“If it were me, I might’ve called a restraining order.”
EVENT SIX: Lunch Break
“Wait? You did what?” Grace muttered through a mouthful of chips. “Coco, are you buckin’ crazy?!”
“No,” Coco mumbled as she poked at her salad. “I just thought--”
“--you sure as hay weren’t thinkin’, hiring her to be your assistant for the day,” Grace interrupted. She paused to take a sip of her hay cola. “She cheated, treated you like crap and lied to get her way to the top. Then, she tried to brainwash you to be the same way! She was takin’ your little marshmellow brain and trying to squish it into what she wanted!”
“Can you please stop with the marshmellow gag?” Coco sighed. “It’s getting old.”
“Fine, but whatever,” Grace continued, with a wave of her hoof. “That Suri, Zuri, whatever the hay her name is -- she’s bad news. I dunno why you gave her a second chance.”
Coco hesitated, and shrugged. “Maybe she’ll say sorry,” she said softly.
Grace snorted. “After the stories you told me? Doubt it.” She picked up a piece of her mini pizza and bit into it. “You want a slice?”
Coco shook her head. “She, um, told me you spit coffee at her,” she added.
“That was actually an accident,” Grace defended. “But totally worth it!”
“Still--”
“You’re not actually trying to find good in her, are ya?”
Coco gave a silent half-hearted shrug. She stuffed a piece of dressing-soaked lettuce into her mouth to make an excuse not to talk, but that certainly didn’t prevent Grace from continuing to gab away.
“I mean, ok, she’s not a killer or psycho or whatever, but she’s still a bi--” Grace stopped herself, knowing that her friend wasn’t really a fan of vulgarities. “Er, witch. And those are the kinda ponies you wanna stay away from. Sure, I got my moments like that, but at least I ain’t purposely hurting other ponies like she was, y’know?”
“I understand,” Coco replied, as she picked up her napkin and wiped her mouth. “I just think that maybe, she has another chance inside of her.” She looked away and refused to make eye contact with her friend. “I’m being too nice, aren’t I?”
A moment of silence passed between the two friends, only before Grace let out a sigh.
“Nah,” she declared. “You’re not. You’re just being Coco.”
“Is… that a good thing?”
“Definitely,” Grace assured. “If it was anypony else, they woulda let whatsername onto the street with nothin’. You were nice enough to let her try again. That’s a mini superpower, I think.” She softly chuckled and shook her head playfully. “If it were me, I might’ve called a restraining order.”
Coco smiled, and let out a soft giggle. “Good,” she murmured. “So, how’s your day been?”
Grace let out a groan. “I do not wanna talk about it,” she said simply, as she shoved another piece of pizza into her mouth. Despite this, she kept talking. “It wasn’t, y’know, bad or anythin’ but it’s confusing and I swear, the bossman is an effin’ idiot. He tells me, translate the papers, so I do, but then he yells at me for not puttin’ them into a folder! Like, wow, stapling ‘em together is so bad.” She rolled her eyes. “Did your new assistant give you any crap?”
Coco shook her head. “Not actually,” she mused. “She’s surprisingly nice.”
Grace snorted. “Maybe she’s just waitin’ for the right moment to strike?” She noticed the slight glare Coco gave her and sighed. “Can’t take a joke?”
Coco rolled her eyes, and ate the last few bits of her salad, just as one of the waiters came over.
“Hi there, ladies, how’re ya doin’?”
“Oh, are you kidding me--” Grace mumbled.
“S-Silver Shill!” Coco squeaked out. She looked up and smiled. “I didn’t know you worked here!”
“Heh, yeah,” Silver Shill said, scratching the back of his neck. “I was hired yesterday. Hopefully, they won’t fire me again. I mean, it’s not too hard! Just serve up food and take orders, easy enough.”
“And come over to flirt with the customers,” Grace whispered under her breath.
Coco looked over to her friend. “Excuse me?” she asked.
Grace pulled out an innocent -- yet all the while teasing -- smile. “Nothing,” she softly sang.
