Today has been one of the worst days ever since I started working at Ponyville Hospital.

It began last night when my neighbor, Berry Punch, decided to throw an all-night party. Of course, she was the only pony there because nopony in the right mind would want to party with her drunk all the time.

"Hey, Berry, you want to like, shut it?" I yelled.

Like always, I could tell when she had a bit too many bottles: "Ah' is that you there Redheart?"

Oh goodness, when that mare drinks, she gets really drunk. I was up all night like an insomniac, forced to listen to the loud music blaring right through the paper thin apartment walls.

"C'mon Redheart! Party with Berrrrrrrrry!." She then proceeded to giggle at herself for the next hour.
Every once in a while I would hear her crash into the walls, floor, or oddly enough, the ceiling. All I could think about was when this pony would just stop. Why am I cursed with this failure of a pony living next to me?

Why?

I tossed and turned all night. Whenever I began to doze off, the next song would start and wake me right up. I did, eventually, manage to fall asleep. Well, at 3:00 in the morning. Four hours of sleep later, I woke up on the floor and realized that I was extremely late for work. I didn't have to time to do my mane or even eat a bowl of hay.

I ran outside as quick as possible and ran into Fluttershy, literally. She was pulling a cart of squirrels, for whatever reason only Celestia would know, through the middle of the road. Fluttershy toppled over like a helpless filly, but was fine otherwise. The little animals ran away, startled.

"Oh, I'm sorry," she apologized, "It's my fault… I'm sorry, please don't be mad."
Ugh, as bad as this day was, nopony could be mad at Fluttershy. I helped her look for the critters all over Ponyville.

"You have to sing to the little critters," said Fluttershy.
I was not going to sing. No way at all would I sing. I tried to round up every one of the animals as fast as I could, but failed to catch even one. All of the animals hid under Fluttershy for safety. Eventually they calmed down and hopped with Fluttershy to the park. Because of this incident, I missed the morning carriage to work. Oh Celestia, by this time I was praying that nothing else would happen.

I galloped to work, checked in, and was scolded by the head Doctor for my apparent 'laziness' and 'inability to take my job seriously'. I was assigned to the Nursery department for my morning shift, and I can't express into words how much I hate that job. Imagine this, tens of baby colts and fillies screaming at the top of their tiny bodies whining, screaming, and crying.

"Why aren't you doing your job?" all the other doctors said, while lying down and watching me.

Being an earth pony, I can't chase after the pegasi whizzing through the air or control the unicorn's magic. Better yet, add on the fact that I have to be constantly changing their diapers and cleaning up after their… waste. Also, if I accidentally make one small mistake I would be suspended without pay for neglecting the 'sensitive needs of these little ponies'. Then all the ponies in Ponyville start to talk about how cruel you are to these innocent little angels. It just makes me want to vomit.
After this I decided to take a lunch break, until I remembered that all my bits were sitting on my bedside table. Great! No breakfast or lunch. At least I have time on break to take a nap. I was wrong again.

Somepony just decided to have a baby now. I rushed down the stairs to the delivery ward. It was the Cake's first child. That Mr. Cake, as handsome as he is, kept bugging me with the same questions:

"Is she going to be okay?", "Yes";

"Is this normal?", "Yes";

"Is the baby coming?", "Yes".

Seriously, I was not in the mood for such annoyances. On the other hand, Mrs. Cake was yelling, "Oh it hurts!" What is it with Ponyville ponies and their yelling? Why, when I was a little filly nopony put up with this behavior. You stood in line and did as told, it's easy as that.
It only got worse after the delivery. I placed the little foals in the care ward where they could rest. The Cake's adopted daughter, Pinkie Pie, decided to have a party and sing loudly to all the sleeping foals.
I prayed that the foals wouldn't wake up. Please, please, please.

"Shh, the babies are trying to sleep!"
After shushing her twice she began to sing a birthday song. That's it. I grabbed and tossed her out. Ponies that don't follow the rules aren't allowed in my hospital. As Pinkie was leaving, she slammed the door behind her, scaring all the foals.

I spent my time in the afternoon trying to stop the crying and screaming and yelling. Oh, Celestia, please make this stop. The unicorn foals' magic created chaos in the room. The nurses just watched, laughing at my humiliation as I desperately tried to keep calm. After what seemed like an eternity the foals were quiet and sleeping without a care in the world.
The head Doctor came into the room. "Good job everypony!" He applauded the nurses for doing such a great job that he let them take a break for the rest of the day. As for me, he just asked me why I wasn't doing my job at the Nursery. I begrudgingly walked back into the Nursery, listening to the giggles of the nurses.

I looked at the clock, Eleven. End of my shift. I took a carriage home, thanks to the nice driver who didn't charge the hospital staff. At least one good thing happened today. I arrived at home and saw that my door was ajar. Seriously? I moved to Ponyville because it's the 'safest place in Equestria'. Whatpony breaks into homes in Ponyville?

I rushed inside and found Berry Punch going through my cabinets.
"OH HEY, REDHEART," she said, drunk, "WHERE WERE YOU ALL DAY?"

I snapped at her, "Working, someponies aren't spoiled brats that get everything they want from their rich parents."

"OH, IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOME…," Berry found an old bottle of wine in the pantry. "AH, HERE!"

At this point, I didn't care about anything; I was too hungry to get angry. I took the bottle from Berry and took a swig from it.
Berry looked offended, "HEY, THAT'S MINE!" She took the bottle and drained it in one gulp.

I rolled my eyes, as if she were conscious enough to recognize sarcasm. I pulled out another bottle, opened the top downed it.
Berry looked sad, "HEY! Share some of that!" She reached out to me like a helpless foal and knocked me down onto the floor.

"Get off me, Berry!" I said angrily. I tried to roll her over, but she wouldn't move.

"But I'm still hungry!"

I took out my last bottle of berry wine. "Alright, but this is my last one."
We sat on the floor taking turns sipping from the one bottle.

"You know, Berry, you shouldn't break into houses, it's what some ponies would call illegal."

"Oh. I'm sorry, I thought that was okay!"

I hit my head with my hoof. "What in Equestria would make it seem alright for you to just waltz into my home and take my food?"

Berry kept rambling, "You know, we're best friends!"

"No, I am not your friend, I hate you. You always keep me up at night with your partying, you come into my house and take my things, you're an embarrassment to ponykind with your drinking, and nopony likes you!"
I didn't know if it was this terrible day or the wine that was speaking, but I knew that I didn't mean the things I said. Berry looked at me, for once seemingly not drunk. Her eyes were in tears.
I tried to apologize, "Berry, I didn't mean…"

She cried in my lap. "I'm sorry Redheart. I just thought that you would understand me."

I looked down, ashamed of what I had said.

"If you really hate me, why didn't you move away?"

I couldn't answer that question because I myself didn't know why. I mean, she has been the most inconsiderate pony I have ever met in my whole life, but for some reason I couldn't bring myself to even remotely hate her.

"Berry," I brought her closer to me, "I don't hate you."

She looked up at me and stopped crying.

"For whatever crazy reason, I can't hate you."

We both sat there on the floor, taking sips, more slowly.

"It's just so hard to fit in with these ponies." I've never confessed these feelings to anypony before. "Life is just so different from where I came from."

Berry grabbed my mane and held me close to her. This was the first time anypony had embraced me like this. For once, I felt as if somepony cared for me, the outcast.

"Tell me. Tell me everything."