Fic: Only in my dreams

[Tara22]

here's part 6!!



Oh my gosh! you guys give me the biggest confidence boost!! Thank you all so much for the reviews!!!



saule77: Thanks!! when I wrote the Tara's smile thing, I kept picturing her, you know, like in the Hush scene, she always has that small little half smile... Hope you like the next part!!



Ashley- Thanks I'm pretty sure that Will & Tara loved the tour too... gosh! I just love those girls!



ss- Oh, thanks tons! glad you liked it!!



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Trinity- Thanks so much! I think now would be a good time to beg your forgiveness for the few slight references to the ugly gutted one!



Holly- Thanks!! glad you like it! yes, I have to aggree, Tara is!



Hope you guys like it!!!



Part 6



Disclaimer: I don't own Will or Tara (or any other miscelanious Buffy characters)





Willow sat on her bed crossed-legged. “Tara…” she said softly, liking the way that name sounded on her tongue. Willow couldn’t stop thinking about her. She re-traced every step they had taken, every word the two had exchanged, in her head, over and over again. Willow smiled remembering the way Tara’s skin had felt against her own. It had been close to impossible for Willow not to gasp, it was like an electric current had passed through her. She had, had such a great time showing Tara around the school, and tomorrow…. Willow’s heart jumped in her throat, ‘I get to see her again tomorrow’ she said softly, and then her smile began to fade. As excited as she was about seeing Tara again, Willow couldn’t help but feel a little sad. Right now, in her thoughts and mind, Tara was like a sanctuary, something that was totally hers, but when the school bell rings at the end of the day tomorrow, she thought, I will be just one of Tara’s many new acquaintances. The thought scared her more than anything else. Why would someone as wonderful and sweet as Tara want to hang out with me? What do I have that could possibly attract Tara to me? Willow stood up distressed, and began pacing the room. ‘It’s just so like me to blow things!’ she said angrily to herself, ‘I can’t do anything right, I don’t deserve anything good’ she muttered ‘why am I so selfish?’. Willow flung herself onto the bed angrily and curled herself up into a little ball, trying to block out all of her worries and her problems, a single tear slid slowly down her cheek as she drifted off into a dream-filled sleep.



Tara stood in front of the mirror in her new room. “Hi, I’m Tara” she said to the mirror, “pleased to meet you”. Tara sighed and shook her head. She knew that no matter how much she practiced she would still come across as a total idiot tomorrow, if her few introductions today had been any indication. Tara was slowly becoming terrified, there were so many new people, what if she couldn’t remember their names, or remember their faces? And what if she couldn’t speak to them at all? What if they didn’t like her? Tara sat down on the edge of her bed and put her head in her hands. The moment her head touched hands she thought of Willow. Tara sat up and looked at her hand. She examined it closely for any changes. She couldn’t understand how it was possible that her hand could appear exactly the same, when Willow had so clearly changed it. She could feel it in her skin, something new, something that wasn’t there before. Tara lay down on her bed, exhausted from the day, and brought her hand up to her cheek. She sighed happily, thinking of Willow, all fears for the next day completely gone. A small smile formed on her face and she fell asleep.





When the bell rang signaling the start of the day at Sunnydale High, teenagers of all ages sped up their paces, trying to get to class before the second and final bell rung, signing their fates as latecomers. Unlike everyone else around her, Willow was dragging her feet, looking around the schoolyard, trying to catch a glimpse of Tara. She had, had that same dream again the night before, and she felt totally exhausted, she was so tired of feeling this way, so tired of crying.



Buffy and Xander ran up the path to school.



“Come on Xander!” Buffy called back to him.



“I’m…doing…my…best...” he said panting, “god, I need to work out”



Buffy grinned, “you sure do!” she said to him



“Hey!” he exclaimed



“What?” she shrugged “you said it…” she smiled innocently



“yeah! But you weren’t supposed to agree with me!” he said catching up with Buffy who had stopped “What’ya doing?” he asked panting, following the direction she was looking in, with his eyes.



“There’s Willow” she said quietly “ she looks so sad...”



Xander nodded as the two of them ran to catch up with her.



“Hey there Will!” Xander said putting his arm around her shoulders.



Willow looked over at them “Oh, hey, guys” she said, almost wishing they would leave so she could find Tara.



“Why walking so slow today?” Buffy asked her, as the second bell rang.



Xander gasped and brought his hand to cover his mouth “OH!” he cried “Willow… you…you’re late!” he shrieked



Buffy shot Xander a look that read ‘now-is-not-the-time-for-that’ and looked at Willow “oh just ignore him, he’s still kinda reeling from the discovery that his fitness levels put a woman to shame”



Willow looked at Xander and had to laugh at the look on his face.



Buffy smiled, the laugh had been small but it was an improvement “So?” she pressed on.



Willow just shook her head “Oh, um… I was just… just thinking” she finished quickly.



Buffy nodded, accepting this answer, not wanting to press any more than she already had.



The three friends ran into the school, and into their respective classrooms.



Willow sat at her desk, not hearing a word the teacher was saying, ‘Why didn’t I just tell them?’ she wondered ‘and where is she?’. Willow began to panic. ‘what if she decided she doesn’t like me, or the school, … and she hopped on the first plane back to Alabama!?’. ‘What if…’, She was broken out of her thoughts by a knock on the classroom door.



Tara walked into the classroom, so far she had, had no luck in finding Willow. She hadn’t really had the opportunity to look anyway. The moment she reached school, she had been bombarded by question after question from Principal Snyder. The only thing that got her through it all was the thought of getting to see Willow again, soon. Tara shuffled her feet slowly, eyes downcast, as she entered the room. She handed the note that Principal Snyder had given her, to the teacher, who read through it and cleared her throat.



Willow looked up and there she was. She felt her heart beat so quickly in her chest that it felt like she might explode.



“Class” the teacher said “ we have a new student. This is Tara Maclay. I’m sure you will feel right at home in no time!” she said turning to smile at Tara.



Tara looked up slowly, surveying the class, they all looked pretty disinterested. Tara felt her heart drop, but then her eyes locked onto the beautiful eyes she had been looking for.



Tara smiled and Willow smiled, neither of them able to bring themselves to look away.



“If you’ll have a seat over there Tara, we can continue with our lesson” the teacher said.



