Fic: Life is Short (4/5) B/W NC-17

["TheBear" <thebear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: Life is Short

Author: The Bear!

Spoilers: kinda spins away from Welcome to the Hellmouth, and there?s
elements of the Harvest as well, so no real spoilers, unless you?ve
never seen the show at all.

Pairing: B/W

Summary: Buffy moves to a new town looking for a fresh start, and maybe
a new love.

Warnings: NC17 over all- part 2 is also pretty much PG 

Disclaimer: If I owned ?em, they?d have to show it on the Ecstasy
Network.

Author?s Note: Ok, so, no BDSM? Are you sure this is by TheBear!? 

Part 4

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?Well, I have to say, this is unexpected!? Joyce Summers said as she
came downstairs into the kitchen. She looked at her watch and noted
that it was almost a full hour earlier than Buffy?s normal wakeup time,
and yet; here she was, showered, dressed and rapidly consuming a bowl of
cornflakes.

Buffy finished her mouthful and couldn?t help smiling at her mother as
she said, ?Morning, mom!? She figured that her mom would start with the
questioning, but she couldn?t keep the silly grin off of her face.  

Buffy felt absolutely giddy this morning, even though she hadn?t gotten
a lot of sleep. She?d had the most wonderful dreams last night. The
vampire nightmare that had been waking her up every night for a week was
blissfully absent. All of her dreams had been about a certain redhead.
Some had been sexual, but not all. Some had just been sweet and
romantic.

Joyce echoed her daughter?s smile. ?I haven?t seen that smile in a
while!? she said.

Buffy shrugged her shoulders, ?I?m happy today!?

Joyce just knew there was more that to it. ?And happiness made you wake
up over an hour early?? she asked, smirking at her daughter, but glad to
have Happy-Buffy for once rather than the Sulky-Buffy.

?I?m walking to school with somebody this morning. We?re supposed to
get there a little early and meet someone in the library.? She
explained.

?Ah ha!? Joyce thought. ?Oh?? she asked nonchalantly. ?And this
?somebody? you?re walking to school with? Does he have a name??

Buffy grinned even harder at her mother?s assumption, ?No, and yes,? she
answered cryptically.

Joyce put her hands on her hips an raised a single eyebrow. ?Buffy??
she mock-growled.

Buffy laughed and got up to rinse our her bowl. ?No, it?s not a he, and
yes, she has a name.? She paused for a moment until she though her mom
was just about to growl again and then continued, ?Her name is Willow
Rosenberg.?

Joyce was surprised. ?Hmm, I could have sworn that was a ?new
boyfriend? smile,? she thought. ?So,? she said. ?You don?t need a ride
to school then??

Buffy?d already decided that walking would give them more ?together?
time than a ride, plus she wanted a good-morning kiss in the worst way,
and she didn?t think either Willow or her mom would be too comfortable
with that just yet. ?Nope. We?re good with the walking. Thanks
anyway!? she said as she grabbed her bag and headed for the door.

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Willow was fluttering about like a butterfly on crystal meth. She?d
been showered and dressed for well over an hour. She had already eaten
breakfast, washed and dried the bowl and spoon and put them away. She?d
done all the homework that was due for the next several days, and was
seriously considering breaking out the vacuum and starting on the living
room carpet when she finally heard the knock on the door she?d been
waiting for.

She tried to calm herself before opening the door- she didn?t want to
spaz out in front of Buffy. ?I did enough of that last night!? she
thought.

Willow could feel her pulse pounding in her throat as she opened up the
door to see her? ?Girlfriend?? she thought. Again. She?d been thinking
about what they were to each other, and what happens next, pretty much
since she?d made it in the house the previous night. She?d managed to
sleep for about four hours total the whole night.  

She kept waking up from sexy dreams, though they were all kinda vague,
since she didn?t really have any frame of reference for sex with a girl.
?How come they didn?t cover that in Human Development?!? she thought in
annoyance. As a result she was filled with unspent energy.

Willow realized she was standing there, lost in thought as she stared at
Buffy. ?So much for not being a spaz!? she thought.  

