A few days had passed since Xena, Gabrielle, and Sabrina left Cyrene's tavern. Sabrina would usually wonder why her parents unlike everyone else's parents didn't live together, in the sense. She had hoped that maybe she could change that, but how?
You see Sabrina had an imaginary friend, like most children at that age have, but unknown Xena or Gabrielle this imaginary friend was real. April whom was one of the Elements, decided to use Sabrina to get Xena and Ares to open up about their relationship, in a way.
That night April gave Sabrina an idea, and hoped it would work. Sabrina had spent all day with both Xena and Ares, which was rare. As night fell Ares was playing with Sabrina while Xena and Gabrielle were by the fire talking.
"You know what, I think this is good for him" Gabrielle said, looking towards Ares and Sabrina.
"What is?" Xena asked, looking at Gabrielle.
"Him spending time what Sabrina, it has really brought out the good in him, believe it or not" Gabrielle replied, with a chuckle.
"I believe it" Xena whispered to her self, as she turned to look at Ares.
"We're coming in for a landing" Ares said, as he ran towards Xena and Gabrielle, while he had Sabrina on his shoulders.
Sabrina laughed as her father stopped a couple steps from Xena and Gabrielle, then picked her up from his shoulders and gently tossed her up in the air several times before putting her down. Sabrina then ran to her mother, and jumped on her lap.
"Had fun with your daddy?" Gabrielle asked, while tickling Sabrina.
"Yeah" Sabrina answered, while continuing to laugh.
"It's bed time honey" Xena said.
"No, not now" Sabrina replied, pouting her face.
"I'm afraid so, now go get ready" Xena said.
"Fine" Sabrina replied, with a sigh.
"So I guess I'll be going now, see you tomorrow my little princess" Ares said, as he waved goodbye.
"Daddy wait" Sabrina yelled out, as she jumped off Xena and darted to Ares.
"What's wrong?" Ares asked, as he picked up his daughter.
"Don't go, stay here with us" Sabrina said, with a sad puppy dog face.
"You know I can't do that. Besides where would I sleep?" Ares said, with a sad expression.
"You can sleep next me and mommy" Sabrina replied.
"I'm sorry but…" Ares started to say, but was interrupted by Xena.
"Stay" Xena said, with a smile.
"What" Ares said, a little stunned.
"Why not, it's just one night, there's plenty of room" Xena replied.
"Yeah, please daddy, pretty please" Sabrina said.
"Well if it's not a problem… then I guess I can stay. It's not a problem, right?" Ares asked, looking at Gabrielle.
"No problem at all" Gabrielle answered, with a small smile.
Sometime later everyone finally fell asleep, Ares was laying next to Xena with Sabrina sleeping between them, and Gabrielle was sleeping on the other side of the fire.
At last when morning came Sabrina was the first one up. She know that she wasn't supposed to wonder away from the camp, so she played with her toys for awhile until she got tried of waiting for everyone to get up. She now wanted to go back to sleep, but didn't want to wake up her parents. Therefore she chose to go sleep next to Gabrielle, knowing that Gabrielle wouldn't wake up from the slightest touch.
By the time Xena awoke up she found her self nestled in the arms of Ares, with her head underneath his chin. She slowly released her self from him, and saw that Sabrina was sleeping next to Gabrielle. After taking a couple deep breaths, she then woke up Ares, who was more than happy to see her face.
"Good morning" Ares said, in a seductive voice.
Xena chuckled a little before getting up.
"I'm going to catch some breakfast, you stay here with Gabrielle and Sabrina. I won't be long" Xena said, before walking away.
"Oh she definitely wants me" Ares said to him self.
A short time later Xena returned with a dead rabbit in her hand. By this time Gabrielle and Sabrina had already awoken and were fixing up the bed rolls.
"Mommy's back, mommy's back" Sabrina said.
"What is that?" Ares asked, looking at the dead rabbit in Xena's hand.
"What, you've never seen a rabbit before" Xena replied, with a smirk.
"I hope you don't expect me to eat that" Ares said.
"Ares you don't know what your missing, rabbit stew is pretty good" Gabrielle said, with a chuckle.
"Well it's about time I go home, so enjoy your little rabbit" Ares replied.
"No eat with us" Sabrina said.
"What's wrong Ares, don't have the guts for it?" Xena asked, with a smile.
"Fine I minus well, it's not like it'll kill me, I hope" Ares replied.
