What happens when an Upper-class pony like Octavia is pregnant and Vinyl is the father... wait what?
Octavia has been having these really odd dreams. There is only one other mare she can talk to about this. Yes, Vinyl is the only one she can feel safe to tell this to. Well Vinyl has been thinking and doing some looking of her own on the matter and was going to try it on herself one night, but feels that Octavia would enjoy it more. Now months of fun are now on their way.
The lights illuminating up the stage before her. The room went silent as the gray mare walked onto the stage with her cello on her back. Her body flowed like water as she took her position. Before she could even play one note to amaze her audience, there was a cry as some of the ponies in the front row pointed to her and shouted out, “She is pregnant with a fillyfooler’s foal.” To her horror, there was a bulge of her belly which knocked her cello to the ground.
Octavia jumped up in her bed, her body covered in sweat. She let out a sigh of relief that it all had only been a dream. She looked over to the mare sleeping next to her; Vinyl was fast asleep as always. Octavia was glad not to have woken her up. She didn’t feel like trying to explain how she was pregnant in a dream, what was she thinking? Vinyl would have been asking if I looked sexy with a pregnant belly or something like that. She lay back down to cuddle up next to Vinyl, if only to try and feel a little better. After what felt like hours, her mind finally drifted off to sleep again.
The sunlight blasted Octavia right in the face. It wasn’t bad enough that she already had bad eyesight, now the sun wanted to take a swing at her eyes too. She nuzzled her face into Vinyl’s mane to shield her eyes from the evil sun. There was now one thing missing that her face didn’t feel. Did Vinyl shave her mane in some crazy dare again? No, that wasn’t it. There is no Vinyl in my bed. That’s it. This caused her to jump out of the bed and look around the blurry room.
“Vinyl!” she called out in alarm. She didn’t know why she was in full panic mode right now. It might have been that crazy dream that ruined a rather good sleep she was enjoying. As she was spinning around trying to get her head around what was going on, there was some noise coming from the kitchen. This only caused Octavia to wonder who would be there. She hoped it wasn’t Vinyl, not after what happened last time. How can you even burn water? Octavia still couldn’t figure that one out. Before leaving the room she grabbed her glasses, she kind of needed Vinyl’s help to put in her contacts. You try putting those things in with a hoof. One mistake and you will be wearing an eyepatch.
Octavia slowly poked her head around to look into the kitchen and she about fainted. There was Vinyl, cooking a good meal. Not just some of those toaster things or cereal that she always ate every morning. She was making whole wheat pancakes and toast. Octavia didn’t know if she should walk in and say good morning or just stand back and watch her cook.
Vinyl was in her own little world. She had her headphones on and blasting that stuff she called music. A thought came to Octavia, this caused her to grin as she moved to the table. Making sure not to make too much noise, she kept an eye on Vinyl the whole time. Octavia was trying to fight the giggle fit that was trying to make its way out. This was a side of Octavia the world of Canterlot would never see. When she was out of the house, she just acted like all of the upper class Canterlot ponies she played for.
Vinyl just keep working, not even noticing Octavia sitting at the table as she was placing the food on the table. This was too much for Octavia to handle, but she was trying her best to not burst out giggling. Once everything was placed on the table, Vinyl made her way to their bedroom, she dropped her headphones down and paused her music to call into the room to wake her up. Octavia could hear a now panicking Vinyl turning the room upside down to find her.
“I’m out here, Vinyl.” Her voice was showing signs that she was about to burst out laughing.
“How the buck did you get out there?” Vinyl had a look of confusion written all over her face as she walked back into the kitchen. That was all it took to throw Octavia into a fit of giggles. She about fell out of the chair she was sitting on. Vinyl looked down with a sad look on her face. “I was going to surprise you by cooking you some breakfast and a good one.”
That just melted Octavia’s heart. It had to be one of the sweetest things Vinyl had ever done for her. She smiled and leaned over the table to lightly kiss Vinyl’s horn. “That is so sweet of you. You didn’t have to do this for me. And I thought you didn’t know how to cook. Or did you just trick me by burning that water?” Vinyl looked up at Octavia and after a little bit, they both burst out laughing.
“But I did, Octy. It’s been a year now. Don’t you remember? It was this day a year ago that you said yes to be my marefriend. And well, some of those gigs I went to, they were not really gigs, but cooking classes.” A blush was rushing to her muzzle. Octavia rolled her eyes and giggled. Only the world known DJ-PON3 would be shy about having to take a cooking class. Octavia loved seeing this side of her, only because it was something very rare to see.
The kiss on Vinyl’s horn made the white mare’s face change to a brighter red. Then what Vinyl had said just hit home in Octavia’s mind. It was their one year anniversary. Oh she was so bucked right then. Vinyl’s gift wouldn’t be here till sometime the following week. It was something she never seemed to leave the house without, her sunglasses. But like everything that ponies wear, they had begun to show their age. So Octavia thought she would order a custom pair that would last a lot longer.
“Ah, Vinyl. That is so sweet of you. You don’t know how much that means to me.” She knew that Vinyl would ask her what she got for her.
“So Octy, what did you get me?” Her crimson eyes shimmered in the light. This was a trick Vinyl learned to break Octavia and get what she wanted. Which worked most of the times, but when Vinyl wanted to do something crazy that could lead to her getting really hurt. And well, we all know that Octavia broke under that look.
“I got you a new pair of sunglasses, custom made. I made sure they last longer than your old pair…” She let out a sigh, feeling bad that they wouldn’t be here till later the next week. “But they won’t be here till next week. I’m sorry, it slipped my mind that this week was our anniversary.” Now it was Octavia’s turn to look down at the table with a sad face.
There was a sudden intake of air from Vinyl’s side of the table. Then came the loudest scream that Octavia had ever heard from the DJ. “OHMYCELESTIATHATISSOCOOLILOVEYOU!” came rushing out of Vinyl’s mouth. It took Octavia a little bit for her brain to process what Vinyl had just screamed out in what seemed like one breath.
“I love you too, Vinyl.” She was giggling as the white mare was now jumping all around the room. It took a few minutes for Vinyl to calm down, so they could finally eat the food she had worked so hard to make. “Vinyl, once you are done jumping around, I think we should really sit down and eat. I don’t want all your hard work to get cold. In a blink of an eye Vinyl was at the table with a fork, held in her blue magic and about to take the first bite.
“So what are you waiting for? It’s time to dig in.” And with that she was shoveling food into her mouth at a breakneck speed. Octavia ‘dug in’ as Vinyl had put it. Once the first bit of food made it into her mouth, she almost dropped her fork. It was really good. She never thought that Vinyl could make anything this good. As Octavia was lost in the wonders of Vinyl’s new found cooking skills, Vinyl had stopped eating to gaze at Octavia.
Octavia looked up when she noticed that the sounds of Vinyl’s eating had stopped. She had a look like she was not going to be joking about what she wanted to talk about then. “Octy, are you okay? I’m kinda worried about you. I mean you keep waking up in the middle of the night in a sweat. You know ya can tell me anything, right?” Octavia thought her heart was going to stop. She could have sworn that Vinyl was fast asleep each time it happened. That odd dream was one that would come once in a while to kind of haunt Octavia.
Octavia let out a long sigh. She didn’t really want to tell Vinyl about the dream that she didn’t even understand herself. She thought it over in her head for a bit longer as Vinyl kept the look that Octavia would come to know as the ‘it’s business time’ look. She took a deep breath and told Vinyl about the dream. At least what she could remember. The whole time Vinyl just nodded her head and once Octavia was done, she smiled.
“I think I might have a thought of what all that means,” Vinyl said in a matter of fact tone. Octavia didn’t know what to say. Could Vinyl really understand what that crazy dream meant? She just hoped Vinyl wouldn’t say something dumb or anything. So Octavia nodded signalling Vinyl to go on.