Tara nodded slightly, sitting down in the designated spot. She kept throwing glances at Willow, almost as if she was afraid that if she looked away for more than a moment, then she would be gone.



When the bell rang, Willow began to make her way over to her. A small crowd of people had gathered around Tara, making idle welcoming chitchat. Willow stood a fair distance away from the group, feeling like she was going to cry. She sank down into a chair at the back of the classroom.



Tara was completely overwhelmed. Lots of people were looking at her. Lots of people were talking to her. Lots of people... but not the one person she wanted.



When the people finally left, Tara glanced around the classroom, hoping to find Willow, at first she couldn’t find her, and she felt overwrought.



“Hey stranger” Willow said smiling at the blonde, standing up from the chair she had been sitting on “looking for someone?”



Tara’s face broke into a huge smile, “Willow” she said happily



Willow walked over to her, “for a moment there I was worried, I thought you had taken over my job as personal-tour-guide-lady”, she grinned.



Tara shook her head a little too quickly, “no!” she said, and then realizing that Willow was just teasing added, “I mean… I need someone to show me around, do the introductions, y’know, ladies should not do these things for themselves. It’s just not done!”



Willow smiled and then reached out her hand, “Come on, my lady, it would be my pleasure to be your slave-like-servant for the day”



Tara laughed and took her hand. She did a small curtsy and the two of them walked out of the classroom, Tara glancing at Willow with a small smile playing on her face.



“my servant? Did you say?” she asked, raising an eyebrow, a mischievous glint in her eyes.



Willow nodded, “but of course” she said grinning, seeing the look on Tara’s face. ‘Oh my god!’ she thought, ‘Tara has a naughty side…and...and…I really like it!’



Willow realized that Tara was looking at her with a questioning look on her face, and for a moment she thought that Tara had read her mind.



“What do you want to do now?” Tara asked “I mean according to this…um…thing” she said turning the little piece of paper that somewhat resembled a timetable, over in her

hands, “I have a free next, how about you?”



Willow grinned, “that would be the school’s attempt at a timetable, I always just, write out my own, you know, different colors for different days of the week and different subjects, oh, and these little different shaped stickers to tell me what I need to bring to class”



Tara laughed



“What?” Willow asked with a mock-hurt tone “don’t you like the idea? It’s very useful, I always know where I gotta be, when I gotta be there, and what books I need”



Tara laughed some more “no! not that I don’t like it! I think it’s cute. It’s kinda quirky.”



Willow shoved her playfully, grinning, “so you think I’m quirky then?”, Willow couldn’t believe it, she was making any excuse possible to touch Tara, it was like an addiction she just couldn’t break, and to be quite frank wasn’t sure that she even wanted to.



Tara grinned widely; she loved spending time with Willow. It made her happy and it even made her feel good about herself, which nobody else had ever been able to do before.



“Nothing”



Tara looked up, confused, “huh?”



“You asked me what I have now… nothing” Willow smiled “If you want I can introduce you to a few people”



Tara nodded, “um… ok… sure”, she wasn’t too happy about having to meet new people, but Willow was there with her so she knew she would be fine.



The two girls headed down the hallway to their lockers, walking close, casually bumping up against each other, neither paying any attention to their surroundings. hearts, minds, bodies, and souls focused only on each other.

Tara: Every time I... even when I'm at my worst, you
always make me feel special. How
do you do that?





Willow: Magic

Edited by: Tara22 at: 9/23/02 5:53:34 am

[ExtraFlameyWT]

Okay, I just found this and I absolutely love it! They are so cute...I just love the AU beginning fics. Great job, and great update! Can't wait for more...



Aimee



p.s. I absolutely loved this line..

Quote:

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hearts, minds, bodies, and souls focused only on each other.

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"Pope John Paul today confirmed his opposition to gay marriages, said they're unnatural. Gay marriage is unnatural. Then he put on a pointy hat, his dress, and returned to never having sex at all." -Bill Maher

[MissQuirky]

Loved the update!! It just gets cuter and cuter!! They share a class, thats a really good thing! I like Tara's naughty side too! Willow is a good tour guide, i think Tara will also enjoy a servant Willow too! So is Buffy and Xander gonna meet her soon?



Can't wait 4 more!!

~Ashley~

Willow: We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know... insane.
Tara: I said quirky.

[mollyig]

Great AU you've set up here. You've captured Willowbabble really well. I love Willowbabble!



Clever Giles thinking that there was something special about Tara. How right he is!



Our poor girls, all with the self doubt. Its wonderful to see how at ease they are in each other's company already.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[TheWhiz]

Hey Tara22, just found your fic and I'm glad I did as it wonderful Its really well written and flows easily, I enjoy reading AU fics. You seem to have a talent for writing, both fiction and poetry-some people have all the luck

You have captured Willow and her babbling really well!!



Can't wait to read the next part.

"I am a whiz...If ever a whiz there was"


"Make your own kind of music"-Mama Cass

[Muttley]

Just realised I've reverted to lurking since Part 3 - I'm sorry, I'm a bad,bad person



Love the way this story is progressing, especially the way you depict the ease and comfort the girls have with each other in contrast to their relationships with other people.



Thanks for this.



Jayne

[XWickedXWiccan]

Aww they are so damn cute together. Oh Tara's naughty side can I meet her?? Love the update and can't wait for the next one.



-Trinity-

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Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love, the clarity of hatred, and the ecstacy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bare. If we can live without passion maybe we'd know some peace. But we'd be hollow, empty rooms, shuttered, and dank, With out passion we'd truly be dead. ANGEL in "Passion"

[ally02]

Fantastic Fic! I mean I know you have heard that a lot but I couldnt think of anything else Anyway, loving this story so far. Poor Willow all depressed and stuff BUT she has Tara now to cheer her up a bit Oh and I loved the bit where everyone was saying hi to Tara and Willow just stepped back and waited and all Tara wanted to do was to see Willow and awww ok stopping rambling now.

Looking forward to more



Aly xxxx

You all didnt happen to do a bunch of drugs did ya?

[Tara22]

Ok, and finally, here is part 7, excuse my slackness, I have been meaning to write this and post it for the past few days, but yeah....



anyway, it's all ok now, I am posting it....



Thank you all so much for your amazing feedback!!



