Explanations Needed
by LynX
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Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, Joss and Mutant Enemy and anyone else I left out owns em.
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Plot: Andariel shows up in Sunnydale once again to give Buffy and Willow a heads up about what is to come in the future. But who is Andariel? Buffy is determined to find out and the truth will knock your socks off!!!!
AN: Please notice that I have made faint references to the spell used in Shyfox's "Sappho's Spell" series. I figured Shyfox wouldn't mind too much, seeing as the Spell is a great way to get Buffy and Willow to have a baby. (oops, hope I haven't spilled too many beans for what my future plans are) :-)
Willow bustled clumsily through the kitchen, trying her best to bend down and reach into the fridge for a bottle of water. Buffy smiled as she read the newspaper.
Willow closed the fridge door and sat down accross from Buffy, drinking from her container of water. She sighed.
"I can't help but feel relieved that you're giving up slaying for a week just to be with me." Willow admitted. Buffy turned the page she had been reading.
"Yeah well Giles said the new Slayer would be arriving in California sometime tomorrow, so I guess that means it's good bye to fighting vampires and demons for me. Just for a week though." Buffy said as she scanned the page for iteresting news. Willow smiled. She couldn't describe how relieved she really was that Buffy was going to be spending the next 7 days with her, no slaying involved. Although there was a few things she didn't mind that came with being a slayer's lover, eg really good love-making.
Willow chuckled at this thought as she took anther sip of her water. Buffy couldn't help but notice the glint in her lover's eyes and smiled, trying to imagine what was going through Willow's thoughts right now. Buffy turned another page and couldn't help but smile in awe at what she saw on the page.
"Andariel." She proclaimed. Willow looked accross the table at Buffy in mid swallow.
"Hmm?" Willow asked her. Buffy laid the newspaper flat out on the table and turned it so Willow could read what it said. Willow couldn't help but smile.
The headline read: "Superhero Andariel Effectively Slays Vampires and Returns Normalcy to Downtown New York."
"Looks like our little cupid knows how to handle herself when it comes to staking vampires." Willow said, taking another chug from her water bottle. Buffy was exasperated.
"Of all the nerve Willow! She told me she had no intentions of slaying vampires, that she was just a so-called 'superhero'. And here she is practically taking over my job!" Buffy proclaimed. Willow looked at Buffy with that look in her eyes. The 'you're-getting-carried-away-again' look. Buffy saw the look and shifted in her seat, taking back the newspaper and turning the page.
"She's not taking over your job, and besides, it's New York, miles away! It doesn't matter. A-a-and who knows, maybe she's the next slayer that's coming to California." the last part had been partially a question rather than a statement. Buffy looked over the top of the newspaper.
"I doubt it." Buffy covered her face with the paper again. "She's in no way slayer material. Flying around in her little costume, if that's what it is. Doing magic tricks and such." Buffy was obviously jealous. Willow raised an eyebrow, sensing the tinge of envy that radiated from her lover's body.
"Buffy you know I'll always love you, slayer or no slayer." Willow told her. Buffy put down her paper and looked at her Wiccan lover before finally giving up, sighing and going around to her side of the table to wrap her arms around her lovingly.
"I know. I guess I'll just always feel like no one else out there could ever do a better job of managing saving the world than I did." Buffy said, not so modestly, but oh so truthfully. Willow smiled.
"You've done a great job, under the circumstances." Willow told her. Willow placed a small kiss on her lover's lips before she allowed herself to be held tightly in those strong slayer arms.
"Mmmm...I could hold you all day long...." Buffy cooed as she rocked Willow slightly in her arms. Willow sighed happily, mirroring Buffy's feelings.
"Could....but can't." Willow added as she slowly slipped out of Buffy's arms, much to the slayers dissaproval. Buffy pouted. Willow hated it when she did that.
"Buffy......you know I can't stay, I promised Xander I'd meet with him for a day of shopping. Xander likes to call it "Spoil Willow day." Willow talked about the day she'd had planned with Xander. Buffy rested her head on top of Willow's and nuzzled her affectionately.
