Title: A Different Time

Author: bluewillowwitch

Rating: R to NC-17 (smut later)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters they all belong to Joss Whedon and ME.

Summery: Scoobies on a class vacation. Willow gets knocked out and sent to another time.

Note 1: Thanks to my beta and to Lex for having to listen to it all before I posted. Thanks to Amber and Alyson for your inspiration. Thanks to all you Kitten for reading this and supporting it.

Note 2: Slight AU. Some things have changed. There is no Oz. Other changes you have to read to find out about.

Note 3: The other reality is supposed to be set in the 1880’s to 1900. I am sorry if I didn’t get everything perfect. Not a huge history buff.

Note 4: Thoughts are in <>. Flashbacks are in italics.

Feedback: YES PLEASE! I am a feedback junkie! Please feed my addiction.



Chapter 1



“Hey, okay everyone, remember, just cause this is a vacation doesn’t mean you can run a muck.” A very stern looking woman in about her mid-forties called out to her students.



It was the senior class trip of Sunnydale High School. The seniors were very excited. This year the senior class had decided to go to Sicily, more accurately Palermo. They were even staying in a castle. They were all very excited, none more than the little redhead and her friends. She looked around to see how happy everyone was.



Buffy and Faith were off to the corner and trying to discretely make-out. Xander and Anya were off looking at a suit of armor and Anya could be heard saying, “But I wanna go have sex!”



Willow had to stop herself from laughing at the girl. She had grown to actually like her in these past few years. Of course she would never admit to that.



Then she looked over to the object of her affection. Tara. Tara had stolen Willow’s heart the moment she moved to Sunnydale six years ago. Willow had known that she was gay from a very young age so this didn’t come as a shock to her or to any of her friends. Willow smiled, it had taken a lot of courage and some barrowed backbone but she had finally, after lusting after Tara for three months, gotten the nerve to talk to the girl.



“Hi.” Willow managed to squeak out.



“H-h-hi.” Tara stuttered her response. <‘Damn it’> She silently cursed herself for her stutter. Here was the girl that she had had a massive crush on talking to her and she was stuttering.



“I’m Willow.” With that Willow stuck out her hand to shake Tara’s.



“Tara.” The blonde was happy that she had gotten that out with out problem. She took the redheads hand and shook it.



At the moment their hands touched they felt the magic pass between them. Neither of them wanted to let go of the other’s hand.



That is how it all started. After that Tara was brought into the group. Always known as the Scoobies.



Tara was there to help Willow when she felt unloved because her parents were never there for her, and by there for her she meant in the same state let alone same country.



Willow was there when Tara’s mother died last year just after Tara’s 17th birthday. Since Tara’s father and brother beat Tara, Willow also gave her a place to stay. Tara had moved in with Buffy and Willow on her 18th birthday. Mrs. Summers was like a mother to them all already anyway. She hated seeing how bad things got after Tara’s mother had died, so she was more than happy to except her into her home. Willow was basically living there already, since her parents where never home and Buffy and Mrs. Summers hate her staying in that house all alone.



After there freshmen year of high school Buffy couldn’t she her best friends and girls she looked on like sisters mooning over each other any longer and decided to do something about it. She rented out the Bronze and told both of them to meet her there at 7p.m. When Willow and Tara showed up all they found was an empty Bronze and a note for them from Buffy.





Hey Willow and Tara,

Sorry I had to be sneaky, but

you two are driving us nuts.

Tara you love Willow. Willow you love

Tara. Good now you both know.

So just kiss and become girlfriends already.

Love,

Buffy



Willow and Tara just stood there looking at each other.



“You do?” “Yes.” They both said at the same time and with that they had their first kiss.



It started off slow and built into a fiery passion, with dueling tongues and roaming hands. They have been together ever since that night and that kiss.



Tara was the true love of Willow’s life. She knew that they were soul-mates and would be together forever.



Tara looked up at her wondrous girlfriend. She caught Willow staring at her and could tell that she was having deep Willow-thoughts. She knew how to draw her back to this world. Tara wrapped her arms around the redhead’s waist and pulled her into a soft tender kiss.



“Mmmm. Tara-kissage. Gotta love that.” Willow said when Tara pulled back.



