New Story: Happiness (Updated 11/14/10)

[Midnight341]

AUTHOR:: Midnight341 (Cayli)

RATING:: Right now PG13 but will b NC17

DISCLAIMER:: I don't own anything that Mr. Joss Whedon created and i will never own them but miss them dearly.

SUMMARY:: This is a story about how willow finds happiness in a place she never thought she would again.

FEEDBACK:: Please Please Please

PAIRING:: W/T
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Chapter 1: News

Willow looked out her office building looking down the twenty some stories she stood above, her office is in one of the higher buildings in Chicago. The day was rather gloomy, the clouds that always hung over the city, making a dull grey hue on the rest of the world. Down on the street was many people walking around shopping or getting to work. Even though the sky made things look dark and menacing Willow loved this city, calling it home for 6 years.

Willow was the successful CEO of a computer graphics company, that had multiple contracts with today’s music artists and many other genres of the business, and media world. It was the most used graphics company around, Rosenberg Colors, and Willow had worked hard since she had left college as a young computer major. She had built this company out of her house back in her small town home of Orlim when she was just a senior in high school. She had made the plans and everything in her notebook during classes with bright colored pens. She had dreamed this place and now it was her reality.

She hadn’t gone back to Orlim in over 6 years not wanting anything to do with the small town atmosphere anyway.
Willow thought as she turned around to her desk.

She decided to log in to see if she had gotten any emails from her employees or her clients Willow had been putting out client problem fires all day long and she was exhausted but this was her job and she loved it. She was reading one rather rough sounding email from her best graphics artist Rochelle when the MSN instant messenger popped up with her sister’s name and face saying

“You need to call me ASAP.”

Willow brushed it off rolling her eyes sometimes her sister could be a real drama queen, typing back

“I’ll call you when I get time."

She went back to reading about Rochelle’s current CD cover crisis when the messenger window popped up again

“No you NEED to call NOW,” is what Tiffany wrote back.

Willow grunted at the message sighing as she grabbed the office phone dialing her sister’s number a little bit exasperated that she had to do this now.

The phone started to ring it only took two rings before Tiff answered the phone.

Willow huffed into the phone “What do you want I’m busy and at work."

There was a few seconds before Willow heard anything, until she heard one single sob. At that sound Willow’s heart started to race. Her sister rarely called her anymore and the first time in a while she asked to talk to Willow she was crying, this scared Willow completely.

“Tiff, Tiffy what’s wrong,” Willow said to her twin.

Even though they had been drifting as of late Tiffany was still her identical twin and Willow could feel the pain that she was in.

“Mark cheated on me, “Tiff sobbed out and then burst into another round of tears and heart wrenching sobs.

Willow’s blood ran hot at hearing those words. Tiff had been married to Mark her high school sweetheart for 5 years having been with him for over 10. Willow didn’t know what to do all she wanted to do was bash his face into some hard things at the moment.

“What do you need sis,” Willow asked gently.

“I need you here to help me please I need to move and I just I need you please,” Tiff cried into the phone in a rush.

Willow was speechless her sister had never been like this before. Tiffany was the top of their class second only to Willow herself. Even though she had Mark all through school she still was one of the strongest most independent people Willow knew. Tiff never needed help cause she was either too proud to ask for it or she already had the answer to fix her problems.

To hear her now asking for Willow’s help was such a shock that Willow didn’t even hesitate or think about what she was saying

“I’ll be there tomorrow just give me today to get my things in order.”

Although the tears hadn’t gone away in Tiff’s voice she could hear some relief, “Thank you so much Will, I’ll tell mom you’re coming so that your room is ready, I’m already here so it’ll be no problem.”

Willow hung up the phone and sat back in her office chair looking around the room.

she thought to herself as she started the series of calls it was going to take to get everything set up before she left tomorrow.

She decided first to take care of Rochelle. Her best graphics person was also her best friend and would be the person that Willow was going to put in charge while she was gone. After she got off the phone with Rochelle who said, “Oh My God, you’re going home,” about five times too many she decided to call her maid Susie.

She told Susie that she would need her to watch over her apartment while she was out of town for a little while. She didn’t know how long thing would take though she just told her that she would keep her updated like she had told Rochelle. After she got done with the important phone calls she decided to call it a day and go home and pack.

She entered into her apartment loft in the high rise towers she had called home for a few years now. Willow having never been very tall always liked being in the top floors it made her feel on top of the world. She opened her door into her foyer putting her jacket away and going into her kitchen.

She had never really decorated it wasn’t like she wanted to live in an apartment for the rest of her life but it was so hard to find a nice house around here. Or at least that’s what she kept convincing herself every time she noticed the bare walls or friend did. In all honesty she wanted someone to share the house with first but Willow hadn’t been on a date in over 7 years and she wasn’t about to think about why that was.

After she had everything packed and ready to go she decided to go to bed early that night knowing the 6 hour drive home was going to be boring and long not to mention she wanted to get their early so she could talk to Tiffany and form a game plan about how she was going to kill her sister’s soon to be Ex husband without getting caught. Knowing Tiff wouldn’t allow this it still made Willow happy to dream about the many ways of doing it that night helping her drift off into a fitful sleep cause no matter how hard she tried the dreams always went back to the same thing.


Ok so the next chapter will be coming soon i hope you enjoyed this one see you soon.

[Alex_Vixen]

DIBS!!! WOOOHOOOO

Okay, sis.....That was a really good Chapter One. I already told you, I like the idea of the story so I'll be waiting for the next chapter.

By the way.... *does happy dance* I got the dibs! I got the dibs! I got the dibs!

[KiWy]

Nice Cayli ^^

Interesting beginning, let's see how this goes ^^..and woo hoo, Will's got a twin XD double Will dose lol

..though..please..please...PLEASE..use commas T_T your sentences are so long i have long forgotten the beginning of them when i get to the dot...

apart from that, again, i say nice ^^

Keep it up Doc

[Nue]

hey Cayli! what´s up, girl? this piece is really interesting! give me more, please?

[Midnight341]

AUTHOR:: Midnight341 (Cayli)

RATING:: Right now PG13 but will b NC17

DISCLAIMER:: I don't own anything that Mr. Joss Whedon created and i will never own them but miss them dearly.

SUMMARY:: This is a story about how willow finds happiness in a place she never thought she would again.

FEEDBACK:: Please Please Please

PAIRING:: W/T

Authors Notes:: Hey i'm back for chapter two, thank you all for baring with me for chapter one its been a long time since i've written on a board...i'm really excited for this story tho...ok so on to the chapter.
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Chapter 2: Home again

Willow’s black Ford F150 pulled up to the white house on 123 Court St, parking on the road, because the driveway was already taken up by her sister and her mom’s cars. Her family always laughed at Willow’s choice of vehicle, because she tried so hard to step away from the country atmosphere and yet, she still couldn’t give up her love for big trucks.

Willow got down from the truck walking around the front to the passenger side to grab her overnight bag. She wasn’t sure when she was packing how much to bring so she had about two weeks worth. She had to make sure she was ready for anything so she brought pretty much every different kind of clothing she had, right down to her winter jacket that was in back seat, although it was the middle of July in the Midwest, she wanted to be prepared.

