Chapter 7

I awoke on my mattress on the floor to the light of early monday morning. I hate mondays, i always seem to wake up early especially when i don't have to go to work until 5:30 or so to set up for the seven hour work night. I tried to go back to sleep for a little while but after long enough i gave up and headed for the kitchen. Octavia usually doesn't leave to teach lessons until around 10 and it was 7 now so she was still sleeping so i tried to be quiet. i walked past her room and shut her door so if i did make any noise it would not disturb her. i opened the fridge to look for a snack. using me telekinesis i pulled out things looking for anything good. i found some leftover salad. it wasn't from last night it must be from some other night octavia went out. i put everything back and went to the couch. octavia finally came out and went for the fridge. i didn't say anything i just watched as she moved as if she was drunk. when she opened the fridge she started digging around. she closed the fridge and turned to me.

"is that the leftover salad from the back of the fridge?" i swallowed the leaf that was in my mouth.

"yeah, why did you want some theres still a bit left?"

She shook her head with a grin on her face.

"no i was just wondering." with that she took out some apple juice and came and sat next to me. we sat quietly on the couch for a bit until i finished my salad.

"what time do you have to go teach lessons?"

"Oh not for a while i have plenty of time why what time do you have to leave"

"Around 5:30 which gives me about an hour to set things up until we close at 1:30."

"so what are you going to do for while i'm at work until 4?" Truly i haven't thought about that. Since all i used to do is tamper with my equipment and wonder ponyville aimlessly for hours.

"ummmm i don't know really maybe i go with you to work today i don't have anything to do anyways" octavia frowned for a second then looked around as if looking for an answer to be written on the wall or something.

"how bout some other time besides its your turn to do some laundry and you definitely have to clean your room indefinitely. also i have to head out now its a monday so i have some… stuff to do so ill see you around." With that she galloped out the door. she didn't even seem ready to leave. Either way she would be home in a few hours anyways. I spent most of my day cleaning my small messes i've left lying around. Laundry didn't take long since neither of us wear any clothes just accessories like scarves and stuff. It was around 3 so it was about another hour until octavia got home so i decided to clean her room for a surprise or something. Her door was shut but i walked in anyways. it was pretty clean except for the sheets scattered around and lots of papers. I grabbed some of the papers. most were newspapers with the job openings sections cut out, others were bill warnings of utilities being shut down. Octavia didn't go to work this morning because she doesn't have work to go to. she was out job hunting. How did she expect to have me be a burden when she herself was laden with stress.

Finally octavia came home.

"hello vinyl how was your day, I see it was productive even the dishes are done." I couldn't believe she would come home and act like she had nothing wrong.

"oh it was nice to get some 'work' done. anyways did you find a job yet?"

"no, WAIT! how… what… how did you know?!" I obviously caught her off guard.

"i went to clean your room for a surprise but when i noticed all the job listings in the newspapers were torn out it only could have meant you were looking for a job. also with all the overdue bill warnings it meant you weren't making any money." She was pale as if all she was suddenly left her. She was in shock being caught off guard, by me the one pony she loves above all,l to be found without a job. I suddenly felt bad for doing so and snooping about, but she should have never kept this as a secret.

"I'm sorry vinyl that i never told you but i didn't want you to worry. I was happy to see you worry free and contempt with living with me and i didn't want you to trouble yourself with my problems."

"tavi... theres no need to keep it your problem anymore. Im here for you and we can get through this together, besides at least I have a job that brings in enough to feed us." I said just enough to reassure her. She was giddy with joy and she leapt over and gave me the tightest hug ever. I swear if it weren't for my glasses my eyes would have bursted. Through her tears and sobs of comfort she thanked me over and over.

"thank you vinyl, im sorry I never told you. Thank you for being so understanding." She hugged me and cried for a few more minutes. After that she went to the bathroom to get herself back together. It was 5 thus it was time for me to head out.

"Octavia I gotta go ill see you when I get home... wait if you've got nothing to do how bout you come with me tonight. You can hang out backstage and we can talk and stuff during my breaks. Maybe in the meantime you can... practice your cello or something." At first I saw some disbelief in her eyes, but it gradually turned into joy.

"I'd be delighted to accompany you. Just hold on a sec ill grab my cello." With that she dashed to her room and returned just as fast with her cello. We left by 5:30, headed to a night at my club.