The blonde blushed a little. Then gave her famous lopsided grin that she knew Willow loved so much. “What were you thinking about?”



“Just thinking about you and how lucky I am to have you.” The hacker answered.



“Right back at you, sweetie.” With that she leaned back in for another kiss.



“Cough, cough, cough!” The sound of someone loudly and forcibly coughing brought them back to where they were.



“You two need to get a room.” Buffy joked.



Willow knowing her friend countered. “We will, right after you and Faith do.”



Tara smiled at this. Buffy and Faith were really adventurous. They tend to not care where they are when it came time to tend to their needs.



“Hey Red, don’t be jealous just cause your not getting any.” Faith smirked.



“Hey,” Both the girl yelled. “How do you know what we are or aren’t doing?” Willow shouted out.



All eyes in the main hall turned to look at the redhead and the group of girls around her.



“Honey, you need to keep your voice down.” Tara said gently. The she turned to Faith and smiled. “You also need to ignore Faith. She is just upset that the teacher caught her and Buffy in the corner making-out and won’t let them share a room now.”



With that the two witches walked off leaving the slayers with their mouths left hanging wide open. Before they were out of earshot they heard Buff ask, “How did they know that?”



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Later that morning they had made it to the middle of the castle and were looking around the library.



Willow was in heaven. She had never seen this many books before in her entire life.



Buffy and Faith were over in the stacks making-out like always. They would do more but the chaperon was hovering around somewhere and they didn’t want to get caught… again.



Xander had found some comic books and was enjoying them. Anya was close by with a book on proper torture methods.



Tara had found a book of poetry by Elizabeth Barrette Browning. She was enjoying the woman’s words. Especially that of her most famous poem; “How do I love thee, let me count the ways…” Every time Tara read these words she thought of Willow. When she looks over, she sees Willow with a thick book in her hands. But, Willow isn’t reading the book she is staring at Tara. The blonde always felt special with the redhead.



Willow wasn’t paying attention to anything but Tara at this moment, so she didn’t see the two class clowns fooling around with the books right above her. Suddenly she heard someone yell, “Watch out!” The next thing she knew everything was going black



T.B.C.



Grace

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"Fate keeps on happening."--Anita Loos

Edited by: maudmac  at: 10/2/03 9:28 pm

oh! what a great idea!! loved anya's choice of book



everything went black? that cant be good!



really liking this so far! hoping for more soonish!

Galahad: What a strange person. French Dude: I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries. Galahad: Is there someone else up their we could talk to? French Dude: No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time. - Monty Python

oh... nice start... more please... the Buffy/Faith thing could be interesting too. And *sigh* Willow and Tara? Perfect couple.

CheerZ

Shinnen



She's the most amazing girl in the whole world. She's the only girl who makes my heart beat faster and slower at the same time. When I'm not with her, I'm not living. I'm not existing until I can hold her in my arms again.

Great start, Willow and Tara are so cute hoping there will be an update soon I want to find out if Willow's ok after the whole book thing

Hey Great fic Grace I cant wait for more...

I hope Willow is ok and Faith and Buffy ... and as always Willow and Tara are the cutest things ever. Update soon plez cant wait so see what happens next.



~Lex

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"Mmm...Minty Fresh"- Lisa

Book on toture methods! Gotta love Anya.



Goddess I hope Will's OK

Sorry I missed church, I was busy becoming a lesbian and worshiping Satan



Open up Pandora's kiss.



Bardlet no #27

I love the start of this, it's really great and Willow and Tara are just so cute . More? Love Sammi xx

Awesome start! !

Really cool idea from Buffy to get our girls together!

But, uh oh, i hope Willow's okay and she doesnt' has an amnesia or something like that...

Can't wait for more!

snuggle79

I don't get wild. Wild on me equals spaz.

This is how everyday should end and start ..and all the stuff in the middle

The greatest thing you'll learn, is just to love and be loved in return.

Hi ,



That was an interesting start to the story, though I'm worried by what happened to Willow at the end



I'm looking forward to more

Anya in a wimple...I'd pay full admission for that. Gods Served And Abandoned - by Antigone Unbound

Oh, what a cliffhanger, I am wondering if this is where the other reality comes in. I love this reality already with a w/t that met while very young and spent years pining for each other. Very sweet. more! thanks!