Buffy hardly noticed, as she too stood and stared. Willow?s hair was
pulled back in a high ponytail, emphasizing her widow?s peak, and
leaving her delicate ears exposed. Buffy shivered as she had a sudden
mental image of nibbling on one of those earlobes, hearing the sound of
Willow whimpering in pleasure. ?God, it?s gonna be a long day,? she
thought.

Willow saw the look in Buffy?s eyes and thought, ?Gosh, she looks
hungry!? She gave herself a little shake and said, ?Uh, good morning!
Hi! Uh, you? wanna come in?? The last was delivered with a gulp, as she
saw Buffy lick her lips. Her voice was a little unsteady as Buffy
entered the house and she asked, ?Uh are ya hungry??

Buffy, her eyes focused on Willow?s pink lips, just nodded her head as
she turned toward the girl.

Willow closed the door behind her and said, ?Uh, I?ve got raisin bran??
trailing off when Buffy shook her head and stepped closer to her.

Buffy backed the redhead up against the door- from the inside this time,
unlike last night- and said, ?I had something else in mind.?

Willow got out, ?Oh!? before Buffy?s lips were on hers, her tongue
seeking entrance to her mouth.

Buffy barely noticed Willow?s hands twining in her hair, her attention
was focused on devouring the girl?s mouth. She savored the minty taste
of her mouthwash and the underlying essence of Willow, as she playfully
wrestled with her tongue.

After several moments Buffy broke the kiss, pulling back just far enough
to focus on Willow?s eyes, saying, ?Now *that?s* ?good morning?!?

Willow smiled, still a little breathless and nodded her head, saying,
?Oh yes! Very, very good morning that was.?

Buffy giggled as she stepped back, letting Willow move.  

Willow pushed away from the door, then half turned, looked at the door,
looked back at Buffy and said, ?I?m sensing a pattern??

Buffy blushed when she realized what Willow was referring too. 

Willow giggled, ?You like doors? or is it just this door??

Buffy laughed out loud at that. ?I?m not prejudiced, Willow. I?d like
you up against walls, doors, counters??

Willow blushed furiously, but also smiled, very much liking that idea.
Suddenly, some of her nervousness came back as the questions revolving
in her head made themselves known again. ?Uh, Buffy? C- can I, uh, ask
you something?? she stuttered. 

Buffy frowned at the hesitancy in Willow?s voice. She realized that it
was going to take some time before Willow was comfortable with this
thing between them. ?Makes sense,? Buffy thought. ?We?ve only known
each other for like, a day!? Strangely, Buffy already felt completely
comfortable with it. She took Willow?s hand in hers and pulled her over
to a couch in what was obviously their living room. Sitting down, and
pulling the redhead down next to her, she said, ?Willow, you can ask me
anything you want, any time you want.?

?What are we?? she blurted out, instantly wishing she could retract it
when she saw Buffy?s frown. ?I mean? I?ve never? I don?t know? We??
Willow?s free hand was gesturing wildly as she tried to explain what she
was thinking.  

Buffy smiled at her, realizing that babbling was going to be a big part
of the Willow-experience. ?That?s ok,? she thought. ?It?s cute!?

Willow stopped and tried again, frustrated with her inability to
communicate when it counted. ?I don?t know how this works,? she said.
?Us, I mean. Together.?

?You mean, because we?re both girls?? Buffy asked, still not certain she
knew what Willow was asking of her.

?That too, but I mean? I?ve never been an ?Us? before. With anybody,?
Willow admitted sheepishly.

?Oh!? Buffy got it. ?You?ve never dated a boy either?? she asked, still
shocked that no-one had been able to see what she saw in this vivacious,
delightful girl.

Willow hung her head, wishing for just a moment she hadn?t pulled her
hair back so she could hide behind it now. ?Uh, no??

Buffy cupped Willow?s face in her palms and tilted it up till she could
meet her eyes. She saw that Willow was ashamed of her innocence and
tried to comfort her. ?Willow, I don?t understand how the boys in that
school could have missed you. I knew from the second I saw you at that
water fountain that I wanted you.? She leaned forward and softly kissed
her. ?Willow, you have nothing to be ashamed of.?

