Fic: Alternative Tabularasa(1/2) (odd couples)

["darkarchangeluk" <darkarchangeluk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Based on Anne-lise and fox strip.

Alternative Tabularasa
Disclaimer: All this belongs to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy Inc 
and twentieth century fox. 
Rating: NC 17
Note: Bad grammar. This is the persons thoughts `and this' is them 
speaking. Telepathic talking the two together.
Thanks: To Joss Whedon, for creating Buffy, Alyson Hannigan and 
Jennifer Nicole for looking great and last but no means least my long 
suffering Bata reader Lila.
Distribution: If you want it you got it, but please email me and tell 
me where it is.  

<<Magic shop>>
Willow turned around towards Buffy 
"God I hate her" she spat as she paced the magic shop, Buffy frowned.
"Willow I don't think Will meant it' she glanced at Vamp Willow who 
shrugged.
"I saw that!" Willow shouted angrily. Dawn sighed and rested her head 
on Tara's lap Buffy rolled her eyes and sat on the counter next to 
Anya. Giles sighed as Spike dived in wearing a brown suit and a 
woolly ski hat. 
"You got to help me I?." Spike turned towards the Willow's who where 
exchanging insults
"?Again?". Giles walked from behind the counter towards Spike 
"Yes it seems that Will?" he stopped and collapsed onto spike who 
went down on the floor knocking over a chair.  
Tara and Dawn fell asleep with out anything else happening to them, 
Buffy and Anya fell asleep on the counter Buffy's head landed on 
Anya's lap one of her hands landed gently on Anya's.
Willow was half way through advancing on her double and 
shouting `Your disgusting' when she fell unconscious hitting the 
falling Vampire and landing on her, her head dropped onto one of the 
vampires breasts. 

<<Intermission>>
The sun goes down, light gently fades inside the magic shop. A street 
lamp gently casts it's light through the window. 

<<Magic Shop>>
Xander gently stirred on the steps inside the magic shop, he gazed 
around 
"Hey!" he smiled at the two girls snuggled up on the floor in front 
of the counter. His voice caused shapes in the dark sharp to move, 
some off them groaned.  
Dawn raised her sleepy head and looked around the arm draped over her 
shoulder moved a little, a sign that the owner was waking up. Dawn 
looked at the blond women she was beautiful in the semi darkness and 
she felt? well Love. Dawn began to try and figure out who she was 
when she realised she couldn't remember her own name let alone the 
women's. As Dawn began to wonder she tried to stretch and half fell 
of the chair, but something caught her as she looked up she saw the 
women smiling with a smile like that you can bet she's got people 
queuing up for a date.   

Tara caught the girl who was falling off her, she smiled the girl 
smiled back. Tara looked down the girl had been lying with her head 
on Tara's lap she was a little confused by the protective feelings 
she had for the girl but was more concerned by the fact she couldn't 
remember where she was but it didn't feel all that dangerous so she 
tried to get back to more important things like who the girl was.

Giles opened his eyes and removed his glasses, he was lying on top of 
someone and his muscles where sending painful signals to his brain . 
He tried to figure out where he was but failed, it didn't feel 
dangerous and their where others hear maybe they knew. Oh my back! He 
groaned and pushed himself up so he was kneeling, their was a young 
blond hared man their That doesn't seem right. The man opened his 
eyes and spoke "Groaning pop's?".  

Spike opened his eyes their was a middle aged man slowly getting up 
off him groaning. "Groaning pop's?" he smiled, and rested the back of 
his head on his hands. Hang on why is their a man getting off me 
groaning? God how much did I have last night?

Buffy slowly moved someone had said something, Oh well if it's 
important they'll say it again when I awake. Buffy slowly moved her 
hands to hold the warm ones they where laying against, another hand 
gently pulled her head closer to them and gently stroked her hair.  
God this feels good, hmmm? just like being a kid again all warm and 
protected and loved. 

