Hey kittens! Sorry so long for the update, but i finally had time to sit down and write. Hope you enjoy.Title: Fate had to have a Hand in this
Author : meowkitty2002
Rating PG for now NC-17 later on
Disclaimer: Joss owns willow and tara, and all buffy characters...blah blah, nothing is mine, blah blah,
Feedback: Yes Please
Pairing: Willow/Tara of course
Summary: This fic is totally AU. Tara is accepted to an art / computer school, where she meets Willow. They become instant friends and go through school together. But over the years, their friendship starts to turn into much more.
Chapter 15
After finishing their many bowls of gumbo, the two girls curled up on the couch to watch TV. They started watching a movie, but after flipping through channels for what seems liked forever, the two girls fell asleep watching a documentary about Koalas. This is how Anya found them the next morning.
*Knock Knock* Anya tried patiently to wait at the door, but after standing there for 5 minutes, she remembered that she had no patience and slowly crept through the door. ‘They should be up already. It’s after twelve! Surely they can’t of had that much sex,’ Anya thought to herself as she walked in the house. Half expecting to find Willow and Tara streaking around the house, Anya carefully sneaked through the hallway, and looked into the living room, finding Willow and Tara asleep on the couch. ‘Ahh, they look so cute together. It’s about time that the two of them were happy,’ Anya thought as she smiled at the sight of the redhead and her best friend.
Not wanting to disturb the two, but knowing that she had to get Tara up because her presentation had been moved up to today, she walked back over to the door, and began loudly banging on it, hoping Tara and Willow would finally wake up. Willow was the first one to wake up, but was laying on top of Tara, so when Tara woke up not a whole second later, Willow found herself being thrown to the floor. On instinct, she reached out and grabbed onto the blonde, pulling her to the floor with her. Both girls let out a laugh as they quickly untangled themselves and ran to the door.
“Anya, what are you doing here?” Tara asked with a surprised look on her face. ‘Okay, I know I didn’t miss anything because the meeting is tomorrow afternoon, and she didn’t go out with her boyfriend last night, so why is she here?’ Tara thought to herself.
As if reading Tara’s mind, Anya quickly answered, “Sorry to bug you, but the meeting has been moved,” Anya said as she rubbed her hand over her fist where it had turned red from pounding on the door.
“What? Why and when was it moved?” Tara asked, the frustration with her higher ups definitely present in her voice.. She was tired of them changing things with out telling anybody until the last minute. Luckily, she already had most of the presentation already finished, all it needed was a few final touches.
“Um, yeah… about that…well, they decided that they wanted to go ahead and get it over with, plus the agency was bugging them about it… “Anya said matter-of-factly. “Oh, and the meeting is in…” Anya said as she glanced down at her watch, “… oh, about an hour. That’s why I came over here, because I was for sure that you didn’t get the message. So hurry up! It’s already almost one o’clock!” Anya said as she swatted Tara’s arm and walked in the house, straight to kitchen to raid the refrigerator.
“Oh, my gosh, Willow, I am so sorry. I know you wanted to go to the park and it just be a you-and-me day, but I gotta go do this. Are you mad?” Tara asked as she grabbed Willow’s hands and gave them a squeeze, before lowering her eyes to the floor.
“Mad? Why would I be mad? You can’t help it if your bosses are being impatient. Go, I’ll be fine. When you get back, we can still go to the park and have you-and-me time. I promise,” Willow said as she raised Tara’s chin so she could give her a quick kiss. ‘This is great. Now I can do something extra special for my girl,” Willow thought as she brought her lips back to Tara’s. What was supposed to be a small loving kiss, quickly turned passionate in a few seconds Neither Willow nor Tara wanted to end the kiss, but were interrupted when Anya walked around the corner with a bowl of cereal.
“Ya know, you’re not exactly helping her get ready like that,” Anya said as she turned the corner after hearing the kissing from the kitchen. When the two lovers still didn’t pull away from each other, she sighed, “Am I gonna have to get the hose after you two?”, putting her hands on both of her hips.
