"So, shall we begin?" Octavia asked as she entered the concert hall. She placed down her things and looked up.
She frowned when she only saw Beauty Brass and Harpo there.
"Where's Fredric, Symphony, and Concerto?" Octavia asked tilting her head.
"I have a better question!" Beauty Brass said, angrily, "Where's Lyra and Bon Bon?!"
"I was summoned?" Lyra asked as she opened the door, followed by Vinyl and Bon Bon.
"Sorry we're late," Bon Bon apologized, "Vinyl wouldn't wake up."
"Hey! That doesn't mean you can pour ice water onto me!" Vinyl complained, causing Lyra to laugh.
Octavia opened her mouth but closed it am just shook her head.
"Are you sure they won't be here?" A mare's voice whispered.
The group of ponies turned back towards the door as they heard voices coming from the other side.
"Yes, they are late almost every single day," A stallion's voice replied.
The door then opened, revealing Fredric and Symphony. The two froze instantly as they saw the group of ponies staring back at them.
"There they are!" Beauty Brass exclaimed happily, "Now, tell us how the rest of your date went!"
Fredric and Symphony looked at one another. They then smiled before turning back.
"That is only between me and Fredric," Symphony replied, a slight blush forming on both of their faces, along with a goofy smile.
Everypony looked at one another in confusion at the couple's response, except for Vinyl, who seemed to be sniffing the air.
The ponies watched as Vinyl kept sniffing until she was close to Symphony and Fredric. When she stopped she grinned at the couple.
"I called it," Vinyl said as she walked back to the group of ponies.
Symphony and Fredric looked at one another confused.
Vinyl continued to grin as she walked up to Octavia and whispered something into her ear.
Nopony could hear her, but they saw her eyes go wide in realization, and then a blush form on her face.
Nopony understood what was happening, until Harpo's eyes went wide.
"Wait, did you two?" Harpo asked, causing the couple to blush as they finally realized what they had been talking about.
"OH MY GOSH!" Lyra exclaimed as she fell to the floor laughing.
"Wow and I thought what happened to me and Tavi was bad," Vinyl commented.
"We agreed to not speak of that!" Octavia yelled, pointing a hoof at Vinyl.
"We did it!" Beauty Brass celebrated, "Hoof bump!"
"What?! Seriously?! You want me to hoof bump because they did... that?!" Bon Bon exclaimed, causing Lyra to fall back down on the floor, still laughing.
"I-I bet next thing Beauty is planning is to get a sex tape of them," Lyra joked between pants.
Symphony and Fredric's eyes widened as they both blushed even harder.
"Nah, if that were the case she would have already have one of me and Octy," Vinyl pointed out.
"Vinyl!" Octavia exclaimed, blushing as the two unicorns laughed.
"Huh. Now I just see Octavia instead of Symphony in my mind," Harpo said, squinting at the two blushing ponies.
"Celestia Harpo!" Octavia yelled as her blush grew.
Just then, a very angry looking Concerto stormed into the concert hall.
"You!" Concerto growled as he walked towards Beauty Brass.
"Oh! Look at the time! I've got to go!" Beauty Brass said suddenly as she bolted out of the room.
"Concerto? What happened to you?" Octavia asked.
"That mare locked me in the closet!" Concerto exclaimed.
"Of course she did," Octavia said as she facehoofed.
Concerto suddenly paused as he sniffed the air.
"What is that smell?" He asked.
This caused the couple to blush once again as the two unicorns fell back down onto the floor laughing again.
"Don't ask," Bon Bon said in an annoyed tone, turning to Concerto.
Concerto opened his mouth and then closed it. He shook his head and sighed, "Let's just get to work."
"You hear that? Work! That means leave!" Symphony exclaimed as she pushed her Lyra, Bon Bon, and Vinyl out of the room.
"No! We want to keep talking about how you two had se-"
"GOODBYE!" Symphony practically screamed as she interrupted Vinyl.
Once the three mares were out, Fredric quickly locked the door.
The couple turned back to face their ensemble.
