“Would you like to try it on?” The
elderly man who ran the vendor asked and Xena looked at him then at
the dress. “Why not,” she said then walked over to the
tent that he had closed off. As she changed and tried the dress on
Ulysses looked through some other things finding things that he
liked and others he didn’t. When Xena was ready she came out
and he looked at her, “so what do you think?” She asked
Ulysses and he walked up to her as he looked over the dress. It was
a white cloth dress that covered one shoulder and the other was
bare and it fell down to her ankles.

 

 

It outlined her breasts and hugged her waist,
“not bad,” he said. Then circled her, “I like
it,” he said and she grinned at him. “Really?”
She asked and he nodded, “it shows off all your important
features,” he said and Xena nodded. “Then I’ll
get it just for you,” she said as she touched his cheek and
he grinned at her. “Here try these on,” he said and she
took the clothes from him and one by one she tried them on and they
had a good time. Smiling and laughing at the way some of the
clothes fit and the comments that were made. They bought three
dresses from the man and asked him to have them sent to the palace
giving him a tip for doing so. “It will be done,” he
said as he looked at them with gratefulness on his features.

 

 

“I haven’t a clue as to what to get for
Virgil,” Ulysses said as he looked at some weapons and Xena
looked at him. “Well what sort of things does he like?”
She asked and Ulysses hunched his shoulders, “Virgil is a
complex guy.” He said and Xena smiled as she walked up behind
Ulysses wrapping her arms around him. “And you’re
not?” She asked and he grinned as he turned around and looked
into her eyes. “Yea but I’m not hard to please,”
he said with a double meaning and Xena smiled as she caught it then
closed her eyes and moaned as he kissed her softly.

 

 

When the kiss ended she looked at him,
“something from the Library,” Xena said and
Ulysses’ brow scrunched up. “You lost me,” he
said and she grinned. “Alexandria has one of the greatest
libraries in the world or so I’m told, I’ve never
actually been in it. Anyway, I know Virgil likes to read a lot of
different and interesting things, so I thought maybe we could get
him something from the library,” she said and Ulysses nodded,
“I see what you’re saying but I doubt they’ll
give us the originals or make us a copy.” He said and Xena
nodded, “true but Cleopatra is going to owe us after
this.” She said with a grin and Ulysses grinned back,
“you have such a brilliant mind,” he said and she
grinned and nodded as she met him half way for the kiss.