"How?!" Beauty Brass asked as she walked into the office kitchen, "How can one pony like two ponies?!"
"Well, look at the bright side," Lyra said as she entered the room, "at least you were right about there being a love triangle."
"Actually Lyra, a love triangle would mean that each pony liked a different pony in the triangle," Bon Bon corrected as she finally joined the two.
"So then what is this?" Lyra asked as she seated herself.
"A love SQUARE!" Beauty Brass exclaimed.
"Wouldn't that need four pon-"
"Shhhhhh, it is a love square," Beauty Brass shushed, interrupting Lyra.
"Oh Luna! Everypony's gone!" Bon Bon cried.
"What?!" Lyra exclaimed, getting up from her seat to check the offices.
Bon Bon was in fact right. The offices were completely empty. However, the lights were still on.
"Huh, I wonder how we didn't notice that when we walked in," Beauty Brass commented, tilting her head, "Why are the lights still on?"
"I guess either Vinyl is still here or she forgot to turn off the lights," Lyra replied, reseating herself.
"I'll check then," Bon Bon stated before leaving the room.
Once Bon Bon had made her way to the front door of Vinyl's office, she opened the door to find her friend passed out on the table. Bon Bon then quietly shut the door before making her way back to the kitchen.
"It seems Vinyl has fallen asleep on her desk," Bon Bon explained as she entered the room.
Lyra smiled evilly, "Oh she did?"
Lyra then got up from her seat and started to walk to Vinyl's office.
Beauty Brass looked over to Bon Bon, "Should we be worried?"
Bon Bon paused to think, "Possibly."
Once Lyra opened the door to Vinyl's office, she smiled as she found that in fact Vinyl was sleeping. Lyra then quietly made her way over to Vinyl, her mind thinking of way to wake up the mare.
An idea popped into the unicorn's head, causing her smile to grow. Lyra slowly lifted her hoof up from the ground, and moved it towards the sleeping DJ. Once her hoof was halfway to the unicorn, she shot it into Vinyl's side.
Vinyl let out a squeal as she fell to the ground from the sudden touch. This caused Lyra to fall onto the floor laughing.
"Seriously Lyra?!" Vinyl asked in annoyance as the lyrist continued to laugh.
"Yep!" Lyra replied with a grin.
Vinyl rolled her eyes and let out an annoyed sigh, "Whatever, I'm just going to go home,"
With that the unicorn walked out of the office, locked it, and turned off the lights.
"WHY ARE THE LIGHTS OFF?!" Beauty Brass panicked.
"Hey guys," Lyra said as she entered the kitchen with a sheepish smile, "Vinyl kind of locked us in the office,"
Bon Bon let out a sigh, "You poked Vinyl in her sleep again, didn't you?"
~•~•~•~•~
Octavia and Caramel walked into the room where they would be for the next few hours. In the room was a couch and one single chair. In the single chair sat a pale unicorn mare with an orange mane and tail, and red glasses. The unicorn was holding a notepad and pencil in her magic.
"Hello you two, take a seat, we will begin shortly," The unicorn greeted with a smile.
Octavia sat down on the left of the couch so she was facing the mare, and Caramel sat on he left, but he was pushing against Octavia as though he was attempting to morph with the mare.
"Hello miss-" Octavia started.
"Remedy Cure," The mare finished.
Octavia smiled, "Hello Miss Cure, I am Octavia Melody and this is-"
"Her amazing husband, Caramel!" Caramel finished with a smile. Octavia gave Caramel a look and Remedy Cure just looked between the two as she examined them.
Remedy cleared her voice, causing the two other ponies to look over at her. "Let's begin. When were you two married?"
Octavia opened her mouth but Caramel was too fast, "For fifteen AMAZING years."
Octavia let out a sigh while Remedy Cure wrote down the answer.
"And, when exactly did these problems start?"
"They started five years into our marriage," Octavia explained, finally being allowed to speak, "Once we were married, Caramel stopped being around the house."
