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Charlotte pushes herself up froured you would say soht help"

She digs inside and pulls out a wrapped present, holding it up for ht me another Christmas present?"

Charlotte rolls her eyes and tosses it to me "No, that is the present from Tyler you never opened"

I blink back tears and stare down at the gift, afraid to open it In all the cootI shoved it under the tree to open later on and, after our fight, I didn’t want anything to do with it

"Well, open it!"

With a sniffle, I rip into the paper and stare in confusion at what I’ in my hand

"Bronies: A Documentary," I read aloud "Seriously?"

Charlotte pulls a folded piece of paper out of her purse and hands it to me "This ca the paper out of her hand, I give her a dirty look before unfolding it and quickly reading through Tyler’s hand-written note

"Look, I didn’t get this whole thing either, but after I read that note, Gavin satto me and then made h this docuuy I’m NOT in love with, then it’s only fair you do the sa the note aside, I stare down at the DVD "Charlotte, he thinks he can find his real dad at BronyCon I want to support hihs and perches on the edge ofto find his real dad there You need to understand how important this is to him You need to realize how much he just wants to know and understand where he came from It’s a pipe dreaives hi he’s got going on, aside from other Bronies He just wants his real dad to be someone who understands hi on the floor inharder than I’ve ever cried in ic Tyler is part of a co happy, why is that so bad? People only think it’s weird because they don’t understand it, but these horses are rolesocial anxieties and Twilight Sparkle e the to belong! Sure, they dress up like ponies and there’s Cloppers and Furries and other things I don’t understand, but that’s not the point These people don’t want to have sex with ponies or do weird shit with them Okay, so for friendship and a place where they belong, a concept I’ for a place to belong My mom tried to make it be Seduction and Snacks and I wasto other people about fashion Tyler found his place to belong a long tiet out of bed and fire up my laptop Hopefully I’ to show Tyler once and for all that I’ht ht this one for hi to make sure everyone understands what I love about hiet what I need printed off of h it

We stand there staring at each other aardly for a few "

I nod "Me either"

Glad we established that

"I forgive you for not wanting to work at Seduction and Snacks"

"And I forgive you for not understanding my dream," I tell her