"Heellloooo.... Manehatten to Octi. Are you in there?" asked a white coated mare with wild blue hair, who was waving a hoof in front of a near by mare. "Wh-hu-wha-?" Came a rapid response from an ash-grey coated earth pony whose eyes rapidly came into focus on the unicorn in front of her. "What is it Vinyl? What are you doing?", Octavia asked quizzically. Vinyl rolled her eyes though they were hidden behind her boldly purple glasses a grin on her face as she moved back beside her best friend. Wait.. When did we get out here?.. Wai- Before Vinyl could let the thought hold any ground she was already responding to the question. "You were all zoned out like you were in a trance or something. I've been trying to get your attention for a a good couple of minuets." Octavia craned her head to the side as if she was looking at something she could not comprehend, "Was I?" 'Well.. I did just fall asleep so..Wa-' The earth pony's thoughts were sounded out by the unicorn. "Yeah, you did. I didn't even notice until I saw a bunch of ponies looking at you." Octavia sighed heavily and shook her head clearing her mind noticing that they were outside on the sidewalk in what looked like downtown Manehatten.

Vinyl shrugged it all off and threw a foreleg around slightly upset earth mare and used it to pull her close against her waving a hoof at the late evening sky, "Whatever, Come on its almost night and I won the bet. I get to take you out and show you what fun actually is." Octavia sighed out begrudgingly as she let the mare drag her along down the street the neon lights starting to come to life as the last of the days light faded. Octavia flipped her main about getting it to sit back in a proper position after Vinyl removed her leg from around her neck. She quickly recalled what led her to be in the situation she was in now while glancing to the side at the victorious mare. She had bet that Vinyl could not last a week as a prim and proper high society mare complete with her natural colors and not to wear those bug-eyed shades. Though neither of the two would ever admit it to the other, Vinyl looked like she could have been royalty. Though Octavia was quite sure that her knowledge of music outside of wubs and the fact she looked nothing like her usual self is what got her through that week. A light blush that faded as fast as it came crept upon the dark maned mare's features as she recalled the dozen's of photos she took of her that way.

Vinyl who was currently per-occupied with looking at the street signs to make sure the two of them were right on course didn't notice the blush that had covered her musically inclined friend. Though the DJ had used that motion in it's self to hide her own blush and distract herself from her friend. Though, as they walked side by side she couldn't place why she felt her cheeks had flushed in the first place. She chanced a sideways glance at the mare next to her and felt herself smile at her involuntarily. The bow wielding musician was slightly off in a world of her own again looking up at the rapidly changing skyline completely oblivious to the, somewhat staring, eyes of her friend. Vinyl had smirked shaking her head side to side managing to suppress a bemused giggle as she turned her attention back to the sidewalk as they both began to round a corner. The way Octavia could so easily be lost in another world was one of the dozen, if not numerous, things that Vinyl loved her for. Vinyl came to an intimidate stop while two of her hooves were still in mid step as she caught up to her own subtle thoughts. 'L-LOVED!?! Wha-!? Hold up!' Vinyl now far to caught up in her own thoughts didn't realize that in her current pose she had no sense of balance causing her to fall over herself though her head on crash into the pavement afterwards finally pulled her back into reality.

Vinyl collided muzzle first into the sidewalk with none to pleased sounding grunt. "Fuck! Ow..." The DJ was picking herself up off the ground as Octavia, whom had continued walking oblivious to what happened, wheeled back around on her hind hooves and rushed to the aid of her friend with a bewildered look on her face. Vinyl Was now upright on her flank seated down and was gingerly rubbing at her injured nose now noticing that her shades were not tinting her world purple. Octavia, for her own credit, suppressed a sigh though her eyes still rolled as she sat down in front of Vinyl and collected her shades with her hooves, "Will you live Vinyl? Or should I start forging your will now?" Vinyl managed a small chuckle at the light jab as the pain in the tip of her muzzle faded slowly, "Not this time Tavi.. I'm afraid you will have to deal with me for a lot longer." Octavia smiled as Vinyl reassured her unasked question as to weather or not she was fine and moved to return the shades she had but stopped mid motion when her tyrian eyes locked with the DJ's off hued cardinal ones. Octavia tilted her head slightly to the side unblinking staring deep into her friend's eyes thinking to herself, 'I never really got the chance to actually look at her eyes before... They're rather beautiful in the day's dying light..'. Vinyl stopped moving slowly realizing that Octavia had stopped as well and was staring right into her eyes with an intensity she only saw her have while the cellist was performing. Vinyl flushed red and cleared her throat lightly averting her head from Octavia's gaze unable to keep looking back at pale violet pair any longer. "Ahmnn... Can I have my shades back Tavi?"

