Octavia arrived to her home, she was exhausted. She placed her cello down and walked into the kitchen, she grabbed a glass cup. She when to the refrigerator, grabbed the jug of Orange Juice and poured some into her cup. Her cup began to vibrate and then CRACK, her glass cup burst into pieces.
“Vinyl is going to get it this time”
She walked up stairs to Vinyl’s room and knocked on the door.
“Vinyl, open the door NOW!”
No response, she then decided to knock down the door. BAM She had knocked down the door off of its hinges, and was filled with rage. She walked over to Vinyl’s speakers and unplugged them.
“VINYL, CAN YOU STOP MAKING RUCKUS! SOMEPONIES ARE TRYING TO UNWIND HERE!”
Vinyl had never seen Octavia this mad; she took her glasses off and made a puppy face at her
.
“You don’t like my wubs…”
“It’s not that I like them, but it’s just that I want relax tonight, I had a terrible day at practice. I need to unwind for a bit.”
Vinyl was thinking, She wants to unwind...what if we…
“Hey Tavy, what if I take you out to one of the nightclubs here in Canterlot. That should make you unwind. You need to loosen up a bit.”
Octavia has a blank stare on her face, Go to a nightclub, who does she think I am? Her? But I don’t want to make Vinyl sad if I don’t go…
“Fine…I’ll go with you”
They left their home and they were off. Vinyl lead the way to the nightclub, she was very excited that Octavia was joining her to go to the nightclub. She never had anyone that when with her to the nightclub.
“Vinyl, what this nightclub called anyway?”
“It’s called Aurora, it’s a great club. I’m always honored when I’m booked to DJ there.”
They noticed beams of light in the sky as they trotted closer to the club. They finally arrived and a big colt was at the door letting people in one by one. Vinyl knew they would let her in but she was unsure if they would let Octavia in.
“Tavy, stay here, let me handle this.”
Octavia stayed where she was, she saw Vinyl go up to the colt. After a while, Vinyl looked over at Octavia and signaled her, to come over to her. She trotted to Vinyl and the colt opened the door. They went into the club, and it was packed. Octavia was amazed at the place, loud music and flashing lights. She then turned to Vinyl and told her.
“So…What should we do first?”
“Well, we could go get some drinks so we can loosen up!”
“Fine, but you’re paying for them since you invited me here!”
They trotted to the bar and the bartender asked, “What would you two lovely mares want to drink? How about some Applejack Daniels for you two?”
Octavia thought about what she wanted to drink and thought, What the hay? Might as well ask for two shots. That should make me forget about today mishaps.
“I will take two, kind sir!”
“Really Tavy? I never knew you like Applejack Daniels.”
Vinyl was actually surprised when Octavia order two shots. She only knew that Octavia liked to drink wine, but Applejack Daniels was absurd.
“Well, I’ll get the same as her!”
The bartender went and filled four shot glasses and placed it near the two mares. Octavia picked her first shot glass with her hoofs while Vinyl used her magic to pick up the shot glass.
“To a night of relaxation Vinyl!” exclaimed Octavia.
“To a night of relaxation Tavy!”
As Vinyl stopped talking, they drank their shots, picked up the next ones in line, and slammed them down. Octavia ordered more shots, she loved the feeling of the alcohol burning her throat, and she wanted more. By the time Vinyl drank her fourth one, Octavia was on her eighth shot by now. She was really hammered, she couldn’t even walk right. She started heading for the dance floor, she wanted to really enjoy herself at the club. Some ponies came up to her and offered her some glow sticks. She placed them on her hoofs and started dancing to the music. By now Vinyl noticed her partner in crime was gone and she was worried, What if they do something bad to Tavy? Where could that mare be?
“Woo hoo! DJ, bump the volume to an eleven!”
She loved every single moment of this; she loved the music, the drinks and even kissed a mare or two in the process. She forgot about the mishaps that day at practice. She hated when newcomers messed up on a piece. She was always yelled at when they messed up. She tired of the life she lived. She thought, Why wasn’t I told about this type of a life? A life of partying and drink! Who wouldn’t want this?
It was near closing time for the club, Vinyl was close to having a heart attack. She couldn’t find her friend anywhere. She headed to the DJs desk, and took the microphone.
