Chapter 4
The Kingdom of Alexandria rose with to the sound of the church chimes. Garnet looked at her husband sleeping softly by her side. She smiled and slipped on her pink silk dressing gown. She sat at the dressing table brushing her soft black hair, picking up her favorite clip she positioned it correctly in her hair.
She walked over to the wardrobe to find a suitable outfit; her eyes caught the little black dress that Zidane gave her for her birthday. It was a sleeveless low-back dress. She walked over to her drawers pulling out a strapless bra with a clear black searching trough her drawer she fond the lacy thong to match slipping off chemise she looked over at Zidane who was beginning to stir. She smiled. Happy that she met him. She could not imagine life without him.
"Oh. Hey honey" Zidane called sitting up rubbing his eyes.
"How are you?" she called slipping up her thong over her toned skin. Zidane appeared next to her. She turned to look at him. He stroked her stomach. Dagger smiled at him. Zidane started to kiss her shoulders working his way down her body. Rotating between kissing and stroking. Dagger let out a giggle he picked her petite body up laying her on the bed he knew just what to do. He knew his way round her so well by now.
Slipping off his boxers he climbed on top carefully; starting off slow but hard. Dagger let out a pleasurable grown. Zidane carried on thrusting inside her, Switching between soft and slow, hard and fast. Running his hands up and down her body. She climaxed first trying to control her screams Zidane followed moments later. He collapsed on the bed beside her. He looked at her lying there. This woman was carrying his child. He was going to be a father. It hadn't fully sunk in yet.
Looking at the clock Dagger jumped up. "It's nearly 10 o'clock!" she realised, "I promised Eiko I would go shopping with her. She was upset last night. I thought it might take her mind off it for a while before..." her lip started to tremble with fear.
"Hey, he is going to be fine." Zidane tried to reassure her he got up, pulled up his boxers and walked round the bed pulling her close they stood there cuddling. There was a knock at the door "Hello?" a little voice called.
"I'll be right with you Eiko. I'm just getting dressed" Dagger called letting go of Zidane.
"Ok." She called, "I'm going to get some breakfast."
"I will meet you down there" Dagger called Zidane kissing her neck.
Dagger slipped out of his reach pulling on her clothes. She decided her black dress would have to wait. She put on her little orange outfit. "Brings back memories" she sighed. "Well I better go Eiko's waiting for me."
"See you later" he winked.
When she got down stairs Steiner was pacing the room, Eiko was eating her Aleco cereals. The best brand of cereals in Alexandria.
"Hello" she called from the hallway. "How are you both today?"
Steiner didn't hear he just kept pacing the room over and over. "He been like it all morning" Eiko informed Dagger.
"Where's everyone else?" she said looking round the room hunting for a sign of life.
"Garden or still in bed" Eiko replied between munching her cereal. "Are you ready to go in a minute?"
"Yes. Ready when you are Eiko" Dagger replied.
"What time are we going to see my Father?" Eiko looked up.
"When ever you like" she paused, was it really wise to go when he would be is such a fragile state? Would she be able to manage?
"Well why don't we skip the shopping and go round Dali market?" she paused but before Dagger she burst in. "What a great idea! Come on Garnet! We can find father something from the market." Jumping up from her seat she dashed to her room.
Garnet approached Steiner from the side. "Something wrong?" she spoke into his ear.
Steiner turned to face her staring into her big eyes. She saw the upset in his eyes. "Why Steiner what is wrong?" she drew him into her and nursed the poor man. "I don't know what's wrong I think there is too much going on at the moment," he stood up straight "Vivi missing and Beatrix is ignoring me. What am I to do Queen Garnet?"
Suddenly Steiner broke down. He was crying so much he feel through Garnets grip and into a heap on the floor.
"Hey Adelbert. Do not worry she'll come round." Garnet thought for a second. "Hey. It's her day off today. Why don't you offer to take her out somewhere?"
Steiner stood up and thought about the proposed idea. Steiner dashed up the stairs towards Beatrix's room shouting "Thank you" to Dagger as he went.
Standing there all alone she laughed at the way Steiner went off.
