Twilight couldn’t believe that the week was almost over, and that her dates were almost over as well. Sunset and Trixie could each be a little arrogant, so these last two meetings might be the trickiest. But Sunset had been a changed person for quite a some time now, and Twilight trusted her.

Speaking of which, it was the day of Sunset’s date with Twilight, and Sunset had said that she would pick Twilight up at the castle that night, and they would go to her house. It seemed that Sunset was trying to spend some time with the princess doing something simple, not something... "wow"... but Twilight thought that that would be a great way to have a good time.

The princess had spent the day with Rarity, who could barely believe her situation, and thought that Twilight was lucky. Twilight wasn’t so sure that she was. But she didn’t have time to be think about these things — night had fallen, and Sunset was going to collect her pretty soon. Sunset had said in a letter that she would arrive with Robert. But who was Robert? Wasn’t this supposed to be a date? Twilight tried not to think about it. She dressed in her usual uncomplicated style, and picked up some pajamas. Sunset had said that she could sleep there if she wanted.

Sunset had also said that they would watch a new movie, but she hadn’t said which one, keeping Twilight in suspense. Twilight prayed that it wasn’t one about a killer maniac or something — Princess Luna’s game had given her the chills. She would never again play such a terrifying game.

Twilight grabbed her glasses, brushed her hair and left her princess tiara behind. She was ready — right on time — when she heard a horn and then Spike calling her. Sunset had arrived. She sighed, and hurried to the castle gate to find Sunset sitting on her bike.

Sunset was dressed in her usual clothes, including her trademark leather jacket, which she loved very much. But Twilight was surprised to see her wearing dark glasses. Twilight didn’t understand why in Tartarus she was wearing them at night. And… what about this Robert?

“Hi, Sunset, are we going on… that?” Twilight asked as she approached the black motorcycle with leather seats. She had never ridden a bike in her life. Sunset was not surprised by her reaction.

“Hi, Sparky! That, as you put it, is a bike.” Sunset climbed down from the machine and pointed to it, smiling. “That’s Robert. My older brother ‘gave’ it to me when I was younger,” she explained.

Twilight’s eyes widened. “Oh, so this is Robert” she said softly.

Sunset laughed. “So Sparky, can we go?” Sunset gave Twilight a smile that only she and Trixie knew how to do. Both of these girls had a smile that never failed to make Twilight blush.

“Yes, but promise me that you’ll go slowly? I’m sort of scared of bikes, but I trust you.” Twilight avoided looking at Sunset, expecting her to make light of her fear.

Quite the contrary, Sunset smiled and nodded — she was not surprised by the princess’s nervousness. “Yeah, yeah, Sparky, I understand. I’ll go slow. Now c'mere.” She jumped back onto the bike and patted the seat behind her.

Twilight watched her with a shaky face and sighed, then picked up her overnight bag. She sat behind Sunset, and held onto her tightly.

“Calm down, Sparky! I haven’t even started the engine!” she laughed, pulling off her black glasses and putting them in her jacket pocket.

“I’ll try…” Twilight said with a muffled voice, pressing her face into Sunset’s shoulder.

The girl in the leather jacket gave a satisfied smile. Then Sunset started the motorcycle, revving up its loud engine. “Ready?” Twi nodded. “Okay, here we go. Hold on tight!” Sunset finally accelerated and they went.

For the first few minutes, Twilight kept her face buried in Sunset’s shoulder, but after some time she realized that the ride was not so bad, so she dared to look up and was stunned by the view of the world zooming past her.

“Uh… Sunset?”

“Yes, Sparky?” Sunset called back, without removing her eyes from the dirt road.

“Where is your house?”

“I live alone in a house near the edge of the city. The sound of the animals in the Everfree forest bothers me a bit sometimes, but it's not much of a problem. It's a good place, and has everything I need. My brother lived there before, but he was... well, kind of arrested and…” Sunset paused and laughed, remembering her older brother.

“Oh…” Twilight looked up for a moment, watching the stars. Perhaps she’d intruded on an area Sunset wasn’t comfortable speaking about. “You liked him, yes? I’m sure he was a great guy, even if he was arrested and…”

“Great guy?!” Sunset asked and then laughed again. “He was a complete bastard! When I said he gave me the bike, what I actually meant was that when he was eventually arrested, then his house and everything he had ended up going to me.” Sunset paused and shook her head. “I hated my brother, Twi. I don’t even know if he’s still alive!”

