Kindred Spirit Lodge Presents

Aphrodite's Gift


by Lady Robyn
Uber Xena & Gabrielle
May 23rd~July 21st, 2002

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(Part 1 - Please Gabby) --

Xena is sitting in early morning traffic, looking impatiently at her watch. She knows she is cutting it close for when Gabrielle is getting off work and she doesn't want to be late. She knows her bard will be tired and hungry (as usual) as she smiles to herself thinking things haven't changed in some ways.

Xena pulls in the Hospital parking lot, just in time to see two not so happy eyes greeting her.

Gabby opens the car door and slams it shut as she looks at Xena and says, "I've been on duty all nite, and I'm tired, the least you could have done was to be here on time to pick me up."

Xena flashes her a grin to hopefully melt the bard's heart a bit and replies, "Come on, Gab, PLEASE don't be mad.  It's our anniversary." She adds an extra sensual look with the grin knowing that the bard has been broken.

Gab smiles and leans over for a kiss, and whispers, "If you add a big breakfast with that kiss you will be forgiven forever".

Over breakfast Xena asked how gabby's nite on duty in the ER went. She told Xena she had lost a baby that had come in, and she was still somewhat shaken up from it. Even though she knows that Doctors lose patients, babies are never easy.

After a while Gabby noticed something was bothering her former warrior princess, after all these years she knew Xena as well if not better than she knew herself..

On their way home gabby decided it was time she found out what was going on. "Xe, you're not saying much. What's wrong - and don't try to say nothing, after thousands of years I'm wise to you."

Xena sat silent for a moment then decided it was time to be honest with her bard, "Gab, we've been together for a long time, and I love you more than my own life or the air I breathe, more than anything, Its our anniversary and so I want to ask you for a special gift."

Gabby wasn't quite sure she wanted to hear this. She was never quite sure what was going to come out of Xena's mouth, so she asked, "Tell me what it is you would like." and then she held her breath for the answer.

"Gab, I want to take Aphrodite up on the final debt she owes us, I want us to have a baby."

Gabby's lower jaw almost hit the seat, after everything they had been through even though she knew the offer was there, it was something they agreed would never happen.

Xena knew this was not going to be easy so she decided begging was in order. "Please, please, gabby, say yes, please, please my little bard, say we will."

Gab knew she had been beat, Smiling she asked, "Who is getting who preggers?" Xena had barely realized they were sitting in their driveway. She bailed out of the car, whisked the bard into her arms, and carried her in the house showering her with kisses along the way..

Once inside, still holding the bard, she replied, "I want to."

Grinning Gabby said, "Hmmm, a pregnant ex warrior princess, that's what everyone wants to live with."

Laughing they both cried out for Aphrodite at the same time...

Dite was more than happy to grant them this wish. So an enchanted bard took her princess up to bed to change their lives forever....

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(Part 2 - Gabby, What the Hell are you doing!) --

Xena awoke from a deep sleep with a very aroused bard in the throws of passion on top of her, making love to her as though it had been years since they had made love.

Xena slowly opened her eyes, smiled and wrapped her arms around the bard's neck and nuzzled her and wrapped her legs around her waist and held on tight as the bard climaxed.

When Gab finished, Xena was still holding her in her arms. Xena took Gabs face which was nuzzled in her neck and turned it to face her and asked, "Gabby, what the hell are you doing???"

Gabby looked at her and replied, "Xe, I'm getting you pregnant, couldn't you tell?" She asked as she was laughing.

Xena looked at her with her signature raised eyebrow and said laughing, "Yesss, I could tell, just as I could tell the last, I don't know how many times, you came inside me, I see you don't want to waste any time with the gift Dite gave you."

Gabby reminded Xena she only had this gift for 24 hours and she then informed Xena they wouldn't be leaving the house that day, in fact they wouldn't be leaving the bed except for a shower and to use the bathroom.

