Journey Chapter 9: A little wine with your date?, a slayers fanfic

Slow and steady drives this author crazy

Those two are going to be the end of me

Slow and steady drives this author crazy

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" I've been through too much," she said, closing her eyes. " I didn't get enough sleep to handle this, wake me in a couple of hours." And with that she was apparently out.

Gourry settled himself carefully next to her and closed his eyes also, leaving Zelgadis and Amelia blushing as they averted their eyes from each other. After they had both gotten comfortable on the shady side of a tree, Zelgadis pulled his hood over his face and closed his eyes, acutely aware that Amelia was not three feet from him.

" Amelia," Zelgadis said, before he'd actually realized that he'd said something and startling her, and himself, rather badly.

" Yes," Amelia said, keeping her eyes averted. Every time he talked to her she had to resist the urge to blush like a tomato and not looking at him helped her a lot.

" Ah..." He tried to figure out what he was going to say to her. Seeing his cloak, he seized on an inspiration. " Would you like to, ah, use my, this for a pillow?"

Amelia looked at him and felt a funny feeling in her stomach. Should she? He had made the offer, and she didn't want to seem rude...

" Thank you," she smiled a smile of such love, and justice, at him that had him blush a little. He turned around and leaned up against the palm tree, trying to seem nonchalant, which he accomplished...almost, that is, until a group of dates fell from the tree overhead and smacked him in the head.

" ZELGADIS-SAN!"

He winced, the over-ripe fruit juices staining his hair and running down his face.

This could not end well.

Lina, peacefully ensconced in the sounds of gold coins tinkling through her head, slept on. Amelia however, was at Zelgadis's side, trying desperately to chose between reaching out and helping, or being too foreword. Viewing her torn face and almost hearing the mental argument that she was undoubtedly having in her mind, Zelgadis, frazzled beyond all reason from A) Xellos, B) Lina, C) Some dates rediscovering the earthly roots, and D) Realizing that he was actually attracted to Amelia, decided to take some initiative.

" Amelia, would it be a little too much to ask if I could get some help here?"

The shame that filled her easily readable face filled him with guilt

That was NOT how that was supposed to have sounded!

" I meant, I don't know how I'm going to clean both my clothes and my hair at the same time and...and...

I have no idea where the hell I'm taking this! Where the hell am I taking this?!

" No problem," Amelia said, her face hidden by her hair as she got to her feet. Her face lifted, smiling, eyes shut and happy looking. " Why don't you go change into some spare clothes of Gourry-san's and I'll take your clothes and wash them down at the spring while you wash your hair. The water may not be safe to drink, but it should be safe to wash with."

" Thank...you..." Zelgadis said, sighing. What was wrong with the world when Amelia would be the level headed one and he was ruled by unconscious urges?

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[The authoress leaned against her own palm tree with Xellos feeding her grapes]

Kats: *Flashing a Papa-san smile and a victory sign* " Yeah!"

Xellos: " And they all think its Filia..."

Kats: " Hush slave boy, more grapes."

[If you get where the Papa-san reference came from you get bonus points]

Yheah yheah, I know. Long frikkin time no update. But…but…yheah…um…shit does happen and I beg for your forgiveness. Some really happy shit has happened to me, and some really rather nasty stuff as well, so I suppose you could say I was having writers block and got rather distracted. I know this is a short chapter, but I'll hopefully have more soon. Much buena to you all, and remember

MUCHA LUCHA

*coughs*