Part 6
"Gabrielle?" Xena asked after she dismissed the guards. "Has something happened?"
"No . . . nothing's happened. I just wanted to talk." Gabrielle said. Xena smiled. She went behind her changing curtain and changed into a royal blue dress and then quickly joined Gabrielle.
"Talk. That sounds good." Xena said.
"I wanted to know . . . well . . . is it possible if I . . . see, there's a guy . . ." Gabrielle started.
"A guy?" Xena asked.
"Well, he's a friend of Prince Hercules. His name is Prince Iolaus. Well, he and I have seen each other once. He's an older man, probably in his twenties. He thought I was beautiful, and he was . . .he was amazing!"
"I know Prince Iolaus." Xena said with a grin.
"Do you think I could meet him again?" Gabrielle asked.
"He's a good friend of mine. Yes, I think I could arrange a meeting." Xena said with a smile.
"Really?!" Gabrielle asked, her eyes wild with excitement. The queen nodded. "Thank you!" She smiled and hugged Xena and then hurried downstairs to tell her mother.
Xena smiled after her friend and she heard the wailing of her daughter down the hall. She wondered where the nanny was, but she decided she'd go check on her. Eve was peering in Chloe's cradle and Chloe was crying. Xena picked Chloe up and held her close. The infant continued to cry.
"Are you hungry?" Xena asked as she unlaced her top and put the child to her breast. The child began to suckle, and Xena sat down in a rocking chair to feed her child.
She looked out the window and out toward the village below. She smiled when she saw the little boys and girls playing around in the streets. She wished she were down there playing with the children. But, she knew that'd never happen.
"Mama." Eve said as she toddled over to her mother.
"Oh Eve." Xena said with a smile. "What I wouldn't give to be a child again. To be the child I am."
"Gabrielle?" Xena asked after she dismissed the guards. "Has something happened?"
"No . . . nothing's happened. I just wanted to talk." Gabrielle said. Xena smiled. She went behind her changing curtain and changed into a royal blue dress and then quickly joined Gabrielle.
"Talk. That sounds good." Xena said.
"I wanted to know . . . well . . . is it possible if I . . . see, there's a guy . . ." Gabrielle started.
"A guy?" Xena asked.
"Well, he's a friend of Prince Hercules. His name is Prince Iolaus. Well, he and I have seen each other once. He's an older man, probably in his twenties. He thought I was beautiful, and he was . . .he was amazing!"
"I know Prince Iolaus." Xena said with a grin.
"Do you think I could meet him again?" Gabrielle asked.
"He's a good friend of mine. Yes, I think I could arrange a meeting." Xena said with a smile.
"Really?!" Gabrielle asked, her eyes wild with excitement. The queen nodded. "Thank you!" She smiled and hugged Xena and then hurried downstairs to tell her mother.
Xena smiled after her friend and she heard the wailing of her daughter down the hall. She wondered where the nanny was, but she decided she'd go check on her. Eve was peering in Chloe's cradle and Chloe was crying. Xena picked Chloe up and held her close. The infant continued to cry.
"Are you hungry?" Xena asked as she unlaced her top and put the child to her breast. The child began to suckle, and Xena sat down in a rocking chair to feed her child.
She looked out the window and out toward the village below. She smiled when she saw the little boys and girls playing around in the streets. She wished she were down there playing with the children. But, she knew that'd never happen.
"Mama." Eve said as she toddled over to her mother.
"Oh Eve." Xena said with a smile. "What I wouldn't give to be a child again. To be the child I am."