Walking into Darkness

["Melissa Levine" <xander_willow@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Walking into Darkness 1/?
Author: Melissa
Summery: Season 3, Faith bumps into Willow, or is it the other way around?
Pairing: W/F
Disclaimer: They're not mine I never claimed they were either, Joss rules,
don't sue me.

As Willow entered what used to be the Sunnydale High library she searched
the rubble for something, she didn't know what. As she was lifting a few of
the scorched books she thought back on the weeks that had brought her to
this point.

Willow was walking through the halls of her Sunnydale High. She saw Buffy
standing next to the door for their first class and suddenly felt like she
wished she could be anywhere but here, so she turned on her heal and walked
as quickly as she could away from Buffy and her constant whining about
Angel. Unfortunately as she went to enter the library where she thought she
could be alone she saw Xander and Cordelia wrapped up in each other and
didn't wish to explain why she was skipping her first period class.

Willow walked out of the school and started down the street in no direction
particular, before long she was running and sobbing. She didn't really know
what was so wrong, but she had recently been feeling just, completely alone.
Suddenly she bumped into someone and they both tumbled to the ground, "oh,
I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going," Willow looked up at the
person she had bumped into and felt her breath catch in her throat. Before
her lay a young woman with long dark hair and the biggest brown eyes she had
ever seen. Down girl, you're not even gay.

"It's five by five, you just looked upset and I was wondering if you'd like
to go for a drink and we could talk about what's making such a beautiful
girl cry so much." Wow, an hour in this town and I've already met the
prettiest girl on Earth, I'm going to like it here. Faith was waiting for
the girl's response when she noticed that she was trembling, at closer
inspection she noticed the girl was crying. "Hey, what's wrong?" Oh way to
go Faith, you've made her cry, you don't even know her name yet.

"Oh it's nothing, I'm just having a bad day," she must think I'm insane
running down the road crying like that. Willow started to wipe the tears
from her eyes and stand, "a drink isn't necessary, I should really be
getting back to school."

"Wait! At least tell me your name first, mine is Faith." Faith stuck out
her hand and hoped the cute redhead would take it, she did and Faith felt a
warm shock run through her body. Oh wow.

"My name is Willow, pleased to meet you Faith," Willow shook Faith's hand,
but after she did not let go and neither did Faith. Her hand, it's so soft
and yet so strong, I wonder if all of her is… Willow felt a blush start to
rise in her cheeks. No Willow bad thoughts, you're not gay, you're not gay,
you're not… did she just say something? "Pardon? I didn't catch that," when
did she let go of my hand? Willow could still feel the soft caress of
Faith's skin on hers. She was excited by the presence of this mysterious
brunette, and she didn't know why.

"I asked if you would like me to walk you back to your school," Faith was
fidgeting, she didn't know why but she didn't want to leave the shy
redhead's side. Please, at least let me walk you to school, I'm not ready
to leave. Faith reached for Willow's hand again, trying to keep her near
by. Oh no, what if she's not into girls, and I've read the signals all
wrong, but that smile, no, she has to like me. Even if she doesn't know it
yet.

Sorta the end to part 1
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