Fic: Cold reunion 6/?

["jend1205" <jend1205@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey guys I wanted to thank everyone for the good feedback. I hope to 
be working on the next part today. All the kids are with their, whoo 
hoo. 


Author Jen D and Kim
Rating: NC-17- Rape, Violence
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Believe me I have three boys, I own 
nothing.
Spoilers: Up to five



Willow watched the young girl walked away with her ex and then turned 
to stare into the eyes of the woman that used to hold a special place 
in her life. Buffy looked at the cold empty green eyes, trying to see 
a spark of the shy computer hacker that had disappeared two years ago.



"Willow", she started but was cut off by the watcher.



"I really have nothing to say to you right now", Willow said and 
started to walk away.



Buffy grabbed her arm and spun her around, "Well guess what, that's 
to damn bad. I have some things I want to say to you."



"Back off, slayer. I don't give a shit whether you walked away from 
the council or not. I am still a watcher and as such you will treat 
me with some respect."



"And do I need to remind you that without slayers you guys are pretty 
much nothing, so don't take that stand with me. Willow, please lets 
not do this."



"Do what", Willow yelled stepping closer to the blonde slayer.



Buffy took a step back not wanting to engage in a 
confrontation, "Fight?I heard what you told Dawn. I would never have 
let you stay in that place if I would have known. It makes me sick 
just thinking about it."



Willow snorted and stepped back, "Well imagine how I feel then. Leave 
it alone. I really just want to beat this bitch and go home."



"And Dawn, where does she fit into all this. Will, he said she was 
our daughter, ours", Buffy said pointing between the two of them.



"I don't know."



"Well you'd better find out because if you hurt her, I will kill you."



"If I hurt her, you'll have to stand in line behind me", Willow said 
and took off across the park.



*****


The bell above the door of the Magic Box rang as Buffy walked back 
into the shop after her talk with Willow in the park. She was tired 
and mentally exhausted from the last few months.



"Hey", Tara said softly coming up behind her.



Buffy wiped the tears from her eyes and turned to look at her 
friend, "Hey, man is it ever gonna let up?"



"Dawn told us about what Willow said, did you talk to her?"



"Not really. Tara she's so cold and distant, I'm not sure I'll ever 
be able to reach her."



"You love her don't you?", Tara asked taking the blonde slayers hand 
into her own.



"I don't know anything right now and I need to concentrate on keeping 
Dawn safe. What I feel for Willow will have to wait until we don't 
have the fate of the world on our shoulders."



"Just know that no matter what happens I'll be here for you", Tara 
said pulling her into a warm hug.



Buffy pulled out the hug and tried to pull herself together before 
facing the rest of the gang, " Tara did you find anything out about 
this ritual Willow wants to do?"



"I thought it sounded familiar but it didn't click until Dawnie told 
me what Willow told her", Tara said and then spent the next twenty 
minutes filling the rest of them in on the ritual to summons a gods 
powers.



"It could kill her", Buffy asked shaking her head in disbelief.



"Yeah", Dawn whispered, afraid of losing another part of her family.



"Well she can't do it", Buffy said and began to pace around the 
room, "I won't let her."



Faith started to giggle, the giggle turning into a full blown belly 
laugh, "You're kidding right. That's so cute."



"What the hell are you talking about", Buffy growled, frustrated with 
the slayer's laughing.



"And you think you can stop her." Faith asked casually, her black 
leather boots still propped up on the research table.



"Well yeah", Buffy answered.



Faith tried to contain her laughter, "Honey, I've never ran across 
anyone since we left the hospital that could tell Red what to do. You 
try to tell her she can't do this and you'll be picking yourself off 
your ass, if you're lucky enough to be able to get up. She may be the 
only chance we have of wining this. Red, has studied with some of the 
most powerful witches in the world. If she can't do it then no one 
can."


"I don't like this at all", Buffy sighed but knowing in her heart 
that Faith was right. "Tara, are you sure there isn't anything else? 
Another spell we could we use....something?"

"I don't know Buffy, I'll l-look over the texts again"

"Thanks Tara" Buffy joined Faith at the research table.

With that, Tara got up to walked to back off the store. Faith's eyes 
watched her walk away unconsciously licking her lips. She leaned into 
Buffy with a glint in her eye and an almost devilish grin, "So what's 
Tara's story?"

Buffy, noticing a look on Faith something akin to the 
infamous 'slayer lust' she had to deal with herself issued a firm 
warning, "Don't even think about it Faith!"

"Okay, okay....I get it, hands off the hot witch" She decided to let 
it go for now. She'd known that her Red was slowly slipping away from 
her. It was something that hurt her fiercely, but even she knew that 
at least while they 
were in Sunnydale, there would probably be little or no physical 
contact between them. 'No reason I can't make friends while I'm here' 
already deciding in her mind to ignore the warning of her 
counterpoint slayer.