Octavia walked fast, her cello secured in its case at her back. The rehearsal wasn't going to start for almost two hours, but for her arriving an hour before the start was 'Being Late'. She fastened her pace even more when she saw the theater in the distance. "I DO have to do more cardio..." she said through hard breaths.

Once in the theater, she relaxed, placing her cello on the floor and allowing herself to breath deeply to regain her strengths. After a few moments the cellist grabbed the case of her instrument, and managed through the halls in pure memory, finally arriving to her final destination: a large stage, decorated just with the classic red curtain. She could perceive some companions already there, tuning their instruments and practicing some pieces by their own; Octavia was happy to see one of her friends among them.

"Octavia! Over here!" Octavia smiled at her friend; an Asian girl, smaller and younger than her, with long black hair except for a large blue strand; she was the pianist of the band, so she was relaxing her chair next to the piano. She was wearing the obligatory white shirt, and a squared skirt, giving her a scholarly look.

"Hello Shizuku, how are you today?" Octavia asked as she reached her friend, who received the cellist with a small reverence. They sat down, and Shizuku helped her tune the cello.

"I'm more than great, senpai!" 'Senpai', that was how this girl referred to Octavia and Chloe most of the time; thanks to her expressions, the infinite energy, and many other things, most of the time Octavia thought that Shizuku came up directly from an Anime. "'No Name' will give a concert next week, and I just bought a ticket for the first row! See, see!" Shizuku showed a page of sells in her phone, and Octavia nodded... just to not be rude.

"I can see why you are happy. Congratulations" the pianist smiled widely and went to secure her phone in her bag. Octavia had been friends with this girl for almost two years now, and yet she couldn't figure out her personality. During rehearsals and concerts was really serious, even more than most of the oldest in the Orchestra, but in the free time she was more extrovert and childist, yet, she could act mature and provocative when she wanted, but most of the time she was innocent and slow with some subjects.

"I see Shizuku here told ya' about the gig of 'No Place'" Octavia turned when she felt a hand on her shoulder, and she recognized the voice of the girl at her side. "Howdy Octi! How was your date with that 'Violet' girl?"

"Hello Chloe..." This girl was tall and athletic, with honey brown short hair, an old fedora adorned her head. She was wearing a dark yellow T-shirt, with the white shirt open over it, and skinny jeans that fitted her figure. She was the first Violin, and Octavia's best friend.

"Oh my gosh!" Shizuku gasped, and Chloe laughed, knowing what would happen. "Everyone! Octavia had a d-" all the others on the stage turned around to see Octavia covering the mouth of Shizuku, who was struggling to free herself from the grip, and Chloe laughing at one side; they rolled their eyes and resume their activities.

"Shizuku! How many times do I have to tell you to NOT shout out my personal life!" Octavia scolded the pianist as quietly as possible."And Chloe... I told you it was not a date. A friend needed my opinion of her work, and we decided to do it in person"

"Right... but that doesn't answer my question, Octi" Chloe was smiling anxiously, and Octavia rolled her eyes. "Soooo, how was it!" Shizuku moved to sit next to Chloe, she, too, wanting to hear the answer.

"It was a pleasant time"

"Oh come on! Ya' can't just answer like that!"

Octavia frowned, raising an eyebrow. "I suppose that I do have right to have some intimacy and privacy, don't I?"

"The moment we became friends ya' lost all rights to privacy" Chloe crossed her arms on her chest in a victory pose. Then she let it drop to continue. "I can give ya' your intimacy, thou... I don't want to see ya' fucking anybody"

"Langu-"

"Don't change the topic, ya'pussy!" Chloe pointed out a finger at her. She spun her chair, resting an arm on the back of it, and putting the chair between her legs. "Come on girl, ya' never go out without us, especially with another human. Ya' can't blame us for being curious"

"That is not tota-"

"And you had been talking with her since that party!" It was now Shizuku who interrupted, making Octavia flinch. "And not only that, you talked us about her for two complete days! And you were the one who suggested to meet in person!"

"Well, I did talk about her, bu-" Octavia could feel the blood on her cheeks from the blush on her face. She knew what was happening, and she knew that soon, she would not have more option but to talk.

