Gabrielle sat staring into the flames of the campfire. She was being unusually quiet.

This worried the warrior who sat next to her sharpening her sword.

"Wanna talk about it?" Xena asked as she continued stroking her sword.

"It's not fair." The bard mumbled as she poked at the fire with a stick.

"What's not fair?" She asked setting the sword aside and joining her friend on the ground.

"This whole ritual thing the amazon's say I have to go through."

"Gabrielle you are their queen. You must take a consort."

"But what if I don't want too. If I do that then I'll have to leave you and stay in the village."

"Yes, but..." Her words were cut short when she realized her friend was crying.

"I don't want to leave you. EVER!"

Xena pulled the woman into her arms and hugged her. "It's going to be okay."

"How? How is it going to be okay? I have to get married Xena. I have to take a consort. I have
to stay there this time. Besides that, I don't know if I can..." She stopped realizing hat she
had said too much.

"If you can what?" Xena asked gently kissing the top of the bard's head.

"Well...I...mean I've never, well atleast not with a woman..." Xena didn't mean too, but she
chuckled. Gabrielle looked up "And exactly what was that snicker all about?"

"Well, Gabrielle I mean come on. We've done enough traveling around not that you shouldn't
be shocked by anything."

"I'm not shocked Xena. I'm scared. What if I can't, well you know..."

"Well, that does pose a little bit of a problem doesn't it? Can't have the queen not know her way
around now can we?"

"Now you're making fun of me!" Gabrielle started to pull away, but Xena's hold on her was firm.

"I am not making fun of you. I am offering to teach you what you want to know."

Gabrielle turned and looked into those blue eyes that had so often captivated her. "Teach me..."

"Was that a question or a request?"

"Teach me."

"I'll take that as a request." Xena pulled Gabrielle into her lap and just held her there gently caressing
the bard's arm with her finger tips. She felt a shiver run through Gabrielle's entire body. "Cold?"

"Just the opposite."

Xena smiled and lowered her lips to the bard's for a kiss. Softly, gently she placed her lips to Gabrielle's.
Gabrielle drew a deep breath as her hand gripped Xena's arm and her lips parted, inviting the
warrior in. The invitation was accepted.

Xena was no stranger to the pleasures of women, giving and receiving, but she had never tasted anything
as sweet and wonderful as the mouth that now captured her own. She felt Gabrielle's hand go to her
neck and request more, which she was more than willing to give.

Their tongues sought each other driving deeper and deeper. Their hands began to roam.
Xena knew she had to get control and fast. She broke from the kiss. They both had to
take a moment to recapture their breath.

"And you were afraid..." Xena said when she managed to breath again.

"Xena please..." She said as she pulled the warrior to her waiting lips again.

The warrior gave the bard another kiss. The bard eagerly took that which was offered. Within mere
moments Gabrielle felt her top being loosened and Xena's strong hand firmly wrapped around her
breast, Xena's firm grasp caused her nipples to go erect immediately. It didn't take long for the
warrior to put the 'pinch" on her.

"Oh Gods Xena...more. Take me I'm yours."

"I intend to and I know that...You always have been."

Xena picked Gabrielle up and carried her to their blankets. Gabrielle wasn't sure when or how it came to be
that she was no longer clothed but she didn't really care either. The throbbing between her legs was all
that mattered to her now.

Xena could smell the musky odor that had built between them. It inflamed her warrior heart and she
felt her passion growing out of control. She took a hard nipple in her mouth and gave it a
tender bite as her hand found it way between the bard's legs. Gabrielle wasted no time in opening
herself up for Xena, allowing her complete access. Xena took it, sliding her hand into
the wet, warm folds.

Gabrielle moaned, stiffened and arched her back, digging her nails deep into the warrior's back.

"Gods Gabrielle... the things you do to me..." Xena whispered in the bard's ear.

The warrior took the bard. She kissed her way down the trim fit body and planted her mouth firmly on
the nub at the woman's hot liquid center. Gabrielle screamed, nothing in particular, just a scream. She
could feel herself falling as Xena licked and sucked the juice that her body offered like ambrosia
from the Gods. Gabrielle wrapped her hands tightly through Xena's hair and held her in place.

"Yes, there, harder please...Oh Gods..." The orgasm that rocked her body was unlike any other she had
ever felt in her life. Wave after wave shocked her body and sent her thrusting into the face of
the woman who consumed her. After the last wave subsided she fell back, murmuring
something that even Xena's hearing couldn't make out, then she was quiet.

Xena brought herself up next to the bard and pulled her into her arms. The bard was still quivering.
Xena smiled when she realized the woman had actually lost consciousness. She placed gentle
kisses on the bard's forehead. "I love you Gabrielle."

She stirred slightly, still wrapped in the strong arms of the warrior. "Well, hello." Xena said with a smile,
"Thought I'd lost you for the night."

"How can I live without you in my life especially now?" Gabrielle whimpered.

"You don't have to. I never intended to leave you or to let you be taken from me. I intended to offer myself to
you as your consort. Think anyone will want to challenge me?"

Gabrielle smiled, "Gods I hope not."

Xena kissed her as the bard fell into a peaceful slumber. The warrior smiled and soon joined her.

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