Octavia stood outside the door to her apartment, trying to contemplate this new discovery.
I like Vinyl.... BUT I AM MARRIED!
Octavia shook her head.
Yes I am married, I will just move on from this like it never hap-
Octavia then remembered something.
'Octavia, make me one promise. If you start to fall in love with somepony else, go after them and don't stop because of Caramel, okay?'
Bon Bon's voice rung in Octavia's head. Why did Bon Bon want her to promise that? Did Bon Bon know something Octavia didn't?
What in Celestia's name is going on....
So now, when Octavia thought everything was getting back on track, she ran into more problems.
I like Vinyl and my friends know something about that...
Octavia was going to continue thinking about an answer but she realized that she had been standing outside her door for long enough that it was weird.
Octavia then went into her apartment, where she found something she was not expecting...
She found that all the lights in the apartment were off and the room was lit by candles. On the table was a romantic dinner with wine and there were rose petals everywhere.
"Hello baby," Caramel said in a seductive voice, he was sitting at the table.
"Caramel... What the bloody hell are you doing?" Octavia asked in annoyance.
"Well, I thought it has been awhile since we last had a romantic dinner together," Caramel said and he got up and went behind Octavia and whispered, "and other things,"
"Caramel, I am not going to have sex with you," Octavia said and started going straight to her bedroom.
Caramel quickly went in front of the door, "Fine fine! I'm sorry! I just thought that is was MARRIED couples do,"
Octavia raised her eyebrow.
I am guessing he got advice from his friends at work. Little do they know how clingy he actually is.
"Caramel I told you not to get love advice from your coworkers," Octavia said.
"Well sorry! I am trying to be a good husband here!" Caramel complained.
Octavia sighed in defeat, she knew he wasn't going to let her through and Caramel was a lot stronger than her so pushing her way through was not an option. So Octavia gave up and sat down at the table where the romantic dinner waited for them.
Caramel smiled and sat down across from Octavia.
Octavia started eating right away, trying to get this dinner over with.
"You look really pretty today," Caramel complemented.
"Thank you," Octavia said coldly and continued eating.
What do I do about Vinyl? I need to talk to somepony but who? I could talk to Beauty Brass but she is going out with Harpo tomorrow. I don't think Fredric is a great pony to talk to so that leaves Bon Bon and Lyra. Well Lyra-
"You know how much I love you right?" Caramel asked, holding one of Octavia's hoofs.
Octavia sighed in annoyance, she choose not to respond to that.
Where was I? Oh yes, Lyra does know a lot about Vinyl but she may tell Vinyl since they are so close. So I guess I speak with Bon Bon on Wednes-
"You know how much I love you, RIGHT?" Caramel asked again, squeezing Octavia's hoof.
"Yes," Octavia mumbled quietly.
Tomorrow, I am talking to her tomorrow. I can't handle a whole day of him.
"Are you sure? Because if you do then why are you doing this to me?" Caramel asked, tears starting to form in his eyes.
Oh Celestia not again...
"Doing what to you Caramel?"
"DON'T PLAY DUMB! WHY ARE YOU GETTING A DIVORCE AND HURTING ME?!" Caramel yelled, tears streaming down his face.
Octavia didn't say anything for a while, she just stared at him. After a few minutes of silence, Caramel started sobbing and rolling on the floor.
Octavia sighed in annoyance before finally saying something,
"Caramel, I can't be the source of all your happiness,"
Caramel didn't answer, he just continued sobbing.
Octavia finally grew tired of this and snapped, "Do I really know how much you love me Caramel? Because if you really loved me, you would want me to be happy,"
Octavia then went into the bedroom and laid down onto the bed. After a few minutes, she too started to cry.
"Why is this my life? What did I do to deserve this? I just want to be happy, I don't need romance or fame or anything like that, I just don't want to be trapped like this,"
Octavia then turned into her pillow to muffle her crying. After a few minutes, she heard her phone go off as she got a text.