"Just tell us, Octi!" Chloe insisted. "We are your friends! If ya' can't trust us, then who!?"

"Yeah! You can totally trust us!" Shizuku nodded, making emphasis in what Chloe said. "I promise to not tell anyone. Not a single soul would know about your date!"

"Fine! J-just..." she gestured her friends to calm down, not wanting to alert everyone again. "Please stop pushing me".

"Aww, come on now," Chloe did an exaggerated sad face, like she were hurt. "We're just picking with ya'..." Octavia sighed and face palmed.

"It was NOT a date, Violet is just a friend, nothing more." She began. "If I talked about her was because I find her interesting and gracious, and her presentation in the party was wonderful."

"Now hold up... ya' are gonna tell us 'bout her or what?"

"What do you want to know?" Octavia crossed her arms on her chest, ready to the interrogation. Shizuku was the first one to show interest, raising a hand to get the attention. "Yes, Shizuku?"

"How old is she!?"

"She is twenty-two"

"How does she look like"

"She has blue and white hair, a bit shorter than you Chloe... pale skin, some freckles on her face, many piercings..." Octavia closed her eyes to visualize the DJ. "She has dark magenta eyes, and some tattoos on her neck and left arm... is just taller than me, and slimmer too... "

"So is flat-chested?" Chloe joked, obtained laughs from Shizuku, and a death glare from Octavia. "What!? I just want to have an idea of the girl, ya' know?"

"She is not flat, just has less chest than me..."

"And than me too..." Chloe looked at Shizuku and then to Octavia, who shook her head. "Sorry there Shizuku, guess that ya' are still the smaller around" Shizuku covered her chest pouting at the commentary. "Soooo.. what ya' guys did?"

"We drank coffee, checked her work, talked for a while... the normal things that people do when they pass time with a friend."

"Not buying it" Shizuku's commentary fell flat on Octavia, surprising the two other girls. "You came so happy, even though you were 'late'... I'm guessing that there were more than you are telling us"

"I-I am not sure what are you referring to" Octavia blushed, failing to sound or look innocent. "It was a normal afternoon with a friend, not more"

Shizuku was about to say something when Chloe interrupted her, covering her mouth with a hand. She looked Octavia directly in her eyes and fixed her hat. "Now tell me one more thing, Octy. I want ya' to be one-hundred percent honest..." she signaled to the Cellist, and Octavia nodded understanding. "How was it?"

"How was it what?"

"How was your afternoon with that girl?"

"Are you referring to wh-" Octavia flinched when Chloe closed her distance with her. Shizuku was observing cautiously from behind.

"Ya' know very well what I'm talking 'bout" Chloe's voice was darker, serious, intimidating. Octavia had seen this side of Chloe a few times before, and each time produced terror in her. "Did ya' have a nice time with her or not?"

"I-I..." Octavia gulped, trying to make her comfortable despite the fact that Chloe was almost over her, so she had little space to move. "I did, it was a wonderful afternoon, I enjoyed every moment of it"

"Ok..." Chloe moved slowly, nodding as she returned to her seat beside Shizuku. "Then we can let ya' alone with that. Now let's talk 'bout something else!"

The girls stood there, silent, waiting for someone to initiate a new conversation. The seconds became minutes, and the ambient was becoming more and more awkward. Shizuku tried to find something to say, looking around the room, and soon she remembered something. "Ooh! I know!" She tapped Chloe's leg to gain the attention of the girls.

"Look, Shizuku, we love ya', but if something 'bout that band, th-"

"No, it isn't about 'No Name', is about the orchestra" the girls were surprised, normally, the pianist didn't talk about the orchestra unless it was important. "Did you hear about the new director?"

"Is Ferdinand or something like that, right?"

"Is Frederick. He was a pianist, and now is a director!" Both Chloe and Octavia rolled their eyes. "He was like the greatest pianist ever! He played for the princess itself!"

"We know him..." Answered Octavia and Chloe at the same time. Shizuku gasped at the revelation, so Octavia took the opportunity to explain.

