I opened my eyes and made a gurgling noise. My alarm clock was going off. I rubbed my eyes, dragged myself out of bed and left my bed unmade, as usual. I hurled my alarm clock across the room. I hated that thing. Reading it upside down in the corner of my room, I saw that it was 10 o'clock. I usually slept till noon, so this was new. As I started to wake up more, my senses became clearer, and I noticed that I had a massive headache. I must have jammed a little too hard last night! I love my music and I guess I thought I could jam forever. Boy, was I wrong! I never had to touch my hair to get it to look good, so I just put on my glasses and went out to meet my friends, Sparkle Pen and Cream Puff. Half way out the door I realized I needed to put something nice on today, so I snorted, trotted all the way back to my room, and put something decent on. Then, I finally went out into Ponyville.
I breathed in the cool, crisp air and heard laughter coming from everywhere in town. Ponies here are so easily happy! Mr. and Mrs. Cake were giving out free samples to a giggling group of fillies, and the one in the middle saw me and waved. I recognized her too. She skipped over to me while her friends were persuading the Cakes to give them more.
"Hi Vinyl! My sister told me you did great DJing last night!", she practically yelled.
"Hey Blossom! Tell her i said thanks, will ya?" I said. Her sister was big on parties and usually went to all my events. I pointed my horn towards the other fillies, "You better get back to your friends. They're getting more samples and I think you should get some too." She waved her hoof goodbye and she ran back over to the store. You see, I try to act cool- Scratch that. I am cool, but she is one of the few things in my life that can break through it and make me act uncool. But I don't mind.
Sparkle Pen is big on classical music, and she heard the local orchestra was going to be playing today. Now, everypony knows the kind of music I like, and that's not it. Somehow though, she persuaded me to go along. Only because she invited Cream Puff too, and that means I wouldn't be the only one suffering. Cream Puff is a lot like me in musical taste.
When I showed up at Sparkle pen's door, I heard a yell and a couple of seconds later I saw the door open. It was Cream Puff, and boy did she look like she was uncomfortable in her suit. She tugged on her collar, "Hey Vinyl, Sparkle pen is upstairs doing finishing touches." She laughed, "You look like you'd rather be dead right now!" I coughed and grumbled, "Yeah, I would! I hate wearing this!" I imitated choking myself with my own collar.
"Well, we'll get this over with and then she'll owe us!" She winked at me. Sparkle Pen made her way downstairs looking amazing and leaving Cream Puff and I feeling even more uncomfortable and dorky. "You ready to go?" She asked, then she saw me, "Oh hi Vinyl! just in time!" And after a few final touches on her make-up at the door, we headed off the concert.
When we arrived at the theater, We handed our tickets to the pony at the door. He seemed to approve of all of our clothing, which boosted out confidence a little bit, and i ended up laughing out loud for no reason. I felt like something good was going to come out of this, I just didn't know what.
We took our front row seats, which I have no idea how she managed to get, and Sparkle Pen must have noticed how over-civilized Cream Puff and I were behaving. She looked at us and started giggling! "I have never seen you guys so behaved before! It's unreal!" We lightly punched her shoulders and we saw that the lights were flashing. That meant it was about to start. We all hushed up and prepared ourselves to listen. The lights lit up on the stage and the orchestra was sitting there. I honestly had no idea what these instruments were called, but they looked kinda cool! Sparkle Pen saw the confusion on my face and pointed her hoof at each of the sections, explaining what each instrument was. I hadn't payed much attention to the faces of the ponies playing, but when her hoof pointed over to the bass section, I stopped listening. I couldn't take my eyes away from one of the base players. She was grey and had a dark grey mane. A purple-ish pink bow-tie was fastened on her neck. I had never seen her before in my life, but my heart started beating extremely fast. Now, I'm not one for love, and she definitely looked like the opposite of my type, but she looked absolutely stunning to me anyways. I had to find out who she was. By now the music had already begun. I tapped Sparkle Pen on the shoulder, but she waved me away. She was absorbed in the music. Whatever. I whispered to Cream Puff to look in the pamphlet and find out what her name was. She was bored, of course. I pointed to the beautiful mare. She flipped through until she came across her photo. She whispered, "Her name is Octavia. Why do you want to know?" I thought for a second on whether or not to tell her the truth. I decided to. "Because I think I have a huge crush on her." I said quietly. She replied with a questioning gaze and faced the performers again. I watched Octavia's every movement the rest of the night. She was flawless, perfect, and made me act totally unlike myself. I guess she'd be one of those ponies who would make me act uncool. But more importantly, I was all too happy to do just that.