Before Vinyl stated her little explanation of what she thought it was, she moved to Octavia’s side of the table so she could hold her close. “Well I think part of you…” Vinyl was blushing really hard this time, more so than she did before. “...wants a foal and you want it to be my foal.” Octavia eyes shot open at what she was saying. But she didn’t say anything in return as she wanted Vinyl to finish what she had to say. “And you are scared that you would be kicked out of Canterlot’s upper class for just being a fillyfooler and to make things worse, you carrying our foal.”
Octavia was kind of stunned at Vinyl’s thoughts of her dream and as she thought about it. Vinyl was on the bits with this. Now her mind was truly blown. That’s super rare, I mean Discord has a better chance saving the world then what just happened. Now Octavia was wondering why she would be wanting to have a foal. She was still a young mare, 25 if you really must know a mare’s age. You should be ashamed for even wanting to ask that.
What pulled her back to the world around her was a warm body holding her close. She smiled and looked up at Vinyl. “I bet you must think I’m silly for even dreaming of such crazy things. I mean how silly is for a mare to want to have a foal with another mare. The equipment we have doesn’t work well for that.” That was enough to get a giggle out of Vinyl as she nodded. Vinyl leaned down and gave Octavia sweet tender kisses on her neck. That caused her to shiver at how good it made her feel.
Before Octavia could even say another word, she was being pulled off her chair and into the bedroom. Vinyl looked like she had some master plan in mind and was about the start the first phase. And that she was about to rock Octavia’s world again. But that was nothing new there. Let’s just say after Vinyl was done, Octavia wasn’t going to be getting out of the bed any time soon. Vinyl just lay next to her with a grin, she had done something she would hope that Octavia would like. She got to try a little spell that she had been looking up how to do. Yes, ponies. You may now gasp in shock.
A few months had passed and Vinyl wouldn’t take off the sunglasses Octavia had given her. Lately Octavia had been feeling kind of ill. One morning she just had woken up before she rushed off to the bathroom. She was regretting not eating much last night. Even when her belly was devoid of food and anything else that might be in there.
Vinyl walked in and took a seat next to Octavia to rub her back. Octavia looked over to look at her. Vinyl had a smug grin on her face. “What are you so smug about Miss Vinyl?” Octavia only threw Miss at her when she was really not in a good mood. Before Vinyl could even get a word out, Octavia’s face was aiming back to the toilet to let another wave of stuff come out.
“I was just seeing how morning sickness is treating you today. But I can see that you are doing good.” Octavia looked up at her and sighed. What the buck does she mean ‘morning sickness’? Only pregnant mares have morning sickness. Vinyl’s grin became even bigger as Octavia’s eyes grew bigger when the pieces came falling into place. And then in a flash she was on top of Vinyl.
“WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME VINYL?” Octavia was really pissed at Vinyl for whatever she did to her. Octavia’s front hooves found their way to Vinyl’s neck. She applied a little weight to it. Not enough to choke Vinyl, even if the thought did cross her mind.
“Nothing Octy. Just making your dream come true,” Vinyl gasped out, trying to get some air that Octavia seemed to deny her.
“What do you mean, make my dream come true?!” She was getting tired of Vinyl’s word games. She couldn’t remember what dream she was talking about. None of her dreams involved losing what little she had in her belly to the toilet.
“You know the one where I showed how smart I am…” Vinyl’s face was changing colors into a mixture of blue and red. “Our… Baby… Octy…” Vinyl gasped out. The word baby made her fall back in shock and freed the red and blue unicorn from her hooves. It seemed that Octavia wasn’t thinking and was putting more and more weight on poor little Vinyl’s airway.
In a very surprising calm tone of voice, that would send a shudder down anypony’s spine, she asked, “You are telling me that you, a unicorn mare, has somehow caused an earth pony mare, me, to be impregnated with your foal?” Vinyl was getting really scared now. Octavia only talked this way after something big was about to happen and that meant she was freaking the hay out, and her mind just didn’t know how to process it or show it. So Vinyl did what anypony would do when facing something that was about to rip your little pony face off, Vinyl might have even added that her face was hot.
Octavia just looked at Vinyl, not knowing what to do or think anymore. If what Vinyl was telling her was true, and part of Octavia was hoping that it was just some sort of sick joke that Vinyl was playing on her, then her dream would come true. But deep down, I mean really deep down, Octavia kind of really wanted it to be true. She had been wanting to make her family life complete. She and Vinyl had been living together for about four years now and in the next month or so, if the laws were to be added, then she hoped Vinyl would be the one to pop the question. But even if the laws weren’t passed, Octavia would still think what they had was very close to being like a married couple, just without the fancy papers as Vinyl loved putting it.
After what seemed like hours, Vinyl felt it was safe to move close to Octavia. Octavia was pulled out of her little never ending loop of thought and looked up to find herself in a deep loving kiss that only the mare of her dreams gave. She closed her eyes and kissed back with all her heart. Vinyl was the one this time to break off the kiss. Wait, Vinyl was always the one to break off the kiss, she knew that it drove Octavia crazy when she did that. Because she was always left wanting it to keep going.
“I’m sorry, Octy. I should have asked you first, instead of jumping into action. But in my head I was like totally doing you a favor or something. You told me that you’ve been having this crazy dream for a while now and were still having it lately.” Vinyl began to play with Octavia’s mane to help calm herself down and, well, Vinyl just loved playing with her mane. “I was going to tell you in a few weeks when I was sure that you where… you know?” Vinyl’s face was going from a mix of blue and red to a solid red now.
“Pregnant? Really Vinyl, this is something that should be talked about a little more than me just talking about a dream that I have had a few times…”
“I think three times a week is more than a few times, Tavi.”
“Oh hush, you. That is not the point I am trying to make here. It’s the fact that having a foal is a lot of responsibility and dare I say that is something you really lack right now. And I’m not sure I’m ready yet to have one.” Octavia sighed a little. This was a very big step for any couple. They would need a bigger place once the foal was older. A two room apartment with the other room turned into a music room.
The DJ just looked down at her with a smile that spoke volumes. It just told Octavia not to get her tail in a knot, that everything would work out in the end for them. “Why do you think I have been at a gig about each night for? Tavi, you are like an open magazine, I can look at the front cover and tell that you would say something about responsibility and needing a bigger house. Oh and baby stuff. So I’ve been pushing my fat flank to get some extra bits.”
Octavia’s jaw just dropped. Was Vinyl, aka DJ-PON3, trying to be a responsible pony? She had heard of babies changing couple’s lives around. But to think that it would do this with Vinyl. Octavia smiled and gave Vinyl a loving lick under her chin. This caused the white mare give a little shudder. “Thank you, Vinyl, for this wonderful gift, if you don’t mind me calling it that. You are the only pony I would want it from. I love you, Viny-” Before she could even finish saying Vinyl’s name, her head was back to the toilet.
Vinyl moved a hoof to rub Octavia’s back as she knew the poor mare was only few months into pregnancy. “I love you too, Octy, I love you too. Oh please try to keep it in the toilet. Throw-up doesn’t match my coat that well.” Vinyl chuckled and poor Octavia just groaned while the side of her head lay on the toilet seat. It was going to be a long, long road for them now.
The next day after the big news, Octavia woke up to the same nauseous sensation as before. She got lucky and didn’t feel the need to vomit anything at the moment. She slowly moved up so her back was resting against the back of the headboard. Yesterday was kind of a blur in her mind. Octavia went about the rest of her day, her body moving to long familiar routines as her mind simply couldn’t seem to form conscious thought. It was just enough for Vinyl to think that she was acting a little odd, but Vinyl did think she acted odd a lot anyway. Octavia had nice light conversations with her when it happened. Vinyl chalked it up to Octavia’s world just being rocked, except not in the way Vinyl preferred. What did Vinyl tell me yesterday? Come on, Octavia. Think! Then it hit her. That white mare sleeping so soundly next to her, had knocked her up and didn’t even ask.
