New Fic : The Game Of Love.

[Arwen276]

Ok that's it!



ENOUGH WITH THE TEASING! You're really VERY BAD! EVIL, A MONSTER, I want moreeeeeeeeeeeeeee



*sobbing hysterically*





MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE



*MORE SOBS*



*Various sounds of choking*



*sounds of blowing one's nose*



*Sobs fade out*





~Arwen

Hear That Baby? You're My Always... Willow

[Mikaelah Braenna]

OMG... How could you end that there?!

Willow should stop the internal babble and just leave Oz already. If she was so in love with him, she would not be questioning it. She is all smiles and such when she thinks about Tara. And now, Tara has done something to make Buffy extremely happy, but we have no idea what that is because someone is completely evil! Sheba! I cannot believe you! More soon.. please?!



~Mikaelah

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

[tarawhipped]

*grabs Willow out of Sheba's fic, shakes her soundly, yells "WAKE UP," pats her on the head, places her back in story*



I'm sorry I had to do that, but I felt it had to be done. Please continue with what you were doing.



-Cameron

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What should I be but just what I am? - Edna St.Vincent Millay

[RaVeN]

Can I just strangle myself now?



Ugg your killing me really you are.



great update as always though..

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I have died many a death in love, and yet, had I not loved I would never have lived at all.

--David Lasater

[VixenyTarasHot]

Ok... this is getting me depressed.. I just wanna see the girls all happy and together, is that soooo much to ask?!?! I suppose it is.. but I'm gonna ask anyways! Puhleeeeeeaase?! *gets on knees and begs at your feet*

What more could you ask from me?! haha I really do love this story, I dunno if I've left feedback or not, if not I'm an idiot and I am now telling you how much this story kicks ass and that I am always looking forward to your updates



Ashleigh

"...A-and I'm gonna make it up to you. Starting right now."

(Starts to smile)"Right now?"

[YMKA]

you know...i still have one arm....so i can do things!!!! bad bad things....then the others can revive ya Great job you are doing here...love every moment!!!! Hope to read more soon



Later!





M.

[wimpy0729]

Oh man...Willow's inner turmoil had me dizzy. She's just gotta figure this out. It's not that hard. It's TARA! What else is there to think about? I mean, come on...you put Oz and Tara side by side in a taste test, and who would win? I think we all know the answer.



Excellent job at driving us nuts again!



More soon please!



Wimpy

"There was plenty of magic." ~ Tara

[DreamsToDream]

Well Since I Missed The Last Update I Guess I Will Say Here What I Was Thinking When I Was Reading It.. Is That Okay?...Hope So Cuz Here I Go: WHYYYYYY?

Well There It Is, What I Was Thinking In A Nutshell. *shrug*

Anyways, Now Here I Go With The Recent Update: Damn It Willow Why Wont You Just Get Your Feelings Straight And Figure Out That You OBVIOUSLY Like Tara More Than Oz!!

P.S. These Are Adorable! ->

D2D





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



Oh Now I Can Be Nurse Willow, Tara's Gonna Love That! - Willow In Chaos Bleeds

[visual fallacy]

Hey, I caught up with this fic a short while ago and have been lurking about but just thought it was about time I actually left some feedback!! I LOVE this fic... I'm a sucker for fics where it takes ages for willow and tara to get together, so contrary to everyone else I'm the one saying...bring on more confusion! I guess I'm a sucker for punishment hehe! but also bring on more moments where things look like they're going W/T's way! I love it, you've played it so well up till now, hope it continues in the same manner! (not that I dont want smoochies eventually of course!! what do you take me for!)



Brilliant

xxxxx

[Stroke of Luck]

I cant understand why Willow is still together with Oz. She is doubting her love for a while now, and she knows she crushed on Tara, but nooooo her damn fear *sniff* She should think a lil bit more about the lil things she did. The kiss that she shared with Oz (that she didnt like) her hand that she took away before he could grap it etc. And she knows that her love is somewhere else And i am curious who´s at the phone



Cu

SoL/Natti

"I wish that you were here or that I were there, or that we were together anywhere!"

