"Not that much. The busiest time is in the spring. You know — everyone wants to fall in love and have that early summer wedding. So how have you been? Doing lots of Healing?"

"Well, it’s kind of slow for me, too. All the winter colds are long gone. And the summer heat isn’t that bad yet, so I’ve had it pretty easy here lately.   Soooo,  what’s there to do for a couple of goddesses with time on their hands?"

"Gosh, I don’t know. Let me think. We both like Sappho, but she’s not performing anywhere right now. It’s too early for any midsummer festivals. There are a few warlords celebrating their victories, but we certainly don’t want any part of THAT!"

"Come on, ‘Dite, surely you can think of SOMETHING!"

"Well, what about you? You and Xena have been traveling around. Don’t you know of anything?"

"If I did, I wouldn’t have had to ask YOU."

"Okay, okay, let’s not bicker. What about a trip to Mt. Olympus? It’s been a while since you were there. I’m sure we could find something to do."

"Like what? No one’s there."

The two goddesses just looked at each other, waiting — hoping the other would come up with a suggestion.

"Well this is really stupid," Gabrielle finally said. "I can’t believe that in all of Greece there is nothing for us to do!"

"We could travel." Aphrodite suggested. "Maybe we could go to Italia, or Egyptos, or to the Northlands."

"I don’t know," Gabrielle said, discouraged. "Traveling doesn’t really appeal to me."

"Well, we COULD disguise ourselves as mortal women and go to Athens. I hear they have a pretty lively night life. You know — lots of drinking and gambling and fornication."

"You’d know all about that, wouldn’t you? The fornication part."

"Hey! It’s all part of love."

"Yeah. I hear a lot of drunken soldiers love to fornicate," Gabrielle said, a slightly wicked smile on her face.

"Sober ones, too," Aphrodite replied, returning the leer. "So, want to try it?"

"Sure, why not? But if we’re going to pretend to be mortals — no magic unless it’s absolutely necessary."

"Of course not! Wouldn’t have it any other way!"

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"Things not going like you hoped?" Xena asked, as she and Eve shared a simple breakfast.