//------------------------------// // Smooth... // Story: Fancy Meeting YOU here... // by Unbound Bass //------------------------------// "We're back!!!" Vinyl shouted enthusiastically. "I guess we are." Tavi mildly said as she prepared for battle. "Wait!!!" "What's wrong?" Vinyl asked concerned slightly for the sudden urgency. "Hold on." Tavi ran out of the room and back into her bedroom and grabbed her phone. She ran back to the computer room with her phone in her right forehoof. It wasn't a true run. It looked like a horrible limp. "What was so important?" Vinyl asked leaning back in her rolling chair. "I have to get Derpy." Tavi said smiling. "Ooooooh!!! This is about your little friend." Vinyl chuckled and consequently earned a glare from Tavi. "She promised that she wouldn't go on without me. It seems reasonable that I do the same." Tavi huffed as she finished. "What makes you think she'll be up right now?" Vinyl asked skeptically. "It is like 11:45 at night." "That's easy. She eats pure sugar muffins. She'll be up for sure. Honestly...I don't know if she ever sleeps." Tavi said with a puzzled face. This was the first time she'd thought about it. "I doubt she's up right now." Vinyl said with a grin. "Betcha 20 Bits!" "Okay...prepare to be 20 Bits less rich." Tavi said. "Hahaha!!! I doubt you even have 20 bits on-" The unicorn was cut off by a loud ringtone. The ringtone was singing "It's Muffin Time!!!" over and over. "I told you she would." The grey mare put on a smug face. "Fine...let me go get your bits." Vinyl said with a frown. "Vinyl I was only kidding. It's okay you don't have to pay me." "Really?" The white mare asked with a confused face. "In a way you already have..." Tavi said as she looked down to read the text Derpy had sent her. YAY!!! LET'S DO IT!!! Tavi sat in her chair. She realized something. She didn't have her headset. "Uh...Vinyl?" "Wh-aaa-t?" Vinyl was stuffing her face with chips. Tavi had no idea where they came from. "Do you have a spare headset?" Tavi asked as she watched the horrid sight that was...Vinyl eating. The unicorn rummaged around in a desk drawer until she pulled a spare headset out. Instead of doing the more effective and probably less painful way of giving them to the earth pony she didn't use her magic, but instead she simply threw them over her shoulder blindly. Tavi had turned around to check her phone and when she turned back around she got a headset straight to the muzzle. "Vinyl!" Tavi seemingly forgot that some neighbors were trying to sleep. "What n-aaa-wwww!" Vinyl asked as if she didn't know what she had done. "Nevermind." Tavi couldn't be mad at the poor mare for long. It was just Vinyl's reckless personality...admittedly it was one of the reasons Tavi loved her. Tavi turned to the screen to see a request pop-up in the bottom left corner of her screen. Friend "Derpy" has invited you to a party! (CLICK TO JOIN) Tavi clicked it and the party interface came up. She invited Vinyl and waited for her to join. Vinyl's name appeared in the interface. "Oh..." Derpy said sounding quite sad. "What's wrong Derpster?" Tavi asked. She heard Vinyl giggle. It had an awkward echo. "I feel awkward now." Derpy said letting out a nervous chuckle. "Why?" Tavi asked. "SHE is here." Derpy said softly. "Who?" Tavi asked oblivious to the obvious answer that was sitting in the same room. "Your mare-friend..." Derpy said sadly. Tavi inhaled quickly. She had completely forgotten about the letter and Derpy's feelings for her. "Whoops..." Tavi said as she exhaled. She hadn't realized she'd been holding her breath. "I think I'm going to leave." Derpy said she sounded the way she did before she was about to cry. Tavi could hear her crying right before her name disappeared form the party interface. "Buck..." The two mares said in unison. They sat silently after that. The room was filled with the hum of electronics. Tavi began to quietly sob. Vinyl sat there silent. The white unicorn was pondering something. Then she said aloud... "Why not three?"