Vinyl had handled clean up after the two mares shared their seven month anniversary breakfast in bed, she didn't mind though, the large, satisfied smile on Octavia's face had been payback enough. Sweet Celestia did Scratch love that smile, she loved it ever since she first saw it on one of her more...ahem..."intimate" visits to Tavi's house when she still lived in Ponyville. The smile that says it all, Octavia is happy, which made Vinyl Scratch happy, VERY happy. She had really grown to care for her marefriend a great deal, so much so that Vinyl did almost everything she could, even if it meant possible harm to Scratch, to please the prissy pony, there was just something in the way that Octavia carried herself that drove the DJ pony mad with love.

Octavia entered the room while Scratch was still lost in her thoughts, and said, " Hey love, you have anything planned for today-slash-night?"

Vinyl snapped her head almost shocked by the sudden vocalization from her lover, "Uh, no, no I'm free, why do you ask?"

"Well, I got to thinking that we haven't gone out in a while and was wondering if we could maybe go for a day of shopping and fun that winded down to a few drinks at the Gilded Gryphon, sound good?"

"Yeah, sounds wonderful love, you think we should invite Flitter and Cloudchaser? I kinda feel like we've been abandoning them, when was the last time we all hung out together?"

"Three weeks dear, and yeah, that's a great idea." Octavia paused to give her dear Vinyl Scratch a light kiss on the cheek, " I'll go and call them, love you,"

" Love you too babe." 'Damn,' Scratch thought, 'damn do I love that mare,' Vinyl grinned like a foal in a sweets shop as she cleaned up all of the dishes that were left from there morning meal.

Octavia had called Flitter and Cloudchaser, the only other mares in all of Canterlot that Octavia knew were together, like her and Scratch. Their response was a little more enthusiastic then Tavi had imagined, but they agreed to the invitation all the same. Octavia dug through the clothes that were strewn throughout her closet haphazardly, she thought, 'Dear Celestia, I feel like Scratch, rummaging through clothes is so unproper, I'll need to tidy up. tomorrow,' she gave herself a slight giggle at the thought of her letting her hair down tonight, she didn't get the chance to relax all that often, what with cello practice, and performances. "Ah, tonight will be absolutely wonderful," she muttered to herself as she found a hot little ticket that she had purchased a few months back that sent Scratch's head spinning, "We'll leave that for tonight, love," she said to herself, thinking of the pleasure of surprising Vinyl Scratch with a night full of something not-so-ladylike. As she finally settled on a dress, Scratch walked in went straight to her closet and quickly threw on a slightly dressy-casual outfit that made her look absolutely stunning.

"Right, ready to go then?" Scratch asked Tavi.

"I... Uhh... Yes, sorry love, you just look so beautiful right now," she replied with her mouth curling into a cute smile.

"D'awww! Aren't you a flatterer!!!" The couple inside the house, shocked, jolted their heads to the see-through, and apparently very thin, glass door that lead to the second story balcony of Octavia's house to see a familiar looking blue Pegasus and her companion, who looked very much like the first, laughing almost hysterically.

"Cloudchaser!!" Octavia screamed the word as she stomped towards the door.

"Hey Don Juan, how's it hanging?" the blue Pegasus said casually.

"Really Cloudchaser, that's so improper. Eavesdropping? I thought you were above all that foolish nonsense!" Tavi was furious to say the least.

Cloudchaser quickly rebuttled, "Hey, hey, chill, we just came to see if you two were ready, we've been waiting for half an hour," 'A half hour? was it really that long?' Octavia thought.

"Anyway," Cloudchaser continued, "I hope it's ok with you guys, but we brought some friends, humans in fact."

"Yeah CC, that's cool," the DJ pony said, "we'll be right down, let's go Tavi."

"Way ahead of you babe." Octavia said as she walked out the door.

"Octavia, Vinyl, these are our new friends, Iliana and Brittany, they're here on vacation from, where was it, Ili?"

"California," said the tall, well-built, blonde human girl, who was wearing a beautiful pair of pants and jeweled shirt.

"Right, Cal-I-forn-ia," Flitter said as she flew just above the humans' heads.

"Pleased to meet you, Iliana and Brittany, I'm Vinyl Scratch, my stage name is DJ Pon-3," said the ecstatic white unicorn, "and this here is my marefriend Octavia, she's a cellist in The Equestrian Royal Philharmonic Orchestra." Octavia gave a slight nudge, her way of greeting new people. Cloudchaser interrupted the greeting.

"Well, we're going to show you guys the greatest time while here in Canterlot, you'll forget all about California."

"Sounds great! Let's get going!" said the other, dark haired human girl, who was wearing an unassuming purple shirt, black denim jeans, and a short purple skirt, Brittany. The group set out for the streetcar station a few blocks away from Vinyl and Tavi's house and started towards midtown, known for it's coffee shops, clothing stores, and fun attractions, and word had reached them that a certain pink party pony was in town, and this party pony NEVER forgot her party cannon.

Author's Note

I think I know the basics, again, pretty anticlimactic ending, but I think it's sort of a style thing, anyway, second entry to the story, hope you enjoy!!