Down Twisted part 28

["tina" <Rogersjctt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

here it is,as promised,the next chapter to my ode to the 
Buffyverse!  All disclaimers and warnings are still in effect. Enjoy 
and, sorry, but 29 won't be up until sometime tomarrow night.


                  3 days later, mid afternoon

  As Alex drove donwn Revello Drive, in Sunnydale, she couldn't help 
but wonder what in Hell she was doing over here.

            Why is it, the voice that resided in her brain snottily 
asked, am I the one that has to talk to Joyce Summers ?!?!?!?!?!

   No answer, of course, came forth and it was with a deep sigh that 
the dark womam pulled into the driveway.  Alex remainded sitting in 
her vehicle, for a few minutes, trying to gather her thoughts 
together before exiting the car and walking up to the Summer's 
abode.  The Southerner, rather prudently to her way of thinking, did 
square her shoulders before knocking, lightly, upon the front door.

   From inside the house, an older blond was somewhat shocked to see 
whom was standing out there on her door step.  The dark woman looked 
a little better than she had yesterday but Joyce could clearly see 
the sharp grooves that now ran along Alex Robert's finely, molded 
mouth.  It was with a frown that the Slayer's Mom opened the door.

        " Alexandra, is everything allright with Buffy and Willow?"

    " Yes, ma'am, the girl's are quite hunky dory.  That's not why 
I'm here.  I think, Mrs. Summers, that it's high time we had 
ourselves a little talk.  Gonna invite me in?"

    It was in short order that Alex and Joyce where sitting down at 
the kitchen table.  A, rather, uncomfortable silence sprang up 
between the two women.  One was wondering how to begin, what was sure 
to be, a loaded conversation while the other was trying to figure out 
all the reasons Why it was Alex Roberts whom was sitting across from 
her  and NOT her own daughter.

      " I don't really know how to say this but I heard ya , you 
know?"

  To say that Joyce was astounded by this turn in the conversation 
was little more than a massive understatment.  The blond had no 
doubt, however, that Alex was telling her the stone, cold, truth.

             " Allright, I believe you.  I think, Alex, that you'ed 
better start calling me Joyce from now on."

   The other woman's gray eyes where sparkling with amusement before 
the dark woman attempted to form a reply.

         " If that's how you want it, I will.  Sorry 'bout calling 
you by your last name, it's just a hold over reaction from my 
misbegotten youth. My Momma, you see, instilled within her young 
daughter the knowledge that she was Never to call one of her friend's 
parents by their given names.  I've simply never forgotten the lesson 
that Mom tried to teach to me all those years ago."

   Alex became silent as she watched the other woman process that 
information.

               "Friends?  Are you really simply friends with both 
Willow and my daughter?!?!?  I have to tell you, Alex, that it seems 
like so much more than That to me."

    Joyce Summers was calling herself the world's biggest fool for 
even having the balls to ask that question as she watched one of the 
most painful of exspressions cross over the dark woman's face.  She 
didn't regret it, however, because she was infanitely curious about 
the realationship that had developed between Buffy, Willow and 
Alexandra Roberts.

    Across the table, the Southerner cleenched her teeth as she 
attempted to form an answer that wouldn't send the other woman 
running to the police.  While she could perfectly understand the 
blond's concerns she really had no idea how to begin explaining the 
whole situation to the patiently waiting woman.

           " It was never my intention to become friendly with 
anyone here in Sunnydale.  I came her to simply finish the job that 
began back home, nothing more or less.  I've come to believe that I'm 
blessed that things turned out so differently.  Willow and Buffy have 
been so much more than a God send for me, I can never hope to repay 
them for all the things they've willingly given to me in our time 
together."

    There where seething,dark currents of pain in that little speech 
and Joyce began to fully realise that she had seriously 
underestimated the other woman.

                  " Please, Alex, help me to undrestand exactly what 
your trying to tell me.  The girl's will only give me bits and peices 
to the story, Rupert even less than That!"

    Alexandra Katherine Robert's lips twisted,harshly, as she became 
aware of how little this woman knew about the whole situation.  On 
one hand she was honored that those people would keep the lot of her 
private information to themselves but, on the other, she couldn't 
help but damning them for putting her in this mostly uncomfortable 
predicament.

          " Hell, Joyce, what exactly have they told you?"

   In a short amount of time, Alex was informed about the bare 
basics of her and the girl's story.  The shocking amount of gaps in 
that info caused the dark woman the shut her eyes as she gritted her 
teeth.  After a moment and, with a long suffering sigh, Alex began to 
make her reply.

          " Well, damn, this could take a while!  Joyce, why don't 
you get yourself something to drink and, then, I'll tell you 
everything."

     The Slayer's Mom found that to be a prudent course of action as 
she stood and, after walking over to the sink,began pouring herself a 
cup of steaming, hot, coffee.  After sitting back down, the blond 
took a sip of her morning pick-me up before locking her gaze with the 
dark woman's.

                  " Allright, Alex, I'm ready for whatever you have 
to tell me."

               Somehow, Joyce, the dark Southerner mockingly thought 
to herself, I don't think I believe you.