Aimee : Thanks!!! i'm glad you like my story! welcome aboard (ok, I have always wanted to say (er... type) that and now that I have, don't worry I will never say it again )



Ashley- Thanks tons! glad you're liking this fic! Willow and Tara are just too cute! regardless of the situation they are in!!

hope you like the next part



mollyig- Thank you!! glad you liked my willowbabble... I must say it is the absolute funnest thing to write! glad you like my fic



TheWhiz- ... aaw thanks... glad you like my story!!! and glad you like my willowbabble, as I said earlier, it is tons of fun to write!!



Muttley: Thanks!! I don't mind that you lurked thanks for the review now though! glad you like my story!!! hope you like the next part!!



Trinity: , I must say that I wouldn't be too horrified to meet Tara's naughty side either (who am I kidding! give me! give me!) glad you liked part 6!! hope you like 7!



ally02: Thanks so much!!! I must say you can never hear that too much... thank goodness I have punctures of some sort in my brain (hence the wonderful work I produce for school) or I would get a big head no but seriously, thanks tons for the review!! hope you like the next part



and, so here it is....



Part 7











Buffy walked into the library and sat down on a chair, looking across the room at a deeply intrigued, reading, Giles. She waited for him to notice her and when he didn’t, decided to make her presence known.



“Some book, huh?”



Giles jumped, “Buffy!” he exclaimed “I didn’t see you there…”



Buffy laughed, “yeah, well, not really a wonder, you and that book, woah, I’m talking some serious fun! And you know… that worries me”



Giles shook his head, changing the topic “so what are your plans for this evening?”



Buffy looked up, “oh, you know, work, school homework, slaying evil vampires, just... normal stuff... what else would I do on a Friday night? maybe I’ll see if Xander and Willow want to get together, you know, little study session, my study buddies! Willow’s into that sort of thing, I figured it might cheer her up if…”



Giles looked up from his already sparkling glasses, which he had been cleaning while Buffy talked, and interrupted her.



“Willow?”



Buffy stopped, “yeah, what about her?”



“I saw her yesterday Buffy”



Buffy looked at him, “did you talk to her? Do you see what I mean? Isn’t it just the saddest thing? And she won’t even tell me what’s wrong!” Buffy rushed.



Giles looked perplexed, “ actually Buffy, the reason I brought it up was because, no, no, I saw no sign whatsoever of what you are talking about, if anything Willow appeared to be the happiest I have ever seen her, which, as you can imagine, left me rather baffled”



Buffy looked confused, “ok, break out the books, something totally weird is going on here! I mean, are you sure that you saw Willow, our Willow, small, redhair, about yay high, you know the one... Was it really her, Giles, cause you know, it’s easy to make mistakes these days…”



Giles shook his head, “It was most definitely Willow, Buffy, no mistakes about that”



Buffy stood up, “but Giles, that’s just SO wrong on SO many levels! Even this morning she was all, down with the gloomys. Why would she have gone from depressed girl, to happy girl, back to depressed girl? Not making sense Giles…”

Giles nodded, “I’m only telling you what I saw, and all I saw was a happy girl, who was having a good time showing her new friend around the school”



Buffy started to argue, “but Giles... Huh?! New friend? Showing her around the school? Ok! Now I know I’ve entered the twighlight zone! You’d think that if Willow had a new friend then I would know about her, right? I mean, kinda hard to keep these things hidden…”



Giles shrugged, “Her name is Tara, a very nice looking girl” he told her, then added as an afterthought, “ shy, slightly mysterious looking, but nice, I don’t know anything else Buffy, why don’t you go find her and see for yourself?”



Buffy nodded, “Ok, fine, I will then, I’ll just leave you to your, uh, book… bye Giles” she said waving at him as she headed for the door.



“Goodbye Buffy” he called after her, watching her leave the library and then seeing her head peak around the door, back into the library.



“don’t you and mister book there, get up to any mischief Giles”, she said in a mock stern voice, “don’t do anything I wouldn’t do! No wait! Actually, don’t do anything I would do!”, she grinned and left the library once again, this time Willow-bound.



Giles shook his head in wonderment and picked up his book and began reading again.



***



Willow and Tara were sitting together on the grass outside Sunnydale High, basking in the sunlight while they ate their lunches.



“no! no! listen to the end though! So the lion says to the centipede, ‘Where were you during the first half?’ and the centipede answers ‘I was putting on my shoes’!”



Willow was bent over laughing, “ha! Centipede, lots of shoes!” she said laughing more.



Tara grinned at the redhead, “yes, lots and lots of shoes…”



Willow grinned, “Ok! My turn…”



Tara watched Willow, listening as she told her joke, listening, but not really concentrating, she kept thinking about today and how great it had been, Willow had introduced her to a number of students, whom in front of, she miraculously had not embarrassed herself. It was kind of getting easier, the ‘Hi, I’m Tara’ thing, and Willow hadn’t left her side, even for a second. Tara grinned, remembering Willow’s promise of slavery, and then she began to think about what she would like to do with Willow as her slave. Tara shook herself, ‘ok, no more naughty thoughts about Willow! Get a grip girl!! You’ve known her for what? A day? And already you have planned out at least three different scenarios, that all end the same way, a confession of undying love, and some seriously raunchy stuff…’.



“get it?” Willow asked with a grin.



Tara laughed, “yeah! Gosh that was funny!” she said, hoping she sounded convincing enough, because in actual fact she could not remember a word Willow had said, it appeared to have worked though, because Willow grinned again and took a bite of her sandwich.



Tara smiled at Willow and began to eat her lunch.



Willow watched her eat, not directly of course, but from the corner of her eye, so that Tara couldn’t see. She was fascinated by every little thing Tara did, every little thing about her, even the way she chewed her food, running her tongue slowly over her bottom lip, checking that she hadn’t dropped any stray crumbs. Willow found herself, more than anything, wanting to be that crumb, and that feeling scared her, ‘what is going on with me!?’ she thought, and then the realization hit her, like it always does, making the person wonder why the hell they hadn’t seen it earlier, ‘I like Tara! I mean I REALLY like Tara! In an ‘oh-my-god-I-think-I’m-in-love-with-Tara sort of way!’. Willow turned to look at her, face-to-face, almost expecting Tara to back away in disgust, expecting Tara to have seen it on her face, felt it in the air. But Tara didn’t react to it, all she did was smile at Willow, making the redheads lips curl into a smile, like it always did.



