Fic: Desperately Wanting (7/?)

["Harper" <Well_wisher_4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Desperately Wanting (7/?)
Author: Alyson Harper
Email: well_wisher_4@xxxxxxxxxxx
Archive: If you want it, take it. But tell me where's it's going and if
it's going to be out all hours of the night.
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Fox, and whoever else owns Buffy,
well, owns Buffy and all the copyrights to the show. I do not, nor do I
claim to. I am just borrowing them for a while. "Desperately Wanting" by
Better Than Ezra is something else I do not own. And if the love between
two women offends you, then do not read this.
Spoilers: Restless
Rating: PG-13
Author's Note: Ever get an idea that wouldn't stay out of your head? Well,
this is one of those. In this part of the Buffyverse, as sad as it is, or
isn't, to say, Tara never hooked up with Willow. They are just good friends
and wicca partners. Oh, and thoughts are contained in < and >.
Feedback: Feed me.

Now on with the fic...

After watching the waves crash on the shore, while holding Buffy in her
arms, Willow realized that this was it. Happiness. At least, this was her
version of it. Being here, with Buffy… This was what life was about, these
little moments. Moments like these were what people lived for. And there
she was, Willow Rosenberg, 19 years old, and sophomore in college, having
one of those moments. Her hold on the blonde tightened as she thought about
how long it took to get here. She wouldn’t have changed any of it though,
not one bit.

Buffy was looking at the night sky. There were so many stars. She was in
awe. The stars didn’t cause this feeling, although on any other night, they
would have. The reason she felt like this was because of the person she was
leaning next to. Willow. Her Willow. She couldn’t believe that this had
happened. She couldn’t remember being this happy and content in a long
time. She noticed the arms around her tighten just a bit and up to see
Willow looking at the ocean.

“Will?”

“Hmm?” Willow looked down to see she was being stared at.

“Whatcha thinking?”

“About you… how this all feels like a dream.”

“Yeah, I know what you mean.” Buffy reached up and kissed her. After
they pulled apart, Buffy jumped up, and then reached out her hand to help
Willow up.

Smiling at her odd behavior, Willow asked Buffy, “Where are we going?”

“Well, I just kinda… Well, we were supposed to go for a walk, remember?”

“Oh, yeah…” Willow reached up to take the offered hand and was pulled up to
her feet. Buffy kept her hand in Willow’s as she began to walk away.

“Wait.”

“What?” Buffy turned back to face her wondering why Willow hadn’t moved.

“Just wanted to give you this.” Willow reached out and put her hand on
Buffy’s cheek, then leaned in to kiss her, wrapping her other arm around
Buffy’s neck.

The passion they felt flare in them as they kissed was mind blowing, and
Buffy put her arms around Willow to keep them steady. Willow opened her
mouth slightly to take in Buffy’s bottom lip, gently sucking on it. Buffy
groaned into her mouth, and then gently pushed her tongue to meet with
Willow’s. After dueling which each other, they parted from the lack of
oxygen. Smiling at each other, they linked hands and began to walk down by
the shore. Nothing was said; there was no need for it.

~~~~~~

They walked for a while, just being in each other’s company. Even though
they didn’t want this night to end, they had to go to sleep soon. They
wanted to be able to use every second of the next day, so that meant that
they had to be well rested. When they walked into the house they saw that
Xander was in the kitchen getting a snack while Anya looked on.

“Xander, how can you be hungry? Didn’t we just eat a few hours ago?” Buffy
asked looking at him as if he grew another head.

“See, it was hours ago. Besides, I’m still a growing boy.”

“Yes, I have seen him grow. I’d like him to grow larger and more often.”
Anya looked please with herself while to others looked at the interesting
paint on the wall.

“Umm… I’m going to go to bed now. Goodnight.” Willow made her way to the
room she shared with Buffy trying to get the images of Xander “growing” out
of her head.

“I’ll think I’ll join you Will. G’ night Xand, Anya.” She started off in
the same direction Willow went, but a voice stopped her.

“Night Buffy. Oh hey, did ya have a nice, uh… walk?” Xander asked her
with a small grin.

“Yes, Xander. It was nice.” She returned the grin and then she walked out
of the room.

“Did I say something not appealing to them?” Anya asked him, confused about
what had just happened. <Humans… very odd species.>

~~~~~~

When Buffy walked in, Willow was getting her pajamas out of her bag. Buffy
went to do the same, thinking about what it would be like to sleep next to
Willow. Sure, she had done it before… But that was before. Things had
changed, and this was going to be new and different. <A good different.>

While Buffy became lost in thought, Willow became hyper aware of all the
things around her. Namely, the person on the other side of the room getting
undressed was at the forefront of that list. She finished dressing and was
captivated by the slayers back, which was facing her right now. The muscles
that moved under that skin mesmerized her. She broke out of her revere
when Buffy, now fully clothed, turned to face her. She looked at the bed,
hoping she wasn’t caught, turning bright red.

“You okay Will?” Buffy wondered why Willow looked like she had just gotten
caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

“Yeah, I’m fine. I’m just sleepy.” Willow started moving towards the bed,
still looking away.

“Hmm, okay. Well, we should get to bed then.” Buffy decided to let it go
and just get some sleep.

They both got under the covers, lying on their backs. After of few minutes
of silence, Buffy turned onto her side and tentatively slid her arm across
Willow’s waist, hugging the red head to her.

Willow turned to kiss Buffy on the forehead and whispered a goodnight to
her.

“Night.” Came the whispered reply as sleep began to claim both girls.

~~~~~~

When Willow awoke, she noticed a warm mass nestled right against her… and
almost on top of her in some places. She looked down to see what the mass
was and remember the night before.

Willow decided that she would have to wake the blonde up, no matter how cute
it was seeing her like this. She lightly caressed Buffy’s cheek with the
tips of two fingers while thinking about how lucky she was. <Is this a
dream? If so, please don’t end.>

She reached her hand down from the head that was resting on her shoulder to
Buffy’s arm. She lightly shook the arm.

“Hey.” She whispered down to the mass of blonde hair.

“Hmuffgh.” The mass moved further into Willow, causing her heart to clench.
<She has no idea how endearing she is.>

Smiling at Buffy’s behavior, Willow said, “Hmm? Was that English?”

“Huh?” Answered the mass from her shoulder.

“Let’s try this again. Good morning.” Willow moved her hand from Buffy’s
shoulder to the mass of blonde hair and began to run her fingers through it.

“Mmmm. Morning.” The mass said, as it stretched its arms, then returned
them to their original position.

“Come on sleepy. We have to get up, the day awaits.” Smiling, Willow
really didn’t want to go anywhere either.

“Aw. I just wanna stay here.” The mass muffled into her shoulder,
snuggling further.

Willow, knowing there was no other way, began tickling the mass.
Ruthlessly.

“I-I… Okay! I’m up. Please, no more.” The wheezing reply cam from the
mass, which had sat up on the bed facing Willow who was also sitting up.

“Alright. I’m done, now scoot. We have to get ready.” Willow had her
fingers poised, really for action. Knowing this, Buffy jumped off the bed,
grabbed her bag and walked out of the room. Then she stuck her head back in
to stick her tongue out at Willow, then ducked back out the room.

Smiling at Buffy’s antics, Willow got out of bed and began to get her own
stuff together for her shower.

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TBC...

Alyson

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