“Uh-huh,” Coco said slowly. She looked back over to Silver Shill, and her smile returned. “So, how have you been? I haven’t seen you in a little while. Did you move out of the clown camp yet?”
“Thankfully, yeah,” Silver Shill laughed. “I found a decent complex.”
“If you ever need help with the rent, just call me,” Coco assured. “I can lend you a few bits.”
“Oh, you don’t need to do that,” Silver Shill stammered. “I-in fact, I wanna pay you back for the one time you had to buy me lunch last week. H-how about I take you out to dinner on Friday night?” He nervously laughed, and managed a lopsided smile. “Y’know, seeing how you kinda already have lunch.”
“I… I’d like that,” Coco grinned.
“If you two are gonna kiss, just get it over with already!” Grace blurted out.
“Grace!” Coco practically shrieked, as her face went red.
“Uh, I should get back to work,” Silver Shill said quickly. He hesitated and leaned forward, placing a kiss on Coco’s blushing cheek. “I’ll pick you up at seven, bye!”
Then, he dashed off, leaving Coco stammering and stuttering.
Grace softly laughed, and smirked. “All he needed was a little push,” she said.
Coco held her face into her hooves. “I can’t believe that happened--”
“--why? You don’t like him?”
“--no, I do--”
“I knew it!” Grace exclaimed, shooting a hoof up into the air victoriously. “Can I plan your wedding?”
“Shut up,” Coco grumbled.
“You two are pretty cute, though,” Grace said. “Surprised he didn’t ask you out earlier.”
“Do you live to embarrass me?” Coco mumbled.
Grace pursed her lips in thought as she dipped one of her plain potato chips into the leftover sauce from her pizza. She brought the treat to her mouth and chewed it for a moment, only before she nodded. “I’d say so,” she muttered.
“Why are we friends?” Coco sighed.
“Because you needed a place to live and I couldn’t afford my apartment,” Grace said simply. “It all went to Tartarus from there, I think.”
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You called him Silver Streak in the chapter and I thought he was an OC. Is his name being changed to protect the innocent? I can't remember if you explained that in an earlier note, sorry.
And it looks like Grace ships CoCoShill as well.
4569628 OH GOD THAT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT
One thing that pokes me like a bored child in the grocery store with a toothpick he got from the free sample line is the "marshmellow" spelling. It's actually marshmallow, even though it sounds like "mell". I've been meaning to say it for four chapters now, but I cant let the marshmallow mistreatment continue!
'Mallow on!
~Dash The Stampede
This chapter was adorable!
I'm really loving the Coco/Grace dynamic in this story. 
The first time I encountered the CocoShill ship is "Hinny of the Shills" by Golden Age.
4569799 Yup, that's where I found it too!
4569801 It's adorable, and I can't wait to see what happens next.
This is like the fic about the barbarian pony Baen. Why do these two not have more likes?
eww.... Coco is cute as all hell, but Silver Shill is, in my eyes, really really old. Like, AJ's Dad's age old. I mean look at him, he just screams old!
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Really, next to the breezies he is my least favorite side character.
Coco is of course best pony.
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especially paired with Rarity...
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4570139 he's not old that was just a disguise for the show he's atcually quiet young, like mid twenties.
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Hahaha, so the secondary Elements are slowly getting together. Who will they meet next?
Cheese Sandwich? The Wonderbolts?
...Discord?
Anyway, I still love Grace in this. She's like a mother to Coco. The snarky, looks-younger-than-she-is kind of mother that lives to embarrass her children.
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4569801 I read that! I'm really pleased that Silver Shill is getting his place in the sun, and if he gets Coco too, that'll be nice as well.
4569787 and out of the ashes arose CocoGrace.
I know you said that you aren't shipping them, but they're the leads, so yeah.
4570296 Still looks old to me.... and I still vote CocoxRarity
ALAS! I really hated Silver Shill.
'Fraid I still personally prefer Marshmellow Coco.
SHIPS AHOY!
Silver Shill and Coco Pommel.
I don't see it. He has a weird looking face.
Just like how Pinkie is Pinkie
.
Now its Gracie's turn to do the teasing
.
YES
!
Oh I think you and Coco are long past that Grace
!