My Salvation
by Bwriter
Part twenty
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Part twenty
"Giles, can I talk to you?"
He looked up from his book to see Willow standing by the kitchen.
"Of course, what is it?"
She came and sat beside him.
"I called my aunt. She's a DA in New York. I explained what was happening. There is a way around Joyce fighting for Buffy. You need to adopt her legally."
Giles sat back, his eyes widening. Why hadn't he thought about that?
"Can I do that without her mothers consent?"
Willow nodded her head.
"Considering that her mother walked out on her, leaving her with an abusive father, a judge would sign adoption papers."
Giles smiled and went to wake his niece, not hearing the knock at the door.
Willow got up to answer it, and was confronted with a middle aged woman.
"Can I help you?"
Joyce scowled at the redhead and pushed into the house.
"Where is my daughter?"
Willow's eyes widened. This was Buffy mother?
"Giles!"
Giles came running when he heard Willow scream his name, Buffy on his heels.
"Will what- You." Buffy held her hand out for Willow, who took it an moved back with Giles and Buffy.
"Buffy, get your things. We're leaving."
Buffy shook her head sadly.
"No Joyce, we really aren't. This is what's going to happen. Either you walk out that door and never come near me again, or Giles is going to legally adopt me,. Your choice."
Joyce's eyes narrowed.
"He can't do that. I'm your mother."
"Actually he can. My aunt is a DA up in New York, I've already called her."
Joyce looked down before throwing her hands up.
"Do what you want you little ingrate. I never want to see you again."
Buffy just smiled.
No-body spoke for a full minute before Buffy started laughing.
Giles looked at her worriedly.
"Are you alright dear?"
"I'm finally free of the both of them."
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It had been six months later when Buffy got a letter from her mother.
In it Joyce expressed her sorrow at what her daughter had gone through. It seemed as if the elder Summers had found God and was living out in the desert with other followers.
Buffy threw the letter away after she had read it. Joyce was no longer a part of her life, and Buffy had all the friends and family she needed around her.
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Willow looked around the room one last time to make sure everything was perfect.
Smiling, she grabbed her car keys and left to pick Buffy up for their date.
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Buffy shouted out her goodbye to Giles as she closed the door and ran down to Willow's car.
"Hey you."
Willow smiled and accepted the kiss Buffy had waiting for her.
"Hey back. You ready for a night of fun?"
Buffy smiled and nodded her head.
Tonight she was experiencing something new.
The Dingoes were playing in LA, and Buffy, Willow, Xander and Cordy were all on the V.I.P list. Lori was already with Oz and the others.
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Two and a half hours after picking up Buffy, they arrived at the club the band was playing at.
It took Willow ten minutes just to find a parking space the place was that packed.
"I hope it hasn't started yet."
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Luckily for them, they made it on time. They had just spotted Xander, Cordy and Lori when the band appeared on stage.
"Alright LA! This first song is one y'all might know!"
Buffy smiled as Cordy moved onto Xander's lap to give her and Willow room to sit, and soon the group was lost in the music.
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Oz stepped up to the mike and winked at his friends.
"Okay guys, this next track is a little different, and it was inspired by two of my best friends, so guys, this ones for you."
I wake up in the morning
Put on my face
The one that's gonna get me
Through another day
Doesn't really matter
How I feel inside
This life is like a game sometimes
Buffy turned to look at Willow and smiled, lifting her hand to lay it on her girlfriends cheek.
Then you came around me
The walls just disappeared
Nothing to surround me
Keep me from my fears
I'm unprotected
See how I've opened up oh
You've made me trust
Willow grinned and pulled Buffy in close to her, smiling at her lovers gasp when she realised that Willow wasn't wearing a bra.
Cause I've never felt like this before
I'm naked around you
Does it show?
You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked around you
And it feels so right
They both turned to look at the other, leaning in for a kiss at the same time.
