AN: Cupid must have gotten loose and started running through the halls of Maninstit. There's no redeeming plot value here. In fact, I'd recommend turning around and forgetting about this update. You have been warned. :-)

Now that classes were out for the summer, Lina and Gourry let themselves sleep in before going down for a late breakfast. When they reached the dining room, Sylphiel and Rick were there, finishing up as they talked animatedly with each other. "Morning." Lina said.

"Morning." They replied.

"Have Zel and Amelia been down?" Lina asked as she took a seat and started loading her plate. She didn't bother to ask about her parents. They were far away enjoying their second honeymoon.

"Miss Amelia had her breakfast sent up." Sylphiel explained.

"Is she feeling okay?" Gourry asked.

"I wish I'd thought of that." Lina said as she speared her eggs, "I wouldn't worry. Growing a little human is exhausting work, that's all."

"Miss Lina," Sylphiel said, "I was wondering. Would it be okay if I explored your basement?"

"Why?" Lina asked.

"I just like exploring things below ground." Sylphiel explained, "I mean who knows what treasures are down there?"

Lina shrugged, "The one time I went down it looked like a bunch of busted trash. Granted, we were pursued by the Sad Lady so I wasn't exactly paying attention, and going back down there has been low on my list of priorities."

"You never know what treasures you may find in the trash." Rick said.

"Yeah, you're right." Lina said, "I can't believe I lost track of tearing this place apart from top to bottom. Thought to be honest I'm still inventorying the libraries. And now that I'm five months in I'm not too interested in a creepy basement, so go ahead. So long as you let me know if you find anything valuable!"

"Of course!" Sylphiel said.

Lina felt as though she had finally fallen asleep when a sharp pain seized her leg. She cried out as she sat up in bed and tried to contort in a way that would relieve it as Gourry rushed to her side, "What's wrong?"

She rubbed her leg as she took a breath and said through gritted teeth, "Muscle spasm."

He sat down on the bed beside her and gently grabbed her leg and started to massage the calf muscle as he asked. "Should I get Sylphiel?"

"They're common in pregnancy." Lina explained as the pain dulled to a minor throb. "Amelia has been having them. Guess it's my turn."

"But why do they happen?" he asked as she chanted a light spell to illuminate the room with.

"Who knows?" she said as she wondered why he wasn't on his side of the bed, "Were you already up?"

"Yeah." He admitted.

"What were you doing?"

"Looking out the window." He said.

"Everything okay?"

"It's fine. Just had a funny dream, you know."

"Oh, you want to talk about it?" she asked, though she was pretty sure she knew what the answer would be.

"Not really. Don't even remember much about it now to be honest." He replied. Lina looked at him searchingly for a moment, but decided that he was either being honest or it was something he'd prefer to talk over with her dad. Slowly he leaned forward to kiss her on the forehead as he asked, "Your leg feeling better?"

She brushed his hair back, and noticed the look in his eyes and felt a flame light within her. And given that they were both up, and they could also sleep in the next day, the timing couldn't be more perfect.

"It's feeling good enough." She replied seductively as she put her hand over his and guided it up her leg to the hem of her shirt, "If you'd like a distraction."

He brought his head down to nuzzle at her neck as he brought one hand around her while the other continued its trek upward, "Yes."

She inhaled sharply as he worked his own magic, and she wrapped her arms around him and stroked his hair as she made soft mewing noises. But then he pulled back and looked at her for a moment before he grinned, "Hey Lina if I give you a hickey, would you kill me?"

"Huh?" she asked.

"Your parents are gone, and the kids are gone, so if you had got one…"

She put a hand to her neck, "Is this a hypothetical question?"

"A what?" he replied.

"Oh you did, didn't you!" she exclaimed as her eyes flashed, "I'm going to have to pay you back!"

Granted, he didn't resist at all as she pushed him over to roll on top of him, but as she did she felt her leg tense and spasm again, hard enough that she felt as though her muscle was going to fracture the bone. "Dammit!" she cried as she rolled off him and brought her leg to her chest as she bit her lip. "Oh, this sucks!"

