Sunnydale Daze AU Fic

[willowtaralover]

SUNNYDALE DAZE

Author; Willowtaralover

Rating; PG-13 to NC-17 for smut and language

Disclaimer; All Buffy characters are owned by Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and all associated affiliates. The story and all original characters belong to me.

Story; Willow Rosenberg lives in the little SoCal town of Sunnydale along with her brother Jake and best friends Buffy, Dawn and Xander. Then Tara Maclay and her family move into the neighbourhood and romance strikes. For everyone.

AN; Hi everyone Sorry it's taken so long to get this latest chapter online but I've been trying to write the best chapter possible for you guys so you'd enjoy it all the more. So I would like to say a great big THANK YOU to Finey for being such a big help in editing this chapter and preparing it for online, thanks Shelby I owe you big time for your help. And now on with the show.

Thoughts are in italics
Chapter 8
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Willow was bouncing on the balls of her feet as she eagerly awaited the arrival of both her best friend and Tara for the pizza party. The pizzas and sides had been ordered and while Jake was showering she had gone out for drinks buying four cases of soda. Now all she needed was for her friends to turn up.

“Hey Will, have the gang turned up yet?” Jake entered the living room in jeans and a mash top sweater watching his sister amusedly as every five seconds she kept looking out the window to see if Tara and Faith or Buffy and Dawn or Xander, whom she had phoned earlier, were coming.

“No, not yet,” she sighed, as Jake joined her by the window; putting a comforting arm round her shoulders.

“She’ll come Will, there’s no way that Tara can possibly resist you.” Jake said lovingly, knowing who Willow really wanted to see at the party.
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A half hour later the pizza arrived with Xander following close behind.

“I hope you ordered a pepperoni with extra mushrooms for me,” The young dark haired man said as he entered to hugs from the siblings.

“Don’t worry dude, we got your favourite,” Jake told him with a smirk and the two took the pizza boxes took the couch, placing them on the coffee table while Willow remained by the window keeping a watchful eye out.

A few minutes later her vigilance was rewarded when she saw two familiar figures, one with blonde hair and the other with dark, crossing the road to their home. Willow ran to the front door with a smile so bright it could have lit up the darkest night.

“Hi Tara, Faith..., Tara you’ve arrived,” she said breathlessly, a huge smile spread right across her face. While she addressed both girls her green eyes could only see Tara’s blue. A stare that Tara reciprocated while Faith just watched the two with a knowing smirk.

Yeah T, I knew you had it bad.

“Hey Red, any chance we could come in at all?” Faith asked with a smirk as she saw the loving look that the two girls were giving each other.

“Uh, what...oh yeah please come in,” The redhead said in reply standing to one side granting Faith and Tara entry. “Umm would you like a soda, not that you necessarily have to have a soda, we have other things to drink. There are a couple of my dad’s beers in the fridge as well as orange juice, my mom left some chamomile tea and coffee.” She babbled, nervously blushing when Tara started to giggle and Faith laughed out loud.

She is so adorable when she does that, thought the statuesque blonde as she gazed at the smaller redhead, drinking in every small part of her that she could. The light spattering of freckles that dotted her face, the green eyes that reminded Tara of trees and their canopy of leaves, her fiery red hair that bought to mind the many sunsets she had been witness to, both at home and on vacation. While her clothing, a sweater with a design of two cartoon rabbits kissing and jeans with a heart design on the rear pocket, just increased Tara’s belief that she was the most adorable being in the entire universe.

“I’ll have a soda please, a root beer if you have it.”

Faith’s smirk grew as she watched her sister staring at Willow, practically drooling at the mouth over the redhead. “I’ll have a beer Red, ya got some right?”

“Yeah sure, we have a couple of bottles of Bud in the fridge. I’ll grab you one!” Willow headed to the kitchen to retrieve the drinks and on her return she saw that Faith and Tara were going through the music collection.

“Wow, this is some shit music ya got here,” Faith said scornfully about the cd collection which wasn’t necessarily untrue, as most of the discs were either classical music or prayers and hymns in Hebrew.

“Oh yeah... sorry, I left my CDs upstairs. I’ll run and grab em.” And with that Willow disappeared up the stairs. She quickly returned with a dozen discs in plastic sleeves, all mix albums that she had compiled herself from her laptop. Faith had joined the boys on the couch eating pizza and chatting about anything.

“So which one do you want to listen to first?” Willow asked as she proffered the sleeves to Tara who readily took them and looked at the track listings; finally deciding on a club and dance mix album.

“Can we have this one please?” Tara asked, showing it to the redhead.

“Sure, no problemo,” Willow replied as she switched the stereo unit on and set it to the cd before sliding the disc into the tray. Within a few seconds ‘Ride on Time’ by Black Box started from the speakers.
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Jake, Faith and Xander were chatting about video games, debating the pros and cons of the various video game consoles while Willow and Tara were swaying in a corner to some music playing on the stereo when the door bell rang again. Jake was about to get up when he saw Willow go to answer it.

“Buffy, Dawnie!” She squealed out excitedly as she saw the petite blonde and her younger sister there.

“Hey Wills!” Buffy called out as she entered the Rosenberg’s front door. “I’ve missed you so much,” She declared, giving the redhead a huge bone-crushing hug. Something Tara couldn’t fail to observe as she stood quietly in the corner.

Oh, I guess she already has a girlfriend then,Tara thought sadly as she observed the two friends greeting each other. Well the least I can be is a friend to Willow. Who knows, maybe she has a friend who’s single.

“Hi Willow, is Jake here?” Dawn asked forcing her way in between Buffy and Willow getting a big hug from her friend and an annoyed glare from her sister.

“He’s right over there sweetie,” Willow indicated where Jake sat chatting with Xander on the couch. “Oh and there’s soda’s in the kitchen if you want one.”

As Dawn went to join Jake and Xander on the couch, Faith noticed how her sister’s face had fallen, so she went to join her in the hopes she could improve Tara’s mood.

“Hey T, you ok? Ya don’t look to good.”

Tara looked up as her sister joined her.

“Yeah I’m fine Faith, but I think that Willow has someone already.”

“Oh yeah, who?”

“The blonde who’s just arrived, she gave Willow a big kiss on the cheek as she came in.”
Faith observed the perky blonde girl and the younger dark-haired girl, who was obviously looking for another party attendant. Within seconds the younger girl spotted Jake and quickly went over to where he sat chatting with Xander.

“I’ll say this for Red, if that’s her girl she has good taste.”

The blonde glared at her sibling, “Not helping Faith.”

“Sorry, just sayin’ that’s all.”

Tara suddenly noticed that Willow was bringing the blonde girl over to them.

“Hey Tara, Faith I want you to meet my best friend Buffy Summers. Buffy these are our new friends and neighbours Faith and Tara Maclay.”

Buffy looked between the two girls thinking how little alike they were forgetting the disparity between herself and Dawn.

“Yo B, you ok,” Faith inquired after the slim blonde had been staring at the two girls for several moments.

“What, oh yeah sorry, it’s just that Willow said you were sisters but you look nothing alike.” She said in confusion.

The siblings grinned at this and shared a look and a knowing grin.

“It’s ok we get it all the time,” Tara said.

“Fact is, we ain’t really sisters,” Faith continued. “I’m actually adopted by T’s family.”

Tara nodded in affirmation as she took over the story. “It was when I was about ten, until then I had been an only child, there’d been some kind of complications with my birth so mom couldn’t have any other kids. It didn’t bother me at first, but then it seemed like all the other kids in school had brothers or sisters or spoke about them. I asked my parents and they told me the story of my complicated birth, so I asked if they could buy me a brother or sister.” She grinned at the memory of this while Willow’s head was filled with images of young Tara attempting to purchase a child from a Wal-Mart’.

“So eventually they decided to try and adopt a sister for me. I was hoping for a little sister so I could dress her up like a fairy tale princess, but instead I get this.” Tara motioned with her thumb in Faith’s direction. She rolled her eyes exaggeratedly as a tiny grin tugged at the corners of her mouth.

Faith turned, “Hey, standing right here,” she said with an ‘I can’t believe you just said that’ look on her face; causing Tara to giggle.”

“Awww sweetie, you know I love you...really,” Tara replied and she wrapped her arms round Faith giving her a quick hug. “Am I forgiven,” she asked sweetly, fluttering her eyelashes. All the dark haired girl could do was laugh at her sister’s attempt to make up to her.

Faith looked at her, an expression of faux suspicion in her eyes. “Two weeks worth of chores,” she said decisively.

“Two no way!” Tara scoffed at the offer. “One week,” she offered.

“How about a month?” Faith replied, smirking as the blondes eyes went wide in shock.”

“You are such a meanie!” Tara said, scowling at Faith.”

“It is said to be one of my better aspects,” Faith said proudly, as her smirk grew wider. “So what’s the word Tare...a fortnight, or a month?”

“Fine,” Tara huffed folding her arms across her chest, “Two weeks worth of chores, but no desserts.”

“That’s my girl,” Faith said as she placed her arm round Tara’s shoulders. The blonde made an unhappy face while Willow and Buffy could only giggle at the antics of the adopted sisters.

“Can I get back to the story now?” Tara inquired wryly. She appeared serious, but, there was only lightness in her voice and her eyes sparkled with merriment.

“So anyway, one day my parents came home with Faith,” She continued, “And at first we didn’t get along at all.”

“Oh Jeez no, it was basically dislike at first sight,” Faith interrupted, grinning while earning herself a glare from Tara. “Though that said it was mostly my fault,” Faith continued sobering a little. “I didn’t really give T a chance though; I was just determined to dislike anyone. I even started a few fights between T and myself just for the fun of it.”

“Don’t believe her you guys. Whilst it’s true that she would start fights between us, it would take her a long time before she really pissed me off, plus I would fight back. If she ever tried to pick a fight I’d just lock myself in my room till it was safe to come out again.” Here Faith was full of remorse and it was obvious from her expression that she regretted having hurt her sister before.

“Ya see one of the things ya gotta realize is there are a lot of people out there who don’t give a shit about orphanage kids like me,” Faith continued her voice laced with a mixture of bitterness and sadness. “They might want to foster you for a coupl’a months but when it comes to long term, well they’re only interested if you match up to their high standards. If you don’t then it’s just tough.” Her face darkened considerably as she had revealed more of her background than she had possibly intended. A mixture of emotions passed across her face and her whole body became tense. Tara noticed and immediately wrapped her arms round her adopted sister’s shoulders in a loving embrace.

“You ok Faith?” She asked softly, her gentle voice suffused with love.
Faith turned to her with a wry smile.

“Yeah, I’ll be ok, just some bad memories coming back that I really didn’t want.” Though she sounded brave, only Tara saw the tears that Faith was fighting to control.

“Yo Red, is it ok if I use your bathroom?” The dark haired girl asked, eyes shining with unshed tears.

“Er, sure, up the stairs. It’s the first door on the right,” Willow replied concerned that she or Buffy might have said something that had upset Faith.

“Will she be alright?” Buffy asked equally anxious that she had said something wrong.
Tara was gazing up the stairs where her ‘sister’ had gone just a moment before. However, unlike her two new friends, she was calm and untroubled; though there appeared to be a trace of sadness in her eyes.

“Yeah, she’ll be fine she just gets upset when she talks about her past. She had a really shitty time of it when she was younger. At one time she couldn’t speak about it without breaking down completely. She’s a lot better nowadays, but there’s still a lot of pain there.” As she spoke Tara, kept her attention on the upstairs where her sister had just gone

“So you were saying that she tried to pick fights with you, but didn’t your parents ever try to stop her?” Buffy asked, completely bewildered by what she was hearing.”

“Well, at first mom tried to keep us separate and it helped that I hid myself away, but dad said not too interfere. You see Buffy, you have to remember that Faith and I are army brats and he wanted us to be able to defend ourselves. As I say, it took a lot for Faith to get me pissed but he was on hand to make sure things didn’t get too much outta hand; he didn’t want his beloved daughters killing each other.”

