“It’s very beautiful and unique,”
she said and Ulysses grinned as he ran his fingers over her arm.
“I had it made especially for you. That diamond stone in the
middle is one of a kind and when I saw it, it immediately reminded
me of your eyes,” he said and Xena grinned at him as she
turned her head and kissed the palm of his hand. “It must
have cost you a fortune,” Xena said and Ulysses grinned at
her, “nothing is too much for you Xena. I want to give you
everything you need and anything you want,” Ulysses said and
Xena looked into his eyes as she caressed his cheek.
“Really?” She asked and Ulysses nodded,
“really. You mean the world to me Xena and I love you so
much. You were all I could think of these months that we’ve
been apart.” Ulysses said and Xena nodded, “it was the
same for me. There were so many times I wanted to hop on a ship and
go to Ithaca, just so that I could see your face but I knew you
needed to do what you were doing on your own.”

 

 

Xena said, “but I was never really on my own.
You were here,” he said as he placed his hand over his heart,
“you were always here. I felt you all the time and it was a
real comfort when I was really missing you,” Ulysses said as
he looked into Xena’s eyes. “I asked you to marry me
Xena because I want us to spend the rest of our lives together, I
asked you because I love you. There was no other reason than
that,” Ulysses said and Xena grinned as she lowered her head
for a minute. “I was really surprised,” she said and
Ulysses grinned. “Me too,” he said then chuckled.
“I had planned on asking you to marry me but not tonight. I
wanted to make it special, I wanted it to be romantic, but just
sitting there at the table, with you in my arms, talking and
laughing, I couldn’t wait. I wanted to ask you right then and
there would you be mine for the rest of our lives.”

 

 

Ulysses said and Xena grinned at him, “it was
special to me. The way you proposed to me in front of my family and
your parents. It was a very special moment and I will always
remember it,” Xena said, then leaned down and kissed Ulysses
softly on the lips. They kissed softly for a couple of minutes,
then Xena laid back down in Ulysses’ arms and they talked for
a while. “Your parents are nice,” Xena said and Ulysses
grinned, “yea,” he said. “Do you think they like
me?” Xena asked and Ulysses looked down at her, “of
course they like you. How could they not?” Ulysses asked and
Xena hunched her shoulders as she raised her head and rested her
chin on Ulysses’ chest. “In the beginning I thought
they liked me, we were talking, laughing and getting along just
fine but when you asked me to marry you, they didn’t look so
good. In fact they looked as if they didn’t approve,”
Xena said and Ulysses looked at her.