After the party was over, Trixie walked Rarity to her home, and so did Twilight to Fluttershy’s. Rainbow Dash went to hers fast because she was tired and needed her bed and Applejack walked to hers alone. Trixie and Rarity had their tails intertwined, her head on the back of Trixie’s neck and her eyes were closed. She wasn’t really paying attention to where she was walking nor stepping on. She had full trust that Trixie would guide her. They walked slow to spend more time together.
“I trust that you haven’t been overworking, my lady.” Trixie spoke when they were close to arrive.
“I didn’t. These days were normal. I spent more time with Sweetie Belle and Spike helped me to collect more gems.”
“Spike...” Trixie said after a sigh.
Rarity quickly looked at her marefriend.“Oh, I'm sorry, Trixie, it just slipped...”
“You don’t need to apologize. I just wish there was something I could do to make him stop hating me. I don’t like that feeling… I never did.”
“He doesn’t hate you. I don’t believe he does...”
“He yelled at me a few weeks ago! H-He made me cry a little...”
“Twilight told me about that but not about you crying...”
“I cried when I walked back to Fluttershy’s cottage. I didn’t even know that Twilight was there.”
“She was close. I tried not to mention that incident to him to not make things even more weird than they already are.” Rarity sighed. “Poor little thing. I really wish there was something I could do.”
“Rarity...”
“I know that it isn’t my fault!” The white pony suddenly exclaimed, standing still and scaring Trixie. “Sorry, Trixie-boo, but I’m tired of hearing that… ” Trixie didn’t say anything. She just looked at her marefriend. Rarity was looking down. It didn't take long before Trixie hugged her. Rarity hugged her back almost immediately. “Please, Trixie-boo, let’s drop this...” The showmare kissed Rarity’s forehead, causing the later to gaze at her.
“Beautiful, about those Carmen tickets...” Trixie was smiling, and it didn’t take long for Rarity to catch the smile.
“Oh, yes. I found out that they were in Canterlot and I decided to get two. I remembered that you wanted to see that play.”
“You didn’t have to to do it.”
“I did. It’s not only you who has to make me happy, I want to make you happy too.” Trixie snuggled against Rarity neck and the later stroked her silver hair.
“I’m so lucky to have you, Rarity.” They gazed at each other for a few moments before they continued walking, which wasn’t long because they were close to the boutique.
Rarity walked to the door and turned to give Trixie a peck on her lips. “Sleep well, my darling.”
“You too, my lady.” Rarity opened the door and entered her house, slowly closing the door as she looked at Trixie. The magician pony walked back to Fluttershy’s cottage, humming the song she was still composing.
***
The next morning at Fluttershy's cottage, Trixie headed to the table after waking up. She was still sleepy and yawning when she heard hoofsteps coming from the kitchen.
“Good morning, Fluttershy.”
“Good morning, Trixie.” Trixie widely opened her eyes when the voice who answered wasn’t the one she expected. She slowly raised her head and was surprised to find Twilight smiling at her. “How did you sleep?”
“Twilight? I-I’m sorry, I didn’t know! If you have told me, I would have spent the night at...”
Twilight chuckled. “Relax, Trixie, I just slept here, nothing else.”
“Oh...” The blush that Trixie had faded after hearing that. “Where’s Fluttershy?”
“She’s still sleeping. I didn’t want to wake her up so I was careful when I escaped her embrace. I put her teddy bear on her hooves before leaving the bedroom. I have to go early to finish my work on time.”
“I see...”
“I must get going. Eat my breakfast, Trixie. I’ll make something else when I arrive. Don’t worry I didn’t touch it.”
“Are you sure?”
Twilight trotted to the kitchen and put her breakfast on the table. “Yes.” The lavender Unicorn hugged her best friend before trotting to the door. “I’ll see you later.” Before Trixie could say something else, Twilight was gone. Moments later, she heard how she teleported away. Trixie smiled and started eating. Middle way, Fluttershy walked in.
“Good morning, Trixie.”
“Good morning, Fluttershy.”
“Did Twilight leave?” Trixie nodded, causing Fluttershy to look down.
“She gave me her breakfast and left. Oh, I didn’t prepare yours, sorry!”