***



Buffy had checked all the usual Willow hang outs and was now in the process of heading outside to see if, perhaps, she was there. She walked down the hallway and turned to walk through the main doors, when someone came running up behind her.



“Buffy! Wait up” Xander called “I’m coming”



Buffy turned around to face Xander, “long time no see”, she said grinning.



Xander nodded, “what can I say, the irresistible pull of Buffy Summer’s unfinished lunch is always too strong, I have to succumb!”



Buffy laughed



Xander studied his friend closely, “where are you going with that resolve face, and more importantly”, Xander gasped, “where is your lunch!?”



Buffy looked quickly at Xander, having been reminded of what she had been trying to do. The two of them walked out into the front of the school.



“Xander” she started “have you seen Willow?”

when he shook his head no, she continued, “well, have you, y’know, seen her with someone, y’know, that you maybe didn’t know?”



Xander looked confused, “someone I didn’t know, um, not…so...much... Should I have?”



Buffy shook her head, “Giles just told me that when he saw Willow in the library yesterday, she looked really happy, and to me, something about that just doesn’t add up… and he also said that she was showing a new girl around. Xander, what new girl!? We haven’t seen or heard anything about any new girl!”



Buffy turned to look at Xander and saw him staring at something, or someone, “that new girl…”



Buffy followed his gaze and her eyes nearly popped out of her head. True to Gile’s word, Willow was indeed with a new girl and she was smiling from ear-to-ear.



Buffy looked at Xander and Xander looked at Buffy, not sure what to say to each other. Xander shrugged and Buffy shrugged, then the both of them began to walk in Willow’s direction.



“Hey Will!”, Xander called out



Willow heard him and froze, ‘no!’ she thought ‘I’m not ready for this! I’m not ready to share her!’. She turned around slowly, knowing who she was going to see behind her.



“Hey Will” Buffy said smiling



Willow gave a small smile, “oh hey guys...” she said almost hesitantly.



Tara noticed her almost immediate change of demeanor and watched her confused, waiting for her to introduce these newcomers.



Buffy and Xander threw themselves onto the grass next to the girls and nobody said a word, after what felt like forever, Willow looked up from the tiny blade of grass she’d been studying and looked at Tara. Seeing the confusion on her face, she quickly introduced them



“Tara” she said “This is Buffy and that’s Xander”



Tara nodded slowly, sensing the reluctance in Willow’s voice, her entire, ‘Hi, I’m Tara’ plan going out the window.



“Buffy, Xander, this is Tara…”



Buffy smiled and Xander reached and shook her hand.



Buffy looked at Tara, “so you got Willow as a tour guide, huh? Showed you the computer room or the library yet?” she asked grinning “ alas, in that simple question, lies the advantages and disadvantages of having a computer nerd for a best friend” Buffy smiled affectionately at Willow.



Xander nodded, “it’s why we love her!”



Tara just nodded again, not trusting herself to speak.



Xander looked at Buffy, “you said you’d help me with that English homework, Buff”



Buffy nodded, “yeah, but Willow would be oh so much more suited for the job!”



Xander nodded solemnly, “true in everyway but Willow is busy and you aren’t, Willow didn’t promise and you did, so lets go Buff”, he finished, grinning.



Buffy sighed and stood up, “it was great to meet you Tara” she said



“yeah, a real pleasure!” Xander added



“see ya later Will” they chorused



Buffy and Xander walked away.



Willow and Tara remained seated on the grass, an awkward silence between them.



“that… they… they were Buffy and Xander... just Buffy and Xander” Willow said, in an attempt to fill the silence.



Tara nodded, filling in the gaps that Willow had left in her head, ‘they were Buffy and Xander’ she thought, ‘they were her best friends, the ones she didn’t want to introduce me too…The ones she was probably too embarrassed to introduce me to’



Willow looked closely at Tara. “Tara…” she started



Tara looked up at her.



“I was wondering, today being a Friday and all, would… do… do you wanna do something together over the weekend cause I would love to, I mean if you don’t have the time I would totally understand because sometimes I don’t have times for things even though I really want to do them and somet…”



Tara smiled, “Oh yes…” she said, interrupting Willow’s ramble, “do you… would you like to maybe, come to my house and s-sleepover tomorrow night?” Tara asked, almost unable to believe her daring, so thankful that all she had had was one tiny little stutter. She looked at Willow, awaiting her answer, what was actually moments felt like hours, before the redhead’s lips curled into a smile.



“I would love too!” Willow responded eagerly as the bell rang signaling the end of lunch.



The two girls stood up quickly, brushing themselves off.



“Come on Tara, I can walk you to your next class, you know, just so that you don’t get lost or anything…”



Tara smiled, knowing darn well that she knew her way around the hallways now, but not even considering telling her that.



Willow reached over, her hand reaching for Tara’s face.



Tara’s breath caught in her throat, ‘she’s gonna kiss me!’ she thought, all rational thought leaving her head.



When Willow’s hand reached right past her face, she felt confused, until Willow pulled away, a piece of straw in her hands, “you… uh… piece of straw… stuck in your hair”



Tara smiled “Oh…uh…thanks for getting it out then” she said.



Willow smiled, “anytime”



The two girl walked into the school, heading for their lockers.



Tara looked at Willow, excited, scared, nervous, and most of all happy. One thought running through her head over and over again, ‘Willow Rosenberg is coming to my house tomorrow night, My. House.’

Tara: Every time I... even when I'm at my worst, you
always make me feel special. How
do you do that?





Willow: Magic

[ss]

YAY.. a sleep over

please write more..SOON

[MissQuirky]

Great update! Loved the lil lunch w/ W/T! Very sweet! She finally met Buff and Xan, i think it went well even tho not much was said, went well! Really lookin 4ward to this sleepover!



~Ashley~

Willow: We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know... insane.
Tara: I said quirky.

[mollyig]

So cute, both of them fascinated by the other, but trying to be nonchalant about it.



Tara's invitation shows not only her growing affection for Willow but also that she's more confident in Willow's company. That's lovely.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[pacou]

So finally here I am, I managed to read your fic and I LOVE it! (Funny how many things I am actually loving here)



Its so cute to see how things are naturally coming out of their mouths when they talk to each other!



And I cant wait for the sleepover! Well see what you plan them to do on their sleepover



Thank you, this fic is gorgeous!



