New Fic : The Game Of Love.

[littlecrazy80]

YAY!!!!



Oz



I´m glad Willow stayed with Tara. Now she really has to dump Oz.



*lil´c*

"I am S-E-X-Y" Amber at the FedCon



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[Shy One]

Great update, Sheba!!!!

Finally! We have a major breakthrough!!!

Willow has finally began to understand her feelings.

Now if she'd just dump Oz, who, by the way, was quite an asshole in this last update. He's seriously got to go!



I'm hoping for some smoochies soon, too. I mean, c'mon!

How much longer are you going to keep us waiting?

More soon, please!!!!



Cara

[JustSkipIt]

Hey Sheba,

I thought I'd return the favor with some feedback. I like this update, particularly the way both girls are realizing and accepting their feelings for the other without completely freaking out. Even more so, that they are mentally committing to a long relationship with the other. That says very good things even if they won't allow themselves to think of a long term romantic relationship.



The one thing I don't like is that Oz appears to be becomming more of a schmuck. And a drinking schmuck at that. Personally I prefer the thought that presented with a perfectly charming and wonderful Oz (who, understand I love on the show) and an equally Taraish Tara, Willow will choose Tara. That way it's not that Oz screwed up and lost Willow, it's that Willow loved Tara.



Anyway, just my thoughts. But bring on the udpates quickly and I'm with you. Deb

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[WillowPowered]

I have two words for Willow . . . . Dump Him



Jill

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[DreamsToDream]

Oh This Is Good! At Least They're finally Getting Closer! I Know That I Say That The Smoochies Should Be Here By Now But I Can't Help But Also Love The Slow And Agonizing Trip There. LoL. Luved The Update I Hope More Comes Really Soon!

Oh Ya...And I Also Think That Willow Should Dump Oz Cuz If Thats The Way He Acts When He Is 'A Little' Drunk Then He Is Bad News.

D2D





Dreams To Dream In The Dark Of The Night, When The World Goes Wrong, I Can Still Make It Right...- Dreams To Dream



I Don't Know About You Miss Kitty,But I Feel A Whole Lot Yummier. - Catwoman

[Red Jassy]

hey sheba.

uhuh.. good..willow goin to have a talk w/ Oz.. i just hope willow plan to break up w/ him.. *sighs*

Gawd i Hope willow kissed Tara's cheek as a goodnight..

and then more sm00oochies to come ahehehe



to tell you and leslie .. im still alive and working myself to death. i only find time for myself on sunday or saturday nights.. i really made time to read your update. Even waking up too early for work to read this update..and s worth it.. thanks so much



and once again.. cool update.. never cease to drive your readers asking for more

great update



ciao

j0an

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Cause you were made for me/Somehow I'll make you see/How happy you make me

/I can't live this life/Without you by my side/I need you to survive/ So stay with me/
You look in my eyes and I'm screaming inside/]that I'm sorry. » Evanescence

[scelesta31]

this is most definitely my favorite story out there. i don't know why, it just roped me in. i was quite happy when i came home from vacation and found, not one, but two updates.



keep up the great work!



and good lord, just DUMP OZ. ::mumbles something about him being a stupid control freak::



-The Wicked One

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"I am like a nerdy, Irish vampire." -Conan O'Brien



"Put THAT in your smoke and pipe it!" -one of my [rather idiotic] friends [accidently] screwing up a well-known phrase.

[dare meli]

after two months of extensive partying and enjoying the last days of happy days. .lol. in muy layp, i finally had the time to read all and i mean all from the update last june until now. i just realized how much i missed this fic. thank you sheba for the unending amusement you have fed me.

joan: how are ya sweetie? it's been so long.

leslie: i missed you so much. you aren't answering your phone and when i do call landline, your mom always says youre out. what's up babe?

[ophelia11]

Hey Sheba,



EZBoard ate my first post so I'll try to make this one equally as witty.



I found Oz to be rather abrupt and annoying this update. It made me wanna hit him with a big stick. Or kick him in the shins.