Octavia blanched stuttering lightly while her pupils were dilating wildly before coming into proper focus freed from her reverie from Vinyl's actions. Her face flushed as she held the shades out for the DJ turning her head away as well before standing back up on her hooves and quickly turning back around when she felt the shades levitate from her hooves. The cellist held a fore-hoof to her chest trying to slow her heart rate feeling it beat light-years a minute her body refusing to calm down for the time being. What.. happened? Why was I staring at her like that? Why does my face feel like its on fire?' Getting back on her own legs Vinyl finished adjusting her purple specs with her magic and quickly walked past the ash-coated mare her own blush still viable though fading. "We should get going. Don't want to waste our time just standing around outside doing nothing eh?" Octavia took a long deep breath as she feel in line besides the wub wielding musician trying to get a mental grip of what had happened. "You're right. Though I would love to get out of my end of the bet we are already out here." The pair continued walking in a slight silence that the earth-pony was grateful for as she was coming to terms with her actions. 'Why was I so entranced by her eyes like that. I've seen them enough times but.. just why did they seem like so much more just then?' The more Octavia thought about it more and less sense it made. She knew her friend for a long enough time for them to be as close as they are now. She obviously liked her a lot because.. 'Well.. I love her for a lot of things. She's dependable for one. She knows how to calm me down.. even if she is the one who riles me up the most. Wait.... Love?!'

As Octavia was in her own world vinyl was doing her best to stay distracted from any world. She just couldn't get that full intensive gaze out of her head. 'Curse those beautiful soft purple eyes.. Beautiful!? Arghh!! I can't even stop thinking about her like this in my own head!' the famed DJ suppressed the urge to let out a loud aggravated sigh and decided that she just wouldn't think about it or anything for that matter for the time being. Vinyl looked up again at the street signs but stopped paying attention to them as she could easily hear the deafened booming of a heavy electronic bass beat coming from around the next corner. "Finally we are just about there. Ready to have some fun Tavi?" Octavia, to her own credit, tilted her head to the side and sighed rolling her eyes, "If it means getting this torture over with as soon as possible then Yes. I'm quite ready to have 'fun' as you would put it." Vinyl just grinned as the rounded the corner the club coming in to view finally, "Oh Tavi.. don't give me any ideas." Though neither of them could attach a name to the place for the life of them as the pair lightly trotted up to the male pegasus bouncer outside the door. Vinyl motioned with a hoof to Octavia to stay put as she moved up to talk with the bouncer, "I got this." The black maned mare once again let her eyes roll about in their sockets. Vinyl dramatically waved a hoof in front of the bouncer's face while trying to make herself look mysterious. "We are not the mares you are looking for.." Both the bouncer and Octavia groaned painfully as they face hoofed simultaneously. Without even lifting his head up and away from his hoof. "Just... go inside.." Vinyl smirked in triumph while turning to face her friend. "Told ya I had it."