“But you both appear to be so friendly now. What caused the change?” Willow asked.

“Well as I said we’re coupla army brats, but on an army base there aren’t any schools because of possible terror attacks, so we went to a local school off base.”

“Now see this was where I discovered a whole new side to T,” Tara rolled her eyes as Faith returned and once again took over the narrative, “See Tara here is a better student than I am. She get’s all the ‘A’s while I tend to get ‘C’s and‘F’s, so I told her that I thought she was boring. T said she wasn’t and we ended up arguing for a bit over it till I told her to prove it. So she says ok, and tells me to give her a dare to prove that she isn’t boring. I say ok, you have to run around the quad naked at lunch.”

Both Willow’s and Buffy’s eyebrows were raised at this while a slight smile tugged at the sides of the redhead’s mouth as she pictured Tara running around in her birthday suit. The more that picture stayed in her mind the bigger the smile got until a big goofy grin stretched across her face. She would have stayed like that for the rest of the evening if Buffy hadn’t elbowed her in the ribs.

“Huh? Wha...? Who the wha?” she mumbled as she was distracted from her revealing daydream. Willow looked around to see smirks on the faces of her best friend as well as Faith and Tara.

“Earth to Willow, you awake now?” Buffy grinned at her friend’s dazed expression.

“Buffy, what did you do that for?” Willow asked in annoyance, her brows knitted in frustration. She turned to Buffy excitedly; Faith and Tara forgotten. “I was having the most amazing daydream where Tara was running around and she was completely naked and...”
Willow was interrupted by a little cough and she turned to see her forgotten guests standing before her both with huge smirks on their faces. Willow immediately turned red as a tomato when she realized her mistake.

At least I know she’s interested in me, Tara thought as she gave the redhead a broad wink; making Willow blush even more and got giggles from both Buffy and Faith.

“Oh my god you must think I’m such a perve! Thinking about you like that... not that you’re not worth thinking about with all the curves and the boobs and oh jeez I promise you I’m not usually like this, but you’re just so beautiful and wow what a body and I’m just gonna shut up now before I embarrass myself anymore than I already have,” she said sheepishly.

As Willow had gone on with her babble, the Maclay sister’s eyes widened in disbelief; amazed that Willow’s small body could apparently hold so much oxygen.

“We got suspended for a day, Mom and Dad were called in for a meeting with the principal. The best thing is that me and Tare here realized that we didn’t need to be fighting each other any more, so we called a truce and we’ve been best friends ever since!”

“To be honest I really didn’t like the suspension,” Tara said with a wry smile at her adopted sister’s excitement regarding the punishment, “I actually kinda like school, especially English and music.”

“You do!” Willow said, her smile growing so bright it could have outshone the sun. “Me too, maybe we could be study buddies?”

“Yeah, I’d like that a lot,” Tara replied her own smile growing wider while Buffy and Faith shared a knowing look.
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Meanwhile on the other side of the room Jake, Dawn and Xander were chatting; or rather Dawn and Xander were chatting while Jake was essentially drooling over Tara. This had not bypassed Dawn’s attention and she wasn’t best pleased about it so she decided to drag Jake into a conversation whether he liked it or not.

"Hey Jake, who are the two new girls talking with Buffy and Willow?"

“That’s Faith and Tara, new neighbours from across the way.” Jake replied, glancing at Dawn and suitably distracted from staring at Tara. “Tara’s the blonde and Faith’s her sister.”

“That Tara looks pretty hot.” Xander commented, “And her sister doesn’t look too bad either.”

“Yeah I actually have a bet going on with Willow for Tara,” Jake told his two friends, “I think she’s straight, Will says she’s gay. There’s twenty bucks and a weeks worth of chores on the line here.”

“Well I say go for it buddy, it’s about time one of us saw some action,” Xander said, giving his friend a pat on the shoulder.

“I don’t know, neither one of them looks like anything special to me,” Dawn sneered.

“You would say that, you’re a girl who likes boys, not a girl who likes girls. As Willows bro I have an insight into hot chicks, and those girls are definitely of the hot.

“Does anyone want another drink?” Willow asked.

“Could I have another root beer please?” Tara asked, holding up her empty can.

“Same here Wills,” Buffy called from where she stood standing by the stereo chatting with Faith and looking through Willow’s c.d.s

Suddenly Jake had an idea for out-manoeuvring his sister and getting the first date with Tara.

“Yo, Will same here,” he said, wiggling his can in the air to catch his sibling’s attention. Willow’s response to this was to roll her eyes. “And can I have some Cheetos too?” He asked cheerfully, before turning his gaze back to Dawn.

“Would you like a hand?” Tara asked as she saw the redhead scowling at Jake while shaking her head in annoyance her brother. Willow turned back to the blonde and her face resumed its usual happy appearance.

“No thanks, I’ll be fine, just give me a moment and I’ll be right back,” she replied smilingly before heading to the kitchen.

“Ok guys, here I go with ‘Operation Date Tara,’ phase 1, wish me luck.” With that Jake quickly headed to intercept Tara before she got to Faith and Buffy.

“Hey Tara, I was just wondering if you fancied going to see a movie tomorrow? We could get some pizza beforehand as well, you know...if you wanted.” Jake said, doing his best to turn on the charm.

Ok so far so good, all she has to do is say yes Jake thought as he stood there looking at Tara keeping his face pleasant while in his mind he was already doing a happy dance; absolutely sure that the girl would say yes.
Then it happened, the one thing that he hadn’t anticipated happening, the one thing that he hadn’t made an allowance for.

“If you guys are going to the movies, can I come along?” Dawn interjected, looking up at them from her place on the couch; eyes wide open with anticipation.

“Who’s going to the movies?” Willow’s soft voice cafe from the kitchen doorway as she re-appeared with two cans of root beer in one hand while the other hand held both a third can and a big bag of Cheetos.

“Jake just invited me out to a movie tomorrow,” Tara informed her, “And Dawn was just wondering if she could join us.

“Oh, so Jake invited you out did he now,” Willow said amicably, enough though already she was scheming in her head to ruin her brother’s chances with the girl of her dreams.

“Yeah and there’s gonna be pizza too!” Xander crowed.

“You know it sounds like such a good idea I think we should all go together. We can choose a movie and then go for a Chinese afterwards.”

Jake’s smile of hope became a rictus grin as he knew that he had been screwed out of a possible first date with Tara and chance to win the bet. The grin stretched even wider as all assembled in the room agreed to go out together the following evening. However, none of them noticed the scowl that Dawn was directing towards Tara.
TO BE CONTINUED

[Willow_Friendly]

Dibs!!

i'm really happy that you haven't forgotten this story at all i really love the new chapter. I can't believe Willow tells Buffy about having a naked Tara fantasy and have forgotten that Tara was there it does make things easier for Tara to have an relationship with Willow. And i'm hoping that this bet doesn't come between Jake and Willow because it it could get ugly.

[willowtaralover]

Willow_Friendly Having Tara hear Willow's fnatasy does make it easier for the girls and don't worry, the bet wont get ugly. Thanks for the feedback

SUNNYDALE DAZE

Author; Willowtaralover

Rating; PG-13 to NC-17 for smut and language

Disclaimer; All Buffy characters are owned by Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and all associated affiliates. The story and all original characters belong to me.

Story; Willow Rosenberg lives in the little SoCal town of Sunnydale along with her brother Jake and best friends Buffy, Dawn and Xander. Then Tara Maclay and her family move into the neighbourhood and romance strikes for everybody.

Thoughts are in italics

Chapter 9
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All too soon the party came to an end and after a time was arranged for the gang to meet at the local Cineplex the following day, cell phone numbers exchanged and hugs given, which made both Jake and Xander feel very happy being hugged by so many attractive women, especially when Tara hugged Jake a little to tightly and her breasts squeezed against his chest, an action which earned them scowls from both Willow and Dawn. Eventually Buffy and Dawn, Xander and finally Tara and Faith all departed the Rosenberg house and went their separate ways.

“So what do you think about Willow and Jake’s friends?” Tara asked her sister.

“They’re pretty cool I guess, though I have the feeling that if Xand-man gives me a call it’s gonna be a heavy breathing one

“I noticed you gazing a lot at Buffy,” said Tara with a smirk

“What can I say, she looks hot, and she has a great ass”

“So you like her then,” Tara’s smirk grew larger.

“Damn straight I do.”

“So let me get this straight, we’ve been here in Sunnydale for just two days now and you’ve fallen for a total stranger. Yet when I met Willow the other day I got nothing but grief from you because I like her.” There was no anger or malice in Tara’s voice, just matter of fact-ness tinged with light-hearted humour.

“Yeah, yeah I know and I’m sorry for what I said. Personally I think that Red is alright, she seems a pretty cool chick to me.”

“Why thank you Faith, I think that’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said about any of my girlfriends.”

Faith looked over at Tara at this with a raised eyebrow and slightly cynical frown on her face.

“T, sis, seriously, they weren’t girlfriends. They weren’t even prospective girlfriends; they were just chicks who wanted to experiment or be a little
daring.” Faith said sympathetically and she draped an affectionate arm round her sister’s shoulders.

“Yeah, I know,” Tara sighed sadly, “I just thought that at least one of them genuinely liked me, especially Steph, she seemed to be so nice.”

“Yeah, well for what it’s worth, which probably isn’t much, I hope you and Red get it together.” Faith said with sincerity.

“Thanks Faith and for what it’s worth on my part I hope you and Buffy are able to get together, I really think she’ll be good for you.” and she smiled at her dark haired sister who gave a genuine smile back.
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“What did think of Faith and Tara?” asked Buffy as she and her sister made their way back to Revello Drive.

“I don’t trust that Tara,” Dawn replied flatly. “I mean, did you see her breasts? Who needs breasts that big, seriously?”

“I see, so it has nothing to do with the fact that Jake kept drooling over her?” Buffy inquired innocently earning a glare from her younger sister.

“What? No,” Dawn lied. “Jake is free to see whoever he wants to. His choice of girlfriend is of no interest to me, I just don’t think that that overly breasted blonde bimbo is good enough for him.”

“You sure about that?” Buffy inquired, trying to get her sister to open up a little. It was a well known fact amongst the friends that Dawn had liked Jake for a long time now and it totally baffled Buffy and Willow that Jake was apparently so oblivious to Dawn’s feelings for him.
Dawn was quiet for several minutes and her sister started to get worried about her. “Dawn, Dawnie are you ok?”

“Yeah, I was thinking ya know, I’ve been friends with Jake for like, ever. Now this Tara comes along and suddenly he’s sniffing round her. I mean what’s she got that I don’t have?” the young girl asked.

Buffy looked at her sister with great sympathy having had experience in the past of wanting someone who was unavailable to her. She decided to advise Dawn as best she could with what knowledge from personal experience she had.

“Nothing Dawn, there is absolutely nothing she has that you don’t already possess,” Buffy told her truthfully. “It’s all in Jakes mind but you have to remember this. Jake is a man- or at least he’s male- and the one thing that I’ve learned from the boyfriends that I’ve had in the past is that they tend to keep their brains in a place south of their heads.”

Dawn looked up at her sibling with an expression of interest; an expression that Buffy presumed meant that her sister wanted to hear more.
Buffy felt empathy for her sister as she recalled wanting to go out with Scott Hope. He was a fellow student she shared a couple of classes with, only to have him disappoint her by choosing Emma Jones. She was already in Buffy’s black books for lying about the dates to try out for a spot on the cheer-leading squad making Buffy miss out on a chance to get on the squad. She had had the last laugh though; Willow made a mixture that they had switched with Emma’s shampoo. Two days later and Emma Jones’ hair started to fall out. Eighteen months later and she was still completely bald.