“Has anypony seen a gray mare, about this tall, with a pink bowtie around their neck?”
Everypony looked around and finally people started pointing at the middle of the dance floor, and there was Octavia, passed out from all the alcohol she drank. Vinyl headed down to the dance floor and asks a few colts to help her put Octavia on her back. She carried Octavia out of the nightclub, and walked back home.
They arrived home about fifteen to twenty minutes, Vinyl opened the door and she carried her passed out friend up to her bedroom. She opens the door to her room, and walked to her bed and dropped her off. She removed the glow sticks she had around her hoofs and put a blanket over her. Vinyl left her room, and before she closed the door she looked at her.
“Good night you crazy drunk mare! Sweet dreams!”
She closed the door and headed off to her room. She took off her signature magenta glasses and placed them on her dresser. She threw herself onto her bed. Her legs were killing her due to carrying Octavia on her back. She thought, Tavy is going to wake up with a massive headache tomorrow, good thing she has the day off tomorrow! I can just hear her whine on how much her poor little head hurts. She got comfortable and finally went to sleep.
The following morning, Vinyl woke up early like normal, then went to check on Octavia. She opened the door to Octavia’s room, she was still sleeping. She closed the door, and trotted down to the kitchen and started looks for something to eat. She found some flour and decided to make some waffles. Other than washing the dished she was a great cook. As she began to prepare the batter she heard a thump upstairs. She trotted as fast as she could; she headed to Octavia’s room, and she saw that Octavia wasn’t in her bed. She heard something coming from her bathroom. She opened the door and saw her head in the toilet, she was throwing up.
“Good mornin’ Tavy! Whoa, you don’t look good. You, had one crazy night, you silly filly.”
“Oh shut up Vinyl! I don’t remember anything I did last night. All I remember was…”
She threw up again and she cleaned her mouth and stood up from the cold floor.
“Ah much better now, I think. Where was I…ah yes, all I remember was that I was drinking some Applejack Daniels and….”
She threw up again, she cleaned her mouth again. She trotted to her bed and just laid there. She was very sick; she looked around the room for some medicine to take. There was nothing. She just laid there; Vinyl brought the trash can from the bathroom and placed it near Octavia’s bed.
“Tavy, you need to get some rest and something to eat. You wait here; I’m going to make breakfast for you and me. If ya need me holler.”
“DON’T SCREAM, my head hurts, why didn’t you just whisper? “
Vinyl rolled her eyes, “I wasn’t even yelling, I knew it, you were going to whine about your poor little head and how much it hurt. BOO HOO!”
“Now you’re just doing that on purpose!”
Vinyl covered up Octavia with the sheets and left to make some waffles. She also made some hay bacon strips. She placed a couple waffles and bacon strips on a plate and poured some orange juice for Octavia.
“TAVY, COME DOWN BREAKFAST IS READY!” She heard a big thump, Octavia was scared at Vinyl screaming at her, she fell off of her bed. Octavia got up and began to walk towards the door. She headed downstairs and went into the kitchen. Vinyl looked at Octavia, she was wearing sunglasses due to the sun hurting her head.
“Let me guess, the light hurts your poor little head?” Vinyl giggled.
“Oh, be quiet you! Just let me eat in peace.”
She began to eat her waffles and was feeling much better with every bite she took. As she ate she thinking, What happen last night? Did I really make a fool of myself? I hope my parents hear about this. She put her fork down.
“Vinyl, What happen last night? I need to know everything!”
“Well Tavy, let’s just say you went a little too crazy after drinking half a bottle of Applejack Daniels.”
“Really? Half a bottle? What happen next?”
“You went to the dance floor and started to dance with strangers, some of them gave you some glowsticks and you put them on your hoofs.”
“Glowsticks? Am I hearing this right? I, Octavia of Canterlot, was wearing glowsticks on my hoofs?”
“Yes, you heard it right, you were wearing glowsticks.”
“I hope my parents don’t hear about this. They would kill me if they found out about this.”
She continued to eat the waffles that Vinyl made, and with every bite she took she loved them even more. She grabbed the maple syrup and added a lot of syrup to the delicious waffles.
“Vinyl, when did you become a great chef? These waffles are amazing!”