Anya smiled and pulled the warm body who was lying on her closer her 
back was saw the bed wasn't comfortable but the person was so she 
pulled her up a little more as they clasped her warm hands in theirs. 
This is nice I wonder if we where having sex! Anya gently opened her 
eyes and stared at the sealing. Around her the sound of people 
moving caught her attention a man got up off some small stairs two 
other got up from the floor a small wave of panic started until she 
saw two girls geten up from sum chairs across the room. Anya gently 
raised herself and watched the young women lying on her, Who's she? 
Wait a moment who am I? Anya closed her eyes and tried to remember 
she opened her eyes as the young women woke up, Anya smiled 
"Hi!? Err does anyone know they are" she asked.
The young man from the stares looked up 
"Of course we know who we are? Err who am I' his voice was more 
confused then panicked.
Spike was about to say something when Giles walked off behind the 
counter and found the light switch. The group stared at each other 
for a moment when the sound of someone else waking split the 
silence.  

Willow stirred slightly she was lying on something and had kinda 
drooled on it when she was a sleep. As she got up it stirred, Willow 
pushed her self up as she herd the familiar `Tink' of Fluorescent 
lights switching on. She opened her eyes and starred, beneath her was 
a beautiful women her red hair was spread like a halo around her 
head, her lips where thin and dark against her pale skin and yellow 
eye shadow had been used to heighten her beauty. Willow gasped 
slightly as she opened her eyes, two emeralds with beams of light 
flickering on the from the humming lights above stared back at her 
and she smiled. Willow felt the women gentile run her hands over 
Willows elbows and up her arms slightly.
"Oh you can just tell their gay lovers" Xanders voice split the 
silence and summed up what every one was thinking. 

Buffy looked around at the other memory loss people all kept within a 
few feet of the person they woke up with and away from others, she 
shuffled closer to the women she woke up with. Hang on every one 
woke up with some one from the same sex, apart from one any way. 
The person in question came up with another reason why they count 
remember anything. 
"No, we know we didn't get drunk and the chances of a Russian mind 
wipe satellite are very unlikely." The person who answered stopped 
cleaning their glasses and looked up.
"I'm English?" he asked but he was pretty sure of the answer.
"You so sodden are" the blond man stopped his laughing and added "Oh 
bloody hell so am I" 
"Tara Mcklay" every one looked at the blond girl "I have ID" she 
explained. The girl next to her tried it out. 
"Tara? I like it" she exclaimed.   
There was a shuffling sound as people looked through their pockets.
"Rupert Gilles"
"Anya"
"Alexander Harris"
"Willow Rosenberg" 
"Randy!"   
"Buffy? Oh that's got to be fake!" Tara turned away from the possible 
Buffy and looked at the girl next to her. She didn't look happy and 
she soon realised why she was about 16 so no driver licence or ID 
cards Tara smiled at her, this seemed to cheer her up.
"Don't worry I know your name"
"How" She asked. Tara smiled.
"Magic" she answered and she waved her hands above her head and 
pointed at the necklace the girl wore. She ignored the swear words 
Randy came out with as he protested against the unfairness of the 
universe.
"Your Dawn" she smiled again and the girls eyes lit up.

Willow turned towards the women standing next to her.
"No ID?" she asked a little upset the women spread her arms and 
Willow realised what she meant instantly, no pockets.   
"Oh, don't worry ill name you" she smiled energetically, and was lost 
for amount in the women's eyes.
"Emerald" the others looked over and Emerald looked a little confused.
"Your eyes shine like two Emeralds" Willow smiled and Randy mumbled 
something. Emerald smiled 
"The name doesn't fit?but ill use course you made it" Willow was 
surprised by the almost sing song quality of Emeralds voice, she was 
trying to figure out if it was arousing or disturbing.

Anya watched Willow and Emerald and sighed
"We have more important things to do right now. Ok. Now we need to 
figure out who we are and who each other are."  
Buffy watched Anya she seemed really strong emotionally while she was 
really torn up inside, Buffy moved behind Anya and sat on the counter 
she held the sleeve of Anya's top like a security blanket.
"You can tell they cant keep their hands off each other for more then 
3 minuets, they probably have to have skin to skin contact every 
hour." Alexander stared at Emerald rubbing some drool off the red 
frills on her outfit. 
"Were all gay" Dawns voice cut through anything anybody was thinking, 
everyone stared.
"We all woke up kinda intermit with other people of the same sex" 
Buffy hid behind Anya as she spoke. Everyone looked at `possibly' 
Buffy in shock.
"Maybe we meet hear as a kind of help group, you know coming out and 
meeting others thing". Tara watched Dawn as the girl came out with 
the reason they was hear Okay Gay? She glanced over to Willow and 
Emerald Yup I'm Definitely gay, but with Dawn? I know I feel 
protective of her but?Goddess this is confusing. 

