The Kids Aren't Alright

✰ Chapter Seven ✰

𝟷:𝟷𝟷𝚊𝚖
𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅
𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝙻𝚘𝚏𝚝

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BRING!

The sound of the front door rang.

"Well, well Sunset Shimmer." a man with grey hair said standing behind the counter.

"Hey, Carl! I'm guessing you're working a night shift today?" I put my purse down on the counter.

"Yes, but I can definitely handle it. What about you? Did you end up finding any clues to this mysterious case?"

"cUhm, no. I thought we met someone knew, but she turned out she wanted to turn us in. Luckily we all got home before the cops could check, and the cops aren't even of this district."

"Hmm." Carl responded.

"Yeah. Well, I'm gonna go up to my room. Have a nice shift!" I smiled at him.

"Okay, hope you get a good night sleep." he said back, his voice echoing.

I grabbed my purse, walked away from the counter and towards the stairway.

"Oh my God, there are so many stairs.." I mumbled to myself, only halfway to my room. After about a good 3 minutes, I finally made it to my room. I grabbed the keys from my purse and unlocked it, only to find Adagio and her gang in here as well.

"Well Hello Sunset" Adagio said, her feet up on the table while she's in her sleepwear.

"Adagio... I really thought it would just be me tonight. Can't y'all go somewhere else just for tonight?" I threw my purse somewhere on the floor and rubbed my eyes.

"Sure, this place is kind of gloomy anyways. We'll be at the club if you need us, the vibes there are better anyways." Adagio removed her feet from the table and turned off the television. She snapped her fingers and her little minions followed her out the door.

I went into my room and curled myself into a ball in the corner of my bed. I let the tears I had gently stream my down face. I kept wondering how my life would be without these extra weights on my shoulder.

ring ring!

Ugh, what is it now, I groaned loudly.

"Oh, a text" I said looking down at my phone. The screen was bright, and I could barely make anything out from the tears still holding on in my eyes.

Hey Sunset! I think I
figured out why Twilight
is uncomfy around you!

I stared at the text for a while, contemplating on whether I should respond now or in the morning.

oh? what is it?

Twilight has a BF

oh. but she flirted with me??

Yeah Sunset, Idk

okay well, i'm actually very
tired so i think i'll talk in the
morning.. goodnight!

Goodnight, Sunset

I turned my phone off for a minute, then turned it back on. It didn't make sense for Twi to have a boyfriend but flirt with me. I realized that I needed to figure this out, so I did what any other mature person would do in this situation and stalked her social media.