And Willow got run over by the clue train!! Finally. So...big breakup in the future? We don't have to address it. A simple blurb in the summary is fine. If you wanna skip on ahead to the girly smoochies, I won't complain. I'll even give you a for your efforts.

[Grimlock72]

Hmm...



Well both Willow and Tara are finally beginning to figure out that they like each other quite a lot. That is a good thing. Oz isn't behaving very Oz like, maybe he indeed handles alchol-stuff badly ?? Behaving so possesive sure isn't going to get Willow to stay with him. If Oz continues behaving like this he pretty much kicks himself out of the relationship Would spare Willow the additional guilty-feeling though...



and that's assuming he actually WAS meeting a producer there by the way : --> .



Had to look up the rules of Uno actually, haven't played such a game in YEEEEAAARS .Willow can be competitive too indeed.



Grimmy

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"You hurt Tara," Willow said too calmly. "The last one who tried that was a god. I made her regret it." -- Unexpected Consequences by Lisa of Nine

[bluehippocampus]

Yay! Willow choose to stay with Tara this time! and their evening together was wonderful with the staring and the little touches. I hope Willow will give Oz "the talk": Hasta la vista baby

Lovely fic. Keep it coming.



BH

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them - David Hume

[amberfan87]

of course i love it...nice nice nice update..morish soonish...mwah

love ltos

leslie

[Sheba]

I was supposed to have an update up today...I promised a few people in chat that I would...now I'm here to apologize because I don't have a chapter ready...and I think it might be a lil while before I have an update up...I had a fight with my ex yesterday...for the first time in my life I eally yelled, and now I just fel crabby...God, I don't wanna be in love with her anymore...I don't even know if I am...*sigh* life is just a mess right now, and I need you guys to understand the lack of updates...please be patient...

[mxgirl314]

Hey I haven't posted in a while but just wanted to say, take care of your life problems, this is just a story and i'm sure we will all live, no matter how long it takes. take care. MX

[Grimlock72]

Don't worry Sheba, we can wait for an update... hoenstly we can... uhuh... .



Sort out your Real Life problems first, those things do tend to pop up at incovenient times indeed. Good luck!



P.S. Yelling isn't all that horrible, it does get out stuff that might have needed saying... on the other hand people tend not to listen to well to stuff yelled at them...ah well.



Grimmy

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"You hurt Tara," Willow said too calmly. "The last one who tried that was a god. I made her regret it." -- Unexpected Consequences by Lisa of Nine

[veiled isis moon]

Yeah sure, you take care of the life stuff first, then update. We'll still be waiting for ya.

Michelle.xx

[bluewillowwitch]

Sheba ,

I love this fic! I just caught up with all of it and it was so great. I don't think that and are going to be able to hold back their feelings much longer. It is wonderful the way that you are having this play out. Can't wait to more. Update soon, please?





Grace

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"Fate keeps on happening."--Anita Loos

[Footman311]

Hey Sheba



I know I haven't posted in a while but last night I was watching some Olympic handball and it made me remeber this fic so I reread a lot of it and remebered why it is one of my favs. Just wanted to know when we are going to see an update



-Ben

Lifes a bowl of punch G'head and spike it-Nick Hexum

[RaVeN]

I just read this all the way through and now I feel lost... what happens? OH OH Tara could beat him up! sigh update soon I hope cause im kinda drowning in this fic

[Sheba]

Hey kittens...Life's not perefct yet, but you what? Right now, Just screw it! Thanks for the patience...it's been long enough since I updated, and I just wanted you guys to know that I'm working on an update, and it should be ready and posted by Thursday evening at the latest! Keep the feedback coming...it makes my day! Cheers,

[veiled isis moon]

Yay! Thursday........

[Drumbly]

Ghihihi



SHEEEEEEEBS!

