"I don't know Vinyl." Octavia said while cleaning up the table after lunch. "Are you sure she'll like me?"
"Are you kidding!? She'll love you. I already told her all about you and she said, and I quote 'Bring Octavia with you next time or I'll hunt you down'." Vinyl said laughing. "Everything will be fine."
It had been a week since Octavia had come out to her parents, and now she and Vinyl were preparing to head over to Bea Sharp's house so Vinyl could introduce the two. Octavia was a little unsure about meeting her after all the crazy stuff she heard about her from Vinyl, but figured that if she was okay with her being with Vinyl, that was all that mattered.
"I guess I'm just nervous, that's all. Remember how my parents reacted when they found out I was dating you?"
"Yeah." Vinyl said frowning, thinking back to that day. How Octavia had spent hours sobbing into Vinyl's shoulder while she tried to comfort her. "But don't you worry, my moms cool. She played the tambourine for 'The Flower Foals'."
Octavia's eyes widened in shock. "Your mother was a member of 'The Flower Foals'!?"
"I never told you that? Anyway, yeah. That's actually where she met...." Vinyl's face fell a little.
"Whats the matter? Who did she meet?
"My dad. Look, do me a favor and try not to bring up the subject of my father. Ever since they broke up when I was younger she gets kinda upset whenever the subject is brought up. I just don't want her to...."
Octavia placed a hoof on Vinyl's mouth, silencing her. "Don't worry. Like you said. Everything will be fine.
Vinyl hugged her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "What did I ever do to deserve a great pony like you?"
"You threw an apple pie at me."
Vinyl and Octavia approached Bea Sharp's house and after knocking on the front door they were greeted by Bea's warm welcome. "IF YOU'RE A JAHOOFA'S WITNESS, YOU'LL SOON BECOME VERY CHUMMY WITH A BUCKET OF WATER!!!"
Vinyl blushed sheepishly before knocking again. "Mom open up It's me, and there's somepony here who wants to meet you."
"IF IT'S THE PAPERCOLT TELL HIM I'M NOT PAYING FOR THE PAPERS HE THROWS INTO THE BIRDBATH!" Bea shouted right before she opened the door. " Oh, hello Vinyl, and you must be Octavia. It's so good to finally meet you. Please come in."
As both mares entered the house, Bea gave her daughter a light smack on the head. "You couldn't have sent a note telling me you two were coming? I would have made a bunt cake!"
Vinyl rubbed her head where her mother hit her. "Sorry mom. It was kinda spur of the moment."
"You have a very lovely home Ms Sharp." Octavia said looking around.
"Well, thank you dear."
Vinyl's eyes grew wide as she looked around the room. She wasn't sure if she was in the same house as before, because it was absolutely tidy! The puzzle on the coffee table was completed, glued together (using plant based puzzle glue) and framed on the wall. The boxes, bags and stack of magazines were completely gone and the whole room smelled like baking hay cookies.
Vinyl raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure you weren't expecting us?"
"Of course not Vinyl. Whatever made you think that?" Bea said innocently as she walked towards the living room.
Octavia and Vinyl both sat on the sofa while Bea sat on a nearby armchair.
A short awkward silence hung in the air for a few moments until Bea spoke up. "So, Octavia. Vinyl tells me you played in the Canterlot philharmonic?"
"That's right." Octavia said with a little pride. "We recently did a concert for charity that contained many of the works of Beehoofven and Motztrot. We raised more than 100,000 bits for local hospitals."
"Did you ever play anything by Mulechael Jackson?"
Vinyl facehoofed. "MO-O-OM."
"What? It was a legit question."
"Please mom, don't embarrass me." Vinyl pleaded.
"Oh Celestia forbid I embarrass my daughter!" Bea said sarcastically "It's not like you've ever embarrassed me!"
"Oh I can't wait to hear about this." Octavia said glancing at Vinyl.
"Oh yes you can." Vinyl said glancing right back at her.
"Now, Now Vinyl. Be nice. Bea said getting up from her chair. "I mean if you two are going to live together she might as well know all about you." Bea then started walking towards the bookcase and removed three large books using magic.
