//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Refound Love // by GamerTag //------------------------------// It was the next day, Octavia had already been there for half the day when she was called over by Bon Bon. "What is it Bon Bon?" Octavia asked. "Well, you were sent flowers." Bon Bon explained. "I was WHAT?!" Octavia yelled and then ran towards a group of ponies. The ponies were standing around an enormous bouquet of flowers, the flowers were all different colors and there was a small envelope that read the name 'Octavia' on it. Octavia ran over and read the front of the envelope and then sighed angrily. She opened the envelope and took out the small paper, the paper read, ‘To my loving Octavia. From, Caramel.’ Octavia yelled angrily and grabbed the flowers and started carrying them to the trash. "So," Lyra started as she caught up with Octavia, "Does somepony have a secret admirer," Lyra then wiggled her eyebrows. "Oh! Who is it?! What does the card say?!" Bon Bon asked excitedly. "No! He is no one! Okay?!" Octavia snapped. Lyra and Bon Bon stopped walking. Octavia walked a little more and then sighed and turned back to the two mares. "I'm sorry... I just.... Come with me to the lunch room and I will explain," Octavia said and then kept walking. Lyra and Bon Bon looked at each other. ~~~At the lunch room~~~ Octavia, Lyra, and Bon Bon were all sitting on the table, Octavia was drinking some tea she made and was silent, contemplating how to start her story. Bon Bon and Lyra were also silent, waiting for Octavia to start. "I'm married." Octavia said bluntly. "Oh! Why didn't you say so? That-" Bon Bon started but was interrupted by Octavia. "I'm not done," Octavia then breathed in and sighed a heavy sigh. Octavia then explained her whole past, Caramel's absence and now his obsession, everything. When she finished, she realized she was closing her eyes the whole time, she even had some tears forming in her eyes. She finally opened them when she felt a pony hugging her. She opened her eyes to see Bon Bon hugging her and Lyra looking at the table like she was thinking. "I'm sorry that you had to go through that," Bon Bon said and stopped hugging Octavia to look at her. "Th-thank you," Octavia said and then smiled. "I uh... Need to go..." Lyra said and then got up and left the room in a rush. "What was that about?" Octavia asked. "Octavia, in my time with Lyra I have learned one thing, she is a very strange mare," Bon Bon said. "How strange?" Octavia asked. "Well, you're going to find out tonight," Bon Bon said with a grin. ~~~At the diner~~~ Everypony had just finished ordering. Vinyl flirted with the waitress who blushed and walked away. "Vinyl, do you flirt with everypony?" Octavia asked in an annoyed tone. "Well, what can I say? Everypony is just so hot, especially you," Vinyl answered and then winked at Octavia, who glared in response. "Yeah, but you can tell when Vinyl REALLY means her flirting by the way she flirts," Lyra said with a grin. Octavia noticed that Vinyl seemed to blush a bit and then kick Lyra's leg under the table. "Do you even like mares?" Octavia asked. "I swing both ways, baby," Vinyl said with a grin. "Oh really? Well so do I," Octavia said. At this, it seemed Vinyl's grin grew bigger. "Oh really? Well what do you say we-" Vinyl started but was interrupted by Bon Bon. "OH NO NO NO NO! You are not going to finish that!" Bon Bon yelled. "What, I was going to include you and Lyra," Vinyl said with a grin. "Sorry Vi but I gotta pass on that, they just released a new human book," Lyra said with a smile. Octavia stared at Lyra in confusion. Did I hear her right? Bon Bon noticed Octavia's confusion and clarified, "Remember when I told you Lyra was a strange mare? Well, she is obsessed with humans." "Well that's... Interesting..." Octavia said. Bon Bon seemed a bit sadden by Octavia’s response, so Octavia then said, "But why should I judge a pony by the things she likes." Bon Bon seemed to perk up at this, Lyra was too busy trying to use her fork as a hand, and Vinyl was smiling, but not her normal 'I am getting to you' or her 'I am going to do something bad', but a genuine smile. "So Vinyl, do you ever take off your sunglasses?" Octavia asked. Vinyl seemed to cringe at the question but then quickly put on her trademark grin and answered with, "Nah, I need em for my image." Octavia raised an eyebrow at this She's definitely hiding something "Enough about me Tavi, even though I know you want to know EVERYTHING about me," Vinyl said with a grin, "What about you?" "What about me?" Octavia asked. "How about.... What