“Look Dawn, all I can suggest is that you show Jake what he’s missing. You’re just as attractive as Tara is and, hey you’ve known Jake for a whole lot longer. You know what makes him happy and one day one of things will be you. Besides, we don’t know if Tara is even into boys.” She finished with a smirk.

“You really think so,” Dawn asked, her voice small with fear and longing. She had been in love with Jake forever or so it seemed; and those feelings got stronger every time she got together with him.

“I know so,” Buffy assured her with a grin “cos if he doesn’t he’s gonna find out what it’s like to be on the wrong side of Buffy Summers.”
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The following morning found Willow pacing her bedroom, Miss Kitty Fantastico looking up at her with interest from her perch on the bed, as she tried to figure out a way to screw her brother over at the last minute.

“Damn him,” she cursed part out of frustration and part out of fury toward Jake and his offer to take Tara out to the cinema. The main thing that bothered her now was how to keep Jake put of the way so that she could spend some quality time with her new friend.

“What do I do Miss Kitty?” she asked of the little black and white ball of fur, tickling it behind the ears as it curled up ready for a nap on the comforter. “I can’t phone just Tara and give her a new time because then Faith will be sore at me for not including her. And Tara might phone the others to check on the time then either Xander or Dawn will call Jake and I’m right back to where I started.”

The little kitten just gave a plaintive mewling sound as if to say ‘don’t ask me I don’t know.’

What do I do, what do I do? she pondered to herself as various schemes came and were invariably dismissed as plot-holes in her plans made themselves known.

Then it came to her, an idea so cunning, so ingenious, so devious it could have gone to college and taught cunning as a PHd. Willow reached into her jeans pocket, retrieved her cell phone and hit speed dial on a certain number.

“Hi Jake...

TO BE CONTINUED

[Finey_McFine]

DIBS!

Ack! I forgot to leave you feedback on the last chapter. Bad Finey...bad, bad! I don't have time to read right now, but when I do, I'll actually leave fb!

So, the party seems to have gone well and as teen parties go...lot's going on. I'd say you have a love triangle, but now it's turning into a...square? lol I have a feeling Dawn's jealousy is going to cause her to do something incredibly stupid.

Speaking of stupid...Willow coming up with yet another scheme cannot be good. This bet between the siblings is getting dumber by the day as they dig their collective hole deeper. Tara's reaction when she finds out the truth is not going to be good. I just can't believe, as smart as Willow is, that she is going down this road.

Oh well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see what you have in store for us next!

[taysla]

Awww goddamnit.

what is going to happen????

Poor Dawn, but I can't be angry at Jake. I understand Tara is really hot and sexy and goddess and

Anyway I cannot wait for more and I cannot wait to see what is Willow's plan?

More pleaseeee


Tay

[bluepaintbox]

Read this for the first time yesterday. Loving it, can't wait for updates

[willowtaralover]

Finey_McFine It's ok Shel, I know you've been busy of late so I can easily forgive you for not providing feedback sooner.
There are definitely some complications in the relationships but it's pretty similar to the one that Joss set out in Buffy where you have several characters chasing ach other in vain. Here we have Dawn pursuing Jake, Jake pursuing Tara and Tara pursuing Willow, the only difference being that Willow is pursuing Tara too but rest assured all the parties will end up with the right partner. And Dawn will do some dumb stuff. And don't forget there's still Buffy, Faith and Xander too.

Don't forget the bet has only on for a day or two so this cinema visit is the first thing the twins have clashed over, but Tara's reaction...as you say you'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for the feedback

taysla Hi Taysla I know I'm such a tease leaving things like that but you'll soon see what Willow's plan is. You are so right about Tara being so hot and sexy and I've met her in real life so I speak from experience. Thanks for the feedback

bluepaintbox Hi there bluepaintbox glad you're enjoying the story so far and the update is just below. Thanks for the feedback


SUNNYDALE DAZE
Author; Willowtaralover
Rating; PG-13 to NC-17 for smut and language
Disclaimer; All Buffy characters are owned by Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and all associated affiliates. The story and all original characters belong to me.

Story; Willow Rosenberg lives in the little SoCal town of Sunnydale along with her brother Jake and best friends Buffy, Dawn and Xander. Then Tara Maclay and her family move into the neighbourhood and romance strikes. For everybody.

Thoughts are in italics
Chapter 10
“Wow, I guess you really do like Buffy,” Tara grinned as she watched Faith finish getting dressed for the trip to the cinema. They two girls were both in Faith’s room while Chewie the dog sat on Faith’s bed grinning up at them both.

“Oh yeah, and what makes you say that?” Faith Inquired grinning back at the blonde.

“Well let’s see now, you’re wearing your favourite red tank-top that’s at least one size too small which I know you only wear when you’re trying to attract a girl because it shows off your boobs.” Faith’s grin grew wider at this as she mouthed ‘Oh yeah’ while pointing her thumbs at herself. “Also you’re wearing uplift bra too...”

“To show off the boys at their fullest, what can I say T, I know the way to a girl’s heart,” she said puffing out her chest so that her breasts appeared to be even fuller than they actually were.

“Either that or your just an enormous slut-bomb,” Tara grinned.

“Uh uh, and of course you’re wearing your flimsy see-through top without a bra because you are such a saint.”

“Umm...yeah ok,” replied a very red-faced Tara who suddenly found a small spot on the bedroom carpet very interesting.
Much as she enjoyed embarrassing her sister Faith was smart enough not to push things too far.

“Relax T, I’m just kidding, ya know that right?” Faith said as she gave a broad wink at her sister. “’sides, ya already know that Red is hot for ya.”

“Well yeah, but there is no harm in helping things along now is there,” the blonde smirked.

“Well if you think you can get away with it, now you were saying you can tell how I really like Buffy.”

“Yes I was, wasn’t I, now where were we.” Said Tara as she got back to business

“My awesome boobs, and is there anything else?”

“Well there are the tight black jeans you’re wearing. The ones you say show off your butt nicely

“Hey it’s not a butt, it’s my cute, sizzling hot ass,” and to emphasize how ‘sizzling hot’ her posterior was she bent down so that her ass was in the air and she wiggled it a little bit before licking one of her fingers which she then placed on her black denim clad booty making a hissing noise as she straightened up. Tara observed all this with a raised eyebrow and a slightly cynical air about her.

“Yeah sure, the only thing I know is that you’re an acute pain in my butt,” the blonde said with a small smile.” She checked her watch for the time and her eyes bugged slightly as she saw how late it was.

“Hey we’d best get going or we’ll be late!” she exclaimed and dashed out of the room with Faith and Chewie hot on her heels, the dog woofing in excitement.

“Tara, Faith what have I told you in the past about running in the house, especially with Chewie,” said Mrs. Maclay almost falling over Chewie as she was just entering the living room with a glass of grapefruit juice.

“Yes mom, sorry mom,” the two girls said in unison.

“And Tara, I do hope you’re planning to put a bra on before you go out.” The blonde’s face became the colour of a tomato as she turned to see her mother standing there arms crossed and a raised eyebrow which the girls knew their mother meant business.

“Busted,” Faith whispered in her sister’s ear with a smirk.

“And you Faith, I hope you’re going to wear something with that top, it is a little revealing don’t you think?”

“Ha busted,” Tara crowed happily as her sisters face fell despondently.

“Yes mom,” Faith sighed and she took the stairs two at a time, Tara close behind. She headed to her room, hurriedly put on a zip up hooded top and practically leaped down the stairs with Tara joining her only seconds later.

“If you two are going out with your friends then please put Chewie in the back yard. It’s not fair on him if he’s all excited and cooped up in the house.”

“Ok mom,” said Faith as she hooked her fingers under the dog’s collar and led him to the back while Elizabeth Maclay made sure that her other daughter was properly attired. Once satisfied she drew her daughter to her and opened her other arm to Faith so that the three women were hugging together.

“You two go and have fun with your friends and here, there’s thirty dollars each” she said passing three twenty dollar bills to Faith. “Now go and have fun,” and she kissed her girls on the cheek before sending them on their way. “Thanks mom, love you,” Faith and Tara called as they headed out the front door.

those girls of mine, she mused with a wry smile before heading back to the lounge with her juice.
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“Yo Red,” Faith said with a cocky grin on her face as Willow met the sisters Maclay at her front door.

“Hey Willow,” Said Tara with a huge smile on her face gained by seeing her favourite redhead.

“Hey guys,” Willow greeted the siblings. “You both ready for an afternoon at the movies?”

“Well I know I am,” replied Tara only to happy to see her favourite neighbour again. “I dunno about this person with me, she just
tagged along with me when I came across,” she said indicating Faith with a teasing grin.

“I am right here you know,” Faith huffed with faux indignance making Tara and Willow giggle.

“What about Jake, is he coming?” Tara asked wondering why she hadn’t seen Willow’s brother, especially as he had been the one to invite her in the first place.

“Oh he unexpectedly got a call from where he works half an hour ago,” Willow informed them with a perfectly straight face. “He said to go on without him and that he’ll try and catch us up if he can. So, ready to go?”

Faith and Tara both nodded to affirm they were ready to go and Willow offered her arm to Tara. “My lady?” she said indicating with her head and Tara slipped her own arm through the redheads with a delighted smile while Faith trotted along behind them rolling her eyes at the blonde’s and redheads antics while secretly grinning enjoying their growing relationship.
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“Hey Pops,” Jake greeted his employer at ‘The Universe Next Door’, Sunnydale’s best comic book shop, though it only had that title by the decree that it was Sunnydale’s only comic book shop. “Willow said you had some new titles come in and you needed some help is sorting out the regular orders.”

‘Pops’ Calender looked up from the counter where he was busy sorting some comics into bags for a customer. Though he was only in his fifties some of the cheekier residents of Sunnydale believed him to be much older hence his nickname of Pops. His face had ruddy hue to it which was due to his habit of running two miles every morning and the same again every evening., though it never seemed to eliminate his small paunch. He was bald with just a few quiffs of hair that always seemed to stand up on end no matter how much he tried to comb them back down.

Pops had bought the shop when he had retired from the local coroner’s office having been a lifelong fan of Batman. He had wanted a means to keep busy and active and still keep up to date with the adventures of his favourite costumed vigilante. He had learned that the original owner had passed away and his family were trying to sell the business cheap as they all lived in Chicago. Pops had put in an offer which had been accepted and within a few weeks was the proud proprietor of Sunnydale’s only comic book store.

“Howdy Jake,” Pops replied in his easy-going Texas drawl, a remnant from his life there before he had relocated to the small SoCal town because his wife, Annette, had gotten a job there as a teacher and their only child had followed in her footsteps, going on to teach computer science at Harvard.

“How come you’re here t’day, I don’t usually expect you on a Sunday, Wednesday’s and Saturday’s sure but not today?”
“Willow called and said you had had a surprise delivery and wondered if I could lend a hand so here I am,” Jake finished with an expectant look on his face that slowly started to fade. “Except you don’t actually need me do you Pops?”

“Nope, what gave it away, the point where I mentioned t’day was a Sunday?” Pops answered with a deep throated chuckle that made his girth wobble slightly.

God I can’t believe I fell for that message from Willow so easily, I am so stupid. Jake thought as he internally smacked himself upside the head.

“So just to be sure I have this right,” he said with a wry grin to Pops, “there’s no special delivery today?”

“That’s correct young un.”

“And you won’t need my help until Wednesday when the new comics come in?”

“Correct again Jake, give that boy a cigar,” Pops joked and his paunch again wobbled as a small chuckle escaped Pops mouth.

“Well in that case I have to run cos I have a hot date awaiting me at the cinema.”

At this Pops eyes opened in interest and he leaned up on his stool resting his arms on the glass counter where it was possible to see action figures of various comic book characters in action poses fighting one another against the painted backdrop of an alien world.

“Is she attractive?” Pops asked with more than a little bit of lechery obvious in his face.

