Author's note: it might be a liiiitle bit big leap into the story, but why not?
Five days passed since I saved Trixie. She had problems with her speaking time to time, but she was trying. I was just wondering what was the thing what made her flee. She said she was boastful and acted mean, but all I can see from her is... completly different! She is nice, quiet, always acting kind... When she met my friends, she was almost acting shy! Gemmy of course was 'high' again, overjoyed because of Trixie, and Will was just humming and nodding. Later that evening he called me over and told me one thing: "Nice catch, Zephy!" My head went red because of his teasing and I punched him on his left shoulder (making his left foreleg limp), but secretly I was blushing too, finding a mare like her was... almost impossible.
But if I summ up everything... I finally felt like I have somepony in my life who I can... no, I don't want to jinx it.
///Almost a month later, in the evening...///
"Could you give me some tomato?" Will asked, munching on a half-complete sandwich. He was always doing this: making an incomplete sandwich and eating the veggies separatedly.
"Yes of course!" Trixie replied and levitated a tomato to him.
"Thanks!" He said and grabbed it with a hoof.
"You know guys.. I wonder why do you even have to ask, you all are unicorns!" I said, nonchalantly eating an apple-rolls.
"Dunno, but this gave me an idea!" Gemmy answered my rhetorical question.
"Do I have to be affraid?..." I asked, I knew Gemmy enough.
As answer, she just grinned menacingly and levitated the vegetables above herself.
"Oh goddess why did I open my mouth?..." I said quietly and braced myself for being assaulted by her... only to find out: nothing hapened. Trixie gave Gemmy a serious look and shook her head. Gemmy sighed in defeat and levitated the veggies back on the table.
"T-thank you Trixie!" I said in relief. She leaned closer to me (she was sitting on my left) and whispered in my ear.
"Anytime, my love." I felt my face burning, I'm sure I was as red as Will. But Trixie got a nice redness on her face too. When Gemmy noticed the sudden change of the color of our face, she froze for a second... then burst out in laughter.
I just slowly facehoofed.
Later, on the same evening.
It was eleven sharp. I had to rest, the next day was a long one, I was assigned to a way too long patrol.
When I was about to fall asleep, Trixie come in my room. She was refreshened, she had a shower by the looks.
"Oh hello Miss Beautiful!" I said with a smirk.
She walked to my bed and climbed on it, climbed on me.
"Hi there, handsome..." She said, her eyelids were halfway closed, making the infamous 'bedroom-eyes'.
She leaned closer, giving me a kiss on the lips. My wings popped open, even though I was lying on my back. Trixie enveloped the blanket with her magical aura and levitated it off of me so there was nothing between us anymore.
'This is it. The time. Yes!' I thought and smiled.
Trixie leaned closer again, giving me a quick kiss, then her horn glowed and flashed up: she changed our position with teleporting!
"Wow. That was weird..." I said and looked down, Trixie was under me, smiling cutely.
"Don't let the Great and Powerful Trixie wait!" She said, no, demanded.
"Oh we will see who is great and powerful now!" I got in position, then...
///The next morning...///
The rays of the early sun went through in the small open spaces between the shutter and the window's casement, shining right into my eye. Naturally I woke up.
"An unbelievably far and gigantic solar body, giving heat and life for a planet and yet an unbelievably accurate sniper, shooting its light right in my eye." I said quietly and I was about to get out of bed, when...
"Good morning to you too, Zeph." I blinked. I totally forgot that Trixie was with me, hugging me, to be certain. Then I remembered everything. A satisfied smile crept on my face.
"Sorry for waking you up Honey." I whispered in her ear: she flicked that ear cutely and nuzzled me on the chest (her head was on my chest, using me as a pillow). "You are very cute, you know?" She just smiled, her eyes still closed and tried to embrace me even more.
"Don't go..." She said and opened her eyes, looking up at my eyes.
"I have to, I'm sorry. I will be back as soon as possible." I kissed her forehead and tried to get out of the bed, this time successfully.
"What will I do then?" She asked, frowning.
"Well..." This was a hard question, in the past month, since she lived with me, Trixie did almost nothing. Of course she tried to be useful, help doing chores and stuff like that but she was just sitting on our bed, doing nothing. "...maybe you should ask Gemmy if she can show you around in the city, I know you've been here but she have nothing to do either and I'm sure both of you would enjoy some shopping. Oh wait, that means I will lose all my money." My eyes widened, but Trixie just kept looking at me, with the same sad expression. "Oh well, I had worse. Come on, Gemmy should be up, she want to do as many things on her free day, as ponily possible."
"Yes, that's like her..." Trixie looked down, wearing an even sadder expression, making me feel bad.
"Oh come on Honey, why aren't you smiling? Tell me what's wrong, please!..." I lifted her head with a hoof, making her looking into my eyes.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie does not deserves your money, Zephyr. Trixie will just remain here all day." I couldn't stand this anymore.
"Trixie. Don't say this. You know it's not true. Come on, talk with Gemmy." I walked to the shelf where my savings are and grabbed a sack of bits. "This'll be surely enough." I gave it to her.
"No, I can't accept it!" She gave it back.
"Trixie. Don't do this."
"Zeph, I ca-" I didn't let her finish her sentence.
