Skips sat down and placed his hoofs on the mixing board, "Have you ever worked with this kind of equipment?" Skips shook his head to the teachers question, "Ok, let's start with this, what do you know." Kent leaned back in his chair.

Skips pondered the question, he knew small amounts of music theory, and other things he had picked up along the way. His equipment at home was minimal, a dj table and a keyboard/ pad mix. He began to explain his thoughts, to which Kent chuckled, "You go with what sounds best. That's good, you have the raw talent for this, let's refine that."

For the next few hours skips sat with Kent, going over basic music production techniques. Learning what most of the nobs and slides did on the mixing board, also being told he won't need to know half of them unless he planned on live mixing, most of music production those days where in a computer.

"And that's a little cheat for getting your vocals synced up, you with me skips?" Skips lifted his head, "Ya, sorry, I'm just… it's so much." Kent nodded, after all the past three hours where nothing but new information, "We'll end for today. I'll see you tomorrow after your english class." Skips nodded now remembering his english class the next day, and his math class the next. But everyday had music class on his itinerary.

"So, how was music class?." Autumn asked grabbing two beers from his fridge with his magic, "Odd." Skips trailed off, "It was just me, I have a private professor for my music class." Autumn sat next to skips, "Really? I didn't know our school had that option." Skips grabbed the beer between his two hoofs and sank down into the couch, "I didn't either, how was your classes?" Autumn sat down next to him, the beer floating just beneath his lips, "It was uneventful, my class is a lot larger than I expected and the professor is very boring for an art school professor." He took a gulp of beer, and they both stared off at a blank tv screen.

"You wanna watch something babe?" Autumn hovered the remote in front of skips, "You seem out of it." Skips placed the drink down on the table and grabbed the remote, "It, its just feels like a lot. What I have right now, I would never change. I have you, and a fantastic place at this school, I have a dj gig this weekend. That I really need to work on to beat show up vinyl. But, with this solo class, I just feel like they've placed me on a pedestal that I'm not ready for." Autumn placed his glass down, and wrapped his hoof around skips, "Babe, you're still the same pony I know and love." Skips looked up at Autumn, "You love me?" Autumn blushed, just now realizing what he said, "I don't know skips, I feel special when I'm with you, I feel complete." Skips blushed, and snuggled closer to Autumn, "I love you too."

The week went by very slow, each class stretching for what felt like days. It wasn't that Skips disliked college, or even his classes. But his mind seemed to be everywhere but where it needed to be. He worried he wouldn't be up to the expectations of the school, and they'd drop the full ride. His constant worry of not being good enough haunted him.

GROUP CHAT

Vinyl: Yo dude, your set ready yet? We come in tomorrow at 10am.

Skips: You'll be up that early?

Octavia: I'll make sure of it.

Vinyl: Ha. Ha. Ha. Very funny, I can wake myself up thank you very much.

Skips: Can you though?

Vinyl: Bite me. Anyways, im looking forward to see you crash and burn! LMAO!

octavia: Skips, just so you know, I hit her on the back of the head for that.

Skips: Thank you octavia, need to get that small brain of hers going one way or another

Vinyl: you're just jealous.

Skips: Of what?

Vinyl: That I perform with my own beats!

Skips: I do too, im a music major remember? Im going to mix your ears off. And thats a promise.

The two colt slept together in skip's bed, snuggling up to each other. Skips could feel Autumns warm breath on the back of his neck with every exhale. BANG BANG BANG! Skips jumped out from Autumns embrace and fell off the bed. "Skips! Are you ok?" Autumn looked over the edge of the bed to see a wide awake skips laying on his stomach, "Ya, this is exactly how I thought this would go." Autumn chuckled as skips walked out of the bedroom towards the door.

Skips slowly opened the door to see a white unicorn standing before him, "Hey vinyl. Hey octy, come on in. Autumn is getting ready." Skips opened the door all the way and the mares just stood there, staring at him, "What? Is there something wrong?" Skips cocked his head to the side, as vinyl fell to the floor laughing hysterically. "Um, skips, sweetie." Octavia blushed, "Your um." She was cut off by vinyl who pointed at skips, "Bro your dick! Morning wood aye!" Vinyl kept laughing on the ground as skips grew bright red and ran back to his room and slammed the door.

A few moments later a laughing Autumn walked out into the living room to meet there guests. "Hey there, nice to meet you both, im Autumn." He reached a hoof out, to which octavia shook, and vinyl bumped, "Hello, I'm octavia and this is my wife, vinyl." Octavia nudged vinyl who was looking around the apartment, "Oh, ya, nice to meet you im vinyl scratch." She waved, and Autumn smiled as skips joined his side, "Sorry about that, um, im really embarrassed." Vinyls began to laugh again but was cut short from a blow to her ribs from Octavia, "It's quite alright skips, not like we haven't seen it before." Autumn turned to skips, "Public bath house." That raised more questions in Autumns head than answered.

"Have you all eaten breakfast yet?" Skips walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water, "No actually, someone woke up late and we didn't have time." Octavia nudged vinyl on her side, "Ow! That spot still hurts!" Skips and Autumn both chuckled at the two mares, "Well there is a great pancake house four blocks down. You mares want some pancakes?" Both vinyl and octavia nodded.

Skips and autumn began to get ready while the two mares sat in the kitchen with coffee. "Autumn seems nice." Octavia sipped on her coffee, "He's only said a few words to us, im waiting till I know him better." Vinyl picked up her mug with her magic, "You'll have plenty of time throughout the day to get to know him, but tonight, you better pay attention to me mixing you under the table." Skips lightly ran his up vinyls back as he walked by, "EEP! HEY! That tickles!" Octavia laughed as skips poured himself a cup of coffee, "Sorry V, its been a minute sense I've been able to properly mess with you." Vinyl rolled her eyes at Skips, "Autumn is taking a shower and he'll be out. How was the ride over?" Skips sipped on his dark coffee.