"I know. But just think how excited I am about the prospect of you coming home after a long day of shopping and wanting a little.....tension release?" Buffy had a good point and Willow couldn't help but smile.
"Buffy you've been nothing but supportive of me, and I can't think of anyway to thank you for everything." Willow told her. Buffy kissed the back of Willow's neck.
"Simply allowing me to love you and being loved in return is all the thanks I need." Buffy told Willow firmly. Willow almost cried at how sentimental Buffy was. She turned around in Buffy's arms and threw her own around her, hugging her tightly.
"Oh Buffy......." Willow started to sob. Buffy was exasperated. She didn't know whether to laugh, smile or cry. She held Willow tightly.
"Hey it's ok Willow." Buffy comforted her. Willow sniffed and struggled to wipe away her tears.
"Damn hormones...." Willow and Buffy both chuckled as Willow stepped away from Buffy, wiping her tears with the sleeve of her shirt. They suddenly heard a horn toot in the driveway. It was Xander.
"I thought you were gonna meet him there?" Buffy was surprised. Willow finished wiping her tears.
"I guess he wanted to make sure I got there safely or something and figured picking me up was the best option." Willow looked at Buffy. They both smiled.
"I love you." Buffy told Willow. The red head smiled.
"I love you too." Willow replied, and gave Buffy a lingering kiss on the lips.
"Now you and Xander go have fun." Buffy told her, and after a reassuring Willow smile, Willow left with her purse out the front door. Buffy listened as the car pulled out of the driveway and sighed to herself, wondering what she could do with herself all day.
* * * * *
What Buffy hadn't expected was the knock at the door while she had been busy preparing a toasted sandwich for her afternoon-snack in the kitchen. Buffy cursed and switched off the toaster then hurried to answer the door.
She turned the handle and was about to say "What?" out loud when she saw who it was standing in her doorway.
"Andariel??" Buffy was shocked to see the superhero-turned-vampire-slayer on her doorstep. Andariel smiled.
"Long time no see hey?" Andariel replied as she gave Buffy a warm smile. Buffy was still slightly shocked.
"W-what are you doing in California?" Buffy asked her. Andariel looked serious.
"We need to talk." Andariel replied, and waited for Buffy to step out of her way before she entered the house and headed for the loungeroom.
* * * * *
Buffy closed the front door and followed Andariel into the loungeroom. Andariel took a seat on the sofa whilst Buffy took a seat in the adjacent recliner.
"So what's the good word?" Buffy joked. Andariel smiled briefly.
"I see you and Willow are getting along nicely. Won't be long before you guys get married." Andariel commented, shocking Buffy who hadn't expected the superhero to give her a prediction on her future. Buffy had recently been planning on asking Willow to marry her, but was waiting for Willow to settle into their relationship first.
"How did you......" Buffy started but was silenced before she could finish her question.
"Willow is in grave danger." Andariel said simply. Buffy was suddenly all ears.
"Why is she in danger?" Buffy asked.
"There are certain forces at work that will do anything to stop you and Willow uniting. They know how great your love is for her, and they know how much Willow loves you in return." Buffy noticed the shudder that travelled down Andariel's spine, and she couldn't help but feel a lump form in her own throat.
"Who are they?" Buffy demanded.
"They are the ones that keep the balances between good and evil. They believe that if you and Willow unite, that you and her will unleasha great power, unlike anything known on this planet, or even this whole universe." Andariel explained. Buffy shook her head. 'How could this be happening?' Her mind raced with many thoughts. But there was one question that still plagued her mind.
"Do you have the ability to see into the future?" Buffy asked her. Andariel thought for a moment.
"No I don't. Occassionally I have dreams, and I have the ability to sense current dangers...that's how i tell when theres people in trouble. But I didn't dream anything that told me about your future." Andariel's last few words confused Buffy somewhat
"How do you know? Who are you?" Buffy asked. Andariel loked at her solemly before answering. What she said knocked Buffy off her feet.
