Spoilers: Nothing intentional, but could be any I suppose
Rating: I'm gonna go for NC-17/R just in case...
Distribution: Of course, but please ask first
Feedback: Please! If this is crap I need to know! LoL
Summary: Buffy, Willow, Xander and Cordelia enjoy a summer vacation in Miami before they start their first year of college.
And biiiiiig thanks to mah sweetie Gemma!!! *big kisses*
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"Buffy, it's not opening...are you sure this is the right key?" asked the frustrated redhead as she practically rammed the little plastic card in the door for the fifth time.
"Well it's the only one I was given...gimme it here, you just gotta push a bit harder and..." Buffy's explanation was cut short as the door to their hotel room flew open and Buffy stumbled forwards, leaving Willow to pick up their cases and snigger as she followed the petite blonde into the room. She moved over to the desk and ran her finger along the edge of the pine surface.
"So...this is home...well, a vacationy-type, fun-having, demon-less kinda home," she pointed out to Buffy, who's lips curled up into a bright smile as she realised that for once, she could be a normal eighteen year-old and enjoy the summer with her friends. "Hey Xan" said Willow as she saw him let himself in.
"Hey, so are you two gonna join me and Cordy for some wet fun at the..." Xander cut his sentence short as he cought sight of Willow's glare and Buffy's raised eyebrows. "What? I was gonna say beach!" He raised his hands above his head in mock surrender and shot the girls his cutest little boy grin, which seemed to win them over.
"I'll meet you down there, just lemme unpack a few things first...Buff, ya coming?" the wiccan inspected the bathroom as she spoke, checking everything was spotlessly clean and perfect. She furrowed her brow as she rummaged through the various bath and body products the hotel had provided...'who in the name of the godesses would ever use all this stuff?' she wondered. She put down the rather large bottle of foot exfoliator and walked back into the room, lifting her case onto the bed she had now claimed as her own for the next two weeks.
"Maybe...I think I need sleep first...Slayer stamina seems to have gone bye bye...is that even possible?" Buffy screwed up her face for a few seconds while mulling over the question in her mind. "Anyways...me sleepy" Willow giggled as she began to unpack her suitcase, and told Xander she'd be at the beach in a 1/2 hour.
With all their clothes nicely put away in the irritatingly small (in Buffy's opinion) closets, Willow was slipping her t-shirt and shorts on over the top of her new baby blue bikini. "So," Buffy lifted her head up from her magazine to look at her friend. "Willow gonna be gettin' it on with any hot guys this summer then?"
"Hey! You think I haven't been trying back in Sunnydale? Thing is, everyone just seems so...blah...ya know?" she asked as she threw a bemused look towards Buffy, who just sat there and nonchalantly shrugged her shoulders.
"I guess...but hey, Miami...lots of cute guys for you to ogle over" the blonde answered with a wink. Willow simply giggled softly and gathered up her beach bag onto her shoulder.
"Right..I'm off to bring out my freckles and stay pasty white" Willow announced glumly yet light-heartedly and pouted at Buffy as she headed for the door, "to-die-for tans are so over-rated anyway."
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"Oh boy...you couldn't leave it until you're alone in your hotel room?" Willow rolled her eyes in response to the smoochies being enjoyed by Xander and Cordelia.
"Who asked you?" sneered Cordelia as she sat up and probed her hair with her fingers. "Uck! Sand is a nightmare when it gets in your hair! Totally messes up the look."
Willow rolled her eyes at the brunette's comment and placed her bag on the sand, "yeah, sand can be gritty like that" she said with a sarcastic smile. "Xan, I'm gonna go down to the water, you coming? Cordy?"
"Nope, we're fine right here" Cordelia patted the space between her and Xander for emphasis. As Willow looked at Xander, waiting for his response, he opened his mouth to speak before Cordelia cut him short. "Oh Xander, you really don't wanna go in the sea...it'll totally mess up your skin!" Xander just shrugged his apology as Willow narrowed her eyes and set off towards the edge of the water.
"Heads up!" Willow turned around to see where the warning was coming from, just in time to see a volleyball flying at a very high speed towards her face. She put her hands up to avoid the pain and almost definate mark it would leave if it happened to hit her, which right now was a guarantee. As the force hit her hands, the redhead was knocked off her feet, and onto the person walking past her, sending them both crashing to the sand. "Sorry" said a tall blonde guy as he picked up the ball n ran back to the net.
"Hey!" Willow shouted after him, "aim much?!" It took a few seconds for the redhead to register that she was actually sat on a person, not in fact the sand.
"Oh God, I'm so sorry" she exclaimed as she pulled herself up and held out her hand to the girl half in a daze on the ground. The blonde girl took Willow's hand in response, as she helped pull herself up.
"I-it's ok" replied the blonde. She hung her head and looked up at Willow with her deep blue eyes.
"Wow" whispered Willow under her breath.
"W-what?" questioned the blonde in a panicked tone. 'What have I done?' she thought, before mentally slapping herself for the annoying timing of her stutter. 'This beautiful girl stood in front of you is sure to think you're a total geek now! Then again, she'd be right'.
"Oh...oh nothing, sorry! It's just...your eyes...they're amazing and I just looked at them...and this is something I so shouldn't be saying...I never know when to stop, see, still going! Shut up, Willow!" The blonde girl giggled shyly and blushed a bright shade of scarlet at the redhead's insescent babbling.
"Willow? Y-your name is Willow?" she asked.
"Oh, yeah, sorry, Willow Rosenberg." She held her hand out towards the girl in front of her.
"T-Tara. Tara MaClay" Tara shook Willow's hand, and neither girl let go of the shake, both happy just to stand there grinning shyly at each other, maintaining the contact.
"Tara...that's really pretty." Tara blushed at the sudden intensity of the redheads gaze.
"Thanks...s-so is W-willow."
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Willow: Happy slaying!
Buffy: Wish me demons!
please please pleaseeeee 
~Tara~ 
at: 4/29/03 8:30:48 pm
*mwah*