Willow walked up the side walk leading to the front door, her mother had always kept their front lawn looking as proper as it can get. Her hours of gardening well spent as prize roses and tulips lined the pathway. Willow took in the sight of the garden; it looked like it had actually been expanded into more of the front yard and had a touch to it that didn’t seem to be her mothers. Even though Sheila had always had a green thumb she didn’t have the artistic powers, as she called them, to really landscape the yard.

As Willow looked around at all the flowers full in bloom, she notices a small water fall going into a pond that was lined with small rocks, water lilies coming out of it. She had a feeling that is she walked over there; there would be fish in it as well.

Willow thought laughing to herself about her mother’s stubborn attitude, about others sticking their hands in her garden.

Once Willow got to the door she didn’t even have to knock before her sister came running out of it and into her arms, crying the instant that she was secure in them. Willow held her as she sobbed into her shoulder, her sister being the same height always helped when one of them was crying, because they were at perfect angles to crying into each others shoulders, if needed. Willow had not seen her sister cry this hard in a very long time. Probably since senior prom night when Mark had shown up drunk, before the dance, that was the day Willow started questioning Mark and all his good boy reputation.

Willow heard her sister sigh after a good five or ten minutes of just letting it all out. Willow took this as a hint to lean back and look into her sister’s heartbroken eyes. What Willow saw there would fuel many many fantasies of pounding Mark into a bloody pulp, the next time she saw him.

Tiffany looked like she had been punched in the face, several times over, and she looked like she just wanted to curl up into a ball and die. Willow picked up her bag she had dropped, as soon as Tiff had ran at her, and put an arm around her sister leading her back into the house. Once inside she lead the way to the couch, sitting down pulling her sister into her close, cuddling her letting her know that she was now there to help make things better.
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After a few minutes of just sitting there holding Tiffany, Willow finally decided to broach the subject that was on both of their minds,

“So how long has it been since you found out,” Willow said not wanting to bring up hard memories but knowing it had to be done, to help the healing, and get to the bottom of what happened.

Tiff sniffled and replied, “about two days ago, I came home early from the dairy farm that I’ve been helping at, on the weekends. I usually don’t get home till after 11pm but I got off early cause it was our date night. I came into our room and found clothes all over the floor.

Tiff took a deep breath apparently getting to the hardest part of the story.
Willow pulled her close letting her know she can keep going.

“I looked at them and they were Marks clothes but there was other female clothes, that weren’t mine mixed in. I walked into the bathroom because I heard the water from the shower running, and once I got in there I heard them.” Tiffany started crying again, “I pulled back the curtain because I was so mad and there they were him and Stacy James from high school.”

Willow again saw red, Stacy had been Tiffany’s best friend in high school, but after she told Tiffany that she was so much better than her, and started ignoring her and spreading rude rumors around town about Tiffany. Willow had already left for college when this had happened, so she didn’t really know it all but she did know that it had hurt Tiff, a lot for her best friend to completely turn on her.

“I’m so sorry sis, I can’t believe that scum would do that to you in your own home,” Willow gave her sister a tissue as she said this. “What happened after that?”

Tiffany continued to explain the next couple of days to Willow, and Willow sat there listening and holding her sister at each word.

After a while Tiffany said, “And that’s when I called you cause I needed you. We know that mom and dad would have helped me but I needed my twin. Its been so long since you’ve been here we miss you Will.”

Willow frowned knowing that her absence had hurt her family but also knowing that if she had stayed in this town much longer it would have suffocated her.

“I know Tiff and I’m really sorry but you know how this town was about me. You know what people thought of having a lesbian in their perfect town. That and I had to leave no one here needed the computer company I wanted to create.” Willow said purposefully avoid the real reason that both her and Tiff knew was why Willow had left, as soon as she could.

But I’ve missed you that is for sure, but I’m here now so why don’t we make the best of it.” Willow ended with a smile.

“You’re right you are here now, so we are going to get back to the things we have missed out on these past few years.” Tiff smiled for the first time at her sister.

Sitting there in the silence just enjoying being in each other’s presence, like they use to as kids, Willow smiled at this, feeling that nothing between them had changed, she decided it was time to get up and go put her stuff away.

“So my room is where I’m staying right?”

“Oh yes mom got it all set up for you yesterday, but it’s not like anything has changed in six years,” Tiff said giggling at their parents apparent want to keep their little girls things exactly as they were.

“Thanks sis, I’m gonna go put myself in there and wash up, long drive and all.”

Willow stood and grabbed her back walking up the stairs she had walked so many times as a child and young teenager. She walked down the halls lined with smiling pictures of her and her sister, her mom and her dad, all looking so happy in their frames. Willow smiled to herself she had really missed seeing her home and seeing her family.

Willow thought as she got to her bedroom door opening it and all the memories started come rushing back.
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Ok so that was chapter 2, I hope it was better than the first and i'm so very excited for the next chapter..wat could willow be remembering????

[Alex_Vixen]

DIBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay...first.... *does happy dance* I got the dibs! I got the dibs! I got the dibs!

Okay now.....I really liked the Chapter, sis!! It was really cute to see Willow and her sister. By the way....its not a bad idea to make Willow beat the shit out of that dude who dared to hurt her sister.... (I can let her use my shotgun)

So.....what was Willow thinking?? (if you tell me I wont torture you with sexy pictures of W-T y F-D) *evil smirk*

Keep it up, sis. Love ya.

[KiWy]

Hey there !
Well very nice chapter, i liked it better than the first one, plot is coming together, and i'm really looking forward for more ^^

Thumbs up !

[Midnight341]

AUTHOR:: Midnight341 (Cayli)

RATING:: Right now PG13 but will b NC17

DISCLAIMER:: I don't own anything that Mr. Joss Whedon created and i will never own them but miss them dearly.

SUMMARY:: This is a story about how willow finds happiness in a place she never thought she would again.

FEEDBACK:: Please Please Please

PAIRING:: W/T

AUTHORS NOTES:: This chapter is a pretty long and important one but i think you all are going to like it. I hope at least.
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Chapter 3: Memories last forever

Willow placed her bag on the ground at the foot of her twin bed, it once had been a tumble bed with her sisters, when they had been younger. This bed had seen quite a bit over the years. Her sister had lost her virginity in it. Willow smirked at this thought. She had come home from a trip to Chicago with her mom to check out Northwestern University. She walked into her room and BAM she saw a very naked Tiffany hiding for cover under the blankets.

When Willow had asked her why she wasn’t in her own bed Tiff replied “Uhm cause Buffy was sleeping in there with Faith and Dawn.”

Willow smiled at the memory of her friends. Buffy was Willow’s best friend from high school and still today she was her best friend. Then Dawn was Buffy’s little sister who was two years behind them in school. Faith was also their friend who moved to the school during their junior year. Last she had talked to Buffy, which had been three nights ago, Faith was now dating Dawn and they were really happy. Willow made a mental note to call them and set a time they can hang out, since they all still lived in Orlim.

Willow sat down on the bed and looked at the pillows and she was struck with the one memory that still filled her nights.

It was the first kiss Willow had received from a girl, the night Willow realized she was a lesbian. Tara was the new girl at school. She had shown up about a month into school. She was shy and had a bit of a stutter, that the popular girls made fun of, but Willow had instantly liked her. She was smart, funny and even though she was shy she had something about her. They had become friends within the first few weeks of Tara coming to the school. Tara had become Willow’s other best friend, at the start of junior year. The best part was the Scoobies as they affectionately called each other loved Tara too. Faith and Tara actually became great friends. Tara said that Faith was her person that when she wanted to talk about Willow she could and Buffy was Willow’s person. It made Willow laugh because she didn’t know what Tara was telling Faith.