Octavia lifted her head from the pillow and grabbed her phone to see who was texting her, it was Vinyl.
'Hey babe, wassup?'
Octavia smiled, she then texted back.
'Hello Vinyl, may I ask why you are texting me so late?'
'Oh shit sorry, I just couldn't fall asleep.'
'Well to answer your question, I am actually a little depressed. I just woke up from a pretty sad dream,'
'Oh? Well sorry to hear that Octy. If you want you can come over to my place and I can cuddle you,'
'In your dreams Vinyl,'
Octavia then started thinking, why did Vinyl flirt with her?
Does she also like me, or is it because she just likes flirting with ponies?
She then started thinking about the diner trip they had where Vinyl flirted with the waitress.
Maybe she just like flirting with ponies, but why did she throw away her number?
Octavia shook her head, it was a stupid thing to think anyways.
'You know you want to Tavi ;)'
Maybe I do....
'Sure Vinyl, and I also want to become a stallion.'
'WOAH THERE! This conversation has taken a turn. I mean, I do like stallions so I am pretty okay if you did change.'
'Vinyl I am being sarcastic.'
'Oh.... But you have to admit it would be hot af.'
'Goodnight Vinyl.'
'Night Octy, I hope you sleep well.'
And with that, Octavia went to sleep.
~~~Meanwhile~~~
She couldn't do it. She had chickened out.
Vinyl put down her phone, she was sitting in a bar.
"She kissed my cheek, that has to mean something right?" Vinyl asked the bartender.
"I don't know mate, it seems more like it was supposed to just be a sign of gratitude," The bartender answered.
Vinyl sighed, "Give me another drink,"
~~~The next day~~~
Octavia made her way to Bon Bon and Lyra's house.
I hope Bon Bon is there alone, it will be hard to get her alone if Lyra is also there.
Once Octavia made it to their house, she knocked on the door and luckily enough Bon Bon answered it.
"Good morning Octavia! What brings you here?" Bon Bon asked.
Octavia smiled, "Good morning Bon Bon, is Lyra here?"
"No, she went out to go find Vinyl,"
Octavia frowned.
Find Vinyl? What happened to her?
"What happened to Vinyl?" Octavia asked in concern.
"Well, this morning Lyra woke up to a bunch of voice mails from her. The first few were normal but then she started to sound more and more drunk in each voice mail. Lyra tried calling Vinyl but nopony picked up so now Lyra went off to find her," Bon Bon explained.
"Oh Celestia! I hope Vinyl is alright! Vinyl actually texted me last night,"
Bon Bon's eyes widened, "She did?! What did she say?!"
"Nothing weird, she was being her normal self overall," Octavia said, handing Bon Bon her phone to read Vinyl's texts.
As Bon Bon read through them, her face became one of concentration.
"These texts are between the gap of the ones where Vinyl was sober and when she was drunk,"
Bon Bon then returned Octavia's phone, "Well I can tell Lyra you were here when-"
"No actually," Octavia interrupted, "I came here to see you in private. It actually has to do with Vinyl,"
"Oh! Alright then come inside," Bon Bon said and then moved out of the way so Octavia could come into the apartment.
Octavia sat down onto the couch and Bon Bon went into the kitchen.
"Would you like something to drink?" Bon Bon asked.
"Some tea would be lovely, but if you don't have any I could have some coffee," Octavia answered.
After a few minutes, Bon Bon same out with two cups of coffee, "Sorry, me and Lyra don't drink tea,"
"It's quite alright. Thank you for the coffee," Octavia thanked and then grabbed one of the cups.
"So," Bon Bon said, sitting down in the couch next to Octavia, "What did you need to say about Vinyl?"
Octavia took a deep breath before answering, "I like Vinyl,"
~~~Meanwhile~~~
Lyra walked through the city to where Vinyl lives.
I swear to Celestia if Vinyl is not home I am going to kill somepony.
One Lyra made it to Vinyl's apartment building she went up to stairs to Vinyl's apartment and knocked on her door.