"It was bumpy, and vinyl here got motion sickness, and threw up all over the back seat of the carriage." Vinyl spit out her coffee at octavias breach of privacy, "YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T TELL HIM THAT!" She yelled, "Oh sweetie, you knew I had to tell him." Vinyl rolled her eyes.

Autumn walked out of Skips bedroom, still drying his mane off. "Sorry about that, needed to take a quick shower." Skips trotted over with a cup of coffee, "Here sweetie." Skips held out the coffee mug, "Just how you like it. Its cold out so fill up on hot liquid." Vinyl laughed under her breath, "Not like that vinyl." Skips scowled at vinyl.

Autumn took his coffee and sipped it, "mmm, this is great. Thanks babe." Skips trotted back over to his cup that was sitting on the counter. The group sipped down their coffee and headed to the restaurant. The air outside was cold and brisk. The wind blew through their manes, and over their thick coats.
A light flurry was starting to come down on top of them, small ice patches on the side walk made the group loose their footing a few times.

As they approached the building the big, lit up, green sign called to them. Thinking of the warmth of the food, and atmosphere, they quickly trotted over to the glow of the pancake house.

After they had acquired their seats they all let out a sigh of relief. "It should be illegal to be that cold." Vinyl pouted as their coffee's where sat on their table, "I'll give the table a few moments to decide what they want to eat." The purple mare left the table to decide what they would wish to eat.

"What is good here skips?" Vinyl looking at her menu, "I usually get a spinach omelet with a side of pancakes." Skips put his menu down and snuggled up to autumn, "It's still too cold in her, can I use you for warmth?" Autumn put his arm around skips, still looking at the floating menu before him, "Of course you can."

The four ordered their food and ate it slowly, knowing that when they finished they would have to walk out into the, what was now, a blizzard.

"Skips, good call on this omelet" vinyl said stuffing her mouth, "These pancakes are absolutely mouth watering." Octavia added in. The snow outside started to fall harder and faster, piling up outside the door. "We should probably get going, before it gets too bad out.." Autumn was cut off by the sound of almost every ponies phone going off at once. A harsh, high pitched beeping. Due to severe weather, and harsh temperatures, the emergency weather ponies issue a warning to stay inside until weather personnel fix the issue at hand. We apologize for the inconvenience. More information will be known soon.

The four looked at each other, "Oh dear, I wonder how long this will last?" Octavia looked around at the groening ponies in the pancake house, "No one seems to be very happy about our predicament." The whole restaurant grew silent as the wind outside picked up, shaking the glass. The lights started to flicker and eventually, went out.

"Buck me, I still have to get my gear ready for tonight." Skips leaned into Autumn, "When do you think they'll have this taken care of?" Autumn put his arm around skips and shrugged, "This is starting to look like a murder mystery I read the other week." Everyone at the table stopped looking at their phones and directly at vinyl, "You read?" Skips said holding back a laugh, "Ha Ha. Very funny, I happen to love Books, mainly audio books. But still." Everyone chuckled a bit, when the where once again interrupted by their phones.

Important message from princess celestia: due to a mishap at the weather factory all travel is here by suspended. All ponies must stay indoors. If there is an emergency please call the emergency number pre programmed into your phones.

They all looked at each other, for the princess to make a statement like that to all of equestria was a big deal. The group had worried looks on their faces. The concert wasn't for another 6 hours, or at least when skips had to arrive and set his gear up. But this whole ordeal seemed to be bigger than they expected, "I hope everyone out there is safe and warm. I also really hope they clean this up in time." Skips slid down into his seat, "At least we're together." Autumn patted the top of skips head, "Ya, you're right. And I don't need to prove what the world already knows." Vinyl stuck her tounge out at skips, "You haven't even released an album yet." Vinyl smirked, "Don't need to, the world can feel my presence." With that final blow the table fell quiet.

They all sat on their phones trying to pass the time as the diner got dimmer and dimmer as the snow covered the windows. With the power out the cold started to seep into the restaurant. Skips and Autumn held each other close, while octavia and vinyl did the same. There warmth kept the. Calm enough.

They sat for three hours before the next alert came through,
Important message from princess celestia: We have found and fixed the weather problems. Please allow two hours for snow to be cleared. We have multiple teams clearing all major cities, thank you.

A sigh of relief came from everyone in the restaurant. The table all ordered one more round of coffee, and began to await the two hours away. Skips sat beginning to run through his playlist in his head. Every nob turn, every fade, every track, all planned out perfectly in his head. Normally he would be practicing at home, but because of current circumstances. Skips looked at the time in his phone, 2:00, he still had time to get home get his gear and call a taxi.

The two hours slowly past by, until they say a line of pegasus outside clearing the snow. Unicorns on the ground using their magic to help as well. Clearing the streets for ponies to get by.

After the all clear from a local news station on the small tv in the restaurant, the ponies all got up and made their way outside into the cold.

Skips, octavia, vinyl, and Autumn, all ran back to the apartment and helped skips prepare his gear. "You'll do great tonight." Autumn turned to skips, who had stuffed saddle bags weighing him down, "Thanks babe. Make sure vinyl sees me." They both chuckled and kissed each other. "Let's do this." Skips said walking out to the living room.

Author's Note

Sorry for any errors in grammar. This was a fun chapter in my opinion. Hope yall liked it.