Title: Turning back the clock
Rating: P.G 13
Pairing: W/T
Disclaimer: These characters belong to Joss Whedon.
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Summary: Set after Grave. Spike never tried to rape Buffy or left town, but he did sleep with Anya. Giles didn’t come back in ‘Two To Go’ but Xander did stop Willow from ending the world.
Willow lay still in her bed. She kept going over the last few days events in her head. Tara had come back to her; Tara had died; she had killed Warren and tried to end the world; and Xander had saved her. It all felt like a dream to her. She was sure that any minute now Tara would walk through the door and kiss her and tell her it would be okay. But she didn’t; Willow waited and waited, and Tara never came through the door.
~*~*~*~*~*
Spike sighed and took another sip of his beer. Since Buffy found out about him and Anya, he had stayed in his crypt. He wasn’t sure what to say to Buffy, or what she would say to him. He was sure she would either beat him up for sleeping with Anya, or stake him for revealing their affair to Xander and Anya.
He hated the look on Buffy’s face, but he was sick of keeping what happened with them a secret. He knew that deep down Buffy loved him; even if she didn’t know it yet. He knew that if nothing had happened with him and Anya; then Him and Buffy would have a chance; but not now. He had really hurt her.
He thought about how it had happened. He wasn’t really all that interested in Anya. He was lonely and angry, and so was she. They were both lonely, angry demons.
A Thought suddenly came to him. A very good thought. He grabbed his jacket and ran out of his crypt.
~*~*~*~*~*
Anya was just about to close the shop for the night when Spike burst through the door.
“What are you doing here?” She asked surprised.
“I need your help.” He said.
“Oh no, you came here for my help last time and look what happened.” She said.
“No I mean it this time. I know how we can make it up to Buffy and Xander.”
“How?” Anya asked. She was interested in Spike’s plan more than she let on. Although Xander had left her, she loved him, and she hadn’t meant to hurt him the way she did. She was prepared to make it up to him.
“Well, you’re a demon who grants wishes, so all I have to do is wish that it never happened, and everything will be fine again. I can’t believe we never thought of it before.
“Spike, if we do that it won’t just change what happened with us, it’ll change everything else that happened after it as well. It’ll take back what happened to Tara.” Anya stated.
“Oh, well that’s a good thing right? I mean you all miss her.” Spike said.
Anya sighed, “Spike, even if I granted your wish and turned back the clock, we might not know. Things could happen the same way all over again.”
“It’s worth a try.” Spike said.
Anya nodded, and Spike smiled.
“I wish that we could go back to the night we slept together and know what would happen afterward.” Spike said.
Anya closed her eyes; and the wish was granted.
~*~*~*~*
Willow was lying on her bed reading. She though she must be dreaming. She had just been lying in her bed and now she was reading and wearing the same clothes as she had been wearing when she and Tara had coffee.
But she felt like this wasn’t a dream. She felt like she had gone back in time but in a way she hadn’t. Maybe this was her chance to change what had happened; maybe the goddess had answered her prayers of having Tara alive again.
She was about to run to Tara’s dorm to confirm her thoughts and hopes when she heard the most beautiful voice in the world talking to her.
“Things fall apart. They fall apart so hard.”
There in the doorway was the love of her life; alive.
“Tara?” She couldn’t believe what she was seeing. She had been given a chance to save Tara and their love.
Willow didn’t let her lover finish the speech. She couldn’t; she couldn’t wait any longer to kiss her.
She ran forward and kissed Tara passionately. She held on to her for what seemed like forever. She had thought she would never be able to see Tara again, now here she was kissing her. She pulled back and gazed into the eyes of the woman she loved; and the woman she was going to keep safe.
Tara smiled at her. “How did you know?” She asked.
“Willow caressed Tara’s cheek, “I’ve always known we would be together again.”
Tara smiled and kissed her again.
~*~*~*~*~*
The day after; Willow took full advantage of her knowledge. She told Buffy where the geeks would be, and they caught them and took them to the police, and they later heard that Warren had killed himself in his cell. And Willow kept her promise to keep Tara safe.
They were together again, and they lived happily ever after. Forever.
The End.
*Erica*
Willow and Tara forever.
Edited by: Warduke at: 2/25/04 8:41 am