Xena looked up at the spent bard and told her, "Gabs I love you sooo much, thank you for doing this for me, but you need sleep, love, and now so do I."

Gabby looked disappointed and a little hurt, she thought maybe she wasn't a good lover.

Xena saw this in her eyes and quickly reassured her, "Gabs, you are an incredible and talented lover all the time, but at this moment you are a gifted, phenomenal lover, BUT, sweetheart, we have been at it all nite since Dite left.  We've made love so much I've lost count. You're spent and I'm spent and I'm hungry and by the sounds of you its time to feed the beast." she said grinning.

This put a big smile on Gabs face and she said, "Okay, I'll grab us something to eat. You set the alarm clock for a hour and half, we grab a quick nap and then we'll shower and come back to bed."

As Gabby left, Xena rolled her eyes and mumbled, "Dite, what kind of monster have you created, jeez my bard is going to kill me, I'll need an ice bag by the time 24 hours is up and I won't be able to walk." Xena laughed to herself.

Xena woke up first, after having a very erotic dream about the last few hours they had spent making love, she looked over to see the face that she had fallen in love with so many years ago. She smiled to herself and whispered, "I've done nothing good enough in my life to deserve you or your love."

With that Xena rolled over, straddled the bard's thighs, then positioning herself over the bard's gift lowered herself down and rode her way to ecstasy.

Gabby woke to find herself being ridden like a horse, running her hands up Xena's thighs. She could tell Xena's pending climax was very near and as Xena screamed her name and collapsed on top of her, Gabby looked at her and jokingly said, "Xena, what the hell are you doing?"

As Xena rolled off, she kissed her bard and smiling she said, "As much as I love the smell of warrior sweat in the morning, I think it's time for a shower. Care to join me???"

Gabby bounded out of bed dragging the former warrior with her. Both knowing they were in for a exhausting but fun and passionate day....

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(Part 3 - 'I Have Many Skills') --

"Gabrielle GET AWAY FROM ME!" Xena yelled.

Gabrielle backed away slowly then turned and left the Xena to finish throwing up by herself. Gab hopped back into bed staring at the ceiling and quietly said, "A pregnant warrior princess how stupid was I for agreeing to this". Then Gab got back up and left the bedroom.

Xena finished being sick wash her face, brushed her teeth for the hundredth time, she felt ashamed of herself for yelling at her bard, because after all this was HER idea. Padding her way back to the bedroom, knowing that some MAJOR sucking up was in order. Xena noticed that Gabrielle was not in the bedroom, seeing that her pillow was still there she figured that she went downstairs to get a drink.

Awhile later just as Xena was going to get up to look for Gabrielle, she came walking back into the bedroom with a tray in her hands. Not looking at Xena she said " I made you some tea with herbs to help with the nausea." as she bent down to give her the tea she was met with a gentle kiss " Thank you " Xena replied.

Gab jumped into bed looked at Xena and said "Xe its going to be a looong 6 months, I think its time we get some help from modern medicine." Xe looked at her smiling ,trying to change the subject, with a glint in her eye and a raised brow, replied, "Let me make up for being such a pain in the ass." Gab looked her like she had fallen out of a tree, she was tired, she had to be on duty in 8 hours and aroused was far from her vocabulary at this time.. Gabby rolled her eyes and moaned, then rolled over to try and get some sleep before the next 36 hours ran her ragged.

Xena snuggled close to her bard nuzzling her neck trailing it with kisses and whispers of "I love you".

Gabrielle turned over and in a stern, I'm not in the mood to play voice said " Xe, I love you too but, I have got too get some sleep."

Xena looking into the eyes which she had become lost in so many times, was hurt because not only did she not see passion in them anymore, its almost as though the love was gone from them. she began thinking maybe this baby was a mistake and Gab didn't really want this child or maybe she had found someone else. Whatever it was Xena wasn't ready to know, for the first time in all the years they had been together Xena was afraid Gabby didn't love her.

Xena just looked at her, stroked her face with her fingers and said "Goodnight love sleep well." With that Gabby did just that..