Concerto looked almost menacing, Octavia just looked tired, Beauty Brass had a big smile on her face, and Harpo wasn't paying attention.
"So," Concerto started, stepping up to Fredric, "How'd your date go?"
Fredric glared at him with a smirk, "Well, we are actually dating now."
Concerto and Symphony's eyes both went wide.
Beauty Brass squealed, while Symphony sneaked closer to Fredric.
"Fredric, I don't think that's the best way to tell him that we're together," Symphony commented in a whisper.
Concerto turned to Beauty Brass, glaring at the mare, "I blame you."
"Hey! It's not my fault I'm the guru of couple making," Beauty Brass replied with a shrug.
"You're not a love guru!" Symphony argued, "This happened because we had a nice date!"
"And after," Harpo added silently.
Concerto rolled his eyes before grumbling something. He then walked towards his spot and he started getting ready.
Fredric and Symphony looked at one another before Fredric shrugged and the two went off to their spots.
~•~•~•~•~
"Great day everypony!" Fredric announced.
The ensemble continued to pack their things so they could return home. The ponies started filling out, until Symphony felt a hoof stop her.
"May I speak with you?" Concerto asked.
Symphony looked around, seeing everypony was gone, she shrugged and nodded her head.
Octavia paused as she left when she noticed Symphony was no longer with them, she turned around to find her sister talking to Concerto.
Octavia felt a little worried, so she decided to wait outside the theater for her sister to come out, if she didn't after a long time, Octavia would go back inside.
"What'd you want to talk about?" Symphony asked.
"Are you two really dating?" Concerto asked, causing Symphony's face to drop.
I didn't think this part of my plan out, did I?
"Yes, we are," Symphony admitted with a slight blush.
This time, Concerto's face fell, "Oh. Well if you don't mind me asking, why did you end up choosing him?"
Symphony cringed, "Well... I guess I just liked him more. No offense to you! I just... well, like him more."
Concerto sighed as he looked at the ground, "I understand."
The stallion walked away, leaving Symphony to feel guilty.
Symphony slowly walked out of the concert hall, looking down at the ground in shame.
"Hello Symphony."
Symphony looked up to find her sister looking at her worryingly, "Are you alright?"
Symphony sighed, "I think I broke Concerto's heart."
Octavia frowned before she took her sister into a hug.
As they hugged, Octavia heard Symphony ask, "Is this how you feel around Caramel?"
Octavia sighed, "A little bit."
The two stopped hugging in order to look at one another.
"I mean, I don't regret my choice. I just wish that he didn't know about Vinyl. It just makes me feel even worse," Octavia explained, "However, almost everypony in their lives will break somepony's heart, it's a sad truth."
Symphony sighed, "I guess so."
Octavia continued to frown as her sister looked even more distraught.
"But," Octavia started, "if he really is a good stallion, he'll understand that you like somepony else and then he'll move on."
"I hope your right," Symphony replied.
Octavia smiled and rubbed her sister's back, "Trust me, he can't like you forever. It's even hard for me."
Symphony glared at her sister, however a small smile started forming on her face.
"You spend too much time with Vinyl," Symphony commented.
"Oh I know," Octavia agreed, "I've started eating like a pig since I meet that silly mare."
Symphony giggled, making Octavia smile.
"Well, I'll be off Symphony," Octavia explained, "Good night."
"Good night Octavia. I love you," Symphony said as her sister turned to leave.
"I love you too."
“Wait, Octavia,” Symphony called, causing Octavia to turn back around.
“Yes?”
“Did you talk to Vinyl?” Symphony asked.
Octavia frowned, “No, I did not.”
“You probably should soon, before it eats you up inside,” Symphony suggested.
“Alright, I will,” Octavia replied, smiling.
Symphony smiled back before she turned around and left.
~•~•~•~•~
Vinyl jumped when she heard the sound of somepony knocking on her door.
"Who is it?" Vinyl yelled.
"It's Octavia," Octavia replied from the other side of the door.