?Oh, ok? good? what happens now?? Willow asked- the smile back on her
face at Buffy?s reassuring words.

Buffy said, ?Well, some of this is new to me too, Willow. I?ve always
liked girls, but I?ve never officially dated a girl before.?

?Are we dating?? Willow asked, liking the sound of that.

?Well,? Buffy began. ?I?d like to think we?ll go on some more regular
dates, but we could consider last night at the ice cream shop a first
date?? She laughed and said, ?We kinda skipped the dating step and went
right for emotional trauma, followed by smoochies.?

Willow blushed again, remembering with embarrassment her behavior the
night before.

Buffy caught the look and said, ?Hey now! It ended good, that?s what
matters! Anyway, I was kinda thinking we could skip the ?just dating?
part and move to? girlfriends?? She quickly continued before Willow had
a chance to say anything, ?I know we both have a bunch of ?getting to
know you? stuff to get to, and I want to? but if it?s ok? I wanna be
able to tell people? that you?re my??

?Girlfriend?? Willow whispered.

Buffy nodded her head slowly, looking for a response.

Willow?s face lit up, ?Wow! Buffy Summers is my girlfriend,? she said,
as though trying it on for size.

Buffy?s smile lit up the room, ?Willow Rosenberg is my girlfriend!? she
said happily.

Both girls instinctively knew such a pronouncement could not go
uncelebrated. They kissed for several minutes before Willow broke it
off, saying, ?We have to go, Buffy.?

Buffy pouted, ?Don?t wanna!?

Willow smiled indulgently, ?I know, but you told Xander we?d meet him at
the?? 

Buffy stiffened at the look in Willow?s eyes. ?What?? she asked,
alarmed.

Willow?s look of shock morphed into humor and she began laughing as she
stood up and gathered her bag. ?Oh, man, is Xander gonna be surprised!?
she smirked.

Buffy felt a cool shiver or relief pour through her. She leapt to her
feet and grabbed her bag. ?You scared me!? she said.

?I scared you?? Willow said, not understanding.

?I? well, I kinda got the impression that you had a crush on Xander and?
I thought you might be? having? second thoughts? or something,? Buffy
said, her eyes down and her hands twisting the straps of her bag back
and forth.

It was Willow?s turn to be the reassuring one. ?Buffy, Xander doesn?t
want me?? before Buffy could protest, she added, ?And, even if he did?
it?s too late for him.? She sided up to Buffy and put her free arm
around the blonde?s back, saying, ?I am officially off the market.?

Buffy grinned, ?You saying you?re mine, Red??

Willow grinned back, ?You?d better believe it, Blondie!?

Buffy raised a brow, ?Blondie??

Willow copied her, ?Red??

Buffy managed to keep a straight face as she said, ?I guess I could just
call you ?my little lust bunny???

Willow?s eyes bugged out comically and Buffy couldn?t help but laugh.

Willow dropped her arm from Buffy?s back and put her hands on her hips.
?Grrr! You? You? Well, I can?t think of anything suitably mean, but I
will, and that?s what you are!? she said, pointing her finger at her.

Buffy grabbed her finger and laced her own fingers with the redhead?s,
saying ?We?d better not make Xander wait too long.?

Willow followed, locking the door behind her. ?I can?t wait to see his
face??

?Uh, Will? You remember when he wanted to talk to me last night?? Buffy
asked.

Willow re-laced their fingers and started walking toward school. ?Yeah,
I remember. I got jealous, but I couldn?t figure out which one of you I
was jealous of.?

Buffy smiled at that. ?Well, anyway? Xander figured out that I was
crushing on you, so??

?You mean he won?t be surprised?? Willow asked, disappointment in her
voice.

?Well, he seemed to think you were pretty straight?? she consoled. ?He
might still be surprised??

?What else did he say?? Willow asked, curious now that she was
remembering it.  

?Well,? Buffy began. ?Oh! He threatened me,? she said.