Willow and Tara finally pulled away from each other, leaving smaller kisses as they pulled apart. Tara walked down the hallway to her room. When she was out of sight, Willow turned to Anya. “Hey, since Tara is gonna be busy for a little while, do you think you could help me do something? Willow whispered.
“Sure, but I have to be at the meeting too. I’m Tara’s second-hand man, or woman in my case,” Anya answered. Nothing would of pleased her more to help Willow do something for Tara, but she had to be there with the blonde.
“No, no. I mean, could you tell me where I can find a few things. I wanna do something special for Tara, sort of a celebration for whatever this meeting is about, because I know she will do great,” Willow continued to whisper, glancing down the hallway for any sign of the blonde.
“Oh, sure. Hey! Why don’t I suggest that Tara rides with me, and she leave her car with you, just in case you need to do anything?” Anya responded by jumping in the air slightly. She might not be able to help Willow personally, but she could definitely help Willow in other ways.
“That would be great, Ayn. So, can you tell me how to get to a…” Willow started whispering to Anya, moving her hands as she spoke. Anya answered all of her questions in specific detail, telling her exactly how to get to the places she needed to go in order to surprise Tara.
“Ooh, here she comes!” Anya whispered as she finally saw Tara walking down the hallway, dressed in a skirt and a white blouse. Willow and Anya quickly pulled away from each other so that Tara would not be suspicious. “…and he was like, dancing all over the bar, with one other guy dancing too, sort of like a dance off, but in the end, he finally out danced the bigger guy, it was so funny,” Anya finished telling Willow her story when Tara walked up and put her hands around Willow’s waist.
“So, what are my two bestest friends talking about?” Tara asked as she placed a small kiss on Willow’s cheek.
“Oh, Anya was telling me about a movie that she went to see last week with her boyfriend. Something about two people getting married and all the things that went wrong before the wedding. It sounds like it’s a pretty funny movie,” Willow said as she pulled Tara’s arms closer to her.
“Oh, she got you too, huh? She hasn’t been able to shut up about that movie. I saw the previews for it, but the only reason I wanted to see it was because of the girlfriend. Redheads are so hot!” Tara said, whispering the last part into Willow’s ear.
“You kinda biased,” Willow answered, falling more into Tara’s embrace. Willow laid her head back onto Tara’s shoulder and started kissing her neck. She heard Tara moan, making her giggle.
“Okay, now this is heading into ‘R’ rated territory. We better leave before it gets any worse,” Anya said as she rolled her eyes and started walking into the living room. “Hey, Tara. Why don’t you ride with me, that way if Willow needed to go anywhere she would have your car, just in case, ya know,” Anya said as she picked up Tara’s bag and came back out into the hallway where Willow and Tara were placing feather kisses on each other’s lips.
“Hmm? Oh, yeah. Good idea. Sweetie, I promise that I won’t be gone too long. I’ll be home as soon as the meeting is over,” Tara said as she placed one last kiss on Willow’s lips before she headed out the door, with Anya following. As she closed the door, Anya looked back at Willow and winked, before walking down the steps with Tara.
“Now, to get with the busy,” Willow said to herself before she turned and started walking through the house to start preparations for her special treat for Tara.
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Tara skipped up the stairs. She was so happy. Her bosses loved her presentation, not to mention the agency that the project was for loved it even more, impressed by the great artwork in it. Tara walked to her door, and smiled when she saw the single rose in between the doorknob and the frame. She picked it up and brought it to her nose and smelled it. ‘Hmm…Willow,’ Tara thought as she pushed the door open. ‘I can’t wait to tell her,’ Tara thought to herself. ‘I can’t believe that it’s almost dark already. Well, so much for wanting to go to the park. I hope Willow isn’t mad about that. Maybe we can go tomorrow,’ Tara finished her thoughts as she turned to close the door.
‘I wonder why it is so dark in here,’ Tara thought as she walked down the hallway, peeking into the living room. Her eyes grew wide when she was the way the living room was set up. Candles were placed all over the room, providing the only light in the house. There was a blanket set up on the floor, with another folded up on the side. There was a bottle of Tara’s favorite wine sitting beside the blanket, and two glasses. There was a soft music being played in the background. Willow was sitting at the foot of the blanket with a small smile on her face.