Aphrodite heard what the warrior princess was thinking and was shocked and astounded she would begin to think such a thing, but then it hit her. Xena and Gabrielle hadn't made love since the gift was taken away add that to a major change in hormones and you have a crisis of the heart..

Dite knew she had to act fast and she her to do it without her favorite girl, girl team knowing...

Gabby had been on duty for 12 hours and was sneaking a nap when the call came in for a car accident. A woman with possible head and spinal injuries and the woman was 3 months pregnant...

Gab had made the call for x-ray to be standing close by also she put the OR on stand by and had a Neurosurgeon on standby for when the medics got there.

The rig pulled up and the medics came rushing in to the trauma room. Gab took one look and at the patient and was overcome by the tightness and the ache in her chest. Her eyes teared up and she couldn't put a thought together.. The nurse was yelling Dr,Dr..

Xena's face was blood covered and bruised, she had good vitals but she was unconscious..

Gabby's thoughts became her own again and she made the call for the neurosurgeon and a OB. The nurse questioned that she had not taken any x-rays or sonograms. She said "Get them on their way NOW, this isn't just a patient its my wife." The nurse turned rushing out the door made those calls but phone the chief of staff as well.. All three came running in the room at the same time within minutes of being paged.

Two days later Gabby was still sitting by her bedside, the baby was in danger but they were not sure of how much or what kind.. there were no spinal injuries but her head injuries were serious and until she woke up they wouldn't how serious..

Dite was looking down crying whispering " Come on warrior babe, wake up tell her what your feeling don't sleep your life away, she loves you and will never leave you, unless you drive her away." Dite couldn't believe this, if she would have intervened this would not happened, but she knew she had waited too long to get involved.

Gabrielle was holding Xena's hand saying I love you after she kissed every knuckle...

Feeling helpless and guilty as a doctor that she couldn't help her wife she whispered " I have many skills, and when you wake up I will show them to you."

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(Part 4 - 'Xena Comes Back') --

"Xena Come back to me, please wake up" Gabrielle said quietly through her tears.

It had been 2 months since Xena's accident and there was no rhyme or reason for her to be unconscious still..

Their baby still growing inside but slower than normal which concerned the Doctors as well as Gabrielle.

Meanwhile back on Mt. Olympus.. Aphrodite was pacing furiously.." What the hell is wrong with her, why won't she wake up". Ares sitting there smugly and grinning evilly, hoping that if and when she does wake up she will have forgotten who Gabrielle is and he will be able to move in and fulfill his dream, to make Xena his.

Aphrodite however is not as dumb as people would think. She is well aware that Ares is connected with this and what the ramifications will be if Xena wakes without her memory intact. So she decides it's time to warn her favorite little friend.

Gabrielle is tired it seems like months since she has slept or had a good meal. Suddenly there is a flash of light and Dite is standing before Gabby. Dite was stunned as how drawn the bard looked.

" Hey little bard you look beat" Dite commented with a smile hoping to make Gabby smile.

Gabby who had no sense of humor left replied " Gosh Dite just can't get anything past the Gods, No shit sherlock."

Dite realized that Gab was taxed beyond belief. Walking over to Gab she put her arms around her and Gabby felt refreshed and energized.

Dreading what she had to say Dite decided to hurry and get it over with " Gabrielle, I have something I need to tell you" She took a big breath and went for it, after she was done Gabrielle was fuming mad swearing like a sailor, saying things that even shocked the shit out of Dite.

Then all a sudden it hit Dite like a bolt of lightening, maybe Xena didn't want to wake up because she thought she didn't have a future with Gabrielle anymore. "Gabby, I just thought of something. That I think might help Xena.  Before her accident Xena thought that you didn't love her anymore."

"That’s ridiculous, I love her more than my own life!" Gabby yelled at the Goddess.

"I know that and you know that but Xena doubted that."

"But how could she after everything we've been through." Gabby asked..

