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// All signs point to Lauderdale 
// Story: "Being the new kid ain't so bad here" 
// by SolidFerret 
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Notes woke up and knew immediately that something was wrong. He wasn't woken by an alarm or anything, it was like he had slept naturally.

"What time is it?" Notes said as he checked his phone. It read 7:24 and classed started in five minutes.

"Fuck! Fuck!" Notes shot out of bed and ran over to Hard Chord. "Wake up. Fuck, we're late." He yelled as he he struggled to pull a pair of jeans on.

"Wha... what?" Hard Chord shook himself awake.

"Wake up! We slept in. We slept through our fucking alarm!" Notes yelled as he through on a shirt.

Hard Chord finally got the words in his head. "Oh shit!" He yelled as he frantically got up and got dressed.

By the time the two got out the door, they only had three minutes to run like hell to school. The two ran across streets with no cars as they sprinted up the path to Ponyville high.

Oct. 8th

The two nearly crashed through the door to homeroom as the bell rang.

"Boys, please don't break my door on the way in, please." Ms Greene nagged.

"Ms. Greene, please don't break me emotionally and fuck my life up on your way to retiring, please." Hard Chord mocked as he sat down.

"What was that?" She asked.

"Won't happen again." Hard Chord called back as he sat down.

Twilight looked and glared. "I heard that."

"Did you think it was funny?"

"No."

"Your loss, I thought it was funny which is why I said it." Hard Chord said.

Notes took his seat next to Vinyl, who gave him an excited grin.

"Tonight's the night." She whispered to him.

"Tonight!" He whispered back, just as excited as her.

"Mr. Notes." Ms. Greene scolded. "Just because you are performing tonight means you get to be the most coolest kid in class and get a lot of attention from cute girls even though Vinyl is in love with you."

To prove her point, Vinyl leaned forward kisses Notes, who began to reach up her shirt.

"Notes... Notes... NOTES!"

Snapping out of his fantasy, Notes looked to see a stern looking teacher.

"Just because you are performing tonight does not give you an excuse to dilly dally in my class." 

Turning back to the lesson, Notes glanced at his brother, who pointed at him and Vinyl and then made a motion about them making out.

"You''re just lucky I don't make you stay after class."

'Nuuu, I plan to hang out with Vinyl after. I never spend one on one with a girl."

"Now class, the battle of Dodge Junction took pace in..."

Vinyl nudged him, mouthing a vulgar insult to her, causing them to giggle silently.

On the other side of the room, Twilight noticed them and poked Hard Chord.

"Those two are gonna make out by the end of the night, aren't they?"

"Oh hell yeah. Remember, the whole "turning the valve to release the pressure" thing I've talked about, they better make out fast before the first thing they do when they see each other is tear off all of their clothes."

Twilight giggled, before realizing she was behind on the notes and began to scribble away. Hard Chord chuckled, and leaned back in his chair.





The bell rang, both Nova and Hard Chord waked out of class.

"So dude... big night tonight."

Nova was lost in his thoughts as he walked by him.

"Hello. Equestria to Nova." Hard Chord snapped his fingers at his friend.

"Huh! What!?"

"You coming to the dance tonight?"

"Oh uhm... I-I-I don't really know..."

"How come dude?"

"I don't know, I've never considered myself to be one of those people who would affect others moods if I was there or not."

"Ah hell no!" Hard Chord proclaimed. "You are gonna go. I'll even get Pinkie to be with you 24/7 through out the whole time."

Nova sighed. "I'm sorry... back at my old school- wait, what did you say about Pinkie Pie?"

"Hey pinks! Can you come over here?" Hard Chord waved.

"I don't even see her arou-"

Pinkie popped up between the two without warning, scaring Nova.

"What's up?"

"Nova here thinks we won't be affected by his absence at the dance tonight."

"Aw no." Pinkie frowned.

"Which is why I want you to be his BFF for the night. Cause he just luvs you."

While Hard Chord explained to a giggling Pinkie Pie, Nova had a deep red blush on his face.

"Aw, of course I will."

"Thank you. See Nova, Pinkie cares. She doesn't have a date, and now she does."

"DATE!" Nova exclaimed.

"Now come on." Grabbing both of his hands,  he put them around Pinkies waist. Pinkie immediately hugged back.

"Come on you two, hug it out. Rub her back Nova, just not to low. Remember, be a gentleman."

Pinkie giggled and rocks back and fourth in Nova's hold.

