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Just looking at the apples on everybody's plate made Xena wonder if every amazon warrior was gonna grow a hard one tonight. "That would be a FUNNY sight, amazons finding themselves having a male appendage. No it wouldn't happen, she wouldn't do that, not to everybody here, Oh GODS not to me, not tonight! This is Gabby's birthday!" She watched some of the women eating their apples, they seemed ok.

"You haven't eaten your apple Xena!" Gabrielle grabbed Xena's apple, ready to bite into it! "No I want it for later" Xena grabbed her apple from Gabrielle. "Xena, the bard laughed, the amazons, have their own apple orchard you know. Where did you think they came from? Have you tasted the cider? It's delicious." She said as she raised a cup to her lips. Xena tasted her own. Yep, spiked, very strong too. Xena finished hers in one gulp and got up to go for more. "Do you want more hun?" She slipped.

"Yeah sure." Gabrielle quietly handed her her cup. "Hun? She's never called me that. Xena did seem much more relaxed since she came back to the village for her party. In fact she had left rather abruptly and without saying anything to me. In fact Xena did look relaxed, relaxed and satisfied. Well, she did eat a lot, why shouldn't she look satisfied? No for some reason she looked relaxed satisfied and something else, relieved? Before they even sat down to the celebration, She looked less stressed definitely, and relaxed.

"How about a story?" a question was asked, before Gabrielle knew it she was sitting on top of the table w/a fresh cup of cider in her hands and beginning a story. She told of the last time she and Xena were attacked and when she finished there were requests for more.

Something was bothering Gabrielle though, something about the story, the end of it. "No more stories, I wanna dance!" The drums started and the music began and the birthday girl got her wish.

Xena had come back to see Gabrielle sitting on the table telling their last story. "" Wonder why she stopped?"" "I remember after the battle!" The warrior smirked to herself remembering how she had spent herself on the Goddess of Lust (Xena's subconscious nick name for the Goddess of Love)

"She's having a good time, I wonder if she would notice that I was gone, she did say the amazons have an apple orchard and I have energy to burn." "Hey why did you stop story telling, it's your favorite…she was stopped by the bard's hand "Dance with me Xena! Please?" The warrior could deny the bard nothing. The music eventually slowed down and Xena went to leave the dancing. Gabrielle grabbed Xena's hand and pulled her into a gentle hug. "Don't stop dancing with me Xena, please?" The tired bard questioned pleadingly. Xena danced closely with Gabrielle, holding Gabrielle close in her arms sent the warrior's senses aflame, her softness, her scent, she leaned down to look into the bards face to find her fast asleep in a standing up position.

Ephiny walked over to the standing sleeping beauties. Xena put a finger to her lips to indicate quiet. Xena gently lifted Gabrielle into her arms and began walking to the Amazon Princess's hut. She signaled for Ephiny to follow her. When they got back to the hut Xena gently laid the sleeping form on the bed. Ephiny noticed the present on the pillow. "OH Xena!" She whispered, "she's gonna love that stuff" Shhh help me get her undressed" Xena whispered. "Why don't you? Ephiny started to question her out loud. "Shhhhh I don't wanna wake her up, Xena pulled the amazon pulled her out of the hut. "Now are you going to help me or not? If not she sleeps in her clothes!" The warrior began to argue. Gabrielle wouldn't have heard them if she wanted to, she had been drinking the hard apple cider all night, she was out to the world. Xena did not trust herself to undress the sleeping bard at the moment; she was afraid that she would lose control and ravish the sleeping bard. For some reason, she just didn't think Gabrielle would appreciate that.

"Xena, I was only going to ask why don't you move the present so she doesn't roll over on them?" Ephiny eyed the now blushing warrior. "You want her don't you? Ephiny asked simply.

"No, I don't want to discuss this! She started to yell and tense up. "Look I'm really tired, I'm going to my hut, will you uh take care of her?" "Happy To! The amazon twinkled. "Now wait a minute, not you too?" "Xena, practically every amazon here would just love to make Gabrielle's birthday something to remember! But not while she's sleeping and, she doesn't seem interested in anyone here that way, except you she muttered to herself. Besides you can't force yourself on someone who doesn't want you." Ephiny stated. "Well, at least she knew the amazon wouldn't try to take the bard in her sleep." The warrior thought to herself as she walked out of the cabin.

Gabrielle was dead to the world. She didn't feel Ephiny roll her over onto her stomach as Ephiny rolled the blankets back, then Gabrielle into them. She loosened the clothes on the Princess, then blushed. She could wake Gabrielle in a really nice way. But, Gabrielle had to want it to.