Over time the girls got closer. Willow always thought that was because they were really really good friends. She never thought about the fact that she could be falling for another girl let alone Tara. It didn’t bother her that they always seemed to be touching when they were together. Faith always gave her this look when she saw it too.

Then one day they had been studying in Willow’s room, and Tara turned to her and asked her if she had ever liked someone before. Willow had had a crush once, on this guy named Oz but never anything more than a crush. He was too much of a rocker for Willow’s taste had been her excuse.

Tara said that she thought she liked someone, at the school, but she was too scared to tell that person. Willow had been excited about this, she didn’t know of any other person that Tara actually hung out with outside of school, other than herself and the Scoobies of course. So she asked Tara who, the next few minutes of her life she will never forget.

Tara blushed a deep red, looking down at the bed and then with all the courage she could muster, leaned really close to Willow and whispered “You” and kissed Willow.

Willow had been so shocked by the movement that she didn’t respond at first, but after a second her brain registered was happening, it felt good.

If she hadn’t been in the middle of having Tara kiss her she would have analyzed these thoughts, but instead for once in her over active brain’s life, she just started to feel and started to kiss Tara back.

It felt amazing, more than amazing, there were no words for the sensations that were going threw her body. Her hand instantly went into Tara’s hair the other one finding her hip and just resting there. All the movements were so natural; Willow didn’t even have to think.

Tara had put her hands around Willow’s back which is when Willow pushed Tara onto her back still kissing her lips. She was now laying on top of Tara with Tara’s head on her pillows. She slide her tongue across Tara’s bottom lips getting her to open them, she slide her tongue into Tara’s mouth moaning the instant it touched its partner. Tara too moaned also loving the feeling of their tongues dueling inside her mouth. Tara’s hands where moving up and down Willow’s back, at one point grabbing her ass and squeezing, again making Willow moan with pleasure.

They kept making out and probably would have made out, instead of study, if Tiffany hadn’t chosen that night to come into Willow’s room without knocking. Every time before Tiffany knocked it was a rule they had made cause of the time Willow had caught Tiffany.

Willow, who had been cautiously putting her hand under Tara’s shirt, had jumped back from Tara. Not because she was scared of her sister see her kissing a girl, which Willow would later think of as weird seeing as though, Willow herself had never thought about kissing a girl. No she had jumped because of Tiffany‘s sudden banging of her door, it had startled her out of her Tara induced state of mind.

Tiffany felt like she had been caught in tar, her feet didn’t seem to move, her mouth was moving but was not making any real words. Willow, finding her feet finally, jumped up and shut the door behind Tiff so that her parents didn’t come to investigate. Tara had curled herself into a small ball on Willow’s bed looking scared, her eyes shifting from sister to sister.

Willow walked over and stood in front of Tiffany as she went to put her hands on Tiff’s arms to shake her slightly Tiff seemed to snap out of it and found her voice.

“So what seems to be going on here, you two finally realized you liked each other did you.”

After the words registered in Willow’s brain, her jaw dropped, she hadn’t seen it at all but here her twin had seen the chemistry. Tara just seemed to get redder in the face and was really interested in the quilt on Willow’s bed, but Willow thought she saw a hint of a smirk on Tara’s face.

Willow looking back at Tara decided to speak up. “Well no, I didn’t actually know she liked me till tonight and I didn’t know I liked her till tonight either.”

At this Tara looked up and straight at Willow going “Y..you l..like m..me?”

She smiled at Tara who smiled back say, “Yes I do, I didn’t realize it till I was kissing you, but something inside me says I do.”

Willow turned back to Tiff not wanting to look away from the goddess on her bed, but knowing she had to see her sister’s reaction to this news.

“Great, I’ll go tell mom that you finally realized you’re a lesbian and you guys can keep making out, ok.” Tiff smirked as she turned to walk out of Willow’s room.

Willow jumped in front of the door before Tiffany could leave it.

“What do you mean?”

“Mom, Dad, and I made a bet to see how long it would take for you to realize you were a lesbian,” Tiff smirked.

“How I told them that Tara and I were friends.”

“Oh, we made this bet like four years ago, Tara made me move the date up on my bet.” Tiff laughed after saying this.

Tiff had then left her room, leaving Tara and Willow to each other.

“So you like me,” Willow asked.

Smiling Tara replied, “Yes I have since I saw you the first day, but I thought you were straight so I just decided to be your friend.”

“What made you do something tonight?”

“Faith told me that if I didn’t she would tell you, she said that you were a bit dense to your own sexuality.” Tara smiled having remembered Faith herself being gay saying this to Tara.

“How does faith know?”

“Faith says it’s the fact that she’s also a lesbian and has gaydar. But I don’t believe in gaydar so I think she was just a bit more observant. She said that everyone at the school thinks you are anyway.”

Willow thought about this for a second. “Well it looks like I am now aren’t I. So what does this make us?”

“Well, would you like to be my girlfriend?” Tara bit her lip waiting for the answer to the one question she had, had for so long.

“Of course, I would love to be your girlfriend.”

“Then that’s what we are, girlfriends” Tara smiled her biggest dream coming true.

“Wow, I have a girlfriend.”

“I know its amazing”

They then started to make out again and that’s how they spent the rest of that night.

Willow shook her head coming back to the present day sighing as she looked at her bed.

Tiffany walked in then and seeing the look on Willow’s face asked her, “What were you thinking about?”

Willow only half smiled and said one name, “Tara.”

After that night Tara and Willow had become inseparable, they had decided that they were indeed in love with each other. Willow’s parents had been thrilled, and so had Tara’s her mom being the most happy to see her daughter finally find someone.

Then at Christmas break, Tara’s dad, who was in the military, and had been stationed in Germany, they left Orlim before the next semester began. Willow and Tara had been crushed. But had said that their love would last, they both believed it was that strong.

They wrote for months after Tara left, but after a while Tara stopped replying. Then one day Tara told Willow that she couldn’t talk to her anymore, that she needed to stop writing Willow. Willow figured that Tara had found someone better in Germany.

Willow thought bitterly.

This had crushed Willow, she hadn’t heard from Tara for over 6 years.

Willow sighed and stood up, “No point in dwelling on the past right, she’s gone and I’ve moved on.”

Tiff looked at her sister knowing that Willow had done anything but moved on, but she decided to let it slide, knowing that Willow had a hard head. Trying to convince her otherwise was no use.

Tiff shook her head knowing that telling Willow anything now could only upset her.< If she found out she could go back to Chicago and I need her. NO I’m just going to keep this to myself and she’ll figure it out later.> Tiff finally thought following Willow out of the room.

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Ok and thats the chapter...the next few will b pretty exciting as well so stay tuned.

[Alex_Vixen]

DIBS!!!!!

Okay, I LOVED that Chapter...Sis, you're good! Really good and I like where this is going...

Keep it up! Cant wait for the next update.

By the way... I got the dibs!! I got the dibs!! I got the dibs!! *does happy dance*

[KiWy]

Hey there !
Well very nice chapter, i liked it a lot ^^. So, I wonder what Will's sister isn't telling her..and very nice work on the feelings and all.

Keep it up !

[Nue]

hey Cayli! I just adore this story, it´s really nice and I´m waiting for the next update ^^

[vampyregurl73]

A twin, nice change from the norm.