When the show was over, i asked Sparkle Pen is she had any VIP passes for us to get to meet the musicians. She saw my eagerness. "Wow, Vinyl! You really enjoyed it! I guess you aren't nearly as stubborn as I thought." Then, she chuckled, "This isn't like concerts you're used to. They let everyone meet them afterwards."
"Great! Then show us the way! C'mon!" I said anxiously. I was basically jumping with anticipation.
"Let's just get this over with." Cream Puff grumbled. Then she winked at me. Sparkle pen led us into a big room with a ton of food on tables along the side and there were also refreshments. They had brownies, cookies, and even fudge! In the middle of the room, the musicians were mixed into the crowd. You could hear lots of talking and laughter. "Woah. This place is cool!" I said. I was drawn in by the food and realized that she'd be here the whole time, so I decided to grab some food first. "Be right back you guys, I'm gonna get me some cookies!"
After I'd loaded my plate up with a lot of food, I decided to go look for Octavia. i backed up, making sure I'd grabbed everything I wanted before I left. I did. I spun around to leave and crashed into Octavia, almost knocking her down! I was so embarrassed and I'm sure I was blushing like crazy. I didn't want to make a scene! "I-i'm so sorry!" I stammered. Trying to keep my cool, which was very hard to do at this point. "Oh, no no it's q-quite alright!" She whispered softly. She had a really beautiful accent! I felt my confidence and coolness come rushing back when I realized that she was shy. "So hey." I scratched my mane awkwardly, "My name's Vinyl. loved your performance. You were awesome!" Dang it! Awesome sounded too odd when I said it to her.
"Thanks!" She said. Louder this time, "My name's Octavia. if you didn't see it in the pamphlet." She still looked embarrassed, though everyone had already forgotten about the crash.
"Oh nah I saw it! i thought you looked really nice too." I probably took it a little too far there.
"Thank you!" She said, "If you wanna hear me play more, you could always drop by my house sometime when I'm free." She pulled out a notebook from a pocket in her bass case and wrote something down. I noticed she had no horns or wings. I always thought I'd like a cool and beast pegasus DJ, but nope. Instead I like a bass playing earth pony. She tore off the paper and handed it to me. "Here is my address and my number. Call me if you want to come over and listen to me play my bass. I can tell you when I'm free." She smiled and me and I couldn't help but blush back. I said I was going to be uncool around her, and I was. She nodded at me and said she had to leave. I said bye and joined back up with my friends.
My friends had two completely different facial expressions. Cream Puff had a huge smile on her face. I think she watched the whole ordeal with Octavia. She got what was happening. Sparkle Pen however, had the most confused look on her face. "What did that musician write on that paper?" She asked. Obviously clueless.
"Oh you know, nothing special. Just her number!" i said. Extremely happy about it too! Cream Puff cheered, but Sparkle Pen still didn't seem to get it.
"Why would she give you her number?" She asked. She seemed baffled and maybe even jealous. After all, she is a big orchestra fan.
"She said she wanted me to come over sometime. and I will." I turned to Cream Puff, "I totally think she likes me too!" And with that simple word, "too", Sparkle pen finally understood.
"Oh! You like her don't you!" She smirked.
"No kidding Sparkle!" I laughed. I was so happy I felt as though Nothing else could be better!
Sparkle flew, Cream walked, and I skipped, all the way back to their house. I said goodbye and went my way home. I had the note tucked in the side of my glasses. I hadn't been this girly in years! I had a party to DJ for too, so I went home, pulled my note out, and taped it on my mirror, so that I wouldn't forget about it. I wouldn't forget about it anyways! I ripped of my suit and shook my hair out. I felt like me again, and I was ready to play some music! I felt like life had gotten 20% cooler and I was pretty stoked about it. And I had so much energy I rocked the party to the ground.