Vinyl saw the covers of the books and panicked. "OH SWEET CELESTIA NO!! PLEASE MOM NOT THOSE!! ANYTHING BUT THOSE!!"
The books landed on the coffee table and Octavia read the front cover of one of them.
FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM
"Awww." Octavia said staring at a photo that showed Vinyl as a young filly peeking over the top of a turntable. A look of sheer excitement was on her face. "You looks so cute!"
"Oh good. Cute." Vinyl said sarcastically. "Just what I always to be."
"Now lets see." Bea said ignoring her daughter's remark. "That was taken the day she earned her cutie mark. That's why she's so excited."
Octavia nodded. "She told me about that day."
Bea looked at Octavia. "Speaking of cutie marks, how did you get yours?"
"Yah." Vinyl said. "You never did tell me that story."
"I didn't?" Octavia said as she leaned back on the sofa and thought back to that day. "Well, one day when I was a filly, I went with my mother to the music store so she could buy some violin strings and stuff like that. While she was looking for the kind that would fit the violin she owned, I got bored and decided to wander around the store and look for an instrument I may like. I had no interest in the drums, pianos and guitars, and soon I came upon the cellos. They just looked so much more elegant than those other instruments. I instantly fell in love! I spied one of those 'Try Me' display cellos they had and decided to try my hoof at it. I was good! Very good! and while playing that display cello I heard the shopkeeper shout 'Look at that! That little filly just got her cutie mark!'!"
Bea smiled. "that was so sweet."
"Yah it was. Mom and Dad were so proud...." Octavia said trailing off as her face fell. She then looked at Bea's tambourine cutie mark. "How did you get yours? If you don't mind me asking."
"Octavia dear." Bea said sweetly. "Your far too young to hear that story."
"Oh come on." Octavia said, regarding Bea's last comment as a joke.
Vinyl put a hoof on Octavia's shoulder. "She's not kidding. She hasn't told me that story!"
Octavia looked at Bea. "Oh it can't be that bad."
Bea gave both her guests a dark and serious look. "Yes. It can be that bad. Now if you'll be so kind as to drop the subject please." Right after saying this, she returned to her usual cheery self. "You know, one thing still baffles me about you two. What exactly happened in the maze during the royal wedding, that made you two fall in love?"
Octavia and looked at Vinyl and then back at Bea. "Well you see. It was like this....."
"GET BACK HERE YOU ROTTEN DJ!!" Octavia screamed as she chased Vinyl. "I'M GONNA SHOVE THOSE SHADES DOWN YOUR THROAT!!!
Octavia ignored the bits of apple pie that dripped from her face and mane as she pursued the white DJ across the castle grounds. She had just been hit by the baked dessert only a minute before and now she was determined to confront this rude unicorn.
Vinyl galloped towards the royal hedge maze in an effort to lose the crazy pony that was chasing her. Looking back, maybe it was a bad idea to throw that pie at her, but that pony insulted her style of music.
That meant war.
"You can't catch me, you can't catch me." Vinyl said tauntingly as she entered the maze that was next to the royal castle.
As soon as Octavia heard the taunt from the DJ, she had one goal in mind...Take her down!!
After a few twists and turns Octavia quickly realized that she was lost, and to make matters worse, she couldn't find the DJ! She started creeping around the corners in case she ran into that mare. Octavia thought back to how that mare looked right before she threw the pie, that mare....that mare. "What am i thinking?!" she thought as a strange thought entered her mind.
As she slowly rounded a corner she finally spotted that accursed unicorn and as she stared at her she could feel her anger rising. That wild blue hair, those dang shades, that coat as white as milk and....that fl"WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!?!" she thought.
"YOU!" Octavia shouted causing Vinyl to jump in surprise. "How DARE you throw a pie at me! What's the matter with you?"
"You insulted me. Duh!" Vinyl said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"So you throw a pie at me? You have to be the most infuriating pony I've ever met!" Octavia said taking a step forward.
"Well I would have dumped the punch bowl on you but you would have seen that coming!" Vinyl said inching towards the earth pony.
