Fic: "Yet Another Heart Ache" PG-13

["A.M. Glass" <glasswrks@xxxxxxxxx>]

Title: "Yet Another Heart Ache"
Author: Angela
E-mail: glasswrks@xxxxxxxxx
Copyright: February 06, 2000
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Joss owns all except the story, which is
mine. No copyright infringement is intended or
inferred.
Distribution: You want it, really? Sure, be my guest.
Summary: Takes place after "Another Heart Ache".
Author's Note: This for all eight or nine of you who
clamored for another story, and by the looks of things
I might need to write at least two more. Of course
that all depends on how well this one does. Yes, I
know the title sucks, I couldn't really think of
anything else. If you all have some thoughts about a
nifty title, please send them along. I could use all
the help I could get. It's still angst filled, I
think.
Feedback: Would help a lot. Believe me.


Willow woke up the next morning, pleasantly rested as
she stretched her arms out. She felt something on her
chest. Looking down she saw the locket Tara had given
her the night before. A slight smile crossed her
features. What ever was happening to them, she decided
to just let it go where it wanted.

Turning towards Buffy's bed, she frowned. It looked as
if it hadn't been slept in. Willow thought she could
remember Buffy telling her something, but she couldn't
remember what.

"I'll ask her later," she said to herself, getting
out of bed.

***

"Giles, it's me. I… I have to leave. No, I'm fine. I
just need time to think about some things. Just the
weekend, I promise I'll call you. Giles don't try to
talk me out of it. I need to get away. No…I'm not
running away, you have my word. You need to trust me
on this. I will… no, I don't need any money, I'm
positive. I've got to go, talk to you soon. Bye."

***

"Willow, yes it's me. I'm fine… I need to talk to you
right away. Can you come over? Yes… it's about Buffy."

***

Willow heard the desperation in Giles voice during
their brief conversation. She would call Tara as they
were going to study later. Maybe they could find out
what was going on.

***

"Are you sure no one will find me here?" Buffy asked.

"Positive Pet. Although I haven't the foggiest idea
why you're hiding out in the first place," Spike
answered.

"You don't need to know…"

"Hey, you'd better watch it Slayer. I'm allowing you
here out the…"

"Cut the crap Spike. You just want to go after some
demons," Buffy told him, putting her bags down.

"Well… having you here does have it's advantages,"
Spike replied.

"Fine… just leave me alone."

'What's with 'er I wonder,' Spike thought to himself
as he left the room. "Ah, killing demons, that's the
way to spend a weekend," Spike said out loud clapping
his hands together.

***

Tara walked towards Willow's dorm room, secretly
hoping that Buffy wouldn't be there. Something about
the blonde haired girl worried her. Whatever it was,
she didn't want anything to happen to Willow. Ever
since the incident with those…things, Willow had
called them the 'Gentlemen'. She had wanted to find
out all she could, but other priorities had arisen.

Her face lit up just thinking Willow's name, she
sighed. Reaching the door, she knocked.

"Hi, I'll be right out, we need to go see Giles. You
remember him don't you?" Willow asked after opening
the door.

"Oh yeah, he's the one that's helping you with your…"

"Yeah, that's him," Willow replied, grabbing her bag
from her bed. Reaching out, she impulsively pulled
Tara into the room, shutting the door.

"What?"

"Hi…"

"Oh… hi." Tara said after Willow kissed her.

"Okay, let's go."

"Sure," Tara replied, heading out the door and
following Willow. 'Anywhere,' she told herself.

***

Buffy paced the room, while Spike watched silently.
She stopped, frowned, and then began pacing once
again.

"You're making me dizzy," Spike told her.

Buffy stared at him.

"Just trying to make idle conversation, is all."

"Don't try so hard," Buffy told him.

"Come on, tell you're Uncle Spike what's wrong," he
said.

"Spike…"

"Yeah?"

"Blow it out your ass," she told him.

"I like you like this, all unfeeling. Makes me feel…
nothing really."

"I'm not surprised. I can't believe you actually had
any feelings for Druscilla in the first place."

Spike jumped from his chair, his hands outstretched
ready to add another slayer to his belt.

"AHHH," he grimaced, when the pain hit him.

"Oh… did you hurt yourself?" Buffy sarcastically.

"Bitch. If I could get my hands on you…"

"You'd what? Kill me. Oh please, you can't hurt me."

"Get out."

"What?"

"Get out."

"You have so got to be kidding."

***

"Ah Willow, come in," Giles said as they entered his
apartment.

"I hope you don't mind Giles. This is Tara, we were
going to study later… you know magicks."

"Really? Of course not. Umm… Tara?"

"Yes Mr. Giles."

Willow smiled, she hadn't called Giles 'Mr.' in years.

"Why don't you make yourself at home. I need to
discuss something with Willow," the former
librarian/Watcher told the young woman. "It shouldn't
take too long."

"Sure, thanks," she replied and headed towards his
extensive book collection.

"Willow," he said as soon as they entered the
kitchen. "Do you have any idea where Buffy might have
gone?"

"Gone?"

"I take it you don't know that she's left."

"Oh… not again…"

"No… no. Not like the last time. She called and
promised me she wasn't running away. I have to believe
that, otherwise…" he trailed off as he glanced away
for a brief moment, quashing the thoughts of the last
time she had gone. "She said she needed to think about
something and she had to leave. So, I thought who
better to ask than you."

"She hasn't said anything. At least nothing that
would make me think she was planning to do this. I'm
sorry Giles," Willow told him biting her lower lip,
going over everything she could remember. "Wait!"

"What…what is it?"

"I just remembered. Last night she went for a walk
after we got back to the room. I never heard when she
came back. I was asleep. I should have stayed up…"

"Willow, you mustn't think that this is your fault.
You had no way of knowing that this would happen."

Tara could hear bits of the conversation while she
pretended to look through one of Giles' books. So,
Buffy had disappeared, she doubted that the blonde
haired girl would stay away for long. Willow had
spoken so much about Buffy that she knew deep down
that if Buffy did leave, Willow would be crushed.

That led to other thoughts, and those made her shiver.

***

"I said 'get out'", Spike told Buffy, who stared at
the peroxide vampire.

"Where else can I go?"

"I don't bloody hell care. Sod off."

"No."

"What did you say?"

"No."

"Look here, this is *my* place, and be it so ever
humble… you know the rest. Now, vacate, leave,
take-a-walk, scram, hit the bricks, go, remove
yourself from the premises, out…"

"I get the hint, but I'm not leaving…"

"Ah!!!"

***

Tara walked alongside Willow who was lost in thought,
more than once she had to stop her…

'What are we to each other?' she wondered.

Were they involved? Sure they had kissed; the memory
made her smile. They had done a little more than kiss
that one time… but did that mean she could she call
Willow her girlfriend? Had they reached that far? It
was confusing, Tara hoped that Willow might think
about her that way. Lover? Ooh, that was a huge
decision that they'd both have to talk about,
eventually. Hopefully?

'Buffy where are you. Please come back, I need you…
here,' Willow silently pleaded.

TBC

I think.

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