“She’s not of noble or royal blood
Ulysses,” Marguerite started and Ulysses shook his head,
“that’s not a good enough reason.” He said,
“and if that’s the only reason you can think of, then
there is no reason for me not to marry Xena.” Ulysses said
then stood and headed into the kitchen and he walked out of the
back door. Ulysses was walking away from the Inn when he heard
Virgil calling him, “hey Ulysses wait up,” Virgil said
as he jogged to catch up to his friend. Ulysses stopped and looked
at Virgil when he caught up they began walking. “What’s
going on between you and your parents?” Virgil asked and
Ulysses let out a breath, “they don’t want me to marry
Xena,” Ulysses said and Virgil looked at him with surprise.
“Really? They seemed to be really interested in meeting
her,” He said and Ulysses nodded. “I know, that’s
why I don’t understand where all of this is coming
from.

 

 

The best reason they could give me for not marrying
Xena was that she was not of noble or royal blood,” Ulysses
said and Virgil nodded. “Well you knew it would be a
problem,” Virgil said, “but I didn’t expect it to
be this much of a problem. I didn’t expect to have to choose
between my family and the woman I love,” Ulysses said and
Virgil was silent for a minute. “You chose Xena,”
Virgil said and Ulysses nodded then looked at his best friend.
“I love her, she is my earth, my Queen,” Ulysses said
and Virgil nodded. “Then you made the right decision but will
you be able to live with it?” Virgil asked and Ulysses
stopped and looked at his friend, “are you saying I should
have chosen my family over Xena?” Ulysses asked and Virgil
shook his head, “no I’m not saying that. Ulysses you
made a decision based on what you felt was right, what was in your
heart, I can’t argue with that. But do you really want to
spend the rest of your life without talking to your parents?

 

 

They are apart of your life as much as Xena is.
Talk to them and try to get them to understand and maybe you guys
can work it out,” Virgil said and Ulysses let out a breath as
he looked up at the sky as if he were looking for some guidance.
“I’ll see you in the morning,” Virgil said to
Ulysses as he clapped him on his shoulder and Ulysses nodded then
let out a breath and continued walking. He walked for a while as he
thought about what Virgil said and everything else but one thing
was clear to him, he loved Xena with all his being and he would
marry her. Back at the Inn Xena was very quiet as she continued to
serve the patrons and help her mother in the kitchen. She was quiet
because like Ulysses she had things on her mind, mostly the
conversation she overheard between Ulysses and his father, what
Maphias said to her and what she should do about everything.