//------------------------------// // Roommates // Story: True Love // by DJRadster //------------------------------// “Vinyl?” “Octavia! It is you!” Vinyl rushed up to her and gave her a big hug. “It’s been so many years! And you still remember me.” “Its nice meeting you too Vinyl. …. “um, Vinyl?” “Yea?” “You’re still hugging me” As soon as Octavia said that, Vinyl opened her eyes to check, which were closed at the time, and she was in fact still hugging her. Vinyl lets go of her, a little blush on her cheeks. “Sorry ‘bout that.” Vinyl said in an embarrassed voice “It’s quite alright.” Octavia replied. There was a little pause between both of the mares. “Soooo” Vinyl deciding to break the silence “How’s it been? With the whole classical thing.” Octavia didn’t want to answer that question, but she did anyway. “Terrible” She stated bending her head down. “What? Did something bad happen?” Vinyl said a little concerned. “Let’s see, I’ve been having money trouble for the past two months, it’s been very hard trying to get in another performance, my landlord kicked me out this morning, oh, and I have no where to go now. And its all because of that dreadful, dream murdering, pink earth pony!” Octavia said, now a little mad remembering that horrible day. “Wow…sorry, I shouldn’t have asked.” Vinyl said regretting asking the question now. “No… It’s my fault for over-reacting.” Octavia said regaining her posture a bit. “You were just asking a friendly question.” Again, there was another pause between the mares. Then Vinyl had an idea. “Soooo…” Vinyl started “You don’t have a place to stay now?” “No” Octavia replied with a sad tone to her voice. “Well, if you want, you can stay at my place.” “What?” Octavia said a little shocked of what Vinyl had said to her. “No, I can’t, it wouldn’t be_” “It’s only until you can get back on your hooves again. It’ll be fine Octy, really.” Vinyl said, not letting Octavia finish her sentence. “Did you just call me, Octy? Please don’t tell me you’re going to start calling me by that dreadful nickname you came up with when we were in school again are you?” Octavia never did like that nickname. Or any nicknames for the matter. “Is that really what’s important right now?” Vinyl said with a little smile on her face. Octavia started thinking. ‘Should I? I don’t want to cause any trouble for her. I mean, we’re two different types of ponies. One well mannered and one trouble maker living in the same house. This could never work. But I can’t just live out here, what if something happened to me? But I can’t live with someone who makes loud, ear shattering music either!’ Vinyl was just standing there waiting for Octavia’s answer. She was about to sit down to rest her hooves when Octavia said, “Are you certain?” Octavia said to vinyl, making sure it wouldn’t be a problem. “What?” “Are you sure?” Octavia repeated in a way that hopefully Vinyl could understand this time. “Oh! Yea I’m sure. Don’t worry about a thing Octy. My place isn’t as bad as you think.” Vinyl said laughing a little. ‘It’ll only be for a couple of nights. I can last that long with her, right?’ Octavia talking to herself again. “Alright.” Octavia finally answering Vinyl’s question. “But only for a little while” “Yes! You’ll be in good hooves Octy.” “I hope so” she said in a whisper. “What?” “Oh, Nothing…So where is your house.” “Oh, it’s all the way over at Ponyville” Vinyl said. “Ponyville? Then what are you doing here in Canterlot? Ponyville is a whole train ride from here” Octavia asked curious to why Vinyl was here. “I’m here cause I wanted to see some new club called ‘Vibe’. Not bad actually.” “There’s a club here? In Canterlot?” “Some of you ‘classy’ ponies don’t know this but at the very left side of Canterlot there’s ponies like me with clubs, bars, and other cool stuff. Not to mention a lot of loudness in there” “If it’s so loud how come I never heard any of it?” “Magic border around the left side to keep from disturbing other ponies nearby.” Octavia was surprised that she never knew about this. “Look, do you wanna keep talkin’ here or do you wanna get to your new home? It’s starting to get dark out here.” Vinyl said now getting a little bored here. “Very well, let’s go” And so they headed to Vinyl’s place to rest for the night. Octavia not fully convinced that being Vinyl’s roommate was going to be such a good idea. But what she didn’t know was that Vinyl was going to enjoy this. Because ever sensed school started, Vinyl had always had a crush on the mare, and the crush had always stuck with Vinyl, never leaving.