//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: Unexpected Love // by Vinyl Scratch //------------------------------// The grey earth pony and the electric hair unicorn walked out the hospital together the next day. Vinyl giving a sigh of relief that she was finally out of the the retched place. Octavia gave Vinyl a smile. The two mares walked across town with nothing to do, until Vinyl saw a new music store opening across a random bar. She then put her hoof on Octavia's shoulder making her stop. "You okay Vinyl?" Vinyl looked at her marefriend and then at the sign, making her look to. "Hey Octy you see that sign?" "Ya?" "It says 'Mus1c b3 l1f3', I've heard that somewhere before but where?" Vinyl put her hoof under her chin trying to think very hard about it. After three minutes of thinking she slammed her hoof on the floor. "That's it we're going in!" She let out a heavy sigh of frustration and stared to march toward the shop. Octavia quickly caught up with her, "So I take it you remember where you remember it?" "Not at all." She stopped to think as her friend continued to march across the street. She probably just wants to see if she knows any one in the store to refresh her memory. She then once again quickly caught up with Vinyl as she stopped in front of the door. Vinyl face-hoofed herself, "Well no duh! This is the same store where I got my first big gig." "How can that be if it is opening now?" "Oh Octy everything has to be perfectly proper grammar with you." "Yes, yes it dose Mrs. Scratch." "Don't call me that Octy, if you do, you will pay. I might not of known you long but I can tell what your weakness is, and worst of all it will be in public!" Vinyl gave a challenging glare at her. "You're bluffing, you wouldn't." Octavia believing every word Vinyl said, but still trying to call her bluff. "I'm not bluffing Octy but I want to go in the store first before I..." Vinyl whispered the last part into her ear, which made Octavia blush like mad. Vinyl instantly broke into a laugh when she saw her face. " Wow, did't expect this from a mare of your class Octy. I mean we haven't even been going out for three days and you're already actually thinking about -" Vinyl griped her stomach with one hoof from the straight jab Octavia gave her.Octavia quickly shook the red from her face and planted a hoof on the ground. "Totally worth it." Vinyl said taking in a small breath of air. "Jeez Octy no need to put me back in the hospital... unless you wanna let the doctors watch." Vinyl stepped to the left dodging Octavia's first attack, but quickly after she hit Vinyl in the back of her head. "Why do you insist on purposely annoying me Vinyl?" Vinyl rubbed the back of her head and gave Octavia a ear to ear grin. "why are you smiling?" "You're such a silly filly, an angry Octy is an cute Octy... well a even cuter one." Octavia gave a small blush to Vinyl's complement. Vinyl continued to walk in the store, "You coming Octy?". "Ya on my way." walking in right besides Vinyl. She quickly scanned the store, " Vinyl this all DJ stuff isn't it?" Vinyl shook her head, "Yup" She then looked at the turntable display her eyes widened with amazement and she used her magic to lift the shades above her head to make sure she wasn't seeing things, "NO WAY! These are the best turntables out there!" Vinyl jumped up and down unable to control how happy she was to even be near them. "Wow Vinyl I never seen you so happy. you're acting just like a schoolfilly." "Well can you blame me?!" "Wait Vinyl your glasses aren't you afraid that people will she your eyes?" "Nah, well not in this place I got a rep that goes through all these stores." "Which is what exactly?" "Nothing really just if anyone who enters these stores better prepare to die if they try to say anything about my eyes." "Well isn't that... WAIT KILL!" Octavia shouted "Oh Octy, you know I can't kill another pony." Vinyl gave a small giggle then put her glasses back on.She then turned her head to the direction a voice came from. "Is that... na can't be." "Can't be what." "I just thought I heard someone I knew but guess not." Vinyl walked to the turntables lifted the price tag with one hoof to see it. The next second Vinyl threw herself on the ground putting both hoofs on her face in aggravation. "What's the matter Vinyl?" Vinyl then pointed at the price tag and gave a loud groan. Octavia walked up