Octavia jumped on top of her in a flash. Out of all the ways Vinyl would love to get woken up by, being choked again by a super mad Octavia wasn’t in the top ten list. She let out gasping noises as Octavia shook her hard with her hooves, putting pressure on Vinyl’s neck. This was way worse than the other morning. Vinyl did the only thing she could think of to get out of her hooves and get some air. She faked passing out and did a little tapping out on the bed.
That caused Octavia to freak out and let go of Vinyl. The now really blue faced Vinyl looked up at her and wheezed, trying to inhale the very much need oxygen. “Geez, Octy. What was that for? I know I like it rough, but give me a little heads-up next time.” Vinyl gave Octavia a little flirty wink. This only made the already upset and angry Octavia, even more pissed off.
“Why in Equestria did you think that it was okay to impregnate me? Of all the times for you to act on an impulse!” She kept going, not really letting up on the wide-eyed DJ, laying in the bed.
“But Octy, you seemed cool with it after I told you about it yesterday. And I thought you really wanted this?” Vinyl said as she pulled up her sunglasses to cover her eyes.
“Yeah, I wanted to talk about having one, one day. One day, Vinyl! This kind of thing takes planning and making sure that we could deal with the kind of responsibilities that rearing a foal requires! I mean really, Vinyl. If you were a stallion and the condom broke … . But you are not a stallion, you are a unicorn mare. Something like this has to be planned, not something done on a whim!” Octavia’s face was getting red as her temper rose. She stomped her hoof down on the bed and glowered at Vinyl, her eyes intensely focused on her marefriend, with her ears laid back and her teeth bared, her muzzle wrinkling as she did so, her legs spread in a wide, spread stance, prepared to attack or defend, depending upon how the current situation played out. It was a look that would turn any pony white with fear. Luckily, Vinyl, already was white.
“Get out, Vinyl!” The rage in Octavia’s voice caused Vinyl to run to the door before she stopped to look at her.
“Wait just one minute, Octy. I live here, too. How can you even pay the rent without my help. And I don’t see why I have to leave in the first place.” She hoped the part about the rent would help her stay here. She really didn’t want to stay in some hotel or something.
“Because, Vinyl, I don’t want to see your face around here for a while. I am so very mad at you for doing this to me without even asking me first. And what about my career, Vinyl? What will happen to the talent I worked hard to cultivate once the nobles and the rich find out that the foal within me is your foal! I might never play in Canterlot again! I might not be able to play anywhere once ponies find out that I’m pregnant with my marefriend’s foal! And what about the foal, huh? What about when he or she goes to school and gets bullied or abused! How are we going to respond when her or his peers start calling him or her a freak or monster? You were too impulsive and now the consequences won’t just affect you, but our foal and myself as well!” And with that Vinyl’s pillow was thrown at her. The pillow made a light thud sound as it hit its mark right on Vinyl’s nose. Vinyl was glad that it was only a pillow. Tavi only threw things at her when she was either happy and playing around or when she was super, very upset with her. The kind of upset where ponies could wind up dead, if she didn’t leave while Tavi was still throwing soft things. Because Tavi looked mad enough to want to start throwing the kitchen knives and various pots and skillets. She left that room without even grabbing her pillow.
Vinyl made her way out of the house fast. She knew how strong Octavia was, and was scared to see what her furious marefriend might decide to throw at her next.. She knew when to press her luck and when to stop talking and do what the mad, yelling earth pony was telling you to do. Before leaving the house, she grabbed her bag and took a few things she was going to need for the gig tonight. It was still early for Vinyl to even be up. The sooner she found a hotel to crash at for a few hours, the better she would be, for now. Although sleeping alone was not as nice as cuddling up to your marefriend till it was time to get up and get ready.
Vinyl was very lucky that day to find a room not too far away from the house. She wanted to be able to come back home after Octavia had cooled down. She went to her gig and DJ PON3 had a blast like she always did. But once her set was done, she was free to have a few drinks. Then she could drown her troubles. On the house of course, they loved the crowd she could bring to the place.
It started with just one drink, but quickly changed into a few more. They, in a certain way, freed Vinyl’s mind to think about what she had done to her Octavia. And that just made her feel like crud and in turn caused her to want to drink even more. So by the time the place closed, they gave Vinyl a kind hoof out the door. She was now free to stumble down the streets.
Not really thinking where she was going, the drunken, white mare made her way back home. It wasn’t the safest place for Vinyl to be, considering that her marefriend had flown into a near-homicidal rage, but in Vinyl’s defense, she was completely sloshed.. When Vinyl reached for the door, it kept moving around and it took Vinyl more tries than she cared to admit to finally land her hoof on the doorknob. It was locked and she fumbled with her magic to get the key out of her bag. Only to find that she didn’t have one, so she tried to bang her hoof on the door, only to miss and knock her head against the door. It wasn't the quiet little knocks to get the pony in that room to open up. It was the resounding bang of a skull colliding with a sturdy wooden surface, in the collapse of an uncoordinated drunk..
From inside the place some grumbles and a sigh could be heard as the door was opened by a very sleepy looking Octavia, squinting to see into the darker nighttime outside to see who was making such a racket at this hour of the night . Her eyes transitioned from the bleary squinting look to furrowed brows and narrowed eyes in a blink of an eye. “What do you want, Vinyl? I thought I bucked your oblivious flank out the door this morning?”
The drunken mare nodded, her world spinning from how drunk she was as she lifted her head to try and lock swimming eyes with her marefriend’s narrowed, glaring ones and fell down on her flank, since the world didn’t want to stop swaying and wobbling. “Ya-” Vinyl was interrupted by a drunken hiccup. ‘Ya did, my sweet Octy. I love calling you that. It always seems to make you smile or something with your mouth.” Several drunken hiccups interrupted what Vinyl had said and there had been several long pauses as Vinyl would lose her train of thought and she’d have to think about what had already been said and what she still wanted to say. She stopped for a minute or five. It depends on if you are counting down with a stopwatch or something.
“I don’t really don’t know why I came here. But that hotel room was so empty without you there to cuddle up to.” Octavia was kind of shocked at how Vinyl was acting. She had thought that she would just spend the night at the hotel just to show how tough she was. Did being drunk make Vinyl show her another side of herself? Just then Vinyl said something that Octavia should have seen coming, “And I just had to see that sexy flank of yours, my sweet and smexy Octy.”
Octavia sighed and walked out to help the drunken mare in. She just wouldn’t feel right, foisting a drunken Vinyl onto others for them to deal with Vinyl the way she was right now. She would let her sleep it off on the couch for the night. Then in the morning she would give Vinyl a nice buck out the door, oh who was she kidding. It would be around three in the afternoon before she could buck her out.
Octavia give a ‘hmph’ as she tried her best to carry the drunken DJ to the couch. When did she get so heavy? I knew that drinking would make you less able to carry your own body weight. She had to giggle at that. Once Vinyl was placed on the couch, it was now her turn to get some sleep. Her bed did feel kind of empty, however, she was still upset enough with Vinyl that she would rather tolerate the empty bed and solitude, than reconcile with her marefriend. She was still very mad at Vinyl for what she did. And the bed still felt comfy to her. She soon found herself fast asleep in the bed.
Octavia’s peaceful sleep didn’t seem to last long as she felt something climb into the bed and then nuzzle the back of her mane. She turned her head to see a sleeping Vinyl getting all comfy in the bed. She was too sleepy to care right now. So she adjusted herself and fell back to sleep.
You’d think that Octavia would just let Vinyl stay after coming back drunk in the middle of the night, but Vinyl found herself waking up outside the front door. She really didn’t like it that their lifestyles was so skewed. It really reduced the time they could spend together, since Vinyl was more of a night owl, while Octavia was more of a daywalker.. Vinyl sighed and lowered her head and dragged her hooves as she forlornly walked back to the hotel. She’d never seen Octavia stay this mad before.
From inside the house, Octavia watched Vinyl walk away. She did feel kinda bad about kicking Vinyl out of the house while she was still sleeping. But Vinyl needed to learn her lesson and letting her come home drunk and allowing her back in after everything, wasn’t going to teach her anything at all. She pulled herself away from the window. She had a few things that she now had to take care of. Like getting in touch with her mother and father to let them know they might be having a grand-foal.
