High Stakes
Disclaimer: I don't own them. I did make some up. All characters other than the ones I made up belong to the creators of Xena, Renaissance Pictures, and USA Studios. This is the fourth story in the Fate series. This immediately follows A Good Day in the Life.
Subtext: No
Violence: No
Sex: No, but there is almost everything but sex.
Rating: R
Xena carried her six-month-old son out into the village. She and Ares had bought a house a few days earlier. It was a very crowded house. The residents included Xena, Ares, Eve, Zander, Gabrielle, Joxer, and soon it would include a baby born to Gabrielle and Joxer. Ares actually didn't live there. He really lived on Olympus. He would pop in an out of the house every day.
Xena and Gabrielle would leave basically everyday, and Aphrodite would stay with the children and if Xena and Gabrielle had to go far away, Aphrodite would take the children to them.
"Gods. My feet are swollen, my hands are swollen, my back hurts like Hades." Gabrielle complained.
"Come on Gabrielle. Don't whine." Xena teased. Gabrielle shot her a glance. If looks could kill . . . poor Xena. "Hey, I know what you're going through. I've gone through it three times." Xena said.
"I know." Gabrielle said. She sighed and lay down on her bed. "Get Joxer. I'm gonna make him give me a foot massage." Xena chuckled and went to get Joxer. She stepped outside and told Joxer to go see Gabrielle and then she sat on the porch. Her six-month-old son was playing on the porch. He was playing with the neighbor's baby. He wasn't able to sit up yet, but if you lay him next to another baby, he could kick and play with him or her.
"Hello." Said a man walking up the road. Eve looked up from a piece of parchment she was writing on. She went inside.
"Hello." Said the warrior princess.
"You new here?" the man asked.
"Yeah. We just moved in." Xena said.
"We?" the man asked. Xena knew this guy was gonna be a nosey one.
"Me, my son and my daughter, my friend and her boyfriend and they're expecting a baby." Xena said. The man got a gleam in his eye. He smiled a not so pleasant smile.
"You're not married?" he asked.
"No. But I'm involved." Xena said.
"Who could this jerk be?" The man asked. Xena glared at the man. "I mean . . ." he sputtered.
"That jerk would be me." Said Ares as he appeared beside Xena and kissed her. "Hey baby."
"You're Ares . . . g-g-god of war!" The man exclaimed. He ran away in fright. Xena had to hold back her laugh.
"Is everyone afraid of me?" Ares asked.
"Well honey, I hate to break it to you, but a lot of people see you as somebody who likes war and death, and that'd be right." Xena said.
"That's it." Ares declared. "No more mister bad boy. From now on, Ares God of War is going to do good and be nice."
"Oh. Honey, you don't know what you're getting yourself into. That means no more losing your temper. And . . ." Xena started.
"I know. I know." Ares said. Xena chuckled and shrugged.
"I'll make you a deal." Xena said. "I bet you can't go a whole week . . . no day without losing your temper or being mean to someone or something."
"What are the stakes?" Ares asked.
"I win, you wash my back for a week, and if you win, I'll . . ." she whispered something into the war god's ear. His eyes widened.
"I like those stakes!" he exclaimed shaking the warrior princess' hand. Xena kissed him tenderly and laughed against his chest.
Joxer eagerly watched Gabrielle all day. Gabrielle was getting cranky, and she was about to throw one of her boots at him, but she couldn't bend down to pick it up off the floor. She was getting very impatient with Joxer.
"Joxer! Relax! It won't be for another season." Gabrielle said. "We've got 3 months!" Joxer nodded.
"I know. It's just that I'm worried 'bout ya." Joxer said. Gabrielle smiled and kissed her love.
The day progressed, and Xena tried her best to get Ares to lose his temper. She had Eve "accidentally" spill milk on top of his head. He just smiled and snapped his fingers and he was all dry. Then she had him hold Zander while she got a new diaper ready. The baby boy peed all over him. Ares once again snapped his fingers and he was all dry. She had the greatest plan. She waited until Ares wasn't paying attention and she crawled over to the chair he was sitting at, and carefully cut holes in his pants. She knew he could fix them in a second, but she knew he loved his clothes.