"I'm your daughter."
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"Y-y-y-your.....m-my....y-y-ou......and....it.....my......daughter?" Buffy stuttered, unable to form coherant sentences. Andariel couldn't help but smile slightly.
"......how?" Buffy finally managed to ask.
"You and Willow, mum, in the future you both sent me back to this past to make sure I helped you and Willow get together, and to make sure you and Willow had a baby together, and to make sure the child....I mean...me....was kept safe until I came into my full powers." Andariel also seemed to have trouble explaining the details and winced at her poor effort. Buffy was silent for a few moments before she stood up and took a seat next to Andariel.
For the first time she noticed how red Andariel's hair was, despite the fact that her last visit it had been brunette. Buffy couldn't help but reach out to touch the smooth locks of fiery red silk. She noticed the blue eyes, deep blue, not unlike her own.
"Your hair was brown last time....." Buffy started. Andariel grinned.
"Yeah I like to dye it sometimes. Having red hair all your life can get a bit boring. I like a bit of variety." Andariel said. Buffy was too shocked for words.
"You.....you're both Willow and my daughter?" Buffy asked, trying her best to keep her emotions at bay. Andariel nodded.
"It was a spell, you and mum told me about it many times, but no matter how many times I hear it from your own lips, I still have trouble believing it." Andariel answered. Buffy smiled slightly, her eyes watering.
"What are we like in the future?" Buffy asked, unsure of how to phrase her next sentence. Andariel smiled.
"You and mum never part. You love each other like there's no tomorrow. Here, I'll show you." Andariel reached into her jean's pocket and pulled out a thin wallet. She opened it and pulled out a photograph. She handed it to Buffy who looked at it eagerly.
Buffy and Willow were standing at the back of the photo, arms around each other, and Andariel was crouching in front of them. Buffy noticed a younger teenage girl leaning on Andariel's shoulder's in the photo. She looked at Andariel.
"Who's the girl with blonde hair leaning on you?" Buffy asked. Andariel smiled.
"That's Reeanus, my sister, you and mum's other daughter." these words shocked Buffy, and she couldn't help but look at the photo over and over again. She looked up at Andariel, then the photo, then Andariel, then the photo. Her mouth moved but no words came out.
"W-we.......had another d-daughter?" Buffy felt an overwhelming amount of emotion welling up in her chest, and found herself stuttering in a similar way Tara did when she was under pressure.(in this reality Tara was never killed because she and Willow weren't upstairs when the shot was fired. Kinda makes sense huh?)
"You and mum did the spell again...." Andariel looked away, blushing slightly at this comment as she recalled the night her two mothers had used the spell to......mate....again. Buffy looked at Andariel. Andariel quickly looked at Buffy, a worried thought crossing her mind.
"You're not going to not do the spell because I told you about it....are you?" Andariel asked nervously. Buffy smiled.
"I would never try to stop Willow and I from having a daughter. Besides, I don't know what the spell is so I can't really stop it. We'll just have to wait and see." Buffy reasured her, and after a while just shook her head.
"It's just so hard to believe you're actually here." Buffy said as she felt a tear roll down her right cheek. Andariel wiped away the tear.
"And to think I was jealous that you were slaying vampires when you're really my future daughter." Buffy couldn't help but laugh at the thought. Andariel did too.
"So is mum around?" Andariel asked. Buffy looked around.
"Uh no actually. She went to the mall a while ago with Xan......." Buffy paused for a moment before smiling and continuing. She had to correct herself. "She went to the mall with your Uncle Xander." Andariel seemed elated at this fact.
"Will I get to see him? Wow I wonder what he looks like." Andariel's face lit up at the prospect of meeting the younger Xander.
"Well you should stay till they get back. Come on, I was making some toasties in the kitchen. We can eat while you tell me everything about our future." Buffy said as she got up, taking her daughter by the arm. Buffy was momentarily awed at the fact that as she grasped Andariel's arm she could feel the muscles harden and ripple beneath her fingers, and for a brief moment was unable to lift her, until Andariel realised and eased herself off the couch, pretending like it had been Buffy that lifted her.