"He looked happy." A voice called out to her. "What did you say to him?"
Turning round she saw Beatrix standing behind her all kitted up. She was dressed in a short denim skirt and a little white halter-neck top. "Where are you going?" Dagger quizzed her.
"I dono, I felt like a day down in Pinnacle Rocks" she looked to Garnets face. "I thought then I might go into Lindblum, do a spot of shopping."
"Oh." Dagger replied.
"Oh. What?" annoyed at the tone of Daggers voice. "Why can I never go out and enjoy myself? One measly day I want to take off! What's the fucking problem Garnet!"
"Hey!" Garnet turned on her viciously "Don't have a FUCKING go at me!" She calmed herself down. "Steiner was planning to take you out somewhere that is all"
"..."
"Yes that's right! Cat got your tongue Beatrix!" she spat "Why don't you be nice to him for once. Give him a bit of compassion once in a while and just try and be kind!"
"Thank you Garnet" Steiner had just come back down stairs, "but I can fend for myself. I am not an invalid" he looked at them both. "But I do not want your sympathy! Your pity or anything you throw at me!" his tone became nasty and spiteful.
"But Steiner..." Garnet started.
"Hush! Just shut up! Both of you SHUT UP!!!" He screamed. "I can't take it any more" he spoke wearily. He turned and staggered up the stairs Garnet upset and also rather annoyed at the way he had addressed her.
"Humph!" she turned and went to find Eiko leaving Beatrix behind.
"What did you do to Steiner?" Freya questioned approaching the stairwell.
"I did nothing. Garnet said it all! I hardly said a word!" She moaned.
Up in his room Steiner was in floods of tears pulling his room apart. He gathered all his belongings that were necessary and bunged them into a small brown leather holder stopping every now and again to wipe the sadness from his eye. Pulling a shirt off the side he revealed his trusty Excalibur; he stopped and looked at it. Picking it off the side he let it glisten in the sunlight. Suddenly troubled expression changed to resentment. A red haze came over Steiner; climbing to his feet he swung at the blue lamp on the side table it crashed to the floor he began to swing vigorously at anything insight.
The Kingdom of Alexandria rose with to the sound of the church chimes. Garnet looked at her husband sleeping softly by her side. She smiled and slipped on her pink silk dressing gown. She sat at the dressing table brushing her soft black hair, picking up her favorite clip she positioned it correctly in her hair.
She walked over to the wardrobe to find a suitable outfit; her eyes caught the little black dress that Zidane gave her for her birthday. It was a sleeveless low-back dress. She walked over to her drawers pulling out a strapless bra with a clear black searching trough her drawer she fond the lacy thong to match slipping off chemise she looked over at Zidane who was beginning to stir. She smiled. Happy that she met him. She could not imagine life without him.
"Oh. Hey honey" Zidane called sitting up rubbing his eyes.
"How are you?" she called slipping up her thong over her toned skin. Zidane appeared next to her. She turned to look at him. He stroked her stomach. Dagger smiled at him. Zidane started to kiss her shoulders working his way down her body. Rotating between kissing and stroking. Dagger let out a giggle he picked her petite body up laying her on the bed he knew just what to do. He knew his way round her so well by now.
Slipping off his boxers he climbed on top carefully; starting off slow but hard. Dagger let out a pleasurable grown. Zidane carried on thrusting inside her, Switching between soft and slow, hard and fast. Running his hands up and down her body. She climaxed first trying to control her screams Zidane followed moments later. He collapsed on the bed beside her. He looked at her lying there. This woman was carrying his child. He was going to be a father. It hadn't fully sunk in yet.
Looking at the clock Dagger jumped up. "It's nearly 10 o'clock!" she realised, "I promised Eiko I would go shopping with her. She was upset last night. I thought it might take her mind off it for a while before..." her lip started to tremble with fear.
"Hey, he is going to be fine." Zidane tried to reassure her he got up, pulled up his boxers and walked round the bed pulling her close they stood there cuddling. There was a knock at the door "Hello?" a little voice called.
"I'll be right with you Eiko. I'm just getting dressed" Dagger called letting go of Zidane.
"Ok." She called, "I'm going to get some breakfast."