Vinyl looked at the door confused before walking up ti it and opening it.
"Hey Tavi. You alright? Did you and Caramel get into a fight?" Vinyl asked.
Octavia sighed, "No, we didn't get into a fight. I came here to talk to you actually."
Vinyl's eyes went wide and she gulped, "Oh, ok."
Vinyl then let Octavia into the apartment. The cellist immediately sat onto the couch. Vinyl followed and sat next to her marefriend.
"What did you wanna talk about Octy?" Vinyl asked, attempting to hide the fear and worry in her voice.
"I wanted to talk about our relationship," Octavia replied, causing Vinyl's ears to perk up.
Is she going to... But why? I thought she was happy.
"W-what about it?" Vinyl stammered.
"I want us to talk about our worries in this relationship," Octavia explained, "I want us to be open."
"Aren't we already?" Vinyl asked, tilting her head.
"Well... yes. However I must admit I have been hiding some emotions from you. And I wish to share them now, so please keep an open mind," Octavia replied.
Vinyl nodded her head.
Octavia sighed again, "When I told you I love you... I believe that was in the heat of the moment. That being said I do... well you know. I just...- Oh bloody hell I can't even speak!"
Octavia froze when she felt Vinyl touch her shoulder, "I can wait."
Octavia smiled slightly before continuing, "Caramel is the only other pony that I've been in a relationship with who I told I loved them. This of course makes me, well, afraid to open myself up again like that as it ended terribly for me the first time. Which brings me to another problem I have..."
Octavia trailed off as became afraid to admit her next secret.
"And the problem is?" Vinyl questioned.
"That... I'm afraid you'll turn out like Caramel," Octavia said slowly, "You two do act similar in some aspects but you two are also completely different ponies. Now this fear is probably because, as I said before, that I had such a terrible relationship that I am afraid to try again."
Octavia looked down at the ground, both in shame and in fear. She felt tears start to form in her eyes as Vinyl still hadn't said anything.
Then, she heard a dry chuckle.
"Well, if you're going to be honest, I might as well," Vinyl started, causing Octavia to look back up to face her, "I.... I'm also afraid that I'll end up like Caramel. Not because I have weird urges to constantly call and text you. But because of two reasons. One is that a part of me is afraid you'll cheat on me. This is probably because of my own past relationships but it still worries me. And then above that, I'm..."
Vinyl paused as she couldn't believe what was about to come out of her mouth.
"I'm jealous of Lucky Streak."
Octavia's eyes went wide as she jerked back in shock.
"Wh- how- Why?" Octavia stammered.
"Well, why not? I mean, he's known you longer than me. He's admitted to liking you in the past. He gave away his best friend for you. He's doing everything in his power to help you! Meanwhile I just sit here on my ass and watch cartoons," Vinyl yelled as she went into a sudden rant.
Octavia noticed tears starting to fall down Vinyl's face as she quickly wiped them away.
"What do you mean you sit on your ass all day," Octavia started, "Are sure we're talking about the same mare? The mare who offered to pay for my lawyer? The mare who risked her safety just to take care of me? The mare who loves me?"
Octavia pulled Vinyl into a hug, causing the unicorn to freeze, "You've done so much for me Vinyl. You've done so much that I can never repay you for it all. And that scares me. It scares me because you make me feel strong emotions towards you, and said emotions scare me."
The two were now hugging onto one another, both crying.
After a few minutes of this, Vinyl spoke.
"Do you notice how much we cry since we started dating?" Vinyl asked, her voice cracking.
Octavia laughed, "Seriously Vinyl?"
The two pulled away from one another. Both smiling with tear stains on their faces.
"So, what now?" Vinyl asked.
"Well. Maybe we should try to concur these emotions. We should stop them from letting us be together happily," Octavia replied.
"O-Kay, but how would we do that?"
"I guess together," Octavia said, grabbing Vinyl's hoof, "If we face these problems together then we'll be able to stop them, right?"
Vinyl smiled, "Yeah."
And with that, the two kissed before they went off to sleep.