Remedy wrote down everything Octavia said. "Is that problem still going on now?"
"No!" Caramel exclaimed, "I have been spending all my time with her and somehow she is still unhappy!"
"That's the problem Caramel!" Octavia replied, her voice rising slightly, "Now you spend too much time with me!"
"Let's move on," Remedy Cure interrupted, not wanting the fight to escalate, "How was your relationship before the marriage?"
Caramel's face became one of delight as he thought of his and Octavia's past, while Octavia had a face of regret.
~•~•~•~•~
"Let's play spin the bottle," A mare suggested with a grin.
The crowd of ponies cheered as they seated themselves around in a circle. One of said ponies, was Octavia, who had had too much to drink and was a little tipsy.
It was a high school party, meant to celebrate their last week of school.
"Are you sure we should let her play?" Beauty Brass asked as she watched the ponies play the game.
Harpo shrugged, "Why not? In all the movies I've seen this always ended happily."
Beauty Brass perked up, "Yeah! All those romantic first kisses that have happened as a result of this game."
The ponies kept spinning the bottle, some hoping to land on crushes, and some just hoping to land on anypony in hopes of having a good time.
In the circle, were mostly ponies Octavia didn't know. The only ponies she did know were her ex-marefriend, Sassaflash, and Sassaflash's new coltfriend, Caramel.
"Yo, Octavia, it's your turn," One of the stallions called with a grin.
Many ponies in her school were attracted to Octavia, and she knew this. If she was not so tipsy, she would have reconsidered playing the game.
Octavia moved a hoof forward and spun the bottle. Everypony in the circle watched it with both excitement, and nervousness. After a few seconds the bottle stopped... on Sassaflash's coltfriend.
Now again, if Octavia was not so tipsy, she would have apologized and refused to do it. But Octavia was tipsy, so she did in fact kiss the stallion.
She was expecting for Caramel to break away, as he was already dating somepony, but he actually pushed forward and turned the single kiss into a full make out.
The ponies cheered as they watched the two go at it, causing other ponies to run over and watch them. This included Harpo and Beauty.
"Is Octavia still a virgin?" Harpo asked, slightly concerned.
"Yep, and knowing her she doesn't want to lose it until after marriage so.... WE SHOULD PROBABLY STOP THIS," Beauty Brass replied before her and Harpo broke through the group of ponies to stop the mare from doing something she regretted.
~•~•~•~•~
"And when I felt that kiss, I knew we were meant to be," Caramel said, pulling Octavia into a side hug.
"And after that kiss, I realized I need to stop drinking," Octavia said in an annoyed voice.
"Wait, that would mean that you two were married at-"
"Eighteen," Octavia finished, regret clearly in her voice, "I know, my father told you my age is thirty three."
"That's quite young," The Councilor commented.
"I had to make sure that I wouldn't lose this one," Caramel replied, kissing Octavia on the cheek.
"Anyway," Octavia continued in an annoyed voice, "Sassaflash broke up with Caramel after that night."
~•~•~•~•~
Octavia was laying in her bed with a massive hangover as she tried to finish her homework.
Once she had returned home from the night previous, she was of course grounded for drinking.
"I still can't believe you went to a party!" Symphony said, causing Octavia to look up from her book, "And not only that, but make out with your ex-marefriend's coltfriend!”
"I was drunk Symphony," Octavia replied grumpily before going back to her work. Just then, there was a knock at the door, Symphony opened the door and was surprised at what she saw.
"Caramel?" Symphony asked.
"Hi, uh, can I talk to Octavia alone please?" Caramel asked.
Symphony looked over at her sister as she contemplated what to do. Finally, with a sigh, Symphony let Caramel in before leaving the room.
"What are you doing here Caramel?" Octavia asked, putting her book down and sitting up in her bed.
"I... Sassaflash broke up with me this morning," Caramel started.
"Oh no! I am so sorry!" Octavia apologized.
"Actually, that's a good thing, you see, I like another mare at the moment," Caramel said with a slight blush.