      As Alex began retelling the details of her sordid youth, she 
couldn't help but wish she was anywhere but here.  By the time she 
made it to where she'd come to Sunnydale, Joyce Summers was looking 
at her with equal parts compassion and no small wonder.

              " I rented the house after Angel and Cordilia told me 
the skinny on what I needed to do to get around Sunnydale. In fact, I 
had just finished moving in when those girl's came knocking upon my 
door.  Can you even begin to undrestand what it did to me to see the 
sheer and utter beauty that is Buffy and Willow to be standing there 
in the bright sunlight?!?!  It floored me, Joyce, I have absoultely 
no trouble adimitting that to you.  I did the proper thing, of 
course, and invited them inside.  We...I guess you could say, got 
aquainted rather quickly.  I was cool with That, however, it stunned 
me to realise that I was actually begining to care about both those 
girls.  That, I'm sorry to say, is Not a natural reaction for me.  
Imagene, if you can, my total shock to realise that the feeling was 
mutal for both Will and Buffy too!  I like to think of myself as a 
somewhat intelligent person so I did try and not let either girl into 
my heart.  That, as you've come to see, never happened.  They got in 
before I had any real chance to stop them but, I must tell you, that 
neither Buffy nor Willow realised it then.  They've been so bloody 
good for me, I can only pray that I've brought something worthwhile 
to their lives too.   I must confess, Joyce, that not only am I an 
intensely visual person, I also happen to possess and inate amount of 
natural curiousity to boot.  I dunno, at this late stage in life, it 
That's a good or bad thing.  I had just assumed that the girl's where 
a couple, it flabergasted me to realise that wasn't yet the case!  
Puzzled me too because I had no trouble seeing that something was 
bubbling up between them.  I actually pained me, Joyce Summers, to 
fully undrestand exactly what was keeping them apart."

          " Oh my God," said the flustered blond, " are you saying, 
Alex, that Bufffy and Willow are a couple?"

  This, quite naturally to Alexandra Roberts, caused the younger 
woman to erupt in laughter.  Her high amount of merriment was very 
evident to the older blond, she simply awaited for the moment Alex 
would regain control of her emotions.

        " Absofreakingloutely, YES, Willow and Buffy are fully 
together!  Christ Almighty, Joyce, they are so, damn, Good for one 
another that it even brings a tear to my eyes!!  You aren't really 
gonna sit there and try to tell me that you haven't noticed the 
extent of emotion that flows between Will and your daughter, are 
you?!?!?   Come on, Joyce Summers, I know your smarter than That."

   The blond haired woman could only sit and stare at her guest in 
utterly, stunned amazement.  While, on some level, she'd always 
suspected that it was attraction that was simmering between the 2 
girls, she simply never given much thought that Buffy and Willow 
would have the guts to give into those desires!

    Alex, meanwhile, didn't quite like what she was imagening going 
on iside the other woman's mind.  Wanting only to forstall any bad 
happenings, the dark woman leaned forward to stare straight into 
Joyce's surprised gaze.

           " It's perfectly allright to be shocked, Joyce, by what 
you've just been told.  Hell, you can even be amazed, if ya like. 
That's your God given right, I don't want you to think I'm here to 
take it away from you.  It's just, Buffy has shared with me your less 
than welcoming reaction to her being the Slayer.  I'll grant you that 
you where rathere angry at that discovery because, really, what 
mother wouldn't be?   In fact, Joyce, you may even be pissed off that 
no one has told you any of This before now.  I'm begging you, 
however,please don't be angry at the girl's for finally giving into 
their emotions.  If you where to do That, I promise ya, that only bad 
things can happen.  The way I see it, Joyce, is that you've got two, 
distinct, choices before you.  You can either accept the love that 
flows between Buffy and Willow and be happy they've finally realised 
how right they are for one another or you can let your emotions get 
the best of you and go off half  cocked to rant and rave over them.  
Make no mistake, lady, you'll end up losing both girls if you take 
the second option.  Take it from one whom knows, ya'll deserve so 
much better than That!  I have no right to ask you this but I going 
to anyway.  Please, I beg of you, consider my warnings before you go 
and confront everyone with this knowledge."

    Out of breath and feeling that there was no more to this 
conversation, Alex Roberts stood and made ready to leave.

         " I regret that I leaving you with such pressing matters to 
go over on what, I'm sure, was suppoused to be a realaxing 
afternoon.  Good day, Joyce, I'm truly sorry if I've been kinda hard 
on you."

     As the apologetic woman walked into the harsh sunlight, Joyce 
Summers could only sit there as Alex's choices began replaying in her 
brain.  The blond woman was Not stupid and she fully acknowldged that 
the Southerner had made some fine points.  It wasn't even that she 
was againist a same sex realationship, no, it was more that she was 
afraid of all the crap that both girls would face in the outside 
world.  Therefore, it was with a deeply troubled sigh that Joyce got 
up to refill her coffee cup.

               I've got some serious thinking to do, she 
hapahazardly thought to herself, lets hope I make the proper choice 
This time around!    







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