“Oh Tavy! I’m not just an awesome DJ, I’m also a great cook! I learn how to cook back in my university years.”
They finished their breakfast and Vinyl began to clean up, while Octavia went and sat on their couch. She didn’t want to move, she was too full. Vinyl put the dishes in the dishwasher and lowered the volume on it. She finally headed to the couch; she sat next Octavia, and cuddled next to her. Octavia pushed her, and made her sit upright.
“Vinyl, I’m not in the mood. I’m just want to remember what I did last night. Do you know what other stupid things I did?”
“Well…There was this one thing I saw…”
“TELL ME!”
“Youkissedamare.”
“What? Can you say it a bit slower this time? I didn’t understand you.”
“You kissed a mare.”
Octavia gasped, “I DID WHAT? DEAR CELESTIA, WHAT HAVE I DONE!!!”
She stood up from the couch and started walking in circles around their couch. She was freaking out. She had never kissed anyone, not even a colt or stallion, but a mare. My parents are going to kill me. I hope nopony finds out. She started to calm down after a couple of minutes.
“Vinyl, do you Pinkie promise that you won’t tell anypony about this? I really don’t want this to get out. It would kill my reputation and my fame.”
“Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye….OW!”
“You poked your eye again didn’t you? Well I’m off to my bedroom, I’m going to sleep and relax. I need to be focused for tomorrow. See ya Vinyl”
“Later Tavy!”
Octavia headed up to her room, while Vinyl stayed in the living room. Vinyl thought, I hope she goes back to normal. She had a very rough night. Note to self: Don’t take Tavy to a nightclub ever again. She decided to go and rest some more, she had a big gig that same night.
The following morning, Octavia woke up and got ready to go to her rehearsal. She still had a bit of a hangover from her night of partying. She trotted to the bathroom and looked at the mirror.
“My mane is such a mess and I smell horrid. I don’t want any of my colleagues knowing what I did last night.”
She took a shower. The smell, sweat and vomit from that night, washed off, but not her memories. Even though she barely remembered that night, she loved it. She wanted to go again.
Octavia got out of the shower, grabbed a towel and wrapped herself in it. After drying off a bit, she took her brush and brushed her mane into her famous style. For the finishing touch she put on her signature pink bowtie around her neck and she was ready for rehearsal. She packed her cello in her case and took it to the door. Before she left, Octavia trotted into the kitchen to see Vinyl was up once again making breakfast.
“Hiya Tavy! How are you feeling?”
“Better than yesterday, I’m still a bit hungover.”
“You have to go to rehearsal today?” Vinyl placed a plate of waffles in front of Octavia which she covered with maple syrup.
“Yeah...hopefully I don’t come back with the stress I had last night. I hate some of the new cellists; they get on my nerves. Ugh!” She stabbed her waffles with her fork; she just hated the new cellists. She was responsible for everything they did, if they messed up, she would get yelled at.
“Tavy, just try to calm down. They're new; cut them some slack.”
“I’ll try, but I won’t promise anything.” She continued to eat her waffles, she looked up at the clock.
“OH DEAR CELESTIA! I’m going to be late for rehearsals!” She took one final bite of the waffles, “Are you going to stay here all day Vinyl?”
“I am. I need to work on new music and relax.”
"Sounds better then getting yelled at all day."
Vinyl picked up Octavia’s plate with her magic. “So I’ll see ya tonight?”
“Yeah. I might be back a bit late if I get yelled at again.” She put her cello on her back and trotted over to Vinyl. After hugging her, Octavia left for rehearsals.
Vinyl worked on new music while Octavia was out. She was going to DJ the next night at the club. As she worked, she repeatedly kept stopping. Something was bothering her. She was thinking about her and Octavia's trip to the club last night. Vinyl had never had a friend of her's go to a club with her. When she thought of the hug Octavia gave her earlier that morning, she realized she had started to grow some feelings for Octavia. She’d never seen her have so much fun. Vinyl giggled as she remembered Octavia dancing last night.
Octavia is so cute when she dances!
She continued to make music, but she still had Octavia on her mind. They had been friends since they were small little fillies. They went to the same school even to the same university. They look after one another (Vinyl was very protective of Octavia whenever anypony would insult her.) They both had been through a lot, from trying to graduate from the university, to even getting their own home. They have had a strong bond with each other, one which Vinyl didn’t want to break nor did she want to screw up their longtime friendship.
