Fic: Road Trip (10/?)

[inell@xxxxxxx]

Title: Road Trip
Author: Inell
Email: Inell@xxxxxxx
Disclaimer: Joss owns them all
Distribution: My site, Kiss or Kill, 
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Rating: R
Pairing: Willow/Buffy
Hope someone is reading.


ROAD TRIP (10/?)


Willow peered out the window, a scowl on her pretty face as she asked, 
"Didn't we pass that tree an hour ago?"


"No, it was a different tree," Buffy said without even looking. She laughed 
as Willow groaned.


"I'm sick of this!" Willow decided, knowing that she was whining and not even 
caring. She turned to face Buffy, "We've been driving all day and it doesn't 
seem like we're getting anywhere. Are you sure we're actually going 
somewhere?"


"Oh, no," Buffy said, glancing at Willow wide eyed, "You're right. We must be 
in the twilight zone or something!"


"Not funny," Willow said as Buffy hummed the theme to the once popular 
television show. "I'm getting car sick. We've driven at least a thousand 
miles and only stopped for gas and to eat breakfast."


"More like three hundred," Buffy said, glancing at the odometer. She noticed 
a small picnic area coming up and decided to stop there, get out and stretch. 
Willow was definitely showing signs of cabin fever.


"Picky, picky," Willow said, glaring at her best friend. The day before, she 
hadn't minded all the riding. It had been fun, getting away from home, 
escaping for this adventure. Now, though, after realizing last night that she 
was beginning to have much more than friendly thoughts about Buffy and having 
very vivid dreams concerning said non-friendly thoughts, she wanted to be 
anywhere except trapped in a car with the object of her growing lust. She had 
been cranky and tense all day. It wasn't fair to Buffy to have to listen to 
her whining, but Willow couldn't help it. She had no idea how to act or what 
she should do. She wished she had never realized that she was falling in love 
with Buffy. It made things awkward and weird.


"Someone obviously woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning," Buffy 
said with a smile. She was in a great mood. She had slept well, waking up 
with Willow against her. She'd laid there for half an hour watching her best 
friend sleep, wondering why it had taken her so long to realize that she was 
in love with the redhead, then going to take a shower before Willow realized 
her thoughts and feelings. She was happy that she had realized what she 
wanted, but still not really sure what to do about it. So, she'd decided to 
wait and see if something happened to give her an idea whether or not Willow 
could feel the same way. She wasn't going to risk their friendship over her 
love, so she was also trying to deal with the knowledge that Willow may never 
know that she loved her. A future without Willow wouldn't be a future worth 
considering, though, so Buffy kept her mouth shut. Willow had woken up in a 
bad mood and it just seemed to be getting worse. She'd tried to be nice, but 
the redhead was snappy and cross. Buffy pulled off the road to stop at a 
picnic table. "We can stop here for a bit. Get out and stretch."


"Good," Willow said, leaving the car and starting to walk. She needed to deal 
with this before Buffy decided to just leave her out here in the middle of 
nowhere. She honestly had no idea where they were. Buffy had checked the map 
and said they'd be heading into Oregon. So far, Willow hadn't seen a sign 
telling them they were in a new state so she assumed they were in northern 
California somewhere. All she knew was that there had been a lot of trees and 
nothing much else. 


Buffy let Willow walk alone, sensing that her friend didn't want company. She 
stretched and looked at the trees before moving to sit on the picnic table 
and wait for Willow. She rather enjoyed this, being in a park without 
worrying about vampires. Of course, it was still afternoon, but it was just 
nice getting away from everything back home. She didn't know how long she sat 
there before she heard footsteps. She glanced at Willow, thinking how 
beautiful her friend looked with the sun making her hair seem even more red. 
Buffy drew her eyes away from Willow's face as she smiled, "Feeling better?"


"I'm sorry," Willow said sheepishly, watching as Buffy moved over on the 
table so she could sit down. She joined her friend, looking at the sky. "I 
was acting silly. Just didn't get a lot of sleep last night."


"Bad dreams?" Buffy asked with concern.


"Goddess, no," Willow squeaked, her face flushing as though Buffy somehow 
knew what she had dreamed. "Not bad, just not very restful."


"Okay," Buffy said, deciding to drop it since it was something Willow 
obviously didn't want to discuss. "Everything's good now, though?"


"Better," Willow said, "I was just getting tired of driving, I guess. Not 
used to being in a car like that. And everything looks the same."


"Yeah, I noticed that," Buffy smiled. "All the trees sort of blend together 
after half an hour."


"It's not just the trees. It's the small towns and the road and everything. 
It just makes it seem like we're not going anywhere," Willow said with a 
shrug. 


"You know," Buffy said thoughtfully, "we should have just picked some city 
that neither of us had visited and spent a week there, instead of all this 
driving."


"That could have been fun," Willow agreed. "I don't mind some driving, but 
geesh, this is constant."


"We could always change our plans," Buffy said, excitement entering her hazel 
eyes. "Maybe head up to Seattle."


"Is there anything there?" Willow asked, not knowing a lot about this area of 
the country. 


"Who knows? We could explore and make our own fun," Buffy said, liking the 
idea of not being trapped in the car so long and spending time with Willow in 
a new place.


"We could go to San Francisco after, on the drive back home," Willow said, 
excitement entering her eyes. "I've never been there. Oz and I went to LA a 
couple of times, and Jesse, Xander and I went to visit Jesse's uncle in 
Alabama when I was ten, but that's about the extent of my travel adventures."


"I went there with my Dad a couple of times, before slaying, and the divorce 
and everything," Buffy said with a faint smile. "I saw a little bit of the 
city, but it was mostly for business so I saw a lot of the hotel room. I was 
young, too, so I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it all that much anyway. I'd 
much rather see it with you.


"Are we sure we want to change our plans?" Willow asked, figuring that they 
could probably be in Seattle in another day or two.


"Definitely," Buffy said as she saw how happy Willow was at the idea. "We've 
got a pretty long drive ahead, so we'd better go."


"I'll check the map and figure out what roads we need to take from here," 
Willow got into the car and then looked around. She glanced at Buffy and 
asked, "Where exactly is here?" Buffy looked at her and then they both 
started to laugh, deciding to wait until the next town to check the map.