The Story of You and Octavia

Let's go over this again. You stared at a pony for 8 months, finally talked with that pony, and had an emotionally packed day with that pony...

All for you to just fuck it up again.

Your mind had dazed out, and you've let out a pretty much insulting statement to your marefriend. Right now, you're left asleep dreaming of her leading you out of a pit of loneliness, one you've been in for many years, only for you to trip and fall in again. She laughs at your failure and leaves you. You yell for her to come back and let you try again.

Then you wake up. You thank Celestia that was just a dream, but realize that might soon become a reality. You look to the right side of your hotel bed. Octavia's gone. You should've expected that, of course she would've left you while you were sleeping. But wait, you hear something in the bathroom. It's the shower. Yep, she's still here, but she was probably getting ready to leave anyway.

You wait a few moments for Octavia to exit the bathroom. You see her with her hide still moist and a towel on her head. She doesn't really seem angry or sad, but still not her regular self. She just seems, completely uninterested. She notices you're awake, and throws a clean towel for you, "Get up and get ready," she says to you, "Our train for Ponyville leaves in 2 hours."

You're both on the train back for Ponyville now. She allows for you to sit next to her, but you're still unsure of what she's really feeling. It was a very silent journey, since the entire ride was just Octavia looking away from you, as if she doesn't want to see you. But at times, you do notice her taking a peek every now and then, to see what you're up to probably. At one point you had nothing to do but look at her. She doesn't seem to notice you, so you just keep looking.

She's still very beautiful, you think to yourself. But just as you thought that she looks to you, as if you're about to say something. Instead you give welcoming smile, only for her to look away again. You felt like punching yourself, in fact you did punch yourself. Thankfully Octavia didn't notice, but the colt next to you looks at you as if you're crazy. But you are crazy, so...

Well, you arrived at you destination. Boy, you think it's great to finally be back home again, but yeah, you still have that angry almost marefriend of yours right next to you.

"Well, it was nice meeting you," she shakes your hoof, "I've had a good time, and ummm."

That's it, after that she leaves you at the station. As if to say "Hey, you were cool and all, but fuck you".

Fuck you!

You gallop home, enter, and try to kick the first thing you see in anger. FUCK it's your dog! You lower your power mid kick, but you still hit him. Your a monster! You comfort him and apologize to him, but he didn't seem to mind, since he's still happy to see you. Well, at least that cheers you up. You notice a note hanging on the door, probably your pet sitter's.

You read it out loud ,"Dear client, your dog's were very well behaved and were a pleasure to be with. Ummm," Why did she write the 'umms' in the note? "I rarely work with dogs but I still gave them the proper care needed, hope you are satisfied and have had a very nice trip. Sincerely, Fluttershy." The note goes on, "PS: I noticed your dog houses were a bit dirty so I cleaned them up a bit for you, I recommend you clean it once a month." It still goes on, "PSS: I also recommend you get a different brand of kibble since it is too big for your smaller dog, Ruby. Get a brand for both medium and large dogs, so both of them can eat it easily. Fluffer's choice I think is a good, well, choice, for your dogs that it is," It STILL goes on, "PSSS: I'm afraid I'm going to have to make you pay extra for the unplanned 2nd day you've added, since I was out saving Equestria from certain destruct-" You crumpled the paper and throw into the trash can.

Still upset about Octavia, you crash into your couch and yell constant curse words. Once your fit is over, you call your dogs to come over, hoping their happiness can comfort you. You're biggest dog, Koda, (also the one you've kicked) comes first and sits next to you. Your smaller one, Ruby, runs and jumps right onto your stomach, licking all over your face. You tell her to calm down, but you couldn't resist but let her continue. Once things calm down again, thoughts of Octavia still flow through your mind. You still hate yourself for saying that to her. For the millionth time you screwed up again! Now you will never be without a marefriend! Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK FUCK FU- the door bell rings.

"Ugh, what is it," you say to yourself. You open the door. It's Octavia! Why is she here? How does she know where you live?

"Umm, how do you know where I live?" you ask.

"Because," she pulls out a wallet out of nowhere with her teeth.

"Seriously where do you keep all your-" Your concern of the laws of physics suddenly dissappear, "Is that my wallet?"

She nods.

