FIC: All alone taking a chance 1/1 B/W PG-13

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Title: All alone taking a chance
Rating: PG
Author: angel_v7 : angel_v7@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Disclaimer: Joss owns the characters I just like to play with them a 
little ;)
Spoilers: Season 7 episode 3 Same time, Same Place
Pairing: Buffy and Willow of course!
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All alone taking a chance

Buffy just couldn't get Willow off of her mind and she was feeling 
all alone. She had stooped so low as to start sleeping with Spike.  
She didn't know why she had followed him outside the Bronze after 
Sweet had come to town and caused the wide spread singing musical.  
Willow was with Tara, that's why. Buffy didn't think she would ever 
have a chance with her, and Spike was there, he was convenient and 
he had told her many times over that he loved her. So she kissed 
him, and just days after that she started sleeping with him, but 
Willow would always be the one Buffy loved.

That was over now though. Spike had left town and Tara had been 
tragically killed in the crossfire of Warren's stupid plot to kill 
her. Buffy couldn't stand that Willow had to lose the person that 
she loved the most, and all because of three nerdy little villains.  
Buffy couldn't blame Willow for killing Warren, hell she wanted to 
do it herself, it's just that Willow beat her to it.

Three months had passed and Willow returned to Sunnydale. The 
events that unfolded just within 24 hours of her arrival were signs 
that the hellmouth was up to its old tricks again. No one living in 
Sunnydale would ever have a normal life, that was for sure. The 
Gnarl demon had been defeated, but Willow would have the scars for 
the rest of her life. Buffy couldn't stand that Willow had to go 
through so much pain.  

The next day Buffy stood outside Willow's bedroom just watching her 
meditate. "God she looks so beautiful" Buffy thought. She didn't 
want to disturb her friend so she turned around prepared to leave 
Willow to it. "Buffy!" Willow called. "Aww, I'm sorry. I didn't 
mean to interrupt" Buffy replied. "Hey that's ok, that's all I had 
left in me" Willow smiled at Buffy as she said this. Buffy then 
told her that she didn't realize that meditating was such hard 
work. Willow told her that she was growing new skin, Buffy sat down 
on Willows bed and had a little chat to her friend about how much 
she had missed her. As Buffy got up to leave she saw Willow sit up 
to start meditating again. Willow told her that it hurt too much 
not to try but that it took so much strength and she didn't have 
that much. Buffy sat down in front of Willow and told her that she 
had so much strength that she was giving it away. With that Buffy 
took Willow's hands and closed her eyes. They stayed that way a 
long time.  

Night came and Buffy felt that Willow's body had returned to 
normal. She knew how much she loved Willow and that is where she 
drew the strength to heal her. Buffy felt guilty enough for locking 
Willow up with that Gnarl demon. She didn't know what she would do 
if she ever lost Willow, and the day before she had been the cause 
of nearly doing just that. Buffy didn't want to wait a moment 
longer, she wanted to tell Willow exactly how much she cared for 
her, even with the chance that the other girl didn't feel the same 
way. If there was a chance for happiness she knew that it would be 
with Willow. Buffy loved Willow with everything her body was 
capable of. She looked into Willow's charming green eyes and saw 
that they were smiley back at her. "Could she feel the same way? I 
have only ever seen Willow look that way a few times before and that 
was with Oz and later on with Tara" Buffy thought she might be 
imagining all this, it was too good to be true if in fact it was 
love she saw in Willow's eyes.

Buffy didn't want to miss another second of not sharing her love 
with Willow, so she leaned forward and gave Willow a gentle kiss on 
the lips. She remained that way for just a brief moment before 
sitting back up to look at Willow once again. This time she saw 
that Willow had her eyes closed, but was grinning from ear to 
ear. "Yes" Buffy thought. I might just have a chance that Willow 
loves me back. She cupped Willow's cheek with her hand and gave it 
a gentle rub with her fingers. Willow looked back at Buffy before 
opening her mouth to speak. "Buffy?.? Is there something you want 
to tell me?" Buffy knew that it was now or never. She had already 
kissed Willow, there was no holding back, and she was going to tell 
her just how much she cared for the young girl.

"Will. I love you. I have always loved you. I know you might not 
be ready for another relationship so soon after Tara, but I don't 
want to sit back and risk watching you fall for someone else before 
I had the chance to tell you how I feel about you." Buffy couldn't 
believe how easy that had been to say. She didn't know if she could 
get the right words out, but this was Willow, she made Buffy feel so 
comfortable and at ease with herself. She waited to see how Willow 
would react. "Buffy. I love you too. I have had a few months to 
think about where my life is headed. I didn't want to come back to 
Sunnydale. I was so scared I had lost you as my best friend and 
that I wouldn't be welcome back, but I can see now that you love me 
the way I love you. I think this could work Buffy. Can we just 
take it slow, one day at a time, to give each other time to get to 
know one another again?" Buffy agreed to what Willow had asked.  
She was just so happy that she had taken the chance to tell her 
friend just how much she cared for her. Now she had the rest of her 
life to show Willow just how much she truly loved her.  

The End