"He was a friend of ours back in the conservatory. We won the opportunity to play for the princess, after that he decided that he would be better on his own, so we continue our lives in separate ways"

"Ya' are missing something important there" Chloe interrupted, obtaining the attention. "We were like best friends, and the best ones in the conservatory; but he had a HUGE crush on Octavia," She faced the cellist. "And ya' rejected him... So he left like the coward he is and blame a Pink haired girl of 'ruining' our careers and disappeared!"

"I think that is not important... he should have his reasons to leave" Chloe nodded like she was fine with it. "But if he is the new director of the orchestra, then good for him"

"Wait..." the girls turned to face Shizuku, who was trying to figure something out. "Isn't going to be a problem? You know... Because he liked you and you rejected him and all..." Octavia was about to say something when Chloe interrupted.

"Nah, I don't think so... it was long ago" the violinist said with a carefree smile. "I don't think he stills love ya'..." Octavia was to say something else, but once again she was interrupted, this time by someone they didn't expect.

"Good afternoon everyone!" The girls turned to the owner of the voice. It was a tall man with blond hair; his voice was clear and smooth, and had a strong presence in the room. "Please, excuse me for the last minute call, I had to make some changes in my schedule and was impossible for me to assist to rehearsal tomorrow..." he climbed up the stairs and positioned himself in the center of the stage. "To make things fast, so we can get to work, My name is Frederick, I'll be your new director, if you want to know more about me, feel free to ask the major, or if you are brave enough, the princess..."

"Heh... Good to know he hasn't chance" Chloe whispered to her friends, obtaining some goggles from them.

"Very well, I assume everyone is ready, so please, get in your positions" Frederick clapped two times and everyone started to move to their respective places. He walked through the lines, making corrections and asking questions to some members. "Nice to see you again, Chloe. How have you been?"

"I can't say is good to see ya' again thou..." she whispered to herself, making sure that Frederick didn't hear. "I've been pretty good, thanks for asking" Chloe offered her best fake smile to him, and he nodded smiling and walking away. From her seat, Octavia begged that he didn't see her, but she had to swallow her frustration when she saw him in front of her.

"Octavia Melody! What an enormous pleasure to meet you again," he grabbed her hand, kissing it softly and smiling at her. "I have to say, you look as gorgeous as always... I look forward to work with you"

"Thank you, Frederick." She nodded, and cleaned her hand sneakily. "I also feel optimistic to work with you" both of them nodded, and he continued his way. Octavia sighed, and looking around, she could see Chloe and Shizuku laughing. Octavia could feel how slowly this wonderful day became a not so wonderful one.

"Everyone is ready" Frederick made a hand motion, and all the members of the orchestra moved at the time, ready to start to play. "Then... Let's begin"

Violet danced through the streets, her headphones at maximum volume, nodding at a rhythm only she knew. She climbed up the stairs of the building and entered. After waiting and entering to the elevator, she finally was in her home. She threw her keys to a near table, and dropped her bag on the floor next to the entrance. "I'M HOOOME!" Violet unplugged her headphones so she could hear.

"I NOTICED!" Lyra shout as she appeared by the stairs. "You know, not everyone is using headphones at deafening levels, so not need to shout!"

"Aw, come on..." Vinyl smiled carefree as she let her fall on the couch. "It wasn't that lo-" she was stopped by a pillow thrown to her face.

"So, how was your date?" Lyra sat next to her sister, and Violet growl to the question. "Noah told me it was good, and that you wanted to talk about it with everyone tonight. But you will give me a preview, right?"

"Ok, like I said a thousand times already, It was not a date at all!" She covered her face with her hands, rubbing it and letting out a long sigh. "But... it was pretty cool, I-I did have a great time, you know?"

"Am I sensing some love around here!?" She received the same pillow on her face, laughing hard at her sister. "Don't blame you, that chick Octavia is nice, a ten for sure"

"Yeah, she is really nice and beautiful... but is not love, dude!" Violet stood up and went to the stairs."Let's talk about it later, I'm gonna take a shower"

"A cold one!?" Lyra had to duck to avoid a shoe threw at her, but she continued laughing, not really caring about it. The afternoon went by fast. Soon, Violet was with her sister preparing the dinner, cleaning just the necessary space in the living room, and doing all the other preparations for that night. They were almost done with the food when the door bell made echo in the apartment.