As she finished writing the letter to her parents, she kind of wished that she was a unicorn like they were, so she could write a letter and not have to strain the quill with her mouth as much while she scribbled. She kept the letter somewhat vague. They knew, to a point, that she and Vinyl were a couple, but she didn’t know how they would react to her and Vinyl being parents.
It only had been a few hours from the time Derpy flew off with the letter, but there was a loud crashing sound at the door. The pegasus looked up and smiled at her, holding out a letter. She thanked Derpy and gave her a few bits for working so hard today. She had the letter open by the time she made it back to the table to read it. After finishing reading it, she fell off the chair. This week wasn’t going to be a good one. She really didn’t want to so soon, but she needed Vinyl back here as soon as possible.
There was a knock on Vinyl’s hotel room door. She couldn’t think of anypony that would be knocking at her door. Using her magic to have the door open by the time she made it there, she about fell on her flank, seeing Octavia standing at the door with her head hanging low.
“You can pick up your jaw, Vinyl. It’s not very ladylike to keep a pony waiting outside.” Vinyl nodded and moved out of the way for Octavia to enter.
“I didn’t think you would come here. And how did you find me anyway?” Vinyl didn’t really care, but she was trying to start some small talk.
“It wasn’t that hard, dear. You wouldn’t go that far from home. But that is beside the point. It pains me to admit, but I’m here because I do need you to come back home. My mother and father are coming over and I need you there so that we can show them that we can be a loving family.” She let out a long sigh as Octavia was still reluctant to let Vinyl come home. A part of her still wanted Vinyl to suffer living alone without her, but not having the foal’s other parent there at their house when her parents came to visit just wouldn’t do.
“So does this mean that you forgive me and that you still love me?” Vinyl asked with smug grin. This only caused Octavia to sigh once more.
“I don’t forgive you just yet, Vinyl dear. But I do love you as much as the world has asked why.” That caused Vinyl put her hoof around Octavia’s neck, her grin was so much bigger now.
“Good, cause I’m not liking being in a cheap, crummy hotel room without you. There was nothing fun to do. The stuff I wanted to do, needs another mare.” At that Octavia pushed Vinyl off and walked to the door.
“Let’s go, Vinyl. Before I change my mind or something.” With that both mares made their way home to get ready for the dreaded visit of impending grandparents.
Octavia was going crazy, bouncing from one side of the house to the other. Vinyl was really scared. Her legs were shaking a bit, she never once had she seen Octavia act this way about the house not being clean enough for her parents. In a middle gallop to another room to clean, Octavia turned and glared at Vinyl. “Why are you not helping me with cleaning, Vinyl? This is partly your fault that my parents want to come and visit.”
The stare Octavia was giving Vinyl, made her feel kind of small to the gray mare. Vinyl moved slowly back into the chair she was laying in. “I don’t know, Octy. You’ve been like super crazy about getting the place like an EASA clean room. Maybe if you, I don’t know, tell me what the buck to do, I would do it. As long as it’s not cooking. I only cook for one pony besides me and that is you. My lovely hot flank, you,” Vinyl said as she give her a little wink.
Octavia was still getting around the idea that she was pregnant and would be having a foal. The ‘being a mother’ part gave her an overwhelming feeling of joy, but she still super mad at Vinyl for the means of having this joy. For that reason, Vinyl would be finding herself sleeping on the couch for the next few nights after her parents came over. She didn’t need them finding Vinyl not ready when they arrived.
Octavia didn’t have time to waste trying to explain to Vinyl what all the things where they needed to do. The list would go on for hours. So the best course of action was gently biting down on Vinyl’s ear and slowly pulling her to the bathroom. At this Vinyl let out a ‘meep’ and growled as she was dragged away.
“You can scrub that gel stuff you let drip all over the sink every morning when you style your mane.” This resulted in a loud groan from the white unicorn. Before Vinyl could even try to argue about it, Octavia was out of the door and had it closed. Vinyl was glad about one thing, she was a unicorn and didn’t really have to lift a hoof to clean up.
DJing had really given her the training she needed to work on multiple things at once. Vinyl closed her eyes as the beat in her head began to play. The brush was slowly engulfed in her light blue magic. Then it spread over to the other things Octavia left for her to use. The music in her head grew louder and faster. Everything began to dance to her inner song. Her head was banging back and forth.
The world around the DJ was gone and the only thing she could hear was the beat playing inside her head. While Vinyl was now checked out, the cleaning supplies began to do what Vinyl had wanted them to do, they cleaned. They cleaned to the beat of Vinyl’s inner beat. It was sight to behold. Octavia would have just been speechless at the fact that Vinyl was doing what she had asked. As the beat came to an end, so did the cleaning. With the last of the beat, the cleaning supplies were put where they were when Vinyl got pulled in.
It had been about a hour or so and Vinyl hadn’t come out of the bathroom to complain about how cleaning it was lame and try something to get out of cleaning. Octavia was getting kind of worried. Did something happen to her? Well Octavia had open the door right as Vinyl’s magic was putting things away. The gray mare looked around and saw that the whole bathroom was clean and not just the one spot she had pointed out. The little duster she held in her mouth just dropped to the floor. She couldn’t believe Vinyl had did more cleaning the what was asked of her.
“Oh wow, Vinyl. I never in my entire life imagine you cleaning. Now I wonder what I have done to get you to clean?” Vinyl was about to protest at that statement, but Octavia smiled and walked over to plant a gentle kiss on the side of Vinyl’s muzzle. This made Vinyl’s mouth drop open.
Octavia had come to terms with what happened. Between all the cleaning she had been doing, she also had been thinking of how to get back at Vinyl for what she did. And Octavia had come up with the perfect idea on how to do that. Vinyl had a one tracked mind about some things. The list of items that are always on Vinyl’s mind, sex and food.
So now that Octavia gotten Vinyl where she wanted her. Octavia walked to the door, she gives her flank a little shake. Octavia want back to making sure the rest of the house was in order before tomorrow. Vinyl stuck her head out of the bathroom and was grinning ear to ear. “Octy I must say, you have one hot flank that make me want to shudder. So how about you take a break from cleaning and we meet up in the bedroom?”
“No”
“I will see you there...” Vinyl was about halfway to the bedroom when things clicked a bit. “What do you mean no? You just the kissing on my cheek and the thing with your flank.”
“I know what I did, Vinyl. The kiss was for doing such a good job cleaning and I don’t know what you mean by the thing with my flank. I don’t even know why you would be staring at my flank for in the first place.” Octavia never really stop what she was doing to look at Vinyl as they were talking. Octavia really couldn’t stay mad at Vinyl for long. “I might be nice enough to let you sleep back in the bedroom tonight if you help me make sure the house is up to my standards of cleanness.”
And with that Vinyl was by her side trying her best to help. The possibility to getting off the couch and sleeping in a real bed was too good to pass up. The couch wasn’t the best place to fall asleep on. It was worse if you were made to sleep on it. So with Vinyl’s touch and Octavia making sure she didn’t just slack off and did it only halfway, the cleaning was done in no time at all. Octavia was true to her word and let Vinyl sleep in the bedroom that night, but stop Vinyl everytime she want to do something besides sleep. Vinyl grumble and fall asleep a little sad that she didn’t get to have any fun, but was happy to alease be in a bed with Octavia.
Celestia’s sun was just being to rise, but Octavia was already out of bed. She would have still been in bed, but Octavia’s nerves just keep her from enjoying anymore sleep. Her parents were like most ponies in Canterlot, which meant that being open mind about her being a fillyfooler was not very likely. Octavia knew that they wouldn’t shawn her, but they would be very disappointed in her for it.
Octavia looked over to see a snoring Vinyl spared over most of the bed that one pony could take without knocking another pony off. She put her forehooves up and try to cover the little giggle that wanted out. Vinyl did look very cute the way she was laying. But don’t let Vinyl know that Octavia was thinking that about her.