Ares stood up, and saw the holes in his pants. He sighed and snapped his fingers. He looked at Xena and she grinned at him sexily. He extended his hand and Xena took it. She stood and she now knew how to frustrate him. She gently brushed her lips over Ares' in a feather-like motion. She felt him kiss her back and she felt the strain her lover was feeling in his tight leather pants. She gently brushed his arousal with her hand and she walked around him, kissing his chest.
"I think we should take this to the bedroom." Ares said. He snapped his fingers and in a second they were up in Xena's room with the door shut and locked behind them. Xena rid Ares of his black leather vest, and pushed him down on the bed. She wasn't wearing her armor and leather right now. She was wearing a normal outfit. It was a lavender dress that showed all of her curves. Ares looked at her as she came across him on the bed. She straddled him as she began to unbutton the buttons on her dress. She started to massage her lover's chest and she bent her head to lightly bite his nipple.
Ares gasped in pleasure and he ran his hands up Xena's back. She got a wicked gleam in her eyes and she massaged her way down his torso. She started to take off Ares' pants as he was ridding her of her dress. Her dress became part of the pile on the floor. Just before she rid the war god of his pants, she sighed and rolled over in bed so she was beside him.
"Xena?" Ares asked panting.
"Sorry, I've got a headache." Xena said. Ares was speechless as Xena put her dress back on with her back to him. She grinned triumphantly. She knew he was going to be frustrated, and when he was frustrated, he would usually lose his temper.
"Xena . . ." Ares moaned. She looked at him. She raised her eyebrows. He motioned her back over to the bed, but she shook her head. She had to bite her lip to keep from laughing.
"I'll see ya later." She said. She winked at him and left a very aroused Ares alone.
A little later, Gabrielle came into the house carrying a crying Zander. Xena looked over at them.
"Zander wants his mommy." Gabrielle said. Xena smiled and took her little boy in her arms and softly sang him a lullaby. Gabrielle watched in awe. Eve came into the kitchen and started singing with her mother.
After the song, Gabrielle smiled. She looked at Xena.
"What's with Ares? He looks very frustrated or stressed or something." Gabrielle said.
"Really?" Xena asked excitedly.
"Yeah. Take a look out in the back yard." Gabrielle instructed. Xena looked out and saw Ares throwing rocks into the air and blowing them up with a thrust of his wrist and the fireballs he created with his power. Xena laughed silently and Gabrielle looked at her like she was crazy. "What did you do to him?"
"I'm trying to win a bet. I bet him that he couldn't get mad or lose his temper or be mean in any way for a day, and he agreed. We had some stakes set. I tried everything but it didn't work. I led him on finally and let's just say he got frustrated when I 'got a headache.'"
"Wicked woman." Gabrielle said laughing. Eve looked at her mother but didn't understand the exchange. Xena just laughed and waved Eve on. Eve went outside to talk to Joxer.
All day, Xena would walk by Ares and rub her bosom against his arm as she passed him by, or she'd lightly squeeze his butt. He looked like he was going to explode by the end of the day.
At night, there were still quite a few hours until the day was over, so after Xena had tucked Eve and Zander into bed, she went to her room. Ares was there laying on the bed. Xena sat down at a mirror, and began to brush her hair. She'd look at Ares through the mirror. He was staring at her. He looked like he was a starving man about to eat his last meal.
"All right . . . all right." Ares said. "You win. I wash your back for a month." Xena grinned.
"Good." She lay down in bed and looked at her love. "You've suffered enough today." She kissed her love, licking his upper sip with her tongue. Ares looked at her.
"Sorry, I'm just not in the mood now." He said. He rolled over in bed. Xena growled and threw a pillow at him. Ares started laughing. "I'm just kidding." He pulled Xena down on top of him and they began to kiss.
About five minutes later, a sleeping Gabrielle and Joxer were awakened by a very loud, "ALALALALALALALALALALA!" Gabrielle and Joxer looked at each other and laughed.
The End...or is it?