“Hey there, beautiful. I thought I would give you a congratulatory night of loving,” Willow said as she wiggled her eyebrows up and down. This made Tara smile. “I knew that you would do a great job on the presentation, because, hello, Tara here, who always does everything great and wonderful, so I decided that since it would probably be too dark to go to the park, we could enjoy a nice night sitting right here in the house, being together, and letting me show you how much I love you,” Willow finished her babble when she realized breathing would probably be a good thing.
Tara giggled, and went to sit down next to Willow. She leaned over and gave Willow a kiss, before pulling back to tell her about her day. “My day was great. My bosses loved the presentation that Anya and I gave, and the agency that the project was for thought that the artwork in it was “exquisite”,” Tara said as Willow reached over and poured a glass of wine for the two of them. “All in all, it was a great afternoon. Plus, I don’t have anything else big to do for the next couple of days. My boss was so happy that he told Anya and I, as well as the rest of my team, to take the rest of the week off, ‘for all the hard work that we did,’” Tara said, the last part mocking her boss.
“Well, I am glad that everything worked out great. I knew that it would, that’s why I had Anya help me plan all of this,” Willow said as she handed Tara her glass.
After taking a sip, Tara raised one eyebrow and commented, “Anya helped you with all of this? How?” she asked.
“Well, this morning when you were getting dressed, Anya suggested that she take you to work so that I could use your car. Then I asked her where I could get all the things you see before you, and she gave me directions to all of the places. Then when she saw you coming down the hall, she started telling me about that movie that I heard her talking to you about when you guys picked me up at the airport,” Willow said as she stopped to take a drink. “Then she casually suggested to you that you leave your car in case I needed to go do something, which of course you agreed to, not saying that you’re predictable or anything it’s just… wait. Getting off topic. Anyway, when you left I went and got all this stuff and set it up. Anya called me about 20 minutes ago, saying that the meeting was over, and letting me know that you two were about to leave, so I could get everything all set up,” Willow finished her story as she maneuvered until she sat behind Tara, and wrapping an arm around her waist.
“I can’t believe you did all of that, and I really can’t believe that Anya was that sneaky,” Tara said as she leaned back into Willow’s embrace. She wrapped her hands around the hands that rested on her stomach, and nuzzled her head onto Willow’s shoulder.
After finishing her wine, Willow set down the glass, and reached over and pulled the other blanket around the two, so that they were snuggled up under the warm blanket. Willow leaned back so that her back was against the couch, and Tara followed, making Willow a sandwich between herself and the couch.
The two just sat like this for a few minutes, enjoying the quiet and being together. When Tara finished her wine, she too set the glass down, pulling Willow’s arms tighter around her when she snuggled back under the blanket. Tara leaned back so that she could whisper into Willow’s ear. “I love you,” she whispered and placed a lingering kiss on Willow’s neck.
“I love you more,” Willow whispered back, as she moved her head so that she could kiss the blonde on the lips. Willow captured Tara’s lips in a passionate kiss, only pulling back when oxygen became an issue. Tara moaned at the loss of contact, but it was long before Willow dived back in to kissing her. The declaration of their love were the last coherent words spoken between the two for the rest of the night.
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I'll try to write some more tomorrow, but things have been kinda hecktic lately. Hope you like the update. Thanks for all the great feedback!
-Kat
"I like my demons. I consider them close personal friends. In fact, we enjoy each others company immensely."
-Amber Benson, "Chance"
whoo! Thanks for the update! Enjoyed that one greatly!! Awesome! MORE PLEASE! 
by Spikeizmine87 » Sun Mar 21, 2004 2:21 pm 
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at work. I should be posting the next chapter tomorrow sometime, Sunday at the latest. Don't worry. I definately haven't forgotten you! Thanks for all the great words. I'm glad that you all enjoy it!
Hi, this is my first post!!!
Edited by: SnuggleVixen at: 3/27/04 1:47 am
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Love sammi xx
....pretty pretty please.
at the end. Perfect update.