Tara's Dad in the military no a far fetched idea to believe.

Looking forward to more.

[taysla]

Hey Cayli...

I love your idea about a twin..

I love both chapter.

Tiff shook her head

What is she hiding? I know is about Tara been back, but what more..

Willow figured that Tara had found someone better in Germany.

God, that's far to put Tara... Poor Willow!! Will, when you will know that, Tara doesn't want anyone that is not YOU..

Anyway, I will be waiting for the next chapter..




Tay

[Midnight341]

AUTHOR:: Midnight341 (Cayli)

RATING:: Right now PG13 but will b NC17

DISCLAIMER:: I don't own anything that Mr. Joss Whedon created and i will never own them but miss them dearly.

SUMMARY:: This is a story about how willow finds happiness in a place she never thought she would again.

FEEDBACK:: Please Please Please

PAIRING:: W/T

AUTHORS NOTES:: This chapter is gonna make you both love and hate me
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Chapter 4: Oh no...

Willow woke up the next morning to a crick in her neck and the smell of fresh brewed coffee. She got up thinking her mom was again making her beloved drink. She grabbed her PJ bottoms, liking only to sleep in a t-shirt at night and pulled them on.

As she walked into the kitchen, she found her mom and her sister sitting at the table drinking coffee, she rubbed her neck trying to get the knot out of it. She was soo not use to sleeping on that bed anymore.

. “Hi honey how did you sleep, “her mom cheerfully asked her.

“Rrrugh,” was all the response Willow returned and her sister and her mom just both started to giggle.

“It seems our Willow is still the same, not worth trying to talk to until she’s had coffee,” Tiff giggled.

“Rrrrrr,” willow growled at her twin thinking her joke was entirely out of line.

This making both the other women roll with laughter. Willow decided to just ignore them and go get some of that wonderful liquid they call coffee. Once she poured herself a cup she sat down next to her mom holding the mug as if it were her baby.

After taking a few sips of it she finally decided she was ready for words and spoke “So what’s on today’s agenda?”

Her sister looked at her and got this look of pain in her eyes, but she held back the tears.

“We are going to go look for an apartment for me, the house is in Mark’s name cause we never changed it after we got married so that’s going to be his in the divorce. Not to mention I don’t want to live in that house after…” Tiff took a deep breath and willow and her mom both reached across the table taking her hands in theirs letting her know that she wasn’t alone.

“Ok do you know where you want to start looking?” Willow asked.

“Or you know sweetie you can always stay here with me and daddy, till you find your feet again you know, you’re always welcome.” Her mom provided.

Tiff and Willow locked eyes knowing that that was soooo not an option. They both loved their parents to death but after high school Willow had gone off to college and Tiff had moved in with Mark, neither wanting to spend any more time under that roof, both wanting their own freedoms.

“Sounds like a plan lil sis,” Willow said smirking knowing her sister was only one minute younger but also wanting to see her smile which she did.

“Only by a minute and I would have beat you in school if I hadn’t sucked at English as much as I did senior year, I mean come one a B my last semester are you kidding me. And you know that old bat is still teaching at the school right. She’s now my coworker, “Tiff finished her little rant to see her mom and sister silently rolling with laughter.

She decided to go with the two year old approach and stick her tongue out at them smirking. Tiff loved having her twin back home and she was hoping it wasn’t just for a short time either.

“So do you know where you want to start look,” willow asked.

“I was thinking we could go to the middle of town and work our way out. I kind of want to be close to the school so that I don’t have drive all the time. This town is so beautiful, I like to walk around some, and walking to school would be a great way to start my day.”

“That sounds like a good plan, I’ve got to go take a shower and then I’ll be ready.” Willow took a last sip of coffee and headed back upstairs.

Once she got done and headed back downstairs her sister and mom were sitting on the couch talking about rent and budgeting her money. With Tiffany only having one salary to live on she was going to have to watch her money a bit more carefully. Tiff had always been great with money though so that wasn’t going to be a big problem.

They all walked outside each woman making a path towards their own cars. Willow stopped half way to the truck and laughed.

“Are we all going to drive separately, I mean I know it’s been a while but I thought it was better to drive together around here?”

“Why don’t we take my car its better on gas, “their mom said opening the door?

“My car is just as good with gas and besides I’m blocking you in let’s just take mine, there’s more room in it anyway,” Tiff said opening her door. Sheila closed hers and walked towards her daughter’s car.

“But mine is on the street already and is pointed the direction we want to go in, not to mention gas isn’t really a problem seeing as how I have a full tank,” Willow said wanting to drive her baby.

Tiff looked inside her car, starting it she realized that she had no gas, she sighed a got out of the car shutting the door.

“Fine, but only cause you have the most gas.”

They piled into Willow’s truck after the ten minute argument.

Once in town they started walking around the square looking for rent signs. After about an hour of looking and finding no real prospects they all decided to go to the Espresso Pump. The town was way too little to have a Starbucks in it but every town needs a coffee shop, at least in willow’s opinion so they had the espresso pump. It had been one of Willow and Tiffany’s favorite spots when they were younger. The girls went in and ordered their drinks, all sitting down at the round table by the windows.

“So once you find an apartment what do you want to do?”

“Well, once I get moved in and settled I’m going to find a lawyer and get a divorce.” Tiff said her heartbreaking silently.

“Where is the douche bag,” Willow asked not even wanting to say his name.

“I don’t know, probably at the house, once I get the apartment we have to get my stuff out.”

“That is if he hasn’t done anything to it, “Willow said bitterly.

“He wouldn’t do that, He may be a cheating ass, but he still wouldn’t do that to me.”

“Well, you won’t have to worry about going and getting it. I’ll just go get it with my truck here in a couple of days. I really need to have a nice talk with the man anyway.”

“Will no, I’m going cause I know you’ll try something and I don’t want either of you getting hurt especially you,” Tiff said making sure her sister understood she wasn’t going to give in to letting mark hit her sister.

“Fine but if he does anything to upset you, my fist will meet his face.”

“Girls why don’t we just enjoy the day and leave that man to his own for now, it’s a beautiful day and I haven’t spent a whole day with my girls in so long I just want to enjoy it,” Sheila remarked wanting to stop the impending fight.

The girls both agreed and they sat there talking about Will’s company and Tiff’s teaching job. Their mother taking in all the conversation of her children, having the banter warm her heart. They all got done and went to head out or the café when Sheila and Tiff said they were going to use the restroom before starting the search again. Willow headed outside wanting to take in the fresh country air that she never got in the city.

Willow was stopped on one corner looking around noticing how much things had not changed in 6 years when she spotted something she never thought she’d see again.

she thought.

No matter how much Willow wanted to protest, in her brain there was no denying it. The long blonde hair, the strong but feminine shoulders, the curves, the legs that reached for the skies. She knew this body better than any other. Even though it looked to have grown up a bit she still knew it, and then the goddess turned around. Once Willow saw the front her eyes roaming over the figure taking it in as she had the backside, her eyes found the face of an angel.

Willow came face to face with the one person who still both haunted and made her dreams. And again only one word escaped her lips, at the same time the goddess said one word too.

“Tara.”

“Willow”

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So thats chapter 4 and oh no tara is back...watever will happen next...stay tuned more is to come

[Alex_Vixen]

DIBS

Okay, sis...I LOVED this Chapter!!! I just wanted to say three things.