"I'm coming!" Violet shouted as she walked towards the door. When she opened it, she was instantly lifted off the ground, being carried on the shoulder of a somewhat fat boy, with a long beard and short hair, who was much taller than she. Behind them was another boy, this one was taller than the girls, but smaller and thinner than the other boy. He had spiked green hair, and many tattoos and piercings all over his buddy.

The taller boy dropped Violet on the couch and went to where Lyra was in the kitchen."Whaaaat's up!" He said hugging the blonde. "Yo Ly, my girl, ya' look great tonight!"

"Th-thanks... Noah..." she was still being hugged by Noah as she talked. "Could you... p-put me down... air, please..." the boy laughed and freed Lyra from the lung-crushing hug.

"Come on Noah, don't kill her, we need her alive!" The other guy shouted from the living room. He was taking a seat next to Vinyl, who was recovering from the shock. "Hey Vi, how are you dude?" He fist bumped with the DJ.

"What's up Jasper? Wanna get destroyed on 'Street Combat' tonight?" She made a devilish smirk, and he responded with one of his own

"Nah... I'm here so you can pay me what you own me last time, Scratch"

"Yo Jasper, don't be so rude with Vi here, she is sick, dude" Both Noah and Lyra sat on the living room with the others two. Lyra was laughing, and Violet made a confuse look.

"What are you saying dude?" Violet asked. "I'm not sick"

"Of course ya' are, Scratch!" He made his best serious face. "My girl Lyra told me ya' are Lovesick with an uptown girl!" Everyone laughed except for Violet, who frowned. She was thinking that maybe this game night was not the best idea. "Nah, but now, everyone, let be serious here... our friend here will talk." He gestured to Violet, and everyone putted their focus on her.

"Ok, I will tell you guys on one condition... you have to be serious at all times, if you wanna say something, you better say something useful... When we finish, then you can tell your bad jokes and all" everyone nodded and Violet took a deep breath.

"Ok, so I meet Octavia last weekend, at Facy Pants's party. I bump with her and we started to talk. I admit that she is really beautiful. Anyway, I gave her my number, and she texted me the next day, she wanted to know more about my music and work, you know, normal stuff"

"She texted you first..." Jasper was the first to talk. "I mean, she is interested in you in some way or another" everyone nodded, and he smiled victorious.

"Like I was saying, I told her about my music, she told me about her music, we talked about music.... In a moment I told her about my new song, and tha-"

"Hey Vi, not meant to be rude, but can ya' please fast forward till ya' hang out with her?" Noah fixed the collar of his hoodie. "We want to know how is the girl, dude!"

"All right, all right..." Violet sighed. "She told me to hang out at 'Sugarcube Corner', awesome place dude! They have the best cupcakes I've ever eaten! But yeah, when I get there the first thing I saw was-"

"Her?" Everyone said at the same time, and Violet laughed.

"Nope, the first thing I saw was a crazy, pink haired girl who known literally nothing about personal space!" The group let out some confused laughs. "Yeah, she was searching for an internet friend or something like that. Then I saw Octavia, we drank some coffee, chat about music and stuff, and th-"

"Wait, wait..." Jasper interrupted once again. "What does 'Stuff' means?"

"W-well, you know, about our lives, childhood, past relationships..."

"Hold on a second!" Lyra's eyes were wide; she was pale and had a worried expression on her face. "Did you tell her about... You know..." she made a dissimulated gesture to violet, signalling to both of them.

"I kinda told her about that..." Both of the girls blushed lightly, and the boys were confused about it. "Nothing to worry about, she was cool with it" Lyra let out a breath and told her to continue.

"But yeah, after that she had to go, something about a last minute rehearsal or something like that... that was it." She nodded, satisfied with her story, but looking at the frowns on her friend faces, she decided to add something more. "I guess you guys have questions, don't you?"

"Yeah, first of all, does she have a nice friend or sister? You know... " Jasper and Noah Laughed. "No, but seriously, I got only one question for you: How do you feel around her?" Now Jasper was serious; this made everyone feel confused. Usually, in this kind of conversations, Jasper was more of jokes and pranks, while Noah was the serious one.