Begrudgingly Octavia followed the blue maned mare into the night club the music quickly becoming deafening as they passed though the inner doors. Octavia flattened her ears as the bass rattled her ear drums before she could properly adjust and relaxing her stance. "Do we really have to be here vinyl?" The cellist asked but quickly realized the futility of her words as she couldn't even hear herself though the unicorn being questioned still turned to the earth pony raising a hoof to her ear though the expression on her face made it clear that she wasn't planning on listening even if she could. Octavia shot the DJ a flat glare which only caused her to laugh in response. Octavia mused, 'Seems like we are past the point of words now..' Though she was cut short of thinking any further as Octavia was dragged into the middle of the dance floor by a fore-leg full of faceless ponies jumping and shouting about in a manner that Octavia would never refer to as 'dancing'. As Vinyl let her go she bumped right up against her pressing the entire side of her body against the cellist's as Vinyl herself was bumped into causing the both of them to blush at the extremely close contact though both thankful that it was almost impossible to see the other clearly in the strobe lights. Vinyl took the initiative to start dancing though her heart was already racing again moving both hooves on either side of her in time with the one-two beat of the base in an odd looking shuffling motion as Octavia would put it as she looked at her. vinyl leaned in and to her credit didn't shout into Octavia's ear, "Dance with me Octi! It's time to have fun and act crazy!" Octavia let out a bit of a laugh from the tail end of Vinyl's statement, 'That mare has enough crazy for the whole city alone.' She tilted her head to voice a rather obvious flaw in her friend's plan, "You know darn well that I don't 'dance' like that or even know how." Just as she finished she felt her hooves be enclosed by a shimmering sky blue aura as she watched the DJ's horn envelope with the same light. "Allow me to show you then! You'll love it once you get a hang of it!"

Octavia whinnied in surprise as her hooves started moving on their own reflecting the movements of Vinyl's and only managed to keep herself upright before managing anything that resembled balance. Vinyl shouted over the dull roar of the crowd and the needlessly loud music just enough so that Octavia could only barely understand her, "Come on Octi! One-Two! Left side to right side! That's it! Keep it up!" vinyl whipped about causing Octavia to do the same but instead of screaming in surprise she was shouting out in fun before realizing that the two were now face to face getting the earth pony to grin sheepishly in embarrassment. Vinyl wore that triumphant smirk again knowing full well that there was no way that Octavia could talk her way out of that proof of her having fun. Vinyl released her magical hold on Octavtia's hooves and was surprised to see that Octavia was keeping up the dancing on her own perfectly mirroring her own movements doubting that she even realized she let go. Octavia was far to focused on vinyl at this point now her heart racing a million light-years a second. This was fun. This was.. well.. awesome! She smiled wide at Vinyl as they continued to dance sliding to the left as Vinyl slid to the right spinning around on their hind-legs before sliding back so they were face to face. Vinyl now had a grin to match her friend's only now slightly becoming aware that they had a crowd forming around the two and even hearing the DJ change tracks to better fit the show the two were giving the club. The pair had faced about and started moon-walking back towards one another bushing against the other in the process and both went to move to the side inadvertently causing their muzzles to firmly rub against the others.

Vinyl's eyes shot open wide as she gasped silently her heart pounding almost painfully in her chest. She turned her head to the side finally registering the sound of the record on her turntable spinning idle with the music no longer playing. She shut it off with her magic and settled in closer to the soft warm object falling back asleep just as quickly as she had woken up her cheek burning hot though she couldn't be bothered to begin to remember what was just going on.

Author's Note

OK! About darn time I worked up the nerve to not only finish but post this chapter. I have went though many a mental struggle on how to handle this chapter. As it is, well, an opener to how I plan to write out the story. I had wrote this chapter at least 3 times over. The fist time I had put in so much detail in describing the environments it heavily overshadowed the story its self. I then started over from scratch and then proceeded to absolutely hate the direction I was taking it. So I scrapped it completely and started over again. So we now have this, though quite raw, finished product. Though my main concern for the story is this; I don't want my concept to become an excuse. I.E.; Leaving out building descriptions. Descriptions of background characters and so on. So I am now asking this; I implore any one who is up to proofreading my chapters to contact me on my account page or even here in the story comments. I would greatly appreciate the help. Thank you again for reading.