"Ena?" Ephiny heard her call. "Xena's the only person Gabrielle talks about. She talks about some of the nice people they meet, and the not so nice too. But, when she talks about Xena, she kind of glows, she gets more animated in her story, just a little. The regent undressed her Princess and wrapped her comfortably in the blankets. She checked to see that the fire was warm and banked. She made sure that the first thing she saw when she woke up would be the lovely amorous flowers, the ink, quill and scrolls Xena got for her. She would make sure that a fruit basket w/some nut bread would be sent in way before the bard ever woke up. She leaned over the little bard who Xena still thought of as a little girl and saw a beautiful woman. She kissed her on the forehead and whispered "happy birthday Gabrielle." She got up and quietly walked out of the hut.

In her dreams it was Xena who had just kissed her on her forehead. Oh, she was having that dream again. Gabrielle had so many feelings about this dream that she didn't know what to do. She wrote about them a lot, but shared those scrolls with nobody, until Ephiny this afternoon. Ever since Argo had found that wonderful apple orchard the dreams began. Gabrielle knew that she loved Xena, Xena was the most beautiful, smart and strongest woman in the whole wide world. Gabrielle fell hard for her the minute they made eye contact for the first time. She had always fantasized kissing Xena and Xena hugging her and touching her, but wasn't sure what was supposed to come next.

She had shyly asked Ephiny about it that afternoon while Xena was away. Ephiny didn't say a word; she just handed her a bunch of scrolls and blushed. "Umm, if you have any questions when you're finished, come to my tent." She smiled and walked away. Gabrielle had read for quite a few candlemarks before Xena came back and the party started. Then she got drunk and was now once again having her apple dream.

The dream always started out a little scary. They were fighting, well, Xena was fighting and Gabrielle was trying to not hit Xena with her staff and hit the bad guy. Everytime, they would ride off on Argo together, neither one of them badly hurt and the bad guys gone. Xena is still pumped; Gabrielle is hungry and tired. They make camp and she sits there sharpening her sword. Gabrielle is writing in her scroll and eating an apple, before she knows it, she is asleep! And dreaming that Xena is next to her rubbing my back, talking to her in low tones. She tells Gabrielle how much she loves her and Gabrielle sits up. They look at each other for a long time. "I've always loved you Xena, I just didn't think you loved me the way I love you I mean."

Xena chuckled the bard babbled away. She grabbed Gabrielle and kissed her. And they kiss and cuddle and touch and talk in low voices.

Until tonight. Thanks to the few hours of reading, she could see her dreams all the way through.

"Xena, will you make love to me?" Xena answers by kissing her softly and deeply. Her hands move slowly and gently up and down her sides. Her hands stop and her blouse to find the lace and slowly starts to undo her laces. "Gabrielle, I've wanted you since the first time I laid eyes on you. I I I thought you were too young, I had no idea we were this close in age." How old are you anyway Warrior Princess?" the bard asked. "I'll be 25 in the Spring, my little bard. She whispered along the bard's neck, then gently took a nibble, then a bite. Gabrielle turned around to face Xena, straddling her hips and hugging Xena, her naked large soft breasts leaning against the cold armor of the warrior. She started to undo the armor and noticed Xena start to tremble. "Is something wrong, do you want me to stop?" Gabrielle begins to pout and starts to stand up. "No! come back." Xena yanks the bard back down, grabbing her by the skirt, the skirt came off, and Gabrielle was squatting totally naked with only her blouse hanging lightly off her shoulders. "MMM this should go too." Xena removes the blouse and pulls her back into her lap and into a slow gentle soft on soft soul searing kiss. Suddenly Xena is naked too.

(Hey, it's only a dream right? Anything can happen in dreams and this always happens in this dream!) Gabrielle is running her hands along Xena's shoulders down her arms. "I've always wanted to do this," she thought as she kissed her way everywhere she touched. OOHH the kisses the touching, this is what she wanted. The dream always changed after this and Gabrielle could never remember the rest of it. She would always wake up happy. This time was no exception.

The idea of seeing Gabrielle naked on a bed in a warm hut put Xena in a mood. She wouldn't mind cuddling with Gabrielle. It had happened on a few nights when it was cold. Now sometimes they slept together in the cold, but for the most part their furs had moved fairly close to each other. Sometimes, Xena would move away once Gabrielle was asleep and watch her sleep and touch herself. She was sure Gabrielle never saw. If Xena had helped Ephiny undress Gabrielle, Ephiny would know exactly how she felt about the young bard.

Xena was thinking these things to herself as she walked in the direction of the apple orchard. Her mind started to fill with Gabrielle. She had held her while they danced. Gabrielle felt so soft up against her, she smelled so sweet. She had been tempted many times to lean down and kiss the beautiful bard when she heard her beloved birthday bard snoring. She leaned back against the tree and sighed.

