Xena let out a breath, tried to rid her stomach of
the butterflies she had, Ulysses turned to face Xena and he looked
into her eyes where he could see that she was really nervous. He
brought her hand up and kissed the back of it, “relax,
you’re going to be fine,” Ulysses said and Xena nodded
as she swallowed hard. “No matter what people say or you may
hear, know that I love you and I won’t let you go without a
fight,” he said with a grin and Xena smiled at that. “I
love you too,” she said and Ulysses grinned then leaned in
and kissed her softly. When the kiss ended he nodded to the guards
to open the door since they were ready to go inside, “If ever
you feel insecure, just take my hand,” Ulysses whispered to
Xena who nodded and let out a breath one last time before they
walked into the dinning hall. Her hand was holding Ulysses’
hand and when they walked in and she saw all the people there, she
held his hand a little bit tighter and he squeezed her hand back in
a sign of assurance.

 

 

Everyone there was talking before they walked in
and when they walked in the hall fell silent, everyone had stopped
talking to watch Xena and Ulysses walk in and the talking or more
like whispers, began again as they looked at Xena, wondering who
she was and more importantly, they wondered who she was to Ulysses
since they were holding hands, he never showed a sign of affection
to any woman he had been with, not in public, so everyone was
really curious. They walked over to the head table where his
parents sat, along with his sister, Virgil and his parents. His
father was of course at the head of the table and Marguerite sat to
his right and to his left the chair was empty because that’s
where Ulysses sat. Once they were at the table Ulysses pulled out
the chair next to his for Xena and she grinned at him as she sat
down, thankful that the walk in was over, never in her life had she
been so nervous. She was also thankful that she was sitting next to
Virgil, “that wasn’t so bad now was it?” Ulysses
whispered to Xena and she grinned at him as she looked into his
eyes, “not with you at my side,” she said and he
grinned into her eyes.