-Viv-

Well, we can answer questions.
Tara - Checkpoint

Dont dream it, be it.
Rocky Horror Picture Show

[Plastixs]

Sorry I got behind on the updates. The last two updates were really good. I especially liked Buffy's comments on Giles and his book. I'm glad Xander & Buffy finally got to meet Buffy.

I am really enjoying this story. Keep up the good work.



Ron

[vix84]

*falls at your feet*



God I love the contrast between radiant-'I love Tara'-Willow and -ergh-'there's B & X'-Willow'.



Good old Giles for noticing...and thinking Tara is pretty. hehe



Yay for sleepovers!



Oh and I loved the moment when Tara thought Will was going to kiss her. *sigh*

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Alyson brought jelly beans as a gift for the local children, and those kids went nuts!
(Alexis, about their trip to Papua New Guinea)

[TheWhiz]

A wonderful update!

Very sweet, beautifully written.

Can't wait to read the next part

"I am a whiz...If ever a whiz there was"


"Make your own kind of music"-Mama Cass

[stereo33]

Just caught up with your story and wanted to say how much I'm enjoying this. You are doing such a good job describing their feelings and how they act around each other that I am totally engrossed in this fic now, (btw I loved Willow's tour).



Now with the promise of a sleepover (can't wait), I shall be madly checking for updates on the hour every hour, (or thereabouts anyway).



More soon I hope!

Thank-You

Karen

[Tara22]

Yay! I finally finished it!! I mean, I loved writing this part, but for some reason it just took forever



I hope you guys like it!!



Once again thanks tons for the reviews!!!!



ss: Thanks!! glad you like the sleepover idea, so do I actually, that is one thing that would be very cool



Ashley: Thanks!! glad you liked the lunch!! hope you like the sleepover



mollyig: Thanks! you're review means a lot to me glad you liked that. it is always nice to know when something you are trying to portray is getting accross...



Viv: I did it!! finished the chapter, hope you like it!! thanks for the little nudge, gotta love those reminders that people are waiting to hear what happens next



Ron: Hey! no apologies! thanks for reviewing at all I'm really glad that you liked the last two parts! , I must say I quite enjoyed the Buffy comments too...



vix84: *hugs* you are just too nice

really glad you liked it!! hope you like the sleepover







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Karen: Thanks so much!!! I'm really glad you like my story!!! hope you like the update!! ( &:Tara forever!!)



ok, so, I'm sure you have all noticed my constant usage of little emoticon faces, I was wondering, does any one else find it strange that the code : happy makes ,



Alright, yes, that was totally off topic....



so here it is



Part 8



Willow sat on her bed, watching the clock, growing more and more anxious with every tick. ‘I can’t be early!’ she thought ‘I will look too eager, and that’s not good! But if I go late, It’ll look like I don’t really want to be there and that’s not good either!’. Time seemed to be crawling. Just as Willow decided that she couldn’t wait any longer, the phone rang. ‘Oh no! she’s calling to cancel!’ Willow grabbed the phone quickly, and pulled it to her ear, waiting, expecting, to hear Tara’s voice on the line.



“Willow?”



Willow let out a huge breath. “Buffy?”



“Yeah Will, it’s me”



“Oh, uh, what’s up?”, Willow wanted nothing more than to end the conversation there but she knew that there was no way she could get away with that.



“Not much, not much, you know, just hanging around, the place is kinda vampless at the moment”



“Oh, right, well, what did you call for?” Willow decided to take it right to the point.



Buffy paused for a moment, “Oh, right, yeah, well seeing as how my slayer skills are not needed at the moment I figured we could hang, just you, me, and Xander, we could take in a movie, pizza, fun stuff, totally work-free, you know kinda a girls night in, well with the exception of Xander of course” she said, paused, then added cheekily “although that is debatable…”



Willow didn’t say anything, her mind was whirling with how she could say no to her friend.



“so… you in?”



Willow grimaced, “actually Buffy… I can’t”



“can’t?” Buffy asked sounding confused.



“no, I mean, yeah, I can’t”



“Why not? Are you ok?”, Buffy sounded concerned



“I’m fine, but I’m kinda sorta busy, y’know, the already-doing-something-going-somewhere-tonight variety”



There was a silence on the line for a few moments.



“Oh… ok then… well… what are you doing? I mean where are ya going?”



“Oh…uh…just out…y’know…um…seeing someone…hanging around” Willow found herself not wanting to tell Buffy about Tara, it felt surreal as it was, that she was actually going to stay at Tara’s house, but talking about it, telling Buffy about it, it felt almost like testing the fates.



“Ok, well, I should go then, Bye Will”



“Bye”



Willow placed the phone on the hook and walked out of her house and down the street, all thoughts of her conversation with Buffy pushed from her mind.



Buffy hung up the phone, and then looked at it puzzled. She had heard Willow’s reluctance to talk to her, loud and clear. “I don’t get her…” she said to herself, “I just don’t get her”



***



Tara paced the length of her room, glancing nervously at the clock. ‘she’s a minute late! Oh God! I knew it! I knew she wasn’t coming!’. The past two days had been like a dream for Tara. Meeting Willow. Getting to know Willow, and, as much as she tried to deny it, Falling totally head-over-heals in love with Willow. Ever since Willow had accepted her invitation Tara could think of nothing else. ‘I can’t believe she even said yes!’ she thought, ‘What if she doesn’t like my house? Or my room? What if she decides that she really doesn’t want to know me and that she made a mistake coming here?’



Willow could see the house ahead. ‘It’s so ordinary…’ she thought, ‘how can someone so special and wonderful be living in a house so much like my own?’. She walked slowly up the road, dragging her feet, in an attempt to buy more time. ‘What if I make a fool of myself!? What if we don’t have anything to say to each other or if she finds me boring?’, the doubts continued to fly into Willow’s head, one after the other. She had spent the previous night planning it all out, every clever joke she would tell, every little action she would do, but as she approached the front door of Tara’s new house her mind went blank, all thoughts and feelings gone, except nervousness, fear, and excitement. Willow knocked softly on the door.



Tara ran as fast as she could down the stairs, she wanted to be the one to open the door and let Willow in. She swung herself around the banister and breathlessly she opened the front door.

