Band Mates

"Come on, Tavi pleeeeease?!" Vinyl Begged.

"For the last time you two, no!" Octavia said, reluctantly.

"But why?!" Lyra asked.

"Because it will screw up everything we worked for Lyra! We have a reputation! We can't afford to muddle it up!" Octavia answered, but Lyra failed to see Octavia as the voice of reason.

"But if Vinyl joins we can spice things up! It's a perfect plan!" Lyra pleaded.

"No" Octavia said looking away.

Lyra always had a slight anger problem when certain things didn't go her way. It wasn't a bad thing, usually it consisted off 'I'm going to my room and I'll never come out!' type thing, but this time was different. She knew it would be the best thing for the group right now due to their inactivity but Octavia had a say in it too.

Lyra snapped. She proceeded to put on her black hoodie and packed a suit case. Octavia watched her, confused. "What are you doing?"

Lyra stopped and turned around with an emotionless stare. "I'm leaving..." She answered solemnly. Waiting a few seconds before resuming her task.

Octavia began. "Lyra, I-" but before she was finished, Lyra was already out the front door. Silence rang through the house as both the cellist and the DJ sat in the living room. Vinyl opened her mouth as if to say something but quickly shut it as tears began to stream down Octavia's face.

Vinyl was speechless. Was it because of her, things were going the way they were? Or was the friendship between Lyra and Octavia dying as it was. Either way Vinyl felt a strange sensation out of all of this. That her days here were numbered, but while she was still there, she would try here damnedest to heal the grey mare's heart.

Vinyl spoke up. "Tavi?"

No response.

"I know you're probably mad at me for what happened but I just want to let you know that I'm here for you if you need me, or I'm not if you don't want me here."

Still no response.

Vinyl sighed before hearing a quiet mumble come from her foreign friend. "It's not you Vinyl"

"What?" Vinyl asked.

"I said it's not you Vinyl, it's me. Before you came here Lyra and I were getting into countless arguments about trivial things like food and songs we were writing, and I must admit I overreacted today and I'm so, so sorry Vinyl. You didn't have to see that, nor it shouldn't have happened..." Octavia said, voice cracking.

Vinyl walked over to her and sat next to her. The two locked eyes, a blush beginning to form on Octavia's face as Vinyl began to hold her tightly.

"You still got me." Vinyl said, smiling.

They sat there, in each others arms for what seemed like an hour as Vinyl kept thinking about way the situation could have played out, ultimately preventing the current situation, while Octavia thought of Vinyl.

The sun shined through the curtains of the living room as she awoke on top of Vinyl. She got up quickly, managing to not wake the sleeping DJ and held her nose. She quickly calmed down when she came to the conclusion that they fell asleep hugging. She stood up, performed her daily rituals and then made breakfast. The only thing new was the crack in her heart and her MIA friend. She sighed as the DJ sat up wiping drool off of her chin.

"What I miss?" Vinyl said in a daze.

"Oh, nothing. You hungry?" Octavia asked, stirring a pan full of vegetables.

"What? No breaky?" Asked Vinyl.

"Well it is two in the afternoon!" Octavia answered.

"Oh, right, we stayed up late last night." Vinyl said.

"Indeed we did. Oh and Vinyl?" said Octavia calling the attention of the DJ making her way to the bathroom.

"Eeyup?"

"Thank you." Octavia said with a warm smile that could melt anything from snow and ice to a heart.

"No probs, Tavi." She said smiling back before taking her shower.

The following night Vinyl and Octavia bonded as friends by listening to music, watching TV, playing video games, and talking all night. They turned out to be very compatible, aside from the obvious diverse likes and dislikes. They spent days together and days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. Finally its been one full year since Lyra walked out and Octavia and Vinyl have become best friends, but aside their greatest attempts they couldn't find Lyra anywhere! They looked for her all over Canterlot and no one has heard from her in months. They gave up the search and assumed she moved. Octavia promised herself that one day she'll find her. One day, she'll see her best friend again.

But one thing she didn't know, was that her best friend was only half a day's time away and with someone else.