the the tag to see it, her jaw dropped in shock of the price. "2-2-2-2-200,000 bits!" "It's not fare who has that kind of money!" Vinyl yelled. "Ugh, Buck this store! I'm leaving!" she then launched her self on all fours and stomped her way out of the store with Octavia close behind. "Can't believe we spent over one and half hours in that place. So what you wanna do Octy?" Octavia thought about it for a second and replied, "Wanna go back to my room..." She looked at Vinyl who had a wide grin on her face. "To your room Octy? I would love to, but didn't know you wanted to go to that step in our relationship yet." "What! No that's not what I meant, that's just what they call hotel rooms!" Octavia face blushed and thoughts started to fill her mind. Octavia shook her head rapidly to try and get rid of the images. "I know, I know just teasing you. But on one condition I'll go to your room." "What?" "No more of that 'X6' or '6X' whatever it's called." "Deal" Octavia said simply, leaning on Vinyl and gave her a soft but passionate kiss. Vinyl instantly fell to the ground with a blush on her face. " You okay Vinyl?" Octavia giggled. "Ya, just didn't expect that." Vinyl got up and started to trot with Octavia again. ~~~ They reached Octavia's room when she face-hoofed herself. " What's the matter Octy?" "I completely forgot that I have rehearsal today!" Octavia looked at Vinyl trying to give her an apology, but Vinyl just looked back at her. "Well lets go." "What do you mean?" "Well you never took me to rehearsal the first day you said you were." "Oh... well alright then." Octavia opened the door, trot up to her Cello case and put it on her back. "Well lets go, but Vinyl I don't want to let anypony to know about us going out. Well not yet." "It's cool Octy I understand you play for those fancy types of people, they hate 'fillyfoolers' and probably you would get fired for it. Am I right?" "Ya, but that doesn't change the way I feel about you Vinyl" She walked up to Vinyl and gave her one more kiss. "Wow you didn't fall this time." Octavia gave a small giggle. "Well of course, the only reason I fell was because I didn't expect you to kiss me while walking." "Sure Vinyl, Sure." Octavia trotted out the door and headed to the elevator. "You coming Vinyl?" "Yup on my way." She said with a smile on her face. *~*~* The two mares were walking up the stairs to the building where Octavia needed to be. Just as they reached the top of the stairs, "Hey Octavia!" A voice came out from behind them. When Octavia and Vinyl turned around she see it was Golden Harp. "Oh no." Octavia whispered to herself. Golden Harp looked at the pony to the right of her and gave a grin. "Hey Vinyl hows it going?" He waved his hoof to her. "Uhh... pretty good. You?" She asked just noticing that Golden Harp isn't stuck up or snooty. "Please Golden Harp act like a gentlecolt." "Ya, ya 'Octy' just because I'm in the ensemble doesn't mean I have to be stuck up you know." "Yes I know but at least can you dress correctly? Oh and call me that nickname again and I will kick you down these stairs" "What do you mean?" Golden Harp looked down at his body spying that he is in his pajamas. "Oh... silly me forgot about that. But more importantly, are you and Vinyl going steady or what?" "What! We're just friends!" She gave a small blush and turned around to hide it behind Vinyl. "Sure, sure but lets go inside already I want to see who Lyra has been dating for the past two years." "You mean she brought her today?" Octavia asked surprised. Leaving behind her cover and saw that Vinyl was confused on who she was talking about. "Ya, I mean she said she would." Golden Harp looked in the sky, "To think she dated other mares..." He gave a small chuckle then looked at Octavia in the eye, "To think she can come out of the stable, if she can do that, why not you?" Golden Harp trotted past the two mares and instantly started to laugh as he saw Vinyl and Octavia's faces turn past crimson red. The two mares shook their head and continued to walk in the building. "So Octy who is Lyra?" Vinyl asked somewhat interested. "Well she is my ensemble member and my best friend, I knew her since kindergarten." "Wow, even though you barley help me with my question now I really want to meet her" Vinyl gave a smile. "Why?" Octavia asked suspiciously "Duh so I can figure out what ticks you off." Vinyl gave a small smile.