“Oh yeah, she is so hot Pops. She has long blonde hair and these beautiful blue eyes that could be sapphires or stars in the night sky,” Jake started to daydream about his dream girl and her appearance. That sensually curvy figure, her beautiful face, those long tapering fingers, oh how he hoped that they would soon be holding him while they kissed under the moonlight. “And she has these really nice...” here Jake stopped and cupped his hands just under where a woman’s breasts could be found.
Pops nodded his head while he took in Jakes description of Tara. “She sounds alright Jake but remember, there’s more to a good girlfriend than a pretty face and a nice pair of tits. She actually has to like you, respect you and yes damn it even actually be in love with you. Now I don’t want my warnings to put you off Jake, just be careful of yourself and don’t let your heart get broke too much.

While Jake was impatient to be off so he could be close to Tara and piss off his sister by proving she hadn’t tricked him. At the same time however his parents had instilled in him a great deal of respect for older people and he always took the time to listen to Pops as he always treated Jake as an adult despite his, at times, childish antics.
“I will Pops, umm I’m gonna have to go now or I’ll be late for the film but I’ll see you Wednesday ok?”

“It’s alright Jake you get on your way and I’ll see you during the week, you go have fun with your girl.”

Jake nodded a quick farewell and left the shop then set off at a run down the street determined to arrive at the cinema before Willow.
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They were walking down the main street towards the cinema Willow and Tara taking the lead walking in a comfortable silence and each sneaking little peeks of the other and smiling at one another if caught followed by Buffy and Faith who were talking animatedly while Dawn brought up the rear, hands in her pockets, head bent down, a sourpuss look on her face and all the while muttering all kinds of disparagements and denigrations about Tara and the distinct lack of Jake.

Willow began to daydream about her future with Tara. She could see it all too clearly; she was sitting on a luxurious sofa while her beautiful, blue-eyed goddess lay in repose, her head in Willow’s lap. Willow was gently running her fingers through long, silken blonde hair while feeding her plump juicy grapes from a silver platter. The redhead could practically feel Tara’s hand warm hand reach up and press itself gently against her cheek. Willow saw those beautiful, full luscious lips start to open and utter those wonderful words she would carry forever in her heart...

“Goddammit Red look out, you almost got me walking in the road.”

Willow looked around startled. That was most certainly not her angel speaking, it sounded more like...she looked around and saw Faith glaring at her. Somehow during her daydream Willow had started nudging Faith closer to the edge of the sidewalk.

“Oh my goodness, I...I’m so sorry Faith. I..I didn’t realise.” A heavily blushing Willow started, stammering slightly as she realised what she had been doing.

“Forget it Red, it’s cool,” Faith said with a wry smile “What were thinking about anyway.

“I was ummm...”don’t say you were thinking about feeding Tara grapes while stroking her hair

“I...I...I was thinking about Jake cos you know he’s like my brother ya know and I like to think about him now and again...not that way though cos he’s my brother and that’s just eeewwwww so anyway yeah I was just thinking about him and now he’s gonna be so pissed that at not being able to come because he loves cartoons, cos hey who doesn’t love cartoons apart form miserable old poopheads so yeah, I...I umm...I was thinking about Jake.”

Willow was suddenly startled out of her babble by Dawn’s delighted yell of “there’s Jake,” and the teen girl dashed forward to the boy she adored so much.

What the, Jake but how???? were the thoughts that ran through the redhead’s mind as she suddenly saw her brother standing outside the multiplex giving a little wave to her.

“Hey Will, looks like I was able to make it after all,” he said with a knowing smirk.

TO BE CONTINUED

[bluepaintbox]

Thank you for the update!
Looks like Willow is BUSTED!
Hopefully it doesn't cause too much of a problem for her with Tara.
Can't wait for the next update

[Willow_Friendly]

Mmmm Tara in a see-through top without a bra I feel bad for Willow she trayed but maybe they can sneak out of movie to have some alone time. Can't wait for the next update!!!

[branny72]

I love the sibling rivalry between Willow/Jake and Tara/Faith. Looking forward to the next update.

[taysla]

Hello again.

Let me just say I loved the chapter. Good lord so much teasing from all the characters. Poor Willow busted at the end of all her plan.

Now it's been TWO MONTH now and no update.

WHY???????????

Come on, don't do that to me.


Tay

[willowtaralover]

bluepaintbox Hi there Blue. Yeah Willow is definitely busted over this but she has more than one trick up her sleeve and it shouldn’t cause any trouble between her and Tara. Thanks for commenting

Willow_Friendly Hi Willow Friendly. Totally agree with you on Tara’s clothing. It’s going to be a little while before there’s any andtarasmoochies but they will come I promise. Thanks for commenting

branny72 Hi there Branny Glad you’re loving the story Branny though there’s more of a teasing element between Faith and Tara than a rivalry. Thanks for commenting

taysla Hi Tay. Glad you’re loving the story and all the teasing that’s going on. Yup, Willow definitely got busted in her little plans for alone time with Tara but they will get some, promise . Umm I actually only posted last month, May, and it’s just June so it’s not been two months but regardless, here’s the new chapter. Thanks for commenting

SUNNYDALE DAZE
Author; Willowtaralover

Rating; PG-13 to NC-17 for smut and language

Disclaimer; All Buffy characters are owned by Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and all associated affiliates. The story and all original characters belong to me.

Story; Willow Rosenberg lives in the little SoCal town of Sunnydale along with her brother Jake and best friends Buffy, Dawn and Xander. Then Tara Maclay and her family move into the neighbourhood and romance strikes. For everybody.

Thoughts are in italics

Chapter 11
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Previously on Sunnydale Daze

Willow was suddenly startled out of her babble by Dawn’s delighted yell of “there’s Jake,” and the teen girl dashed forward to the boy she adored so much.

What the, Jake but how???? were the thoughts that ran through the redhead’s mind as she suddenly saw her brother standing outside the multiplex giving a little wave to her.

“Hey Will, looks like I was able to make it after all,” he said with a knowing smirk.[/i]
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What the frilly heck Willow thought as she stared in shock at her brother having arrived at the cinema ahead of her. Even more so after she had successfully conned Jake into believing that he was needed at his job. Or so she thought. Seeing Buffy, Faith and Tara go over to Dawn and Jake who were both chatting eagerly together Willow forced a smile to her face and joined them.

“Yo Jay, good ta see ya buddy,” Faith said with genuine happiness to see her new friend.

“Hi Faith, hey Tara,” Jake said in response very happy to see the siblings, and the blonde in particular. As he watched her approach his gaze wandered up her toned body till it reached her full breasts, visible through her flimsy top. As he saw the girl’s physical attributes a grin slowly spread across his face, a grin that left no doubt as to what he was thinking about. Fortunately for Dawn she missed the expression on Jake’s face otherwise her sour mood from earlier would have returned.

“I thought you had to work today?” Buffy said, a little curious but no less happy that Dawn’s best friend had been able to get to the cinema after all. Buffy hated to think how much worse her sister’s mood would have become if he hadn’t arrived.

“Yeah, so did I but it turns out that Pops had made a mistake and he won’t really need me till Wednesday as usual so I just ran as fast as I could. You can imagine my surprise when I got here and no one else had turned up. So are we all here, are we going in?”

“What about Xander, aren’t we waiting for him?” asked Dawn though she wasn’t really bothered if he turned up or not, Jake was there and that was all that was important. At that moment the gang heard a yelling coming from down the street.

“Hey, wait up,” they all turned to see Xander racing down the street to them. “Heeeello ladies, and gent,” he greeted the group as he caught up with them.

“Hey buddy,” Jake greeted his friend giving Xander a big hug and bumping knuckles as his lusting for Tara was all but forgotten.

“Can I bunk at yours tonight?” Xander asked Jake quietly and the red-headed young man took a step back and saw earnest pleading in his friend’s eyes. It was no secret to Jake, Willow, Buffy or Dawn that Xander’s parents weren’t the greatest in the world, even Willow and Jake had to admit that Sheila and Ira were very good parents compared to Xander’s with their constant drinking and fighting and sleeping with other people that they met in bars. All this helped to screw up Xander and make his life a misery, so much so that he had chosen to spend more time staying at his friend’s home than his own. On more than one occasion he had stayed with either the Rosenberg’s or the Summers family.

“Sure you can buddy,” Jake promised his friend and placed his arm over Xander’s shoulders. “C’mon pal, let’s see a movie,” and they entered the movie theatre with Dawn following in their wake.

“What was that all about?” Faith asked as she and Tara looked wonderingly after the others.

“We’ll tell you later,” said Buffy darkly as she and Willow exchanged looks and with that the four girls entered the cinema.
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Mike and Elizabeth Maclay were out in the garden enjoying the afternoon sun whilst Tara and Faith were out with their new friends. Mike was playing with Chewie, throwing a ball and Chewie returning it while Elizabeth was laid out on a blanket perusing the situations vacant page in the local paper for a job.

After a couple of hours at playing with Chewie, Mike decided refreshment was needed. He filled a couple of glasses with lemonade and pouring some water into Chewie’s bow and placed all three on a small platter before returning to the garden and sat down next to his wife on the picnic blanket.

“What ya looking for Liz?” he asked as he looked over at the paper with more than a little curiosity as he held out one of the glasses towards her.

“A job ,” she replied simply, her eyes never leaving the paper as she took the drink offered her.

She had decided long the family arrived in Sunnydale that she was going to have some kind of job even though she had no need to as the family were more than wealthy enough with Mike’s retirement and money that she had inherited from her great Aunt Eliza who had passed away a year earlier.

No, for Liz it was the ability to show that she could make her own way in the world and to live life on her own terms, an ideology that her own mother had taught her and she now told to Faith and Tara, that persuaded her to look for a job of her own.

As she continued to scan the paper one advert caught her eye.

WANTED
Assistant to help at
local art gallery. For
more information and
to arrange for an
interview call Sunnydale
555-0621-777 and ask
For Joyce Summers.

Taking the advert in Elizabeth decided to give this Ms. Summers a call in the morning and, putting the paper down turned her attention to her husband and Chewie the dog.

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Once the gang had purchased their tickets and bought every single possible snack known, from popcorn to nachos via milk duds and Hershey bars, the group entered the screen and took their seats. Faith first, followed by Buffy then Willow, Tara, Jake, Dawn and lastly Xander.

The gang all chatted quietly amongst themselves, discussing future films that were going to come out as they watched the trailers, then the film itself began. As they watched, chuckling and laughing at the antics of Sully and Mike on the big screen Willow kept sneaking glances out of the corner of her eyes at Tara who was laughing hysterically at Mike’s wisecracks. Carefully she eased her arm round the back of Tara’s shoulders trying to stay as relaxed as she could but fearful that Tara might pull away from her. When she felt the blonde ease into her arm a little Willow felt a bit calmer and started to enjoy the film much more.

Jake, too, had been sneaking peeks out of the corner of his eye towards Tara and, seeing that her total attention was focused on the cartoon faked a yawn and slid his arm round Tara’s shoulders only to stop and frown when he encountered another arm there already. Slowly he turned his head and looked along the back of his arm only to see Willow glaring back at him. Both siblings quickly withdrew their arms, something that Tara was quick to notice and which drew a grin from Tara. Dawn on the other hand glared, unnoticed by the others, at Jake.

A little later and Jake decided to try his luck with the blonde again and placed his hand gently on her knee. Unnoticed by him, Willow had had the same idea and had placed her hand just as tenderly on Tara’s other leg. Tara couldn’t help but notice the hands being placed on her legs and decided to have a little fun. A few seconds later Jake felt another hand on top of his own giving a gentle squeeze and he looked in her direction to receive a happy smile which he reciprocated. Jake lifted the other hand to his lips and placed a gentle kiss there. The flesh was warm and strangely smelt of Cheesy Cheeto’s which Jake found unusual as he thought that Tara had only had a Diet Coke. His curiosity was piqued even more when looking down at the hand he saw the cuff of a pink sweater there and as far as he knew Tara was in a t-shirt. He looked further along the arm sleeve arm of the hand he was holding...only to see Willow’s horrified face who hurriedly snatched her hand back.