Willow turned to Emerald
"You think their rite? Were Lovers" she watched for Emeralds 
reaction. Emeralds hand glided over Willows hip and over her butt. 
"Hands" hissed Willow as quietly as she could. Emeralds hand 
continued to glide till she had her arm around Willow, then she 
pulled Willows left hip into her.
"What do you think?" Emerald asked giving a grin.
"Definitely lovers" Willow smiled back, she turned and herd Alex's 
voice rise above Randy's objection to being called gay.  
"See I told you less then three minuets" Emerald replied to the 
statement by shrugging.        

Tara saw a bag on the floor next to her chair she stooped and picked 
it up and rummaged through it.  
"What have you got" Dawn asked, Tara answered without looking up 
"I think it's my bag?lets see?a magic book?" Tara placed it on the 
table and opened it, a piece of paper used as a book mark declared it 
was to be handed back to Giles on the 22nd.
"Hey Giles your some sort of wizard" Dawn declared. Giles looked 
shocked for a moment.
"Hey this says Anya and Giles run this Shop" Buffy looked up and 
dropped the accounts book as Giles and Randy turned to look at her.
"Really I superpose that explains where we are , and at least that 
some of us know each other." Gilles nodded at Randy, Anya and Tara. 
Anya sighed and went to pick up the accounts ledger when she stopped 
and brought her hand in front of her face.
"I'm engaged?" Buffy's heart stopped for a moment, Anya turned and 
looked at Buffy 
"..To you I guess" she smiled. Buffy hugged Anya as the others came 
to look at the ring. 
"Congratulations? in case I haven't already said it" Giles smiled and 
nodded at Anya.
"Yeah good luck you two girls?you ain't got a ring right?" Asked 
Randy. 
"Kinda clingy arrant you Buff" Alex smiled at Buffy as she hugged 
Anya tighter.      
"No, and why would I come to a gay group meeting" asked Giles.
Willow turned around from Emerald and replied
"Maybe because your old-er and coming to terms with having a boy 
friend more well harder for you." She smiled and hoped he whodunit 
notice the quick change in what she had said. 
"So where Lesbians" Dawn hugged Tara as she spoke, before Tara could 
respond she pulled two small pieces of paper from her bag. Tara read 
them and then again.
" I Guess" she said placing the tickets to the second annual Gay and 
Lesbian dance in her pocket but not feeling any more sure of her 
self, Something's not right or am I? oh hell this is confusion.  

<<At the door>> 
The shark demon smiled as a girl answered the door and 4 vampires 
closed in on her, they stopped and moved back a little. The women was 
wearing a dominatrix outfit and wasn't impressed.
"Piss off" Emerald said and kicked the demon in the jaw who flew 
into two vampires, and closed the door.
The demons blinked and went into a huddle to discuses what to do.
`Lets come back when we know spikes in their, well go to the crypt 
first eh! boys' and the group slowly moved away in the fast walk of 
people who arrant running away just finding something better to do. 
 
<<Magic Shop>>
Emerald walked back to the table where every one was going through 
their things trying to find out more about themselves.
"Halloweeners" mumbled Emerald as Willow looked up at her. Tara 
glanced up and went back to he contents of the table. 
"Hey?Hey theirs an address on this college ID of Buffy's" Anya's 
voice cut through the silence, 
"Well come on maybe theirs something their which will jog our 
memories, or at least we can get some sleep and see if that helps" 
Anya looked imploringly at the others, Alex caved in first.
"Couldn't hurt" he mumbled.
"We need to do research? that phrase seems formulae" Giles smiled 
encouragingly at the others. Willow sighed and took her jacket of and 
dumped it over the chair, before she could say anything Emerald 
pulled her close.
"Your kinda cold, is it cold out their?" Willow asked, emerald smiled 
"We can warm each other up" she whispered. Giles sighed 
"Randy you stay hear with me and will get some research done" Giles 
glared at Anya who was stifling a laugh.

