I'm Your What?
"I'm your what?" Gabrielle asked once we got in the room. She'd had a bath drawn up while I was gone and I was eternally thankful.
"You and I are an Item now, just until I get out of this mess." I said pulling off my breastplate.
"But I was hoping to... you know." She protested a bit as she took off her top and was down to her undergarment.
"Oh please... you can still do what you were going to do... I just need you to put on a show for me." I said lowering myself into the warm tub of water. "God this feels good."
"Oh Yeah." Gabrielle said getting in and sitting next to me. "You know, that dress is hideous."
I snorted, "Gabrielle I'm not blind for crying out loud."
"You are not wearing that thing are you?" Gabrielle asked.
"Not without a few alterations." I answered splashing her a bit.
"I heard the strangest thing today, when I was checking in here." Gabrielle said washing herself.
"Oh yeah?" I said just before dunking my head under water.
"They call Andromeda the black widow." She said after I emerged from the water.
"What?" I asked lathering up my hair.
"Yeah, apparently she's been married three times, and each time her husbands died on the wedding night." She said sitting in front of me so that I could wash her back.
"I see." I said scrubbing at her back, "That seems really familiar."
"Yeah, I know." Gabrielle said thoughtfully as we switched positions, "It can't be."
"What?" I asked looking over my shoulder.
"Oh Xena, we have to stop him" Gabrielle said, I got up and stepped out of the tub. "You can't strong arm him out of this... she put a spell on him, and the only thing that could break him free from her web is if he chooses someone else."
I stood in the middle of the room frozen, how was I going to make him choose someone else in this short a time? I turned to face Gabrielle as I picked up a towel. "How am I supposed to do that?"
"Xena, you told me earlier, that he loves you." Gabrielle said, "Remind him how much."
She stepped out of the tub and wrapping herself in a towel she walked up behind me. "Lets make you pretty" she guided me to a chair in the corner and began to work on my hair. She brushed it until it was shiny and headed to our bags to find me a dress. She pulled out my red roman dress. "I've always liked you in this, and I've heard that Hercules was going to be at the tavern tonight."
I raised a browand took the dress from her. "I haven't worn this in ages." I said slipping the dress on and wrapping the golden lacing around myself. "How about that?" I said turning around.
"Nice, but let me fix your hair," Gabrielle said and proceeded to pin my hair up, "perfect. Now you keep him busy, and I'll go get Iolaus."
I smirked at her "Oh I'll send him over." I said tying my dagger to my thigh. "See you later."
"Go get him." She said and turned back to pick up her kimono.