Twilight took a deep, nervous breath before pushing the open the door to her home. Upon seeing the blue unicorn sitting inside the main foyer, studying a large tome, she did not know if she felt more relived or uneasy.

"H-hi Trixie," Twilight stammered.

Trixie looked up from the book. For a second Twilight swore her mouth almost curved into a smile, before a frown quickly took its place.

"Oh, you're back."

Trixie's tone did not fill Twilight with confidence, nor did it improve her mood much. Trixie was evidently still upset. Twilight closed the door behind her and approached fuming mare.

"Look Trixie, I've been thinking and-"

"Thinking?!" Trixie snapped. "Don't you realise that's what caused all these problems in the first place?" Trixie had now got to her hooves.

Twilight froze, she had not been expecting to lose a handle on the situation so quickly. Trixie was now face to face with her, staring her intently in the eye.

"I-um-I-I" she stuttered. Her heart rate began to increase once again, her face growing hot. She could not help but notice an odd glint in Trixie's eye.

"Well Sparkle? What have you got to say now, huh?" Trixie jabbed Twilight with a hoof, and began to push her backwards. Twilight soon felt the hard wood of the libraries wall against her back. Cornered, she now had Trixie leaning over her, her mind having long abandoned any way to resolve the situation. She just stared back at Trixie with wide eyes.

"You are so adorable when you're flustered."

Twilight squeaked as Trixie leaned in to place her lips on hers. Her fear and anxiety was swept away as Trixie's hooves wrapped around her waist, and she felt herself melt into the kiss again. Her heart pounded furiously for a few moments before settling back to a relaxed pace as she began to enjoy the kiss. Confusion as to what had just happened niggled at her mind, but Trixie's tongue ensured her attention was concentrated elsewhere. She felt Trixie lean her body against her own, pushing her up against the libraries wall.

After some time, the two unicorn's lips parted.

"What... what just happened?" Twilight asked as she caught her breath.

"Like I said you're adorable when you're all panicked, so I made you nervous."

"Seems a little mean..."

"That should hardly be surprising for you now."

Indeed, Trixie's apparent joy in tormenting her had been a long running theme of their shared living situation.

"I'm going to just decide that's your way of showing affection," Twilight allowed.

"Sure, let's go with that," Trixie replied with a grin.

Twilight was now working up the courage to tell Trixie what she had discovered with Celestia, but could not seem to find the words.

"I see you are keeping up with the studies," she began instead, removing herself from Trixie's hold and walking towards the large book she had been reading.

"Yeah, that exam is going to be a piece of cake."

With her back to Trixie, Twilight found some sudden courage to release the words trapped in her chest.

"Trixie, I've decided that I'd like to give this... us, whatever we have here, a shot," she hoped that pathetic excuse for a sentence actually held some semblance of meaning as she turned to observe Trixie's reaction.

"Oh?" Trixie replied with a grin. "And what we have been doing so far hasn't been giving it a shot?"

"Oh well, you know, with less hesitance I mean," Twilight clarified.

"Well, sounds good, maybe then I could agree to stop teasing you so much. You're not my usual type after all."

"Type?"

"Yeah my usual romantic pursuits tend to be a little more... extroverted. Teasing tends to go down a little better with them. I guess with a nerd like you it just makes you feel genuinely upset. Not that its any less adorable, I'm just aware that it may not being putting you in the right mood."

"Thanks? I guess?" Twilight wasn't sure if she had just received a favour or been insulted.

"Also if we are well, hooking up..." Trixie hesitated, her face now contorted into a look of worry.

"Whats wrong?"

"Well... what happens after the exam?"

"Oh," Twilight hadn't actually thought that far ahead. "I suppose maybe you could stay here, if you liked.

"So we are officially going out less than five minutes and we are already moving in together?" Trixie asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Umm well... only if you would like to..." Twilight had no idea if she was stumbling into another unknown social faux pas.

"Well, its actually not so much the moving in that's the problem, its living in a town full of ponies that I have a sneaking suspicion don't hold me in their best books."

It was true that Trixie's past actions in Ponyville had not won her the favour of the townsfolk.

"Ponyville is full of the nicest ponies I've ever met, I'm sure with time they would come to forgive you."

Trixie was silent momentarily, as though she was thinking deeply.

"This wasn't the original plan, for sure," she continued. "The exam was meant to open new doors for me. I was thinking of going back to Canterlot and maybe getting a teaching job or something. The travelling show business has worn out its excitement."

"Well, that's still possible. I often visit Canterlot, we could have a relationship over that distance."

Trixie held a hoof to her chin.

"Not a bad plan," she agreed.

"Well, we will have plenty of time to figure it out after that exam. Its only a couple of days away now, maybe we could just enjoy each others company until then, and figure out what happens afterwards."

"Does that mean I have to stop irritating you so much?"

"It would help," Twilight agreed.

"But the angry make-out sessions are so hot!" she protested.

"Trixie!" Twilight snapped, blushing furiously once again.