They went to the kitchen, and Buffy couldn't shake this strong electrical current that Andariel had left running through her hand and forearm. She couldn't get around how strong Andariel had been.
"So you slay vampires in the future?" Buffy said as she turned the toaster back on and solemnly looked at the blackened remains of her charcoal sandwich. She sighed before throwing it into the bin and taking fresh bread out of the loaf to make another one.
"Yeah. You and mum pretty much made me head of vampire and demon killing when I was 16." Adariel made the statement simply, and Buffy was shocked by it.
"16?" Buffy repeated. Andariel nodded. Buffy comprehended it for a moment, remembering how she had only been about 16 when she had been made to take on the destiny of being Chosen One.
"How old are you now?" Buffy asked, looking over at Andariel.
"26." Andariel stated. Buffy almost fell over.
"You mean you've been doing this for 10 years and you're still alive?" Buffy was shocked. Andariel grinned.
"Yep. Geez mum, I'm the daughter of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Willow the great Wiccan witch with unbelievable powers. You didn't think I'd grow up to be a weakling did ya'?" Andariel's statement made sense to Buffy, who suddenly realised that it was obvious why Andariel had such strength and magical power.
"What about Reeanus?" Buffy asked, wondering about her other daughter.
"You try not to let her get into the whole vampire thing too much. She's powerful, but you just leave most of the killing to me." Andariel ended her sentence with a smile. Buffy smiled. She and Andariel sat and talked all day, eating their toasties as Andariel told ehr everything about their future, and Buffy told her everything about their past. Hours later, Willow finally returned home with Xander.
"I'm home!!" Willow called out as she walked into the kitchen lugging bags of goodies, Xander following closely behind with also lots of bags of goodies.
When Willow put her bags down and saw Andariel sitting at their kitchen table with Buffy, her eyes widened.
"Andariel?!?!" Willow said as she stared at the superhero-vampire-slayer. Xander plunked his bags down also and joined the party.
"Andariel?" He looked around the room before his eyes came to rest on the person's who's name was mentioned.
"Guys this is Andariel." Buffy introduced her. Willow was speechless, Xander looked goofy, and Andariel's eyes lit up.
Willow was shocked as Andariel came over to her and hugged her to bits. She struggled to breathe.
"Ok........oxygen is good......" she managed to gasp and Andariel let go of her. Then Andariel turned to Xander and embraced him in a big hug. Xander was speechless.
"Ok....this is cool?" He was somewhat confused.
"There's something you should know." Buffy said as Andariel released Xander. Buffy took a deep breath as everyone foccussed on her, but not once did they lose sight of Andariel.
"Andariel is......my...umm......our......d-daughter." Buffy finally managed to say. Willow's mouth hit the floor. Xander was confused.......uhh......again.
"Wait a second......she's...." Xander pointed at Andariel whilst exchanging confused glances between Buffy and Willow. He'd known about their relationship, I mean they'd told him, and even if they hadn't, it's not like it wasn't obvious. But this was the icing on the cake. Now they had a daughter?? After all the things they'd encountered living on the Hellmouth, this was the most farout thing he'd ever heard of!!
Willow also exchanged glances with Buffy, who looked at the ground sheepishly, unsure of how to explain it. And even if she tried and knew how to, she knew she still wouldn't be able to.
"She came from the future. She's a future slayer. And she's our daughter, so she's magicly gifted as well as having slayer powers." Buffy said mostly to Willow, although she knew Xander took great comfort in knowing what was going on as well.
Willow looked carefully at her lover.
"So.......we have a daughter in the future?" she asked quietly, not wanting to speak too loudly or to cause a hullabaloo, that's the least thing they needed right now. Andariel nodded as Willow turned to her.
Willow had a strange look in her eye as she looked Andariel up and down. Andariel couldn't help but feel Willow was silently trying to sense if she really was her daughter.