"Okay, now me." Hard Chord joined the hug. "I like hugs, this is nice." He commented.

Nova wasn't sure if this was humiliating or the nicest thing someone has done for him.





As the last bell for the day rang, it only now occurred to Hard Chord that 'if I could hook up someone as shy and nervous as Nova, why didn't I with Notes?'

'My bad! Hahahahaha!' He thought.

"Hard Chord! Problem!" Notes yelled from across the hall as he ran at his brother.

'Did she say no?' He thought

"Okay... you remember that group of bullies you defended Spike from?"

"Uhm... yeah."

"Okay... so they were making fun of a kid. And I stepped in, and when they saw me and recognized me and I guess one of them has a thing for Vinyl and they said they were gonna mess up the show tonight!" Notes finally breathed in.

"Wow dude.. that sucks. Especially the fact that-"

"So... I told them you and the others were gonna be my bodyguards."

"Oh really?"

Notes nodded, unaware of the group of friends being behind him.

"Of course I will." Hard Chord pulled his brother into a hug.

"Don't worry buddy... they won't hurt you."

"Awww, that's so sweet of you Har-"

Without warning, Hard Chord kneed his brother in the groin, causing Notes to make the most anguished sound of coughing and gagging as he fell the floor in extreme pain.

"You're fucking stupid. They are banned from school events. Thanks for making me and you look fucking dumb." He growled as he looked up at the group watching.

"Hey Twi. See you tonight." He said as he tossed Notes over his shoulder, who had tears in his eyes.

"Sorry Vinyl, he'll be fine later." 

He walked out, leaving the group with mouths hanging open, or closed trying to suppress laughter.





Vinyl pulled Notes into another make-out session, not even trying to hide the moans coming from her.

Notes pulled away, looking at her before laughing. Vinyl stared a moment before she went into a giggling fit.

Notes held her against his bare chest, which she ran a fingers across.

"You know I care for you... I'll ever stop." He told her.

Smiling, Vinyl kissed him again.

"I won't stop either..." She whispered in his ear.

Notes gasped as his eyes shot open, he was alone in his bed with an ice pack on his crotch.

"Hey Sunshine, have a good nap?"

Notes groaned as he got up and stretched. "What time is it?"

"I dunno... I should have left by now... I think the dance starts in an hour."

"WHAT!" Notes looked at the clock. "Shit!" He got out of bed, pushed Hard Chord out of his room and changed before grabbing his bag of musical equipment and jumping out of his window and running of to Vinyl's.

"She's gonna hate me! That asshole!" He yelled as he ran. 

"Okay... 5772... 4.... 6!" He shouted as he ran up to the front porch.

"Okay..." catching his breath, he rang the doorbell.

Instead of Vinyl, a taller man who looked like he was in his early twenties answered. He had read hair and golden ring piercings. He seemed to examine Notes before calling inside the house.

"Vinyl! Your friend is here. He also happens to be a boy. Which is funny cause you're single and..." 

Turning back to Notes, he asked "are you single?"

"I'm not here to answer those questions." Notes answered.

"Just let him in!" Vinyl yelled from upstairs.

"Alright dude, just relax." He said as he lead him to their living room. "She's busy."

"Okay... uhm... you're her... brother?"

"Oh yeah, sorry dude. I'm Long Play." He reached out his hand to shake, which Notes did.

"Don't be nervous dude, Vinyl was a bit upset you weren't here, and also concerned for your future children after she told me what happened."

"Oh yeah... that was my brothers doing."

"Ah... well dude, if there's anything I should tell you, it's that our mom will most likely try to get you two together."

Notes blushed a deep red as some sort of rummaging was heard upstairs.

"That must be her now. Good luck." Long Play got up, patted Notes on the shoulder and went into the kitchen.

A woman, who looked to be in her mid thirties, walked down the steps with a camera in hand.

"Oh hi! You must be the lucky guy!" She went over and gave Notes a hug, who returned it, his mood lightening up a bit.

"Mom! It's not like that!" Vinyl yelled at the top of the stairs as she walked down. She had a green streak of color in her hair and green and blue make up on.

"Sorry I'm late, I passed out from pain."

"Yeah, its okay dude." She told him.

"Come on Vinyl, I really want to take a few picture of you two. You look cute."

"Okay mom, just don't take to long." She said.

"Okay... you two get next to each other. Notes, arm around her waist. Vinyl both arms around his shoulders." She waved her hand to motion them together.