After a few seconds of silence she heard a voice on the other side of the door.
"Don't knock so hard! I have a hangover!" Vinyl yelled groggily from the other side of the door.
"Oh thank Celestia Vinyl, what the hell were you doing last night?!" Lyra asked from the other side of the door.
"Lyra? What the hell are you doing here?" Vinyl asked.
Lyra then heard a hooves walked towards the door, and a few things fall as well as Vinyl cursing under her breath.
Vinyl then opened the door. When she did Lyra saw Vinyl, her mane was an even bigger mess than it normally was and she had bags under her eyes.
"Celestia Vinyl, what happened to you?!" Lyra asked in concern.
"Well, it all started last night after Tavi's concert. When I walked her home she kissed me on the cheek,"
~~~Meanwhile~~~
Octavia waited for Bon Bon to react to what she had just revealed but Bon Bon just looked like she was waiting for more.
"And?" Bon Bon asked.
"And?! I just told you something insane!" Octavia exclaimed.
Bon Bon looked at her in confusion, "What? Did you think that I thought you disliked Vinyl?"
"What?! No! I mean I LIKE Vinyl,"
Bon Bon still looked confused.
Octavia sighed in annoyance, "I HAVE A CRUSH ON VINYL!"
Once Octavia finished her outburst, she was blushing, she looked over at Bon Bon who just had her mouth open in shock.
"You... YOU HAVE A CRUSH ON VINYL?!" Bon Bon exclaimed.
"Yes... I realized it last night after my concert," Octavia explained.
"This... THIS IS GREAT! Wait... NO! WHAT ABOUT CARAMEL!"
"I DON'T KNOW YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WANTED ME TO PROMISE TO GO AFTER A PONY I LIKE!"
"I ONLY DID THAT BECAUSE LYRA TOLD ME TO!" Bon Bon yelled back but quickly put her front hooves onto her muzzle as she realized what she just told Octavia.
Octavia stared at her with wide eyes, "Lyra told you to do that?"
"Well uh you see... Yes... She did," Bon Bon answered in defeat.
"My Celestia... WHAT IS GOING ON THAT I DON'T KNOW?!" Octavia yelled.
~~~Meanwhile~~~
"She did?! That's awesome!" Lyra exclaimed.
"Yeah, but then I started thinking. Does she like me too? Or was it a sign of friendship?" Vinyl explained, "I wanted to talk it out with you but you were asleep I guess so I decided to finally try and ask Octavia out on a date. We had a conversation and I chickened out of asking,"
"You chickened out of asking Octavia and then you went on a drinking spree? Why?" Lyra asked.
"Well, other then not knowing if Octavia likes me back. I also thought of the possibility that she just likes me physically or something stupid like that,"
"So like him?" Lyra asked, saying him in a venomous tone.
"Yes, now I would like to be alone, so bye Lyra," Vinyl said and then attempted to shut the door but was stopped by Lyra's hoof.
"Before I go, just promise me to keep trying," Lyra said.
"I'm not making any promises," Vinyl said coldly and then shut the door.
~~~Meanwhile~~~
"My Celestia, I go to this new job for less than two weeks and everything is already falling apart!" Octavia exclaimed.
"Octavia I just want to say I have no idea what Lyra is planning as well," Bon Bon said.
Octavia turned to Bon Bon and sighed, "I was hoping you would. Whatever, do you at least have any idea what I should do about Vinyl?"
"Well, I think you should talk to her or try being in a relationship with her," Bon Bon explained.
Octavia sighed and looked away from Bon Bon, Bon Bon then walked up to Octavia and put her hoof onto Octavia's shoulder.
"Octavia, in the little time I have known you I can tell that you are hurting a lot in your life. So I think you should try to stop that. Put your hoof down and try again," Bon Bon explained.
Octavia then turned to Bon Bon and smiled, "Alright Bon Bon, I'll try. But it may take awhile,"
Bon Bon smiled as well, "I know, and I am willing to help you every step of the way,"