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// Trixie's Decision 
// Story: Magicians, Sunsets, and Diamonds, Oh My! 
// by Jhoira 
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Rarity smiled as she opened the door for Trixie, ushering her into their humble apartment. "Good evening, Trixie!" She grinned and bounced absently on her heels as she grinned at the pretty silver-haired girl. She also had dressed up for the evening. Wearing one of her own designes, though it wasn't revealing it was a bit tighter than her usual fare. Hugging her curves like one of Trixie's performing outfits, though still allowing her to move freely enough. She wouldn't have wanted to try and run in the dress but it didn't cause her any hinderance in everyday movement. Though any attempt at running would have been further hindered by the high heels that Rarity had chosen. This rather fancy look caused Trixie to raise an eyebrow at Rarity until she turned to see what Sunset was wearing.

Sunset Shimmer was busy setting out three places on the table. While that was normal her outfit was anything but. She had always been more willing to show off than Rarity, and that was being shown off in spades. With a skirt barely covering what it was supposed to when she bent over, and a shirt with a deep V neck showing off a generous amount of cleavage. Though Sunset hadn’t chosen high heels, she was barefoot like she usually liked to be at home. Trixie was standing there staring until she nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound of Rarity closing the door behind her.

Trixie looked back at Rarity, nervously turning her purse straps in her hands. “Uh... Hey... You two... Did Trixie interrupt a date night?” Not that that made any sense. They had invited her over for dinner, but Trixie had thought it was just a normal visit. She was in a serviceable blue shirt and purple skirt.

Rarity glanced around Trixie and made brief eye contact with Sunset, who nodded. Rarity smiled at Trixie who raised an eyebrow, regaining a bit of her normal personality now that she wasn’t so caught off guard. “Darling, would you like to have a seat?” Rarity smiled as she walked over to the couch and patted the space next to her. “It is indeed a date night.”

Trixie frowned for a moment before putting it together, at least she thought she had. “Ah!” Trixie smiled and sat next to Rarity. “You could have warned Trixie! Double dates aren’t really good for first dates Rarity!” Trixie sighed and shook her head. “ At least tell Trixie who it is?”

Rarity smiled and leaned forward, putting her hands on Trixie’s in her lap. “It’s not a double date Trixie. At least not in the conventional way.”

Trixie opened her mouth to ask a question only to be interrupted by Sunset, who was now leaning against the back of one of the nearby armchairs. “She means do you want to date us, Trixie?”

Trixie blushed gently as she stared at Sunset a few moments longer than was called for before looking back at Rarity. After a few moments, Trixie pulled her hands back away from Rarity’s. Looking nervously between the two girls Trixie clutched her purse like she was expecting them to snatch it from her.

Rarity slowly pulled her hands back to rest in her own lap. “Darling...” Trixie’s eyes shifted back to the fashionista. “I was fairly certain you had a crush on Sunset. And Sunset has a bit of one on you as well.” Trixie glanced over to Sunset who nodded. They had decided to let Rarity address most of the talking. Sunset was not as empathetic as Rarity so Sunset was letting her have the reigns of the conversation. “Would you like to try dinner with us?”

Trixie raised a hand to her shirt collar nervously tugging at it and frowning a little at her hosts. “You could have told Trixie this was your plan!”

Sunset was getting a little concerned over Trixie’s at least mildly hostile reaction, looking at Rarity. Rarity made a small calming motion with her hand and looked back to their guest. “I was worried you wouldn’t show up, darling. You might think I was teasing you and I wanted you to see that we are sincere.”

Trixie shifted, not exactly comfortable with the results of the evening. It was a lot easier to say that you were open to the idea of open relationships than to be confronted by your long-time crush and her girlfriend about it. Trixie grumbled at the explanation but had to admit that Rarity was probably right. And she'd go further to grant that the two seemed to be genuine. Trixie had to grin at the personality dichotomy between Rarity trying to ease into it and Sunset just saying it like it should be obvious. 

Taking the grin as a good sign Rarity leaned forward a bit reaching for Trixie's handbag which she hesitantly let go of. Rarity moved the handbag over to the coffee table and smiled at Trixie while Sunset walked around the armchair to sit in it, watching the two. "I promise we're not tricking you, Trixie."

Trixie took a deep breath, glancing over at Sunset who gave her an encouraging smile before looking back at Rarity. Trixie was grateful that they decided to have one of them speak for the two of them, it made it easier than trying to talk to both of them, and she didn't have any emotional baggage when talking to Rarity. "And... That makeover was...?"

Rarity smiled, making a small motion with her hands, one that Trixie could only frown at, not really knowing what it meant. "It was a proof of concept, dear."

Trixie frowned, tilting her head and opening her mouth for a question before Sunset cut in with a clarification. "A scouting mission, Trix." At that Trixie nodded, she and Sunset loved their war games, and that was certainly a term that Trixie understood.

Trixie smiled a little more as she looked back to Rarity. "Ok, so you weren't just manipulating Trixie." Rarity blinked and frowned. "You were actually confirming your own ideas?"

Rarity nodded after a moment, smiling again. "Yes, dear." She leaned in and took Trixie's arm gently, smiling at her. "I promise I'd never manipulate you, Trixie."

Trixie hesitated a moment before nodding again. "O-Ok..." She cleared her throat before starting again. "Ok. Trixie will have dinner with you two. We can... See how this goes." She raised a finger as the two smiled. "But! You two have to go change." At the raised eyebrows she grinned. "You can't look better than Trixie on our first date."

Sunset chuckled as she stood up. "And I think we're distracting you aren't we?"

Trixie flushed gently and shook her head. "Trixie admits nothing!"

Rarity giggled gently as she stood up as well, walking over to her and Sunset's room. Sunset followed shortly but leaned down next to Trixie, fully aware of what her shirt was doing with the motion, whispering to Trixie. "Welcome to the family, Trix." And with that, she left a brightly blushing Trixie to her own devices while they changed.