“I-It’s fine… I’ll go make it. Keep eating yours.” The blue Unicorn looked at her friend with sadness as she slowly walked to the kitchen. She started to think on something to keep Fluttershy’s mind busy. When she returned and sat on the table, silence ruled for a few minutes, before Trixie spoke.
“I had been thinking about my piece for Rarity...”
“You had?” Fluttershy quickly eyed her, making Trixie to smile a bit.
“Yes. I think that our friends can help me with that.”
“Are you sure?”
“I have to be, there’s no other option.”
“Well, if that’s the case, Pinkie dominates various instruments.”
“She’s a good start. She can play the flute. But I also need a violin.”
“We can ask Applejack. I think that she has a cousin who plays it.”
“That could work! As for now, only them will know. It will be hard for Applejack, I know how hard liying is to her.”
“If no pony asks her, she won’t have to lie.”
“We’ll have to practice and Pinkie will disappear too... I'll have to tell everypony afterall. The important thing is that Rarity doesn’t find out.” Fluttershy nodded. “I’ll tell Applejack today, I have to make some errands for her anyway.” They finished eating and they parted ways. Trixie walked with a smile on her face. The day where she would ask Rarity to be her wife was getting closer.
***
“Trixie! Yer just in time!” Applejack greeted her friend as soon as she saw her.
“I almost got late, but I’m ready to deliver the apples to Sugarcube Corner.”
“Before you do, Ah want to ask you something, sugarcube.”
“Sure.”
“Ah know ah should have asked before, but, why do you apple buck like an Earth Pony? Twilight used magic when she helped me.”
“Oh, that’s because I want strong legs. Exercise doesn’t kill, right?”
Applejack chuckled. “No, it doesn’t. You can deliver the apples now. That’s all ah want you to do today.” Trixie smiled, but then, she remembered that there was something she wanted to ask to her farmer friend.
“Applejack.”
“Yes?”
“I have something to ask you too.”
“Ask away, sugarcube.”
“Is it true that you have a cousin who can play the violin?”
“Yes, her name is Fiddlesticks. Why do you ask?”
“It’s… well, how do I say it…? I’m writing a piece, something I wish to play to Rarity and I need more ponies to play with me. I’ll... I'll play it to propose to her.” Applejack moved her head to a side, trying to see if she heard right. When she realized that she didn’t hear wrong, she opened her eyes wider and smiled before patting one of Trixie’s whiters.
“Congratulations, partner! Ah was wonderin’ when would you do it.”
Trixie chuckled as she flushed. “Thanks, Applejack. But, she hasn’t accepted yet.”
“But she will, Ah’m sure of it.” Trixie smiled. She liked everypony's optimism. “Ah’ll see what can ah do. Ah’ll send Fiddlesticks a letter to see if she can come.”
“Thanks. We’ll start practicing when she comes. If she can. Oh, and keep it a secret to Rarity, please.”
“That’s needless to say, Trixie.” Applejack said with a smug.
“I’m just making sure.” Trixie said as she headed to the cart to deliver the apples. “I better get going if I want to be on time.”
“Ah’ll see you later, sugarcube. Have a safe trip!” Trixie nodded and began her way to Sugarcube Corner.
A week later…
Trixie was in the bathroom, getting ready before Rarity came for their date. Her makeup was already done. She was doing her hair now.
“Up or down? Hmm… Up. Our tickets are for a loge.” The Unicorn applied perfume on her and left the bathroom to go to her room. She sat on her bed and took the portrait where her brother’s photo was. She smiled at it and hugged the frame. “I love you, big bro...” A single tear always escaped from one of her eyes. She always did that to give herself strength before going on a date with Rarity. She then heard a knock on the front door, followed by it being opened by Fluttershy.
“Trixie, Rarity’s here!” The timid pony called.
“I’m coming!” Trixie left the portrait back where it was and walked outside the room. As she turned around the corner, she was met by the most beautiful creature on Equestria. She smiled as the creature, who was until then talking with Fluttershy, gazed upon her.
“Good evening, my darling.”
“Rarity… you are so gorgeous...”
Rarity blushed a little. “Thank you. You look wonderful too.” The white pony spoke softly, as Trixie stood inches away from her and both of them stared at each other eyes romantically. Fluttershy felt like if she was in the way. She lightly pawed with a hoof on the floor while she looked at it.