"DUH, The warrior Babe's hormones where in overdrive with being preggers."

"What did I say that she would ever doubt my love for her." Gabby said to herself more as a statement than a question.

"DUH, you haven't banged the warrior babe since I gave you the little (well maybe not little) gift.

Ares could be heard swearing from heaven to earth. He knew now his chances at Xena could be over.

With a flash just as she entered the room Dite disappeared. Gabrielle rushed to the bed took Xena’s hand started kissing and sucking each and ever finger. Leaned down close to Xena’s ear and whispered in a sensuous voice "Xena When you wake up I'm fucking your brains out right here, right now,  I love you so much."

Upon hearing those words Xena decided it was time to go home to her bard. She opened her eyes. Turned her face and caught the bards lips, then smiled and said "I believe you promised me a bang bard."

Gabrielle beaming said, "After you freshen your breath, you had a bath this morning."

Laughing Xena said "I love you too and I missed you." Then becoming very serious Xena asked about the baby. Gabby filled her in.

Xena said " so its a waiting game, Huh."

Gabby said silently "Yes".

"Gab, I don't want you to think ,I don't care or am not very concerned about the baby, but I REALLY need you right now."

It was Gabs turn to smile smugly, she would fill Xena in on details about Ares later. She walked over locked the door. Slowly stripped her clothes of making Xena squirm. She crawled into the bed with her and tried to make gentle love to her warrior princess but it became more animalistic. When they climaxed they screamed each others names that were heard for 2 floors above and below them....

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(Conclusion - "Gabrielle, My Water Broke") --

It has been a long nine months for Xena & Gabrielle. Xena has been on bed rest practically the whole pregnancy and now the time is growing nearer for the baby, and both of them are about at the ends of their ropes.

Gabby is at work, it's Saturday nite, the ER is its usual zoo. Gabby sneaks into the doctors lounge for a quick sandwich and some peace and quite for 10 minutes. Sitting down ready to bite into her sandwich, there is a flash of light and Aphrodite appears at the same time she is paged for a phone call, she drops her head down on hers arms and says "You have got to be Fucking me".

Dite acts shocked at what the bard says and then laughs. Gabby looks at her unamused and says, "let me get this, hold your thought." She picks up the phone and Xena is on the other end, "Gabby do you love me??" she asks. "Yes, Xe, I love as much as I did an hour ago when you paged me, Now Xe get some rest I have to get back to work I will see you in a few hours."

Xena tells her bard to be careful and then asks her to bring home some Chocolate Mint chip Ice cream for breakfast. Gab agrees and hangs up. Looking at Dite she is almost afraid to find out what she is doing here, she had not seen her since Xena was in the hospital.

Dite sensing that Gabby was nervous spoke first, "Easy little Bard, nothing is wrong, I know the warrior babe is getting close to giving birth and I just wanted to drop in."

Gabby was much to suspicious, looked at Dite and replied " Bullshit".

Dite came over to her little bard put her arms around her holding her for a moment and said "You're right, I am here for a reason, but I have to be quick because no one knows I snuck down here and Gods are not supposed to interfere with mortals, before you say it Gabby I will Bullshit, you and Xena have had more interruptions in your lives that any two people deserve, but I know you and the WB are nervous about the little warrior's health and you need to know if the baby is okay or not because you two are so nervous that you have me a basket case and you know that when I'm nervous I get wrinkles under my eyes and it's bad for my complexion."

Gabby rolled her eyes, then it hit her before Dite could say anything else Gabby burst out with, "Wait a frigging minute, you have had to know all along about the baby and you just sit up there an let us worry and wonder, you're NO better than Ares."

Dite bowed her head in sadness, she knew in a way Gabrielle was right, she manipulated their lives as much as he did. " Gabrielle you're right and I'm so sorry that I have done these things to the two of you, that's why I gave you the gift to begin with to try and make up for the times I have hurt the two of you, and Gabby the baby is fine."