Oh my god I just kissed Willow. I kissed my sister, Oh god I feel sick. I’m sure that’s illegal and...oh god I just committed incest. I kissed Will and committed incest. Ohgodohgodohgod.

Sweet frilly heck, Jake kissed me. My. Brother. Just. Kissed. Me. Oh god, I am so going to need therapy after this. Willow thought, completely mortified and she shuddered inwardly while somehow, she didn’t quite know how herself, holding back the sick she desperately wanted upchuck knowing it wouldn’t look too good if she was suddenly sick all over Tara.

Finally the film finished and the gang trooped out of the theatre, all chortling and sharing their favourite moments from the film, Buffy and Faith, Willow and Tara and Jake and Xander with a sullen Dawn once more bringing up the rear.

No one is sure how it happened but as they were departing the cinema Dawn, who was walking away from the others, tripped and landed on her face. Tara hurried over to help the young girl up only to have Dawn pull away from her violently.

“I’m fine, I don’t need your help,” she spat back at the blonde her face full of more fury and anger than Tara had seen in her life. Dawn quickly pushed herself to her feet and ran from the group leaving the rest staring after her in shock.

TO BE CONTINUED

[Willow_Friendly]

DIBS!

I feel bad for Xander and is problems with his family hopefully he'll move out and move in with The Rosenberg Twins. And can't wait for Elizabeth and Joyce to meet I think they'll become friends and I also believe that they'll see more of each other when Faith and Buffy start dating. And what happened with Willow and Jake in the theater was really funny I wonder if Tara planned it or that Willow just grabbed the wrong hand? Can't wait for the next update!!!

[bluepaintbox]

Thank you for the update
Jake kissing Willow's hand was hilarious.
Dawn, hmm but just being a teenager
I'm enjoying the story
Cant wait for some soon

[willowtaralover]

Hey guys Sorry to have to put this up but my laptop has developed a bit of a virus which means I can't write any updates right now and it may be a while before it's better again. All I can say is that I will start putting up new chapters as soon as I can. Sorry folks andtarasmoochies

[Finey_McFine]

Very cute! I absolutely LOVED the scene in the theater. Hysterical...I could totally picture it happening! Now that Tara knows for sure that the two are interested in her and she's interested in Willow, she really needs to talk with both of them. It's not really fair of her to lead Jake on and tease Willow. On the other hand, she doesn't know about the bet either and if she found out, but kept it to herself, THEN she could really have some fun. Okay, so I'm ahead of my self or more accurately ahead of you, lol. So, I'll leave you with this...great job! Looking forward to more when your computer is healthy again.

[taranwillow4ever]

Loved the part in which the two siblings ended up holding hands. I liked that Tara created the issue. Hopefully it will become clear that Tara likes Willow. Definitely interested to see how Buffy deals with Faith liking her....
Looking forward to the next installment.

[branny72]

Great update!! I loved the sibling rivalry and their attempt to get closer to Tara. Their kiss was a hilariously yet unfortunate mishap. Poor Dawnie, hopefully she will see she has nothing to worry about.

Looking forward to the next update!!!!

[willowtaralover]

FEEDBACK

Willow_Friendly A big YAY on your dibs Willow. Xander will spend a lot more time with the Rosenbergs while their parents are away. I’m pretty sure that Elizabeth and Joyce will become good friends and Faith and Buffy are definitely going to date but their romance will take a little longer to get going. Thanks for your feedback :derr

bluepaintbox Glad you liked Jake kissing Willow’s hand, I had just as much fun writing it. Yeah, Dawn is being a bit of a douche but she genuinely considers Tara a threat mainly because Jake only ever looks at her, instead of seeing who Tara is looking at. Thanks for your feedback :derr

Finey_McFiney Hmm, reading your feedback Shelby I’d think you’d been reading my story notes. Yeah Tara could talk to the twins; then again she might tease Jake a little bit longer while showing Willow what to expect when they start dating, you’ll just have to wait and see. She has to deal with Dawn though as well which won’t be so easy, she wants to be friends with them all but isn’t willing to take any crap so they definitely need to talk. Thanks for your feedback :derr

taranwillow4ever I think all the fans liked the scene where Jake kisses Willow’s hand. Tara does like Willow and she’ll soon learn how much Willow likes her. Buffy and Faith is going to be a whole different ball game but they will get together and Jake and Xander will find partners too. Thanks for your feedback :derr

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[willowtaralover]

SUNNYDALE DAZE
Author; Willowtaralover
Rating; PG-13 to NC-17 for smut and language
Disclaimer; All Buffy characters are owned by Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and all associated affiliates. The story and all original characters belong to me.

Story; Willow Rosenberg lives in the little SoCal town of Sunnydale along with her brother Jake and best friends Buffy, Dawn and Xander. Then Tara Maclay and her family move into the neighbourhood and romance strikes for everybody.

AN; The Locke and Key programme that Willow, Xander and Jake watch doesn’t exist. It is in fact a supernatural comic book series by Joe Hill that I can highly recommend. However Fox did make a pilot but pulled the plug on a series. You can find the trailer here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_KmKC5K8QU

Thoughts are in italics
Chapter 12
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Previously on Sunnydale Daze
No one is sure how it happened but as they were departing the cinema Dawn tripped over, moaning slightly as she rolled herself over on to her back. Tara hurried over to help the young girl up only to have Dawn pull away from her violently, wincing a little in pain.

“I’m fine, I don’t need your help,” she spat back at the blonde her face full of more fury and anger than Tara had seen in her life. Dawn quickly pushed herself to her feet and ran from the group leaving the rest staring after her in shock.
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The gang just stood and gaped in astonishment at Dawn’s outburst while the teen ran off towards the shopping mall. Then they all just stood about looking a little uncomfortable after what had just occurred. It was Buffy who eventually broke the turned to the taller blonde, her face covered in embarrassment.

“Oh my god Tara, I am so sorry about that. I never thought she’d ever...” words failed the petite blonde. Whilst she was aware that Dawn didn’t like Tara for whatever reason, Buffy would never have believed that she would have reacted the way that she did.

“It’s ok Buffy, it’s not your fault,” she assured her friend though deep down she was bothered by the younger girl’s negative reactions towards her.

“I am so going to kick her ass for this, I swear,” Buffy replied her initial amazement having now given way to anger.

Tara placed a gentle hand on her shoulder and smiled in friendly reassurance at her fellow blonde.

“No Buffy you don’t have to do anything on my behalf.” She spoke gently but firmly, not to cause argument but to persuade against getting mixed up in some one else’s fight. “Whatever Dawn’s problem with me is, it’s hers alone. No need for you to get caught up in it.”

Though she was mollified in part by Tara’s words in her heart Buffy was troubled by her sister’s behaviour. While she knew Dawn was jealous of any other girl who dared to approach Jake, not that any girl did- not with Jake being one of the freakishly nerdy Rosenberg twins, but she had never before seen her sister act in such a manner and decided that she would talk to Dawn about her actions and the possible consequences of them.
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After a long stroll, which took in a great deal of window shopping the remaining six friends arrived at 1630 Revello Drive.

“Hey, this your place B,” Faith enquired looking at the house appreciatively.

“Hmm hmm,” Buffy replied with a nod in confirmation while Faith kept gazing at her house.

“S’nice,” she commented nodding her head approvingly as she took in Buffy’s home.

“So what we gonna do tomorrow guys?” Xander asked happy that for at least one night he would be sleeping with people who really cared about him. Privately he hoped that he could stay with Jake and Willow until their parents returned from their trip overseas.

While Faith was talking with Jake and Xander about video games and the movies that they had seen advertised at the cinema she kept glancing over at her sister whom she noticed kept giving furtive glances to Willow, who herself was giving adoring looks towards the blonde, while further reassuring Buffy that she need not take it upon herself to berate Dawn and that she’d get punished sooner or later.

While she was gazing at Tara with a stupefied smile plastered all over her face Willow noticed a little mole on the blonde’s left cheek. To the redhead’s love-struck mind that mole was the most adorable mole she had ever seen and all she wanted to do was to press her lips to it and give it a sweet kiss.

Taking a quick, cautious look around her she saw that all her friends were occupied with their own conversations. Just as Willow was about to her nerves failed her and she had to take deep breaths to calm down and centre herself. Once she was once more relaxed, or at least less nervous than she was before, Willow again leaned in towards the blonde’s cheek. As she did so, at the exact same moment Tara turned her head to speak to her secret sweetheart so that Willow completely missed the mole and instead kissed Tara on the lips.

It wasn’t a proper, full kiss as Willow expected it to be but a gentle brushing of her lips against Tara’s fuller ones. But to the little redhead with the big heart it was the most wonderful, stupendous kiss in the entire universe. Even Romeo and Juliet had never had such an amazing, breathtaking kiss as the one she was experiencing with Tara.
The blonde looked in pleasant surprise at Willow before giving a little shy smile and ducking her head so that her flushed cheeks were hidden from view before raising it again, her sparkling with desire.

Xander glanced over at Jake, knowing about the bet he wasn’t sure what his friend’s reaction would be. So he was more than a little surprised to a small, but genuinely happy smile on Jake’s face as the two girls kissed, .

“So what we gonna do tomorrow? Ya know, I could always stand ta spend a little more time with Red and J, how ‘bout you T?” She hadn’t really needed to ask as she already knew what the answer would be.

“I’d love to, as long as it’s ok with Willow and Jake?”

“Sure it’s fine, we’d love to have you over tomorrow wouldn’t we Jake?” Willow squeaked excitedly. As far as
Willow was concerned she wasn’t even asking him a question as she rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet, her face practically glowing so brightly she could have been mistaken for having had phosphorescence in her blood.

After chatting for a few minutes more with Buffy, and Willow just gazing with dreamlike eyes at Tara, the two sets of siblings and Xander set off for home. Once she was sure that they were far enough away from Buffy’s home Faith moved up to walk beside Willow who was walking so close to Tara they were virtually joined at the hip, their hands so close that their fingertips brushed sending Jolts of warmth through both girls bodies.
Faith nudged Willow to get her attention while calling to her at the same time, “Yo, red what can you tell us about Buffy.”
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Tara was quiet that evening. Even during dinner she spoke very little opting instead for short sentences than full conversation, something that wasn’t missed by Faith. Later when Tara went to her room Faith followed a few minutes after and entered her sister’s room.

Tara was lying on her bed, hands under her head, staring up at the ceiling with Chewie lying on her legs. Her portable cd player was plugged into her ears. Faith entered the room more fully and began to sneak over to Tara’s bed only to come to a sudden stop.

what the hell am I doing? she asked herself and now strode across the room more forcefully and sat on the bed. Still Tara didn’t notice her sister’s presence until the brunette started snapping her fingers over the blonde’s head.

“Whaddya want Faith?” she sighed.

“Noticed you were pretty quiet over dinner T, came to see what’s up with ya.”

For a long time Tara continued to stare blankly up at the ceiling before her forehead creased into a cute little furrow, a sign of deep thoughts running through her mind.

“Faith is there something wrong with me. I mean, is there any reason anyone would hate me as much as Dawn does?”

“Nah, if anything she’s the one at fault for behaving the way she is.” Faith stopped for a moment while she considered something.

“Maybe she sees you as a threat.”

“How do you mean a threat?”

“Ok, what if D-girl is interested in Red herself. D is only a year younger than Red is, and let’s face facts here, Red is a bit of a hottie. Maybe D wants to get a little up close and personal with red.”

“Willow does have a name you know,” grumbled Tara.

“Yeah, it’s Red, now have you seriously thought about what I just said?”

“You really think she’s interested in Willow too?” Tara asked, unsure of her sister’s theory.