Muwah *kiss cheek*



Love: Jesse/Drumbly

"...I'm multi-talented, cause i can talk and piss you off at the same time... "

[RaVeN]

counts on fingers how many days away Thursday is.. hmm 2, wonder if I can hold my breathe that long? I'd prob. pass out in less then 3 minutes, drop my laptop, slide off the couch, hit my head on the hardwood floor with a , be knocked unconscious, only to have the dogs lick my face until my roommate comes home for work. Then I'd wakeup and find not only did I pass out but dropped my laptop and all my college work had been destroyed by the pop spilling on the keyboard on my way down to the floor.



I think I will just sit here and wait patiently lol

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To see her was to love her, and love no one but her.. and to love forever...

[Mikaelah Braenna]

Sheba, Sheba, Sheba...*shakes her head* What are we to do with you? You are killing us with this lack of update-y goodness. So, Thursday, eh? I am holding you to it.. or else.. Then again, you may enjoy that. *snickers* Hopefully, we will have the update as promised, but meanwhile I had to give you a hard-time.



~Mikaelah

That'll teach me to challenge her. ~Tara ... ~Something New by Ophelia11

[photographer02]

Really?



Thursday??



Sure??



Positive??



YAY!!!! arty



I'm sooooo waiting for it!



photographer02

[Red Jassy]

hey...

there will be an update..

oh my Gawd.. can i just type again.. 0h mY gAwD...

thursday... yay

thanks.. i'll be waiting... for the update

cia0

j0an

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Cause you were made for me/Somehow I'll make you see/How happy you make me

/I can't live this life/Without you by my side/I need you to survive/ So stay with me/
You look in my eyes and I'm screaming inside/]that I'm sorry. » Evanescence

[Sheba]

This is the long awaited update. I hope you like it....from the writing point of view. I have a feeling I'm gonna have quite a few kittens wanting to strangle me after this one! Anyway, thank you all for the lovely feedback, and support. I hope I don't let you kittens down with this one.



And Charlie...I still want you to be my beta. I just typed this out, and I promised the kittens that I'd have an update up by thursday evening, so didn't have the time to mail ya! Let's work on it from Chapter 54, deal?



Now...



Chapter 53.





‘Man, I’m tired!’ Willow thought, coming out of her last lecture of the day. She walked out of the building, into the sunshine outside. Looking around she spotted Buffy, Zak and Xander sitting in the shade of a tree…. ‘And Tara’s there!’ she thought, all her fatigue suddenly slipping away. She began walking their way, her steps a lot lighter than they were a few moments ago. She was about 50 steps away from them…. Now 45… ‘44…43…42…41…’ she thought in her head…



Tara felt herself being watched and looked up to see the most beautiful green eyes settled on her. She couldn’t help the smile that lit up her face. ‘Definitely crushing!’ she thought, not following the conversation that was taking place between the other three anymore.



Willow saw her smile and her heart skipped a beat. ‘What number was I on? Argh! Who cares about numbers…I should just hurry up so that I get there faster…oh I am so totally crushing on her…’ she thought, not caring about what would happen later. All she knew was right now it felt pretty damn good to have the person she was crushing on looking her way and smiling. ‘If only she took those glasses off! I wanna see those baby blues…’ she sighed.



Something told Tara that she needed to get her dark shades off. ‘Screw the sun!’ she thought, and was about to reach for her glasses to get them off when…



Willow was intercepted.



‘Ok someone’s got a death wish’ Willow thought, as she so very reluctantly tore her gaze away from Tara and looked up straight into the face of…



“Oz?!?!?!?!”



“Hi…” Oz said, giving his girlfriend a sheepish look. Willow was about to say something when Oz reached a finger up to her lips and silenced her. “Wait, before you say anything, I need you to know how sorry I am. I’ve been a complete, utter fool, and I…I’m so sorry. I don’t even know why I have been behaving the way I have. There’s no way to justify it…”



Tara’s eyes had widened in horror. ‘Why is his finger on her lips????? She thought, her brow now creasing into a frown. She watched as Oz withdrew the offending finger, and looked at Willow. The redhead stood still, and Tara saw that her brow too had creased now. Still, she didn’t say anything, and just regarded her boyfriend silently.



