The Adventures of Firework and Science Explosions: The Rise to Fame

(Author's notes): Sorry everypony this chapter would have been out much sooner but my laptop shut off in the middle of writing it so I had to wait till later. As usual comment on what you think and enjoy.

Vinyl woke up with a pounding headache in a strange bed inside of a strange room. She half expected to see some stallion next to her but found herself alone in the bed. She got up and decided to go downstairs and realized she was still in Firework's house. She saw Firework still asleep on the couch and realized he must have carried her up to his bed. She decided to return the favor and got a blanket, covered him up and gave him a little kiss on his forehead. Vinyl looked at the time it was only 8. She was debating whether to stay till Firework woke up or go home and try and talk to Octavia about her feelings for Firework. She ended up deciding to go home. Most of Ponyville was still asleep so the walk home was quiet and peaceful. She arrived at her and Octavia's house around 8:30 and could already hear Octavia practicing. "Jeeze does that pony ever sleep?" she whispered under her breath. She went upstairs and thought about going back to bed but before she could reach her room Octavia called out to her.

"Vinyl Scratch! Where have you been all night?" Octavia looked concerned for her friend when she saw her disheveled appearance.

"Oh.. Um.. I was just out with some friends." Vinyl looked nervous and couldn't hide her bloodshot eyes from her friend without her glasses. She left them at Firework's. Oh well she thought just another reason to see him.

"Would these friends happen to be stallions?" Octavia said with a coy smile.

"Well two of them were one was a mare."

"Oh Vinyl I didn't know you were that kind of pony." said Octavia with a wink.

"No! Not like that. It was Firework, Fuse and his marefriend. We went out to see a movie then went back to Firework's for drinks."

"Ah, I see and you just decided to sleep with Firework?" Octavia knew she was pushing Vinyl's buttons. It was good to mess with her every now and then.'

"NO! I fell asleep on his couch after Fuse and Lightning left.."

"Well then what's wrong darling? Did he hurt you?!" Octavia was now very concerned.

"No! Of course not. He would never hurt me. I can tell he likes me and well... I think I like him too.." Vinyl looked embarrassed but Octavia didn't know why. Vinyl has had lots of stallions in her life. Nothing really serious but still why did this pony get her so excited?

"Well then what's wrong dear?"

"It's just we have to perform together and I don't want a relationship distracting me from my music."

"Well I'm sure it shouldn't be that bad. You like him and get to work with him. What could be better than that?"

"Maybe you're right.. I shouldn't make a big deal about this. But I do want to get closer to him. Maybe I'll have him over for dinner before the Gala."

"That's the spirit dear! Now if you will please excuse me I have to practice for the Gala and so should you."

"You're right. Sorry to bother you Oc. I'll talk to you later." With that Vinyl made her way to her room to begin to practice for the Gala with thoughts of Firework in her head.

Firework woke up with a major hangover. He had no idea how he managed to carry Vinyl up to his bed or make it back down to the couch. But he decided to go check on Vinyl to see if she had woken up. When he got up to his room he saw that Vinyl was gone but left her glasses on his nightstand. "Oh well just another reason to see her." He said with a smile. Firework went down stairs to have breakfast and saw that it was around 9:30. "I should go check on Fuse and Lightning to see how their living arrangement is going." After he finished eating he walked next door to Fuse's house. When he got to the door he didn't hear anything so he just decided to go inside. In hindsight he should have knocked but he didn't think that far. What he found inside made him run right back out. Fuse and Lightning were on the couch making out and didn't even notice that Firework had come inside and left just as quickly until he slammed the door on the way out. This freaked Lightning out and she let out a small scream. Fuse decided to go see who it was that caught them in the moment. He saw Firework sitting on his porch looking as red as his mane.

"Hey dude... I guess you can see how well we are getting along." Fuse said with a wink.

"Um.. Y-Yeah. Sorry I walked in on you guys." Firework was very embarrassed and didn't really know what to say.

"It's cool bro. You just freaked out Lightning. That's all." Fuse was curious how Firework's night with Vinyl went. "So how did things go with you and Vinyl last night?" Fuse asked with a coy smile.

"Fine I guess she was pretty drunk and passed out around after Lightning took you home. So I carried her up to my bed and slept on the couch. She was already gone when I woke up."

"Oh well that sounds boring..." Fuse had already lost interest when he realized nothing steamy happened.

"I guess. Well anyways if you think you're ready we need to practice for the Gala. We only have 5 days until we preform." Firework was already getting excited just thinking about it.

"Yeah I'm ready let me just go say bye to Lightning and I'll come over." Fuse walked inside and Firework went back to his own house.

Vinyl knew she needed to practice but most of her songs didn't have lyrics and she had already created the music. So she decided to go see Firework. She used the excuse of going to get her shades but deep down she knew it was really just to see Firework. Her headache was starting to fade but she hated walking outside in the sun without her shades. She quickly made her way to Firework's house and could hear music from inside the house. She figured since he was practicing they could work on their duet songs. She now loved the idea that they would be preforming together and hopped they would do it more often. She went inside and found Firework and Fuse working on more music for the Gala.

"Hey guys! Still tryin' to become as good as me?" She laughed and gave Firework a wink.

"I think we are almost as good as you now Vinyl." Said Firework returning the wink.

"Hey how about I go practice at my house. I'll give you two space to work on your duets." Fuse said with a coy smile. He then got up and left Firework and Vinyl alone yet again.