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4TH OF JULY FANTASY
BY CHANTAL AND FREYA
Warning : This story is completed and will
be posted all at once. You are shocked? I know. <bg>
Disclaimer's : Don't own any of the copyrights characters they are owned by Pet Fly, Ren
pic, Panzer/Davis and Gekko.
Summary: Carwash, sangria, music. You get the picture.
Betaed by Danaan and Nani. Thank you my friends.
Note: Let there be lyrics in that story. If that bugs you, skip them. <bg>
Enjoy.
Chantal
Very very early in the day or very very late at
night depending on your point of view.
*****
On the terrace of Chantal's old church, Danaan, Chantal and Freya were vegging out. Empty
lemonade, grape juice glasses could be seen lying around the stone floor. The remains of
cheeses, crackers and grapes lay scattered on a tray sitting on one of stone pillar of the
terrace.
"Okay, so did I get it? We can use AlphaHerk's for the car wash fantasy gig but
we.."
Chantal raised an eyebrow. Her attitude was screaming "Don't start with me. You will
not win."
"Sorry, I mean *I* have to do one thing myself." Danaan's voice was a little
sleepy.
"Yes. Exactly." Freya gave Danaan's two thumbs up. "We had to agree to
this. Hilara didn't have enough Rent-A-Herks to do all the work at the same time".
"That's a bit beyond me. I mean. I offered to open the alternate vortex door again to
get altAlphaHerks but I was out voted. You make one little mistake and no one let's you
forget." Chantal sighed.
"My friend, letting AltCupid run loose and rampage thru Sorboland is not a little
mistake." Danaan yawned.
"Oh but, but, he's fun in an extreme, tie me up sort of way." Chantal smiled.
"Oh, no. Don't even think about it. One visit was quite enough. What a maniac. He
gives new meaning to "Next mood swing : 6 minutes. It was more like every 60
seconds." Freya reached for her glass of sparkling grape juice.
"But think Fre. Imagine if you can.. No shirt, wet feathers, very short leather
skirt." Chantal made puppy eyes at her friend.
"No and that's final. No Cupid God of War for you missy. And I mean it. Time for us
to try to get some sleep. We only have a few hours before the celebration begins."
Freya put back her empty glass.
"I'm going now. Danaan! Come on wake up! I'll drop you off at your place."
Danaan opened one eye. "No need. I'll sleep
for a few hours and go home to shower and change. I'll be in the park at 7 a.m. to help
set up the place." Danaan then rolled over and went back to sleep.
"Okay. Have it your way just remember : try to conserve water. We'll need every drop
of water we have."
"That's not really a problem Fre. Remember Danaan's motto : Conserve water. Shower
with an Alpha." Chantal had started to clean up the terrace and heading inside to get
some rest herself. "I'll see you later."
"Not if I see you first!" Freya replied laughing. "I'm kidding. You go and
rest. I'll try to do the same. Although I have a feeling Sov might have some other
ideas." Freya waved and left as Chantal entered her home.
"Mister *How can I love you if you won't lie down?" may have some other ideas
than sleeping. I'm shocked!" Danaan whispered.
*****
KalliSta's bedroom around 6.30 am
KalliSta's soft snores were the only sounds in the room. Sunshine was flowing through the
curtains of the bay window. Long, lacy, soft curtains. A small breeze came through moving
KalliSta's bed cover.
SHerk came into the room silently. He didn't want to wake Kal. She needed her rest after
all the work she had put on planning committee of the party. SHerk had missed her greatly.
He planned to wake her gently.
The scent of fresh baked croissant with marmelande citrus jam, fresh squeezed pink
grapefruit juice, café au lait and a fragrant pink rose freshly cut in Danaan's garden
made up his perfect wake up breakfast. SHerk was quite proud of himself. Everything was in
place or almost. He'd forgotten about KalliSta's alarm clock. Which was set to come alive
at 6.38 a.m. every single morning.
The radio was set to FluffMusicMix Station and
its number one morning show "Wake up with us" with DJ's Herkules and Iolaus. The
show was a mix of laughter, joy, fishing and hunting tips. The weather girl, Widow Twanky
was a hoot. Sometimes, special guest DJ's came and shared their how to cook rabbit stew
tips or how to make good predictions. A fun way to wake up. But not *this* morning..
