True Confessions

A/N: My first ever Xena and Gabrielle fanfiction. Be gentle.

Disclaimer: I dont own the characters. If I did I wouldn't be writing this, but writing the show.

Chapter 1

Xena's POV

Xena was unsure of what to do. For a while now she had known about her feelings for her best friend. She never imagined that she would show her feelings through Autolycus while she was in his body. She had never actually planned on telling Gabrielle about her feelings.She wanted to more then anything but she was afraid of what her enemies would do if they ever found out about her true feelings for Gabrielle.

She knew that she would literally and figuritively die if something happened to Gabrielle. She knew that she would always blame herself if anything would ever happen to Gabrielle. So much has already happened to them and she just hoped that the worst is behind them.

Xena took a seat on a log near the fire that she had just started.
She could feel the tention between her and Gabrielle and she hated it but she was still not ready to tell her friend that she was in love with her. Gabrielle being the person that she is had asked about the kiss when they where reunited again.

Xena couldn't find the courage to reveal her true feelings so she just said that it was Autolycus who had done the kissing.
Xena was unsure of the emotions she saw in Gabrielles face,
she wanted to believe that she saw dissapointment in Gabrielles face.

Xena hoped that she could one day tell her best friend how she felt,
but she also didn't want to take the chance and lose the best friendship she had ever had. She didn't want to reveal her true feelings only to find out that Gabrielle doesn't feel the same. She knew that if the situation turns out that why that their friendship would be ruined and she just couldn't think of that ever happening.

"Xena...Xena are you alright"
"What...oh...yeah I am fine"
"You seemed to be in serious deep thoughts"
"Yeah, just have a lot on my mind"
"Care to share...you of all people should know what a good listener I am"

Xena watched as Gabrielle came to sit next to her on the log.
she softly felt Gabrielle's hand rubbing up and down her arms.
Without thinking clearly she quickly jumped up and moved away.
"I'm fine. I just remembered that we won't have any dinner if I don't go and actually hunt for it."

Gabrielle watched as Zena walked away without saying anything else.

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