"I will meet you down there" Dagger called Zidane kissing her neck.
Dagger slipped out of his reach pulling on her clothes. She decided her black dress would have to wait. She put on her little orange outfit. "Brings back memories" she sighed. "Well I better go Eiko's waiting for me."
"See you later" he winked.
When she got down stairs Steiner was pacing the room, Eiko was eating her Aleco cereals. The best brand of cereals in Alexandria.
"Hello" she called from the hallway. "How are you both today?"
Steiner didn't hear he just kept pacing the room over and over. "He been like it all morning" Eiko informed Dagger.
"Where's everyone else?" she said looking round the room hunting for a sign of life.
"Garden or still in bed" Eiko replied between munching her cereal. "Are you ready to go in a minute?"
"Yes. Ready when you are Eiko" Dagger replied.
"What time are we going to see my Father?" Eiko looked up.
"When ever you like" she paused, was it really wise to go when he would be is such a fragile state? Would she be able to manage?
"Well why don't we skip the shopping and go round Dali market?" she paused but before Dagger she burst in. "What a great idea! Come on Garnet! We can find father something from the market." Jumping up from her seat she dashed to her room.
Garnet approached Steiner from the side. "Something wrong?" she spoke into his ear.
Steiner turned to face her staring into her big eyes. She saw the upset in his eyes. "Why Steiner what is wrong?" she drew him into her and nursed the poor man. "I don't know what's wrong I think there is too much going on at the moment," he stood up straight "Vivi missing and Beatrix is ignoring me. What am I to do Queen Garnet?"
Suddenly Steiner broke down. He was crying so much he feel through Garnets grip and into a heap on the floor.
"Hey Adelbert. Do not worry she'll come round." Garnet thought for a second. "Hey. It's her day off today. Why don't you offer to take her out somewhere?"
Steiner stood up and thought about the proposed idea. Steiner dashed up the stairs towards Beatrix's room shouting "Thank you" to Dagger as he went.
Standing there all alone she laughed at the way Steiner went off.
"He looked happy." A voice called out to her. "What did you say to him?"
Turning round she saw Beatrix standing behind her all kitted up. She was dressed in a short denim skirt and a little white halter-neck top. "Where are you going?" Dagger quizzed her.
"I dono, I felt like a day down in Pinnacle Rocks" she looked to Garnets face. "I thought then I might go into Lindblum, do a spot of shopping."
"Oh." Dagger replied.
"Oh. What?" annoyed at the tone of Daggers voice. "Why can I never go out and enjoy myself? One measly day I want to take off! What's the fucking problem Garnet!"
"Hey!" Garnet turned on her viciously "Don't have a FUCKING go at me!" She calmed herself down. "Steiner was planning to take you out somewhere that is all"
"..."
"Yes that's right! Cat got your tongue Beatrix!" she spat "Why don't you be nice to him for once. Give him a bit of compassion once in a while and just try and be kind!"
"Thank you Garnet" Steiner had just come back down stairs, "but I can fend for myself. I am not an invalid" he looked at them both. "But I do not want your sympathy! Your pity or anything you throw at me!" his tone became nasty and spiteful.
"But Steiner..." Garnet started.
"Hush! Just shut up! Both of you SHUT UP!!!" He screamed. "I can't take it any more" he spoke wearily. He turned and staggered up the stairs Garnet upset and also rather annoyed at the way he had addressed her.
"Humph!" she turned and went to find Eiko leaving Beatrix behind.
"What did you do to Steiner?" Freya questioned approaching the stairwell.
"I did nothing. Garnet said it all! I hardly said a word!" She moaned.
Up in his room Steiner was in floods of tears pulling his room apart. He gathered all his belongings that were necessary and bunged them into a small brown leather holder stopping every now and again to wipe the sadness from his eye. Pulling a shirt off the side he revealed his trusty Excalibur; he stopped and looked at it. Picking it off the side he let it glisten in the sunlight. Suddenly troubled expression changed to resentment. A red haze came over Steiner; climbing to his feet he swung at the blue lamp on the side table it crashed to the floor he began to swing vigorously at anything insight.