At 6.38 am, the alarm clock came alive scaring the Hades out of SHerk. The perfect
breakfast prepared with love and care was thrown into the air. Alas all was lost and the
annoying voice of Strife came on.
"Rise and shine Amazons, alphas, gods and other assorted muses of Fluffland. Rise and
shine. This is your guest DJ's for this 4th of July morning. I'll put some Zing into your
wake up routine. So to start things up here : an oldie but a goodie." Prince's Kiss
came on.
"Oh gods, I have died in my sleep and gone to Tartarus." Kal moaned. "The
poster boy for why Greek gods should practice birth control is on the radio. Someone put
him out of his misery." Kal opened her eyes and found SHerk on the floor pouting.
"SHerk, what happened? Why so sad?" Kal patted the space next to her on the bed.
"Come here. I've missed you."
"Kal, I had prepared the perfect breakfast in bed for you. And look, I messed it up.
Again." SHerk's eyes were full of tears.
"Darling, if I wanted breakfast in bed.. I'd sleep in the kitchen." Kal patted
the space next to her and started to sing along Prince.
"U don't have 2 be beautiful
2 turn me on
I just need your body baby
From dusk till dawn
U don't need experience
2 turn me out
U just leave it all up 2 me
I'm gonna show u what it's all about"
*****
Freya stepped out of her steamy bathroom and gazed longingly at her bed. She got home from
Chantal's late last night hoping to grab at least 3 hours of sleep before she had to be at
the car wash. But Sov had other plans for her. Fre grinned as she remembered how tired she
had been when she got home, how she dropped all her clothes on the floor and quickly
donned her favorite sleep shirt.
The one that Kal gave her that says "Don't
treat me any differently than you would the Queen" and slipped beneath her satin
sheets and closed her eyes, only to feel her bed shift as another weight settled on it,
and a soft voice growl in her ear "I Need Someone Real Bad.......Are You Real
Bad???"
The vivid memory sent shivers up and down Freya's spine and she considered, just for a
moment, being late to the car wash, even though she knew Chantal would kill her. She
started humming the last verse of Prince's song along with the radio while she got dressed
and reminisced more about the previous night.
"Fre! Freyaaaaa....come here...quick!!" Sov shouted.
Freya ran out of her dressing room yelling "Sov?? Sov...what's wrong?" only to
skid to halt at the foot of her bed and hide her grin behind her hand.
"Sov...honey...as much as I'd like to, I can't play dress up now with you. I promised
Chantal I wouldn't be late."
Sov shushed her and turned up the volume on the radio.
Freya cringed when she heard Strife's voice prattle on about the weather..."a nice
sunny day is forecast, but my darling amazons, if I were you, I'd watch out for stray
lightening bolts." Strife giggled and then continued. "Okay...I don't usually do
requests...but I'm not an "Instant Idiot" like some folks think....so Sov baby,
you with the big brass...um...knuckles ... here's the song you requested."
Sov pulled his black cowboy hat low over his eyes and sauntered up to Freya. Taking both
her hands in his and gazing deep into her eyes he started singing:
Well I'm shameless
when it comes to loving you
I'll do anything you want me to
I'll do anything at all
And I'm standing
here for all the world to see
Oh baby, that's what's left of me
Don't have very far to fall
You know now I'm not a man who's ever been
Insecure about the world I've been living in
I don't break easy, I have my pride
But if you need to be satisfied
I'm shameless, oh honey, I don't have a prayer
Every time I see you standin' there
I go down upon my knees
And I'm changing, swore I'd never compromise
Oh, but you convinced me otherwise
I'll do anything you please
You see in all my life I've never found
What I couldn't resist, what I couldn't turn down
I could walk away from anyone I ever knew
But I can't walk away from you
I have never let anything have this much control over me
I work too hard to call my life my own
And I've made myself a world and it's worked so perfectly
But it's your world now, I can't refuse
I've never had so much to lose
Oh, I'm shameless
You know it should be easy for a man who's strong
To say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong
I've never lost anything I've ever missed
But I've never been in love like this
It's out of my hands
I'm shameless, I don't have the power now
I don't want it anyhow
So I got to let it go
Oh, I'm shameless, shameless as a man can be
You make a total fool of me
I just wanted to you to know
Oh, I'm shameless, I just wanted you to know
Oh, I'm shameless, Oh, I'm down on my knees...shameless
Garth Brooks
The Sovereign sank down to his knees, dragging Freya down with him...and they were late to
the carwash after all.