“What was his name?”

“Shimmering Fire.”

“Looks like ‘shimmer’ is a bit of a theme for your family,” said Twilight.

They spent a few minutes in silence, Twilight just enjoying the delicious scent of Sunset. She didn't care about the bike any more. The silence was broken by Sunset. “We’re almost there. Do you see that house over there?” Twi nodded. “That’s mi casa,” Sunset joked, accelerating towards the house she’d pointed out. “Here we are!” She slammed on the brakes, causing Twilight, who was still deep in thought about how delicious the Sunset’s scent was, to jump.

“Oh, yes, here we are. I like your house, it has... well, it has... some charm” Twilight said, getting the topic off of ‘Robert’, while Sunset wheeled the bike into the garage.

“Sleep well, Robert!” she said jokingly with a coaxing tone, as if the bike were actually a person, and closed the garage door. Twilight laughed. “Hey, Twi, c’mere. Let's go inside,” Sunset put an arm around Twilight, “Was our ride with Robert so bad?”

“No, I was… deep in thought about other things…” she blushed.

Sunset laughed, “C'mon, I’ll show what movie we’re gonna see. I’m sure you’ll… like it.” Sunset said as they entered the house. Twilight didn't have a good feeling about this movie, but she really didn't care about that now — the only thing that mattered was the comforting arm of Sunset.

Twilight sat on the sofa, now dressed in her pajamas, and waited for Sunset, who had gone off to arrange something in her bedroom. “So, what are we going to watch?” the princess called.

Twilight heard a laugh coming from the room. “Wait for it Sparkle,” Sunset emerged from her room, smiled for a moment, and then turned on the TV. “You like horror movies? Or do you think they’re too… spooky?” Sunset turned to Twilight and gave a playful smile at her, then sat beside her.

“No! I’m not scared of horror movies…” Twilight said, obviously lying. But for anyone who’d played Five Nights at Freddy's with Luna, it would surely be nothing. Twilight smiled remembering that night.

“Okay, Sparky. We’re gonna watch… Annabelle!” Sunset got up and went to the cabinet the TV was sitting on, took out a DVD and slid it into the player. “I'll make some popcorn for us, or do you prefer ice cream?” she asked, turning to Twilight.

“Popcorn, definitely!” I’ve had enough of ice cream for this week…

Sunset snapped her fingers and a bag of popcorn appeared magically floating in front of her. “Here you are.” She gave it to Twilight, who raised an eyebrow.

“Thank you, but I thought that you were going to make it.”

“Using magic is way more easy.” Sunset sat back down beside Twilight on the couch and then snapped her fingers again. The lights switched off and the movie started. “Come lie down here,” she offered, seeing that Twilight was getting cold from the draught coming through the window. Twilight lay in her lap, blushing.

“So…”

“Wait a second, Twi…” Sunset said, looking out of the window.

Outside the window, Sunset saw the tip of a blue hat, which reminded her of Trixie’s hat. She wouldn’t come here to sabotage the date, would she? Sunset decided to check. She looked at Twilight. “Can you give me a second?” Twilight nodded, “Thanks, I’ll be back in a sec.”

She walked outside, barefoot, to find exactly who she expected. Trixie was crouching, giggling softly, preparing to drop some fireworks to scare the two. Sunset cleared her throat, and Trixie turned, still with a firework in her hand.

“Oh, hello, Sunny. Beautiful night, no? Hehe…” Trixie smiled nervously, looking sideways, her eyes avoiding Sunset.

“You were planning to drop this crap to scare us, right?” She raised her eyebrows and extended her hand to Trixie, beckoning for the fireworks. Trixie handed them over. “I’ll drop them on your head if you don’t get out of here now!” Sunset threatened and then threw the fireworks box away. “I’m not Fluttershy. I’m not going to be scared of your silly tricks Trix. I’m not a kid,” she laughed mockingly.