Willow smiled shyly at Tara, ‘she’s all out of breath, damn she’s so beautiful’ she thought.



Tara smiled and stood back from the door, making room for Willow to enter. “Glad you made it”



Willow grinned, “me too, thanks so much for inviting me, it was ok with your mom and dad?”



Tara winced slightly and nodded, leading Willow up the stairs to her room so that she could put her stuff down.



Willow noticed Tara’s reaction and could have kicked herself, ‘I’m such a big mouth!, mental note to self, do not talk about Tara’s parents’.



The two girls entered Tara’s room, and Willow looked around appreciatively, “wow, you’re great with the decorating, and you haven’t even been in Sunnydale more than a week, you should see my room, actually you shouldn’t, well probably best not to, health reasons, it’s really not very nice, the words ‘yuck’ and ‘eeew’ usually come to mind, and to top it all off, I’d have to say ‘eyesore’”



Tara laughed



Willow grinned at her, “no… you’ll have to see it, you’re brave right? Cause I need you to give me some pointers, tell me where I went wrong, or, no, actually cause I don’t think there was ever a time where I went right, maybe just, well, anything has got to be better than what I have…”



Tara shook her head at the redheads rambling, she laughed, “oh come now… surely you jest” she grinned “your room can’t be that bad, I mean, this coming from a girl who probably color co-ordinates her sock drawer”



Willow laughed and then grumbled, “who’ve you been talking too?”



Tara laughed and grinned, “I’m sure your room is great! Besides wouldn’t Buffy have already helped you out in that department, if you did indeed have problems, she just strikes me as that sort of girl”



The smile that had been on Willow’s face faded slowly at the mention of Buffy.



Tara noticed her reaction, and winced slightly, upset that Willow was upset, angry with herself for bringing up an obviously sensitive subject, but she couldn’t rid her mind of the question, ‘Why doesn’t Willow want me to know, talk to, and, or, about, Buffy.



Willow nodded slowly, “yeah” she smiled “she tries to help me out, but sadly I am a lost cause...”, Willow paused looking at Tara, “no fashion sense at all and apparently” she said leaning in as if to tell Tara a secret, “ apparently... I am also quirky”

Tara laughed and shook her head.



Willow grinned.



“How are your culinary skills?” Tara asked Willow



Willow shook her head, “I’m thinking it’s best if I don’t even try and describe them to you, cause I can see some serious scarring effects from the stories I could tell, let’s just say, a world of no, and leave it at that, although I have heard that I make a mean piece of toast!”



“Oh, thanks for sparing me” Tara said laughing, “You can just help me then, maybe break the eggs or hold the bowl” she said grinning, and then realizing by the blank look on Willow’s face that she hadn’t even explained what she wanted to do, “Oh… uh…I mean… if you want to, that is, cause it’s my dads birthday tomorrow and I need to make a cake, I just thought that maybe we could make it together but if you don’t…”



“No… no! that’s so cool! I mean, as long as I don’t actually make the cake myself then I would love to! I used to want to be a chef, well, that was when I was four, I used to make mud cakes, mud pies, oh and my finest delicacy, mud soufflé. I was so proud of that food, I used to feed them to my parents, of course I had no idea that they really took them and poured them out when I wasn’t looking, they always told me how wonderful my recipes were, and then one day, it all came down on me… I discovered the terrible truth, I discovered that mud actually, tasted bad, really really bad, I’m telling you Tara! I can still taste it!”



Willow made a disgusted face and Tara laughed.



“so that kinda shattered your dreams huh?”



Willow shook her head, “heck no! only kinda delayed them, it took my first time in a real kitchen with a bowl, a spoon, milk, peanut butter, crackers, olives, cucumber, and this stuff that looked an awful lot like ketchup, to do that… and may we never speak of it again”



Tara was doubled over laughing and Willow grinned at her.



“so, you can see, why as much as I would truly love to make this cake for you, it is best for man kind that I don’t, I’m kinda miss must-be-locked-up for the safety of the world”



Tara nodded mock-seriously, “if it is for the good of man-kind than I am willing to make that sacrifice”



Willow looked almost shocked and Tara grinned, “well, I wouldn’t lock you up… unless of course I could be locked up with you”. When the total impact of what she had just said sunk in, Tara turned away quickly, a dark blush forming on her cheeks, she didn’t want Willow to see.



Willow laughed, “I’m sure we can make room for two” she said, her heart swelling with happiness.



Tara turned around, trying her best to compose herself, she grinned.



“Tara!” a voice called up the stairs “can you come down here?”



Tara tuned to towards the door and then turned to look at Willow, “It’s my dad, come down, you can meet him”



The two girls headed down the hallway, downstairs.



At the bottom of the stairs stood a man with short brown hair, he wasn’t particularly tall, but he definitely could not have been classified as short, he had this look about him, a look that said, ‘I have been through a hell of a lot’. He was dressed in a black business suit, and he carried a briefcase.



“Hey Daddy”, Tara said as she stepped off the stairs, “This is Willow, remember? My friend from school?”



Stephen Maclay nodded with a smile, “how could I forget, she hasn’t talked about much else”, he stepped forward and shook hands with Willow.



Tara blushed darkly at her father’s words, praying to god that Willow wouldn’t notice.



Willow shook his hand, grinning



Stephen turned to look at his daughter, who in turn, had noticed his briefcase .



“Where are you going Daddy?” she asked, sounding slightly disappointed “I thought you were taking the night off…”



Stephen Maclay shook his head, “I know, I know, sweetie, but duty calls, and this is a very important meeting, don’t wait up, I can see it being one of those lovely all-nighters”



Tara nodded sadly, as Mr. Maclay, gave her a quick kiss on the head, and ruffled her hair, “you two have fun now” he said to them both, and walked out the door.



The two girls stood there in silence for what seemed like an eternity, and then Willow spoke, “he seems nice” she said quietly,



“oh, he is” Tara said, giving Willow a small smile



“so… about that cake” Willow said grinning



Tara laughed and the two girls walked into the kitchen.



Willow sat down at the kitchen table and watched Tara as she set up the bowl, pan, and various ingredients. “let me know what I can do Tara” she said smiling.



Tara nodded, “give me a minute and you can help me” she smiled “what do you know about mixing?” she asked grinning.



Willow put on a mock-confused face, “mixing?” she asked “that’s the…uh… spoon thing, right?”