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"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."

-Me & Bobby
McGee

Great opening.



Anya's torture methods book was



I Willow will be okay.

Every time you walk away, I pretend that I'm okay

Hello Blue. Good start, I'm curious and curious is good, well it's bad for fable cats, but I'm not one, a cat I mean. Update soon?

Hey girl! This is a fun read. It made me chuckle how Buffy had to write a note just to get our two shy vixens together. Can't to see the adventures that await them!



Sleek

Hey there big sis!!



I really liked this begining!!! I laughed really hard at the hallways scene "You need to keep your voice down honey." That was GREAT!! lol And Faith and Buffy making out all the time was funny. In fact it gave me an idea lol. Anyways, poor Willow....damnit stupid boys!!!





Lisa (aka lil sis)

To all you wonderful Kittens ,

Okay, I love you all! You are the best! Okay I am giving you all individual replies but first since many of you said the same things I'm going to answer all those at once.

1.The book that Anya is read was funny, thanks you. I could just see her reading that.

2. Yes, then the note that Buffy wrote was very cute and funny. Hey they were 14. That is what they do. The two in love can't talk and the others get annoyed until they finally push them together.

3. Sorry but there will not be a lot of Buffy/Faith in this fic. Sorry.

4. Willow will be fine, for the most part. No worries.

5. I have a test to study for but I will b posting chater 2 tomorrow.

Now on to individual replies.



foreverpiper-Thank you so much for your post. All will be reveled in time.



Shinnen- Thank you. Yeah, W/T are just the cutest thing ever.



tiger17-Thanks! All will be good.



Lex- Yeah, I know how you are about the B/F thing. You already heard most of the fic, you can wait.



the vamp nurd-Thanks! Anya is Anya. That is all that can be said.



sam daris-Thanks! They are the cutest thing ever.



snuggle79-No amnesia. You will fine out soon.



justin- No worries! Thanks for repling.



xita- Thank you for your feedback! 10 pts. for you. Yes, this is where the other reality comes in. Young W/T are so cute.



LostWithoutTara- No worries about Willow. Thanks.



nika- Curious is always good!



Sleek- Yes, they are very shy Vixens. More fun to come.



Lisa- Hey Lil Sis, the hallway scene was fun to write. Hey, B/F are slayers, they need that touch of danger. Taking ideas from me? I guess that's okay seeing as your the Lil Sis. I never said the class clowns were boys. (But yeah they are stupid )



Thank you all very much for your replies. Chapter 2 will be up later tomorrow. I have it written, I just have to type it up.





Grace

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"Fate keeps on happening.--Anita Loos

Edited by: bluewillowwitch  at: 9/25/03 12:48 am

All Disclaimers, Notes, Ratings and everything else is the same as Chapter 1

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Chapter 2



Tara ran to Willow’s side to see if her girlfriend was all right. “Baby, honey, come on Willow, wake up. Come back to me.”



Buffy and Faith had heard the scream and had come running. “What happened… Oh no, Will!” Buffy exclaimed.



The teacher came over to check on the fallen redhead. She checked her vital signs. Then she looked up at the assembled group and especially at Tara. “The good news is she is going to be fine. The bad new is that she was knocked unconscious. I think we need to move her to her room.”



With that Buffy, Faith, and Tara got Willow and her things and went to the third floor of the castles, where the rooms the students were staying in were located, and laid her gently down to rest.



The two slayers, after making sure that Willow was set up in the bed and that Tara had everything she needed, took off to let the blonde take care of her fallen girlfriend. “Oh Willow, come back to me baby. I need you so much.” With that Tara began to silently cry.

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Willow slowly opened her eyes and didn’t realize where she was. She started to groan when she suddenly felt a hand stroke her face. She knew the feel of that hand anywhere; it was Tara.



“Mmmm, baby that’s nice.” Willow murmured groggily.



Willow finally managed to open her eyes and she saw Tara staring down at her. But something was wrong. Tara was wearing funny looking clothes that she had seen the royals in the paintings of the late 1800’s, at the castle wear and had a confused look on her face.