[Sheba]

You know girls, I'm still waiting to be strangled



Hehe, ok don't kill me (just strangle me ) but I had actually typed out a little more to that chapter, where I revealed who was on the other end of the line! However, I didn't like how the update was ending, and since it was 3 a.m, and I was already late posting an update *nudges MB*, I just used the good ole 'backspace' key a lil and ended the update in the manner I most like...a cliffhanger!



Yeah, I know I;m wicked, btu hey, you'll still love me right?!

[RaVeN]

I think we have moved on to me strangling myself.. Points to above post lol

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I have died many a death in love, and yet, had I not loved I would never have lived at all.

--David Lasater

[Sheba]

Strangling yourself Raven? Need any immediate mouth to mouth?

[Insanity]

This can't be... I've been reading through what 53 Chapters? and 42 pages of this story (and may I add really great story) and our two girls haven't even kissed ONCE???



I think I'm going insane or something so would you PLEASE!!! update soon *g*



Insanity

German Fanfiction

It's always sudden! Tara; the body

[Mikaelah Braenna]

Hahaha! Now you understand how those of us feel that have been reading it since the very beginning, Insanity. You got it all in at once. Ours has been dragged over a matter of months. It is sheer torment. Poor Raven has moved on from reviving Sheba to strangling herself.



So, Sheba. When is the next update? Hmmm? A nice long one that you do not delete the ending off to leave it as a major cliffhanger?



~Mikaelah

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

[RaVeN]

ah yes mouth to mouth.. I may need that before Sheba is done. I thought about the whole plan and well, just in case she is unresponsive to the mouth to mouth that would leave everyone without. So I moved on to just threatening myself, maybe that will appeal to her compassionate side. That and well who could resist mouth to mouth offers?

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WANTED: Looking for small poltergeist for personal use and a very talented muse. Please send resume to my inbox.



Update: Poltergeist found but its hard to find a good muse.

[Shy One]

Hey Raven........if you do decide to strangle yourself and you need a little mouth to mouth......just give me a hollar.........I'll be more than happy to lend my lips for a good cause!



Hey BM...........strangle Sheba already, will ya? I'm waiting for my turn at the "Reviving Sheba" Booth.



And as for you, my dear Sheba, Are you gonna straighten out this horrible mess you've written us into, or what?!



*Public Service Announcement*

If there are any Kittens in need of mouth to mouth resuscitation due to self inflicted strangling brought on by Sheba's torture........my services are available.



Cara

[Mikaelah Braenna]

Shy? You want me to strangle Sheba, but you call me BM? I am insulted. Sheba asked me to trust her, so I am giving her a little more time before I have to enforce it. (We need a strangle emoticon) And I have a feeling when I do decide to strangle her, I am not telling anyone ahead of time so there will be no reviving. Seems too many people want to get their lips on her.



~Mikaelah

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

[YMKA]

*I'm not going to comment....I'm not going to comment... nope...no lips...not on HER....no....no commrnting.....but i can strangle her cuz she...seems to want it so badly...cuz she wants...lips....on her.... ...get thnat line kittens!!!!! we are going in !!!!!!





M.

[Shy One]

Sorry MB...........my fingers sometimes get ahead of my brain

when I'm typing.

*bowing head in shame* Please forgive me?



I have to say that I still think we should revive Sheba.

If we don't....she won't finish the story and then we'll NEVER get Willow n' Tara smoochies.



You better get with the update Sheba.........it sounds like the

kittens are getting restless for a strangling. One that

DOESN'T include lip revival.



Cara

[Sheba]

Heyyyyyy, you guys are having second thoughts about giving me mouth to mouth? Hmm...looks like I'll have to hold onto the Willow-Tara smoochies a bit longer than I thought... muahahahaha!



On a more serious note (Yes loves, I can be serious) thanks for all the feedback....here's the update!



*mwah*



Chapter 55.