Willow?s eyes widened in shock, ?Xander Harris threatened you? Why??
Willow asked, thrown by that. ?And why?d you hug him if he threatened
you?? she asked, even more confused as she remembered that part.

?Well?? she started off, remembering the brief conversation. ?He told
me he thought you were straight, then he said that he loved you and you
were his best friend and whatever happened between you and me, if I hurt
you, he?d kill me.?

Willow stopped walking and turned to face her girlfriend. ?That is so??

Buffy interjected, ?Sweet??

Willow nodded her head vigorously, ?Yeah! Gosh, I didn?t know he had it
in him!?

Buffy nodded as they started walking again. ?Yeah, he seems like a
really good friend.?

?Yeah, he is!? Willow said.  

The rest of the walk to school was filled with Xander stories. Buffy
didn?t even mind, because most of them were so funny she couldn?t stop
laughing.

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?This world is older than any of you know. Contrary to popular
mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons demons walked
the Earth. They made it their home, their? their Hell. But in time they
lost their purchase on this reality. The way was made for mortal
animals, for, for man. All that remains of the old ones are vestiges,
certain magics, certain creatures?? Giles said,

?And vampires,? Buffy added.

They?d arrived at the library and Buffy told Giles everything that
happened, vampire-wise anyway. He had expressed surprise at her
revelation of the informant- ?tall, dark and annoying? she?d called him.
Xander had come in just at the end of it, and in time for Giles little
speech.

Xander said, ?Okay, this is where I have a problem. See, because we're
talking about vampires. We're having a *talk* with vampires in it.?

Willow said, ?Isn't that what we saw last night??

Buffy said, ?No. No, th-that wasn't a vampire, that was just a guy in
dire need of a facial. Or maybe he had rabies. It could have been
rabies. A-and when he turned to dust? Just a trick of light.  

Xander gave her a dirty look.

?That's exactly what I said the first time I saw a vampire,? she
explained. ?Well, after I was done with the screaming part??

Xander asked, ?So vampires are demons??

Giles said, ?The books tell that the last demon to leave this reality
fed off a human? mixed their blood; he was a human form possessed or, or
infected, by the demon's soul. He bit another, and another, and so they
walk the Earth, feeding? killing some, mixing their blood with others to
make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out, and the
old ones to return.?

?And Buffy?s the Slayer,? Willow said.

Giles nodded his head.

?And that means? what exactly?? Xander asked.

?As long as there have been vampires, there?s been the Slayer,? Giles
explained. ?The chosen one??

Buffy leaned over to Willow and stage whispered, ?He loves this part.?

Giles frowned at Buffy?s impertinence and abbreviated his rendition.
?Right. She?s the Slayer, it?s a secret. Don?t tell anyone.?

?So, What can we do?? Xander asked.

Giles was taken aback. ?Do?? he asked.

Xander could tell that the guy was going to blow him off and he got
upset. ?Hey! You can?t come in to our town, our school, and tell us
the town?s full of vampires? and then just say ?ok, have a nice life?!?


Willow squeezed Buffy?s hand and added, ?Xander?s right. We have to
help somehow. I can?t know that this stuff is going on, that you?re
risking your life, and just not do anything.?

Buffy smiled at her girlfriend and turned back to Giles, ?Ok.?

Giles was, again, taken aback. ?Um, yes, well? The Slayer works alone.
That is the way it has always been?? he began.

Before Xander or Willow could interject, Buffy interrupted. ?Not
anymore.? Though she was looking at Giles, she squeezed Willow?s hand
as she said it.

Willow?s face broke out in a proud smile. She felt warm and fuzzy all
over that Buffy would stick up for her. She glanced over at Xander and
saw the confused look on his face, and knew it wouldn?t be long before
he would be interrogating her.

Giles floundered for a moment, and then said, ?Um, well, I suppose you
could help me with research, on, on this ?Harvest? event.?

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Willow and Xander were walking down a hall. Xander practically had to
drag Willow out of the library, or more specifically- away from Buffy.
It hadn?t been until he?d complained, ?Jeeze, Will. You?ll see her
right after computer lab!? that he?d managed to pry her away.