Gabrielle's mouth dropped in shock and for a moment she was stunned silent. When she did try to speak she had a hard time, then she got her words together, "Dite what about the way the baby has not grown as much as it should?"

Dite smiled with a glimmer in her eye, "Well I thought you wanted your Warrior Princess to stay nice and tight if the baby is too big, then she won't have, in your words."

Gabby throw her arms up practically yelling, "I remember what I said about Xena having a tight pussy, I was there remember."

Dite laughed replying, "Gabrielle people on Mt. Olympus didn't have any silence for 24 hours, I don't know how your neighborhood survived the two of you making this baby, Give Xena a hug and kiss for me when you get home and tell her how sorry I am that I ever hurt either one of you and NO I will not tell you the sex of the baby so Don't ask don't tel. Later Little Bard."

*****

Gabby was on her way home with the Ice Cream tucked by her side anxious to get home to her wife and future baby.

She walked in the door and was met with a mirage of kisses and I love you. She kisses her wife back and then told her about her visit from Aphrodite. Xena was standing with her hands on her hips saying, "You mean to tell me that half wit, half naked bimbo let us think there was something wrong with the baby because she wanted me to stay tight for you?! Gabby when Dite starts worrying about your sexual pleasure where my body is concerned, then things have gotten a little out of hand with her feeling towards you."

"Awww Xe not the 'Dite has a thing for me' again, please NO, anything but this argument."

Xena studied her for a moment then said okay, "How about you take me upstairs, feed me Ice Cream, and you can tell me again how tight I am."

Gab flashed her a smile and said, "I'd race you there but I have the advantage."

Laughing Xe whispered, "bitch".

*****

"BY THE GODS Xe I swear our love making has gotten better with the years."

Xe rolled over to look at the face the she chose to look at for eternity. Xe smiled, leaned over for a passionate kiss and whispered, "Gab I Love you more than my own life, sweetheart my water broke."

Gabrielle laid there smiling, then the words sunk in, "Holy shit!" Gab baled out of bed okay as she ran around in chaos while Xena laid there laughing at how her Doctor bard panicked.

*****

Gabrielle paced the waiting room, waiting for the doctor to come out and tell her that Xena was okay, and if she had a son or daughter. Then the doctor appeared with a blue blanket in one arm and a pink in the other, needless to say Gabrielle was confused.

Gabrielle said, "Dr. Stansfield?"

"Meet your son and daughter, the C section went great, Xena is doing wonderful."

"A son and daughter," Gabrielle stammered out, "how can that be, the sonogram showed only one baby,"

The Dr. replied " I don't know, but I would not question but consider it a gift from God."

*****

"Xe, Xena wake up my love and say HI to our son & daughter."

"What????" Xena's eyes flew open.

"We have a girl & a boy." Gab told her.

Suddenly a flash appeared. "Little Bard & WB, they're as cute as you mortals can be." Dite said with a cat ate the mouse grin.

"Dite did you know about the 2 babies?" Xena asked.

"DUH, I am a god you know, how do you think you got you here in the first place?"

Xena looked at gabby and wagged her eyebrows.

"Xena you pervert" Dite said." Okay Little Bard & WB listen up, I have a mud wrap waiting for me so this has to be quick, I love the both of you so please accept this extra baby as a perk from the gift, from the goddess of Love, Later babes." With a flash she was gone.

"So Xe what do we name our children."

Xe replied, "How about Renee and Miles."

"Miles???" Gabby asked.

"Yes, miles" Xena replied for "How far we have come."

*****

"ALL RISE the honorable Xena residing." the bailiff announced.

"Please be seated." her honor announced. Three hours later Xena was sitting in her chambers doing paperwork and then she glanced up and the facing her was a picture of Gabrielle, her soul mate, and their two children.  She smiled and whispered a thank you to Aphrodite for blessing her in every way she had dreamed imaginable...

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The End - 'Aphrodite's Gift' - by Lady Robyn

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