Willow took a step forward and gently touched Andariel's upper left arm with her hand. She let her fingers curl around the strong arm and she gasped silently at the electrical current running through those rippling muscles. Willow moved her hand up and gently touched her thumb to Andariel's chin as she looked into her eyes, searching for some sign that meant this was true, and that it wasn't some cruel trick being played by someone trying to tear her and Buffy apart. But all she saw behind those blue eyes was pure sincerity, hope, and truthfulness. She noted the fiery red mane that came to Andariel's shoulders.
Willow took her hand away and smiled at Andariel before stepping forwards again and embracing her. Andariel was somewhat shocked by the movement, but nonetheless smiled at the gesture and hugged Willow back. As Willow stepped away from her she had tears in her eyes. Willow tuned to Buffy who slipped an arm around her waist.
"I just never thought anything like this could happen." Willow said, still awed at the fact that this woman was biologically her's and Buffy's.
"You and me both." Xander chipped in. They'd almost forgotten the perky young man had been standing there. Buffy grinned. Andariel's smile widened. And that's when the front door opened and a young girl's voice called out, "I'm home!!"
Buffy instantly scolded herself for not remembering.
"Dawn! She slept over at Janice's, I completely forgot she was coming home this afternoon." Buffy said out loud.
"We're in the kitchen Dawnie!" Willow called out. The spritely young teenager soon entered the kitchen, plonking her bag of sleepover gear against the wall.
"Hey guys, what's up?" She asked, but stopped and stared as she saw Andariel. Andariel instantly returned the gaze. They both seemed strangely fixated on the other's presence.
"Who's the guest?" Dawn asked, trying not to sound too rude, but unable to hide a slight edge of sarcasm in her voice. Andariel stepped forwards, smiling.
"I'm Andariel." she said as she extended her hand to Dawn. After a moment of eyeing the hand suspiciously and figuring there was nothing dangerous about it, Dawn took the hand and shook it.
"I'm Dawn, Buffy's sister." Dawn replied, and instantly noticed Andariel's eyes light up at the explanation of who she was.
Andariel beamed and took a step back from Dawn.
"Something wrong?" Dawn asked, lowering one eyebrow, raising the other. Andariel shook her head.
"No no, I'm fine, just err.....thought of a funny joke....and that you kinda' reminded me of someone." Andariel said, trying to hide her excitement. She knew it would be better if the teenager didn't know who she really was, she'd be too devastated when it came time for her to leave.
Dawn put two and two together and instantly took it that Andariel was making a joke about her.
"Are you poking fun of me?" Dawn asked indignantly. Andariel held up her hands in defense.
"Not at all! Why would I do that?" Andariel insisted. She knew Dawn had been feisty, but she never knew she was quite like this. Andariel had to conceal the fire she felt burning in her lower abdomen that this teengaer was sparking.
Willow instantly noticed the way Andariel was acting and eyed her suspiciously. Dawn didn't reply to Andariel, she simply gave her her best 'you may have won the battle, but you haven't won the war' glare. Andariel grinned.
"Dawn why don't I give you a hand taking your stuff upstairs?" Buffy asked her sister, and instantly gave Willow a quick glance from the corner of her eye. She'd also noticed the spark between her sister and Andariel, and knew Willow would want to find out more. And in the truth, so did she.
"Good idea Buffy, you go help Dawn. Xander.....uhh.....could you make some sandwiches? Thanks." Willow struggled to think of something to occupy her best friend so she could talk to Andariel. Xander looked at Willow suddenly.
"Sandwiches? Ohh great, so suddenly I'm the Summers-Rosenberg chef. A lot of good that'll do." Xander complained, but refrained when Willow gave him her 'don't argue with me Xander' look. Xander mumbled something about bread and headed for the refridgerator.
Buffy and Dawn had left the kitchen, lugging Dawn's bag of sleepover gear that even a slayer would have trouble carrying upstairs.
Willow hushed Andariel into the living room where she sat her down on the sofa. Willow sat closely next to her.