Willow was listing the things she was supposed to look for on the
computer, she?d been ?assigned? to looking up the local history in an
effort to find out if there was anything that might shed light on this
Mysterious ?Harvest? that was supposed to be taking place. ?Murder,
death, disaster. What else??

Xander said, ?Paranormal, unexplained, did you get natural disasters??

Willow nodded, adding, ?Earthquake, flood??

Xander interjected, ?Rain of Toads??

Willow just said, ?Right.?

Xander exclaimed, ?Rain of Toads! Do you think they'd have anything like
that in the paper??

Willow said, ?I'll put it on the computer search. If it's in there,
it'll turn up. Anything that'll lead us to vampires.?

?And I, in the meantime, will help by standing around like an idiot,?
Xander lamented.

Willow said, ?Not like an idiot, just? standing.?

They stopped in front of Willow?s next class.

Xander said, ?This is just too much. I mean, yesterday my life's like,
'Uh-oh, pop quiz.' Today it's 'Rain of Toads'.?

?I know. And everyone else thinks it's just a normal day.? Willow
commiserated.

Xander nodded his head, ?Nobody knows. It's like we've got this big
secret??

Willow said, ?We do. That's what a secret is, when you know something
other guys don't.?

Xander said, ?Right. So, speaking of secrets, what?s up with you and
Buffy??

Willow?s eyes got wide and she said, ?Oh, look at the time, maybe, maybe
you should get to class.?

Xander laughed, ?You know you?re going to tell me all about it, Will.
You never could keep a secret from me.?

?I have no idea what you?re talking about, Xander Harris.? Before he
could say anything more, a giant smile broke out on her face and she
said, ?You can talk to me and Buffy at lunch. Now, go,? she made little
?shoo? gestures with her hand as she entered the computer lab.?

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As Willow was looking up stuff in the computer lab, she could hear
Cordelia and Harmony struggling with their computer programming
assignment, which was so simple a monkey could have done it. ?Explains
why Cordelia is having such a hard time,? she thought cattily.

Cordelia whined, ?No! It's supposed to find the syntax and match it. Or
wait??

Harmony asked, ?Are we going to the Bronze tonight?? 

?No, we're going to the other cool place in Sunnydale,? Cordelia said,
rolling her eyes at the dumb blond.

Harmony sat there with a confused look on her face, obviously having
missed the last call for boarding the clue-train.

Cordelia said, ?Of course we're going to the Bronze. Friday night? No
cover? But you should have been there last night. 'Cause I ran into
Buffy??

Willow frowned, thinking, ?Buffy didn?t mention??

Cordelia continued, ??and can she be any weirder? She was in the
bathroom, Talking to herself about hitting on some *Girl!* Do you
believe it??

Harmony sighed, ?I think we did this part wrong.?

Cordelia complained, ?Why do we have to devise these programs, isn't
that what nerds are for?? She nodded toward Willow and whispered,
?What'd she do??

Harmony looked at Willow's screen were she was running a search on a
newspaper archive website.

Harmony turned back to Cordelia, again clueless, and said, ?Uh, she's
doing something else.?

Cordelia turned back to her screen and said, ?Okay, and then pattern
run, right? Or go to end? That's it!?

Harmony, trying for ?helpfully supportive? said, ?Maybe!?

Cordelia said, ?So anyway, I walk into the bathroom, and she?s all ?ok
just go talk to her, she doesn?t need to know you?re a sex maniac??I
swear!?

Some long-haired surfer-dude who was sitting in front of Cordelia slid
back alongside her and asked ?Who??

Cordelia said, ?Buffy!?

?The new girl?? Harmony explained in her best ?duh? voice.

Long-hair asked, ?What's her deal??

Cordelia said, ?Well, she's a crazed lezbo.?

Harmony asked, ?Did you hear about her old school??

Cordelia and the long-hair both shook their heads. 

?Booted,? Harmony snipped.

Cordelia haughtily raised one eyebrow and stated, ?Well, I exhibit *no*
surprise.?