Earlier that same day…



Tara got into her car, and started the engine. Her mind seemed to have gone numb, and it wasn’t until she’d turned out of the campus and passed a signal that she pulled over, turned the cars engine off, and sat there staring out of the windshield. ‘Breathe…long, deep breaths…breathe in…breathe out…right…good girl’. Taking her glasses off she wiped away the rest of her tears, irritated with herself. ‘What am I doing?’ she wondered. ‘I totally over reacted, and that was just plain stupid. Of course she’s still with Oz… One silly argument doesn’t mean they’re gonna split up!’ She let out a sigh. ‘Well, one things for sure. I definitely like Willow, and not just in a friendly way. I wanna… wanna what?’



Again Tara was confused. She knew that she wanted to be with Willow, but what did that mean? And was it just women of the Willow variety that she was interested in, or women in general? Tar thought of all the other women she knew, and tried to rate them all on a ‘hot scale’ of 1 to 10. Everyone measured up to a 4 at the most…everyone except for Willow, who Tara decided was a perfect 10!



Tara thought back to watching Willow walk towards her that day. She was in white Capri pants, and a baby blue off shoulder top, that was held up by thin straps on each shoulder. Sandals with blue stones that matched the color of her top on them, and a khaki colored ling bag completed the look, and Tara remembered thinking the world ‘adorable’ when she’d first seen the girl approaching. Her fiery red hair seemed to catch the rays of the sun, and all in all in was a look that Tara found she was quite unable to look away from. She watched as Willow had walked closer and closer, and thought ‘Soon she’ll be lose enough for me to smell her’ and subconsciously thought of the delicious strawberry scent that seemed to accompany Willow wherever she went.



That, of course, ended as soon as Oz had intercepted his girlfriend, and Tara had come back crashing to reality. Tara had watched the entire scene unfold before her eyes, and could have sworn that she could physically feel her heart break when Willow and Oz had kissed. When she saw them begin to walk towards the tree, together, underneath which she was sitting with the others, she knew that she couldn’t be around them, and had made a dash for her bag and risen, mumbling something about needing to get to work or something.



‘Ok, I have to get in control of this situation. Let’s see, Tara’s crushing on Willow, Willow’s in love with Oz… therefore, Tara’s just being silly, and is possibly running whatever chances she has at being a good friend to Willow. Would Tara be happy without Willow in her life? No. So what should Tara do? She should get her act together, and realize that she needs to get past whatever feelings of ‘more than friendship’ she has towards the redheaded Goddess, and concentrate on the less physical friendship that she shares with the girl. Oh, and it’s a sign of madness what you start speaking of yourself in the third person!’ Tara smiled wryly at her own thought, and mind set, she ioed her eyes one last time, and was about to turn the engine on and head to work again, when her cell phone began to ring.



“Hello?”



“Hi Tara? It’s Dawn!”



“Hey kiddo!” the blonde smiled at the enthusiasm in the younger girls voice. “How’s it going?”



“It’s all good! You?”



“I’m good too” Tara said, making sure she sounded normal on the phone, despite all the inner turmoil inside her at the moment.



“Oh, that’s great. Well, I gave my test yesterday, and I it went great! I was gonna call you to thank you, but then I figured I’d wait for the tests to be graded, and call you with my grade! So, well, I’m sorry I didn’t call yesterday!”



“That’s alright dawn. So tell me, did you get the tests back yet?”



“Yup! And I scored an A minus! Isn’t that like, so cool?!”



“Definitely!” Tara couldn’t help but grin at Dawn’s joy! “I’m really proud of you!” she added.



“Thanks…for everything! I mean, you really made it so simple for me, and you know, it even made sense by the end of it! Well, I wanna thank you in person, so I was wondering, I’m going to the movies to the movies tonight, with a couple of gal pal. Would you like to come along?”



Tara didn’t want Dawn to feel indebted to her, so she began to politely refuse the offer “Dawn…you really don’t have…”



Dawn cut her off “Look, if you say no today, I’m gonna keep hounding you till you have no choice but to come. So, are you coming tonight, or not?”