A- I LOVE Willow's relationship with her mom and sister. It's awesome.

B- It's awesome to know that you followed my advice... yay!

C- You're getting better and better, sis....

Keep it up, sis!!

PS:: woohooo for seeing Tara. Cant wait to know what will happen now... *bounces up and down excited*

[Zampsa1975]

Yay for great update-y goodness... I really like Willow's relationship with her mom and her sister... Big yay for Tara finally making an appearance... Can't wait to hear what happened to her 6 years ago...

[KiWy]

\\o ~~~ \o/ ~~~ o//

well, that was just to say "great"..just to change some from my usual greeting XD

very nice chapter and all, let's see where that goes

[Midnight341]

AUTHOR:: Midnight341 (Cayli)

RATING:: Right now PG13 but will b NC17

DISCLAIMER:: I don't own anything that Mr. Joss Whedon created and i will never own them but miss them dearly.

SUMMARY:: This is a story about how willow finds happiness in a place she never thought she would again.

FEEDBACK:: Please Please Please

PAIRING:: W/T

AUTHORS NOTES:: This is probably the most important chapter so far...its a long one but a good one...hope you all like it
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Chapter 5: A little bit of conversation

Willow just stood there, for what seemed like forever and a day, but in reality, it only being a matter of two or three minutes. As soon as Tara took a step towards her though, she found her feet, turned and took off towards the truck. Completely forgetting her sister and mother, who stood at the shop they had been in watching the entire exchange.

Willow hopped into her truck, reviving the engine and squealing the tires, as she made a mad dash for her parents’ house. Once she got there she just sat back in her truck breathing heavily, finally giving into the tidal wave of emotions. Willow just clung to the wheel crying hard against it. She hadn’t been expecting to see her ever again and then the one time she comes back to Orlim shes here. What the heck.

After a few minutes she finally started to settle down, taking breaths to make her heart beat go back to the normal beat it had been.

Willow thought to herself as she climbed out of her truck.

She walked into the house and up the stairs barely seeing what was around her. Once she got to her room she feel onto her bed tears silently sliding down her face as the weight of what just happened consumed her once again, in a restless sleep.
Tiffany and Shelia got back to the house, about an hour later, after catching a ride from Tara. Upon entering the house Tiffany went to go upstairs to see how Willow was when her mother stopped her with a hand on her arm.

“Let her have her time to deal with this, this is huge for her, she needs time,” was all Sheila said as she went to sit on the couch slumping into it.

“This wasn’t how she was supposed to find out, that she was back, mom. I should have told her, I should have been the one to let her cry, into my shoulder, when she found out that she’s back”

Sheila put her hand up to silence her daughter.

“You are going through a lot yourself Tiffany; you’ve got a lot on your plate, not to mention you know how stubborn she is. She wouldn’t have believed you without seeing her for yourself. And yes this was not the best way for her to see that Tara was back, but we both know it had to happen, sooner or later,” Sheila finished pinching the bridge of her nose.

Tiffany finally sat down on the couch sighing heavily. She was worried about Willow but she knew that her mom was right. Tara was back and Willow needed to face the demons of her past, sooner or later. She just felt horrible for keeping the secret from her. Tara had been back for a while, she and Tara had become great friends actually, and all she wanted was for her redheaded twin to find her again, and fall back into love with Tara, who Tiff knew was Willow’s soul mate.

“She’s coming over tomorrow to help with the garden, maybe that’ll be a good time for them to sit down and talk to each other,” Sheila said to no one in particular.

Sheila was scared though. It had crushed Willow when Tara left with her family. It had crushed her even more when Tara had told her that they couldn’t keep being girlfriends. To tell you the truth Sheila had been pretty upset the first time she saw Tara back in town. She couldn’t believe that Tara had told Willow she would never be in Orlim again and then just like that she was back. Sheila had since gotten closer to the young blonde having her help her with her gardening. Tara was a natural at it, which was a true tribute to why the blonde had such a great business going.

Both Tiffany and Sheila sat there just starring off both in their own worlds, but both thinking about their dear Willow, and wondering what was going to happen next.

The next morning Willow woke up again to the smell of coffee. This time eggs, bacon, and she thought she smelled pancakes accompanied the coffee smell. Willow got up from bed slowly having had slept the whole day and night, being completely exhausted. Willow went to get into the shower before she went downstairs. It had been a really long time since she had a good breakfast and she loved pancakes. Something she had always blamed on one person, a person who had just seemed to walk back into her life.

Willow shook her head going into the bathroom.

Once she got out she got dressed and headed downstairs. She walked into the kitchen expecting her mother to be standing at the stove. As she looked up at the woman standing in her kitchen, her breath was once again taken away, because standing there in front of her a foot away was Tara, looking into her eyes.

“W.w.willow,” Tara cursed herself under her breath she hadn’t stuttered in years. Clearing her throat she tried again. “Hello Willow.” She smiled at the woman of her dreams hoping the redhead would stay and not run off like yesterday.

“Tara, what..why…how,” for once in Willow’s life her babble was failing her. She had so many questions, so many things to say and all she could do is stare at the woman who had been in every dream she had ever had for the last 6 years.

“Why don’t you go sit down and I’ll bring you breakfast and we can talk ok,” Tara asked hopeful.

“Ok, food and talking sounds safe and ok,” Willow turned around making Tara giggle at her brains lack of function. The sound sending Willow reeling having wanted to hear that laugh in so long, only hearing it in her head, now having it come from the person itself was surreal for her.

Willow sat down at the table and Tara quickly followed her with a cup of coffee and a plate of food, setting them down in front of Willow. She sat down across from Willow, seemingly in trance, looking at the features of the woman who had held her heart for so long. She looked amazing; Willow had grown up really well. When Tara had left Willow had been gorgeous but she was still a teen still filling in and finding her beauty. But now Willow was a woman and Tara could see that she was stunning even in shorts and a t-shirt. Willow had confidence that in high school was hidden under the heavy sweaters and long red hair. Willow had cut her hair to her shoulders but and it seemed to have a different shine to it. Tara had always loved her red hair and those green eyes still seemed to hold all the secrets and depth that Tara could find.

Tara didn’t realize that at the same time Willow was studying her through her lashes looking Tara up and down. Back in high school she had thought Tara was a goddess, but now she knew that, that had only been a short glimpse of what was to come. The Tara that sat in front of her now was so much more, that she didn’t even know if goddess covered it. She had curves in the right places her body moved like it had a confidence no one could touch. So different from the shy stuttering teen she had been.

“So…”

“I want..”

They both began at the same time blushing at each other.


Tara and Willow giggled at each other, both loving the sound after not hearing it in so long.

“You go first,” Tara said smiling at Willow melting Willow instantly.

“I don’t even know where to start Tare,” Willow said using Tara’s nickname without even thinking about it.

Tara got a tear in her eye hearing that name. She hadn’t let anyone ever call her that except for Willow. “Well how bout we start with How are you? And work our way from there?”

Willow smiled, “I’ve been ok, got my computer company up and going fairly quickly and now it’s one of the best. I live in Chicago now; I actually haven’t been back here since graduation. Came back here to help Tiff out, How bout yourself?”