do you do when you are NOT working?" Bon Bon asked. "Well, I normally read-" "BORING!" Vinyl interrupted. Octavia glared at Vinyl and continued, " And practice my cello. Though on the days I don't come to work, I go to work with my ensemble." "Imbecile?" Vinyl asked. "No Vinyl, ensemble, not imbecile," Octavia said deadpanned. "Oh Octavia, don't call yourself an imbecile," Vinyl said grinning. "Maybe she was calling you an imbecile Vinyl," Lyra said with a grin. Vinyl seemed to glare at her but it was hard to tell with her glasses on. "How many players are in your ensemble?" Bon Bon asked. "There are three other members, there is Fredric the pianist, Beauty Brass the tuba player, and her coltfriend Harpo the harpist," Octavia answered. "Oh cool," Vinyl said, she sounded a bit worried. Lyra looked at her with an all knowing smile and Bon Bon looked at the two confused. "This always happens, those two are so close, it's scary," Bon Bon whispered to Octavia. Octavia nodded and then a question popped into her head. "Bon Bon, are Lyra and Vinyl a couple?" Octavia asked. Bon Bon laughed at Octavia's question and the answered, "No, actually, me and Lyra are a couple." "So she's all yours," Lyra said. Octavia and Bon Bon looked over to Lyra and Vinyl who had been apparently listening to their conversation. Octavia blushed at Lyra's comment and Bon Bon facehooved. "Here you mares go," The waitress said and then gave the mares their food. When they started eating, Vinyl spoke up, "Hey guys." Everypony looked over at Vinyl and saw she was holding a note in her magic. "Is that... The waitress's phone number?" Octavia asked. Vinyl laughed. "Yep." "What are you going to do with it?" Lyra asked. "Throw it out," Vinyl answered and then proceeded the rip the paper apart, "like Lyra said, I'm all yours Octy." Octavia blushed again and went back to eating her food, Vinyl just looked at her with a grin and Bon Bon and Lyra whispered something to each other. ~~~Later~~~ Everypony finished eating and had gone out to walk around the city. The two were passing a bookstore when Lyra started freaking out. "OH MY GOSH BONNIE! THE BOOK IS HERE!!! C'MON LET'S GO GET IT!" Lyra said excitedly and then grabbed Bon Bon and shoved her into the store, leaving Vinyl and Octavia outside alone. "Those two are definitely unique," Octavia said, looking inside the bookstore to see Lyra running around like a little foal on Christmas and Bon Bon following her smiling at Lyra's joy. Vinyl chuckled and then said, "Yeah." The two stood in silence for a few minutes until Vinyl broke the silence. "Sorry." "What?" Octavia asked confused. "I'm... I'm sorry for being so… Immature all the time. I just love having fun and getting on ponies nerves, I never mean to hurt them or anything like that, so sorry if you found me rude before, I just like to see you angry because like I said, you look cute when you’re angry," Vinyl said with a sad smile. Octavia blushed and answered, "It's alright." And then smiled. Maybe... She's not as bad as I thought she was. "Oh Tavi are you blushing? Wow I haven't even tried and you have already fallen head over heels for me," Vinyl said with a grin. But she is still annoying. "Just keep telling yourself that Vinyl," Octavia said with a grin of her own. "But I hope we can get to hang out more, you seem like a cool pony Tavi, even with that stick up ya rump," Vinyl said. "As do I Miss Scratch, even thought you have the intelligence and mindset of a foal," Octavia responded. Lyra and Bon Bon walked out of the store, Bon Bon had an exhausted smile on her face, presumably from trying to keep up with Lyra, and Lyra and a huge smile on her face. "WE GOT IT! NOW ME AND BONNIE ARE GOING TO GO HOME NOW, I CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER SECOND TO READ THIS!!!" Lyra said and then started walking away. "We'll see you both next week," Bon Bon said and then galloped after Lyra. "So I will see you next week Vinyl," Octavia said and then brought out her hoof to shake Vinyl's hoof. "No way, you are not getting rid of me that easily. I am walking you home," Vinyl said. "I can take care of myself Vinyl," Octavia said slightly annoyed. "This area is a dangerous area and I am not going to be blamed for your death because you walked home alone, so c'mon we're going," Vinyl said and then started walking. She then stopped and turned around. "Where's your house?" Vinyl asked with a sheepish smile. Octavia rolled her eyes and said, "Follow me, oh protector of mine." ~~~Later~~~ "The park is so pretty at night," Octavia said. Her and Vinyl were in