Rating: R or possibly PG13
Summary: Gabrielle faces her greatest challenge yet: Joxer and Xena inlove, and her falling inlove as well.

Gabrielle sat at her table, watching her two best friends, the newly wedds, as they danced and kissed. Joxer spinned his lover, Xena, and pulled her in for a dive. He slowly lifted her up, smiling lovingly at her, and they both kissed in what was a sweet and tender kiss.

She probably would never get use to it. Just a year a go, Joxer was brought back from the dead, thanks to Eli and Eve. Nine months ago, Gabrielle started to have feelings for Joxer. Six months, she started to notice that Xena was acting ackward around Joxer. That night, she found the two, completely naked, and all over each other.

Joxer leaned up and kissed the beautiful tanned breasts of the warrior princess. His hands running softly down her back. Xena sucked on his neck as her nails begin claw his back. He winced, but made no move to stop his assault on Xena's breasts.

They finally stared at one another, into their eyes, not noticing the beautiful bard standing halfway in the door way. Xena lips moved to Joxer's, her tongue seeking entrance. With a smile, he accepted, and their lips met in a hot, tender kiss, their tongue's massaging against each other.

That was all she could take. Gabrielle ran to hers and Xena's room. She jumped on the bed, and grabbed a pillow, hugging it and squeazing it as tight as she could as she burst into tears. She cried, she cried so hard. She knew...after all this time...after all the time she had to tell him how she felt...Gabrielle lost Joxer to her best friend.

She did accept it, about two months ago after seeing how much they really meant to each other. Xena was always getting hurt by the bad boy types, even though she was a really, really, tough girl, or either she would end up killing them. Joxer, who had changed much, except he still trips over things, she could tell he loved Xena. Not because she looked like Meg, he and Meg both they never loved each other that way, but Xena was Xena, his hero, his friend, his lover, and now his new wife.

Gabrielle looked around, seeing all the people that showed up. Granhilda and Odin, Varia and the Amazon nation, an aged Autolycus who was romanticly invovled with Meg now, Virgil, who she found was hand in hand with Eve, Aphrodite, a weeping Ares, and other friends. She did notice that Jett and Jace were not there.

Suddenly, Gabrielle felt her heart beat rapidly as a tall, dark figure walked over to her table. The figure smiled. "Gabrielle." Beowulf greeted.

"Beowulf." She greeted back as she hugged the mighty warrior. As the parted, Beowulf took Gabrielle's hand and kissed the back of it gently. She smiled sweetly as she blushed.

"It's really great to see you."

"You too."

Beowulf looked over at the laughing couple. "So thats the courages klutz with a heart like Hercules'?" He asked. Gabrielle nodded. " Heard alot about him in your stories, after what he's been through and what he's done for you and Xena, I think he deserves her."

"So do I. He's always been there for me, and Xena. I don't know where we'd be without him." Gabrielle grinned as she stared at her clumsy friend. Joxer noticed her staring at her and smiled back. Xena, too, saw this and smiled lovingly at her soulmate, mouthing thank you.

Suddenly, Gabrielle began to feel his eyes staring over at her. She turned slowly, looking up at him. Beowolf only smiled, and offered his hand. "Why don't we show that the bride and groom aren't the only people that got some moves?" He asked.

Without hesitating, she accepted. "Lets." She replied as she took his hand, and they began to dance.

Xena looked over at the two. "Well, ain't that a pretty sight." She said.

Joxer looked over at Beowulf dancing with Gabrielle. "Yeah, it sure is sweety. It sure is." He answered. With that, Joxer planted a kiss above Xena's eye brow, and the their lips met again in a sweet and tender kiss.

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