Trixie stood up straight. “You can dream all you want that you will win the hand of the beautiful Twilight Sparkle. But Trixie knows her best, since we were enemies!”

“Awesome logic! Trixie is that girl’s enemy, so she’d love to be Trixie’s lover forever!” Sunset did her best imitation of Trixie’s proud voice. “Seriously, get out of here.”

“The Great and Powerful Trixie is out, for now.” She disappeared in a cloud of smoke, but once it had cleared, Sunset saw her hidden behind a pillar. Sunset face-palmed and shook her head, returning inside. Twilight’s face lit up when she saw her.

“Sorry, Twi, I had a few things to take care of, but now I’m all yours,” she smiled.

“So… what’s this movie about?” Twilight asked, passing the bag of popcorn to Sunset and reclaiming her place lying across Sunset’s lap.

“Shh... you’ll see. And I’m sure that you will get scared,” she said as she pressed play on the movie.

And she was right. After a few minutes Twilight was beginning to tremble with fear. The worst scene for her was when the demon living within Annabelle killed the woman and took her soul. Twilight buried her face in Sunset’s pink pajamas, only daring to peek out of the corner of one eye. Sunset merely laughed at the scene.

Twilight learned two things from watching this movie: the first was that she should never touch a satanic doll named Annabelle; the second was that Sunset’s lap was comfortable and warm. Thinking about it she blushed.

“Did you liked the movie, Sparky?” Sunset joked, looking at the Princess huddled in her lap.

“No, definitely not,” Twilight said, sulkily. Sunset started to laugh and won a playful punch in the shoulder from the princess.

“Oh Sparky, you’re so… adorable. I never thought I'd say that to anyone, but for you, I will make an exception.” She smirked watching Twilight blush.

Twilight got up and sat beside Sunset, playing with her hair and avoiding looking at her. “Well… it’s midnight, how about we go to sleep? Tomorrow I’ve got a date with…”

“Trixie. I know,” she said in a disgusted tone.

“Why do you hate her so much, Sun?”

“I don’t know. She’s just… annoying!”

“Are you jealous?” Twilight suggested playfully and giving Sunset a smile as she got up and to throw the empty bag of popcorn into the kitchen trash. She came back and sat next to Sunset who, for the first time, was blushing.

“No! Of course not! Why I would I be jealous of her?!”

“You know, Trixie and I have… just like Luna and Pinkie, I’ve known her for much longer than I’ve known you. You don’t feel… threatened by that?” Twilight asked.

“No. And you know why? Because I know you'll choose who you want, and... I think I treat you right... right? Unlike Trixie, who has challenged you several times.”

“You have a point. And yes, even though maybe we haven’t done anything fancy, you do treat me well. And I like simplicity…” They remained quiet for a moment, and Twilight leant in to give Sunset a kiss on her cheek, making the girl smile. “Despite the scary movie, I loved tonight... Let's go to sleep now. Ummm... I’m sleeping in the guest room, right?”

“R-right, c’mere, I’ll show you.” The both walked to the guest room. “Here, if you need anything just come to my room.”

“Thanks, uh… Good night.”

“Good night, Sparky.” Sunset smiled and left the room.

Twilight lay in bed and tried to sleep. It was dark, and she was tired, but something kept her awake. An owl hooted in the distance, and she jolted. Of course, Sunset lives on the edge of the forest. I’m bound to hear some animals. It’s just nature, nothing to be frightened of, right? Twilight turned over. Was that shadow there before? The wind blew and rattled the window panes. Twilight wasn’t cold, but she felt a shiver run up her spine. Creak! Twilight jumped out of bed and almost ran to the next room.

“Sunset? Are you sleeping?”

“No, why?”

“Can I sleep with you?” Twilight asked in a low tone.

Twilight could see Sunset’s smile, even in the dark. “C’mere,” said Sunset, lifting the edge of her blanket. Twilight climbed into bed and lay down in Sunset’s embrace. “Now, get to sleep, egghead.”

With a laugh, Twilight closed her eyes. Next step: Trixie. The Great and Powerful Trixie.

Author's Notes:

Weeeeeeeeeeee! *dances*

This was edited by Lord Dragon and VitalSpark! Thank you guys!
Now I go, with no more words. I'll finish that. SOON.