They all then started to make breakfast, like a family. April's idea proved to have worked, because ever since then Ares has spend many nights with them. At first it was more like one night at a time, but it didn't take long before Ares was in their company most every night.
You see Sabrina had an imaginary friend, like most children at that age have, but unknown Xena or Gabrielle this imaginary friend was real. April whom was one of the Elements, decided to use Sabrina to get Xena and Ares to open up about their relationship, in a way.
That night April gave Sabrina an idea, and hoped it would work. Sabrina had spent all day with both Xena and Ares, which was rare. As night fell Ares was playing with Sabrina while Xena and Gabrielle were by the fire talking.
"You know what, I think this is good for him" Gabrielle said, looking towards Ares and Sabrina.
"What is?" Xena asked, looking at Gabrielle.
"Him spending time what Sabrina, it has really brought out the good in him, believe it or not" Gabrielle replied, with a chuckle.
"I believe it" Xena whispered to her self, as she turned to look at Ares.
"We're coming in for a landing" Ares said, as he ran towards Xena and Gabrielle, while he had Sabrina on his shoulders.
Sabrina laughed as her father stopped a couple steps from Xena and Gabrielle, then picked her up from his shoulders and gently tossed her up in the air several times before putting her down. Sabrina then ran to her mother, and jumped on her lap.
"Had fun with your daddy?" Gabrielle asked, while tickling Sabrina.
"Yeah" Sabrina answered, while continuing to laugh.
"It's bed time honey" Xena said.
"No, not now" Sabrina replied, pouting her face.
"I'm afraid so, now go get ready" Xena said.
"Fine" Sabrina replied, with a sigh.
"So I guess I'll be going now, see you tomorrow my little princess" Ares said, as he waved goodbye.
"Daddy wait" Sabrina yelled out, as she jumped off Xena and darted to Ares.
"What's wrong?" Ares asked, as he picked up his daughter.
"Don't go, stay here with us" Sabrina said, with a sad puppy dog face.
"You know I can't do that. Besides where would I sleep?" Ares said, with a sad expression.
"You can sleep next me and mommy" Sabrina replied.
"I'm sorry but…" Ares started to say, but was interrupted by Xena.
"Stay" Xena said, with a smile.
"What" Ares said, a little stunned.
"Why not, it's just one night, there's plenty of room" Xena replied.
"Yeah, please daddy, pretty please" Sabrina said.
"Well if it's not a problem… then I guess I can stay. It's not a problem, right?" Ares asked, looking at Gabrielle.
"No problem at all" Gabrielle answered, with a small smile.
Sometime later everyone finally fell asleep, Ares was laying next to Xena with Sabrina sleeping between them, and Gabrielle was sleeping on the other side of the fire.
At last when morning came Sabrina was the first one up. She know that she wasn't supposed to wonder away from the camp, so she played with her toys for awhile until she got tried of waiting for everyone to get up. She now wanted to go back to sleep, but didn't want to wake up her parents. Therefore she chose to go sleep next to Gabrielle, knowing that Gabrielle wouldn't wake up from the slightest touch.
By the time Xena awoke up she found her self nestled in the arms of Ares, with her head underneath his chin. She slowly released her self from him, and saw that Sabrina was sleeping next to Gabrielle. After taking a couple deep breaths, she then woke up Ares, who was more than happy to see her face.
"Good morning" Ares said, in a seductive voice.
Xena chuckled a little before getting up.
"I'm going to catch some breakfast, you stay here with Gabrielle and Sabrina. I won't be long" Xena said, before walking away.
"Oh she definitely wants me" Ares said to him self.
A short time later Xena returned with a dead rabbit in her hand. By this time Gabrielle and Sabrina had already awoken and were fixing up the bed rolls.
"Mommy's back, mommy's back" Sabrina said.
"What is that?" Ares asked, looking at the dead rabbit in Xena's hand.
"What, you've never seen a rabbit before" Xena replied, with a smirk.
"I hope you don't expect me to eat that" Ares said.
"Ares you don't know what your missing, rabbit stew is pretty good" Gabrielle said, with a chuckle.
"Well it's about time I go home, so enjoy your little rabbit" Ares replied.
"No eat with us" Sabrina said.
"What's wrong Ares, don't have the guts for it?" Xena asked, with a smile.
"Fine I minus well, it's not like it'll kill me, I hope" Ares replied.
They all then started to make breakfast, like a family. April's idea proved to have worked, because ever since then Ares has spend many nights with them. At first it was more like one night at a time, but it didn't take long before Ares was in their company most every night.