Letting out a little sigh, Octavia slowly made her way off the bed and out of the room. She really didn’t have to be quite as she moved. Vinyl could sleep through her own music if it was playing full volume next to her ear. Octavia wish she was that lucky. She looked at the clock and sighed again. There was still another three hours before her parents would be here.
That would give her enough time to do some last minute touches to the house and have here and Vinyl shower. The house seem in order and now it was time to get a shower. Octavia shoved Vinyl off bed. There was a meep and a four limbs waving in the air trying to get out of the sheets. Vinyl’s head popped up and glared at Octavia.
“What the hay was that for Octy?”
“I only had a few choices in getting you up. I chose the one that seem be fun and I knew would work.” Octavia was trying her best not to giggle.
“I’m so glad that somepony is loving my pain.” Vinyl was trying her best at pouting and even throw in a little whimper. Octavia just sigh and moved over to Vinyl.
“It’s time for you to take a shower. I’m letting you go first this time.” Vinyls mouth drop and was about to burst out laughing.
“Octy are you feeling out? You never let me shower first.” Octavia just sighed and pulled Vinyl by the ear to the bathroom. Vinyl was digging her hooves into the floor, but was no match for the earth pony’s strength. Vinyl was glad for one thing, she had strong ears. And the fact that she kind of liked when Octy would nibble on them.
As Octavia was closing the door she could hear Vinyl say something about not needing a shower and that she didn’t smell that bad. A fly was passing by and dropped right to the ground. While Vinyl was showering, Octavia would be getting things ready, like snacks, drinks, and a note telling Vinyl that she even touch them. That she would be a dead mare after her parents left.
Everything was laying out and ready to go when the door to the bathroom door open to show a still wet Vinyl holding a towel in her magic. Octavia’s jaw dropped and some odd sounds came out. She think that she was trying to say something but failed in doing so. Octavia couldn’t believe her eyes. There was VInyl with her mane laying down and to her surprise it was kind of long. Octavia’s mind try to think of why her mane was long now.
“Vinyl, your mane is so...”
“Long?” Vinyl grin and give Octavia a sexy look and walked back to the bathroom. Had Octavia not notice that Vinyl had let her her grow out. It’s was kind of shocking to see that all the time they had lived together and she never once notice Vinyl’s mane growing out. Octavia felt very thick headed at that moment.
There was a giggle that brought Octavia out of her own thoughts and to the world around her. “I didn’t know you like a long mane on a pony. Then I would have let it out a long time ago.” Octavia didn’t really know what to say to that. Vinyl had a totally different look with her mane like this. Vinyl looked like a mare, not like she wasn’t before. But she just had a look that give her a male feel.
“Are you just going to stand there or do you mind telling what’s going on?” Vinyl had a sly grin on her face. It didn’t dawn on Octavia that her face was glowing. She moved past VInyl and give a gentle buck this time out of the room.
“I think it’s my turn for a shower, Vinyl. My mother and father will be here in about an hour. If I’m not out and ready by that time. Please let them in and offer them some of the snacks and drinks I have sitting out.” With that said, the door to the bathroom was closed and water was turn on.
Vinyl seat in the living room and waited for either Octavia got done or when her parents got her. She didn’t really want to be with Octavia’s parents alone. Vinyl had spent a few minutes in front of the mirror in their bedroom to see what she could do with her mane that wouldn’t get Octavia mad at her.
Vinyl got really lucky and that Octavia was done and checking everything was in the right place. Not like it would moved after the first ten times she had checked them. Octavia looked up and a smile and blush came to face. “Well I guess that was what you been up to while I was in the shower.” Before Vinyl could say anything, there was a knock at the door.
Both mare froze in place and then the knock came again. Octavia’s brain kicked into gear and she was at the door in a blink of an eye. “Hello mother. Hello father. I’m so glad that you both were so nice to come and visit me.” Octavia moved out of the way as two unicorns made their way into the house. To say that Vinyl was shock to find out that Octavia’s parents are both unicorns and she was an earth pony.
“Oh curse, dear. When we got your letter in the mail we had to come and see you as soon as we could. So where is this stallion that has given us a grand foal?” The mare unicorn looked around the room only to find that the only other pony in the room was Vinyl.
“Mother I would like you to meet Vinyl Scratch. And well... She is the stallion you are looking for.” Octavia looked at the ground as she try to make circles with a hoof. Octavia didn’t want to see the look on her mother’s face when she told them that Vinyl was the one that got her pregnant.
There was a long moment where nopony was talking. Then there was a cough and Octavia looked up to see that her parents had a smile on their face. “Oh, it’s very nice to meet you Vinyl. I’m going to take a stab in the dark and say that little horn on your head has something to do with this?” Hearing that the comment about her horn. Vinyl jumps up and moves to them.
“My horn is not that small. I don’t think Octavia is complaining about my horn. Ouch. Octay what was that for? “ Octavia move next to Vinyl and give her good whack in the head. Octavia face was red enough to give an apple a running for it’s money.
Octavia’s parents look at each other and try not to giggle. Both Vinyl and Octavia looked at them like they are crazy. Octavia was the first to speak. “What are you laughing about mother, father?” It took both her parents a few minutes to calm down enough.
“Well my little sweet. We kind of thought you two were an item. Just being good parents and wait for you to come out and tell us. What did you think would happen? We would disown you?” Her father said while trying to keep from laughing with his wife. The one thing Octavia thought would happen if they found out. But here was her father telling her that she was wrong and that they were just waiting.
Octavia just nod and was in a state of shock. Octavia always thought they were like every other pony in Canterlot. She didn’t know why, they never showed that they thought along those lines. Great, Octavia was just like every other pony. Just thinking that anypony from Canterlot was like that.
After the very long time of not talking. They found themselves in the living room drinking some tea. Nopony remember how they got there. Octavia slowly took a smile slip of her tea. “So what do you think of being a grandmother and grandfather?” Both of them lower their cups and looked at each other.
“I guess we are happy as any parents would be to find out that their daughter is having a child. It may not be the way we thought it would happen. Me and your mother just want to make sure that you are ready for what is about to come and to let you know that you can come to us if you need help.” Her father said as he picked up his tea cup in a somewhat shaky magic grip. Octavia couldn’t tell if it was from nerves or was he just scared of being a grandparent.
“Thanks, it’s really kind offer and all. I will make sure that Octavia is taken care and if things get bad. I will give you a call.” Vinyl said after taking the first drink of her tea. She had just been sitting there and while the others had been drinking their tea. Octavia was glad she had been wrong about her parents.
Octavia could see her father looking around the room and another grin growing on the stallion’s face. “I see you’re still like your mother when it comes to cleaning. It’s like an EASA clean room.” As soon as he said that Vinyl’s face lit up.
“I told her the same thing the other day. It’s crazy how the whole house has to meet this super unknow stander of cleanness.” Both Vinyl and Octavia’s father laugh a bit before two glaring mares stared them silent.
“What am I going to do with you?” Octavia and her mother said at the same time. It kind of scared both Vinyl and Octavia’s father. It looks like both of them are in the doghouse now. Then there was asked a question that made Vinyl’s heart skip a beat.
“So Vinyl dear, what has your parents say about you two being proud parents?” Octavia’s mother voice was so sweet and oddly like Octavia when she wants to find out something. Vinyl’s eyes just dart around the room. She really didn’t want to talk about this. Octavia looked at Vinyl and waited for her to answer her mother.
Vinyl could feel every pair of eyes on her. This wasn’t like one of her gigs. There she was just DJ PON3. Playing great music and keeping the ponies happy. But here, this was just three other ponies looking at her and want something she didn’t want to really give. But she took a long deep breath. “They don’t know anything about this. They don’t even know that I’m living and dating Octavia.”
The looks each one give her made her look down. The looks Octavia’s parents give her showed that they didn’t understand why she hadn’t. But the look that Octavia give Vinyl was one that just made her feel not so good. Octavia looked hurt and worried all at the same time. Vinyl only hope that she could wait and explain things to Octavia alone after her parents had left.