"Andariel....I'm gonna be truthful. This is really weird. But I'll get used to it. The main thing I wanted to talk to you about it what I sensed in the kitchen." Willow looked at Andariel, who immediately looked away sheepishly.
"I sensed something between you and Dawn." Willow confirmed, and when Andariel didn't reply, Willow placed a reassuring hand on her daughter's thigh. Andariel sighed.
"When I was 19.......I had this major crush.......on Dawn." the words she spoke shocked Willow, but she waited for the story to continue.
"She was 36, and I couldn't do anything about it. I was learning to use my magic, and somehow a spell that I was doing which was supposed to make her fall in love with me, instead it took 16 years off of her life, and she was 20 years old. I took the chance I had and after getting over the initial shock of a spell gone wrong and getting in major trouble from you and mum, I managed to seduce Dawn....and....we......" Andariel found it hard to continue.
"But I knew she was the key......and I saw that as her not really being Buffy's sister, therefore not really being my aunty, and therefore I wasn't doing anything wrong." Andariel continued. Willow listened in sympathy.
"But I knew I was doing something wrong. And when I was killed one night, caught off guard, I realised how wrong it had been......and how wrong I'd been." Andariel took a breath, which shook slightly as she fought back tears.
"I went........it was.......horrible........I'd never thought such a place could exist. It was Hell........and then when I was brought back.......by you......I realised what a terrible thing I'd done. And when I came back......I....was......" Andariel struggled with her words, but Willow's conforting touch helped her to continue.
"When I came back, I had no soul.........and I was partly demon....and I had to change things, so I made a journey, to prove my worth. And there was only one way I could do it........I had to kill myself." these words shocked Willow to the core. Andariel was slightly more composed now.
"I went to a neutral ethereal plane, where they guaranteed that if I could prove my worth as Earth's protector and that my heart was pure, if I completed the test.......I'd get my soul back, be purified, and have Dawn returned to normal........and that the memory of out incest would be erased from all of the memories that had known of it....including myself." Andariel explained. Willow quietly cut in.
"What if you didn't pass the test?" she asked. Andariel was silent for a moment.
"I'd be turned over to Hell for eternal punishment and suffering." she said bluntly. Willow was shocked by this, but seeing as Andariel was here with her now, she knew that Andariel had passed the test.
"I passed.....and came back to life, everything back to normal. I didn't remember a thing. Until a demon emerged one day and returned my forgotten memories while I had a brief encounter with him. He said it was essential that I knew, for future reference.....or in this case, PAST reference." Andariel couldn't help but smile at her last coment. Willow was busily taking in everything she'd heard.
"Wow.......that's pretty intense." Willow commented quietly, and slowly gazed up at Andariel.
"So when you saw Dawn, it kinda' reignited your old flame?" Willow asked carefully. Andariel smiled.
"It brought back some good memories we had shared. Dawn and I are good friends now though, despite the fact that I don't see her much anymore. And anyway, I'm engaged to get married back where I come from." Andariel grinned proudly. Willow's eyes suddenly brightened.
"So who's the lucky guy?" Willow asked and instantly noticed the bright shade of red Andariel had turned.
"Uhh....umm.....actually she's a girl." Andariel said sheepishly. Willow still grinned.
"So it runs in the family huh?" Willow asked misheivously. Andariel smiled, still blushing.
"I guess so." Andariel replied.
"What runs in the family?" came a familiar voice from the staircase, and Andariel and Willow turned to see Buffy coming downstairs. Willow smiled.
"Oh nothing....I'll tell you later Buff." Willow said and got up from where she was sitting to wait for Buffy at the foot of the stairs. Buffy flushed slightly as Willow pulled her in for a passionate kiss once she reached her. Buffy could feel her cheeks getting warm.
"Uhh.....thanks Willow.....I think." Buffy said, embarrassed by the show of affection in front of their daughter. Willow grinned and whispered in the slayer's ear, forgetting that Andariel had super-slayer hearing as well.