Encouraged by the fact that Willow hadn’t yelled, or turned and walked away, Oz continued “Willow, I know I’ve been acting like a crazed, possessive boyfriend, and I’m so sorry. Please, just give me one more chance to prove that I’m not crazy…I don’t know what got into me…I’d probably drunk too much last night, and all the other guys were seeing their girlfriends at The Bronze, and… but see, I’m still not trying to make excuses…just…please baby, gimme one more chance?” he said, his voice now taking on a begging tone. Reaching behind he pulled a rose out from behind his back, and held it in front of the redhead, his expression pleading.



Willow had stopped listening to him somewhere at ‘…crazed, possessive boyfriend…’ She was lost in her own thought, ‘He’s my boyfriend. And he’s always been good to me. So he made one mistake. Then why don’t I wanna take him back? Because I wanna see where it’s going with Tara…Stop it Willow! This is just some stupid phase you’re going through. Oz has been bugging you, and Tara’s just this perfect girl…so perfect…stop that! She’s just great, and a complete contrast to Oz right now, that’s why you think you’ve got a crush on her. But now Oz wants to make things ok again…and it’ll all be good…and anyway, you’re not gay…wait, am I? No! No, no, you’re not…it’s just a stupid phase, which’ll be over soon enough…what you need to do right now is take that rose and let him know that it’s ok…you understand, and still love him…I do still love him don’t I??? Just take the damn rose!’ Willow noticed that Oz was now just standing there and staring at her, hope written all over his face, as he waited for her to decide whether she wanted to take the rose or not.



Tara’s heart stopped beating as she watched Willow reach out and take the rose from Oz’s hands. Oz let out a visible sigh of relief, and pulled Willow into his arms. Tara watched him pull back slightly, only to capture Willows lips in a kiss.



Willow felt Oz’s tongue dart out as it sought entry into his girlfriends mouth, but for some reason she couldn’t bring herself to open her mouth, and let his tongue in. She kept her lips pressed firmly together, and seconds later the kiss had ended. She stared into Oz’s grinning face, and smiled back slightly. ‘Why do I not feel as happy as I should right now?’



Oz took her hand and they turned to walk towards where their friends were sitting. Willow saw that Tara had risen, and was slinging her backpack over her shoulders.



“Hey…” Willow said, looking around at her friends, with her eyes finally landing on Tara as Oz said a much more merry sounding “Hey’ to the gang.



“Going somewhere?” Willow questioned Tara.



“Yeah…I just remembered that I had some extra work to wrap up that I’d completely forgotten about” the blonde said, in a voice that sounded normal.



‘Is she ok?’ Willow wondered. The blondes expression and tone of voice sounded normal enough, but Willow felt as if something was bothering her. ‘If only I could see her eyes…I’d know…’



“Anyway, I’ve gotta go…” Tara said, “See you guys later. Bye” she said, to no one in particular.



Willow watched her departing figure with a heavy heart. ‘Don’t go…’ she thought, even as Oz’s arm crept around her shoulders as they sat down.



Reaching her car, Tara wiped a tear that had fallen out from under the shades, before getting in and heading to work.



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Hate me yet?

Edited by: Sheba at: 8/19/04 11:08 am

[onyxsundrops]

::slaps on my rubber gloves:: I can't believe you left it like that. You definitely deserve to be strangled now. Thanks for the update.



Yvonne

Edited by: onyxsundrops at: 8/19/04 11:07 am

[Irishgrl3]

Arghhhh... Oz is so getting on my nerves! He has the worst timing ever. Go away Oz, just go away. Time for Willow to dump him and go find her girl.

[RaVeN]

ahh I needed something happy today and and oh never mind its my own damn fault i need something happy.





umm you are going to update soon right? like later today maybe or I know at the same moment I post this it will **poof** appear??



Ah well great as always, but I just hate to see a girl cry and all. Especially Tara.



Your great as always

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To see her was to love her, and love no one but her.. and to love forever...