Fic: Road Trip (1/?)

[inell@xxxxxxx]

Title: Road Trip
Author: Inell
Email: Inell@xxxxxxx
Disclaimer: Joss owns them all
Distribution: My site, Kiss or Kill, 
http://members.fortunecity.com/kissorkill Anyone that has permission, take. 
Otherwise, just ask.
Rating: R
Pairing: Willow/Buffy
Summary: Road trip!
Happy two year writing anniversary to me!
Notes: Set after Season 4 in my own verse, as usual. I know I promised not to 
start anything new until I'd finished more, but I needed something light and 
fluffy. Sorry :)


ROAD TRIP (1/?)


Buffy looked at the car and smiled as she put her last bag into the trunk. 
She knew she should be feeling guilty about leaving just a little over a week 
after the initiative had been destroyed, but she didn't. She was only going 
away for two weeks, and she felt that she had earned a bit of a vacation over 
the last couple of years. Especially considering everything she had dealt 
with over the last couple of weeks. Adam and the initiative and Riley. It was 
all over, though. Adam was dead, the initiative was destroyed and Riley was 
gone. The last one still hurt, a fresh wound on her rather battered heart. 
He'd left her, gone away with the military when they had abandoned Sunnydale. 
Reassigned to a new case, she expected. She knew that she should have been 
more upset to see him leave. After all, she had loved him. But, here she was 
a week later getting ready to go on a road trip. 


"We're only going to be gone for two weeks, Buffy," Willow said with 
amusement as she looked at the three suitcases in the trunk. She put her two 
smaller ones beside Buffy's, shaking her head, "We won't have any room to buy 
anything."


"What? No presents?" Xander tsked as he shook his finger at his friends, "If 
I am going to be slaving away on patrols while you two gallivant across the 
country, I expect lots of nice presents."


"We can buy," Buffy said, laughing, "just small things."


"Large is usually better and more expensive," Anya said thoughtfully, "unless 
it's jewelry. You can buy me jewelry."


"We'll remember that," Buffy said, rolling her eyes. "Now, are you guys sure 
that you can handle patrol?"


"Of course we can't," Giles said dryly, "we've only been performing them for 
the past four and a half years."


"Yeah, but you've only got three people," Buffy reminded, wanting to make 
sure that she wouldn't need to feel guilty when she was gone.


"We will be fine," Giles said with a smile. "You two deserve this vacation."


"Besides, Anya and I are going away in July and then you two get stuck here 
alone," Xander pointed out. "It's only fair that we take our turn now."


Willow smiled, "They're right, Buffy. They're leaving us right in the middle 
of summer when it's hotter than hell at night in the shade. I think we will 
earn these two weeks."


"At least summer is usually the most boring time of year for demons," Anya 
said, "we should be pretty slow."


"I'm going to check my voice mail every night," Buffy told Giles, "leave me a 
message if you need us to come home. Maybe I'll check it twice a day."


"Buffy," Giles warned, watching as the slayer laughed.


"Sorry, I just want to make sure you can get in touch if we're needed," Buffy 
said, smiling sheepishly. 


"You gave your Mom the license plate number and everything?" Willow asked 
Buffy, wanting to make sure they were really ready to leave.


"Yep. She knows what kind of car, what color and the plate. I also told her 
we'd call every other day just to check in," Buffy said.


"You know, it scares me a bit," Xander said looking from Willow's car to the 
girls. "You two, out there, driving."


"Shut up, Xander," Buffy and Willow said in unison before looking at each 
other and giggling. 


"We're both very good drivers," Willow said defensively. 


"Willow, you don't drive," Xander said, rolling his eyes. "I did check out 
the car, though. It's in good shape, especially considering it has been in 
your garage for the last two years."


"I do too drive," she said, sticking her tongue out at him. "I just choose to 
walk most of the time."


"It was nice of your mother to let you have her car," Anya said, looking at 
the dark blue Explorer. "Though, I guess she really isn't in town enough to 
use it."


"No, she's not," Willow agreed. "So, are we finally ready?"


Buffy looked at her best friend and smiled, "Money-check. Full tank of 
gas-check. Luggage packed-check. Music-check. Cell phone-check. Camera-check. 
Looks like we got the important things."


"You girls be careful and have fun," Giles said, hugging them both. "Try to 
enjoy yourselves."


"And do not think about Sunnydale," Xander warned, hugging them both. 


"Have fun," Anya said, briefly hugging both girls. "And remember, jewelry."


Buffy laughed as she looked at Willow, "Who drives first?"


"You can," Willow said, tossing the slayer the keys. Both girls got into the 
car, putting on their seatbelts and turning on the radio. Buffy began to back 
out slowly, stopping the car suddenly several times. Finally, they were on 
the road. With a final wave, they started down the street.


"I'll say one more time, Buffy's driving scares me more than the Hellmouth 
opening," Xander said, shaking his head.


"They'll be fine," Giles said, laughing, "though I agree that I feel a bit 
more secure knowing that I won't be on the road with them."


"Buffy's always careful. She wouldn't let anything happen to Willow," Anya 
said, taking Xander's arm. "Can we go eat now? I'm starved."


"G-man, you want some dinner?" Xander asked.


"No thank you," Giles said, deciding not to point out again how he loathed 
that nickname. "You two run along."


"I wonder where they're going," Anya said as she and Xander started to walk 
away.


"I doubt they really care, as long as it isn't Sunnydale," Xander decided as 
they walked down the street.