Part7
"Just lie down, Gabrielle. I'm sure everything will be all right." Xena said with a not-so-convincing look on her face.
"I don't know what's going on. I feel . . ." I said softly.
"What?" Xena asked.
"I feel pregnant." I said. Xena raised an eyebrow.
"Well, who . . ." Xena started.
"Nobody." I declared. Xena looked at me strangely.
"Um . . . Gabrielle, I think that you need some rest." Xena declared. She put her hand to my forehead and I brushed it away.
"Xena!" I exclaimed. "There's something terribly wrong with me, and I know that I am with child." I screamed in pain for a moment as I felt something in my stomach kick my insides. I took Xena's hand again. I put it to my stomach again. "Feel that. It's kicking. Xena, I'm pregnant." Xena shook her head in disbelief.
"It's not possible." She said. I furrowed my brow.
"Xena, you prayed to the gods. They gave you Ivy and Gabriel. I know that this is a child inside of me. It's growing so fast. Xena, I'm going to have another baby. I'm scared." I looked at Xena whose eyes were staring at my belly, wide with disbelief. I looked down and I could see my stomach beginning to grow. "Xena!" I exclaimed. "I'm so scared!" I looked over at my daughter and she looked worried.
"Come on Gabrielle. Let's get you someplace safe." Xena said. She stood and put on Gabriel and Ivy's slings and put them in it. Then, she put Dawn's sling on and put her in it. The three were resting on Xena's back and Xena picked me up and carried me.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"Someplace safe. I don't know where, but I have the feeling you're going to deliver." Xena said. She motioned for the horses to follow, and they obeyed.
"It hurts." I kept moaning. I was crying, I was scared. I didn't know what to do. Xena continued to carry me, carry three babies on her back, and make sure the horses were following us. Storm clouds were forming ominously, and the wind was beginning to blow hard. I passed out in Xena's arms as she carried me to safety.
"Just lie down, Gabrielle. I'm sure everything will be all right." Xena said with a not-so-convincing look on her face.
"I don't know what's going on. I feel . . ." I said softly.
"What?" Xena asked.
"I feel pregnant." I said. Xena raised an eyebrow.
"Well, who . . ." Xena started.
"Nobody." I declared. Xena looked at me strangely.
"Um . . . Gabrielle, I think that you need some rest." Xena declared. She put her hand to my forehead and I brushed it away.
"Xena!" I exclaimed. "There's something terribly wrong with me, and I know that I am with child." I screamed in pain for a moment as I felt something in my stomach kick my insides. I took Xena's hand again. I put it to my stomach again. "Feel that. It's kicking. Xena, I'm pregnant." Xena shook her head in disbelief.
"It's not possible." She said. I furrowed my brow.
"Xena, you prayed to the gods. They gave you Ivy and Gabriel. I know that this is a child inside of me. It's growing so fast. Xena, I'm going to have another baby. I'm scared." I looked at Xena whose eyes were staring at my belly, wide with disbelief. I looked down and I could see my stomach beginning to grow. "Xena!" I exclaimed. "I'm so scared!" I looked over at my daughter and she looked worried.
"Come on Gabrielle. Let's get you someplace safe." Xena said. She stood and put on Gabriel and Ivy's slings and put them in it. Then, she put Dawn's sling on and put her in it. The three were resting on Xena's back and Xena picked me up and carried me.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"Someplace safe. I don't know where, but I have the feeling you're going to deliver." Xena said. She motioned for the horses to follow, and they obeyed.
"It hurts." I kept moaning. I was crying, I was scared. I didn't know what to do. Xena continued to carry me, carry three babies on her back, and make sure the horses were following us. Storm clouds were forming ominously, and the wind was beginning to blow hard. I passed out in Xena's arms as she carried me to safety.