**********
Robert climbed the winding stairs of Hilara's lighthouse. He knew he would find his
ladylove in the uppermost glass enclosed room. Hilara loved this time of day, when the
world was just coming alive and things were still quiet. He paused at the top of the
stairs. Hilara sat, lotus style, facing the sunrise.
Robert took in the graceful curve of her neck, the gentle sway of her hair as she raised
her arms over her head and stretched. So quiet, so not to disturb her meditation, Robert
knelt behind her. Grasping her raised hands, he brought first one, then the other, to his
lips, then slowly ran his hands down Hilara's arms. Hilara sighed and turned her head.
"Good Morning Love" she purred as he wrapped his arms around her and their lips
met. In the background, the radio played:
"Birds fly, they don't think twice.
They simply spread their wings.
The sun shines, it don't ask why,
Or what the whole thing means.
The same applies to you and I.
We never questioned that.
So good it's understood,
Ain't no conjecture just a matter of fact.
"Love is a wonderful thing.
Makes ya smile through the pouring rain.
Love is a wonderful thing. I'll say it again and again.
Turn your world into one sweet dream.
Takes your heart and makes it sing.
Love, love is a wonderful thing."
Michael Bolton
********
Danaan stretched slowly then winced.
"Should remember that sleeping on the terrace *alone* is not a good idea."
Opening her eyes, she stared into the twinkling hazel eyes of a very old immortal muse.
"Good morning! Feeling any better? How's your head? Do want coffee, tea.. Me?"
Danaan smiled. "Hummm, I need someone real bad.. Are you real bad?"
"That can be arranged." His voice dropped a notch. "Better hurry up. The
shower is empty. Since I'm no gentleman, first one in gets to wash the other 's
back."
Methosmuse got up and walked towards the terrace's doors. Danaan sprung out of the
lounging chair and followed him real fast muttering "Oh, you are a bad one all
right!"
As both raced up the stairs, the last notes of "We are the champions!" reached
them.
"Queen. How appropriate." Danaan increased her speed and ran past Methosmuse.
"Yes. Indeed." Methosmuse smirked.
"That was "We are the Champions" by the bitching rock group Queen. This was
dedicated to the ancient one. Hope this help you get it up old man. Now for something a
little more modern. Barenaked Ladies and One week" Strife ended his little
introduction with a giggle.
"I'd enjoy cutting your head off, you poor excuse for a god. But I have a lady
waiting." Methosmuse whispered and joined Danaan in the bathroom.
********
Kat gradually became aware of her surroundings. Soft, slinky sheets. A heavy arm draped
across her stomach.
"Hummm.." She rubbed her cheek on the warm skin.. It stung a little. Kat purred.
"If I had known you woke up purring darling, I would have stayed over night a lot
sooner."
"What the .." Kat jumped out of bed and face a grinning and very smug God of
War.
"You know, sex is not the answer. Sex was the question. Yes was your answer. And an
enthusiastic yes at that. I still have the teeth marks on my shoulder and the rug burns on
both my knees. "
"Will you shut up. I need to think." Kat started to pace around her bed chamber.
She hit the power button of her stereo. Out came the up beat, staccato lyrics of Kat's
favorite group.
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad
Ares's smile grew wider.
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean? well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt
Kat glanced at the very yummy man sprawl in her bed. With not an inch of clothing on.
It's been one week since you looked at me
Threw your arms in the air and said "You're crazy"
"Crazy. I'm out of my mind." Kat muttered making her way back to bed and pounced
on the very prepared God of War.
The song continued but no one in the room cared.
Five days since you tackled me
I've still got the rug burns on both my knees
It's been three days since the afternoon
You realized it's not my fault not a moment too soon
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
And now I sit back and wait till you say you're sorry
-Barenaked Ladies "One week"
*****
It was 5 minutes pass 7 o'clock. Dessy checked her watch for the fifth time in 5 minutes.
None of the "in charge" amazons had shown up yet.
After bouncing for 30 seconds, Dessy decided enough was enough. Desperate times called for
strong leaders. She would rise to the occasion. The car wash would start no rain, sun,
chicken, evil or dumb gods would interfere.
Clapping her hands she got the attention of the few amazons that were there.