Tara turned to look at all the people in the room and addressed them. She gave them all a polite and quite command but a command none-the-less. “Would all the servants here, except for mine and Princess Willow’s ladies in waiting please leave.”



Although it may have sounded like a request, everyone in that room new that it was not. The servants all knew that Tara, although a Princess, was far to kind of a ruler to ever really command something. So with no questions, all of the people in the room, except for two young girls left and the last two out of the room shut the huge wooden door behind them.



Then the only two people other than Willow and Tara in the room where two young girls. The first girl was about 16 years of age. She had dirty blonde hair and was slightly taller than the girl who stood next to her. The girl next to her appeared to be about 18 years of age, the same as Willow and Tara, and had medium reddish brown hair.



They stood in place waiting to be told what they were to do. The two girls looked over at their Princesses and smiled. They loved them both very much. They were the kindest rulers in all of Sicily.



Finally, when no one could take the silence any longer, the girl with the reddish brown hair spoke the question on everyone’s minds. “Princess Willow, are you alright?”



They all looked at Willow with concern. “I’m fine, but who are you, why are we wearing these clothes, and why are you calling me Princess?” Willow was starting to get nervous with all of this.



Princess Tara was the first to snap out of the shock of hearing the strange questions from her dear friend, and to answer. “These are our ladies in waiting, Lex and Lisa.” With that the two girls bowed. “The clothes that they wear are of their station as such and ours are of our station as Princesses. And lastly, they are calling you Princess because you are Princess Willow of West Palermo and I am Princess Tara of East Palermo.”



“Okay, that sooooo can’t be! I-I-I’m just Willow from Sunnydale!” Willow was really nervous now about all this stuff that she had just been told. She looked over and saw that Tara was looking at her and waiting for her to calm down. Then Willow started to think that as long as she was with Tara that everything would be alright. With that she leaned over towards Tara to give her a kiss and to calm her nerves when Tara pulled back shapely. Willow sat there shocked.



Tara turned to look at the two girls that where standing in the corner of the room and spoke to them. “Could you two leave us now. The Princess and I need to speak for a moment and then she needs her rest.” This was the hardest that Tara had ever spoken to anyone ever and Lisa and Lex were scared at that fact. They hurried out of the room closing the door behind them.



Once they were gone Tara looked over to Willow. “What do you think you are doing?” She stared at the redhead and got the same confused look that she had been getting from her ever since she had woken up a short while ago.



Willow looked at Tara and then had the feeling that someone was using her heart as a dartboard. “I-I-I was just trying to kiss my girlfriend.”



Tara looked at Willow like she had just grown a second head and then a third. “Willow, what are you talking about? We aren’t girlfriends. We are just friends, best friends, but not girlfriends.”



With the shock of Tara’s words sinking in Willow fell once again into a state of shock. <"Did anyone get the number of the tank that just ran me over?"> Willow thought. Then she did the only thing that her brain would let her at that moment, she passed out.



T.B.C.



bluewillowwitch

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"Fate keeps on happening."--Anita Loos

Edited by: bluewillowwitch  at: 9/25/03 12:49 am

Ooh, I loved this part..poor Willow Love Sammi xx

Edited by: sam darls at: 9/25/03 12:31 am

Balls!



Do like the tank line.



Where's Will?



That should be a new game.

Sorry I missed church, I was busy becoming a lesbian and worshiping Satan



Open up Pandora's kiss.



Bardlet no #27

Hi ,



That was an interesting update. I'm curious about wether Willow is just dreaming or she really has been transported to another reality somehow.



Poor Willow, not being allowed to kiss Tara. I'm sure that she'll work on fixing that though.



Looking forward to more

Anya in a wimple...I'd pay full admission for that. Gods Served And Abandoned - by Antigone Unbound

strange....where's Willow?!

Really interesting..

Can't wait for more!

snuggle79

I don't get wild. Wild on me equals spaz.

This is how everyday should end and start ..and all the stuff in the middle

The greatest thing you'll learn, is just to love and be loved in return.

Very intriguing!



Looking forward to more and find out what's going on!

Every time you walk away, I pretend that I'm okay

To all you wonderful Kittens and Thank you all for your feedback!



