Re: Down Twisted part 28

["Dee" <dmysinger19@xxxxxxxxx>]

Does anyone have a link where I can read this story streight through, 
I liked what I've read so far but I haven't seen the beginning and am 
confused. Thanks
Dee

--- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "tina" <Rogersjctt@h...> 
wrote:
>  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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