“All I know is if I was hot for Red, and she is pretty damn lust-worthy, and then you turned up I’d feel seriously threatened.”

“Why would you feel threatened?” Tara was puzzled. Surely Faith had the looks and body to get any girl she wanted without any fear of rivals.”

“Have you seen yourself lately T? You’re hot and you have great rack, hell if we weren’t sisters I’d consider chasing you myself. But to someone like Dawn whose boobs aren’t as well... developed as yours could see you as a real threat.”

Tara thought over what Faith had said. She had never seriously considered herself a threat to anyone before, least of all to someone who seemed to be as young as Dawn did

“Maybe you’re right I’ll try to talk to her about it tomorrow.”

“Good, now about that kiss,” the brunette asked with a sly smirk at her sister. “What’s Red like as a kisser?”
Tara smiled shyly again as she looked at Faith while recalling that wonderful moment when Willow brushed Tara’s luscious lips with her own.

“Oh, it was amazing Faith. Her lips are so soft and warm, and they tasted a little of strawberries. It was the best kiss I’ve had in a long time Faith, definitely.”

“I noticed J seemed pretty interested in you too, he just didn’t go the whole way like Red.”

“You noticed that did you?” Tara said with a grin.

“How could I not,” Faith grinned back. “First he tries to put his arm around you only to bump in to his sister’s then when he thinks he’s kissing you.” Faith burst into howls of laughter as she recalled the look on each siblings face when they realised who was kissing whom. “He thinks he’s kissing you T, then when he sees that it’s Red, the expression on his face, I tell ya T that totally made the whole afternoon just so worth it.” Tara just watched bemused as her sister burst into another fit of giggles. Once Faith had finally recovered Tara decided to ask her something that had bothered her since the cinema

“I just don’t get it though; I mean what do they both see in me?” Tara said, slightly amazed that so many people would be interested in her.

“Like I said, it’s cos you’re hot” Faith told her, the brunette’s grin growing wider.

“They think I’m hot?”

“Damn straight they do. I guess this means you have like two admirers” Faith wondered why Tara was so confident in many other areas but seemed to lack a realisation of just how attractive she was to both males and females.

“Yeah, well, enough about me what about you pumping Willow for info on Buffy,” Tara said, quickly diverting the subject from herself.

“Hey what can I say T, B’s got it and I want it,” Faith was practically leering at the idea of getting of with Willow’s best friend.

“Faith please tell me you aren’t planning on just trying to lay Buffy,” Tara asked a little worried about her new friend and her sister’s ability to get any girl she chose between the sheets.

“Hey you know me T, get some and get gone,” Faith replied with a smirk on her face.

“But you won’t be getting gone Faith, you’ll still be in town and Buffy will still see you everyday in High School. Besides, she may be seeing someone already; she may not even be gay.” Tara reasoned though she knew that wouldn’t mean much to Faith who could be a force of nature when she wanted to be.

“You say she’s straight, I say gimme five minutes alone with the chicka.” Faith’s smirk became a full on leer while Tara just shook her head in despair.

“You can’t just convert someone, screw them then lose them,” Tara warned her sister. “Don’t forget Buffy is also Willow’s best-friend please don’t do something to divide them.

“Geez Tara, ya sound like mom warning me to be careful all the time,” the brunette grumbled.

Tara rolled her eyes in frustration at her sister’s attitude.

“Faith, we’ve only just met these people, wouldn’t it be a good idea to get to know them a little better first before deciding you’re going to fuck the entire female population of Sunnydale?”

Now it was Faith’s turn to roll her eyes, though this time it was in apparent disgust at Tara’s attempt to act like her moral compass.

“Hey ya know what T, maybe the entire female population of Sunnydale NEED a good fucking ta wake em up ta how boring this town is,” Faith almost shouted but quickly remembered their parents were downstairs so lowered her voice.

“Faith, I’m just trying to...,” began Tara but to no avail as her sister was already heading to the bedroom door.

“Yeah, whatever T. Smell ya later,” and with that she was gone.

Tara just looked after her sadly shaking her head.

Oh Faith, I only hope you know what you’re doing.
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I can’t believe that Tara, letting Jake paw her like that. Who does she think she is? She just waltzes into town, flashes her oversized boobs and both Willow and Jake????? (Why Jake, why) flock around her like flies around poo, as Giles says when he’s being very British heh heh heh. I just wish she’d get the message that I don’t want her around and to stay as far away from MY Jakey as possible

The brunette suddenly felt eyes on her and she looked up to see Buffy standing in the doorway to her room. The blonde was leaning against the doorjamb, arms folded across her chest with a grim expression on her face.

“What do you want,” Dawn asked sourly already having an idea as to what her sister did want.

“What is your problem Dawn? Buffy asked walking into the room and leaning against the dresser. “You treated Tara like shit when all she was trying to do was help you.

“I just don’t like her, that’s all.” The brunette replied indignantly

“Are you trying to ruin things for Willow then?” Buffy continued insistently as she now advanced upon her sister. “You know how miserable she’s been since...since SHE left. Now with Tara in town she’s got a shot at happiness, but maybe you don’t think Will deserves to be happy. Maybe...”

“It’s not that at all,” Dawn yelled back jumping up from the bed and squaring up to Buffy. “I just don’t like Tara. Do I have to like every girl that Willow falls in love with?”

“No, but Tara’s the only one you’re treating like crap.”

Dawn didn’t like what Buffy was saying, particularly the logic of it and Buffy could see that in the younger girl’s scowl. Looking upon her sister with sympathy she gently placed her hand on Dawn’s arm and sat them both on the bed and placed her arm round the youngster’s shoulders. Deep down she empathised with her sister and her situation realising that it wasn’t just blind hatred that was affecting the girl but mere jealousy and that if Jake didn’t share Willow’s interest in Tara then Dawn would probably get on with her.

“Look Dawn I understand what you’re going through because I’ve been there myself. I became really jealous of a girl because I thought she was after the same boy I was.

Dawn now looked at her sister with interest. She rarely shared details about her private life with her instead talking about it with Willow. If Buffy was going to talk about her past then Dawn was all ears, if only because Buffy may let slip a little nugget of information that Dawn could use to blackmail her with in the future.

“So what happened,” the younger girl asked nonchalantly, as if it was of no real interest to her but s her concentration was focused fully on Buffy and her tale.

“It was just after we’d arrived in Sunnydale when I met this guy, Scott. I thought he was cute and we started to hang out a lot together.” Buffy smiled as she recalled happier times, sitting in class and talking quietly with one another and mocking their teachers they should have been paying attention to, hanging out and sharing kisses at the Bronze. "Then another girl, Lisa, turned up on the scene.”

“What was she like? Dawn asked genuinely curious as Buffy’s story started to intrigue her. Buffy gave her sister a soft smile and gazed upon her youthful appearance with gentle eyes and brushed back a lock of her long brown hair.

“She was a lot like you actually Dawn, very pretty with big green eyes and long hair, though hers was blonde. I can’t believe that I got it so wrong about her. She started to turn up whenever and wherever Scott and me were hanging out together. I was so pissed at first because I saw her as a rival, god I was such an idiot back then. If only I’d known it wasn’t Scott she was interested in at all but his sister, Laura. She only hung around with Scott so she could get to know Laura better.”

Buffy now spoke in a voice so quiet Dawn had to strain to hear her though the room was silent. The blonde’s gaze was fixed on the window, as if it were a screen showing scenes from her own past life. She saw everything from before happening as it always happened, the girl showing up and ingratiating herself with Scott, hanging around him almost everyday paying more attention to the little green devil inside her than where the newcomer was directing her attentions.

“What happened in the end,” Dawn asked more than a little nervously knowing that her sister may not what want to go in to too much detail about her past love life.

“He broke up with me, said he had had enough of my attitude towards Lisa, at least I think that was her name,” Buffy’s eyes watered as she remembered the day Scott had told her they were through. That he had had enough of her bad mouthing his friend and he didn’t want to be with anyone who was like that. Even now, four years later that pain still hurt her more than anything else because she had screwed up big time by caring only about herself and no one else.

She didn’t speak for a long time knowing that if she did she would just start to cry again just as she had all those years ago. When she did finally speak her voice had croakiness to it as Buffy attempted to fight off the sobs that wanted to escape her. But she refused to allow them passage; she had grieved enough over her past love. Now she needed to look to the future, a future where she would have to consider what she truly wanted out of life.

“If I knew then what I know now, so you see Dawn, I do know what it’s like to not trust some one and get things so wrong. Get to know Tara first before deciding you don’t like her cos you might end up being surprised by what you learn.”

Dawn looked at her sister questioningly. “Will that actually work?” she asked doubtfully.

Buffy looked into her sisters blue eyes and saw all the expectation and optimism there but knew the reality of what may happen.

“I honestly don’t know Dawn,” she paused for a moment before continuing with a gentle smile at her sister, “but I do know this much. That if Jake can never EVER see what a great person you are then he is the world’s biggest idiot. But I’m pretty sure you stand a chance with Jake, long as you don’t blow it.”

Dawn wrapped her arms round Buffy in a loving hug.

“Thank you for trusting me, I swear no one will hear about this from me.”

“I know Dawnie, I know.”
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Jake, Willow and Xander were sat on the couch in the Rosenberg home watching all the latest episodes of ‘Locke and Key’ recorded on the TiVO while chowing down on beef in chestnut sauce, pork dumplings and prawn crackers washed down with copious amounts of soda.

After the episodes were watched and the TiVO was set for recording future instalments of the drama, the dishes placed in the sink and Willow had gone to bed Jake got out his xbox and put in Survivor: Escape from Mars.
Handing the second controller to Xander Jake leaned back on the couch and placed the game on two players.

“I noticed you didn’t look too upset when Will kissed Tara earlier.”

“Yeah well I can’t be really to upset by it, I haven’t seen sis this happy in a long time. Certainly not since...”

“You mean since Ke...”

“Don’t. Do NOT finish that name; you know that it’s taboo in this house. We do not ever talk about that slutty, skanky ho ever. Ever since SHE fucked off after screwing half the female population of Sunnydale when she was meant to be with Willow, personally I say good riddance to the bitch.”

“But what about the bet? Don’t you want to get your twenty bucks out of Will?”

Jake thought for a moment before answering with a small smile on his face, getting zapped by alien creatures several times.

“Nah, seeing Will so happy hanging with Tara makes it worth losing the bet. Of course it doesn’t mean I’m not going to mess Will’s brain a little,” he grinned at his friend who grinned back and they high fived each other before returning to the game.

TBC

[bluepaintbox]

1. Thank you for the update.
I'm really enjoying this story.
I hope the next installment will include more
of Willow & Tara's thoughts & conversation.

[Willow_Friendly]

I'm excited that Willow and Tara have shared a kiss, even though it was an accidental kiss it still counts.

And I'm glad that Buffy talk to Dawn about her being mean to Tara, and for Jake stepping down from Tara so his sister can be happy with Tara.

And I'm not liking what Faith is thinking of doing to Buffy because we don't want Willow to become cranky because we all know what happens if she does.

Can't wait for the next update!!!

[branny72]

Awesome update!! I loved the Willow and Tara kiss. Hopefully Tara and Dawn can work things out too.

[kimmy_s]

Hey WillowTaraLover

I just found this story yesterday and I'm loving it! It's so well written and super sweet.

Thank you for sharing it with us, I can't wait for more!

Kim

[willowtaralover]

bluepaintbox Thank you for reading the update. It’s good to know that my writing efforts aren’t in vain. I’m glad you’re enjoying the story, it’s all I ever want for my readers. There’s some Tara and some Willow but they aren’t together in this chapter but they will be in the next one, promise. Thanks for the feedback.