"You can thank me later." Willow's breath danced over Buffy's ear and Buffy couldn't help but find herself becoming more than slightly aroused at the statement. But not before she noticed Andariel getting up from the couch, scratching her head nervously, her face flushed slightly.
"Uhh.....well it was nice sein' you all, but I've got some duties to attend to, so if you don't mind me running out on you for now....." Andariel cleared her throat before she spoke. Buffy looked over at her, the blush finally leaving her cheeks.
"No, not at all. You have duties and I totally understand that." Buffy said giving Andariel a warm smile. Andariel smiled in return.
"I'll come see you guys tomorrow, K?" Andariel promised as she walked over to them. Willow couldn't help but fel slightly sheepish at the sight of her independent and strong daughter.
"Sure thing." Buffy replied, and after a few moments of silence, Andariel pulled Buffy in for a tight hug, before turning to Willow and also giving her a warm hug. Buffy opened the front door. Andariel grinned and pointed at the door.
"Good idea." she said, remembering her show off antics last time she'd been here, using her powers to fly through a wall. She turned and waved goodbye as she strolled out the front door. Buffy and Willow returned the wave before closing the door. Buffy sighed.
"Where's Dawn?" Willow asked as she pulled her lover into a warm embrace. Buffy savoured the closeness and groaned happily.
"Upstairs....sleeping. She was more worn out than she let on after her sleepver." Buffy replied witha hint of mischeivousness in her voice. She nipped at Willow's neck, but suddenly pulled away, leaving Willow with a slightly shocked expression on her face.
"Xander!" Buffy exclaimed as he walked into the loungeroom with a plate of sandwiches. Willow suddenly turned to face him, her face blushing whilst she tried to act completely innoccent.
"I wasn't interrupting anything was I? Where's everyone gone?" Xander asked eyeing them off then looking around the room at the sight of emptiness.
"Well Andariel had some stuff to do so she left. Guess we won't need all those sandwiches. Say....why don't you go take them to Giles's, I'm sure he'd appreciate them?" Buffy rushed through her sentence, wanting to be alone with her lover as soon as possible. Xander looked suspicious but didn't argue.
"You know if you guys wanted time alone all you had to do was say so." Xander said as he headed to the door with the plate of sandwiches in his hand. Buffy opened the door for him.
"Ok then....Willow and I want time alone.....seeya Xand!" Buffy said as she pushed Xander out the door. Xander was about to reply but found the closed in his face. He let out a deep breath and headed to his car, taking one of the sandwiches and biting into it.
"Hmm.....not bad." he commented at his own sandwich making skills before getting into his car and driving off.
* * * * *
Meanwhile, Buffy and Willow had run upstairs as quickly as possible, making it to their bedroom just in time.
There was no words to describe the passionate love making session that ensued, but once it was over, Willow lay in Buffy's arms, pondering over all the things Andariel had told her. She explained about what had happened to herself and future Dawn, and what she'd been through afterwards. Buffy had listened in relative silence, unable to make any comments that she deemed appropriate, but in the end, she realised that Andariel knew she'd clearly made a mistake, and had been punished enough for what she did.
"I just find it so hard to believe she's our daughter Buffy." Willow said after a long silence with Buffy stroking her hair and Willow staring at the ceiling thinking. Buffy turned her head to Willow and planted a soft kiss on her cheek.
"You don't need to believe or not believe." Buffy told Willow, and the confused look she got in return prompted her to explain more what she meant.
"All you have to do is to have faith in us and our future." Buffy gave Willow a gentle smile, and the smile she got in return reassured her that Willow understood, and that she was willing to do as Buffy told her, that is to put her faith into them and what fate held for their future together.
The End (for now)
AN: So what did you think? Did I explain Andariel for you enough? I wasn't exactly sure how to end this chapter, so I guessed that something just a little romantic would be ok, nothing smutty though. I didn't exactly think it called for me to write the love scene. Besides, felt to lazy. :-) :-P
So as always, review, review, review!!!! Please.