Divinity: Chapter forty eight

Gaia opened her eyes and was surprised to see Obelix sitting next to her with his hand on her large belly.

She smiled "Hi"

Obelix smiled at her in response "Did you sleep well?'

Gaia tried to sit straight on the bed with the help of the priest; it was harder every time she tried to move with her very large stomach. "I could sleep for two months and not rest at all…my back hurts terribly and I feel incredibly swollen"

"It's all part of the charm of being pregnant" Obelix chuckled.

"I've never felt this tired in my life" Gaia sighed.

Obelix frowned. "Is everything alright?"

"I wish there was something I could do to help Eros with King Isra and the others" Gaia said.

"The best way you can help him is taking things with calm. You need to take care, it's not your life only at stake here but also your baby's" Obelix's voice was serious.

"Aurea told me the same thing…and I understand, I trust my husband but you know I have always been an active person…"

"I know little goddess, I know" Obelix took her hand into his.

"Let's all raise our glasses for our New Alliance, to the prosperity of the Gods!" the High God Poseidon said.

A countless number of glasses rose at the same time for the toast.

All gods were invited to Olympus to celebrate the new alliance Queen Serenity alongside her husband King Athan created. The large golden hall was illuminated by an enormous crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling; thousands of crystal drops decorated the majestic structure.

As it wasn't elegant and beautiful enough, the colors of the dresses of the goddesses gave the mystic vibe to the very large room.

Serenity was near a window holding a glass of red wine. The image she portrayed was pure elegance, her pearl dress had silver trimming on her chest, her high heels were hidden by the long skirt. Her hair was up in its usual style.

Athan was next to her sipping from his glass the velvet red liquid, his attire matched Serenity's a white jacket with white pants and his silver medals on his right side.

"Are you okay dear?" Serenity asked, entwining her arm with his.

He shrugged his shoulders "I'm fine"

"You have been very quiet since we got here, you should be happy" Serenity's voice was soft, like is she meant to caress his heart.

Athan turned to see her "The alliance was something we had to do sooner or later to improve the relations between the moon and other planets…we are making a huge progress and increasing the moon's richness and ironically we don't have an heir"

Serenity's face fell, he had brought up that matter once again and it hurt her. She was trying to listen to Chronos's advice to wait, but it seemed Athan didn't understand. Thinking of it more closely, Serenity was enjoying her queen role, she was proving herself how capable she was in running an entire kingdom and tried to make her mother happy. She wanted to have a child more than anything, but she was starting to believe maybe it was too soon to think of it, but that seemed to trouble her husband and that troubled her.

"Dear, we said we were going to wait for that until everything was completely settled" Serenity tried to hide her hurt.

Athan sighed "I'm going to get another glass of wine…" he walked away, saluting other gods in his way towards the wine fountain.

Serenity sighed.

"Now, why aren't you happy? This is your triumph! You should be enjoying it" a beautiful goddess in an orange dress said. Her hair was golden like the first rays of sun and her eyes were a soft shade of blue. Aphrodite was looking gorgeous as always, her hand held with delicacy her crystal glass.

"I'm just tired…that's all" Serenity smiled.

"This is all very surreal isn't it?" Aphrodite said.

"It is…I actually am surprised with the Higher Gods reaction to this alliance"

The love goddess nodded and took another sip of her wine "The only sad part of this is that Gaia is not here enjoying this"

"Aphrodite, you…as the Goddess of Love, do you think what she did was wrong?" Serenity asked.

Aphrodite smiled "It would be very hypocrite of me to say it was, don't you think?"

Serenity smiled and nodded.

"However, that law was set since the beginning of our era, and has always been a taboo" the love goddess added.

"She seems happier now than she was before…" Serenity said.

"Wasn't she in love with someone else before all of this happened?" Aphrodite raised a brow.

"She was, but that was a long time ago…" Serenity trailed off.

"Have you heard of her parents?" the love goddess asked curious.

Serenity shook her head. "No"

"Have you seen her?" Aphrodite asked.

"I only know she's doing fine" Serenity said.

"I'm glad…I really am, I remembered how she was treated in the audience, I felt really bad" the blonde woman said.

Serenity gave her a sympathetic smile.

"How have you been doing Serenity?" a goddess with rich red hair came to view, smiling she gave the lunar goddess a peck on both cheeks, then to Aphrodite.

"Hebe, long time no see" Aphrodite smiled.

"I know I wish I had more time for myself" Hebe, the goddess of youth laughed.

"Congratulations in this marvelous project, this Alliance will benefit us all!" Hebe said.

"Thank you" Serenity smiled.

"It feels very strange to see you without Gaia by your side" Hebe said.

