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// Chapter 4 : Lunch 
// Story: Friends With a Spy 
// by cakestealer 
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Late in the morning after Vinyl had calmed down and cleaned up the destruction she caused, she decided to go to the normal lunch spot she and Octavia went to. She also decided that she should apologise to Octavia for ignoring her and not accepting her apology. As she made her way to the restaurant she looked around and saw the ponies of canterlot traveling around the city.

Those snobby rich ponies always sticking their snouts up. If Octavia wasn’t always trying to be like them she wouldn’t be trying to get me to be like them either. She did apologise though...and I didn’t acknowledge that. Well, now I need to.

In the distance she saw the restaurant and also saw Octavia sitting at one of the outdoor tables.

Here goes nothing I guess.

Vinyl sat down at the table and looked at Octavia who looked away. 

“Octavia, I’m sorry. I should have accepted your apology and not just assumed you didn’t mean it, because I know that you’re genuinely sorry. I-I was just mad in the moment and I wasn’t thinking and I should have known you didn’t mean what you said.”

“It’s okay Vinyl. I’m the one that should be sorry.”

“No, you don’t need to be sorry because you were just mad at me for not taking in a word you said. I agree with you and I’m going to try and be more formal sometimes from now on.”

Octavia looked up at Vinyl and smiled.

“In that case I’ll try to be a little less strict.

Vinyl smiled back at Octavia. They both had apologized and knew what they had to do to make themselves a better person. That was something they both needed. The waiter came up and asked them both what they would like to have for lunch.

“I’ll have the hay sandwich.” Replied Octavia.

“Umm, I guess I’ll have the same thing.” Vinyl added.

“Right away.” Said the waiter before he went back inside.

As they sat at the table waiting for their food Octavia spoke up.

“Thank you for apologizing. It means a lot to have you say sorry for ignoring me and realise that you were kind of being a jerk.”
“Thank you too for apologizing about being so rude and calling me stupid.”

They both glared at each other for a few seconds but then burst into laughter. Around a quarter hour later their food came. 

“Thank you.” Octavia and Vinyl both said to the waiter.

“I’ll try not to eat so sloppy this time.” Vinyl said, grinning at Octavia.

“And I’ll try not to eat like we're at a three hoof restaurant.” Replied Octavia.

With that they both hungrily ate their sandwiches. 

After lunch they decided to explore a little bit as Octavia didn't have to go back to practice for a while. As they were walking around Vinyl noticed something out of the corner of her eye. It was Derpy flying towards them. Vinyl raised up a hoof and waved.

“Hi Vinyl. Hi Octavia.” Said Derpy as she landed in front of them.

“Hi Derpy.” Replied Vinyl and Octavia at the same time. They both started laughing.

“I see you two have made up.” 

“Yep, I apologized.” Said Vinyl.

“Well I'm glad to see both of you getting along again. It makes me really happy to see that you can both apologize to each other. I have to go so I'll see you back at the house later. Bye!”

“Bye!” Called out both Vinyl and Octavia.