"I wasn't too rough?" he asked as he sat up.

"No, it wasn't you." Lina said in frustration as she tilted her head back, "My body just isn't working like it used to."

"Here," he said as he gently massaged her leg again. "This better?"

"Yes." She said as she scrunched her face up in thought, "Well this certainly puts a crimp in things."

"Hm." He said as the pain started to fade. "Well maybe there's a way we can make it easier?"

Lina thought for a moment, and then she grinned, "Hey, I wonder if getting in water would help?"

"You want to move this to the bath?" he asked.

"No," she said deviously, "But it's summer, the nights are warm, and the kids and my parents are gone, and the few people still here are asleep. We could sneak down to the lake, it has those nice, smooth boulders by the western shore, and no one would know."

He smiled, "Can you walk that far?"

"I'll be fine. This will help to stretch it out." She said as she got up and straightened her long shirt, and then she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. "Dammit, Gourry, what did you do to my neck!?"

"I don't know why you're so upset, Lina. It looks good on you!"

"GOURRY!" she screamed, and he walked up to her and put a finger on her lips.

"Shh. We don't want to wake everyone up if we're going to sneak down to the lake for some private time." He pointed out.

"Hmmm, that's actually a good point, coming from you." She said, and then she stood on her toes to kiss him.

"Keep this up and we might forget to go to the lake."

She laughed and punched him playfully on the arm, and then she turned to the mirror and arranged her hair so it covered the hickey.

"What are you doing that for?" he asked as he grabbed her belly, "I mean Dimmy is getting so big, people know what we're doing."

"You're an idiot." She said, "A married pregnant woman is respectable. Any woman walking around with a hickey isn't. Come on, let's get going."

He wrapped an arm around her, "I hope you don't mind if I hold on tight. Don't want your leg to spasm again and you to fall."

"Sure that's the reason." She said as she opened the door and they walked out into the hallway and towards the staircase.

"What, are you going to complain that I like to feel you up?"

"Not so loud!" she whispered.

"But you said everyone was asleep right now."

"For all we know Rick likes to pop down at night for a late night snack! Or Amelia could have a craving and sent Zel down to get her a sandwich." She said as they reached the foyer, and both of them stopped for a moment, but the mansion was still and quiet. They smiled at each other and then walked out the door.

It was a pleasantly warm night. The moon was full and bright and illuminated the gardens in a romantic glow. She leaned against his arm as they walked quietly for a bit before Gourry asked, "You don't think we're going to find some lake spirit, are you?"

"I'm sure Amelia would have sensed something by now if there was." Lina replied as she glanced at the stars.

"If you get scared you can cling more tightly to me."

"There you go, looking for another reason to feel me up!" she teased.

"Hey, can I help it if…"

He was interrupted by the sound of a splash, followed by some giggling. They looked at each other, and Lina whispered, "Perhaps I spoke too soon about that lake spirit."

But soon the idea that whatever was splashing in the lake was supernatural was laid to rest as they discerned Amelia moaning, "Yes, just like that."

Gourry put a hand over his mouth to suppress a laugh as he met Lina's eyes, but as he turned around to go back to the manor, Lina continued forward, their hands pulling on each other as they moved in opposite directions. When Gourry turned to look at her, he saw a wicked glint form in her eyes, and before he could do anything she yelled, "Hey you two, go get your own lake!"

Zel and Amelia cried out, and there was a loud splash as Amelia yelled, "What are you doing!? Spying on us?"

Gourry tightened his grip on Lina's hand and gave a gentle pull, and this time she moved toward him and he bolted as Lina laughed unabashedly. By the time they'd gotten back to the manor he was laughing with her. When they got in Lina said, "That had to have been Amelia's idea! Zel is such a stick in the mud. I don't know how she got him to go along with it."