<<Outside>>
Anyone watching the group who'd not have noticed anything unusual 
until they where closer. Buffy wasn't leading the group Anya was, 
Buffy clung tightly to her eyes darted around, scared until Anya 
swung her arm around her and small the smiles lit the two girls 
faces. Next Dawn and Tara walked arm in arm Dawn pulling herself 
closer and smiling, Tara didn't look so sure of herself. Next Xander 
walked bye himself kicking at the dirt, with his hands in his pockets 
and a down cast expression. The two girls who walked at the rear 
could be sisters walking along their arms around each other tacking 
in the scenery, till they passed you and you could see that they had 
their hands down each others pants and where feeling each others 
butts.     

<<Buffy's house>>
After ten minuets of trying keys and double checking the house number 
the group finally got in to the house. Anya, Buffy and Alex where the 
first to enter, Alex went into the kitchen, Anya walked into the 
living room. Buffy wandered aimlessly into the dinning room, she 
could hear the others come in and Alex go upstairs. It was as she 
turned to leave that the picture caught her eye, it was her and Dawn 
with another older women, she picked up the picture and stroked the 
image of the older women.
"Mom" Buffy's voice cracked as a wave of emotions surged through her. 
Anya walked through and looked over her shoulder.
"Hey? it looks like Dawn and Buffy are sisters?oh and I think your 
moms dead" Dawn blinked and tried to get her head around t Anya's 
blunt statement. 
"Hey" Alex called as Emerald closed the door. Buffy looked up, Alex 
smiled 
`I found three bedrooms? and I think I know who's who's' he waved at 
them to follow.    

Emerald looked around Buffy and Anya's room it was fluffy, she 
shuddered. Buffy picked up a cuddly pig .
"How do you know it's mine?ours" she added looking at Anya. Alex 
smiled he pointed at the Diary's on the bed. Anya looked through the 
first page and the dates it ran too. Alex also pointed at the open 
cupboard which had several outfits in Buffy's size and style. 
"Also" he pointed at a group photo where Buffy and Anya where next to 
each other, every one else was next to different people which was a 
little odd.

In the next room it was obviously Dawns no one else could get into 
her clothes and also their was an abundance of boy bands. Dawn 
frowned 
"It's a little small" she mumbled looking at the bed. Anya glanced 
around.
"Probably has her own place somewhere?" she looked over to Tara who 
was reading the back of a CD with eyebrows raised
"..maybe a college or something, I thought I saw something on the way 
hear. They wouldn't like you living there." Anya's statement seemed 
to please Tara and Dawn. They began to leave and Dawn pulled Tara 
close.
"You can stay hear with me tonight as you don't know where you live 
at the moment." Dawn smiled.

The last room had a larger bed and much earthier tones small pieces 
of occult paraphernalia could be seen around the room. It took Willow 
a moment to relies why it had to be her and Emeralds room 
"Pictures of me!" she cried three pictures of Willow lay around the 
room and one of her and Tara. Emerald looked around the room, she 
opened a chest to find some old weapons and a pair of manacles, she 
smiled.    
"I think Alex was right about some stuff" she pulled out the manacles.
"What stuff?" asked Willow looking up from the picture of her in Tara 
or Emerald and 
Tara it was hard to be sure. 
"Oh!" Willow looked away sheepishly as Emerald held the manacles up 
and swayed her hips slightly. 

<<Magic Shop>> 
Randy slammed a book shut wile walking over to the table, he studied 
the older man for a moment as he drank some coffee. He pushed a bunny 
rabbit of the chair before he sat down and he began to think about 
some stuff Why are two British puffs in America, what we Alpo or 
something? 
"Yo Giles? we ain't gonna find anything tonight best leave it till 
tomorrow." Randy sighed. Gilles looked up an placed the cup gently on 
the table.
"And what are we meant to do then?" he asked in all innocence.