FIC: Right In Front of You Part 19

["Callistosdarkside" <callistosdarkside@xxxxxxxx>]

It's a new week, so I thought I'd resume posting new chapters to my fics.
This one's short, if not a little bit awkward, but I promise, it's all part
of the plot, even Glory's shoe. You'll see what I mean.

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-CDS

. Title: Right In Front of You
. Author: Callisto's Dark Side
. Email: callistosdarkside@xxxxxxxx
. Feedback: The more I get, the faster I write.
. Distribution: Can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/callistosdarkside/RightInFrontOfYou.html (My Site),
http://www.geocities.com/last_days_of_pern, and
http://www.peccath.com/extraflamey/mainframe.htm
. 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 Angel & Buffy the Vampire Slayer are
copyright Joss Whedon & 20th Century Fox.
. 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 19


"The big bad lawyers building," Buffy smiled as she stepped out of the car
along with Willow and Anya.

"Yup, that would be the one," Willow said, placing a hand on Buffy's
shoulder.

"Uh huh," Anya added, "So who gets to die first?"

"Hopefully no one," Buffy replied, "but I can't guarantee anything, so if
anyone wants to back out, say it now."

No one moved.

"Good, let's get going." Buffy began walking towards the building when a
black car came to a screeching stop just in front of her and Willow.

"Hey guys," Cordy shouted from the drivers' seat, while Gunn and Wesley were
still hyperventilating.

"What're you guys doing here?" Buffy asked.

"What do ya think? We're here to help," Cordy replied.

"We don't need any help. I got all the help I need." Buffy raised her hand
with Willow's.

"Umm," Anya spoke up, "I for one vote for help."

"I concur," Wesley breathed as he and Gunn hopped out of the car.

"Yeah, I concur too," Gunn added, patting Wesley's shoulder. "Hey, name's
Gunn," Gunn offered his hand to the blonde.

"I'm Buffy and this is Willow."

"Cool," Gunn nodded, "and the pretty brunette must be Anya."

"Thank you, that is so sweet," Anya smiled, shaking Gunn's hand.

"Enough with the pleasantries," Buffy stated, "If you guys are coming, then
come, otherwise get out of the way."

"Oh," Cordy interjected, "Angel's on his way."

"How?" Buffy asked.

"Sewers," Cordy explained.

"Whatever," Buffy blew off before heading towards the ominous building,
followed by her crew and Angel's.

"Oh," Cordy turned and glared at Anya, "Keep your hands to yourself."

******

Willow watched with worry as Buffy went into Slayer mode, casting away all
fear and focusing totally on her goal, which was to take the Eye of Venus
from the evil lawyer people.

All Willow could do was hold her friend's hand, hopefully making sure that
Buffy remembered why she was doing what she was doing, and that she didn't
forget that her friends' lives were at stake.

Willow greeted Gunn, and her old friends from Sunnydale, keeping her hand
firmly gripping Buffy's.

Buffy even said that she, Willow, was all the help the Slayer needed, which
touched the Wiccan's heart, even though Willow knew that they alone would
most likely fail.

Willow watched silently as Buffy told everyone to follow or stay out of
their way, she watched as Cordy told Buffy that Angel was coming and saw the
hurt on Buffy's face, she watched as Buffy blew off the comment as nothing,
and she watched as Buffy returned to Slayer mode, walking towards Wolfram
and Hart.

Willow walked side-by-side, hand-in-hand, with the Slayer, with her best
friend, with Buffy, as they risked their lives once again, for the ones they
loved.

******

"Damn it!" Glory shouted.

"What's wrong?" Anna asked, running out of the house.

"My heel, it's broken." Glory pointed out, pulling off her red pump and
eyeing the damage.

"I can fix it," Anna grabbed the shoe from the blonde goddess.

"No you can't, it needs to be done by a professional, or magick." Glory
grabbed the pump back.

"Why don't you ask my mom? She knows magick now."

"I don't think she'll help."

"Why not?"

"Cuz, she doesn't like the whole you being my minion deal. I really don't
see her point of view, cuz if I were you, I'd love being my minion.
Don'tcha, sweetie?" The tall blonde tousled the smaller blonde's hair.

"Uh huh." Anna nodded.

"Good," Glory smiled, "Now where's my lemon-aid, or whatever you call it?"

"Inside."

"Am I inside?"

"No."

"Then why isn't my drink outside, here, with me?"

"Sorry mistress Glory," Anna bowed, "I'll get it right now."

"That's a good girl," The blonde goddess smiled, sitting down in the
lawn-chair, wondering how in the world she was going to get her red pump
fixed.

******

"So that's when we first kissed," Tara enthused.

"Wow," Leanna and Dawn smiled.

"I know," Tara blushed.

"Where's the crystal now?" Dawn asked.

"Well, we keep it on top of our dresser drawer next to the picture of us,"
Tara explained.

"That's so sweet," Leanna said.

"Isn't it? I just can't help but smile every time I see that crystal, it's
like the symbol of our love."

"And all this time, I thought it was just a crystal," Dawn smiled.

"Nope, it's a magick crystal," Tara smirked.

"I wish I had one," Leanna and Dawn said in unison, before bursting into
laughs.

******

Dear Diary slash Buffy,

Today, was basically the same as yesterday, spells, Glory bitching about her
broken heel, more spells, and Tara telling us another sweet story about her
and Willow. Today she told us about the first time she and Willow kissed,
how romantic. Oh, Tara's trying to wrest my pen away right now, but I think
I can take her. :) Okay, Tara's given up, but I know Willow's probably gonna
kill her for blabbing, but hey, what's the point of a romantic kiss if ya
can't tell your friends? So the story goes like this: Tara offers Willow a
family heirloom in the form of a magick crystal, but Willow refuses. Willow
does agree to doing spells with it, and later on, that's exactly what they
do. I'm kinda sketchy on what exactly they did for a spell, but Tara
assures me it was legit, and then they kissed. Sweet, huh? This entry will
self-destruct in five seconds, or Tara will probably burn it, either way, I
doubt it will see the light of day.

Till next time, love Dawn.


Dear Willow,

I guess you already know I told everyone about our first kiss, that is if
you've been reading Dawn's entries, if not, forget what I just said. Just
kidding, it was nice to share with Leanna and Dawn about the night we
kissed, and our crystal. It brought back good memories, and right now,
those are the only things keeping me going. It's been pretty rough around
here, even though we've been doing spells to keep us busy, it's still not
the same. I always dream of being with you, and of seeing your face when I
return, because I know I will. I hope you dream of me too. I wonder if we
have what Buffy and Faith do when it comes to sharing dreams, because that
would be neat. Maybe we could tell each other what we dreamt of when I get
back and find out. Until then, I'll keep dreaming, of you, Honey.

Love Tara.


To be continued.