Immediately
The phone buzzes into her ear.
"Hello" a mechanical voice responds. "You have reached the voice mail inbox of Octavia Philharmonica. This users mailbox is full. Please hang up and try again later."
Vinyl hangs up and tosses her phone against the opposite wall. It bounces off with a thud and lands on the couch below it.
A deep throated howl is emitted from her lips, a mixture of anger and frustration. Her throat burns and she brings her phone back to her side in a veil of magic. Once again attempting to reach her.
"Hello" the mechanical voice says again. You have reached the voice mail inbox of Octavia Philharmonica. Please leave a message after the tone. A shrill beep is emitted before Vinyl hangs up, not knowing what to say to the mare she disappointed. She stares at the wall for a while lost in thought.
"I have to fix this." she says to herself stopping to quickly make a phone call. She opens the door and runs out into the rain. She ignores the burning in her chest, only stopping when a familiar grey building appears in front of her. She walks inside and hopping on the conveniently present elevator pushes the number 4. The elevator dings, and she steps out onto the floor. The sudden closeness brings the mare to tears as she walks to the end of the hall.
She knocks and waits.
"I know you're in there Octavia" she listens to the silence "Please, Octavia just open the door. I said I was sorry." her voice cracking. "It's not fair Octy, I really tried"
She hears a loud thud and stomping through the door growing closer. An obviously distressed grey earth pony looks at her with a mix of disdain, anger and sadness on her face.
"This isn't fair Vinyl, of all things?!?"
"I really tried Octavia" she says.
"You didn't Vinyl. You wouldn't have even remembered if I hadn't called you. It's like I don't even matter to you"
"That's not true Octavia" the off white unicorn said tears beginning to roll down her face. "Would I have even tried.." the grey mare cuts her off.
"Shush Vinyl. I'm tired of your lies. The least you could do is admit that you just don't want to come to the show. You continually get my hopes up just to tear me down"
"Octavia, I swear..." Vinyl tries to interject
"No Vinyl" she says "I'm tired of the consistent disappointments."
She takes a deep breath to calm herself preventing her emotions from rising.
"I love you Vinyl. I always will but I can't take this anymore." her voice coming out cool and collected. She leans down and kisses the off white mare on her horn.
"Goodbye Vinyl" she says closing the door
"Octavia please" her face dampened with her excess of emotion. "Don't do this."
"I'm sorry" she says. The door clicks closed.
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Vinyl raps on the door with her hoof and waits lost in her own thoughts. The door opens to show the face of a mint green unicorn.
"Are you Ok Vinyl?" she asks upon seeing the mares tear stricken face.Her fur beginning to mat from the wetness.
"I messed up Lyra. She doesn't want me anymore." Fresh tears begin to roll down her face.
Lyra wraps her in a veil of green magic and lifts her up off of the floor carrying her into the apartment.
"What happened to her?" a cream colored mare asked.
"Octavia dumped her Bon-Bon" Lyra said placing the sobbing Vinyl on the couch.
Bon Bon walks over and begins to stroke vinyl''s blue streaked mane.
"She was the one. I actually considered spending the rest of my life with her and I screwed it up." Her sobs grow stronger.
"Shush." Bon Bon whispers. "Calm down Vinyl. Everything that happened was done in anger. You both need time to cool down."
Lyra begins to walk towards the kitchen. "You know what you need Vinyl?" she says "Tea"
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A whistle pierces through the air awakening the gray cellist from her thoughts.
"This is what you need Octavia" she says to herself. "A nice warm cup of lavender tea."
She sits on her sofa cup in hand, trying to ignore the heaviness of her chest. "It was for you own good Octavia. She was bringing you down." She tried to ignore the conflicting thoughts swirling around in her head.
That girl loves you Octavia.
There is no proof of that she abandoned me
Didn't you see her crying at the door for you
I've spent months crying over her as well
You miss her
No I don't
You haven't slept since this entire thing happened
She is brought out of her thoughts by the ringing of her phone.
"Hello"
"Good Evening Miss Octavia" the voice of her doorman Silver Knocker comes through the phone. "I have a package down here for you would you like me to send it up?"
"Yes, thank you Silver"
"You're welcome Miss Octavia, it'll be up in a few"
"Who could that be from?" she wonders aloud. She opens the door to a blue unicorn levitating a basket filled with a variety of assorted items. She thanks him, grabs the package and closes the door. She notices a card and opens it.
"To my favorite musician Octavia signed Vinyl"
Author's Note
Emotions are not my strong point.
