FIC: Back to the Middle 3/?

["Tiffany" <tstewart31@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title - Back to the Middle 3/?

Author - Stewie

Pairing - B/? haven't made up my     mind yet

Rating - PG

Summary - It takes place at the end of the summer just before 
season  7. Faiths had enough. 
Disclaimer - Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Joss and a couple 
other folks whose name I don't know. I wish I had come up with the 
idea but...I'm not that talented.

Feedback - Please send any comments to TStewart31@xxxxxxxxxxx
--------------------------------------------


  What am I going to do about those two? Hell...what am I going to 

do about me? I'm just as screwed up as they are...probably more. I 

mean look at me, the all powerful, all mighty, bad ass 

slayer,staring at my partner-in-crime through a cracked door like a 

stalker or something...more like a love-sick puppy. I can't believe 

how just looking at her makes me feel. It's like I can conquer 

anything just knowing that she's alive and well. Just being around 

her puts my body at war with itself...my soul hums with 

excitement...my mind is warning my soul that she's not mine and my 

heart aches because she never will. And with all this going on 

inside me, when I'd normally just run away, I'm still here. That's 

how I know that I'd never leave her side...that I'd do anything to 

keep her happy...that I'd do anything to keep her safe.


  I never in my life thought that I could love someone so much. Now 

I have a whole family that I would gladly put my life on the line 

for. Giles, Dawn, Xander...Anya, comes with the Xander 

package ...Red...I'd move the earth if I thought it would ease her 

pain. But I know better...the only person who can do that is sitting 

on the back porch lost in her own thoughts. When the hell did I 

become such a sap? 


   Well I'm done with this. They're  talking tonight. There's gonna 

be some happiness in this house for once. Hell...I've been standing 

in the doorway for like ten minutes. Her mind must be real busy if 

she hasn't sensed me yet, and in our line of business that is 

definitely not a good thing. Guess its time to make myself known. " 

Dead night?" I ask plopping down next to her. 


  "The deadest." She says trying not to react to me but I can see 

the smile forming at the corners or her mouth.


  "So, how long you been sittin' here B?"


  "Depends..." She pauses to look me in the eye. "How long were you 

watching me 'F'?" Unable to hold back anymore, she flashes me 

this big smile, letting me know that she's ok with my peeping-tom 

act and that she won't push the issue. 


  "Why didn't you say something if you knew I was there?" I just 

know I'm gonna catch hell for this sometime down the road. "I 

thought you were way off of your game for a minute."


  "I didn't...not till you sat down anyway and I realized that I 

didn't feel you until just then...which is weird because I always 

seem to know where you are and I figured that you must of come 

upstairs when I was all zoned out and I didn't notice the difference 

because I've gotten so use to being around you that I forget what it 

feels like not to have you..." She's shaking her head, I think she 

gave herself a little brain-cramp. "Sorry 'bout the run on 

sentence." She's even cute when she's self-conscious.


  "It's ok B. Under all that babble I thought I heard a 

complement." That one got me a laugh...oh yeah, I'm good. "So 

really...how long have you been out here."


  "Not long really...just wanted to take in some of the night air 

before heading in." 


  We sat in a comfortable silence for a few moments before I 

decided it was time to get down to business. "How's the Xand-man 

doing? Any word on his return?" Gotta start with something safe or 

she'll know something's up.


  "He's good. Talked to him the other day, said he finally caught 

up with Anya..."


  "Really!" Now that surprised me. He's been chasing her all 

summer, or tracking her, depending on how you look at it. "I never 

thought she'd let him. Ya'll made it seem like she never wanted to 

see him or anything hellmouthy again."


  "Yeah...and I don't blame her. Last year was pretty hard on her 

too. I think that last near-death experience was the little push she 

needed to get out of dodge...the fact that Willow was the one doing 

the pushing this time...I really don't blame her. I mean...I know 

she loves Xander but there's love and then there's just plan crazy 

you know." I only nod in agreement cause I can tell she not done, 

seems like there's something else she needs to get off her 

chest. "You know what really surprised me?" She was asking a 

question but she didn't wait for an answer. "It was the way he ran 

after her...I knew he loved her but I guess I didn't know how much 

till I got that call at 4 in the morning...did I ever tell you 

about that call?" 


  "Nope." This is all new to me. I know the basics but not the 

details of everything that happened just before my return.


  "Well, after we got Will back here he went to go check on Anya. 

Said after he saw her he was gonna try and get some sleep and that 

he'll be back early in the morning. But when he got to her place she 

wasn't there. Somehow he figured out she flew out to New York and he 

jumped on the next plain there himself. So...he calls me when he 

lands to fill me in and apology for leaving the way he did...and I 

was all like 'What about Willow?'. I couldn't believe he could leave 

with the condition she was in. He says to me, in the calmest voice 

ever... 'Willows gonna be fine because you're there 

with her...and I know, even if you don't yet, how much you love 

her...just like I know she's safest with you because you'd sooner 

die then let anything happen to her. That's how I can leave my 

bestfriend, to chase the women I need like I need air to breath, 

because I know you'll protect Will till the ends of the earth and 

back'" She finished her little trip down memory lane smiling at me 

like she just remembered I was here. "That phone call showed me two 

things about my Xander-shaped friend that I didn't really know till 

then. First..." She puts up a finger. " He's really in love with 

Anya...and not just for orgasms but really in love with her, and 

second..." She puts up finger number two. "...somewhere along the 

way Xan became a strong, self confident, self-aware man and I missed 

that...how did I miss that?" She flashes a little grin as waits for 

my answer. 


  "I don't know...probably the same way you missed Red giving up 

stick for clit." 