She heard a sigh above her, and looked up. "Aphrodite, no not tonight, I don't have the energy." "Xena, love, don't you think I can see how you are feeling? The Goddess appeared before the warrior. "You will be together one day you know." "I can't picture that." The warrior frowned looking down. "I mean, how could she want me? Ok so she's not too young but she is inexperienced." This thought said outloud sent a chill down her spine, she trembled. "Looks like your starting to gain some energy sweetheart." The Goddess teased as she leaned into Xena and nibbled on her ear. "And I thought those amazons said this orchard was safe!" The warrior chuckled.

She pushed the Goddess back a little. "How do you know we'll be together some day?" Xena's curiosity got the better of her. "I just know, things are going to happen to you soon that you have no control over, then you will be forced to let her know how you feel, that's all I can tell you, no more questions, ok?" "Do the Gods have anything to do with it?" Xena grew suspicious "Ares?" "No Xena, the Gods aren't involved this time, now no more, Let's have fun. Hey, do you want me to take on her form? It could get very exciting."

"No, I couldn't handle doing that to her! It would be too much." The warrior flushed shaking her head. "OH But, it's ok to do it to me?" The Goddess teasingly wiggled her body around Xena's. "Well, you like it." Xena whispered in her ear. She was already feeling the member growing between her legs, the Goddess gently stroking it with her magical hands.

"How do you know she wouldn't like it?" the Goddess whispered. "Don't change Aphrodite, I want you the way you want me. I am here to serve the Goddess of Lust." The warrior smirked. 'I'm glad she doesn't have you yet." The Goddess sighed as she kissed the now naked Xena on the neck. Her hands traveled down her sides as her lips caressed the softness of the Warriors breasts. With one hand she was stroking the member. She circled the warrior's nipples with her tongue and took gentle bites and sucked as they grew hard sending tingly sensations throughout the warrior's body.

The warrior's head was thrown back; Aphrodite was kissing her from her beautiful long neck down to her soft mounds and back again. The sensation of the Goddess rubbing the member and the attention to her neck, ears and breasts were getting the warrior very excited. The Goddess started to lick and kiss her way down to where her other hand had been. This hand was now traveling up and down the warrior's torso, eliciting deep moans as the Goddess drew the now hard member slowly into her mouth. She took it all the way in and the warrior gasped as she watched the Goddess lick, suck and stroke the member, watching and feeling it throb and grow even harder. The sucking sensation was delicious. Xena could let this practiced Goddess do this forever, but she knew that this was only a wonderful prelude for what was soon to come.

Xena was getting very excited, she wanted to feel the member inside the Goddess. She raised Aphrodite to her feet and pulled her into a very deep passionate lustful kiss as she wrapped the Goddess legs around her waist, she turned her around.

Now the Goddess had her back against the tree with her legs around the warrior's waist. Xena entered the Goddess hard, at once, and completely without warning she began pumping a slow rhythmic all the way in and all the way out motion. Their bodies were melded together, soft breasts to soft breast, their sweet erect nipples rubbing against each other with each thrust. Xena deeply massaged the Goddesses round soft cheeks as she continually thrust into the Goddess with the same maddeningly slow pace. She had buried her head in the neck of the long flowing curly blond hair and nibbled and bit at the Goddess's neck and earlobe. With each thrust, bite, nibble the Goddess's gasps and moans, and pleading for more made the warrior's throbbing member grow harder and larger. "GODS! Aphrodite! Xena's head started to swoon as she felt the blood rush to the head of the member. She stayed inside and began thrusting fast and hard with abandon. This sensation was something Xena wanted to last forever. Each time she thrust she could feel the wet walls filled with ambrosia squeeze around the large throbbing, rock hard member. This sensation only caused her to pump the member hard, fast and deep. She felt the Goddess coming close to her first orgasm as she felt nails raking her back; the Goddess was biting into the warrior's shoulder as she screamed Xena's name to the God on Olympus. The walls inside the Goddess tightened around the member, holding it there she screamed as Xena continued to rock the member inside the Goddess. Xena loved feeling her release all over the member, she thrust harder and faster and followed the Goddess as she experienced her second orgasm. She moaned and groaned as she pictured doing this too the bard. She imagined that it was the bard that had just released her sweet juices all over the hard pulsing member. "Gods! Gabrielle! she screamed as she reached her release. She moaned and sighed as she let go and collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.

"Oh Xena, twice in one day, thank you love." The Goddess cooed. "Aphrodite, what you said about me and Gabrielle?" "I told you no more questions, now go back to the visitors hut and go to sleep. I'll see you soon." The Goddess waved her hand and Xena found herself asleep in her sleeping shift in the visitor's hut with a smile on her face. She dreamed that she and Gabrielle were sleeping together in the furs and it was a cool clear night outside, the sky filled with stars. "Sleep well my love, you have many big events in front of you that will change everything. I'll be there for you, and so will she." The Goddess kissed the sleeping warrior on the forehead and disappeared.

TBC