"Gang, it looks like it's up to us. Are we ready?" Dessy's voice had a
"take charge" tone to it.
Kassie, Kate, Hercgirl, Kara and Cjane looked up. All of them were trying to untwist a
bunch of garden hoses. All had sleepy eyes and were yawing.
"Yeah. What you said Dessy." Whisper didn't even stop cleaning the huge pile of
multicolor big size sponges.
"You go girl. We are right behind you. Way behind. We'll catch up when we wake
up." Hercgirl winked at Dessy. Narrowing her eyes, Dessy saw that she would have to
be ruthless.
"I said "ARE WE READY?!"!!!" Like a sonic boom, Dessy's voice woke the
whole neighborhood.
BANG! WHAM! BANG! OUCH!
" Keep it down out there. Some of us are trying to sleep! What's wrong with you
ladies?" Up in one of the windows of Amazon Heights stood Iolaus, shirtless, with a
very tight blue speedo on, scratching his stomach .
"Iolaus! Thank the gods. We need some help here. It seems our volunteers overslept
this morning. We really, really need strong arms and a quick wit to get us out of this
mess." Dessy gave Iolaus her most charming and enticing smile all the while praying
"Take the bait. Take the bait."
"Strong arms. Quick wit. I'm your man. I'll be down in a jiffy. I'll even wrestle
Castalia awake for you. She might come down a little later. She's not really a morning
person." Iolaus chuckled then disappeared inside the apartment.
"One down. A few to hunt over." Dessy rubbed her hands together.
"Okay, ladies. I have a delicate mission for a few of you. I need a few Alphas pronto
to set up the tables, hook up the hoses, etc. Who wants to volunteer?" Three hands
raised immediately. "Eponia, Suzan and Rabbit. You are elected. Rabbit, can you see
if you can corral us King Kull?"
Rabbit just grinned and gave Dessy two thumbs up as she raced up to catch up with her two
friends.
"How about some music while we work?" Dessy switched on her boom box and tuned
in to the FluffMusicMix station. Olivia Newton-John's voice exploded in the air.
"Let's get physical, physical, I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk, let me hear your body talk"
"Oh appropriate Dessy. Now, we need some bodies to "talk" to us.
Fast!" Kate chuckled and started to sing along.
"I've been patient, I've been good, tried to keep my hands on the table
It's gettin' hard this holdin' back, if you know what I mean"
"I'm sure you'll understand my point of view, we know each other mentally
You gotta know that you're bringin' out the animal in me"
"GRRRRRR" yelled Hercgirl.
"Down girl or we will need to hose you down before the Alphas get here." Cjane
smiled.
"But think of how much fun it will be to hose them down. All of those wet
chests." Kara tugged at the hose.
"Don't do this to me. Now I'm gonna need the hose." Kassia growled.
The song continued on.
"Let's get animal, animal, I wanna get animal, let's get into animal
Let me hear your body talk, let me hear your body talk..."
-Olivia Newton-John "Let's get physical"
Iolaus hummed the last words of this bitchin' song. "Yeah, let me hear you body talk.
Boy did we "talk" last night." Iolaus stepped outside into the sun.
"This is a RayBan day if I even saw one." With his sunglasses in place, Iolaus
made his way towards Dessy.
*****
Castalia rolled her shoulders a few times to get the kinks out. "What a night!"
Cas stepped out of bed slowly. Passing a hand in her red tresses, she tried to decide
shower or coffee. She hit her portable radio on her way to the kitchen. "Coffee it
is."
"That was a way back track of the early 80's. Wasn't Olivia a babe?" Cas
shuddered. Even in audio only Strife gave her the willies. She extended her hand to shut
the radio up before she would be sick.
"Here's another oldie but goodie song. With lots of bikini babes and we know there
are gonna be a lot of them out today. Duran Duran's Rio." Cas could almost see
Strife’s leer but by the gods, the twit had good taste in music.
The music blasted out.
"Wow!
Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise.
Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice
With a step to your left and a flick to the right
You catch that mirror way out west
You know you're something special and you look like you're the best."
Castalia sipped her coffee and danced her way to the shower. Today was going to be a very
very pretty day.
"Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand.
Just like that river twisting through a dusty land.
And when she shines she really shows you all she can
Oh Rio Rio dance across the Rio Grande."