Okay first thing, a lot of you want to know where Willow is. Well I don't actually elaborate on this so I will tell you my thinking behind this. To eveyone back in the "real world" she is in a dream, and to her self it seems that she is in another reality. I explain it a little better later on. I am sorry if you find this too confusing. Please forgive me?



sam daris-Yeah, don't worry. All will be well, Happy and to come.



the vamp nurd-Thanks, I thought that it was a good line too, glad you agree. I'm glad you liked the update.



justin- Thanks! Yeah no smoochie for the love birds yet. But come on, I had to be a little . Keep you coming back for more. Thanks so much.



snuggle79-Glad you liked it. More coming soon.



LostWithoutTara-Thanks! All will be revealed in time.



Thank you so much for your wondeful feed back. I hope to update tonight. If not I will try to tomorrow.





bluewillowwitch

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"Fate keeps on happening."--Anita Loos

All disclaimers are the same.

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Chapter 3





When Willow awoke again she was still in the same room. She noticed that she had been tucked in under a quilt and the fireplace had been lit. She looked around and remembered what had happened before she passed out. Willow’s thoughts were running a mile a minute. JUST FRIENDS! How can we not be together? We have to be together. We can’t not be together!>



A knock at the door brought Willow out of her internal babble. “Come in.” the redhead called out.



The door opened and the sight of Tara made Willow’s heart jump ad brought a smile to her face. Then she remembered, ‘Just Friends’. With those words flashing in her head her heart sank and her smile faded into nothingness.



Tara saw all of this and her heart lurched. Why had she been stupid? Here was her chance. She had longed for Willow to return the love that she had felt for the redheaded Princess for o long. When Willow had passed out that morning from exhaustion she had been so worried. The two had been having a great time together until that point, and right before it had happened it, Willow had seemed about to say something that could have been very important to the two Princesses relationship.



The last few months Tara had been staying at Willow’s castle with her. They were life long friends and had decided to spend the Spring and Summer together. In these last few months that Tara had spent with Willow, it had seemed that the redhead was starting to share the blonde’s feelings. Then when Willow had actually called her, her girlfriend and tried to kiss her, what did she do, she freaked!



What was wrong with her? She had finally gotten what she wanted and she threw it away. She knew that Willow would never lover her now.



“Hi.” Tara said as she neared the bed and sat down next to her green-eyed beauty.



Willow looked up at the sound of the blonde’s voice. “Hi.”



“How are you feeling?”



“Better, I’m awake so that is good.”



Willow flashed a stressed grin her blue-eyed goddess, who returned it.



They both sat there looking at one another in silence not knowing what to say. They darted their eyes all around the room, everywhere but on each other. Finally Willow couldn’t take the silence anymore and made Tara lock eyes with her. “Tara, okay, I know that this may sound crazy but I have to tell you that…” Willow was cut off by the feel of lips on hers. She melted into the velvet softness of the kiss.



“I’m sorry Willow. I should have let you do this sooner. I have had these feelings for you for a long time. I never thought that you would return them.” After this confession Tara grew very shy and dipped her head down and hid her face with her long hair, which she was wearing loosely today.



“Hey don’t hide from me, you never have to hide from me.” Willow said as she reached her hand out and lifted up Tara’s chin then, with her other hand tucked Tara’s hair behind her ears.



Tara looked up at Willow and saw passion in her eyes. All Tara wanted was to get lost in those eyes and never come back. She would have loved to just stay like this with Willow until the day she died.



With that thought she suddenly snapped out of her fantasy. “Willow there is something that I think I should tell you before we go on. We have a problem.”



“What is it Tara? Are you okay? What’s the matter baby?” Willow was worried about what might be going on with the blonde. She was so happy to have the blonde Princess with her after she had almost lost her that she was afraid of what might be coming next.



“I over heard our parent talking. They have decided that we are at the age that we should be married and settle down. They also want to join our two kingdoms.” Tara waited for Willow to let all of what she had just said sink in. The response she got was not the one she expected.



“That’s great!” Exclaimed Willow.



“What?!?” Tara was in shock from this. She thought that Willow had real feelings for her. Why was she happy about this?