I'm trying to remember
Why I was afraid
To be myself
And let the covers fall away
Guess I never had someone like you
To help me fit in my skin
Buffy pulled back gasping for breath and smiled as Willow downed the rest of her water.
I'm naked around you
Does it show
You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked around you....
I'm so naked around you
And I can't hide
You're gonna see right through baby
As the song faded out, the band left the stage and the gang got up to go meet them in the V.I.P area.
Well that was the plan anyway, for most of the gang.
Willow pulled Buffy aside and pulled her close so she could whisper in her girlfriends ear.
"I was thinking we could head back early."
Buffy pulled back to look into Willow's eyes.
"Yeah, that sounds good Will. This has been the best birthday ever."
Willow grinned and led Buffy out thinking of how the night was only going to get better.
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The entire ride back to Willow's was made in mostly silence, not that it was uncomfortable.
It didn't take them as long to get home as there was less traffic on the roads but it still felt like a life time.
When they did finally pull into Willow's driveway, both breathed a sigh of relief, then laughed at how in sync they were.
"I better call Giles, so he isn't expecting me."
Willow nodded and opened the front door.
"You do that while I get our sodas then."
Buffy watched as Willow sashayed into the kitchen, before shaking her head and dialling home.
"Hey Giles its me.... Everything is fine Giles, I'm just calling to let you know I'm gonna stay over a Will's tonight, is that okay?... okay, love you, see you tomorrow."
Willow had arrived back by this point and handed Buffy her soda before taking her hand and leading her upstairs.
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Buffy rolled over and reached out, expecting to find Willow beside her, but all she got were cold sheets.
Grumbling, she rolled onto her back and was contemplating getting out of bed, when the redhead appeared, loaded down with what looked to be breakfast.
"Morning baby."
Buffy sat up in bed, keeping the sheet around her naked body, and helped Willow climb onto the bed while not sending their food crashing to the floor.
"Morning Will."
Once the food was safe, Buffy leaned in to give her lover a proper good morning kiss.
"Mmm, I could get used to this." Willow reached out and ran her fingers along the top of the sheet covering Buffy's chest, causing the blonde to take a deep breath.
Willow smiled at the reaction and pulled back.
"Food first."
Buffy met her eyes and smiled at her girlfriend.
"Yeah."
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Thirty minutes later found them in the exact position they were in he night before.
Buffy bucked up against the fingers buried inside her, causing her own to push further inside Willow.
"Oh God... Love you."
Willow tried to say it back, but Buffy hit a spot inside that caused her eyes to roll up in the back of her head.
The next thing she knew, she was on her back with Buffy between her legs, cleaning her up.
Buffy lifted her head from between her lovers thighs.
"You okay Will, you blacked out there for a second."
Willow was going to answer, but Buffy ran her tongue over the redheads clit, causing only groans to escape.
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They both woke up to the phone ringing.
Buffy grinned and let her eyes roam Willow's body when the redhead climbed naked from the bed to answer it.
She didn't even hear the conversation, she was so fixated on her lover.
If someone had told her a year ago that she would be this happy now, she never would have believed them, but look at where she was.
She had an uncle that she loved and loved her in return, she had a home that felt like a home should, she had friends she could count on and a girlfriend who was her everything.
Life was finally where it should be.
Willow turned around and opened her mouth to tell Buffy that her parents were on their way home from the airport, but she was stopped by the look of utter peace that had settled on her lover's face.
Walking slowly, Willow climbed onto the bed and lay down beside Buffy.
"I love you."
Buffy reached over and cupped Willow's face gently in both hands.
"I love you too."
The end
a/n - wow - its finally finished! who'd a thunk it? Seriously though, I am soo happy to be finishing this story, considering it took me over three years to do so! For those of you reading my other stuff, I am going to be updating, but for the last year since graduating from College we've taken to travelling around (Im actually in New Zealand as i type this) so I dont know when my next update will be, but i hope that this will keep u going until then
Bwriter aka Jo