The visit was becoming a little silent as nopony wanted to say something next. Octavia was in shock at the news, they had been together for so long and Vinyl of all ponies didn’t tell the whole world about her being with Octavia. Vinyl had always been the bold one in their relationship, telling anypony who looked at them too long, that she was with this lovely mare beside her and would try to give her a kiss. Octavia wasn’t much on such displays in public, but she was never fast enough to stop Vinyl.
Octavia’s parents heads were bouncing back and forth between the two. And Vinyl looked like she was trying to make herself look as small as possible. Things just seem to be going downhill for her, all she wanted was for the visit to be a simple little family visit and be done with it. But instead Vinyl drops this news on her and her family. She found herself wish that there was a zebra in the room to break this silence.
“Well, Vinyl dear, would you like to hear a story or two about what my sweet little Octavia was like when she was a filly?” Octavia was so glad that her mother chose to say something. Her body tensed up and a chill went down her spine. Did her mother just offer to tell Vinyl stories about her filly hood? Octavia looked to see that Vinyl was not trying to look small any more and now had a big cheesy grin on her face.
“I would love to hear some of them. I bet she was the most polite little filly anypony has ever seen.” Vinyl was in love with how she was getting the inside scoop on Octavia during a time before Vinyl knew her. Octavia gave her parents a pleading look, both of them grinned. They had been kind of waiting for this day, to tell their little girls special somepony these stories. She could do anything to stop the event that was about to happen.
The stories started out from when she was in still in diapers. They were just the silly things that a filly at that age where known to do. Octavia even found herself giggling at a few of the stories. Who wouldn’t laugh hearing a story of a little filly having her whole face covered in pudding. Looking over toward Vinyl, seeing that it looked like she was remembering a story her parents told her of her fillyhood.
It wasn’t long before the stories got to the point past fillyhood and right at the time Octavia was going into middle school. This was the point in her where she wish everypony would forget, but no matter how much she wished that, her parents seem to never forget. The story that came up was one that she wish that never had happen. But the cake was really good tho.
“Oh Vinyl, I think this next one was the cutest things little Octavia had done.” Octavia’s mother was trying to hide a giggle. Octavia wanted to get smaller in the chair, while Vinyl was about to fall out of her seat. “It was a few minutes before her thirteenth birthday party.”
Octavia was jumping around her mother as she was working on this cake the size of a princess. Her mother smiled as Octavia try to take a bite of the cake, but stopped when she coughed. She ran away back to her room, she really want to try a piece of the cake now and not later. There was few things that Octavia loved more than music; cake and that crazy filly from school. Octavia would never tell that filly a word of her feelings, but she wasn’t going to hide her feelings of loving cakes.
Octavia was going to get a bite of the cake before the part if it was the last thing she did today. She was going to wait till her mother was outside getting things ready for the party. Diving into her dresser to find something one of her aunts got her for Hearts Warming Eve. Grinning as she pulled spies outfit. It was all black and she had been dying for a chance to wear it.
She was sneaking along the hallway wall to where the cake was keep before the party. Octavia was in her super spy mood, stopping at each doorway. Stopping in her tracks as she heard her mother walking near by talking to her father, she waited till they had pass before making her way to her prize.
Octavia made it to the last doorway, which lead to the dining room where the cake was being kept. Peeking her head into the room and grins as she sees that the cake is unguarded. Slowly making her way in, making sure not to make a sound that would inform her parents of her task.
She made it to the push cart that the cake was sitting on, her eye grew wide as the beauty of the cake overtook her. Giving her lips a quick lick before eating her way to the core of the cake. Once Octavia was done, she would have to tell her mother that she did a great job on baking this cake.
Just making it to the core of the cake before she felt the cart begin to move. Octavia’s heart stopped in her chest as the cart was pushed outside to the cheering foals. She didn’t know what to do, there was no where for her to run without getting caught. There was a one big bump, which meant that the cake was outside and everypony is watching.
The cheering for the cake grew louder and louder as the chart moved. Thinking of nothing else to do, Octavia began to eat her way out of the cake. It took a few moments before she saw the first rays of light after entering the cake. There were gasp from what she thought was the parents of the other foals, but that was soon drowned out by the laughing of the foals.
Octavia emerged covered in frosting and cake. She could feel that all eyes were on her. What could she do now? Doing the first thing that came to her head, Octavia took a big bite of the cake and smiled. “Isn’t anypony else going to try this cake with me?”
Her parents couldn’t keep it bottled in for any more; they busted out laughing at their little filly's actions. Octavia not wanting to be left out of the laughing, joined in. At the time this was something funny for everyone to laugh about and move on, but someponies just don’t forget something like this happening. So it wasn’t long before most of the groups she was part of started to make fun of her.
Years later, right before she went to high school, a letter came in the mail saying that she was invited to attain this new music academy that was opening out soon. Rumors had it that some of the biggest Music professionals would be working there. Feeling like this was her chance to make it in the music world and to make a new started, Octavia took this chance and started at the new school.
By the end of the story Octavia was trying very hard to be one with the chair to hide. Vinyl on the other hoof had her jaw about touching the floor from her seat. After picking up her jaw off the floor, looked over at Octavia with a shy little smile.
“Octy, you were that filly when I was younger that would keep staring at me?” Octavia could tell that Vinyl was trying to put two and two together. She just nods her head, feeling kind of shame for not telling Vinyl this sooner. It’s only fair that she didn’t tell her something.
Octavia’s parents looked at each other and smiled. To them it was kind of cute to see that Octavia found her first love and was happy with her after all the years. It was like story out of one of those fairy tales, they just hope that it would stay that way.
Feeling that Octavia had enough stories told of her fillyhood, her parents got up and was followed by Octavia and Vinyl. She walked them to the door. As they walked, her parents were giving her hugs and kisses to the forehead the whole way.
“It was nice to see you again Octavia and it was a pleasure to meet you Vinyl.” Her mother smiled as she walked out the door.
“Vinyl you better take care of my little girl.” Her father eyed Vinyl, it was enough to give Octavia a chill down her spine. She could only imagine what Vinyl felt from the look she was given. Vinyl nods and moves next to Octavia, placing a gentle kiss on her cheek. Octavia couldn’t stop herself from blushing.
Her parents smiled and made their way down the hallway. Octavia was happy to see her parents again, but sad to see them. She was lost in her thoughts, that was till somepony began to nipping at her ear. “Vinyl, what are you doing?”
“I’m trying to get you back inside, or do you rather spend the next eleven months standing in the doorway?” Vinyl had that smile that hides nothing and it was this smile that had caused Octavia to fall in love with her all over again.
“I will come in if you promise me something, Vinyl.” Octavia turned to fully face the white mare.
“And what is that, Octy?” The smile she had turned into a grin.
“You tell me why your family don’t know about me.” With that said, Vinyl zipped her mouth closed. And when she zipped her mouth up, she really zipped her mouth up. Octavia sighed and grabbed Vinyl by the tail and pulled her back inside. ‘It’s going to be a long night’ was the last thought she had before closing the door.
The apartment had one of its rare moments where Vinyl was silent and Octavia was enjoying it. She still wondered how long it would take before Vinyl would unzip her mouth. She had pulled this once before back when they started dating. She wanted to show her magic off and spent the next few hours at the doctor’s trying to find the right spell to free her mouth.
“Vinyl, would you please unzip your mouth? I would like to have a talk with you.” Octavia took the seat next to the unicorn and gave her a warm smile. Vinyl looked at her before she started to set her eyes everywhere but on Octavia. This just caused the cellist to giggle before a thought came to her mind.
The gray mare got up from her seat and started to walk to their room. Before got too far she she slowly removed her pink bowtie and tossed it at the white mare. Octavia added the finishing touch by giving her flank a little shake before she closed the door. It didn’t take long until she could hear the sound of hooves galloping across the floor and then a little knock on the door.