the park walking towards Octavia's home. "Yeah." Vinyl said. "Well, I mean, you can't really tell with those glasses on." Octavia said with a grin. Vinyl grinned at Octavia's comment and said, "Nice try Octy, but it's gonna take more then that to get these off my face, maybe a kiss." "In your dreams Scratch." Octavia said. "So, how did you get your cutie mark?" Vinyl asked. "Well, my parents both play instruments, so they of course taught me and my sister how to play-" "Wait, you have a sister? Is she hot?" "VINYL!" Vinyl laughed, "What?! Just asking!" Octavia rolled her eyes and continued, "We tried different instruments, and as you can see, I ended up favoring the cello. It wasn't until I had a solo in a school play that I got my cutie mark." "Hm, nice story, I wonder how you looked as a foal." "My parent's house is filled with photos of me and my sister, including foal pictures." Vinyl grinned, "Can we go there now?" "No Vinyl." "Awwwww," Vinyl whined and then fake pouted. This made Octavia laugh. "Hey look!" Vinyl said and pointed to a group of ponies who were dancing, there was classical music being played. "Oh, that looks cute," Octavia said. "Let's dance!" Vinyl said and then grabbed Octavia, who pulled away. "No way!" "C'mon Tavi!" "I said no!" "Please? Give it a try." Octavia sighed in defeat, "Fine." Vinyl smiled and then grabbed Octavia and the two danced. The two danced for a few minutes until the song changed. By the end the two were sweating and laughing. "See?! I told you it would be fun!" Vinyl said happily. "Fine, you were right..." Octavia said with a smile. "Oh Octavia," Vinyl started and then put her hoof around Octavia, "As you will soon learn, I am very right on a lot of things, and well as fun," Vinyl grinned at the last line. "Oh shut up you," Octavia said and then pushed Vinyl's hoof off of her. The two continued walking in silence, both had smiles on their face. "I realized something Vinyl," Octavia said. "What?" Vinyl asked. "You never told me your cutie mark story." Vinyl scratched her chin like she was thinking and started, "Well-" but was interrupted by Octavia's phone going off. Octavia took out her phone to see that Caramel has been texting her, his newest text was, 'WHERE ARE YOU?!' Octavia ignored the text and said, "Continue." Vinyl then continued, "Well, my whole family is kind of related to partying in some way so I was kind of raised into partying. At my big brother's birthday party the DJ got too drunk and passed out, so I decided to try my hoof at DJing and I did really well and got my cutie mark." "Did you have your glasses?" Octavia asked. "Uh... Yeah?" Vinyl said confused, "Why do you want to see my eyes so badly?" "Well, it just fascinates me that neither Lyra nor Bon Bon have seen them, and neither has any of your fans," Octavia explained. "Well, I will let you see them, for one kiss," Vinyl said with a grin. "Okay," Octavia said. "I know- wait WHAT?!" Vinyl yelled, and Octavia started laughing. "Kidding, you're not going to get me to kiss you THAT easily," Octavia said with a grin. Vinyl glared at her, "You're cruel Tavi." She then smiled, "Good to know that you can deal with me." "Oh please Vinyl, you are easy." "Oh really? Then maybe I should start to step up my game." "NO! I mean... Whatever." Vinyl grinned and then said, "Knew ya still found me annoying, good to know I will get to see your face turn red and your muzzle scrunch up like it does when you're mad." Octavia blushed a bit at the detail Vinyl said about how she looked when she was mad. "Whelp looks like we're here," Vinyl said. Octavia was having so much fun she completely forgot about her home. "Oh it seems we are." "That will be 10 bits." "I am not paying you Vinyl," Octavia said with a grin, "Good night Vinyl." "Night Octy." And the two went their separate ways. Well it seems Bon Bon was right after all... ~~~Upstairs~~~ Once Octavia got upstairs she found Caramel sitting on the couch waiting for her. "WHERE WERE YOU!? WHY DIDN'T YOU ANSWER MY TEXTS OR CALLS!?" Caramel yelled. "I was out with some friends from work, calm down," Octavia said. Caramel then started sobbing. "YOU WENT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUND ME, DIDN'T YOU?!" He sobbed and then started rolling on the floor. Octavia sighed and then just walked into her bedroom. Caramel got up from the floor as soon as he heard the door close. Octavia had never done this before, usually she stays until he stops crying, but she just left. What has gotten into her? He wondered. There is something going on at work, and I am going to find out what.