“I’ve been about the same, I moved back to the states after school and went to college in Boston at Brown to become a lawyer but I dropped out. Arguing was never my best subject anyway. I then decided to come back to Illinois and went to Southern Illinois University for agriculture. Stayed down in Carbondale for a little while but about a year ago I came back to Orlim, opened my own landscaping business and have been going strong ever since. I’ve got business in towns from here to Chicago.” Tara finished quietly knowing that this might upset Willow.

“You’ve been here for a year, and you work near Chicago?”

Tara flinched at the hurt she heard in Willow’s voice knowing that she was the reason for it.

“Why didn’t you call or say you were back. You obviously remember where my family lives. Why didn’t you tell me you were back,” Willow said hurt thick in her voice.

“I..i,” Tara didn’t know where to start, “I didn’t think I had the right to tell you I was back. I didn’t think that I had the right to come back into your life like that, but when I came back I bumped into Tiffany. After a while she and I became friends and then your mom asked me to landscape her garden for her. And…”

Tara was cut off by Willow’s hand, “you and Tiff are friends, and you did the front yard. My family knew you were back and didn’t tell me either.” Willow was angry now.

“Will please don’t get mad at them. I told them not to tell you. Like I said I didn’t feel I had the right. Tiffany told me that you hadn’t been back since graduation and she didn’t think you were coming back, so I didn’t feel it was fair for me to just barge in on your life.”

“But Tara I love you…” even as it left Willow’s mouth her eyes going wide her hands flying to her mouth.

Tara was just as shocked. She still love willow too of course but she didn’t expect the woman to return the feelings. In fact she expected her to hate her.

“You love me? Still even after all I did to you?”

Willow didn’t know how to answer. She wanted to say no, she wanted to tell the woman that she didn’t mean it but she could never lie to Tara.

“Of course I still love you, you were my life, you were my soul mate.”

“Were?” This hurt Tara; past tense meant that it was gone.

“I..you left…and then you told me that you didn’t want me anymore. That you were never coming back.” Willow said a tear falling from her face.

That single tear broke Tara’s heart. All she wanted to do was take the redhead in her arms and hold her till the pain went away. Right then and there Tara made the promise, that no matter what she was going to make it up to her goddess, if Willow wanted her in her life she would be there.

“That was a lie. The not wanting you part. God Willow I wanted you, want you, so bad it’s just my father said that we weren’t coming back, like I had told you, for senior year. And I figured you would find someone else who was better and near you. I didn’t want to take that chance away from you, so I thought if I let you go then you would have the chance to find someone else.” Tara said her voice getting quiet at the thought of Willow with someone else.

“Are you fucking mad,” willow didn’t mean to be so harsh, but it hurt to know that Tara did it because she thought Willow wanted someone else. “I’ve only ever wanted you; I’ve never been on another date since.”

Right at that moment Tiffany walked down the stairs. “Tara your pancakes smell…” Tiff stopped short, seeing Willow and Tara sitting at the table tears running down their faces looking at each other. “Oh Will your up, I’ll just...”

“No stay, I’m going to leave, I have to call Rochelle and Susie today anyway, to tell them I’m gonna be a bit longer than I thought.” Willow got up and walked past Tiffany towards the living room.
“I’m so sorry Tara I didn’t mean to…” Tara got up before Tiffany could finish her statement and walked past her towards Willow.

“Will, stop please, I want to talk to your more please.” Tara caught up to Willow grabbing her elbow before she got to the stairs.

Willow twisted around looking down at the hand on her elbow feeling the electricity shoot through her arm at the contact. Wanting nothing more than to take that hand and hold it and to hold the blonde in her arms but stopping herself.

“Not now go spend time with Tiffany” Willow said hurt so thick.

“Can we have dinner or something, and talk, Will please. You deserve an explanation about everything. Please let me give you that.”

Willow shook her head, “Fine we can have dinner.”

Tara cheered a little on the inside smiling, “How’s tomorrow around 7 I can pick you up?”

“Ok that sounds like a good time, see you at 7 Tara.” Willow silently panicked inside.

She shook her head to clear her thoughts

“7 it’s a date,” Tara said shocking herself



Tara let go of Willow’s arm and Willow climbed the stairs to go take another shower this time to clear her thoughts.

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and thats the end of chapter 5...i hope you all liked it...stay tuned for the Date and more willow/tara fun

[Alex_Vixen]

DIBS!!!!

DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That Chapter was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVED IT!!!!!!!

Poor Willow, she really needs to talk to Tara and listen to her. And Tara better not hold anything back or I'll kick your ass, sis!!

Cant wait for the date!!! Keep it up, sis!

[Zampsa1975]

Yay for great update-y goodness... I truly hope that their date goes well and they start to find a way back to love...

[ashcrash71590]

okay so i am really freaking loving this story
i can't wait for the next update
keep up the good work

Ash

[taranwillow4ever]

OOO good writing. Just FYI Brown is in Providence, RI.
Keep up the good work kiddo. M

[KiWy]

Hey !
Well, very nice chapter indeed hope we'll still have some twists and turns ;p
Thumbs up Doc !

[Midnight341]

AUTHOR:: Midnight341 (Cayli)

RATING:: Right now PG13 but will b NC17

DISCLAIMER:: I don't own anything that Mr. Joss Whedon created and i will never own them but miss them dearly.

SUMMARY:: This is a story about how willow finds happiness in a place she never thought she would again.

FEEDBACK:: Please Please Please

PAIRING:: W/T

AUTHORS NOTES:: I'm back sorry its been a while. this chapter is a short one and its a little look inside Willow and Tiffany's relationship as sisters and i want to dedicate the chapter to my sis...Thanks phoebs you've been a great sister. Now on to the chapter
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Chapter 6 Sisters are Forever...

The next day Willow woke up at 5 am, she lay there listening for any movements, no one else in the house was awake.

“No one in the town is probably awake, this is ridiculous,” Willow said to the empty room.

Willow rolled around in bed for a few more minutes trying to find sleep again, after a little while she fell back to sleep curled up into a tight ball. When she woke up a couple hours later she turned to see her sister sitting in the chair next to her bed, watching her closely but silently. Tiffany looked so upset but not the kind for tears, the kind where she seemed guilty.

Willow looked at her, feeling sorry that she seemed to cause this look on her sister; she opened her arms, lifting the covers, for her sister to join her in the bed. Tiffany got up and crawled into the bed facing Willow. Once there Willow was the one to start to cry this time. She wasn’t sure if it was out of sadness or the unknown. Tara had walked back into her life after so long and she was scared she knew that, but she didn’t know of what. Tara still liked her, no Tara still loved her, and she couldn’t believe it.

After a little while the tears stopped but Tiff kept rubbing Willow’s back to let her know that she was there for her.

“I’m so sorry Will, I should have told you she was back.”

“It’s not your fault Tiffy, I would have found out sooner or later, sooner just seemed to be what we got. But I am curious, Why didn’t you tell me you knew she was back, and that you two were friends.”

Tiffany flinched at the last word feeling the hurt in her sister’s voice, “I wanted to, but how do you tell your sister that the love of her life is back after 6 years.”

Willow heard the hesitation at the end of Tiffany’s statement.

“There’s more too it isn’t there? You thought that if I saw Tara I would leave didn’t you?”

Tiffany just nodded her head, Willow saw the shame and pain in her sister’s eyes, and it killed her. Had her absence really caused her sister to think, that she would leave at the first sign of trouble?

she thought to herself.