Octavia tilted her head before her eyes went wide.
He... he doesn't.
"Basically, what I was wondering was.... would you like to go see a movie this weekend?" Caramel asked.
Octavia didn't say anything, instead she thought. She kept thinking for a few minutes, causing Caramel to get more and more worried.
"Well, I guess we could give it a try," Octavia replied with a slight smile.
"Alright, awesome!" Caramel exclaimed, "I'll pick you up at eight on Saturday"
And with that, Caramel left Octavia alone to continue her homework.
~•~•~•~•~
"That was one of the best days of my life," Caramel said, fondly.
I regret all my high school choices, Octavia thought to herself.
"When did you two decide to get married?" Remedy Cure asked once she was finished writing down everything that had been said.
"We got married a year and a few months into our relationship," Caramel replied cheerfully.
"But Caramel proposed to me only a few months into our relationship," Octavia explained.
"And then I proposed every day for a year! Just like in fairy tales, I mean, what mare doesn't want a fairy tale romance?" Caramel elaborated.
"I think the only mare that wants a fairly romance who is not a filly is Beauty Brass," Octavia mumbled.
~•~•~•~•~
Octavia and Caramel had agreed to meet at a fancy restaurant for dinner. Right now, the two were enjoying some spaghetti and salad. The two were laughing and enjoying each other's company.
"Listen Octavia, there is something I need to ask you," Caramel said, getting out of his seat.
"Alright," Octavia replied, skeptical.
Caramel then pulled out a ring, "Will you marry me?"
Octavia's mouth dropped, she was shocked, no, stunned! They have barely even been dating! How could he already be thinking about marriage?
"Caramel listen, that is very sweet but I am not ready for marriage. Not only that but we aren't even old enough to get wed" Octavia explained.
However, Caramel's smile did not fade, "THEN I SHALL CONTINUE TO ASK YOU EVERYDAY UNTIL YOU SAY YES!"
Octavia giggled, she believed that Caramel was joking at first, until he actually did it the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that, and every day until Octavia finally said yes.
~•~•~•~•~
"Do you two have any foals?" Remedy Cure asked once she finished taking notes.
Octavia breathed in slowly before answering, "No."
"I wanted foals," Caramel interjected, his voice slightly annoyed.
"But I don't Caramel, and we already talked about this years ago," Octavia replied, her voice matching his tone.
"Do you believe that is your main problem?" Remedy Cure asked.
"Yeah!" Caramel replied, sounding happy, "We found the problem! If we had foals then you would have never been alone and we would have been happy!"
"Then I would have been alone with a foal Caramel," Octavia practically yelled.
"Then why not now?" Caramel asked, "Maybe that will be what brings us back together!"
"I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A FOAL CARAMEL AND YOU KNOW WHY!" Octavia finally yelled, causing everypony to stare at her with wide eyes.
After a moment of silence, Remedy spoke again, "What does this relationship mean to the both of you?"
"Everything," Caramel answered.
"Nothing," Octavia answered, coldly.
Remedy Cure wrote it down, as she had been for everything. As this session went on, she was losing more and more hope.
"Do you two believe you have a lack in communication?" Remedy Cure asked.
"Yes!" Caramel exclaimed, "She never told me how she felt until five years later!"
"And then when I did, you made things worse!" Octavia argued.
"Are you seeing somepony new?" Remedy Cure asked quickly, in hopes that the problem did not end up as bad as it did before.
Octavia then had a burning blush appear across her face, while Caramel had a scowl.
"I would never do that to Octavia," Caramel practically growled.
"I.... I am," Octavia stammered.
Remedy Cure's eyes widened at this but she said nothing, only wrote it down.
Remedy Cure then opened her mouth to ask the next question, but she was interrupted by Caramel, "Yes you are, you are seeing that sad excuse for a mare."
"EXCUSE ME?!" Octavia asked, sounding extremely offended.