  "Faith!"


  "What? I still don't understand how it took you so long." I 

really don't but we've gotten way off track, but there is something 

else I want to know while she all nostalgic and stuff. "Uh...B."


  "Yeah...'F'" Smart ass.


  "I been meaning to ask you something." I just hope I don't ruin 

her mellow mood to much.


  "Ok."


  "Well...when I got here it was just you here...and I know why 

Dawn left and I just now got the whole 411 on Xand-man, even though 

I know for the most part why he left..." Why am I making this into a 

thing? You're a slayer, spit it out for gods sake. "What happened 

between you and the G-man...you know...when he took Red back with 

him and all?"


  " Faith..."


  " B don't try to tell me nothing happened. Something had to of 

happened. You guys use to be real tight, now you start foaming at 

the mouth whenever him name is mentioned..." I can't help it, I 

gotta get the grin back. "...you know, kinda like you are now."


  " Haha...funny." She kept her voice humorless but I can see the 

glint in her eyes. There aren't many that can resist my charm. Why 

she spends so much time trying to be a hard ass I'll never know.



 " Come on...stop being so bull headed and tell me." 

 " There's not really much to tell Faith. Looking back now I know 

he was right. The help Willow needed I couldn't give her, but I 

couldn't just let her go...at the time I thought that sending her 

half way round the world was like giving up on her. And I wanted to 

be the one to help her..."



  "Sounds like something you'd think..." Well it true.


  " Thanks a lot friend." She replies shoving me.


  " Hey...its true, but get back to it." Can't have her getting 

side tracked now. 


  " Well...there's not much more to tell. Giles wanted to take her 

and I said no and a few other things that I probably shouldn't of 

and he had more then a few choice words of his own. I didn't think 

Giles knew what half the things he was calling me meant. Anyways, we 

went on like that for an hour or so...both of us trying to get the 

upper hand in the argument. It ended with Giles saying that he gave 

up and that we'd try it my way...a few nights later, and I still 

till this day don't know how he did it, but he stole her from 

me....during the day. That was like a slap in the face. I went to 

make myself a quick bit to eat for lunch and heated Will up some 

soup and when I saw that empty bed..." I wrap my arms around her to 



try and sooth her through the story. I don't even think she's 

noticed the fact that Red's in the kitchen and I'm sure as the sky 

is blue that the little red head is listening in on this, seeing how 

she just as curious as I am about what happened between B and G-

man. " I was out of my mind for two hours. I was calling Giles and 

wasn't getting any answer. Running all around town like a madman. I 

thought I was gonna lose it 'til I remembered that Giles had wards 

around this place that made getting to the president easier then 

getting to Willow. If someone had gotten to the mailbox that wasn't 

suppose to be I would of known. The bastard didn't even leave me a 

note. You wanna know what he did?" The more pissed she got the less 

she needed me for support, and she's good and pissed now. She's 

almost in pace mode. "He sent me a letter certified mail...it was 

delivered not to long after I realized that he stole her from 

me...and that letter was the biggest bunch of bull I'd ever read." 

Ladies and gentleman we have a pacing slayer. " It was all full of 

apologies about how it didn't have to be this way but he had no 

choice and...and I just don't know...I know now that he was right 

but I can't forgive the way he did what he did." 


  "Look B I'm not asking you to...hell if I was in your place at 

the time I would of been just as pissed. I just wanted to know what 

happened." I have to grab her hand to get her to sit again. "Come on 

and sit back down." I don't know what Reds doing in there but I hope 

she can stay that quiet for just a few more moments.


  "Faith...I'm so in love with her, I don't know what to do with 

myself..." That's about all she really got out before Red came 

crashing out the door putting her hands out just before hitting the 

deck face first. It was about the funniest thing I'd ever seen in my 

life but seeing how B just declared her undying love for Red, now 

might not be the time to chuckle.


  "Uh...Hey..." Only Red would think hey is a fitting greeting when 

you've just been caught ease dropping.


  "Hey yourself..." I'm not really sure how to gauge B's reaction 

by her response but I can read the 'oh shit' look in her eyes.


  " Listen, I'm gonna jet and let you two talk." Nothing like the 

prospect of talking to each other to get them moving. Red already up 

and making her way inside. " Where are you going?"


  " I...uh...I just came down to get a drink of water cause I 

couldn't sleep but I think I'll be ok now, so I'll be going to bed 

now." They both must be smoking crack.


  "You know what...the both of you are pissing me off. I'm so tired 

of being your go-between. All summer all I hear about is Willow 

Willow Willow Willow, and from Red its Buffy this and Buffy that, 

but neither of you will talk to each other." I can't believe 

them...now they've got me pacing. "Now you just heard what I'm sure 

you've wanted to hear since highschool and you're gonna run 

away...and you're just gonna let her B?" No answers...not 

surprised. " Well I got news for you two, tonight it ends. This has 

gone on for to long. You don't have to figure it all out tonight but 

you will start putting your friendship back on track, starting now." 

I'm done with them for the night/morning. I'm going  down to my room 

and hitting the sack. 





------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar.
Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/RoMolB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

Willow: "It's a good fight, Buffy, and I want in."
Buffy:  "I kinda love you."
                     'Choices'

Community email addresses:
     Post message: buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
     Subscribe:    buffywantswillow-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
     Unsubscribe:  buffywantswillow-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
     List owner:   buffywantswillow-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Shortcut URL to this page:
     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buffywantswillow

Official archive for the list:
     http://www.ikoly.com/fanfic

Other links to Buffy/Willow fics:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buffywantswillow/links  
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buffywantswillow/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
   buffywantswillow-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
   http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/