Aphrodite looked down; Serenity smiled at the red haired goddess "I know what you mean"

"It's a shame we can't see her…"

"Why don't we have another glass of wine, shall we?" Aphrodite interrupted.

Serenity smiled.

"I'll go get one" Hebe said and left right after.

"Phew…I'm glad she's gone" the blonde goddess said.

"It's not her fault, she wasn't saying it with bad intentions" Serenity commented.

"With gods…you never know dear" Aphrodite laughs died seconds later "But what I really don't understand right now is why your husband is in the other side of the ballroom and not here next to you"

Serenity saw her husband talking with other gods while he drank his wine.

"You're having problems…" the love goddess said.

"No, not exactly, the thing is…" Serenity trailed off.

"I wasn't asking Serenity" Aphrodite said.

Serenity sighed.

"Chronos says it's just a matter of time" Serenity tried to defend the situation.

"And I say it's a matter of love and Athena will say it's a matter of fairness. But what do you say?" Aphrodite arched a delicate brow at her friend.

Serenity lowered her gazed and smiled weakly "I guess it's stupid for me to try to hide heart issues to you"

"It's not stupid, just ironic" Aphrodite smiled.

"Athan wants to have an heir and I don't feel it's the right time" Serenity confessed.

Aphrodite gave her friend a sympathetic smile "Ironic, how we gods don't have exactly everything we want"

Serenity widened her eyes "What do you mean?"

Aphrodite raised her face and pointed with her glass "Hera is married to the head of the Higher Gods and still, she's not happy, she's always going insane thinking the worst of her husband, and…well, she has her reasons" her glass pointed now to another one "Apollo is madly in love with Artemisa, but he'll never dare to tell her…he thinks she will always be too busy for him, and, we don't have to go that far…Ares married a woman he doesn't love"

Serenity turned to look at Ares, his expression was calmed, his sandy hair was tied in a low ponytail as always, he wasn't wearing his golden armor this time but his sandy uniform and cape. Even thought his expression didn't show any kind of emotion, his eyes looked sad all the time. The woman by his side, Eris was wearing a dark red dress; her dark hair accentuated her features a wide smile decorated her face while she talked to another god.

"Sad, isn't it?" Aphrodite said "Some of them, the majority here want power, others love…others endless beauty but still, we cannot control other gods domain, so we can't have everything"

Serenity nodded "True. But I do love my husband…I did married for love"

"What happened here is that, we were all witnesses of the strongest action made for love in our history. A strong, very strong goddess left everything for love. She gave up her throne, her power, her title as mighty titan and protector and went to live a normal life as a mortal. We were all affected by this…we thought we could control everything, we thought we were strong...instead of that when we saw her doing what she did…everybody started doing things to prove themselves they can still control their own lives…you, felt like maybe your marriage wasn't perfect enough and tried to give him a baby making him feel like it was time to move forward, but the truth is, Serenity, that you are still not ready for that... Chronos was right when he told you we all have to give some time to time" Aphrodite said.

"I just…want everything the way it was before" Serenity lowered her gaze.

"It will never be the same as before Serenity…" the blond beauty said.

Serenity knew she was going to hear those words but then saw her friend smile at her.

"But it sure can be better" the venusian goddess placed her hand on her shoulder and smiled at her assuring her words.

As if Aphrodite's words were magical, Serenity saw her husband walk across the room to reach for her and smiled at her. Athan's eyes showed tenderness and care, those eyes were showing his love for her just like the way he did before he married her. He took her hand and kissed it softly, making the lunar queen blush.

Athan turned to see the love goddess next to them and smiled.

"Aphrodite"

Aphrodite smiled "Athan, good to see you"

"Good to see you too…do you mind if I take this lovely goddess to go dance with me?" the lunar king asked.

"Oh, no not at all…she's all yours" Aphrodite waved her hands.

Athan nodded and grabbed his wife's hand and led her to the dance floor.

Aphrodite stayed in her place and smiled "Everything must be better from now on" she whispered.

Athan placed his hand on Serenity's lower back and with his other hand raised hers and started to lead the dance. Soft delicate circular motions, the couple decorated the dance floor with their love, an image very similar to the one they portrayed in their wedding.

Once the elegant music stopped, Athan bent down to reach his wife's ear "Let's keep dancing at home. Dance with me forever, Serenity.

A/N: This is particulary one of my favorite chapters, I loved how Serenity's and Aphrodite's dialog turned out. Well, it's still monday! I hope you enjoy this chapter, I must say we are approaching the end of the first part of this story, I hope you join me once I start posting the second part...of course, after I post the final chapter of this.

So, let me know what you tought of this chapter, I'll be waiting for your awesome reviews :)

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