I Will Break The Silence

When the song came to an end so did Vinyl's dancing. As she finished and moved back towards rejoining the crowd everyone she passed gave some kind of a gesture of appreciation, be it a pat on the back or a "you did awesome girl!" The DJ retook her position between Octavia and Neon Lights with a small grin on her face. She had done something bold and brave and, for the moment at least, she felt great about her achievement.

"Vinyl that was awesome!" Cheered Neon.

"Fucking tits V!" said Sunset slapping her on the shoulder heartily.

"It certainly was quite the performance Vinyl." Added Octavia with a genuine smile.

The DJ blushed making a 'it's no big deal' gesture with her hand to brush off the deed. Still, on the inside she felt great, if a bit dizzy from her performance. Once more everyone's attention was drawn to the stage as the lead singer spoke into the microphone.

"I see your all having a good time here! Especially you miss break dance!"

The crowd cheered and whooped as the singer pointed out Vinyl in the crowd. The girl tried to shrink, shying away a little bit from the large amount of attention she was receiving. Before she could disappear though, Neon swept her up and lifted her onto his shoulders amongst the crowd as they cheered in approval.

"We got another song coming up that I think your all gonna love! After all, we're all rebels here right! He yelled into the mike.

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The band started up again, moving with the music in their element, heads banging with black hair swinging in the air as they played their hearts out for the people in front of them loving their music. Octavia found herself moving with the music a bit as they played and when she looked to her left she saw that her blue haired guide had come down from her perch and was now jumping with the crowd beside her.

The Cellist's gaze lingered on the pale girl beside her, taking in the joy on her face and the energy radiating off of her. The sadness she had seen there earlier was gone now, at least for the moment. Something had changed after she had gone dancing, and whatever it was she was glad it had helped her friend. Not realizing she had zoned out Octy was suddenly staring into the purple shades of her new friend who was smiling back at her.

Octavia stammered out an apology for staring as she backed up, bumping into somebody on accident. In return she felt a shove on her back as a pair of hands pushed her for bumping their owner. Falling foreword, Octavia let out a small yelp of surprise as she plummeted towards the ground and the inevitable pain that would follow, but it never came. Thinking on her feet the DJ held out her arms to catch the falling angle in front of her before she could hit the ground. Succeeding in stopping her fall, she helped the girl to her feet again before lowering her shades to make eye contact and type a question.

"You ok Octy?!"

"Yes Vinyl I'm fine, thank you."

Nodding the blue haired girl carefully moved Octavia to the side before typing on her phone again and roughly grabbing the arm of the person who had dared push the raven haired girl. Once he was facing her she recognized him as Bulk Biceps' older brother Granite Brick, He was tall, bulky, and known for havin a mean streak. It didn't make any difference to her though. Shoving the phone in his face she sneered at him.

"What the fuck's wrong with you prick! Don't you touch her again or I'll kick your ass!"

The taller male in front of her shoved the phone away and got close to the DJ's face so that when he spoke spit landed on her nose and face.

"Fuck off Dike!"

That was the last straw. Octavia watched in horror and astonishment as Vinyl head butted the taller man in the nose and followed up by grabbing his shoulders to help her knee him in the groin. He fell to earth as Vinyl went to kick him in the chest to send him prone. Instead of what she intended however the larger bully grabbed her foot before it made contact and pulled her down. The DJ fell with a thud and hiss of pain as the brute tried to push his advantage by twisting her ankle. Vinyl Coughed out a hurt rasp as he did this, before using her other foot to kick his chin, making him loose his grip. Hobbling back into a standing position she raised her hands, ready to continue the fight as her foe stood back up doing the same. Just as she was preparing to launch another punch however, a voice called out that caught her attention.

"Vinyl please stop!" Cried the Cellist.

The DJ turned to face the girl but her challenger took the opportunity to get a free punch in, smashing his hand into the left side of her face. He followed it up with a blow to the gut and Vinyl stumbled back gasping with a bloody cheek, lip, and mouth. Her enemy let out a loud guffaw at her expense.

"Dumbass! You can't fight for shit!"

"Hey."

"Yeah wha-"

A loud smack rang out as Neon punched his adversary in the nose with his fist closed tight. He had used their fighting as a chance to sneak up behind Granite Brick so he could help out Vinyl. When the large man had stopped to laugh at her he took his chance and decked him. The blow was followed by a loud scream of pain and a very rewarding cracking noise as blood splattered the ground from the broken cartilage. Neon spit on his fallen enemy as he shook off the pain in his fist. Funny as it was to do so, hitting with a closed fist took it's toll on both parties, just one more than the other. While the  aggressor lay rolling in pain, blood, and snotty tears, Neon stepped on him rather than over to get to Vinyl. Sunset and Octavia were helping to hold her upright as the crowd that had been at first watching music and dancing was now fixated on the beat up girl being kept upright by her two friends.

