Be My Valentine (4/5)

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Title: Be My Valentine (4/5)
Copyright: Rachel Lynn, 2001
Disclaimer: Yes, Buffy and Willow are mine. Cant you tell? :-P <insert 
sarcasm here>
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Notes: This one takes place right, and i mean right, where the other one 
left off. No time passing whatsoever.
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Tara's eyes filled with tears. When did this happen? Why? Wasnt she good 
enough? Of course not, she thought. What ever made you think you were good 
enough for Willow. She started to back away when Buffy and Willow started to 
walk again, clutching each other like there was no tomorrow. She turned and 
walked quickly back to her room. She didnt want it to be true. It couldnt be 
true. She wasnt going to mention anything. She was going to pretend it never 
happened.
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"Willow."

"yes?"

Willow." Buffy's voice got harder. Willow raised her head. "You said you 
were going to tell her over a week ago, and you havent."

Willow closed her book. "I know. I cant figure out how to do it."

"It'll hurt worse the longer you wait. Shouldnt put it off any longer."

Wills sighed. "OK. I'll go now." Willow stood and walked over to Buffy, 
kissing her on the lips. "I'll be back in a few hours....i love you."
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Tara opened the door to her room, already knowing who it was. "Oh, hey 
Willow."

Willow came in and sat down on Tara's bed. "Hi Tara. Can we talk?"

Tara was suddenly overcome with a dizzy spell. She grabbed the desk, for 
support.

"Are you alright?" Willow asked, concerned.

"Yeah..just a lil headache. Tell me."

Willow bit her lip. "It can wait. Its not that important."

"No, no. Tell me."

"If your not well, thats more important."

"Willow!" Tara exclaimed. Willow looked at her, shocked that the shy girl 
had raised her voice. "Tell me! Tell me how your seeing Buffy behind my 
back. Tell me that thats why Riley left. Tell me. Go on."

Willow's eyes widened. "You know?" she whispered.

Tara's face fell. "You think im stupid."

Willow shook her head. "No! No not at all. Goddess, Tara, im so sorry. I..i 
didnt mean to...."

"I Know. I-i guess i lost it."

"You had every right. I never meant to hurt you...i do care about you."

"M-me too...maybe...we can still be friends?"

"I'd like that. Alot." Willow stood and hugged the blonde girl. Tara cried 
silent tears as Willow pulled away. "I'll go...and give you some time. Just 
let me know....ok?"

Tara nodded and Willow left. Tara sat on the floor, thinking about the red 
head and her friends. She had a feeling one of them would take Willow from 
her, it just never occured to her that it would be Buffy.
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"Buffy! Wait! Please!"

Buffy stopped and turned at the sound of Tara's voice. "Tara....hi."

"H-hey. I just wanted to t-tell you...i understand, but please do me a 
fa-favor?"

Buffy felt sympathatic toward the shy witch, and answered, "Anything. Name 
it. Its done. What?"

"Nothing too major, in the sense of 'world coming to an end if you 
dont'...but...treat her good. I dont like to t-threaten..but if you 
dont...i'll cast the worst spell on you that you would ever imagine." Buffy 
smiled and Tara grinned. Tara looked down at her shoes, then added, "im 
serious."

"Dont worry...i would sooner hurt myself than Willow."

Tara turned away slowly. "I-I have to g-go. I'll, uh, see you around 
sometime."
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"Opps! Im sorry" Willow cried, as she turned the corner and bumped right 
into someone, sending her stuff and theirs flying.

"Its o-ok."

They both leaned down to pick the things up, and bumped heads. "Sorry 
again!"

They looked at each other for the first time. "Willow."

"Tara."

Tara leaned down again and picked up her stuff quickly. Shouting out a quick 
goodbye as she darted away. Willow felt a twinge of guilt. But it soon faded 
as a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist. A kiss was planted on her 
neck.

"Hi honey. Are you ok? I saw..."

"Yeah..i made the best choice." Willow answered, turning around in Buffy's 
arms and embracing her. Their lips met in a sweet kiss, then they pulled 
away, gathered Willow's things, and walked down the hall, hand in hand.
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