"Yeah, you heard me!" Caramel said, getting up from his seat, "That mare probably only thinks about sex all the time! I bet if you don't please her enough she'll just go back to Neon. And don't even get me started on that freak's eyes,"
Octavia froze, "H-her eyes?"
"Yeah! They're red! Neon told me!" Caramel replied.
Octavia didn't say anything, so Caramel continued.
"Finally! Now you see that mare for the horrible pony she-"
"At least fmdjdjfb" Octavia mumbled.
"What was that?" Remedy asked, extremely concerned.
"AT LEAST SHE LOVES ME MORE THAN YOU EVER COULD!" Octavia yelled, tears in her eyes and her face full of rage.
Caramel's face become one of shock, and so did the counselor.
The room was stunned into silence, so Remedy Cure asked another question.
"What do you see in the future?"
"Me with Vinyl, and away from Caramel for the rest of my life," Octavia responded, "And I am finally happy."
Octavia then, walked out of the door, leaving Caramel still in shock and Remedy Cure in fear.
~•~•~•~•~
"Finally, now I can sleep without Lyra poking me" Vinyl said to herself in relief as she plopped onto the bed.
Before she could drift off to sleep, however, she heard a knock at the door.
"Are you bucking kidding me," Vinyl grumbled as she got up from the bed and made her way to the door.
Vinyl's original plan was to yell at the pony who woke her up. Her plan changed, however, when she opened the door to find Octavia standing there, her mane covering her eyes.
"Can I sleep here tonight Vinyl?" Octavia asked, coldly.
"Tavi? I thought you were-"
"Vinyl," Octavia interrupted, "Can I sleep here?"
Vinyl frowned, "Sure Tavi."
With that, Vinyl moved out of the way so Octavia could enter the apartment.
But before Octavia could go to the bed, Vinyl grabbed Octavia's hoof in her magic.
"What happened Octy?" Vinyl asked, her voice serious.
"Let me sleep Vinyl," Octavia demanded.
Vinyl then pulled Octavia so they were facing one another. Vinyl put her front hooves onto Octavia's shoulders.
"Tavi, I'm your marefriend, tell me what's wrong," Vinyl pleaded.
Octavia didn't respond.
"Tavi?" Vinyl asked, moving Octavia's mane.
What she found was that Octavia was crying.
"I am so stupid Vinyl," Octavia replied, tears falling down her face.
"What?! No way Octy! You're so sm-"
"NO VINYL!" Octavia yelled, causing Vinyl to remove her hooves from the cellist, "I married a stallion who I kissed over SPIN THE BOTTLE! And if that's not dumb enough, I married him at the age of eighteen!"
Vinyl hugged Octavia, forcing the mare into the DJ's chest. Octavia sobbed hard into Vinyl's chest, all the while, Vinyl stroked Octavia's mane.
"Tavi listen to me," Vinyl said after a few minutes of crying. Octavia looked up at Vinyl, her eyes red from the tears, "We all do dumb things when young, and we can't hold ourselves against them forever. All we can do, is try to fix them,"
"I guess that's true," Octavia replied, however she did not smile.
"Yeah, now c'mon, smile," Vinyl encouraged. Still nothing.
Vinyl let out a sigh and thought for a moment before letting out a chuckle.
"What?" Octavia asked.
"I just realized you're thirty three" Vinyl replied.
"So?"
Vinyl grinned, "I'm thirty five,"
"YOU'RE OLDER THAN ME?!" Octavia exclaimed, causing Vinyl to laugh.
"Well Tavi, it seems I am the mature one in this relationship," Vinyl said, putting her hoof around the cellist.
"Says the pony who wanted me to bake them an entire cake," Octavia replied with a slight smile.
Vinyl returned the smile.
As long as Tavi is happy, I'm happy.
"Let's go lay down Vinyl," Octavia said. Vinyl nodded in response.
And with that, the two made the way to their bed.
As Octavia was wrapped in Vinyl's hooves, her muzzle buried in the DJ's chest, Octavia watched the mare sleep.
"I am so lucky I found you," Octavia said to herself with a smile before she too went to sleep.