Willow_Friendly Glad you enjoyed the girls first kiss. As you say it was accidental but it can only lead to bigger and better things. Buffy’s had some bad stuff happen to her and so has Willow so Buffy talking to Dawn should prevent her from doing anything stupid, but this is Dawn we’re talking about. Jake’s a good guy and genuinely cares about Willow and what happens to her. He’s seen that Tara makes her happy and happy Willow means a happy Jake. Faith is being a bit selfish but maybe Tara can talk to her about it. Thanks for the feedback.

branny72 Glad you loved their kiss, it is the first of many I assure you. Maybe, Dawn just has to realise that Tara isn’t interested in Jake but his sister, once that’s sorted everything else should be easy, whoops...famous last words uh . Thanks for the feedback.

kimmy_s Hi Kimmy and a big welcome, not only to my story but the KittenBoard in general . Thank you for loving my story as much as you seem to. I’ll always try to keep this story nice and sweet and full of Willow and Tara loving. Thanks for the feedback.

SUNNYDALE DAZE

Author; Willowtaralover

Rating; PG-13 to NC-17 for smut and language

Disclaimer; All Buffy characters are owned by Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and all associated affiliates. The story and all original characters belong to me.

Story; Willow Rosenberg lives in the little SoCal town of Sunnydale along with her brother Jake and best friends Buffy, Dawn and Xander. Then Tara Maclay and her family move into the neighbourhood and romance strikes for everybody.

Thoughts are in italics

Chapter 13

As Tara was descending the stairs she heard her mother finishing off a phone call from the kitchen extension.

“So I’m to come in for an interview tomorrow at two thirty? All right I’ll see you then and thank you very much.”

Elizabeth hung up the phone and booted up the computer as her daughter entered the kitchen with a copy of the local yellow pages.

“Hey mom, who was that on the phone” the blonde asked as she sat at the breakfast island with the telephone directory and started flipping through the pages.

“Morning Tara, just arranging for a job interview. You looking for a one too?” Elizabeth asked as she looked through the files to locate the one that contained her CV.

“Hmm, maybe if I can find what I’m looking for,” Tara said absently as she skimmed through page after page of the directory.

“And that would be what, fashion model, super-heroine, exotic dancer,” Elizabeth asked teasingly and getting a knowing smirk out of Tara.

“Well you know I did consider becoming a stripper,” Tara replied totally straight faced. “I mean the hours aren’t always sociable but I’d probably be on some good money plus tips as well as anything I could make for private dances. And all I’d have to do is show off my natural assets and shake my booty a little. Also if I don’t get the grades that I want it will be a job that I can walk into without needing a full resume.”

Elizabeth appeared to look thoughtful for a moment as if was seriously considering what her daughter was telling her.

“Yes, yes it sounds like you’ve got it all thought out,” Elizabeth said following Tara’s straight-laced satiric tone. “And you can teach me some tricks as well; I do have to keep your father interested.” She added off Tara’s puzzled look.

“Keep me interested in what,” came a gruff sleepy voice that lumbered into the kitchen accompanied by the gruff sleepy body of Michael Maclay still dressed in his bed gear of vest and long bed shorts revealing a well muscled body with strong arms and legs, a left over from a strict keep fit regimen in the army. “Pour me a coffee please honey,” he asked his wife as he took a seat next to Tara before he yawned hugely, his mouth opening as a cavernous maw that could well have been home to a mountain bear.

“We were just discussing Tara’s future and possible jobs for her,” Elizabeth said as she placed a mug of coffee before Mike.

“Yeah dad, I was saying to mom how I was considering be a stripper or an exotic dancer,” Tara deadpanned.

It took several seconds for Tara’s comment to permeate Mike’s skull but when it did the results were very impressive. He spat his
coffee clear over the breakfast counter so that it splashed on to the tiled floor.

“Uh...wha...who...wha...uhhh,” he spluttered incoherently as he looked between the two women.

“Oh poor daddy, I think we broke him mom,” Tara said grinning at her shell shocked father.

“Poor Mike, boys are so fragile,” Elizabeth agreed with a sympathetic voice, though it didn't match the grin on her face nor the twinkle in her eyes.

Tara returned back to the yellow pages quickly flipping through the pages, her eyes brightening as she scanned one particular page. She quickly rose from the table and went to the phone with the directory and dialled. After a few moments ringing a female voice came on the line.

“Good morning, Sunnybrooke stables Melanie speaking how can I help you?”

“Good morning,” Tara replied. “I was just wondering if you did pony trekking trips.”

“We do but they’re only day long trips. Do you have a date you wish to book for this trip?”

“I’ll need to check on something first so can I get back to you on that?”

“Ok, but remember weekends we are fully booked all the way through.”

“I will thank you. Oh I was wondering if you needed any extra help on weekends.”

“I believe we have just lost one of our carers, if you bring a cv with you when you come to go trekking and I’ll pass it on to our
manager.”

Hearing this Tara did a mental fist pump and happy dance.

“I will and thank you so much you’ve been very helpful.”

“It’s alright and I look forward to seeing you soon,” Melanie finished and replaced the phone at her end.
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“I just don’t get what he sees in her, why he keeps drooling over her every time she appears.”

Dawn Summers, for it was she who was speaking, was venting her spleen, again, on Tara and how she was using her female wiles on Jake. She had resolved to not go to the Rosenberg’s with Buffy so that she wouldn’t have to see Tara, or more accurately to avoid Jake drooling over her. Instead she had decided to go to the mall with her two best friends Amanda and Cassie. They strolled through the shopping centre pausing now and again to look in shop windows at the various clothes.

“What does she look like, this Tara?” Cassie asked interested that a new girl was in town. Maybe this Tara wasn’t into boys,
maybe she liked other girls. Maybe she might like Cassie.

“Oh you know the usual cheap slut with blonde hair, blue eyes and big breasts that she can’t help but flash everywhere she goes,”
Dawn replied with vehemence. At the mention of Tara’s breasts Cassie grew even more interested.

“So umm, is she currently seeing anyone?” the Goth girl asked as her curiosity grew over Tara.

“Umm, isn’t your sister’s friend gay? Couldn’t this Tara be interested in her, or Willow into Tara?” Amanda suggested, as they ignored Cassie’s own query.

“Then why hasn’t she told Jake that she isn’t interested in him?” Dawn countered. “Why hasn’t she asked Willow out?”

“Because he hasn’t said anything to her yet. Maybe he’s nervous because she’s very attractive and thinks he may be out of her league.” Amanda quickly riposted.

“Also she may not know if Willow is available or if she’s even attracted to, what’s her name again, Teresa?” asked Cassie.

“Her name is Tara and Willow’s definitely into her, she has a bet on with Jake has to who can get into her knickers first,” Dawn stopped there as two elderly women passing by suddenly looked in the direction of the three girls with raised eyebrows. Dawn blushed in embarrassment while Cassie smiled pleasantly and waved at the two older women. Amanda hadn’t noticed the look that the women had given to them as she had been gazing in a shop window. As an idea struck her Amanda placed her hand on her friends shoulder and turned her so that Dawn faced the window of the clothes store.

“You need a new wardrobe, something that will show off your considerable assets so that Jake will notice you,” the dark haired girl said knowingly.

The brunette looked dubiously at her friend.

“You sure that a new set of clothes alone will work? You don’t think that maybe a breast enhancement would work better?”

“Nah, you’ve got great boobs,” Cassie replied nonchalantly to Dawn and Amanda’s consternation. “Any girl would love a pair like you have” The two girls exchanged a look at this and as if by telepathy they both agreed to change the subject.

“Umm... yeah ok so let’s find some new gear then,” said Dawn slipping out from under the Goth’s arm and she, Cassie and Amanda entered the shop.
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A knock at the door sent Willow hurrying to the door a little nervous in case Faith and Tara had come early. So she was more than a little surprised to see her best friend at the front door, her gym bag in hand.

“Hey Wills, good to see you up and about,” the blonde grinned as Willow let her in and they both went to the kitchen where the redhead poured a second mug of coffee for Buffy.

“Yeah, you too Buffy, umm why are you here so early?

“Willow, I am you’re best friend and as such it would be remisty of me if I didn’t try to help you get your girl.”

“I think you mean remiss Buffy?”

“Yeah that too,” she smiled happily at her friend whilst the redhead looked suspiciously at the blonde, unsure as to what Buffy meant by help.

“How do you mean ‘help’?”

“You like Tara don’t you?”

“Yeah,” Willow dragged the reply out and didn’t skimp on the suspicion in her voice.
Buffy took a quick slug of her coffee before continuing apparently impervious to her friend’s doubts.

“First, what were you planning to wear today?”

The question took Willow completely off-guard and she had to think for a moment before answering.

“A t-shirt and shorts I guess, I hadn’t really thought about it why?”

“I brought a little something with me to help you get your girl,” Buffy smiled brilliantly seemingly ignorant of the look that the redhead was now giving her, a look that was part fear and part ‘oh god, what have you got planned now’ a look that she normally reserved for Jake.

“C’mon, let’s see what suits you best,” said Buffy placing an arm round her friend’s shoulders and they headed towards the stairs, Willow giving Buffy a nervous look out of the corner of her eye.
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Back at the store Dawn had tried on numerous items of clothing only for them to be discarded by either herself or by Cassie who had taken it up on herself to try and dress the other girl as stylishly as possible, though Dawn was of the mind that she had show as much skin as was decently allowed to ‘get her man’ as she put it. Currently she was in a changing cubicle while Cassie and Amanda waited to see her.

As they waited something that had troubled Amanda for a while now came back to the surface of her brain and she decided to broach the subject with her friend.

“Cassie, how do you know that Dawn has nice...you know,” struggled with the last word, innocent though it was.

“You mean how do I know that Dawn has nice breasts?”

“Yeah, that.”

“It’s a gay thing, you shower enough times after P.E. and you start to notice the attributes of the other girls around you,” Cassie said as they waited for Dawn to try on her latest item of clothing. “The important thing is not to let the other girls know that you are actually looking at their bodies.”

Amanda nodded sagely at the advice she had been given when another thought popped into her head.

“Cass, do I have nice breasts,” she asked hopefully.

The goth girl turned and looked at her with a critical eye. Amanda looked back at her unsure as to what Cassie was doing. After a several minutes in which Cassie checked Amanda all the way round from front to back before she gave her verdict.

“Nah, but some girls like the flat chested look,” Cassie replied casually totally missing the scowl on Amanda’s face.

“Thanks, for nothing” Amanda answered with a pout.”

Before anything more could be said Dawn emerged from the changing room wearing a very revealing top.
It was brightly colored and quite opaque allowing the other two girls, and any other onlookers, to see her bare skin and bra which were visible beneath the top. There was only one sleeve as the other arm just had a strap on the shoulder leaving it bare.

Amanda’s eyes boggled as Dawn stood before them, a huge smile on her face, while Cassie appeared to have a leer on her face with her eyes set at chest level.

“So what do you think guy’s?” she asked cheerfully as she turned back to the changing room mirror to get another look at her new top.

“It’s...umm...it’s very...er...it’s very...very.” answered Amanda unused to seeing Dawn dressed as she was.

“You look like a slut,” Cassie answered, saying what was on both hers and Amanda’s minds.

Dawn’s face fell faster than a burst balloon.

“Whaddya mean I look like a slut? I look sexy and Jake won’t be able to resist me when he sees me in it,” she said, adamant that her choice was the best one.

“Nuh uh Dawn. Look, as your friend I can tell you now that wearing that top to impress Jake will only end in tears.” Cassie said a bit more sympathetically this time.

“She’s right,” added Amanda, “I’ve spoken to him and he would lose all respect for you if he saw you in it.” After a moment of Dawn looking at her friends with a malevolent expression Amanda came up with an idea. “You know you could let Cassie and me dress you, we’ll help you find something that will make Jake like you right Cassie?”

