To Love A Cellist

After noticing that Octavia had believed her ruse, Vinyl thought 'Wonderful! Time to mix!' She quickly set up her iMac and opened her mixing software.

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Octavia was roused from her slumber with the sounds of electronic grinding and bass drops. She did a quick double-take and realized it was still dark out, a glance to the clock confirmed it was only 3:45, two hours after she and Vinyl got home. "What the hell is she doing up? She was literally passing out when we got home!" Octavia said to herself as she snuck down the stairs.

"Man, when I finally show this to Tavi, she better appreciate it." Octavia froze when she heard Scratch utter those words.

'That must be the secret project she was talking about,' Octavia thought to herself, 'Do I really want to listen? She would get so pissed if she found out, still, it can't be THAT bad, I should stick around.' Octavia snuck a few more steps down, just until she could see Vinyl and her computer. Two words was all that she could make out on Vinyl's screen, 'Engagement Song,' Octavia's heart sank, 'SHE'S GOING TO PROPOSE!?!?!?' she screamed in her head, 'Oh, I simply CANNOT ruin this!!' she tried to sneak back upstairs before she gave herself anymore than she had already heard, but in her haste tripped and fell, causing a crescendo that resulted in her at the bottom of the staircase amongst a pile of paintings she had hung along the walls.

"WHAT IN EQUESTRIA WAS THAT?!?!" Vinyl shouted as she slammed her laptop shut, "OCTAVIA?? WHAT ARE YOU DOING??"

"Ummm, funny story actually, uh, huh-huh..." was Tavi's response, with a follow-up of, "What are YOU doing, miss falls-on-her-face-the-moment-we-get-home? Shouldn't you be asleep, instead of playing on your computer?"

"I-I-I wasn't on my computer, I have no idea what you're talking about," Vinyl stammered as she spoke, 'Shit, how am I gonna get out of this without her finding out?'

"Don't play dumb with me, I heard that music, what are you getting at Scratch? What's with all the secrecy?"

"Working! I was working on my upcoming gig!" Scratch sounded unsure of the answer, but hoped Octavia would buy it.

Octavia sighed, "I, umm, I saw what you named it Vinyl, I'm sorry I ruined your surprise..." Octavia sounded as if she had just killed Vinyl's puppy.

"You... You saw?" Scratch sounded pained.

"Vinyl.... I'm really sorry..." Octavia was on the verge of tears.

Vinyl took Octavia in her arms, "I... I love you Octavia..." she said quietly, "I really waned it to be a surprise... but I'm not mad. I'm actually really happy, I was scared that if you found out that you might freak out, say it was 'too soon' and all that, I'm actually really happy that you're not angry." Octavia looked into her eyes, then Vinyl took her in a very loving, passionate kiss.

As Octavia pulled out of the kiss, she muttered, "...yes..."

"Wait, wait, wait, this isn't the right place, or time for that, just hold your horses, Tavi, soon." Scratch kissed Octavia again, "Let's go to bed, we can talk about this in the morning, I love you Octavia."

```The Next Morning~~~

As Vinyl lay, watching Octavia sleep, she couldn't help but notice how peaceful she looked, how happy, a smile found its way to her face. Scratch checked the clock, 7;30, "I'm gonna make her breakfast in bed," Vinyl said to herself, careful not to rouse her sleeping lover, and headed to the kitchen downstairs.

Octavia was woken at 8:30, only to be given a delicious breakfast in bed that Scratch had cooked for her. "This is DELICIOUS Scratch!" Octavia said, maybe a bit too loudly, as she munched on the spread that Scratch had prepared for her.

"Ha ha, eat up babe, there's plenty more where it came from," Scratch said as she hugged her lover.

After Octavia gulped down the last of her orange juice, she looked at Scratch seriously, "So, when do we get to talk about last night?"

"Soon, but first let's go see Dash and Soarin', I think I should at least tell my sister before I make an important life decision, don't you?"

"Oh, umm, oh I guess so, let me get ready." Octavia said. Tavi was excited, VERY excited and wanted to hurry this as much as possible. The thought of being engaged to Vinyl thrilled Octavia, to her very core, and she just wanted to skip to the good parts.

In fifteen minutes, Octavia had showered, brushed her mane and tail to perfection, and donned her signature pink bowtie. "Took ya long enough," Scratch teased, smirking at Octy. Scratch was in a baggy green hoodie and her signature purple shades, "Let's head out."

After a short trolley ride, they arrived at the hospital where the pregnant Dash and her spouse were eagerly awaiting their child. Scratch and Tavi were almost running to get to the room where Dash was staying. After a short while they arrived and crashed through the door. "Scratch? Tavi? What the hell are you two doing here?" Dash said, too loudly, as she woke her husband, who was snoozing on the large recliner that was in the room.

"Dash, big news, BIG, BIG NEWS!!" Scratch said excitedly, as her eyes adjusted and she realized that the Mane 6, as they were known, were all together, and Dash looked pregnant... VERY pregnant, "Rainbow? When did you get so big? Didn't you JUST find out you were pregnant like a month ago?"

"You're spending too much time with humans, Scratch, you know ponies have a really short gestation period, right? This little guy could pop out any minute now!"

"First off, sis, gross, anyways, it's better that you're all here, I have a very important announcement to make." Vinyl stood proudly, "I am going to propose to Octavia!!"

"Umm, Vinyl, dear, I'm not sure how to tell you this, but, well, your prospective spouse is not supposed to well, know that you intend to propose," Rarity said.

"That's just it, see, I was putting together this piece and I was gonna take Tavi out to a fancy restaurant and have them play it, then propose when it came on, but SOMEPONY had to go snooping around and ruin that plan," Vinyl shot a playfully accusing look at Octavia, "So now she knows I'm going to propose, she just doesn't know how or when it's coming."

"Well, I'm happy fer ya, sugarcube," Applejack said, giving Scratch a hoof on the back.

"Thanks, AJ, it means a lot." Scratch was happy that her announcement was well met, but it's not what she came for. "Umm, I've gotta go talk to to Dash and Soarin', be right back." Scratch walked over to the bed where Dash lay, Soarin' hugging her tight. "Umm, guys, look, I know that I'm supposed to get a blessing or something from parents and all, and umm, well, since mom and dad are dead, and since you two have been there for me since then, maybe umm, maybe you could be my honorary parents...." Scratch was on the verge of tears, she took her parents' tragic death hard, it was one reason why she and Dash had rebuilt their relationship.

Rainbow started with a hoof on her sister's shoulder, "Scratch, Soarin' and I would be honored to give you our blessing, and I want you to know that mom and dad would be so proud of you, you know what dad would say? He would look you straight in the eye and say, 'Baby, you and your sister are my life, I could never tell you just how much I love the both of you, Rainbow's having a WONDERBOLT'S baby, and you're proposing to the most renowned cellist in the world, I could never be prouder of the both of you, I love you Scratchie, even if you wear those silly shades everywhere.'"

"Thanks a lot sis, I love you." Scratch said, while wiping away a tear.

Rainbow took Vinyl into a big hug, "I love you too, Scratch."