Disclaimer: I don't own them. I did make some up. All characters other than the ones I made up belong to the creators of Xena, Renaissance Pictures, and USA Studios. This is the fourth story in the Fate series. This immediately follows A Good Day in the Life.
Subtext: No
Violence: No
Sex: No, but there is almost everything but sex.
Rating: R
Xena carried her six-month-old son out into the village. She and Ares had bought a house a few days earlier. It was a very crowded house. The residents included Xena, Ares, Eve, Zander, Gabrielle, Joxer, and soon it would include a baby born to Gabrielle and Joxer. Ares actually didn't live there. He really lived on Olympus. He would pop in an out of the house every day.
Xena and Gabrielle would leave basically everyday, and Aphrodite would stay with the children and if Xena and Gabrielle had to go far away, Aphrodite would take the children to them.
"Gods. My feet are swollen, my hands are swollen, my back hurts like Hades." Gabrielle complained.
"Come on Gabrielle. Don't whine." Xena teased. Gabrielle shot her a glance. If looks could kill . . . poor Xena. "Hey, I know what you're going through. I've gone through it three times." Xena said.
"I know." Gabrielle said. She sighed and lay down on her bed. "Get Joxer. I'm gonna make him give me a foot massage." Xena chuckled and went to get Joxer. She stepped outside and told Joxer to go see Gabrielle and then she sat on the porch. Her six-month-old son was playing on the porch. He was playing with the neighbor's baby. He wasn't able to sit up yet, but if you lay him next to another baby, he could kick and play with him or her.
"Hello." Said a man walking up the road. Eve looked up from a piece of parchment she was writing on. She went inside.
"Hello." Said the warrior princess.
"You new here?" the man asked.
"Yeah. We just moved in." Xena said.
"We?" the man asked. Xena knew this guy was gonna be a nosey one.
"Me, my son and my daughter, my friend and her boyfriend and they're expecting a baby." Xena said. The man got a gleam in his eye. He smiled a not so pleasant smile.
"You're not married?" he asked.
"No. But I'm involved." Xena said.
"Who could this jerk be?" The man asked. Xena glared at the man. "I mean . . ." he sputtered.
"That jerk would be me." Said Ares as he appeared beside Xena and kissed her. "Hey baby."
"You're Ares . . . g-g-god of war!" The man exclaimed. He ran away in fright. Xena had to hold back her laugh.
"Is everyone afraid of me?" Ares asked.
"Well honey, I hate to break it to you, but a lot of people see you as somebody who likes war and death, and that'd be right." Xena said.
"That's it." Ares declared. "No more mister bad boy. From now on, Ares God of War is going to do good and be nice."
"Oh. Honey, you don't know what you're getting yourself into. That means no more losing your temper. And . . ." Xena started.
"I know. I know." Ares said. Xena chuckled and shrugged.
"I'll make you a deal." Xena said. "I bet you can't go a whole week . . . no day without losing your temper or being mean to someone or something."
"What are the stakes?" Ares asked.
"I win, you wash my back for a week, and if you win, I'll . . ." she whispered something into the war god's ear. His eyes widened.
"I like those stakes!" he exclaimed shaking the warrior princess' hand. Xena kissed him tenderly and laughed against his chest.
Joxer eagerly watched Gabrielle all day. Gabrielle was getting cranky, and she was about to throw one of her boots at him, but she couldn't bend down to pick it up off the floor. She was getting very impatient with Joxer.
"Joxer! Relax! It won't be for another season." Gabrielle said. "We've got 3 months!" Joxer nodded.
"I know. It's just that I'm worried 'bout ya." Joxer said. Gabrielle smiled and kissed her love.
The day progressed, and Xena tried her best to get Ares to lose his temper. She had Eve "accidentally" spill milk on top of his head. He just smiled and snapped his fingers and he was all dry. Then she had him hold Zander while she got a new diaper ready. The baby boy peed all over him. Ares once again snapped his fingers and he was all dry. She had the greatest plan. She waited until Ares wasn't paying attention and she crawled over to the chair he was sitting at, and carefully cut holes in his pants. She knew he could fix them in a second, but she knew he loved his clothes.