“Um, girls…?” The Pegasus said in an barely audible tone, awaking both Trixie and Rarity from their daze.
“Oh, right! We should be going or we’ll get late.” Rarity spoke, blushing madly.
“Y-Yes, you’re right!” Trixie followed Rarity as she opened the door and walked outside before turning to see Fluttershy. “Good night, Fluttershy. I’ll see you in the morning.”
“Have fun you two.” The couple nodded and began to walk while Fluttershy closed the door.
“Finally a proper date. How long has it been since our last one?” Rarity commented on the way.
“Two weeks? When we celebrated after my first job as a magician for a while.”
“Oh, yes. Did you have any more calls?”
“In a matter of fact, I did. I have another birthday the day after tomorrow.”
“Wonderful! Soon, you will able to call yourself a professional magician again.”
“I already do. More jobs keep arriving. I only rejected some because they were on the same day. I can’t be in two places at once.”
“You actually can, but, Twilight decided to block the mirror pond to prevent anypony to use it after Pinkie Pie did.”
“What happened?” Trixie asked, half smiling.
“You don’t want to know, trust me.”
“I’ll won’t ask again, then… I can already imagine it anyway. With one Pinkie we have enough...”
“There were too many Pinkie Pies! Everywhere you looked, talking non stop…! We can't blame her, though. She had the best intentions."
“You had many adventures before I came here to stay for good. There’s always something I don’t know.”
“I might tell you how I once was a bad friend to Rainbow Dash one day.”
“You, a bad friend? Speak now, please!”
Rarity giggled. “Another time, I promise.”
“You did it on purpose. Now, you will tell me whenever you want and, meanwhile, the intrigue will kill me.” The fancy Unicorn didn’t reply, she just smiled, closing her eyes. “You’re mean!”
“You can’t be mad at me.”
“It doesn’t mean that you should take advantage of that.” Rarity gazed at her, causing Trixie to blush hard. She was right, she couldn’t get mad easily with her. Not since she first told Rarity that she loved her. The magician pony laid her head on one of Rarity’s whiters, not stopping moving, while the fashionista watched her with her eyes half closed for some seconds before looking to the front. They were close to the train station..
“We’re almost there, my darling.” Trixie smiled and snuggled her head more against Rarity. She had been wanting to see this Opera since she was a filly, and she was finally going to see it, and with the pony of her dreams nonetheless.
After the Opera…
“Outstanding!” Trixie said as they walked out the train. “I can’t believe it! I’ll have the songs stuck in my head forever.”
“Me too. Even though it’s a tragedy, I loved the romance!” Rarity commented with dreamy eyes. “Having to ponies to fight for you must not feel entirely good once one of them gets killed.”
“Carmen didn’t feel very guilty. She wanted both her husband and El Matador.”
“I know. But, if I was in her situation, I would beg them to stop.”
“Rarity, if somepony else fell in love with you, I would ask them politely to move on. Besides, you would reject them, right?”
“Do you have to ask? Of course I would!” Rarity said as she nuzzled her cheek against Trixie’s. “My heart belongs to you and only to you.”
“I know, but hearing that still makes me happy.” Rarity sighed happily and kissed one of Trixie’s cheeks. They kept talking about the Opera until they made it to Trixie’s home. The blue Unicorn walked to the door and turned to see Rarity.
“I'm usually the one who takes you home.” Trixie commented.
“You’re usually the one who asks me out.” Rarity said, smiling.
“That's true… thank you for the lovely night, beautiful.”
“I’m glad that you enjoyed it. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Trixie nodded and smiled as Rarity leaned closer to her and kissed her. “Sweet dreams, Trixie-boo.” The fashionista whispered after she kissed her, inches away from her.
“Sweet dreams, my lady. I’ll show you my photo album tomorrow...” Rarity hugged her marefriend as she smiled.
“I can’t wait to see how cute you were as a filly.”
Trixie chuckled and broke the hug. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” Rarity turned and walked away as Trixie watched her. Once she couldn’t see her anymore, Trixie got inside and closed the door. She walked with caution to not wake Fluttershy up to her room, she got undressed and she later jumped into her bed. She gazed at her brother’s photo and smiled as she slowly fell asleep.