“Fancy seeing y'all here. Ladies.” Sunset and Twilight turned to see a smiling Applejack holding a large box.

“I could say the same to you AJ.” Sunset said turning to see her other close friend.

“Touche. Pinky Pie is going to blow a fuse when she finds out that the three of us have gone to Sugarcube Corner’s greatest competition.” Said Applejack

“So why are you here?” Asked Twilight.

“Bread. Non. Cake. Bread.” Applejack said flatly.

“Fair enough.” said Twilight. Twilight remembered trying Sugarcube Corners bread for the first time: too sweet and too crumbly. She had spat it out right away. Twilight noticed her glasses had fogged up and quickly cleaned them.

“What about y’all?” asked Applejack.

“Rainbow and Rarity will not leave us alone. Rainbow won't stop teasing us and Rarity keeps trying to plan a wedding for us!" Sunset said.

“Well you two are my favorite couple. Y’all are probably theirs as well!” Applejack teased with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.

“More than your brother and Cheerilee?” Sunset said is a surprised tone.

“Well they are pretty cute. But you two are-”

“Sunset we are at the front of the line.”

“Oh right”

“Well it was nice to see you both. I got to get back to the farm to do my chores. I’ll see you soon hopefully. And not a word to Pinky Pie.” Applejack shifted the box in her hands and waved quickly.

“Yeah, of course. Bye!”

As Applejack left Twilight and Sunset ordered. They sat down in a booth.

“So last night my teachers released the book list for my classes! I already put in an order for them they should get hear in two days. I can’t wait to start reading them!” Twilight said excitedly.

“Oh. I’ll check tonight to see if mine have. Although I will probably have to wait for my next paycheck to get them.”

“I thought you were doing fine. Has something happened?”

“Nothing has changed. I just… All the down payment for the college aren’t cheap. And because I haven’t started there I haven’t received any financial aid so… Well I am a little low on money but not to a point that it affect me too much. I can still pay for food and rent I just don’t have a lot of saving right now.”

“Gosh Sunny. I… I don’t know what to say.”

“It’s ok. I… I’m fine.”

“You may be fine but that doesn’t mean there isn’t more going on. Sunset talk to me. What are you feeling and thinking.”

“I feel wired I guess. I don’t know. Just that, it is strange not having any family here. I don’t have anyone to, to see me when I succeed or catch me when I fall. I have no family. I left them behind. I abandoned them because I was arrogant. My family never had much. My parent worked long hours to afford out house in Canterlot so me and my sisters could go to Celestia’s School for gifted Unicorns and so weren’t around much. I guess a small part of me felt abandoned. So when I started to find success and praise I guess I felt like I was too good for my lowly family. I stopped caring for them. I stopped acknowledging them and finally I just left. I abandoned them. Maybe I deserve to be alone in this world. I-”

“You don’t!” Twilight's interruption broke Sunset’s train of thought.

“What?”

“You don’t deserve to be alone! No one does.” Twilight took off her glasses and vigorously cleaned them.

“Yeah. I guess you are right. I… I was just thinking. It can be hard sometimes watching you and our friends with their families doing family things and knowing that is not something I have.”

The two of them sat in thought for a moment. Their food arrived. Twilight immediately tucked into her sandwich with enthusiasm. Sunset chuckled.

“Gosh you are adorable.”

“Well they have the best sandwiches!”

“So good that you some how manage to get sauce on your nose.” Sunset reached forward with a napkin and wiped Twilight nose off. Twilight blushed deeply. Sunset laughed again and started eating her sandwich.

“What are you doing reading The Nero-Psychology of Schizophrenia!” Moon jumped and toppled out of her seat at the sound of her wife’s voice.

“Uh, just some light reading while I wait for you!”

“Light reading? Sweetheart Schizophrenia is not exactly a light topic.” Sunset helped her wife up off the floor.

“Well isn’t it one of the disorders that your are developing drugs for? I just wanted to learn more about it so when you talk about your work I can understand and contribute!” Moon said in a slightly defensive tone. She started packing her bag.

“Ah Moony, you didn’t have to do that for me!”

“But I want to.”

“Thanks. Hay speaking of work my boss says I need to go to Canterlot this weekend.”

“How come?” the two of them started making their way to the library exit.

“They want me to be one of the University’s representatives at this meeting with Canterlot State College’s research and development program. I get to present our work and findings and learn what they have been up to and such.”

“Cool. What about the raise?”

“I did not get it. However, I am going to get paid maternity leave so I think we will be ok.”

“Wow. Ok. That sound like it will work.”

“Yeah. Honestly it will probably be better for us. Smaller amount but spread out more. If thing get real bad I can always try to sell more paintings.

“This doesn’t have to all be on you! I mean I know you are older and i’m still in grad school but this is our family. I can sell more quilts and stuffed animals to help cover our costs.”

“You’re right. We’ll figure this out when the time together as a family.”

“Gosh I’m so excited!”

“So total topic change! How did your test go?”

“I think it when well. There was one essay question that I am not confident i answered correctly. I don’t know it was a weird question on a topic I didn’t do nearly enough reading about. I think I got everything else right though!”

“Good for you! I’m glad to see those long hours in the library are paying off and that you have spare time for “light reading””

“Oh shut up!”

“Yeah well unlock the car.”

“What are we doing for dinner tonight? Fish sticks and salad?”

“You know I am craving pasta and red sauce. How ‘bout it?”

“Sounds like a plan!” Moon Started the car.

Author's Notes:

This is my first MLP fan fiction. This is my second fan fiction over all. Please leave comment of feedback. Thank you!