“I assure you we did nothing but talk and get
to know each other, that’s all. We asked Xena some questions
and she asked us some questions. There was no yelling, no hurtful
words, nothing but an intelligent conversation between
adults.” Julian told his son and Ulysses looked at him for a
minute then back at Xena but he kept his father in his peripheral
vision. “Is that true?” He asked and Xena grinned and
nodded as she looked into Ulysses’ eyes, “it is, it was
a little scary and awkward at first but we talked and everything
worked out just fine.” She said and Ulysses let out a breath
as he nodded, “I’m glad,” he said. “I look
forward to our talk tomorrow Xena,” Marguerite said then
headed out of the kitchen with Julian. “What? What is she
talking about?” Ulysses asked and Xena looked at him,
“I’ll tell you about it later, right now I need to help
mother finish preparing dinner.” Xena said and Ulysses was
about to say something when Xena raised her eyebrow and he let out
a breath, “alright but we will talk about this later.”
He said and Xena grinned at him as she leaned forward and kissed
him softly and when the kiss ended Ulysses grinned at Xena as he
shook his head then walked out of the Inn headed to the
fields.

 

 

The day passed by fairly quickly and when it was
time for dinner they all sat down and ate and the atmosphere was
noticeably a lot less tense. There was talking and a lot of
laughter going on and everyone was just enjoying themselves. As the
evening progressed on, the dinner rush came in and they had their
hands full for a while but after that was done they were able to
relax a while longer. When it got late and the Inn closed everyone
headed to bed except for Ulysses who helped Xena clean up the
dinning area and while they did that they clowned around and had
fun. When they were done, they bid Cyrene a good night who also
headed to her room. “Today has definitely been a busy yet
interesting day,” Xena said as she walked into her room
kicking off her shoes and beginning to get undressed.
“I’ll say,” Ulysses said as he leaned against the
door looking at Xena.

 

 

“You’ve got more talent than I knew if
you can win my parents over in a couple of hours. Tartarus I
can’t even do that,” Ulysses said and Xena grinned as
she turned around and looked at him. “I guess that means
you’ll just have to keep me around,” Xena said and
Ulysses grinned as he walked up to her then wrapped her in his
arms. “I guess so,” he said and Xena grinned as she
looked into his eyes while running her hands up and down his arms
in and slow motion. “Mmm,” Xena moaned just before
Ulysses leaned in and kissed her softly and as time passed the kiss
became a passionate tasting of lips. “You’ve really got
to tell me how you did that,” Ulysses said when the kiss
ended and he moaned as Xena leaned in and began kissing and sucking
on his neck as she undid his shirt with one hand, her other hand
was busy caressing the side of Ulysses’ face. “Do you
want to know right now?” Xena asked then sucked on
Ulysses’ earlobe and his mouth opened slightly in
pleasure.