The two posed, pictures were taken.

"Thank you, and don't worry Notes I'll send you the picture when they're developed."

"Thanks!"

"Come on Notes, we can paint each other when we get there!" Vinyl called as she ran out the door and he followed.

"Have fun you two!" Vinyl's mom called from the porch. Her son appearing behind her.

"They're gonna make out by the end of the night. Aren't they?"

Looking at the picture of her daughter smiling sweetly and Notes giving a shy grin she responded with "They better."





The two had just finished painting designs on each other. Vinyl added lighting bolts under her eyes and paint a heart on her breast. Notes let her paint his nails rainbow colors and paint an arrow on his face as well.

"Okay dude... ready?" She asked.

"Yep." He smiled confidently.

Putting on her shades, the two walked out on stage.





Twilight and Hard Chord watched the two perform, dancing. Pinkie got Nova out of his shell, swing dancing.

Rainbow Dash and Soarin went wild, Caramel and Applejack also danced as Fluttershy mingled around.

After the set, the two bowed hand in hand before running off stage, gasping for air.

"That was awesome!" She yelled over the cheering crowd.

"I know!" He yelled, barely able to hear himself. "Lets go someplace more quiet."

The two left the school with their gear, running through the neighborhood and cheering loudly at the success of the performance the two gave.

They eventually stopped at Vinyl's front door. Both out of breath and tired, they chuckled at how much fun they had.

"That was great!" Notes exclaimed.

"Shh" Vinyl shushed as she tried to find her keys. "But yeah... it was."

"We gotta do this more often. Tell Pinkie to keep throwing parties."

"Yeah dude, you're like the best ever." She told him.

"Are you kidding? You're amazing."

"Me? amazing? Lets talk about your awesome vocals. Their awesome to listen to and remix."

"You can remix anything to perfection." He told her.

Vinyl got her keys out, only to drop them. Both of them reached down to grab them, Notes hand accidentally grabbed Vinyl's tightly.

The two looked at each other, blushing a deep red and caught in an awkward moment. Notes broke the silence quickly.

"You're also... the best friend I've ever had... like a partner in crime... a companion..." He told her.

Vinyl smiled at him. Leaning closer, she said "You're the most supportive guys I've met. Very sweet... and willing to conquer his shyness to be there..."

The two leaned forward... the cold air burning their cheek as their lips finally met.

The kiss lasted a good few seconds, which was enough for it to stay in Note's mind forever.

"Notes... I've always thought you were a neat person... and as time went on..."

"I can't believe... she likes me..." He said out loud.

"And I've always had a thing for you... it should have happened sooner..."

"And my first kiss."

"I guess I should say that... I lo- wait... you're first kiss?"

The door swung open to see the father of the house. Vinyl's dad had red hair, a beard and diamond piercings.

"Your first kiss?" He jokingly asked.

"DAD!" Vinyl yelled so loud the whole neighborhood could have heard her.

"I-I-I-I'm s-s-s-sorry sir..." Notes said, red with embarrassment, before running down the street.

"Damnit Dad!" Vinyl angrily shoved her father before going to run after him.

"He's a keeper!" He called to her.

Vinyl caught up to Notes, stopping him. "I'm sorry, my dads a joker. He did it with my first boyfriend."

"I'm sorry I ran... I was scared... I've never-"

Vinyl put a finger on Notes lips, which made him blush more. "It's okay, Notes. I understand."

"Thank you." He hugged her tight. "Uhm hey... I was gonna ask if you'd like to meet at Sugarcube corner tomorrow morning."

Vinyl looked at him. "Of course, I'd love that."

"Okay... I gotta get home. But does this mean we're... a thing?"

"Well yeah." Vinyl said in an obvious tone.

"Okay well... good night... s-s-sweetie..."

"Nice one. A for effort."

"I just started. Give me a break."

Vinyl giggled before pulling Notes into another kiss.

"Goodnight." she whispered in his ear.

"Goodnight." He whispered back.






Hard Chord laid in bed when Notes finally got home.

"There you are! That was great, dude! Everyone had a fun time and...."

He noticed the look of pure lovestruck on his brothers face as he collapsed in his bed.

"You did it... didn't you?"

"Yep."

"First kiss?"

"Yep."

Hard Chord got up and patted Notes on the shoulder.

"Congrats dude. Don't get her pregnant." 

Notes only glared at him. But he could only stay angry for so long before going back to remembering the kiss he just had.

His dreams were with her, as they always were.