Tara nodded, “very good” she laughed unable to keep up the act, “and would you like to do the spoon thing?”



Willow nodded eagerly



Tara grinned “I think we can manage that” she said as she poured the various ingredients into the bowl.



Willow watched her intently, leaning as close as she could to the bowl, and Tara.



Tara passed the cocoa to Willow, “wanna try and open this? My hands are all eggy” she said scrunching up her nose.



Willow gripped both sides of the packet and pulled it gently at first, but when the package refused to budge she tugged harder. “it’s. stuck.” She said through gritted teeth, still trying to open the package. All of the sudden, cocoa went flying everywhere, covering Willow and Tara and the entire kitchen table. Neither girl could say anything, Willow was frozen with shock, her mouth hanging open. She turned to face Tara and nearly cracked up laughing, she was covered with little brown flecks of chocolate, “Uh… you got something in your hair” she said.



Both girls fell into fits of laughter. Both tried to wipe the offending cocoa out of their hair and off their clothes.



Willow grinned sheepishly, “I’m thinking, maybe, I shouldn’t try that spoon thing…”



***



Almost two hours later, the girls were lying down on Tara’s bed, a bowl of popcorn sitting between them, watching a movie. The cake was cooling on the kitchen table, the rest of the baking process had gone surprisingly well. Willow even helped crack an egg and mix the batter.



Willow kept stealing small glances at Tara. Smiling at her whenever she caught her eye. The movie wasn’t really any good, but it was funny laughing at the terrible acting



Tara sighed happily, she was having a wonderful night. Being with Willow, just seemed to get better and better the more time they spent together. Tara laughed as Willow began to imitate the main character in the movie they were watching.



“ooo! My shirt!” she squealed “you’re wearing my shirt!”



Willow grinned at her and grabbed a handful of popcorn. “I don’t know about you Tar but these teen movies just seem to get deeper and deeper every time I watch them, I mean, even the shirt, wow! The shirt truly symbolizes her true nature, or her identity as a woman, you see what I mean?” Willow gave her a spiritual smile



Tara laughed, “Oh! I see, so basically her best friend, who symbolizes another type of female, is stealing her shirt, or the true essence of her womanhood, and that is just wrong…”



Willow nodded, “exactly”



“Oh no…” Tara said



“What?!” Willow looked at her



“I just surpassed my all time level of confusing myself” she said grinning



Willow laughed, “oh, join the club, that’s me for you, miss-ramble-girl, pleased to meet you”



All of the sudden a clock chimed somewhere in the house.



“midnight” Tara said “Happy Birthday Dad” she said quietly



Willow looked at Tara and sat up. “Are you ok?” she asked knowing full well that Tara wasn’t “you can talk to me, you know, I’m here ears wide open, mouth shut, it’s what friends are for”



Tara gave her a small smile and shook her head, taking a deep breath, making a decision she had never considered making, letting someone else in.



“If you really want to know” she said looking at Willow’s face, seeing nothing but compassion and genuine care. “I’ll start from the beginning”



Willow nodded, not saying anything.



“My family wasn’t always like this, I mean, my dad, it used to be that I had to beg him to give me some time to myself, family time was really big.” Tara smiled slightly at the memory, getting a far away look in her eyes. “I can remember every little trip, we used to take these picnics along the creek beside my house, Sometimes we would go swimming, if the weather was nice, and sometimes we would just lie along the river bank, soaking up the sun, playing with the grass. My mom and dad would tell me story after story, about princesses and gallant Knights, stories where dreams come true and the people live happily ever after. God, I loved those stories so much, I can remember begging my parents for one more, just one more, they would almost always give in” she said smiling softly.



Willow sat there listening



“My whole family was really close, probably because it was just the three of us. My mom, my dad, and me. My mom and I were more like sisters than anything else. We would spend long hours just talking, while she brushed and braided my hair, she was my best friend, well, to be perfectly honest she was my only friend, but I was happy, who wouldn’t have been? I mean, maybe school wasn’t good, and my social skills were far from ok, but I had all that I needed, I was loved”. Tara felt the tears welling in her eyes.



Willow wanted to reach out and put her arms around her, tell her that she is loved, that she is loved beyond belief.



“My parents had one of those relationships, the ones where they may as well have fallen in love yesterday because that was how they acted, very much in love with each other. Life was perfect, until my mom got sick.” Tara looked pained at reliving the memory, and tears started falling down her cheeks. “We didn’t know what it was. At first it looked like just a bad cold, then it progressed to something like a fever. We took her to the doctors, and they gave us some medication, but even they weren’t quite certain what her problem was, they assumed it would just pass. But it didn’t. My mom was bed-bound, all she could do was sit up, and even sometimes that was too much effort. Finally the doctors took her into the hospital for some real examinations, and they found her problem. To this day I am not sure quite what she was diagnosed with. Some fancy sounding sickness, but it didn’t really matter to me, all I knew was that my mom was in pain, that she was hurting and that there was nothing I could do about it”, tears

continued to coarse down Tara’s face, she turned and looked Willow in the eyes, “They said she’d die, they told us that she wouldn’t live, but I refused to believe it, not my mom, it wasn’t possible. But she did Willow, one morning she was gone, I woke up and she was gone, I remember walking into her room and climbing up on the bed to be with her, needing her ever-constant comfort, but I didn’t find it, all I found was cold, all I found was the empty shell that had once been the most amazing woman I have ever known. My world was shattered. The secure walls my family had built up came tumbling down, leaving me alone and vulnerable. I didn’t think that I would ever move on, that I would ever be able to survive without her, but slowly, it got easier, not a day goes by that I don’t think of her, but, it doesn’t hurt all of the time now, I can smile at her memory, remember the good things.” Tara brought her hand up to her face, to wipe the tears that wouldn’t stop falling.



Willow reached out and tenderly wiped Tara’s eyes with thumb, her heart hurt her so badly, knowing the pain that Tara must have gone through.



They sat in silence for a moment and then Tara continued, quietly, “my dad was never the same after that, he threw everything he had into his job, working full time and as late as he could. I think it hurt him to see me. I look like her, you know… he always told me that. He was always working, and then when he got the job promotion, he sold our land and house, and we moved here, to Sunnydale, California. I know he loves me Will” she said the tears welling again, “I know he tries, but I… I just want my daddy back” she said breaking down completely.



