Part 9
Through the village they went, running, well, running slowly for Xena at this point. They were playing, and people were bowing to them. They ran around like any teenaged girls would, and they were laughing. Gabrielle noticed how happy Xena was to be a kid again, and she knew that the queen was really having trouble with her life.
Xena and Gabrielle had been having so much fun, they went to the lake and stripped their dresses off so they were in their undergarments and they jumped in the lake and the queen jumped up as soon as she reached the surface. She was still a bit sore, but it was so cold!
She started to shiver and laugh. Gabrielle did the same and they started to burst into giggles.
"Gabrielle, this is the most fun I've had in a long time." Xena said with a grin.
"Me too." Gabrielle said. She splashed Xena with water, and Xena did the same back to Gabrielle. Soon, they were involved in a huge water fight, all the while, they couldn't stop laughing.
As soon as they got out of the water and dressed, Xena and Gabrielle sat down on the warm grass and just looked out over the lake.
"Xena?" Gabrielle asked. "Are you happy?"
"Right now at this very moment?" Xena asked. Gabrielle nodded. Xena nodded. "More than ever."
"And at the castle?" Gabrielle asked. Xena sighed.
"I love my husband and I love my children. It's just that I don't think that I'm cut out to be Queen." Xena declared.
"Yes you are. You're a great queen. And, one day, you'll have a son that will be heir to Ares' throne and then, you won't have to rule over the land." Gabrielle offered.
"That's true. It's just going to be awhile. I can feel it." Xena said.
Through the village they went, running, well, running slowly for Xena at this point. They were playing, and people were bowing to them. They ran around like any teenaged girls would, and they were laughing. Gabrielle noticed how happy Xena was to be a kid again, and she knew that the queen was really having trouble with her life.
Xena and Gabrielle had been having so much fun, they went to the lake and stripped their dresses off so they were in their undergarments and they jumped in the lake and the queen jumped up as soon as she reached the surface. She was still a bit sore, but it was so cold!
She started to shiver and laugh. Gabrielle did the same and they started to burst into giggles.
"Gabrielle, this is the most fun I've had in a long time." Xena said with a grin.
"Me too." Gabrielle said. She splashed Xena with water, and Xena did the same back to Gabrielle. Soon, they were involved in a huge water fight, all the while, they couldn't stop laughing.
As soon as they got out of the water and dressed, Xena and Gabrielle sat down on the warm grass and just looked out over the lake.
"Xena?" Gabrielle asked. "Are you happy?"
"Right now at this very moment?" Xena asked. Gabrielle nodded. Xena nodded. "More than ever."
"And at the castle?" Gabrielle asked. Xena sighed.
"I love my husband and I love my children. It's just that I don't think that I'm cut out to be Queen." Xena declared.
"Yes you are. You're a great queen. And, one day, you'll have a son that will be heir to Ares' throne and then, you won't have to rule over the land." Gabrielle offered.
"That's true. It's just going to be awhile. I can feel it." Xena said.