Lost Highway: love, loss, faith and dreams

by Sorenthehero117


Dawn of a New Day

[The very next day, the sun shined on a very beautiful Saturday morning as birds chirped and the morning air breezed marking the early beginning of summer. Octavia felt the brightness of the sun shinning down her window waking her up to a cheerful and happy mood. As she woke up, she got up, fully undressed and put on a robe, covering herself completely as she felt blissful and and happy and excited to greet her old friend in a bright and cheerful manner. She happily walked into his room, and sat on the edge of the bed and slowly whispered into his ear]



"Time to wake up little boy. Its time for school", she said laughing softly. "Mmhmm very funny", he said with his face planted on the pillow as she laid next to him. "Come on Lewis, its morning. You need to get up", she said to him as he continued to keep his face planted on the pillow, forgetting completely that he was fully nude under his sheets. "Why should I? Its a Saturday and I have nothing important to do today- hey... W-Were are my clothes?", he said as he got up and turned around to see Octavia in her robe as he blushed. "W-Where are your clothes?", he said, blushing like crazy as Octavia giggled and hugged him softly.


"7 years and you're still shy? Don't tell me that after all this time, you've never worked up the courage to talk to me unless we were in school", she said to him as he felt her arms around him trying to subtly keep himself covered up. "What does that have to do with the fact that I have no clothes on? How did I get like this?", he said anxiously. He must have been so exhausted that he totally forgot that he was wet as well as his clothes and that he himself stripped in front of her. Octavia giggled remembering and whispered softly into his ear, "lets just say, you took them off to feel comfortable while you slept". The both of them stayed in bed together as they talked for a while and tried to make up for lost time. Octavia told him about how she graduated from Canterlot High with great marks and graduated from college with honors and how she got a job back in the school as a music teacher.



Lewis told him about how he and 3 of his friends from Canterlot met up one day and formed a band as he had always dreamt off and how the four of them became a minor, but beloved sensation overnight. Octavia was aware of his sudden rise in fame, and didn't have the nerve to tell him how she felt about his music. She didn't know the names of his friends, because she had already graduated before she got to meet them. Lewis told her that he met them around the same time he had been out of Canterlot High. "So they heard us play and loved how we sounded, and before we knew it, we were playing live to an older crowd of hipsters and kids who liked to play 'Rebel without a cause'. We weren't exactly royalty. Hehe", he said while he looked into her purple eyes which caused him to look away for a second. "S-Sorry... I forgot how beautiful your eyes were", he said which in turn made her look away for a second.



"Oh Lewis, you always know how to make a lady feel special, you know that? You were always quite the charmer in Canterlot. Remember?", she said to him, eager to bring back old memories. "Hehe remember that prissy girl every guy wanted to ask out, but were too shy to say anything? The fashion designer that always liked to be neat and tidy about everything?", she said giggling softly as she tried to remember her name, but failed to so. "Oh my God, you mean Rosalina? Hahahaha, every guy in Canterlot High was crushing on her like crazy. What was that little nickname everyone had for her? Rare something?", he said trying to remember her nickname. Octavia laughed as she spoke, trying to mimic her snooty voice.



"Miss Rarity, the lady everybody should know", she said trying to sound as pompous as possible. "She always wore those really classy dresses, always trying to act classy, and always, ALWAYS, trying to look like a princess", she laughed as she continued talking. "All the boys loved her, and all the girls envied her, but loved her dresses like crazy", she said as he laughed. "You have the same accent as her. Were you two friends or something? Sisters?", he said giggling at how similar their voices were. "No, my family raised me around classical culture as a kid and I guess I kind of adopted the voice for it", she said as he kept listening. "I always loved you're voice. You sound so sophisticated, classy and sweet... Seems fitting since you are sophisticated, classy and sweet", he smiled as he looked at her.



Octavia giggled as she looked at him. "You don't remember do you?", she said while he scratched his head wondering what she meant. "Hehehe Lewis, she and like 10 other girls were crazy about you. She was crushing on you harder than all the boys were for her", she said laughing since he had no idea. He literally had no clue that neither her, nor anybody would have romantic feelings for him. "So Rarity... Rarity the most beautiful girl in the entire school had it in for me? Why?", he said feeling legitimately confused. "Honestly? I have no idea. We took classes together and she would often write in her textbook about what an incredibly brave, surprisingly elegant and astounding gentleman you were", she said as he looked at her weirdly. "How do you know she wrote all that?", he said wondering how she knew that. "Because she wouldn't shut the hell up about you", she said before he started snickering. He had never heard Octavia swear before, because she found it unladylike, no matter how mild it was.



"I swear she would always be blabbing about 'How I wish he would sweep me off my feet. How I wish he could take me away to a far away land. How I wish, how I wish, how I- give me a fucking break", she said before Lewis, shocked at what he just heard, couldn't help but burst into uncontrollable laughter. "W-W-What's so funny?", she said giving a slight blush. "M-Me-Melody... Did you hear yourself just now?", he said still laughing like crazy. Octavia paused for a minute and covered her face in embarrassment as she planted her face on his pillow while he kept laughing. "Y-You sound cute. Don't be embarrassed. You're like a little kid trying to sound mature", he said laughing hard. "S-Shut up", she said before putting pillow over his face as both started laughing.



[Both laughed as Octavia got up from the bed]



"I'm gonna go take a quick shower, then I'm gonna make us breakfast. Theres a fresh towel next to you. You really could use a shower too after last night", she said as he nodded. "Also, your bag is right over there, so you can dress up. You don't wanna walk around naked the entire house, do you? Hehe", she said and giggled as he blushed. "Oh and Lewis?", she said as he looked at her. "Yes Melody?".... "Welcome back", she said as she walked out of the room and closed the door. She walked to her room, dropped her robe on the floor and grabbed a towel as she walked toward the shower closing the door and turning the water on. She felt the water rushing through her body as she washed herself feeling blissful and free as she kneeled down on the floor. She closed her eyes as she suddenly began to hum a very familiar song that she only heard when she turned 18.



[Lewis dresses up casually and walks around her house and hears her in the shower as he passes by and is able to hear her singing. His face lit up as he recognized the song she was singing]



"Well well... 6 years and she still remembers that song? I only wrote it in one night... I didn't think she would ever love it"