“Just let me go and get Julian he said he
wanted to come along as well,” Marguerite said as she stood
and wiped her hands on the apron that she had been borrowing and
she took it off sitting it in the chair she just left. “That
is okay with you isn’t it?” Marguerite asked Xena who
grinned and nodded, “sure it’s no problem,” she
said and when Marguerite was out the door Xena let out a breath.
“They’re gonna kill me,” she said and Cyrene
grinned at her daughter. “I swear you can be just as dramatic
as Toris,” she said to her daughter.

 

 

“They just probably want to talk to you
together, I’m sure it’ll be fine.” Cyrene said
and Xena looked at her mother, “come with me,” she said
and Cyrene patted Xena’s arm. “You need to talk to them
alone, without me and without Ulysses,” Cyrene said then
walked away before Xena could say anything else. Marguerite walked
into the kitchen with Julian behind her and Xena let out a breath,
“so are we ready to go?” Xena asked and they nodded,
“yea we’re ready,” Julian said and Xena nodded
then headed out the back door holding the door open for Marguerite
until Julian did so.

 

 

Xena began walking towards one of her favorite
spots since it was a beautiful place and she wanted to make the
best impression on Ulysses’ parents as possible. “How
far is this place?” Marguerite asked and Xena looked at her,
“not far, we’ll be there in a couple of minutes,”
Xena said and then she looked down at Gemini who had taken it upon
herself to tag along with her mistress and Xena was grateful to
have at least one friend that she knew of there with her. The walk
to where Xena was taking them was quiet, five minutes later they
arrived at an open field but they were on a small hill where when
you looked down you could see the sun shinning down on the small
stream and the miles of green grass.

 

 

Xena took them over to a shaded tree, “hang
on for a minute,” she said and they looked at Xena as she
began to climb the tree with ease until she reached what she was
looking for. When she had it she jumped down and looked at their
surprised faces, “I come out here often,” Xena said as
she held up a covered blanket in her hands. She took the cover off
of it then spread it out on the ground mainly for Marguerite.
“Thank you,” Marguerite told Xena who nodded as she sat
down on the ground and Julian sat down next to Marguerite.