“Only if you unzip that mouth of yours.” Octavia waited to see if Vinyl would do or not. There were whimpering sounds and then a faint glow of coming from under the door.
“I did it, Octy.” Vinyl’s voice was low, just barely above a whisper. Octavia giggled like a school filly, she didn’t expect something like this to work so fast. Some pawing at the door could be heard. Did she turn Vinyl on so bad that she would start pawing?
“If I let you in, are you going to sit down and talk about things?” She tried that voice Vinyl said she could never say no to. There was a long pause before she heard a reply.
“Sure.” That was what Octavia had been wanted to hear. She slowly got onto her hooves and opened the door to see Vinyl with the puppy dog eyes. Octavia loved that look, it made the white mare appear kind of helpless and cute. It was a different side that wasn’t the tough DJ every other pony got to see. This here was the Vinyl she had fallen in love with.
“I’m glad to see that annoying zipper gone. It made me think of braces for a bit.” Octavia giggled and smiled at the thought of Vinyl with braces. She wondered if Vinyl ever had braces when she was younger. The unicorn’s cheeks turned a little red as she gave a light hearted chuckle.
“Yeah, like braces… So can we do it now?” Vinyl’s blush faded as the thought of something dirty and so much fun came to mind. Octavia placed a hoof on Vinyl’s snout and looked like she was thinking about it for a bit.
“Let me see… After our talk.” She sounded somehow cheerful and at the same time had the tone that said, ‘it’s that or you get none’. Vinyl was about to use her magic to zip her mouth up again, but Octavia gave Vinyl’s horn a gentle kiss which left the unicorn like putty in her hooves. Vinyl admitted defeat, freed herself from Octavia’s hoof and made her way to the bed.
“You win, Octy. You’re so lucky that you’re hot.” Vinyl winked at Octavia and waited for her marefriend to join her. Octavia gave a little fake and dramatic sigh as she took her seat next to Vinyl.
“Vinyl, what am I going to do with you?” Octavia closed her eyes as Vinyl placed her head on top of hers.
“I have a few ideas…” Vinyl didn’t get the chance to finish before Octavia moved to the side and planted a kiss on Vinyl’s horn, which sent a shiver down the white mare’s spine.
“Last time we let you have any kind of ideas, I ended up carrying your foal. So, Vinyl, why doesn’t your family know about me, us?” She looked over to Vinyl who was gazing toward the floor.
“I guess the only way I could put this is… they aren’t as open minded as you were when I asked you out for the tenth time.” Vinyl let out a little chuckle as she remembered all the times she had tried to ask the cellist out. Just at that tenth time, Octavia took pity on the DJ.
“May I ask how open mind they are?”
“Let’s just say my flank would be on the street if they found out that I might like mares more than stallions.” The look on Vinyl’s face was something Octavia wasn’t used to. It wasn’t the cute look she had when she gave her the puppy dog eyes. This was like the look of a pony who was saddened at the truth they didn’t want to admit to.
Without thinking about it, she pulled Vinyl into a hug and gave her a light kiss. The two stayed that way for a long time. It was a rare moment that Octavia was the one comforting Vinyl through a hard time. The unicorn was always the one to hold her while she freaked out over concerts or some social event that didn’t go the way she planned.
“So, I can only imagine what they would do to me if they found out that I am dating a mare and knocked her up.” There was a long pause as Vinyl took a deep breath before she continued. “I just don’t think I can handle it.” She gave a little sniffle and turned her head away from the earth pony. She didn’t want the mare of her dreams to see her crying.
Octavia placed a hoof on Vinyl’s cheek and turned her head so they were looking into each other’s eyes. She saw a single tear in the young DJ’s eyes. The cellist gave a warm smile as she removed the tear with a hoof. “Vinyl, we can cross that bridge when we get to it. But for now you can help me get through this pregnancy in one piece, does that sound like a plan?” Vinyl gave another sniffle before she nodded in agreement.
“Sure thing, Octy. If you need anything, just name and I will get it for you.” Vinyl started to smile as Octavia smiled at her.
“I’m going to have to hold you to that, Vinyl.” Octavia gave Vinyl a nuzzle before letting out a yawn. “I think I may turn in for the night.”
Vinyl let out a whine and fixed her with the most adorable look she could muster. “But, Octy, can’t we still do it?”
Octavia laid back and pulled Vinyl down with her. “I think that it can wait till tomorrow.” She smiled as she gave the DJ a nuzzle before she fell fast asleep. Vinyl let out a sigh and cuddled close to Octavia. She put one last kiss on Octavia’s forehead before she fell asleep herself. Vinyl did kind of love to cuddle her marefriend.
The sun started to make its way higher in the sky, a gray mare let out a sigh. Her due date came, sleep slowly became hard to achieve and even harder to keep. As her belly grew, the harder seemingly minor tasks seemed to become. Octavia was glad that Vinyl was so helpful. She’d started to clean and after a few visits from the firefighters, take-out had become the norm for dinner.
“Hey, Octy. I’m about to make some coffee, would you like some?” Vinyl’s voice drifted from the kitchen. She started to get up early and trying to cook breakfast. It was just toast, flowers, and a cup of coffee. Octavia let out a small groan as she tried to roll out of bed.
“I would love a cup. Just give me minute.” Smiled warmly as she smelled the coffee being brewed. It seemed it was the only thing to get her out of bed at times. She walked down the hallway of their apartment slowly. The place was surprisingly clean, mostly due to the fact that Octavia was on leave and would chew Vinyl’s head off if she didn’t help keep it spotless.
When she made it to the kitchen, she found the otherwise wild DJ with her mane pulled back and humming a tune as she cooked. Steam was wafted from a cup sitting on the dining table. Octavia smiled and trotted over to take a quick drink. A deep sigh escaped as the coffee was just the way she loved it, black with a hint of nutmeg. Octavia couldn’t be happier that Vinyl had stepped up as she promised.
It wasn’t long before Octavia was pulled from her happy thoughts by the smell of smoke. She blinked a few times as she watched Vinyl rushed around the kitchen trying to put out the fire she somehow started.
“Don’t worry, Octi. I got this under control. Just sit back and enjoy your coffee.” Vinyl was trying to put water on the fire, but it cause the fire to flare up. One would think after the fifth time she would learn that you can’t put water on a grease fire, but Vinyl wasn’t like most. The Fire Department was number two on the speed dial. So it wasn’t long before everything was under control and the landlord was happy to know Vinyl wasn’t allowed to cook till she took classes. Which sadly meant Vinyl wasn’t going to be cooking any time soon.
“I hope we learned a lesson here, Vinyl. We got lucky that the firefighters were close by before the things could get out of hoof,” Octavia sighed and finished off the last of her coffee. “Just go to McHoof’s and get my usual.” She nodded her head toward her saddle bag. Vinyl looked down and as she walked out pulled some bits from Octavia’s bag.
It was going to be a while before Vinyl would get back, so Octavia curled up on the couch in the living room to take a little nap. She needed one after almost having the apartment burn down. Vinyl would wake her once she got back.
Vinyl stood at the counter of the local McHoof’s. She could never think about what she wanted before. She always chose what looked or sounded good at the moment. The young colt behind the counter yawned as he waited for her.
“Come on, Vinyl. You are in here every other day, so just get what you usually get. I’m sure Octavia would like to something to eat soon. Especially after you tried to burn the place down. Again.” The manager joked as he poked his head of his office nearby. Vinyl smiled and they both started to laugh.
“How did you know that I almost burned down the apartment again?”
“The firefighters stopped by for something to eat after they kept your place from turning ash. I think I heard something about a mare not knowing how to put out a grease fire. And figured it was you,” The manager came out of his office and motion for the young colt to move out of the way. “I feel sorry for Octavia having to put up with you trying to cook. So the meal’s on me. And because I still need to make some money here, I let you pay half price for your food. Just promise me you’ll start taking some cooking classes soon.”
“You can count on it. I was going to take a few months off before trying to find a new gig.” Vinyl used her magic to try and find her bits. She didn’t want to use the ones Octavia gave her. The manager thanked her and left Vinyl to wait for her food.