“Yeah, that means that we can get married. That was our kingdoms are joined and we are married and everyone is happy.” Willow thought that she was so smart with her plan and didn’t see a flaw anywhere in sight.



Tara gave off a sad smile. She loved that Willow saw everything in such a child like way, but unfortunately she saw the huge flaw in this plan. “Will, honey, aren’t you forgetting something?” Tara said looking at Willow.



“No, I don’t think so. We have to get married and join our lands. The two of us getting married makes the most sense.” Willow wasn’t seeing past her own feelings.



“Willow, two women loving each other is illegal. The punishment is death.” Tara frowned and looked ready to cry as she said this.



Willow just sat there shocked. How could two people in love ever be a bad thing? “What are we going to do?”



“I don’t know.” Tara said shaking her head. “I was going to find out our parents plan but I saw some Lords and Ladies coming down the hall and didn’t want to be caught eavesdropping.”



Neither of them knew what to do. The thought of ever having to be with anyone but each other was the scariest thought that either had ever had. How were they supposed to not be together? The thought was inconceivable for them. With the fear of losing each other so present and strong they clung to one another for dear life. They held each other tight and softly cried onto each other’s shoulders.



After awhile they pulled back and stared into each other’s eyes. Then, like metal to a magnet, their lips were drawn together. It was a soft meeting of lips. They barely moved. Then Willow brought her hand up and ran it into Tara’s hair. The kiss started to deepen. Mouths opened and tongues started a slow dance with one another. They were first in the blonde’s mouth learning every crevasse and then they moved to the redhead’s mouth and did the same there.



They were so wrapped up in the heat and passion of that kiss that they never hear the knock on the door or it being opened.



“Oh My God!”



T.B.C.



bluewillowwitch

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"Fate keeps on happening."--Anita Loos

Edited by: bluewillowwitch  at: 9/27/03 1:40 am

Hi ,



That was a sweet update, what with and declaring their love for each other.



Of course when Tara said about their parents wanting to join their two lands I had the same thought that Willow did. Damn their stupid laws



And who was it who walked in on them?

Anya in a wimple...I'd pay full admission for that. Gods Served And Abandoned - by Antigone Unbound

Great update.



Damn their country's stupid laws! I hope W/T will be able to work around them. After all, they say that the path of true love never runs smoothly...



And I wonder who walked in on them?



Please update soon!

Every time you walk away, I pretend that I'm okay

uh oh...



what happens next????





more please!!!





~Arwen

Hear That Baby? You're My Always... Willow

Ooh, great update grace.. But who walked in on them? love sammi xx

Interesting story, I like the whole setup. Though I do wonder what happened to the other Willow. And whoever just caught t/w , oh boy, our girls are in trouble.

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"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose."

-Me & Bobby
McGee

You wonderous Kittens ,

I am so glad that you are liking my fic! I know, I'm men leaving that clifhanger, sorry, you forgive me please? Now on to the replies.



justin- Yeah and 's conffessions of love I thought were sweet, glad you agree. Parents suck no mater what time your in. You will have to wait o see who the intruder was.



LostWithoutTara-Yeah, the law sucks. But, our lovebirds will always come out together. Smooth paths and true love aren't even on the same plante in my book. ust have to wait and ee who that was.



Arwen276-What happens next? Shoul I tell ya, nah, more funt keep ya guessing.



sam daris- sammi, Thanks. Who walked in, well I'll tell ya who it was........next update.



xita-Thanks, I'm glado like. The other Willow, well it'ssorta a dream AU, s the real Willow is in the real world knocked unconsious still. Our girls in trouble, ? Maybe a lttle trouble. No worries though.



Thank you all for reading and leaving wonderful feedback to fed my addition. I have been a little on end. Sorry no update yet. I will, however, have one up by Wensday morrning. (U.S.A. Eastern Time) Thanks for your patients.



Grace

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"Fate keeps on happening."--Anita Loos

geez i cant believe i missed 2 updates... first of all go grace i just love this fic you have to give me some smut come on please dont make me beg... i didnt say that ...i mean some snuggles at least... wonder who could could be at the door... i mean i dont know or ne thing..... but um anyway.. Please update soon



~Lex

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"Mmm..Minty Fresh"-Lisa