Willow couldn’t resist anymore, she took her into her arms and rocked her soothingly. “shhh… it’s ok” she whispered to the sobbing blond “it’s ok, I’m here for you”.



The two girls sat this way until Tara’s crying quieted down.



Tara sat up and wiped her eyes, “I’m sorry Willow” she said quietly



“no!” Willow said forcefully, “don’t you ever be sorry, I’m here for you Tara, I always will be, I want you to know that”



Tara smiled slightly, “I’m all blotchy” she said



Willow shook her head, then looked Tara in the eyes, “you’re beautiful”



Tara looked at Willow, staring straight into her eyes, and seeing nothing but love and adoration, she couldn’t take her eyes away from Willow’s as the redhead reached out her hand to cup her face.



Tara rubbed her cheek slowly against Willow’s soft hand, she sighed and brought her hand up to rest on top of Willow’s.



Willow leaned forward slowly, until her lips met Tara’s, soft skin against even softer skin, this was bliss.



Tara brought her hands up and put them around Willow’s neck pulling her closer, wanting to be as close as she possibly could.



The kiss deepened as Willow ran her tongue slowly along Tara’s bottom lip.



Tara opened her mouth eagerly accepting the tongue, she felt like she was on fire.



Willow put her arms around Tara’s waist pulling her even closer.



After a few minutes the girls pulled away, both breathing hard.



Willow looked at Tara and moved to push her back onto the bed, she climbed on top of her, straddling her with her legs. Willow looked down at Tara, her eyes saying everything she had yet to say. She leaned forward and kissed Tara softly, and then pulled her lips away, bringing them up to her ear. “I love you Tara Maclay” she said softly



Tara’s heart felt like it was going to explode, “oh god…” she whispered “I love you too Willow, I love you too”



Willow kissed her again on the lips, a small kiss, and then kissed her nose. She sat up and looked at Tara grinning. “you taste like chocolate"

Edited by: Tara22  at: 12/15/04 8:42 pm

[mollyig]

Great to see them all playful. Tara joking with Willow, saying she probably has colour coded sock drawers. Actually, that sounds very Willow-like!



Lovely how Tara trusts Willow enough to tell her of her past.

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[MissQuirky]

Awwww that was sooo good! Loved the makin the cake part! Willow was really on a roll w/ her babbly-ness!! Tara's lil story bout her family was so sad! But i'm glad she got everything out.



Some smoochies, very niiice!! And chocolate tasting smoochies even better! Loving the sleepover so far can't wait 4 more!!



~Ashley~

Willow: We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know... insane.
Tara: I said quirky.

[barnabasvamp]

Tara's story about her mom, so touching, and by opening up about those feelings they could open up about the rest.

Wonderful.

Now...moving on to more smoochies?

"In front of total strangers won't you kiss me, Flowers for no reason but you miss me - OOH, I wanna be in love"

Melissa Etheridge-Skin

[ExtraFlameyWT]

I like Tara's family in this a LOT better...even if her dad isn't around much, it's better than him abusing her. Wonderful update! Can't wait for more!



Aimee

*****
"If it's good, they will stop making it."
-Herblock's Law

[stereo33]

Loved Willow worrying about what time to arrive at Tara's, that was cute as was the cake making (chocolate's definitely best). Had to feel sorry for Tara with her Mum & everything, but then it was all made better by Willow kissage. What more could I ask for? Liked it a lot!!!

Thanks

Karen

[pacou]

Of course I like this part!



The sleepover was great! Hope we are going to see more sleepovers! *hint*



And I must agree with Aimee, I like the family in this fic much better, okay her dad is a workaholic, but that is much better than a dad who doesnt love his daughter at all



And the spoon thing I loved them making a cake for Taras dads birthday!



Thank you, Im waiting patiently for an update (for the next hour )



-viv-

Well, we can answer questions.
Tara - Checkpoint

Dont dream it, be it.
Rocky Horror Picture Show

[ss]

hehe... i like the cocoa flying every bit, that was great!



It was all great... the nervousness when thinking about each other, and how Tara trusted her enough to tell her about her family, and of course...smoochies



Patiently waiting for more (with lots of smoochies ) hehe

[TheWhiz]

Wonderful update

Loved all the Willow babble whilst making the cake.

Poor Tara at least she has Willow to confide in now.

"I am a whiz...If ever a whiz there was"


"Make your own kind of music"-Mama Cass

[vix84]

Quote:

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so, I'm sure you have all noticed my constant usage of little emoticon faces, I was wondering, does any one else find it strange that the code : happy makes ?

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OMG! I thought I was the only one that noticed that. It freaks me out, too, don't worry! Heheh



Awww I loved the sleepover so much. This is my fave line (apart from the smoochies, obviously!!):

Quote:

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Willow wanted to reach out and put her arms around her, tell her that she is loved, that she is loved beyond belief.

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I don't know why but those words, loved beyond belief, are stuck in my head. Beautiful!



Such a nice update, I can't wait for the next

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Alyson brought jelly beans as a gift for the local children, and those kids went nuts!
(Alexis, about their trip to Papua New Guinea)

[XWickedXWiccan]

oh jeez I haven't checked on this fic for a while. I missed two updates!! I'm sorry I'm usually faithful to AU fics. They are the best!! Well that and angsty ones but that is just me.

: :: I advise you staying up till after 4:30 am is a really bad idea : :: I can't wait for your next update!!



-Trinity-

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Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love, the clarity of hatred, and the ecstacy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bare. If we can live without passion maybe we'd know some peace. But we'd be hollow, empty rooms, shuttered, and dank, With out passion we'd truly be dead. ANGEL in "Passion"

[barnabasvamp]

Tara 22;

Where are you?



We've been waiting for some time now, and the kittens are beginning to get a bit restless..

BV

"In front of total strangers won't you kiss me, Flowers for no reason but you miss me - OOH, I wanna be in love"

Melissa Etheridge-Skin

[Tara22]

wow, begging kittens....

now I'll have to update



no, but seriously, I'm in the middle of the chapter, will try to update it tonight...



Thanks for bugging me though

always appreciated!

Tara: Every time I... even when I'm at my worst, you
always make me feel special. How
do you do that?





Willow: Magic

Edited by: Tara22  at: 12/7/04 1:03 pm