"All right everybody fuck off." Said Neon to the crowd. "Nothing to see here, go back to listening to your music."

The crowd gradually complied as a few people dragged the still crying bully out of the group, every so often another cry could be heard when they dragged him over a stone or bit of rubble. Neon gently moved Octavia out of the way and took her pace in helping keep the dizzy and hurt Vinyl upright. The four of them all silently agreed it was time to go and made there way for their vehicles. The Cellist followed as close to Vinyl as she could, watching as the pale girl limped with the help of her friends.

When they reached the car she took the opportunity to open the door as Neon and Sunset helped lower her onto the seat and get her bad leg in with as little pain as possible.

"You gonna be ok now V?"

She nodded and gave a thumbs up. Sunset patted her on the shoulder before speaking.

"I'm gonna head out. If I hurry I can make it to the school around lunch and maybe sneak in without being caught."

Vinyl pulled up her phone to type out a reply.

"Thanks for the help guy's, sorry I ruined everybody's day by picking a fight."

"Hey, that prick had it coming, right Sunset?" Chuckled Neon.

The girl nodded in response.

"You go on ahead to school, I'll take these two back to the city and drop them off at Sugarcube Corner so they can catch their breath before they do anything else."

"Gotcha, see you two at school ok?" Replied Sunset to the high school duo.

Octavia and Vinly nodded while the latter pressed some tissues from the glove box to her bleeding jaw. As Neon started the engine and backed out, the Cellist looked to her left at the beaten and bruised DJ beside her. She had started bleeding from her nose now too and was having trouble stemming the flow of blood from her lip and nose, even with her head tilted back.

"Here let me."

Octavia pulled out some more clean tissues and gently craned Vinyl's head forward while wiping the blood off her face and mouth. Unknown to both of them, Neon Lights was watching the display through the rear view mirror. The Raven haired girl continued to dab gently at her friends cuts and bruises trying to keep them clean.

"I don't know why you did that, he was practically twice your size."

Vinyl pulled out her phone and typed a reply on her text screen.

"He pushed you, almost made you fall down and get hurt."

Octavia's eye's widened.

"You got in a fight because of me?!" With her exclamation she pressed a bit too hard on the largest cut on Vinyl's cheek making her flinch in pain. "Oh sorry, sorry ,sorry!"

The DJ waved it off with a hand.

"I gave as good as I got."

"Vinyl, while it was sweet of you to try and protect me, it wasn't worth all this."

She frowned at Octavia's response.

"If someone hurts one of my friends it's always worth it."

"I...Vinyl, why will you stand up for everybody but yourself? When Amethyst Star or someone else is being mean to you, you...you won't do anything!"

The blue haired girl sighed through her nose accidently sputtering blood and making herself cough due to the gut punch she took.

"Oh my are you all right?"

The DJ nodded once she was done coughing. Typing on the phone again she answered the question.

"I don't do anything about it because I'm not worth it. My friends are."

"Oh Vinyl, you are too worth it. You're very sweet, kind, and brave to boot, not a lot of people are like that these days."

The pale girl blushed brightly at the compliment, shying away a little bit. Octavia giggled at the response as she touched up the last two bleeding cuts on her cheek.

"I think he must have had a ring or something on when he hit you, these cuts are pretty bad."

Vinyl shrugged.

"Hey girls we're here, V, have a five on me and get a drink to calm down. It's been a rough day so relax a bit and then head home is what I'd recommend."

She nodded as she took the bill with her right hand and climbed out of the car, careful to keep weight off her bad ankle. Once they made it inside the coffee shop Neon waved and drove off, leaving the two of them alone. The Cellist guided her friend to a table and then went to order their drinks and a few snacks before returning. There was quiet for a bit before Octavia broke the silence.

"I had a good time today.."

Vinyl raised a curious eyebrow.

"Up until the fighting I mean."

Her expression changed to a small smile.

"It was very different, and completely new to me. I haven't ever felt that...what's the word? Alive? Yes alive, I've never felt quite like that before! It was all so new and foreign to me, It was exciting!"

The DJ smiled.

"I'm glad, I was hoping you had a good time."

"I did. In fact, I wanted to ask you for your number so we could talk, if you wanted to spend some more time together?"

Vinyl practically beamed with joy. In near a frenzy she pulled out the contacts section of her phone and began adding a spot titled Octy.

"556-785-9983" said the Cellist with a smile.

The DJ hurriedly typed it in before giving her own.

"556-023-0991 is mine! Text me any time you want!"

"Very well, I will.

Vinyl smiled, fighting and getting beat up sucked, but she wouldn't trade today for anything.