She probably saw you address in your wallet. Slowly, you grab it with your teeth from her, and throw it back into your house. She's still here, as if she waiting for you to do something, but not in a good way.

"Well?" she asks.

"Yeah?"

"What do you say?"

"... Thank you?"

"Good. You're welcome."

She's still here. What the hell does she want?

"Um," you continue, "What else do you need?"

"You know." She says, but as if she's forcing her nonchalantness to make it look like she doesn't care about you.

But crap you do know what it is, "Um, sorry, for saying that last night. It was out of hoof to say it and very foalish of me."

She's still not satisfied.

You continue, "And I guess you should tell Vinyl Scratch I said sorry too."

There was a breif silent, until Octavia breaks it, "That's not what I meant. I meant you forgot to ask me inside."

Your mind has mixed questions right now. Like why didn't she tell you that earlier, and why she wouldn't want an apology, and what does she want to do inside your house!?

You suddenly break out of it, "Um, yes, sorry, come in."

She comes inside your home and looks around your decor, "I'm impressed, your house is very organized and clean," she notices the two dogs jumping and barking around her, "Especially with two dogs around. What are their names?"

"Well, the smallest is Ruby, the biggest is Koda."

She starts to pet them, "What beautiful names. They are very cute," She notices the slobber on her hoof and wipes it off, "But, very sloppy. Is there I place I can talk to you alone?"

"Here, I'll just take them upstairs."

You quickly lead the dogs upstairs and come back down to see what she has to say. You notice she's on the couch, so you sit next to her.

"So, what'd you want to talk about?" You ask.

"About last night," she looks to you.

"Well, I apoligized about it. What else is there to say?" you reply.

"Well, thats the thing, I forgive you." She looks away again.

Usually by now you'd be jumping for joy, but you don't know if that fixes anything, "Well, ok, thank you then."

"But there's more," She says, "I also should say that I'm sorry. It was my fault really, I shouldn't have told you that in the first place. I had too much to drink. Why did that even say that to you? I've only been with you for two days and I told you that. I felt so embarassed."

"But wait, why were you embarassed? I was the one who let you tell me that, and I acted foalishly about it! Don't blame yourself, blame me!"

"You don't understand, I do blame you. What you said insulted me, and probably would've insulted Vinyl too. What I mean to say is that we both made mistakes. I said something I foolishly have said and you acted foalishly about."

You sigh, "Yeah I have to admit that. But, how do you really feel about this? What do you really think about me?"

"Well, one part of says I should hate or ignore you for the rest of my life because you said that."

"Oh, what does the other half say?"

She sighs too, "Well that half says I shouldn't hate you, because I enjoyed being with you so much... More than I've had with any other pony."

"Hm."

There was another pause, then you both simutaniously sighed.

You break the silence, "So which do you prefer?"

"Well thats why there's two halfs, theres no better or worse. Just which is right."

You have an idea, "Wanna flip a coin?"

"Hm?"

"Flip a coin," you confim, "I have a half bit right here, it'll give us a 50/50 choice."

She seems interested, "Hm. You want to put my feelings up to chance?"

"Yep."

"Okay, lets do it."

You pick up the coin, "Tails says we go our separate ways, heads says we try again."

She nods to you. You heistate for a moment, then flip the coin as high as you can. You both watch it go up, almost to the ceiling.

Suddenly, as it flips, you get a flashback. You were much younger, probably when you were first starting school. You remember you and your father at the food market. You were buying ingredients to make your mother's favorite dessert for her birthday. It was a special vanilla sundae, and you only needed one more item, beach strawberrys. They're like strawberrys, like how an tangerine is to an orange, but were white, which complemented the visuals of the dessert. You really wanted to make your mother happy today, to give her back something after all she gave you. But when you got to the the strawberry stand, you meet another pony who was buying them also.

"Hey can I have a pack of these beach strawberrys," the stranger asks.

"Sure, go ahead," Welcomes the stand manager, "You're lucky those are my last pack."

This alerted your father to act.

"Wait? Last pack?" Your father asks.

"Yep sorry pal." says the stand mananger, gathering the money.

The stanger looks back, "Sorry, better luck next time."

You suddenly felt sad that you can't get the strawberries, but then your father stops him, "Look, I really need those. I need it so me and my kid can make something for my wife's birthday."

