Chapter Ten
"Magnificent." Xena said to her patient as she talked about last nights fight to her.
"Yes, I won and you know it felt good, I never knew how great victory could feel." She said. Xena let her go on and on. She was preparing to leave five hours later, so she could be home for dinner when her secretary announced she had another patient.
"Send them in for a quick talk about resceduling." Xena said. The woman nodded and left out. In walked Hercules of all people.
"Your the town psychiatrist?" Hercules asked.
"You need a psychiatrist?" Xena asked with a raised eyebrow as she locked her files up against thieves or nosy people.
"No, I just heard some wild rumors about you sleeping with patients, so I thought I'd see if it was true," Xena raised an eyebrow even highter," no not like that I meant I'd come ask you."
"Oh, well its not true." Hercules merely nodded as he looked around.
"So when did you..."
"Become a psychiatrist?" Xena asked. Hercules nodded," Along time ago Herc, a long time ago."
"I must say I'm surprised, but than again I'm not." Xena nodded.
"I get that a lot from first timers, so is there anything you needed to talk about specifically?"
"No, well yea, I came to find out if something else was true."
"And what's that?" Xena asked taking off her glasses.
"Did you really settle down, get married, and have kids?" Hercules asked.
"Well as for getting married no I didn't marry him, he didn't want that type of commitment, Borias wants a relationship that has all the benefits of marriage without actually getting marriage, and my son is just Solan who Cupid kindly turned back into a baby and he just made three recently he's doing quite well."
"And the whole settling down thing?" Hercules asked.
"Well I haven't completely settled down, occassionally Gabrielle and I do leave this village to help some poor unfortunate souls in pain, in need..."
"Stop quoting the song." Hercules interupted and making her smile.
"You know I can't help it." Hercules nodded.
"True, so are you in a relationship with this guy?" Xena shook her head no.
"No, for the first year I tried to make it work hoping he'd change his mind, but you know, so now I'm as single as I was before Cupid brought him back from the dead."
"Good than you won't mind if I do this." Hercules pulled her towards him and kissed her passionately. She hadn't been kissed like that in a long time. Hercules managed to ignite something in her other men couldn't. He broke the kiss when he knew she needed air. She was breathing hard when he pulled away.
"Did I ever tell you how much you slay me?" Xena asked.
"No." Hercules said.
"Good, because I'm gonna show you." She kissed him like he had kissed her and things got hot and heavy in her office.They only stopped when they heard her mother show up with Gabrielle and Borias. They were seconds away from being busted, but they managed to pull it off.
"Great, so thanks Xena your really good you know that." Hercules said leaving.
"Thank you, and when you get a chance set up another appointment, I wanna see you back in here we're not done." Hercules nodded and left out saying he'd see them at the tavern.
"Xena, your late." Cyrene said.
"Sorry last minute patient couldn't say no."
"I bet you couldn't." Borias said as if accusing her of something.
"Borias don't make accusations you can't back up." Xena said.
"I'm watching you."
"Watch all you want, but if you haven't noticed we're not together anymore as a couple, so save if he's intrested than I'll be all to happy to give him the time of day."
"You haven't given anyone else the time of day." Borias said as they left.
"Yea, well no one else is worth my time ok." Dinner was so busy that everyone helped out and they didn't eat together as a family until after they'd gone at least the adults anyway. Even Hercules decided to help out along with Iolaus rather than eat dinner first.
"Hey guys look who just asked me out, its Kyla." Borias said showing up with a girl he had been seen talking too hours before now he'd returned with her.
"Oh is this the new bitch, your dating this week, because I'm sure you'll be able to make room in the shithole you toss all your weekly bitches into once you've got into their pants."
"I'm not a bitch and Borias and I have a connection."
"Keep tellin' yourself that, and when you fall I'll be at the top of that hole laughing my ass off as I yell I told you so, so loud that echos and I can be sure you heard me."
"Oh that is it, your not going to insult me like that, you just wait and when I'm threw with your going to be the laughing stock."
"Oooh I can't wait I just get goosebumps thinking about it, Kyle." Xena said.
"Its Kyla." said Kyla.
"Whatever you say Johnny." Kyla was so frustrated she left out in a huff.