“I’m sorry too Tiffy, I should have been a better sister over the years. I should have come back more and spent more time with you and mom and dad. I know Buffy wants to skin me for never coming back. Every time she comes to Chicago she tells me that you wanna see me too. And the times that you came up were awesome but I should have pulled my weight too. I should have come back.”

“Don’t you…

“No please let me apologize. I know there is nothing I can do to change the past, but there is something I can do to make sure the future isn’t the same. Tara or no Tara, I’m here to help you with whatever you need, for however long it takes. I’ve got my best people running my company they can handle it without me for a while.” Willow said seeing the smile appear on her sister’s beautiful face.

Tiffany hugged Willow tight at that.

“You’re right, the past is the past. We both owe it to each other to be here for each other. I mean we are the unstoppable Scooby twins,” Tiffany smiled remember the old nickname the gang had given the two.

Willow also smiled at the name. the gang had given it to them because during school there was nothing that could stop them from being the top and being the best. Willow hugged Tiffany back.

“So since the other day I seemed to be more in a running mood, and not a helping you find an apartment, we should probably go do that huh?” Tiff laughed at Willow’s joke.

“Yes, that would be awesome, but don’t you have a dinner date with Tara tonight,” Tiff said. Knowing her sister that was all that was on her mind.

“I do but you know how I get about these things, I want some kind of distraction, so I don’t go off the deep end thinking and analyzing tonight. Hey, maybe we should call Buffy, Faith and Dawn and see if they wanna come help or something.” Willow was getting excited formulating a plan in her head.

“Ok, you go call em’ and I’ll go hop in the shower, then you can get in after and we can head out as soon as possible.” Tiff jumped up from the bed and ran out of Willow’s room, making Willow laugh hard, filling the house with the wonderful noise.

Willow thought shaking her head after her sister.

Willow got up and called Buffy, she nearly lost an ear drum when Buffy heard that she was in town and wanted to see her best friend. Willow said that Tiff and her were going into town to look for apartments, for Tiff, and would like Buffy to come along.

Buffy of course said yes, saying that a Scooby was in need so of course she was gonna help. Buffy had always been the save the world kinda girl. Willow then called Faith, or what she thought was Faith’s phone number, but Dawn ended up picking up.

“Hello?”

“OMG Willow hi, how are you, haven’t heard from you in so long,” gushed a very enthusiastic Dawn on the other end.

“I thought I dialed Faith’s number?” Willow said smirking. Then she heard Faith in the back ground.

“Hey D, where did you put my shirt last night, I thought you threw it to the left when you were…”

Dawn cut her off knowing that Willow could hear her overly loud girlfriend, “it’s right here babe, right next to the lamp.”

“Thanks baby, who’s on the phone?”

“Willow”

“Oh hey willow,” Faith yelled at the receiver end of the cellphone.

Giggling Willow replied, “Hey Faith, so Dawnie you guys are together, that explains why you answered the phone.”

“Yeah I spend most my nights at Faith’s house these days.”

“I heard you two where dating that’s great. Hey I was wondering would you and Faith like to go with Tiff, Buffy and I to go find Tiff an apartment. We could get something to eat for lunch and just hang out?” Willow waited for the response.

“Sure, Faith and I are off today, Tar…” Dawn stopped mid sentence not knowing if she should continue, she didn’t know if Willow knew.

“Tara what Dawn, I know she’s back, in fact I talked to her yesterday and I have a date with her tonight.”

“YOU HAVE A WHAT WITH TARA?” This was Faith having been listening in after Dawn’s near slip.

“I’ll tell you guys about it when we get together, so can you guys come?” Willow heard the shower turn off knowing it was her turn to use it.

“Oh yeah we both work for Tara’s company and she said that we weren’t needed today something about needed time alone. Now I see why T probably wants ample time to freak out.”

Willow half smiled at this, her heart warming knowing that Tara was gonna be just as nervous as she was for tonight.

“Yeah well why do you think I’m keeping busy, so can you two get your butts out of bed and into some clothes long enough to come help?” Willow laughed into the phone

“Yeah we’ll meet you, where at?”

“The Center, Buffy is gonna meet us there too so it’ll just be easier. We can then head down to First Street to see if there are any good spots down that way. Oh and we’ll b there probably at 9:30 so you got like an hour.”

“Hey D we got an hour you know what means?”

Willow could almost hear the smirk on Faith’s face, but Willow really didn’t want to hear what she had in store for Dawn, a girl she had considered a little sister for a long time.

:”So see you guys in an hour, love you bye.” And Willow hung up not wanting to hear anything else.

Willow got her clothes together and grabbed a towel out of the closet in the hall. Tiff was already blow-drying her hair in her room. This gave Willow about 15 min to get ready cause Tiffany’s hair wasn’t that thick. Willow hopped in the shower and started humming Alright by Darius Rucker. Cause things were gonna be alright if Will had anything to do with it.
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And thats all for chapter 5...i hope you guys liked and stay tuned for the next chapter...i will try to make it not be such a long wait for it this time. oh and Happy National Coming Out Day

[Alex_Vixen]

DIBS!!
Okay.... A- You know I love you too, sis. You're great and I dont know what I'd do if I didnt have you to watch my back.

B- Willow and her sister are AWESOME. Such sweet moment. (seems oddly familiar *smirks*) But it was wonderful.

C- So cute that Willow is so nervous about her date with Tara. Cant wait to see what happens!!! *bounces up and down*

And D- *evil smirk* I think I've been a bad influence on you, sis... LOL... you know I LOVE F/D together, so ANOTHER point for your story....

Keep it up, sis. Love ya.

[Zampsa1975]

Yay for great update-y goodness... I truly hope that the Willow - Tara date goes smootly without too much shouting and very quickly leads to ...

[KiWy]

Hey Doc !

Oh well that was one very good chapter ^^ loved it !
Plus, using F/D was a very good idea, more and more people are starting to like them thanks to the awesomeness of Alex's stories.
So, keep it up !

[Midnight341]

AUTHOR:: Midnight341 (Cayli)

RATING:: Right now PG13 but will b NC17

DISCLAIMER:: I don't own anything that Mr. Joss Whedon created and i will never own them but miss them dearly.

SUMMARY:: This is a story about how willow finds happiness in a place she never thought she would again.

FEEDBACK:: Please Please Please

PAIRING:: W/T

AUTHORS NOTES:: so here is a little chapter...its light and fun and i really like it...hope you do too.
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Chapter 7 Scoobies

Willow and Tiffany arrived at the Center, a little place in the middle of town that in the winter had a ice rink and in the summer had a roller skating rink, everyone called it the Center. Buffy, Faith, and Dawn were all sitting on one of the benches watching the rollerblading children play a game of street hockey. Once they spotted the twins, which wasn’t hard seeing as they both had flaming red hair, they ran up to them and gave each girl a huge hug.

The Scoobies were complete, except for two members, one being their only guy friend Xander who was out of the states in Japan. Xander had joined the Air Force after high school saying that he didn’t have the brains for college. So he went into the Air Force and so far he was a machine for them in Japan, on the US base. The other member missing was Tara, even though Tara and Faith joined the Scoobies in high school, they had become two very important parts of the close group.

“So apartment shopping huh, you wouldn’t happen to need a roommate would you Tiff,” Buffy asked smiling hopefully.

“What about your mom’s house aren’t you and your mom living together,” Tiffany asked her.

“Yeah, but since Mom met Howard I can’t stay there, He asked Mom to marry him yesterday and I like Howard, don’t get me wrong, but I just I need to give them room, and get out of my mom’s place.”

