Something More

by GhostieToastie


Chapter 6

Vinyl fluffed her mane, and wiped her hoof across her forehead. She'd been playing for an hour and a half now, and she decided it was time to take a break. She signaled to some ponies waiting behind her, and they rushed up and pushed some dials. The music shifted to a station on the radio, and Vinyl stretched and walked down off the short stage.

A few ponies waved their hooves at her, and some she recognized motioned her over. Usually, Vinyl would've jumped at the chance to socialize with these important ponies, but she only smiled apologetically as she trotted away.

Octavia can't be too hard to find, Vinyl thought, After all, she doesn't even know her way around.

The DJ nosed her way through the crowd of ponies, nodding at those who beckoned to her.

"Dammit," She murmured, "Where is that mare?"

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Octavia spun around on the bar-stool, extremely amused. The ponies around her were tipsy, so they just grinned and laughed with her.

The bartender pony was amused as well.

She was so reluctant at first, He thought as he shook another drink, But then again, I guess all the inexperienced ones are.

He placed a fifth glass down in front of Octavia, and she grinned up at him with such effort that she fell off the tall chair.

"Shaank you, mishter!" She wobbled to her hooves, and then into the chair again.

He snorted. She was a lightweight, to be sure. He imagined she'd probably never had this much alcohol in her entire life.

She sat straight up in her chair, and yelled dramatically, "Catch me-eee!"

The staggering ponies behind her lurched to catch her, and she flopped over, barely suspended above the ground.

She snickered and rolled out of their arms, laying on the floor. Suddenly, she felt very, very, tired.

Octavia's eyes fluttered shut, and her mouth dropped open. She began to fake-snore loudly, causing the ponies around her to laugh even more raucously.

I wonder where Vinyl is? Octavia briefly wondered as her mind melted into the warm folds of sleep. I want to thank her.

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Vinyl was getting impatient. She'd searched every area of the enormous room that she'd expect Tavi would find.

Fine. She thought, I need a drink.

Vinyl headed for the small bar, and she looked curiously towards a crowd of ponies huddled around something on the floor.

Shrugging, Vinyl sat down on a bar-stool and waited for the bartender to turn to her.

"I'll take an appletini?" Vinyl asked pleasantly.

"Anythin' for you, DJ." The bartender chuckled and turned to make the drink.

"So, what're those ponies looking at?" Vinyl peered over at them, but they stood so close together, she couldn't see a thing past their laughing forms.

The bartender slid the delicately drinking glass in front of her. "Some mare," He grinned, "She's a real newbie to drinking. I gotta say, it's pretty damn funny the way she's been reacting."

Vinyl paused."What, um, What'd this mare look like?" She held her breath, and looked over again at the group of ponies.

"Hmm. Gray fur, black mane, some purple cutie-mark, maybe it was an ampersand?" The bartender murmured thoughtfully.

"Dammit!" Vinyl stepped off the bar-stool and approached the ponies.

"Excuse me." Vinyl nudged at them.

Nopony moved.

"Excuse me." She said again, louder.

None of them seemed to notice her.

"Celestia-dammit, you dumb drunks, move out of my way!" She spat out at the ponies in front of her.

One pony lazily looked back at her, and he spoke in a slurred tone.

"Woaah. It's DJ Pon3.." His friends turned to face her and they gasped, and stumbled closer.

Vinyl shoved past them, impatient.

"Tavi?" She stared down at the quivering blob of fur on the floor.

"Are you.. are you okay?" Vinyl nervously prodded the mare's back.

There was a long pause.

"Octa-AAAH!" Vinyl jumped back, as Octavia shot straight up in the air, flinging her hooves toward Vinyl.

"Surprhise!" She screamed happily.

"Celestia!" Vinyl panted. "Why would you do that!?"

Drunkenly, Octavia swung her arms around Vinyl's neck. Vinyl blushed, and tried to remove the flustered mare.

"Vinyl~" Octavia grinned and clung to her.

"Oooo-kay." Vinyl turned toward the burly stallion and asked, "How many drinks did you give her!?"

The bartender laughed, and shaking another drink for a pink mare, said, "She's had about 7 or 8, I'd say."

Vinyl stared at him, floored. "And what was in the drinks?"

"Cider and vodka. But mostly vodka." He waved at her with a hoof. "Now go, on, she'll need accompaniment home."

"I can't just leave!" Vinyl yelled, but the stallion refused to look back at her.

With an exasperated sigh, Vinyl hoisted Octavia onto her back, and shoved her way back to the stage.

She set Octavia down, and turned to cup her face with her hooves.

"Please, Octavia, if there's any rational thought in your head left, just don't move. Okay?" Vinyl stared at the mare's vacant eyes.

Octavia slumped over and began to snore.

Vinyl sat there for a moment, holding Octavia's face, with a look of disbelief. Finally she decided that sleeping was better, and she released Octavia and returned to her platform.

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Ponies slowly drifted out the doors, and Vinyl stood behind the tables, utterly exhausted. She stepped over to a still-sleeping Octavia, and shook her gently.

"Let's go, Octavia. You've got to tell me where you live so I can get you home."

Octavia sat up, and blurted out, "No!"

Vinyl looked at her, confused. "Why?"

Octavia looked around quickly, and whispered, "I can't tell you where home is!"

Vaguely amused, Vinyl played along. "Right, but why?"

Octavia erupted into quiet giggles. "Because, if I do that, you'll take me home!"

Laughing, Vinyl shook her head. "Well, yeah. Why is that bad?"

Squealing, Octavia rolled onto her stomach. "I don't want to go home."

"Never?" Vinyl smiled, a mischievous glint in her eye.

"I don't want to go to my home!"

Vinyl's laughter slowed. "Then where do you want to go?" She asked.

"I wanna go home with Viiiinyl!" Octavia breathed out the unicorns name slowly.

Vinyl's mouth dropped open, and she felt her cheeks grow hot.

"But don't tell her!" Octavia began giggling again.

Vinyl stammered, "C-come on, just tell me where you need to go.."

Octavia perked her ears, and kept giggling, "I told you, I needa go home with V~"

The melodic tune of her voice made Vinyl nervous. She wasn't sure how she was supposed to react. A part of her wanted desperately to pick up the tipsy mare and bring her home, but she knew this wasn't Octavia. It would be wrong to take advantage of her emotions like that..

"Vinyl is sho pretty, don't you think?" Octavia's head tilted to the side and rested on her shoulder sleepily.

It would be so wrong..

The corners of Octavia's mouth turned up in a drunken smile, "I bet Vinyl'sh a really good kissher.."

Vinyl stared at the mare who sat, with her mouth slightly open, and a cute pink blush on her cheeks.

So wrong..

A soft noise dripped like honey out of the tired mare's mouth, and suddenly, she was levitated in front of Vinyl, as though being cradled.

"Noo-oo.." Octavia whispered, "I wanna go with Vinyl.."

Vinyl closed her eyes and willed herself to stay strong.

"You'll just have to stay at a hotel tonight, then.." Vinyl couldn't look down.

A soft whimper forced her eyes down onto the gray mare who had slid closer to Vinyl in the bubble of magic.

Her violet eyes sparkled in the pale moonlight, and Vinyl couldn't help but think it was stupidly like a romance movie.

Stay strong, V.. Suddenly, a soft hoof reached up and prodded Vinyl's face.

Vinyl looked into her eyes and something inside her collapsed.

Turning away from the road to town, Vinyl walked patiently toward her home.

"Whu-?" Octavia murmured.

"Okay." Vinyl said bluntly.

"Oh..kay?"

"You can go home with Vinyl."