“Yeah, that’s right we’ll make you hot to trot Dee,” said Cassie before turning to Amanda “I knew there was a reason we had you along,” the Goth girl said to her to which Amanda rolled her eyes.
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Soft snores emanated from Jake’s room as he slumbered. Slowly, almost painfully Jake’s eyes opened as he heard voice coming from his sister’s room.

“You want me to wear that Buffy?”

“Sure, you’ll look great in it and Tara’ll think you’re hot.”

“But...look at it there’s not enough to cover...well any part of me.”

He heard Willow’s voice through his bedroom wall. It was slightly indignant with a healthy dose of nervousness added to it. Jake leaned up on his elbow and expected to see Xander in the camper bed on the floor, except that Xander wasn’t there. Jake rolled onto his back and covered his eyes with his forearm, protecting them from the brilliant sunshine filling the room with its light and dispelling any shadows hidden in the room.

“Oh crap, he moaned softly as he worked out the one place where Xander would be. He quietly got out of bed and exited the room. Just as he suspected, there was Xander peering through the small chink in Willow’s not fully closed door. He crept up to Xander and slapped him on the arm.

“Dude, what the hell do you think you’re doing?”

“It’s Buffy and she’s brought swimwear for Willow to try on,” Xander answered with the kind of smile that comes from one about to enter a strip-show.

“Dude, that’s my sister you’re talking about,” Jake told him in a no nonsense voice as he started to get more annoyed with his friend.

“Yes, and she’ll be in a bikini. A BIKINI.” Xander honestly couldn’t see why Jake was making such a big deal of this. He only wanted to look at Willow in a bikini. Heck if Xander had a sister he’d let Jake look at her in a bikini.

To Jake this was the last straw he hooked one arm over Xander’s shoulder and across his chest while his other arm came up from the hips and the two hands met in the middle. Well and truly hooked there was nothing Xander could do to prevent Jake from dragging him back to his room.

After Jake released him to close the bedroom door Xander gazed at him with narrowed eye.

“Ignoble one, you dare to cross the path of Big Man Xan. For that I must kick your butt,” he said in a fake Chinese voice.

“You may try Big Man Xan but I, Jake the Fake will always kick your tushy tush,” Jake replied in a similar accent.
At that the two young men came together and crashed on to the bed as they toy wrestled.

TO BE CONTINUED

[kimmy_s]

Dibs!!!

Great update, I have a sinking feeling that the bet with Willow's brother is going to land her in deep trouble with Tara when she finds out. I love the family interaction of the Maclay's, it was always sad to me that neither Willow or Tara had family support in the show.

Thanks!
Kim

[branny72]

Great update! Hopefully the bet won't get Willow in trouble and hopefully either Willow or Tara can tell the other how they feel. Looking forward to the next update.

[willowtaralover]

kimmy_s A big YAY on your dibs Kimmy and welcome to the story. The bet will definitely land Willow in deep trouble with Tara once she finds out. Glad you like the interaction of the Maclay’s, I’d always wanted to give Tara a happy family life and have Faith as her sister because there are so many stories where Faith and Tara get are best friends so to me it seemed a natural progression. You’re right to a point that they never had family support on the show, especially Tara, but they did have the support of their friends, Buffy, Dawn, Xander, Anya and Giles. Thanks for the feedback. :

SUNNYDALE DAZE

Author; Willowtaralover

Rating; PG-13 to NC-17 for smut and language

Disclaimer; All Buffy characters are owned by Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and all associated affiliates. The story and all original characters belong to me.

Story; Willow Rosenberg lives in the little SoCal town of Sunnydale along with her brother Jake and best friends Buffy, Dawn and Xander. Then Tara Maclay and her family move into the neighbourhood and romance strikes for everybody.

Thoughts are in italics

Chapter 14
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“What’s Jake up to in there?” Buffy asked her friend as she heard loud thumping and crashing and moans from the next door bedroom.

“Oh he’s playing with Xander,” Willow replied frowning as she looked at herself in the mirror.

Buffy turned to Willow, her eyes wide and a very amused expression on her face.

“Jake’s playing with Xander?” she said in a cheerfully amused tone as she wondered how many of her friends were gay.

Willow turned to her friend wondering why she sounded as if she were about to burst in to a fit of giggles. Willow went back over the last part of their conversation several times and then it struck her.

“NO!!!!!!!!! Not like that,” Willow exclaimed loudly as she realised where Buffy was going with her train of thought. “I just mean that they are playing at wrestling.”

This revelation led to an even bigger grin on the blondes face and the redhead just sighed and turned her head away in resignation.

Willow turned back to her reflection in the wardrobe mirror. She was in a revealing black and silver bikini set that showed off her body beautifully. The top was low cut giving a very nice view of her breasts while the panties covered her nicely curved ass and revealed long legs that went all the way all the way up to it.

I can’t believe I’m so skinny Willow thought self-deprecatingly as she took in her slim body in the bikini that Buffy had brought for her to try. Willow had never relished looking at her body much with her pale, freckled body and small breasts. She regularly compared her body to those of the other girls around her, not least Buffy with her tanned, athletic body, long blonde hair and fuller breasts. At times Willow felt as if she were more Jakes brother than sister regarding what she oft refered to as a childs body.

“So, whaddya think Wills?” Buffy asked cheerily while Willow gazed at herself nervously in her wardrobe mirror.

“I dunno Buffy; I don’t think it’s really me.” She said continually looking at herself in the mirror and wondering how she’d look in the bikini if she had a fuller body such as Faith had, then maybe she could really attract Tara. She remembered that Buffy had a water bra to help lift her cleavage that she only use for dates for guys she really liked. Maybe she could borrow that some time.

“Will,” Buffy said sympathetically resting an arm on the other girls shoulder, “if you want to win the girl ya gotta show her the hottie that is you.

Willow smiled sadly at the blonde but fear was still plain in her eyes.

“You really think it’ll work Buff?” she asked softly

Buffy smiled back at the girl who was as much a sister to her as she was a best friend. She pulled Willow into a loving embrace which was reciprocated with a squeeze from the smaller girl.

“I’m positive, she replied, “and if Tara doesn’t take to you after this I’ll kick her ass for you.” she said with a grin.
Willow looked at herself in the mirror once more and sighed heavily before reluctantly nodding her head. “Ok, I’ll wear it,” she said with as much enthusiasm as she could muster.

“Yay, now lets sort out what we’re going to do for the rest of the day,” Buffy said happily.
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Back at the mall Dawn came out from the changing room again, this time in a pair of skin tight jeans that showed off the delicious curve of her ass. This was complimented by a tight fitting, black short- sleeve tee with that had a splash of red in the centre to brighten it up. The tee had a low cut neck that revealed a much smaller amount of cleavage than before but still enough to keep her interesting while a couple of inches of bare skin were discernible between the hem of the tee and the top of the jeans.

As the girl came into view her two friends looked at her critically, judging the choice of clothing they had chosen for her both finally nodding and smiling in relief that their selection’s had been the right one’s.

“Wow Dawn, you look amazing,” Amanda gushed over her friend wondering if she could ever look that good.”

“Are you sure?” Dawn asked, still uncertain as to the clothes her friends had picked for her.

“Dawn you look gorgeous,” Cassie said “If you weren’t so hung up on Jake I’d be chasing you myself. And I’d catch you,” she added in an ominous tone that jarred with the grin on her face that made Dawn and Amanda look at each other nervously.

“Yeah but will it make Jake notice me,” Dawn asked cynically of her Goth friend.

“Dawn, I promise you this will work and if it doesn’t I’ll kiss Jake myself.”

“I’d pay good money to see that,” Amanda said brightly earning herself a glare from Cassie while Dawn just rolled her eyes and sighed, why me?

“C’mon guys, let’s get these goodies and see what else there is we can get,” Dawn said and headed to the check-out already wondering what she could get for Jake.
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“So, when are you planning on going pony trekking?” Mike asked Tara as she sipped at her morning coffee.

“I was thinking about a week’s time maybe two so I can get acquainted with the area. I thought I might ask Willow as well see if she’d like to go along as well.”

“You’ve been spending a great deal of time with this Willow,” Elizabeth said lightly.

“She’s a nice person,” Tara replied brightly. “She’s a friend, a good friend and I enjoy hanging with her.”

Elizabeth regarded her daughter with a small loving smile and sat moved to join her on the stool next to her.

“Tara,” she began cautiously, unsure as to how Tara would react to her next question. “Tara honey, I know you like this Willow a lot but are you sure that she likes you just as much?”

As she feared Tara turned sharply to her mother with a dark look on her face.

“What exactly does that mean?” she asked defensively, but curious as to what her mother was getting at.

“Well it’s just that, with you being interested in girls, and I know you really like Willow a lot but, does she like you the same way or does she see you as just a friend?.” Elizabeth saw the look of indignation that crossed her daughter’s face and quickly continued to defuse any unwanted fireworks.

“I know, I know you love her dearly but do you know for sure that she’s gay? If she isn’t you could get your heart broken and I don’t want to see that happen, not to you. You are too lovely a person to be hurt in such a way.”

Tara’s features softened as she saw the honesty in her mothers eyes and reached out taking Elizabeth’s hand in her own.

“Ok mom, I’ll be careful,” she promised sincerely. “But I really like her a lot; I just really feel that we are meant to be. I know it sounds so dumb but...”

“Now you listen to me Tara Jane,” Mike interrupted, giving her daughter’s hand a gentle squeeze. “It does not sound dumb at all. Hell I knew after a couple of dates with your mom that she was the gal for me so I do believe when you tell me you’re sure that you and Willow are meant to be. I hope for you that you are right, but just exercise some caution honey, please. For me,” he said with a waggle of his eyebrows.

“Ok dad,” Tara smiled, “I’ll be careful.”

Elizabeth smiled at her daughter “I know you will honey, now go play with your future wife,” she teased Tara before draping an arm around the younger blonde’s shoulders and bringing her close she placed a kiss on top of Tara’s blonde locks.
Tara looked up at the kitchen clock and started at the time.

“Whoa, I’m gonna have to go shower and get ready for the day,” she said and finished her coffee, hopped off her stool heading to the stairs.

As soon as Tara was out of sight Mike reached over and pulled Elizabeth on to his lap making her squeal and giggle in surprise before he gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

“And will you be doing oh wonderful woman of mine?” he asked her.

“We,” she replied ruffling his dark hair with a grin, “are going shopping for wallpaper and carpets for our new home.”
Mike’s smile slipped slightly as her words wormed their way into his brain.

“Shopping...for wallpaper...and carpets,” he repeated slowly.

“Yep,” Elizabeth replied, her grin growing wider. “So you go and get changed while I wash the dishes.” She then planted a quick kiss on Mike’s lips and hopped off his lap while her husband just looked after her despondently.

“Shopping for wallpaper and carpets,” he said softly to himself in a slight daze, “as it come to this Michael Maclay. That you, a former Marine, who’s fought round the world for his country should end up having to go shopping for household accoutrements.”

He turned at the sound of a gentle whining coming from his side. He looked down to see Chewie sitting there, gazing up him with big sad eyes. Mike clicked his fingers and the dog stood and rested his head on Mikes lap.

“At least you still love me Chewie,” he sighed as he placed his elbow on the table and rested his head on his hand.

“Mike, are you getting dressed,” called Elizabeth from the sink where she was washing the dishes from the previous night’s meal and the morning cups. Mike sighed again and hopped off the stool.

“C’mon Chewie,” he grumbled to the dog, “you can help me pick out a shirt for the day.

TO BE CONTINUED

[kimmy_s]

DIBS again...go me!

*shoots off to actually read it*

Ok I'm back!

I understand why Tara's parents are being protective, they just need to be in the same room as them both making googly eyes at each other and possibly smooching (please let there be more smooching lol). Xander perving at Will just ewww but typical boy! Buffy is such a great friend I hope to see more of her encouragement towards W/T's blossoming relationship. And Dawn? Well she's just an annoying brat, always was in my opinion!

Thanks
Kim