"Shut up and take my bits!" I demandingly raised my left foreleg with the sack of bits in my hoof.
"O-okay..." She took it. "But are you sure?..."
"Yes." I leaned close to her. "Look, I want that you feel yourself good, enjoy life and be happy again. And I will do anything to achieve this. And if I get something in my head, then..." I stopped, letting her continue.
"...then you will do it, any cost." She sighed. "I know. Alright, you convinced me." She slowly started to smile. "But don't be surprised if this sack will be empty when you get back!" She smirked.
"Now that's the Trixie I want to see!" I kissed her on the lips then went in the bathroom, preparing myself for duty.
///That unbelieveably long and boring day later...///
I arrived to home, almost everything of me in pain. After getting inside, I noticed a few paperbags with different kind of stuff in it. That reminded me of the thing I bought.
"Whoah, what the hay?..." I raised an eyebrow and checked the bags: some food, some souveniers from the city and clothes.
"Clothes. Why clothes? It's like the middle of the summer!" I said and grabbed a silky fabric. After rising it I realized what was it. "Sweet Luna... if she going to wear this, my head gonna explode..." It was a pair of hot looking white stockings. "Ah my wings!" I hissed in pain. Yes, you guessed why.
"Zeph? Is that you?" I heard the familiar, sweet voice of Trixie, coming from the inner parts of the flat.
"Yeah, I'm home!... " I answered and tried to fold my wings back, thinking about fountains and birds chirping. My wings gave in and let themselves be folded and I hid the small package under my left wing: it was important to don't let her know about it before time. Right when I was done Trixie appeared in front of me, smiling. "What's up?" I asked, responding to her smile with my own.
"Oh this day was wonderful, Gemmy and I were talking all day, shopping and sightseeing in the city... this reminds me two things." Her happy expression turned into a half frown.
"Two things? I'm listening." I said and sat down.
"Well, I think you already found the first." She pointed at the paperbag of the stockings, I nodded (a very faint blush appearing on my face, just because thinking about her in those..). "The second thing is, well... I have to confess something..."
"Oh. What is it?" My smile turned into a frown, just like hers.
"It's better if we go in your room." She motioned to follow her.
In my room...
"I... can't live with this in mind anymore..." She started after she sat on my bed, looking at the floor.
I sat next to her, on her left side, putting my right hoof on her right shoulder.
"Tell me. Anything it is I'm sure I can handle it and help you." I said in a calming tone. She looked up, in my eyes. She was already tearing, probably on the edge of crying.
"Zeph.... I lied to you... not exactly lie, but I showed what isn't true.." She looked down at the floor again.
"What do you mean?..." I blinked in confusion.
"When we first met... when you saved me... I needed a place to live, somepony I can use to get back on track..." She stopped, sobbing.
"That would be me I guess." I said, letting out a small sigh.
"W-well, it was the plan.... but then I felt strange and.... I didn't want to leave you... I only realized this yesterday evening..." She started to cry. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."
'Just this? I thought she wants to leave me!' I thought. "Don't worry, I'm not angry at you." I started to caress her mane and kissed her left cheek. "Besides... I thought there is something off with ya all the time!" I said and chuckled a bit. "But everything's fine, you don't need to worry. Also... there is somethin' I want to give ya!"
She looked at me. "Give.. me? What is it?"
I opened my left wing (with a good amount of pain pulsing through it) and the little package fell on the bed. Trixie saw it and gave me a questioning look. I simply nodded to her, my expression saying 'take it'. She grabbed it with her magic, levitating it in front of her.
"Open it." I said and she obeyed. Half minute later an even smaller, fancy box was in her hooves.
"Is this... what I think it is?" She asked and her breathing got faster.
"Only one way to know~!" I answered in a singy voice and she opened the box. A golden horn-ring was there, with a flawless diamond in it. "Would you be my wife?" I asked, trying to look in her beautiful purple eyes.
She slowly turned her head, looking in my eyes, her expression changing, then she took a big breath and...
"YES!!!" She shouted and tackle-hugged me, sending me fall on my back.
"Uh my everything!" I hissed in pain as I landed, the unpleasant feeling waved through my body. But it was worth it afterall...
When Trixie realized that I'm in pain, she let me go, covering her mouth with both hooves. "Oh I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" She asked.
"N-no.. I just need a massage and I'll be fine." I said, looking at the ceiling.
"Well, I can give you a crude massage." She said, grinning, levitating the ring in front of her. "In exchange of this something!"
I chuckled then replied to her. "My body is yours!"
Trixie engulfed me in a magical aura, turning me around: I was facing the bed after she set me down. She then started to work on my tired and aching muscles, giving me relief.
An hour long massage later...
We were both lying on the bed, I was on my back, staring the ceiling, thinking about the future. Trixie was on my right, probably napping. I started to gently caress her belly.
"Hmmm?" She moved her head, looking up at me.
"Ah, nothing, I just realized something."
She blinked and tilted her head. "And that is?"
"I'm going to be a father soon." I smiled and sighed with pride.
Her eyes widened for a second. Then she blinked and smiled.
"Yes, you are. And you are going to be a great one." She closed her eyes.
"Great and powerful?" I asked mockingly.
"Very funny, Zeph."