Ares stood up, and saw the holes in his pants. He sighed and snapped his fingers. He looked at Xena and she grinned at him sexily. He extended his hand and Xena took it. She stood and she now knew how to frustrate him. She gently brushed her lips over Ares' in a feather-like motion. She felt him kiss her back and she felt the strain her lover was feeling in his tight leather pants. She gently brushed his arousal with her hand and she walked around him, kissing his chest.
"I think we should take this to the bedroom." Ares said. He snapped his fingers and in a second they were up in Xena's room with the door shut and locked behind them. Xena rid Ares of his black leather vest, and pushed him down on the bed. She wasn't wearing her armor and leather right now. She was wearing a normal outfit. It was a lavender dress that showed all of her curves. Ares looked at her as she came across him on the bed. She straddled him as she began to unbutton the buttons on her dress. She started to massage her lover's chest and she bent her head to lightly bite his nipple.
Ares gasped in pleasure and he ran his hands up Xena's back. She got a wicked gleam in her eyes and she massaged her way down his torso. She started to take off Ares' pants as he was ridding her of her dress. Her dress became part of the pile on the floor. Just before she rid the war god of his pants, she sighed and rolled over in bed so she was beside him.
"Xena?" Ares asked panting.
"Sorry, I've got a headache." Xena said. Ares was speechless as Xena put her dress back on with her back to him. She grinned triumphantly. She knew he was going to be frustrated, and when he was frustrated, he would usually lose his temper.
"Xena . . ." Ares moaned. She looked at him. She raised her eyebrows. He motioned her back over to the bed, but she shook her head. She had to bite her lip to keep from laughing.
"I'll see ya later." She said. She winked at him and left a very aroused Ares alone.
A little later, Gabrielle came into the house carrying a crying Zander. Xena looked over at them.
"Zander wants his mommy." Gabrielle said. Xena smiled and took her little boy in her arms and softly sang him a lullaby. Gabrielle watched in awe. Eve came into the kitchen and started singing with her mother.
After the song, Gabrielle smiled. She looked at Xena.
"What's with Ares? He looks very frustrated or stressed or something." Gabrielle said.
"Really?" Xena asked excitedly.
"Yeah. Take a look out in the back yard." Gabrielle instructed. Xena looked out and saw Ares throwing rocks into the air and blowing them up with a thrust of his wrist and the fireballs he created with his power. Xena laughed silently and Gabrielle looked at her like she was crazy. "What did you do to him?"
"I'm trying to win a bet. I bet him that he couldn't get mad or lose his temper or be mean in any way for a day, and he agreed. We had some stakes set. I tried everything but it didn't work. I led him on finally and let's just say he got frustrated when I 'got a headache.'"
"Wicked woman." Gabrielle said laughing. Eve looked at her mother but didn't understand the exchange. Xena just laughed and waved Eve on. Eve went outside to talk to Joxer.
All day, Xena would walk by Ares and rub her bosom against his arm as she passed him by, or she'd lightly squeeze his butt. He looked like he was going to explode by the end of the day.
At night, there were still quite a few hours until the day was over, so after Xena had tucked Eve and Zander into bed, she went to her room. Ares was there laying on the bed. Xena sat down at a mirror, and began to brush her hair. She'd look at Ares through the mirror. He was staring at her. He looked like he was a starving man about to eat his last meal.
"All right . . . all right." Ares said. "You win. I wash your back for a month." Xena grinned.
"Good." She lay down in bed and looked at her love. "You've suffered enough today." She kissed her love, licking his upper sip with her tongue. Ares looked at her.
"Sorry, I'm just not in the mood now." He said. He rolled over in bed. Xena growled and threw a pillow at him. Ares started laughing. "I'm just kidding." He pulled Xena down on top of him and they began to kiss.
About five minutes later, a sleeping Gabrielle and Joxer were awakened by a very loud, "ALALALALALALALALALALA!" Gabrielle and Joxer looked at each other and laughed.
The End...or is it?