‘Aah! The nevr-say-die spirit of the typical American teenager’ Tara sighed, before saying out loud, “Ok, you win. So what are we watching?”



“Well, we haven’t decided yet. I guess we’ll just see what’s playing and make a choice then. Ok, so will I see you at the cinema at, say, 7?



“Sounds good, I’ll see you then. And just warn your friends that an older, more boring girls coming along!”



“Hmm, now who would that be?!” Dawn joked back.



Tara laughed, and said “Alright then, see ya at 7, ok?”



“Cool! Bye Tara!”



“Bye Dawn”



Tara hung up, and realized that she was feeling a little better. ‘What do you know? It looks like Dawn’s enthusiasm’s rubbed off on me!’ she smiled, before turning the keys, and getting back on the road to the station.



20 minutes later she was working in her office, wrapping up some pending work, and an hour later, when she was done for a bit, she took a coffee break, and right now Tara was standing outside Gabrielle’s office, knocking on the door, as she balanced two cups of coffee in a tray with her other hand!



“Come in” came the call.



Opening the door, Tara let herself in. “Hey…you busy?” she asked.



Looking up, Gabrielle smiled at the blonde, “For you kid? Nah!”, and shutting down her lap top, she gave Tara her full attention.



Tara placed one cup of coffee before her boss, who said a ‘thanks’, and then at down in the chair across Gabrielle, nursing her own cup. Getting straight to the point, Tara asked “Did you call Buffy Summers yet?”



Gabrielle looked like she was a kid who’d just been caught with her hand in the cookie jar! “I…forgot…” she said in a low, please-don’t-yell-at-me voice.



“Gabby!” Tara said, sounding exasperated!



“Well, I’m sorry…I know you called me last night to ask me to do it first thing this morning, but see, Richard’s being a pain, calling me very five minutes because he misses me, and Kylie called to say the house alarm wasn’t working, so it’s been a rushed day!” Gabrielle said.



Tara didn’t say anything, since she knew how much her bosses husband and daughter depended on her. “Alright” she conceded, “call her now?”



“Sure!” Gabrielle said, taking a sip of her coffee, before picking up her phone, and dialing a number that was written on the palm of her hand. ‘Someone really needs to give this woman a couple of notepads!’ Tara thought, shaking her head.



“Hello?…Hi, is that Buffy Summers? Hi, this is Gabrielle Myers, calling from Sunnydale Radio? Ok, well, I’ve been looking for a personal assistant, and our senior writer, Tara Maclay…she told me you know her? Yeah, well, she recommended your name to me, so I was wondering if you would be interested? No, no, it’s not a joke! It’s a job that’ll take 4 hours at the most…and that’s only on the days that you’re working. See, basically all that there is to do is answer my calls, which will come to you on a cell phone which the station of course will provide, and you just have to give me the messages. Sometimes you might have to sit in on local meetings for me, and pick things up, but that will be rare as well. So, does it sound like something you’d wanna do? Oh good! Well, financially I can’t promise you the sun and the moon, but your start will be four thousand dollars, ok? Alright, so could I meet with you in ay, half an hour? Alright, I’ll see you then…Bye”, and with that she hung up.



Looking at Tara, Gabrielle shrugged her shoulders and grinned “Well, she sounded happy enough!”



Tara grinned and rose from her seat, still holding on to her coffee. “Thanks Gabby…remind me to buy you dinner soon! Ok, I’m going back to work…going for a movie at 7… with Buffy’s sister and a few of her friends in fact, so I wanna finish, and get home to wash up before I head out again!” Tara turned and was at the door when Gabrielle called out.



“Hey Tara…you don’t have to be thanking me kid. I didn’t even know she existed before last night! You’re the one that convinced me over the phone. And hey, if it makes life simpler for her and her sister, I’m all for it…bit I’ll still take you up on the dinner deal…although I must warn you, Richard and Kylie might crash an evening that would otherwise be peaceful!” As if on cue, her phone began to ring, and rolling her eyes, she answered the phone.