I massaged my forehead with my hooves and twisted my back until it popped. Snapping on my glasses, I trotted up to the little mirror in my room. Well, it was really a large mirror, but the tops and sides of the mirror were plastered with logos of my favorite DJ's and bands. I backed up on my hind legs and threw my hooves into the air. I was lookin' sweet, and i had to admit, being dragged to the spa last week wasn't completely a waste of time. I tossed on my saddle bag, adorned with my epic cutie mark. or as i like to call it, my AWESOME mark! Okay, maybe that was a bit lame, but still! I chuckled and walked into the market. As I spat some bits onto the counter to pay for some hay chips, I heard a familiar, scratchy yell coming from directly above me. "Hey Vinyl! What's up? Awesome party last night, don't ya think?" It was Rainbowdash.
"Hell yeah it was!" I said. She outstretched her fore leg and I, mine. our hooves connected. "AW YEAH!" we both yelled. We laughed and traversed through the mass of ponies at the market. I picked up a few more things and we left. "Hey Dashie, wanna race home?" I asked, "I'll let you cheat and fly!" "I poked her on the side and winked. She snorted. "Hey! Using my extremely awesome abilities is not cheating! And DUH!" She lined up with me and flared her wings. I counted down. "GO!" She took off in the skies and I ran. My eyes staying damp thanks to my goggles. The wind was blowing in my face harder than it normally would. I realized it would be harder for Rainbowdash to fly with the wind opposing her. As I turned the corner i saw the music shop. Then I saw her. Octavia. She was waving at some pony in the shop and carrying her cello on her back. I stopped in my tracks. She sensed my and turned around. I realized that there was a good chance she recognized me from yesterday, so I waved. I gained more confidence when the events of last night flooded back into my memory. She gave me her number and invited me to her house, what was I worried about? She waved and trotted over to me. Act cool, Vinyl. Be yourself. "Hey Octavia!" I said, my voice sounded normal.
"Hey Vinyl! I just got a new string for my beloved Cello, it fell off last night.." She mumbled; scratching her leg with her hoof.
"Oh, well.. I'm sorry to hear that! About your invitation, can I take that up sometime soon?" I anticipated her response.
"Of course! I'm free tomorrow. If that's alright with you." She looked into my eyes and I couldn't speak. so I just nodded.
"Hey Vinyl! What the hell! I was waiting at your place forever!" Rainbowdash's wings ruffled as she landed on the cobblestone.
"Oh Dash! I'm sorry! I got to talking.." I fumbled for an excuse.
"Hey it's alright Vine." She winked at me. Maybe she knew something?
Octavia coughed lightly, "I guess I'd better get going..."
I faced her again, "I'll see you tomorrow, right?"
"Of course!" She blushed and trotted off.
Dashie and I ran together all the way back to my house. I grabbed a couple of beers and we plopped down on the couch. The yellow light of the single light bulb of my living room flickered comfortingly. I used my magic to grab the remote and turn on the tv. I then proceeded to pop the caps off the bottles. "So, Vinyl, I'm pretty sure you like that chick you were talkin' to earlier." She gave me an excited look. " I didn't know you were into the quiet mares. Hell, I didn't even know you were into mares!" She sank into the couch. I laughed, "Boy you sure do assume a lot! All I did was talk to her! Damn, Dashie! You wantin' us to hook up?" I threw my goggles onto the counter and chugged some of my beer. The alcohol started to calm my nerves as it slid down my throat. "Hey, it just seemed like you were into her! Sorry for the offence"
"Naw man! I never denied I wasn't into her. That mare, is damn beautiful" I winked and she laughed so hard she had beer running out her nostrils. I laughed along, but in my heart I was being serious. She was beautiful. I don't think Dashie had ever liked anyone, so I didn't want to get too mushy around her.
"So you gonna go see her tomorrow?" She was no longer smiling. It was a genuine question.
"I don't know... actually, yeah. Yeah I really am!" I felt more and more certain something good would come out of going to her house. I opened the fridge and levitated two more beers to the couch.
"That's the laziest thing I've ever seen!" Rainbowdash laughed and caught the beer I tossed her with her hooves.
We finished our beers and i told her I wanted to hit the hay. I needed to look my best for Octavia tomorrow. She agreed and trotted to the door. I got into bed and realized that this was the first night in a long time that I haven't gone clubbing. "For the love of Celestia," I mumbled, "She's already got me turned into a goodie goodie!" I glanced at the clock. It glowed 8:30. I chuckled and smiled. "This is gonna be so awesome."