"I don't care what you threw at me the point is you did and I'm not leaving until I get an apology now what do you have to say for yourself?" Octavia said in one breath, mere inches from the unicorn.
"...................You know your kinda cute when your mad. Vinyl said with a chuckle."
Octavia just stood there, mouth agape as the unicorn's latest comment sunk in. "She thinks I'm cute?! Does that mean she's a......Wait, why don't I feel so insulted? NO! It can't be...I can't be!" She thought. "You think I'm WHAT?!" she shouted backing up.
"You heard me." Vinyl said as she sat on the ground.
Octavia looked shocked but said nothing. "What's wrong with me? What is going on? Why do I feel so sick? It's because of HER! SHE'S making me feel like this. But what is it I'm feeling?"
After a long pause Vinyl soon came to a realization. "And you wanna know what else?"
"What?" Octavia said still with a look of shock.
"You like me!"
Now Octavia was truly confused. On one hoof, That unicorn couldn't be more wrong. She threw a pie at her, she interrupted her beautiful performance and she ruined her favorite cello which now had to be professionally repaired! But on the other more scary hoof......she was right! There was something about this unicorn that made Octavia want to be with her. But that couldn't be right....Right?
"And what may I ask in all of Equestria brought you to that conclusion?" she asked sitting down.
Vinyl simply chuckled before continuing. "Well, lets look at the evidence, shall we? One. You scream and threaten me as we enter this maze, that once you catch me your going to shove my glasses down my throat! However, my glasses are still on my face. Two. the moment you spot me you stop trying to catch me and instead start to just scold me. Three. As we start arguing, we start getting closer to each other, and yet, you do nothing. Four. when I say your cute, you don't attack. You ask me to repeat myself! Five. Again, when I say you like me, you don't attack. In fact, you ask for more details because deep down inside...you know it's true."
Octavia just sat there in stunned silence as her thoughts raced. "She's crazy, she's insane, she's nuts, she's......absolutely right! I do like her. She's the most amazing looking pony in all of Equestria! But I'm not supposed to think like that! I'm supposed to like STALLIONS, not mares! What the hay is wrong with me? am I a....a...Oh It's just too much! I can't pretend anymore!".
"Hey. Are you alright?" Vinyl said looking at Octavia's pained face as she took off her shades.
Octavia couldn't take it anymore. That mane, that coat, that cutie mark and....those eyes! It was all too much. The only thing she wanted to do was be with that unicorn forever! I want her. I love her. I GOTTA HAVE HER!! she thought, and in one quick movement she leaped forward and wrapped her hooves around that soft white coat before planting planting her lips on Vinyl's.
If Octavia could have one wish at that moment, it would be that time would stop and she could stay like this for all eternity. She never felt so much euphoria before in her whole life. She didn't care if anybody found them, She didn't care that her beloved cello was probably still lying on the stage covered with pie and she didn't care that just a few moments ago she wanted to strangle the mare she was now embracing.
Vinyl pulled away after a bit with a slightly surprised look. "Wow. Now that's what I call flying out of the closet!"
Octavia looked down and sniffed before speaking. " I am so sorry. Please don't hate me."
Vinyl tried to calm down the scared pony. "Its okay. Don't worry, I don't hate you."
"Why not? Look at me! I'm a...a..." Octavia said nervously.
"A Fillyfooler? So what? So am I"
Octavia looked at her with hope in her eyes, but then quickly looked away. "Oh why do I feel this way? What is wrong with me?"
Vinyl lifted her chin so they looked each other in the eyes. "There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. And don't you ever let anybody tell you otherwise. If you like me in that way, that's okay. It's nothing to be ashamed of. I actually kinda like you to. You act all prim and stuffy but you have a fun side. I saw how you dressed up as a scarecrow for Nightmare Night."
"Actually that was my sister." Octavia said as she gave a small half smile and lay down next to Vinyl. "You know, I don't want to leave your side...and I don't even know your name!"
Vinyl gave a small chuckle. "Vinyl Scratch. And yours?"
"Octavia."
"You know Octavia, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Vinyl said as the two mares closed in for another wonderful kiss.