"It probably would have taken less convincing than you'd think." Gourry said as he caught his breath, and then he playfully slapped her butt as he said, "What am I going to do with you!?"

"Hey, they were in our lake! Our lake, which we were going to use!" she said as she drew closer to him and he reached out and circled his arms around her, "We're just going to have to settle for the bath now."

"How horrible." He said as he bent down to kiss her, and she wasted no time in putting her hands over his arms and deepening the kiss.

"Have we done it in the foyer?" she asked.

"Your memory is better than mine!" he said, "Though if we don't move soon we could wake Sylphiel and Rick. The sound carries rather well here."

"We could be very quiet." She said as she gently pushed him back against the wall and beside a cabinet.

"Your leg better?"

"The walk helped."

They kissed a bit more, and then both of them jumped as they heard heavy breathing. "What the…" Lina said as she sprang apart from Gourry. "Do you hear that?"

"Yes." He said as he looked around, but they were quite alone.

"This can't be another haunting! No more ghosts! Amelia purified this place and closed that damn portal!" Lina fumed.

"Is this okay?" a disembodied voice asked, and Lina furrowed her brow. It sounded like Rick?

"Yes." Another disembodied voice replied, and Lina was certain it was Sylphiel.

Lina looked at Gourry as her eyes widened, and Gourry looked at her as he put a hand over his mouth. "But where is that coming from?" Lina whispered. "Unless they loved each other to death?"

Gourry pointed at the wall cabinet. Lina moved over and opened it. Sylphiel and Rick weren't there, but a cone attached to the wall of the cabinet was, and the sounds of love making were emanating from it. Lina moved her hands to the side of the cabinet and tried to shake it, but it was built into the wall. Then she closed the doors again as she smirked.

"Lina?" Gourry whispered.

"It's a voicepipe!" she said.

"What?" he asked.

"There must be another one in the basement that connects to this one. It's the only room none of us ever go in. And Sylphiel was rather interested in checking it out." Lina mused.

"But what does it do?"

"It lets people in two different rooms talk to each other." Lina explained as a glint formed in her eye and she put her hand back on the doors.

"Lina, don't you dare!" he hissed.

But before he could stop her she had thrown the doors open and yelled, "Aren't you a shrine maiden!? Ceiphied knows!"

Sylphiel screamed and Rick yelled, "What was that?"

"Miss Lina!?" Sylphiel shrieked.

"But where is she?" Rick asked.

Lina started laughing as Gourry grabbed her hand once more and rushed to the stairs, "Four of our friends are going to want to kill us tomorrow at breakfast!" he said as they raced up them.

"Let them try!" Lina said fearlessly as they ran into her room and shut the door behind them. "Who'd have thought that a dusty old basement would put Sylphiel in the mood?"

Gourry shook his head as he locked the door, "You are cruel!"

"You know you love it." She replied as she walked over to the bathroom and watched as he went to the hallway where their rooms were joined, "You're not leaving?"

"No." he said as he locked the door and then moved towards the balcony.

"What are you doing then?"

"Making sure everything is locked, just in case one of the people we interrupted want to pay us back." He explained.

"Oh?" she said as she raised an eyebrow, "Interrupt us as we sleep?"

"What makes you think we'll be sleeping?" he asked. "I'm kind of going out of my mind with want right now."

She grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the bathroom, "I told you that you loved it."

"I love you," he said pointedly as he patted her head, "even if you're mean."

"Watch who you're calling mean!" she said as she playfully pushed him towards the tub.

He planted a kiss on her forehead and whispered in her ear, "It makes you more fun."

AN: A few years back I started noticing that I had developed a pattern of having different characters interrupt Lina and Gourry's private moments. Amelia was the main culprit, I know Sylphiel did it once. It became such a joke that brendala did a series of doodles based off of it, and somehow in the process of brainstorming I realized the tables had been turned. Because of this I've titled this chapter "Lina's Revenge." Anyway, I don't have a one shot planned for Valentine's Day this year, I am one shotted out, so enjoy this instead!