The food order didn’t take long to finish. Vinyl thanked the colt and rushed back home. It wasn’t long before she made it to the front door of the building.
Octavia grumbled as she heard Vinyl made her way into the apartment. She rubbed a hoof across her eyes, in an attempt to remove the sand she’d managed to accumulate.
“Vinyl, is that you? Did you get the food?” She just waved a hoof in the air, she was still kind of sleepy from her nap and didn’t want to try to get up. She heard the laugh that lead to the crazy life she now had and she wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.
“I did. I’ll go get everything set on the table while you try and get up,” Vinyl started to make her way to the kitchen, but stop. “Oh, how was the nap?” Octavia yawned and nodded her head. She rolled to her side as she tried to roll to her hooves.
“It was nice, just wish it lasted a bit longer.” After a few more tries she managed to land on her hooves and follows Vinyl into the kitchen. She let out a happy sigh as the aroma of the food drifted to her nose. Octavia stopped and closed her eyes as she felt the foal move. She still wasn’t used to having something move around inside her.
Octavia couldn’t believe her eyes, Vinyl had almost finished setting up the table. The white mare looked up and smiled at the gray mare. Even if all the food was from a fast food place, it was still nice to see it all set out and Octavia was happy.
Both mares enjoyed the meal together and sighed after they finished. They both knew that now that the meal was done, there was only one thing left to do, setup for the foal’s room. This had been a big topic of discussion, as they both couldn’t make up their minds on whether should they keep things neutral, plan on a colt, or plan on a filly.
“Vinyl, please? Just pick one.” Octavia started to rub her hoof between her eyes as she held them closed. Vinyl couldn’t keep her mind on one plan before she jumped to a different one.
“Neutral… No, wait filly. But having a colt would be just awesome.” Vinyl moved from one side of the room to the other like a filly who just ate too much candy and Octavia could feel her hoof dig deeper into her forehead.
“Vinyl, if you don’t pick something, I will, and you will have no say y afterwards.” This caused Vinyl to stop in her tracks and she started to give Octavia the eyes. Normally the site of that would smash Octavia’s resolve to pieces instantly,, but today she was not in the mood for it. Vinyl gave a soft sigh and looked down in defeat.
“I guess then, it would be smart to go with a neutral theme for the room. And when the foal gets older, we can change to things they like.” Vinyl started to bounce around the room yet again as she started to become excited about all the cool things their foal might be into. Octavia smiled as she was just glad to have Vinyl finally pick a theme for the room.
So for the rest of the day, the two of them started to set up the room. Which is to say that Octavia relaxed on a couch and told Vinyl what to do. The white mare would start to complain about something, but stopped once she was reminded about why she had to do it. After a few hours, the room was nice pale yellow color with everything a newborn foal could ever need.
“Wow, the room looks amazing, Vinyl. I think the foal is going to love it.” She looked over to see the unicorn passed out and snoring next to her. She started to feel kind of bad, she did push Vinyl kind of hard. But that passed as she looked down and see the goofy grin on her face. ‘Vinyl, you are cute.’ Octavia let out a yawn and joined Vinyl in the nap.
The next few weeks flew by for the two. Vinyl kept her word and managed to take up some cooking classes when she had the time. And so one day, when Octavia woke up to the smell of warm meal and not a burning apartment, she started to roll out of bed when the door to the bedroom open up and Vinyl with a tray of food. She gave a frown when she found Octavia half way off the bed.
“Get back in bed. I didn’t just spend a whole lot of time cooking for you, just for you to enjoy it at a table. Now get back in that bed and enjoy this meal.” Vinyl’s horn lit up and Octavia found herself being placed gently back in her spot on the bed. Soon the tray of food found its spot next to her.
“Fine, but you have to tell me how long it really took you to cook all of this.” Octavia adjusted herself so she could enjoy the mean and still stare Vinyl down. Vinyl looked around to find something to change the subject, but Octavia didn’t relent in staring her down .
“Three hours,” Vinyl mumbled under her breath. This only caused Octavia’s gaze to narrow . “Okay, it took me three hours to cook everything.” Vinyl turned around to reclaim the now dirty dishes, before taking them to be cleaned. Octavia smiled and started to eat the meal, but stopped when she heard the sound of dishes crashing and breaking. She sighed, but pushed it out of her mind as she kept eating.
Octavia grunted as she stretched, but soon found herself feeling a small pain in her lower region. She tried to ignore it, but the pain refused to yield, progressively getting a little stronger and stronger. Then came a wet feeling between her back legs.
“Vinyl! I think it’s time!” There was a mix of pain and fear. Vinyl rushed into the room and was followed by the sound of more dishes breaking. Her eyes grew wide as everything started to click in her head. Vinyl rushed around the room pulling all the pre-packed bags and rushed out the door. Octavia sighed and waited for Vinyl to realize that she was missing something.
It was not long before the DJ rushed back in and picked up Octavia with her magic. This was not how she planned on being taken to the hospital, but she was just glad that Vinyl did come back for her.
It was a sight to see, a white mare rushing down the street with a pregnant gray mare and two bags, telekinetically suspended in the air. Ponies moved out of the way as Vinyl was a one mare train through town. It wasn’t long before both of them made it to the hospital.
The nurse at the front desk just blinked a few times at the white mare that was panting and the hovering gray mare that looked like she was in slight pain, but more annoyed.
“Umm miss, how can I help you?” The nurse waited for Vinyl to catch her breath, but Vinyl did not wait.
“Foal… Coming… Now…” Vinyl looked around the room and back to the nurse. Pressed a button and paged a doctor and an orderly to come meet the two mares waiting at the front desk. The orderly was a unicorn and was the first to make it. He had to use his magic to get Octavia into a wheelchair, but Vinyl didn’t make it easy for him. Soon the doctor walked out to greet Vinyl and help her relax.
“Hello, I take it you must be Vinyl. I’m Dr. Stable. Please follow me and we shall check on Octavia and see how she is doing.” He gave Vinyl a warm smile and turn to lead her deeper into the hospital.
Vinyl never did like hospitals that much. She found they had a weird smell of something that has been cleaned, by bathing it in disinfectant, with a splash of bleach for good measure. Dr. Stable took her down a very large hallway with many doors to room with families crowded around mares and their new foals. Now Vinyl and Dr. Stable stood in front of a set of doors with a sign that read, ‘Delivery Room’.
Soon she found herself in the room next to the bed where Octavia laid with a happy smile plastered on her face. A nurse informed her that she was given some medicine to help deal with some pain. Vinyl took one of Octavia’s hooves and the world around her started to be tuned out.
It was not long before Octavia’s grip started to tighten and Vinyl started to believe that she would need a doctor soon to fix her hoof. Dr. Stable and a few nurses wasted no time in getting gowns and mask on them and Vinyl. Everything felt like it was moving so fast for her.
Octavia started to breathing like they had been practicing and making sounds like she was trying to push something. After what seem like hours, the Dr. Stable asked Vinyl if she would like to watch the foal being born. She nodded and freed her hoof from Octavia’s death grip. She didn’t remember much once she got next to the doctor, just that the world around her went black.
When Vinyl woke up, she found herself on one of the couches in one of the rooms they had passed earlier. She looked over to find a bed with Octavia in it holding what she could only guess was their newborn foal. Octavia was looked down at the foal with a warm motherly smile on her face.
“Who is that next to you?” Vinyl rolled off the couch and trotted over and got a better look at the foal and smiled to see that it took after Octavia in having a gray coat, but she chuckled as the two tone blue mane was just so out of place.
“Her name is Bass Note, our daughter.” Octavia moved the filly to her other side so Vinyl could get a better look at her. Vinyl gave the little filly a gentle nuzzle and found herself being poked by a little horn hidden way in the messy mane. She couldn’t believe it, their first foal was a unicorn just like her.
Life for the two would never be the same again, but they wouldn’t have want anything else.