Long-hair asked, ?Why was she kicked out??

Cordelia said, ?Uh, because she's a psycho loony!?

Willow couldn?t take it anymore. Even if this weren?t her girlfriend
they were talking about, she would have had enough by now. She jumped
in after Cordelia?s comment, ?No, she's not!?

Cordelia said, ?What??

Willow finished printing out what she was working on and turned, saying,
?She's not a psycho. You don't even know her.?

Cordelia said, ?Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist??

Willow dropped her eyes, cursing herself for her shyness.

Cordelia said, ?Do I horn in on your private discussions? No. Why?
Because you're boring.?

Willow got up and walked over to get her printouts.

Harmony ignored Willow, saying, ?Okay, I think the program's done.?

Cordelia melodramatically looked up to the ceiling and said, ?Finally
the nightmare ends! Okay, so how do we save it??

As she was about to leave, Willow said, ?Deliver.?

Cordelia looked around the keyboard, ?Deliver? Where's that?? She saw
the ?Del? key and exclaimed ?Oh!?

She smiled as she hit the "Del" key, and then her program disappeared.
She stared at the screen for a moment before it registered, then her jaw
dropped and her eyes widened in horror.

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Willow was in the bathroom washing her hands, thinking about Cordelia in
the computer lab. She couldn?t believe what an über-megabitch that girl
was. She tried not to let it get to her, but she?d spent too many
night?s crying herself to sleep thanks to Cordelia to be able to dismiss
her so easily. That girl knew just how to push Willow?s buttons.

Willow skipping out of computer lab early was a common occurrence- after
all, she had completed the entire course syllabus in the first two
weeks of class that semester. She spent most of her time in the lab
working on personal research or programming projects, or helping design
projects for the teacher to use with the fourth year students. However,
it was unheard of for Cordelia Chase to leave the class before the bell,
simply because she wasted too much time gossiping to ever finish even
the easiest assignments ahead of time. Therefore, Willow reasonably had
no expectation that she?d see Cordelia in the bathroom when she opened
her eyes from wiping her face with a damp paper towel

It was understandable then when she squeaked out a startled ?Eeep!? when
that?s who walked in.

Cordelia wasted no time and immediately began to lay into the redhead.
?Ha ha! Very funny. Look, loser, a social retard such as yourself might
have so much free time on their hands that they could spend a Friday
night making up a computer project. Those of us who matter, who have,
oh, say? *A Life* have better things to do with their time. And where
do you get off even speaking to us? You are a computer geek. You exist
to do school work and stuff, not mix with your betters, and certainly
not to rudely sabotage my hard work.?

Willow had initially wanted to stand up to her, or at least to maintain
eye contact, but she soon bowed her head beneath the withering invective
the tall brunette was hurling at her. Again she wished she had not worn
her hair up, as it was impossible to hide behind it while it was in a
pony tail.

Cordelia kept on, relishing the shameful blush spreading over the girl?s
face and neck as she tore into her. She was wasn?t going to quit until
she had the little geek in tears. ?Who told you to defend little lesbo
Buffy anyway? What?s the matter Willow? Got tired of being rejected by
every guy in the school, so now you thought you?d try your luck with the
girls??

Suddenly both Willow and Cordelia jumped when a loud ?Hey!? sounded out.

Cordelia wheeled around to see none other than Buffy Summers standing
there, figurative steam coming out of her ears. ?Well if it isn?t
little miss dyke herself.?

Buffy had heard raised voices coming from the bathroom, and had seen
Cordelia?s little posse standing guard outside, keeping anyone from
entering. She didn?t know it was Willow in there, or she?d have done
more than just push her way through. When she saw Cordelia lambasting
her girlfriend, who was standing with her arms tightly hugging her
slender body, and her chin down on her chest, she became enraged. She
shouted to shut Cordelia up, then looked at Willow and- ignoring
Cordelia?s dyke comment- asked, ?Are you ok, Will?? her soft voice
belying the angry look on her face.