“Hello? Hi honey, I miss you too…” Tara grinned at her expression, knowing fully well that underneath all the drama, her boss was just as crazy about her family as they were about her!



Mock saluting the older lady, Tara smiled and walked out of her office.



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Well? *taps foot, waiting for the feedback*

[little miss 666]

Oh lordie!



I thought i was going to have to strangle you myself (and revive you ofcourse...) after that first update! But fortunately (or unfortunately...i havent decided yet) you saved my day with this one!



The only reason i'm not rocking in a dark corner completely insane right now is that i can see the girls are working things out. Smoochies will come soon......or atleast they better!!! *Bell attempts to look threatening* ........ oh man haahaha, like that'll ever happen!



Well yea, i really liked these two updates, i place my emotional stability in your capable hands :-P



Keep the turmoil and fit-inducing writing coming!!



*runs away*



-Bellie

Forgive me love For loving you, Forgive my heart For needing you, Forgive my mind For wanting you … So much … Forgive me Love

[Stroke of Luck]

congrats to Dawnie Movie night eh? I am wondering if there will be a certain redhead too She is still one of Dawns friends so....they do get time for them self (W&T) hopefully Oz wont be around, pls let him be at a gig



Cu

SoL/Natti

"I wish that you were here or that I were there, or that we were together anywhere!"

[Shy One]

First of all...............great update.....of course.

Still no smoochies?

*whining* Sheba! Throw me a frickin' bone here!



I bet that one of Dawn's friends that's going to the movies

will turn out to be Willow. That's the first thought that

popped into my head. So, am I right? Will Willow and Tara

get to sit next to each other at the movies? Will Willow

get up the nerve to hold Tara's hand? Will there be smoochies

by the end of the night? Am I getting WAY ahead of myself?

Probably. *pouts*

Ok, fine. I'll just be sitting over here........waiting for my smoochies.



Cara

[Sheba]

LOL! Hehe! Cara...getting your hopes up are ya!? well, I haven't written the update yet, so I dunno what I'm gonna do really! Just have a vague idea...but hey, guess away anyway!

[Grimlock72]

I wonder why Willow assumes Oz's behaviour was a one-time incident. It's not as if he won't be drinking alchohol for the rest of his life now is it ?



Tara getting away was sad, she knew Willow and Oz were together of course but this was a bit more 'evidence' than she needed or wanted.



Willow's timing on when the think about her feelings is bad. She really should do that when she's alone without interruptions and needing to answer questions . The very fact that she IS questioning if she loves Oz is telling...



Grimmy (still hopefull here)

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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

[Drumbly]

Shebie!!



YAY! lol buffy got the job whooot!!

oh and really, down's phone convo with Tara? reminds me of my phone convo with you hahaha ..all with the kiddo and stuf haha i was like : .....deja vu ...haha kinda.

sorry i didnt reply on ur other update. i was kinda busy and sick but i'm better now so i have the jesseness power to add a reply to this one...hahaa make up for the lost reply i didnt write for the other one...ok i'm not making sense am i? ...thats just a sign that i'm feeling better already



Love: Jesse/Drumbly

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

[photographer02]

seriously willow needs a 'wake up' call!!! ARRGHHHH!!!



anyway, I always love the update. How nice of Tara to give a good job for Buffy.



Please continue as soon as possible



photographer02

[wimpy0729]

Hi Sheba! Thanks for the update! Nope, no strangling from me. I know that's no way to get to the smoochies, so I'll protect you from the other crazed kittens.



Anyway, Tara's thoughts at the beginning were heartwrenching. Her description of Willow walking up was breathtaking, but then of course some ugly little creature had to ruin the beautiful picture.



I think Oz needs to be sent to the Land of the Trolls to visit Olaf.



Okay, so now there's a movie thing with Dawn, so there are some other possibilities, but I won't make any guesses, therefore won't be disappointed.



Please give us more soon!



Wimpy

"There was plenty of magic." ~ Tara

[littlecrazy80]

Great update! Yay for Dawn and Buffy!

But I still miss the smoochies.



*lil´c*

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