"Well I need it for my daughter's graduation present." The stranger retorts.

"Well, it looks as if we both need it for somepony we love."

"Dang straight."

"How about we flip for it," your father asks with wit.

"Oh really, you wanna flip for a bag of fruit?"

"Why not?"

Your father gets out a half bit, "Heads I get it, tails you do."

"Hm. Okay, go for it."

You feel happy again that fate has given you another chance. Your father flips the coin, and you watch anxiously to see what fate answers you. It's falling, it's falling, and...

Tails.

"Ha!" The stranger yells.

While he rejoices you furiously kick the dirt, cursing fate in your head. But then you look up. Your fathers chuckling along with the stranger.

"Okay, you get it," your father says, shaking the stangers hoof, "Nice meeting you."

"Nice meeting you too." The stranger leaves you two, and you can seem him hoof pumping from a distance.

"But Dad, you're letting him go!" You complain, "Now we can't make the sundae anymore!"

"What do you mean we can't make the sundae?" your father says, chuckling some more, "We'll just buy a pack of regular strawberries, they taste just the same!"

"B-b-but then it won't be perfect!"

"Look, things can't always be perfect."

"But we had another chance to get it, and we lost it, and you're happy about it?"

"Well, the thing is, it doesn't really matter what I feel about it. It won't change anything. Look, life gives us chances. If we don't get what we want the first time, it'll sometimes give us more chances. If we miss someof those, then oh well. Sure it can be frustrating at times, but what we, as ponies, have to remember is that even if we don't get what we want, will the world end or cause major damage to us?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we lost the beach strawberries yes, but it'll still be the same if we instead put regular strawberries in the dessert. Sure it might not look the way we want, but the taste, would be just as much the same. We should be thankful we even have strawberries to get! But really think, would the sundae be a diasaster without strawberries? No it would just be a sundae without strawberries. Not the same, but still delicious."

Your father fixes your mane away from your eyes, "But what it all comes down to, is that life will give and take from us, and sometimes we just have to learn to accpet it. Now matter how good or how bad it could be."

After your journey back into the depths of your memories, what your father told way back then just gave you a relevation. If the coin really does flip to tails, and Octavia leaves you, will your life be just as worse. In fact, has it really been that bad before? I mean, you have a job you love, a family who's alive and healthy, your dogs to keep you company, your house, food to eat, music. Sure, you might not have a marefriend to be with, but it won't make things worse. It won't kill you. Besides, will it mean the end of ever getting a marefriend again? No, you'll get another chance somehow, life is like that. So even as much as you love Octavia, you'll have to accept the fact that she might not be your marefriend right now. It would be really awesome if she was though. But it doesn't matter, you're ready to accept what fate will answer you.

Your focus is back on the coin with Octavia. She, as much as you, seems very enthusiastic about the answer. It's falling now, falling, falling, falling...

Tails.

Well, it's decided, you're going to have to acce-

"Hey wanna flip it again?" Octavia asks.

What? Oh, you get what she's doing, "Umm, sure, okay."

You flip it again and... tails.

"Try it again," Octavia insisted.

You flip it again and... heads!

There's anoher short silence between you two.

"So can we start over?" you ask.

Before you know it, Octavia jumps and starts to kiss you. Until you finally get whats going on, you start to move along with it. It's actually been a long time since you've kissed a mare, you forgot what it was like. But, wow, was this is something. She's now laying on top of you, with her warmth exhilarating your entire body. What? Now she's licking her tongue at your mouth... What, what is this- OH! You get it now. You open your mouth to let her tongue in. Oh Celestia this is amazing! Both your tongues move about eachother, as if it was a rythmic dance. You've guessed that for Octavia.

You break the kiss, "I guess this means you agree with me."

"Oh, yes it does." She rushes in to start the kiss again.

You both have been doing that for probably the next 30 minutes. You started to wonder again if this was the moment of truth. You're finally in the right moment in the right track straight towards the bed. But even with that, it all ends with you and Octavia lying on the couch, with her arm around you and resting her head on your chest again. You didn't really care about sex anyway right now. All you cared about now is that now it is official. It's so official it doesn't even need to be talked about.

Octavia is your marefriend.

Fucking finally