"What do you mean?"

"What my friend here is asking is how do ya' feel when you saw her?" This time Noah took the lead. "Like, when you saw her for the first time, or today in your Date-Not-A-Date"

"W-Well... She is cool, and I like to talk with her. I find her pretty funny and-"

"No, no, no!" Lyra said, closing her distance with the DJ. "What do you feel, dude!?"

Violet closed her eyes for a moment, and let out a long sigh. When she opened them again, she started to talk. "I feel like I want to know everything about her, and to spend time with her talking about whatever cross our minds... I feel happy and nervous around her, like I have to impress her somehow, and at the same time I'm comfortable with her, like I don't need to act differently or pretend... But most of all, I want to make her smile all the time, 'cause when she smiles, she took my breath away, and I feel like I fly to a better place..."

The room became quiet for a while, the only thing that could be heard was the breathing of the group, and the television at the back. It remained this way, until Vinyl's phone, that was resting on the beeped, with text from Octavia. Everyone crossed looks, and then hurried to pick up the phone. Thanks to her strategic position and her speed, Violet could reach out the phone first, shielding it behind her

"WAIT!" She screamed to the others. "Is MY phone, don't act like animals, you idiots!"

"Oh, come on!" Lyra made an exaggerated sad look to her sister, and the guys mimicked her. "Don't be like that, Vi... We want to know what she is saying"

"Is my friend! And I have a private life!"

"If she is your friend, then is our friend too!" Jasper said, gaining the support of the other two. "Besides, you lost the privilege to keep secrets when you became our friend, so stop acting like a pussy and read the damn text!"

"Ugh... Fine!" Violet shook her head. "She is saying that she had a pleasant time today, and that she wants to hang out again another time"

"Pleasant?" Lyra chuckled for herself. "Did you fuck with her or what dude? It was 'Pleasant' to drink coffee and talk about random stuff?" She joker, but was not well received by the others, especially Violet, who was frowning at her.

"Is her way to say she had a great time, Ly..." Noah explained to the blonde.

"Yeah, but, you guys need to admit it was funny!" Everyone shook her head, and she let out a growl. "Come on! Who says 'It was pleasant' unless you are talking about sex!?"

"People who are not perverts with bad jokes?" Jasper smirked, and Lyra punched him in the shoulder, but it hurt her more than him. "What you gonna answer Scratch?"

"Well, I want to see her again, so... yeah..."

"Hey! Why don't you invite her to my concert?" Jasper said excited. "Is next week, and I got some extra tickets. Noah can't come for some family stuff, so I was going to ask Lyra and you to come"

"I can give my ticket to Tavi" Lyra shrugged, smiling and walking away. "You can ask her out if you want. Maybe I go out with someone..."

"That's it! Invite her!"

"Ok, ok! Calm down!" Violet moved back to the living room, sitting on the couch. "I'll invite her later, she has to wake up early tomorrow, so I'll let her rest." she placed her phone on the table and searched for a control of the console, changing the channel in the television and starting a game. "Can we play now? I wanna sweep the floor with your faces!"

"Oh! It's on baby!" Noah hurried to grab the other control and sat next to Violet. "Ya' are brave, girl! After the massacre of the last time I wouldn't play no more dude!"

"What are you saying Noah?" Lyra came back with some energy drinks and chips. "Last time I destroyed your fat ass!"

"Yeah, but at the end that didn't matter at all..." Jasper threw himself into a chair and grabbed an energy drink, drinking some before speaking."Because I was the one who won! I'm waiting for you to pay me, Scratch, don't act like you forgot"

"Double or nothing, Jasper! Twenty bucks that you won't win today!"

Author's Note

Hi everyone! The third chapter is done, and I have to say... it was difficult to write. I had to re-write it like three times because it was hard to give some personality to all the characters.

Just so you guys know, the character of "Chloe" is my version of Fiddlestick... hope you like it (^-^)

Anyway... the song of this chapter is "Holiday", another song of Jakubi. I'm very thankful for your support, and I hope you enjoy this chapter! See ya' next time!