Friends
Written by Amazonia V
Chapter 27:
Later, much later, Diana walked out of her bedroom in to the hallway at Themyscira House.
"Mother!"
"Daughter," Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, caught Diana to her and hugged her hard. "I am so proud of you."
"Mother, What are you doing here? Oh, I've missed you."
"What I'm doing is looking at my daughter. I missed you, too. Just let me look at you." Hippolyta pulled away for a little bit, studied Diana's face. "Is that a glow I see? Happy, are you?"
"I am, yes. Very happy."
"And who has been dallying in my daughter's bed? Do you allow it, have you permitted it or is it force the man uses?" She sighed, pressed her lips to Diana's brow while all the years whizzed by in her head. "Introduce me to him."
"You've met him before, mother, Kal-El, Superman…"
"I met him as the mother of a friend. Now, I wish to meet him as the sharer of my daughter's bed."
Diana sighed. Her mother could be so difficult at times. "I will mother. He shares my bed of my own free will. There is no coercion used."
Hippolyta smiled. "I will meet him and decide."
Diana threw her hands up in the air and gave up the battle. "Make your self comfortable, Mother. We'll meet in a little while."
Hipployta nodded and walked towards the Queen's suite of rooms at Themyscira House. "I'll see you soon, then."
Connor and Cassie had just come down from the roof and were walking towards her rooms when Cassie hissed, "Queen Hippolyta's here!"
"Where?"
"She's in her suite of rooms – the Queen's Suite. You can tell, there's a guard outside the doors. They're only there when she's in residence."
"Does this mean we can't spend the afternoon together?" asked Connor unhappily
"Well, not here, and not now. I'm going to have to meet her too. You might as well stay and say hello, too. I'm going into my bedroom, alone." Cassie made a point of saying the last statement forcefully and walked towards her bedroom.
Connor watched her walk away from him in confusion. He felt a heavy hand clamp down on his shoulder and Kal's deep voice asked him, "What are you doing here, young man?"
Connor turned and looked at the older version of himself. "The same thing you are, getting some private time with my girlfriend."
Kal's blue eyes frosted over for a second, "Speak of Diana more respectfully, or I'll teach you some manners."
Connor was instantly apologetic. "I'm sorry. Its just that I'm tense meeting Hippolyta."
Kal was honest enough to say, "So am I."
"What are we supposed to talk to her about?" Connor asked. "Oh, hi, Your Majesty. We really enjoy sex with your daughters when we're not out saving lives."
"Rao. That's not the conversation I want to have with Diana's mother."
"Oh God. Oh God." Connor wiped his brow.
Kal tried to calm him down, "They're grown women, and she seems like a reasonable woman."
"They're Amazons."
"Indeed, we are," said Diana as she walked up from behind them and watched both men, supermen, blanch. "But we don't castrate men any more, don't worry."
"Diana, that's not funny," said Kal, pulling her close to him, and resting his hand upon her waist. A gesture of possessiveness that Connor didn't miss.
"I couldn't resist. Though Connor has come close to it, once or twice. An Amazon sister protecting her own is not one any man wants to talk to."
Connor whitened even more.
Kal laughed. "She's only teasing you, Con." He bent his head to gently kiss Diana.
Her lips quivered beneath his, then parted. He felt her response, sweet, warm, and clinging. With a groan he crushed her against him, lifting her full off her feet. The pressure of his mouth was no less fierce than before, yet there was a difference.
He kissed her as a lover who knew the effect that his mouth had upon her. Diana was oblivious to everything except the pressure of his mouth on hers.
"Ahem…" Connor reminded them of his presence.
As they broke reluctantly apart, Diana turned to look at Connor, "If you talk about this to anyone, I'll hold good my threat to treat you as an Amazon would!"
"No fear of that," he quickly reassured her.
Kal just laughed out loud.
When Hippolyta joined them in the kitchen thirty minutes later, she noted four things simultaneously. Cassie was flustered. Connor was stiff. Kal was holding Diana. And Diana, herself, was glowing.
It was Diana who broke away from Kal's embrace and walking forward, enveloped her mother in a tight hug with a kiss to each cheek. Cassie was next to welcome her and as Hippolyta drew her into a tighter embrace, her lips brushed against Cassie's ear, whispering, "Daughter, you have been too long away from me."
Then the Queen turned to look at the men standing in front of her. "Young heroes. You are alive because I'm assured my daughters willing share their beds with you."
Diana bit her lip to keep from smiling. Kal and Connor looked like two little school boys caught stealing toffee. Next to her, she felt Cassie shake with suppressed laughter and avoided meeting Cassie's eyes.
Then the Queen held out her hands to both Connor and Kal, saying, "Welcome to the Amazon family. The commitment my daughters made to you will be honored. I will be here for a few days to visit with Diana, Donna and Cassie and will be delighted to get to know you better. And I invite you both to Themyscira."