-Duran Duran "Rio"
"Iolaus! Good. You can help me set up the
refreshment table. I have to make the sangrias." Dessy had on her "Herk
babe" cap backwards. "Can you get the coolers right next to you?" Dessy
rubbed out the wrinkles on the pink tablecloth.
"How much sangria are you planning to make?" Iolaus dragged two huge coolers
next to the table.
"As much as we will need. I have this wonderful recipe for white sangria that is to
die for." Dessy reach for the back pocket of her cut off jeans shorts.
"Here's the recipe." Dessy bent, reached for the first cooler. Inside she found
: A white bubbly, very good vintage, Valiformosa Brut Cava.
"This is the secret ingredient. This will make the sangria sparkle." Dessy
grinned.
"Pineapple juice?" Iolaus had a goofy grin. "No white grape juice?"
"Perish the thought. I love grape juice as any hot blooded amazon. But no way does it
come near my sangria." Dessy took out a bottle of cognac and two huge pineapples.
"Here, cut them in tiny ¼ inch pieces." Dessy also handed out a bunch of
oranges and lemons. "Slice them too."
"Who knew she could be so bossy?" Iolaus mumbled to himself as he started to cut
and chop.
*****
The carwash set up started to take shape. as soon as the promised Alphas arrived. All in
tank tops and very very short cut offs.
The garden hoses were hooked around arches then holes were poked across them. Instant car
wash. Very large buckets of warm soapy water were placed along the arches. By 8 am,
everything was in place.
Speakers started to stream out some dancing music.
"And you can dance
For inspiration
Come on
I'm waiting"
Iolaus started to wiggle his hips in rhythm.
"Get into the groove
Boy you've got to prove
Your love to me, yeah
Get up on your feet, yeah
Step to the beat
Boy what will it be"
Chopping the last pieces of pineapple, Iolaus felt fingers pinch his behind. A soft slinky
voice whispered. "Don't you loooooove Madonna.?" Cas encircled him and hugged
him tight. "Thanks for helping out. Looks like it's going to be a blast."
"I have the pitchers ready Iolaus let's put this puppy in the fridge for a few
hours." Dessy added a pinch of powder sugar to the sangria, mixed in the pieces of
fruit, put the lids on the pitchers.
"Can I trust you two, to deliver these in one piece in Hestia's kitchen?"
"Yes, sir. No problem, sir" Iolaus and Cas saluted Dessy.
"Just go." Dessy waved both Castalia and Iolaus away.
"Live out your fantasy here with me
Just let the music set you free
Touch my body, and move in time
Now I now you're mine"
Dessy started to sway to the beat. "Everything is set up. Let's have some fun."
She then join the group of dancing amazons and Alphas.
"Now I know you're mine, now I know you're mine
Now I know you're mine, now I know you're mine
You've got to"
-Madonna "Get into the groove"
As the hours passed, Danaan arrived with Methosmuse on her arm. She grabbed a huge blue
sponge and dived right in washing the bumper of a 69's Ford pickup. Freya stumbled in,
wearing a black leather bikini. Sov caused a three alarm sprinkler alert. All the amazons
present had to cool off after glancing at Sov's tiny, tiny black leather speedo.
Around noon, Hestia and Hilara set up the lunch buffet and Dessy's "White
Sangria".
After a few water fights, the mood turned sultry, so did the music.
By 4 o'clock, most Amazons were slow dancing with their chosen one. Nani had wrapped
herself around her wet haired Blairmuse and not letting go. Hestia slow danced with Herk
to Carly Simon's "The girl you think you see"
"Tell me who you long for
In your secret dreams
Go on and tell me who you wish I was
Instead of me
I'm not necessarily
The girl you think you see
Whoever you want is exactly who
I'm more than willing to be
I'll be carefree
A Peace Corps trainee
your Gypsy Rose Lee
To please you"
At dusk everyone cuddled on blankets and watched the fireworks. Kat and Ares arrived
fashionably late hand in hand. Ares zapped a few more fireworks out.
*****
Chantal sat on her widow's edge watching the fireworks and blowing her nose. "Darn
allergies. Like I needed them NOW!"
"Here, I got us some more."
A huge box of kleenex landed on her lap.
"Daniel?"
"Chantal?"
"Thanks."
The end.
Author's note : Yes I have a new muse .. <bg> A very shy and cute archeologist.