“Well, it would be easier splitting the rent, and you and I are friends. I know how you live and that doesn’t bother me. Ok why not it’ll be fun.” Tiff smiled, she had wanted a roommate, not wanting to live on her own, after living with someone so long. The fact that, that roommate was going to be Buffy was just a plus.

Faith poked Willow in her stomach with her elbow gently to get her attention. She raised her eyebrow and her friend and they both shared a knowing smile. They kept it to themselves though. Dawn looked over and saw them and she saw it too but also kept silent.

“Yeah with all our friends going lesbian we gotta stick together right,” Buffy joked looking at her sister and Faith holding hands, beaming at each other and Willow smirking.

“Hey now, you know you two living together you could find your deep love for girl on girl action,” Faith said chuckling.

“Walking into the house and seeing Will and Tara on the couch, was enough girl on girl action for me, I like the men.” Tiff said laughing.

“Yeah and if I have to see you stick her tongue down my little sister’s mouth one more time, I just might go join a convent and become a nun.” Everyone laughed at this except for Buffy, not getting what was so funny.

“What?”

“Buff, I love you and all, but out of all of us you would be the last person to survive becoming a nun,” Willow said holding her side from all the laughing.

“I could be a nun,” Buffy said indigently.

“Buffy, out of all of us, including those in a relationship, you have had more sex than all of us combine. Celibacy is not possible for you.” Faith said leaning against Dawn for support from all the laughing.

Buffy hadn’t thought about that part of being a nun, and her friends were right she soooo couldn’t go without sex.

“That is very true, so becoming a nun is now off my list.”

Everyone got another round of laughter in this time Buffy joining them. The friends were having a great time together it had been too long since they had all hung out like this. Willow was walking with Buffy telling her about her company and she looked at all her friends, soaking in the laughter that they always seemed to share between each other. She really missed this and she couldn’t come up with why she had gone for so long without it. Willow wasn’t sure but she felt something inside that told her that no matter how far she ran, Orlim was always gonna be her home. It’s like Sugarland said in that song with Bon Jovi “Who said you can’t go home”

The Scoobies walked around town for a few hours until it became lunch time. They had found two really great places for a really low rent for Buffy and Tiff. They were both within walking distance to the high school for Tiff and within walking distance from the College, a local book store that Buffy worked at. They had applied to both, now all they had to do was wait for the credit checks and background checks to come through, and they would have a place to live. They all decided to go back into the heart of town, to go to eat at their favorite place, Jays.

They walked into the 50’s themed restaurant and found a corner booth. Jays was always the place to be. One of the only last standing diners in the county, it had such a atmosphere to it that everyone loved coming here. Their food was good and not overly priced, but you really came for the ice cream. Not that it was extravagant but it was the nostalgia of always going to Jays for ice cream.

They all piled in sitting and laughing about the day. When Tara got brought up, they all knew it was gonna happen eventually. Over the past few months the rest of the gang had welcomed her back in with open arms. They knew that one day Willow would have to know and find out, but they didn’t know when.

“So Will, how did you find out T was back in town,” Faith said being the brave soul to start the conversation.

“A couple days ago, we went out to find Tiffany an apartment with Mom and she was on the corner of the street. I kinda panicked though, ran back to the truck and drove back to Mom and Dad’s,” Willow said chuckling at her own lack of bravery.

“Wow, what did Tara do,” Dawn said.

“Well after Will took off, Mom and I went up to Tara to see how she was. She was upset about the fact that Willow ran but she understood,” Tiffany paused hoping this didn’t hurt her sister, seeing that she was listening intently she continued. “We took Tara here and had lunch with he,r to make sure she was ok, and then she gave us a ride home seeing as how Willow was our ride into town.”

“So that was it, that was all that happened. How do you two have a date tonight then,” Buffy added

“Well the next morning, it was the first Tuesday of the month. The day that Tara usually comes over and helps mom in the garden and hangs out with us, she was making breakfast when…” Tiff trailed off not knowing exactly what happened. Willow pick up for her right away though.

“When I came downstairs and saw her. She made me some pancakes and sat down and we talked. More like cried to each other. Then Tiff came in and I decided to leave, I didn’t want to ruin their day.”

“Will, you wouldn’t have yo…”

“It’s ok Tiffy,” Willow said grabbing her sister hand. “Tara followed me into the living room and stopped me and asked if I would like to go out with her. She said she wanted to explain why she did what she did with the letters. And I need to know, not to mention she said she still loved me and I need to know if that means anything. I’m scared shitless, but I mean how many chances do you get to have the love of your life walk back into your life, “ Willow finished having thought this all day long.

“That’s great Will; I think you should give her a chance to explain. I mean after she explained, Buffy no longer felt like killing her, “ Faith said remembering when they had first seen Tara, Buffy had marched right up to her demanding an explanation.

Willow looked at Buffy pulling her into a hug, knowing that Buffy would always be there for her if she needed it. All of the Scoobies would be there; even though Tara was a Scooby too, they cared about them both. They didn’t play favorites at all and that was why their group was so great.

They kept talking for the rest of lunch and about an hour later they all decided to go their separate ways. Willow had to get ready for her date, Buffy and Tiff wanted to run to the furniture store and figure out how much things were going to cost them, and Faith and Dawn had their usual date. Whenever the two had a whole day off they liked to spend part of it with just each other. Willow really liked them together and as they were walking to their cars she pulled Faith aside and told her that.

“You and Dawn are so great together. I’m really glad it’s you she chose”

“Thanks Red,” Faith said using her nickname she had given Willow in high school. “She’s my everything, I couldn’t imagine not being with her. I also think I should tell you. I’ve been talking to T since she left. I’m the only one she’s stayed in contact with. She wanted to know how you were doing. I hope you don’t hate me for not telling you, but T she’s got a good reason why she stopped.”

“I know she told me part of it, she said she was looking out for me,” Willow said smiling.

“That’s so T, hurting herself just to make others happy. I’m really glad you two get another chance, I really am.”

“Thanks Faith, take care of Dawnie ok, or I’ll have to beat ya.”

“Will do Red.”

Willow got into her truck and headed home. Once she got inside the house she ran upstairs to her room. It was 4 o’clock she had 3 hours to figure out what she was gonna wear to this dinner date. And that gave her 3 hours to freak out.

Willow thought looking through her clothes.

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and thats the chapter...i hope you liked it...and stay tuned for the next chapter we start getting into the parts i know your waiting for.

[Alex_Vixen]

DIBS

That was an AWESOME Chapter, sis! Super sweet!

Faith poked Willow in her stomach with her elbow gently to get her attention. She raised her eyebrow and her friend and they both shared a knowing smile.

*giggles* We talked about this and you know what Im thinking...

“Walking into the house and seeing Will and Tara on the couch, was enough girl on girl action for me

ROBL THAt was COOL!! Poor Tiff!!

“Yeah and if I have to see you stick her tongue down my little sister’s mouth one more time, I just might go join a convent and become a nun.” Everyone laughed at this except for Buffy, not getting what was so funny.

LOL!!!!!!! I loved this line!!

It was a really funny chapter, sis...keep it up!! Cant wait till the next chapter and you know IM going to bug you SO bad, LOL

[KiWy]

Hey there !
Well great chapter, as usual..very funny (and NOW i did get that joke XD lol)

Thumbs up !