FF: Right In Front of You; Part 6/?

["Callistosdarkside" <callistosdarkside@xxxxxxxx>]

Here's chapter 6, hope ya like.

-CDS

. Title: Right In Front of You; Part 6/?
. Author: Callisto's Dark Side
. Email: callistosdarkside@xxxxxxxx
. Feedback: The more I get, the faster I write.
. Distribution: Wherever. Just email me.
. Spoilers: All of Season 5, but events take place before some events in
Tough Love.
. Rating: R
. Pairing: W/T & B/W
. Disclaimer: All characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer belong to the
almighty Joss Whedon and Company, and are only being borrowed for the fun
and enjoyment of us, the super fans.
. Summary: Willow/Tara fic in which the two love birds must manage to deal
with the consequences of a spell that threatens to tear them apart forever.

Chapter 6

Leanna leaned against Tara for support, while Glory leaned annoyingly on
Dawn, as the four women headed to Leanna's house.

"Would you get off me!" Dawn shouted as Glory had managed to once again bump
heads with her, causing her already wounded noggin some more pain.

"Hey," The former Hell God replied, "Would you rather me just die alone out
there in the wilderness?"

"It's crossed my mind more than once," Dawn smirked. "Come to think of it,
why haven't we." Dawn stopped short of saying 'turning Glory into a frog,'
because she didn't want to scare the woman they had just met. For all she
knew, magic was considered a sin punishable by death in this dimension, and
she didn't want to get Salemed. "Ah, never mind."

Dawn adjusted her position so her shoulder was in right up against Glory's
shoulder, hopefully minimising head collisions.

"So," Tara started, "What do you do for a living?"

Leanna continued limping alongside Tara, "I'm a farmer," the young woman
answered.

"Oh really, so do you have like pigs and stuff?" Tara asked, unsure as to
whether that's what they called them in this dimension.

"Oh no, I'm just a crop farmer. That's why I go hunting sometimes, so I can
get some meat."

"I see, can't live without the meat, right?"

"Well, actually it's more for my daughter than it is for me."

"You have a daughter?" Tara and Dawn asked in unison, surprised that
someone so young could have already had a baby, although in truth, both of
them had seen women much younger having babies.

"Yes, I found her abandoned in the market square when she was a baby and I
didn't have the heart to leave her there, so I took her home with me, even
though I didn't have much money and I was only sixteen at the time."

"Sixteen!" Tara and Dawn shouted.

"Yes, I had run away from home and I was living alone in a makeshift tent.
We had endured many rainy nights together in that tent," Leanna said looking
up into the sky, remembering it fondly, "If it wasn't for her keeping me
busy, I might have gone mad."

Tara and Dawn smiled at the sweetness of the story, although they were both
curious as to why Leanna had run away in the first place, but both knew
better than to push her on the subject, especially Tara.

"What's her name?" Tara asked.

"Her name's Anna. I named her after my younger sister."

"That's nice," Tara said..

Leanna had stopped, and stared at the ground; slumped over slightly.

"What's the matter?" Tara asked.

Leanna lifted her head and shook off the daze, "Oh, it's nothing," and then
she began walking again, holding on tightly to Tara as she limped back home.

Meanwhile, Glory had dropped her face into the crook of Dawn's neck and
began drooling.

"Ewww!" Dawn screamed as she let Glory drop to the ground.

Tara and Leanna who had been walking in front immediately turned around.

Glory laid on the ground grabbing her ankle and rubbing her shoulder,
"Thanks for dropping me squirt!" Glory said while shaking her head to clear
the sleepiness from her eyes.

"Well if you didn't squirt your nasty drool all over my neck I wouldn't have
dropped you!" Dawn shouted as she wiped the drool off.

"It's not my fault that I felt sleepy. This mortal thing is new to me ya
know?"

Leanna gave Tara a funny look, and Tara just whispered to her, "Crazy,
remember?"

"Oh yeah," Leanna nodded.

"Hey," Dawn began, "If you want to live, you better start learning that the
one thing you don't do, is drool on the Slayer's sister."

"Yeah," Glory got up, still bothered by her ankle, "I don't see big sis
around anywhere, what are you gonna do about it?" The former Hell God asked
threateningly with hands on hips.

"She." Tara interjected, "Doesn't have to do anything, remember?"

Glory looked at the menacing look the Witch was giving her and gave up,
"Fine, have it your way, but once I get my powers back don't think there
won't be any retribution." Glory gave both of them an angry look and
continued walking, this time without Dawn's assistance.

******

"I can't believe you're leaving Xander," Buffy said after giving him a
farewell hug outside his house, right next to his car.

"I can't either," Willow added, giving him a hug as well.

"Well, my job calls for me to go to L.A. so that' where I got to go," Xander
said, finishing his hug with Willow and then wrapping his arms around Anya.

Anya put her face in his chest, surprisingly quiet all morning.

"It seems like just yesterday that Giles went back to England," Buffy said
sadly.

"That's because it was yesterday," Willow said.

"Oh yeah," Buffy furrowed her brow.

Anya murmured something into Xander's chest.

"I'll miss you too Anya." Xander kissed the top of her head.

"I don't understand, why do you have to go?" Anya pleaded.

"It's my job and that means money, which means pretty things for you."

"Oh yes," Anya smiled, "Then I wish you luck on your money hunting
exhibition, but come back soon, I need the sex."

Buffy, Willow, and Xander chuckled.

"So do I," Xander replied. "But don't worry, you won't be lonely when you
temporarily move in with Buffy and Willow."

"Huh?" Buffy and Willow said together while looking at Xander and Anya.

"Didn't I tell you?" Anya wrapped an arm around each girls' shoulder, "I'm
staying with you two till Xander comes back.

"What?" Buffy and Willow asked.

"Yeah, it'll be great fun. We can have slumber parties and eat popcorn,
while watching naughty movies on the TV. Xander's got a huge collection."
Anya smiled.

"No I don't!" Xander looked around nervously," And even if I did have a
videotape collection of an adult nature, which I'm not admitting to, it
wouldn't be huge."

"Oh please," Anya said, squeezing Buffy and Willow's shoulders, "You've got
enough to fill the Hoover Dam."

"Do not, and I showed you those tapes in confidence."

"Yesss, and now I'm confiding in them about it." Anya smiled at Buffy and
Willow.

"Okay, remind me to have a talk with you about privacy when I get back."

"Now, now Xander, we know you've got an addiction," Buffy teased.

"Addiction? No, no addiction, just good healthy fun. And besides, since
when was it a crime to own adult oriented entertainment anyway. I'm an
adult, so I can buy what I want."

"Yup, adult," Willow added in mock seriousness, before bursting into
laughter along with Buffy.

******

Ben awoke from his bed in a sweat. It had been a week since he felt like a
part of him had been ripped from his body. According to Glory's minions, he
had appeared in a blue flash of light inside their place, instead of the
usual transformation. He had spent most of the week sleeping, tired as
Hell. In fact, he had only eaten two meals the entire week, and even then
he didn't feel hungry.

Ben slowly got dressed, headed out of his room and was immediately greeted
by Glory's minions.

"What is it?" Ben asked as he walked passed the two most annoying ones.

"We were just wondering if Glorificus has returned to us."

"Well," Ben stopped and turned around when one of the minions ran head first
into his chest. More annoyed than usual, Ben grabbed the minion by his neck
with one hand and tossed him at the wall, only he went through it rather
than bouncing off of it.

The female minion immediately got down on her knees and begged for
forgiveness, while Ben looked at his hand.

To be continued.