Willow was infuriated with herself as she felt hot, bitter tears of
humiliation slipping down her face. She didn?t want to give Cordelia
the satisfaction, and she didn?t want Buffy to think she couldn?t handle
herself over a few putdowns, but she couldn?t hold them back. She
barely nodded her head, to Buffy?s question- not looking up.

Buffy continued to ignore Cordelia as she walked to her girlfriend.
?Willow, look at me,? she said.

Hearing the sensitivity in Buffy?s voice, Cordelia put two and two
together and resumed the digging of her grave. ?Why Buffy, that?s so
sweet! Did you make the little nerd-girl your puppy??

Buffy?s rage threatened to flare out of control at Cordelia?s taunt, but
when Willow finally looked up, and Buffy saw the hot tears running down
her face, and the look of shame in her eyes, that burning ball of fury
collapsed in on itself and shrank down to a leaden ball of icy wrath-
sunk deep into her stomach.

?That is just *soo* cute?? Cordelia said.

It was the last thing she would say for several minutes.

The sound of Buffy?s hand against Cordelia?s cheek was like the crack of
a gunshot. Her head whipped around so hard that she actually blacked
out for a second.  

When she came to, she found herself suspended several inches above the
ground as Buffy held her aloft against the masonry wall with one hand.
She was still dazed, and her only thought was, ?Well, this blouse is
ruined!? Her attention was snapped back into focus when she heard
Willow pleading, ?Don?t kill her Buffy! Please, she?s not worth it!?

Cordelia?s eyes moved back from the crying redhead to the little blond
that was somehow doing this to her. The look of cold steel in Buffy?s
eyes sent as lightening bolt of fear through her and almost made her
lose control of her bladder.

It was all Buffy could do not to drive her fist through the brunette?s
face and clear through the back of her head. The abject fear she saw
was the only thing that saved her.

Cordelia didn?t even see Buffy?s fist move. One moment it was cocked
back by the blonde?s multi-pierced ear, the next there was a loud
crashing sound right next to Cordelia?s head, and a ringing sound in her
left ear. She slowly turned her head to the left and saw Buffy?s arm.
She couldn?t see her fist, because Buffy?s hand was buried to the wrist
in the cement block.

That did it. Cordelia?s bladder let go and her white pants suddenly had
a huge yellow stain in the crotch.

Buffy didn?t notice it. Her eyes were locked onto Cordelia?s. She
pulled her hand out of the wall and absent mindedly dusted it off on
Cordelia?s blouse as she spoke in a quiet, steady voice, ?You, Cordelia
are a real bitch. I probably can?t change that, short of killing you.
However; if you ever say anything mean to my girlfriend? If you are
even less than polite to her?? Buffy looked back up at the hole in the
wall for a moment.

Cordelia?s eyes were involuntarily drawn back to the hole in the wall as
well.

?I figure your head is at least as hard as a cement block, even if it?s
not as much use as one. But, I?d bet I could probably do the same thing
to it if I really tried??

Cordelia actually managed to pee just a little more.

?I?d make you apologize, but Willow?s right. You aren?t worth it.?
Buffy contemptuously dropped Cordelia, causing her to stumble and nearly
fall. If she hadn?t been braced against the wall, she would have.

Buffy turned her back on the brunette bitch and walked over to Willow,
wrapping her in her strong arms. ?I?m sorry Willow, she cried, neither
of them certain what she was apologizing for. She just knew this girl
who she was rapidly developing intense feelings for was hurt and Buffy
wanted to make it all better. She started to kiss her when she felt
Willow stiffen.  

?Willow? What?s wrong?? she asked, looking into her girl?s eyes.

Willow wanted nothing more than to surrender herself to her beautiful
rescuer, but Cordelia was staring at them and it was creeping her out.

Buffy saw Willow looking over her shoulder, and whispered, ?Is she still
here??

Willow nodded, not trusting her voice yet.

?When I turn around, the only people in this room had better be me and
Willow!? Buffy said loud enough for Cordelia to hear. She smiled when
she was rewarded by the sound of scrambling feet.

?Now, where were we?? Buffy asked as Willow pulled her tight and moved
in for a kiss.

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