It was the evening. Vinyl had taken a break from making music. She went to the living room and watched TV. When Octavia got home, she put down her cello and went to go find Vinyl. She found her sitting on the couch, watching TV. Vinyl didn’t noticed Octavia had come home until she was blocking Vinyl’s view of the TV.
“HEY I’M WATCH…Oh…hi Tavy!” Vinyl stood up and hugged Octavia. “I missed you all day!”
“Vinyl…too…tight...” Octavia gasped out.
“Whoops! Sorry Tavy! I just really couldn’t wait for you to come home from your rehearsal!” She released Octavia and sat back down.
Octavia sat next to her and watched TV. Vinyl scooted closer to Octavia.
“So how were rehearsals? Better than last time?”
“It was…meh…I need to take break from the new cellists! They are getting on my nerves!”
“Can’t the conductor do something?”
“No, he’s being quite unreasonable! He is yelling at me and taking their side without even asking me for mine! One of these days I’m just going to tell him off.” Octavia was frustrated. She really hated being in charge of the new cellist. In her mind she had decided that one of these days she was going to quit.
Vinyl reached over and gave Octavia a huge hug, “If you need someone to knock some sense into him, I’m available.”
Octavia giggled a bit, “Oh I know you are, but it’s okay Vinyl. I can fix this all by myself.”
Octavia stood up and went to the kitchen. “So what are we eating tonight Vinyl? I have quite the appetite.”
Vinyl thought to herself, This could be my chance to finally test if Octavia has feelings for me without risking our friendship.
“Um…Tavy, what if we go out to eat tonight? I’m too lazy to get up and cook something.”
“Hm, that sounds good. So where do you want to go eat?”
“Um, why don’t you choose Tavy? I really don’t care!”
Octavia thought to herself, Hmm, what if we go out to that one fancy restaurant, L’Overture di Ecstasy. I've heard good things about it and some of the other musicians suggested I go there. I hope Vinyl will behave herself.
“How about L’overture di Ecstasy? It’s a very nice restaurant that I’ve been wanting to go to for a while.”
“Tavy! I don’t want to get all fancy and pretty for just dinner!”
“You look beautiful as you are now. Just take off your glasses! I’ve always preferred you with your glasses off.”
“Fine. Let me just place my glasses back where they belong and we’ll head out. Okay?”
“Okay. let me just call the place and tell them to reserve two seats for us.”
While Octavia was on the phone, Vinyl went to her room and placed the glasses on her night table. She trotted into the bathroom and fixed her mane. Then she snuck into Octavia’s room. Vinyl was looking for some perfume because she not only wanted to look nice for Octavia but also to try to get Octavia to notice her. She really needed to know what Octavia felt for her.
She found a bottle of perfume and sprayed her coat with it. She began coughing from the strong scent of the perfume as she wasn’t used to this. Vinyl put back the bottle and closed Octavia’s room as she headed out.
“Okay, Tavy. I’m ready! So do we have our reservations set?”
“Yes. Since I’m an important pony, they just HAD to make space for us!”
Vinyl laughed. “That’s what Rarity sounds like!”
“Oh be quiet you! Let’s just head out shall we?”
Vinyl and Octavia grabed their coats and headed out. Octavia smelled a familiar scent coming from a very close source.
“Um, Vinyl, did you use my perfume?”
“I did Tavy! I wanted to look and smell good just for you!”
“Aw, that’s so sweet but you didn't have to do that. You could have just asked me.”
“I wanted to surprise you!”
“You didn’t have to do this!”
“I know!”
Octavia looked at the clock tower, “It seems we might be a bit late. Shall we hurry up?”
“We should! Can’t wait to eat this place.” Vinyl’s nerves kept growing and growing as they approached the restaurant. She was worried Octavia didn’t have any feelings towards her.
“So here we are! L’Overture di Ecstasy! Shall we go in?”
“Yeah. Let me just hold the door for you Tavy!” Vinyl held the door open as Octavia entered, then she followed her soon-to-be marefriend. She took one final breath hoping she was ready for what is going to unfold at the restaurant.
