One Belief Away
by sailor80
One Belief Away
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Author's notes: Lyrics from One Belief Away, on Bonnie Raitt's Fundamental CD. All bow to her wonderfulness.
Summary: Buffy and Willow admit their feelings
You and I, we dance around it
Why is the truth, baby, so hard to say?
We long for true love, well, we found it
It's just one belief away
The Bronze was nearly empty. Buffy & Willow sat at a table and fiddled idly with the damp napkins under their bottles. Neither was accustomed to the silence that sat between them. There was so much that was new, and that took their time from each other.
"How's with Riley?" Willow broke first.
"Eh," Buffy shrugged. "He's a nice, normal guy. Well, there's the whole Army thing, but he's from Iowa. How much more normal can he get?"
"Normal guy, got it. You're bored senseless."
"Yup." Buffy sighed. "How's with Tara?"
Willow smiled. "All good. We did this cool thing with a rose. Well, we tried, but it kinda went kablooey. I'm sure it was my fault. But she's real patient. We'll try it again."
"Cool. Another witch."
"Yeah," Willow sighed.
"That's not a happy sound."
"It's nothing."
"Will," Buffy reproved. "It's got you sighing. It's something."
"Can we talk about it later?"
"Okay." Buffy drained her water. "Wanna patrol with me?"
"Sure." Willow smiled at her and got off her stool. They hadn't patrolled together since school started. There was always something.
The cemeteries were empty, too. There were a couple newbies, but mostly the girls walked. Somewhere in the first cemetery, their neverending conversation began again. Buffy let Willow beat around the bush until they decided to call it a night. On the way back to the dorm, Buffy asked, "So, what's with the sighing before?"
Willow's smile became small and tight. "It's nothing."
"It's something." Buffy pushed.
"It's just Oz. And Tara. And stuff I need to figure out."
Buffy stopped and stopped Willow. She turned Willow toward her. "You can talk to me about anything. Especially who you love."
Willow looked at her shoes. Then Buffy saw Willow make a decision. She straightened up and looked Buffy in the eye. "I love you."
"I love you, too."
"I'm in love with you."
"I know." Buffy leaned in and brushed her lips against Willow's. "I love you more than anything." She kissed Willow gently again.
Willow returned the kiss, pulling Buffy against her. They stood on the sidewalk kissing until Buffy came to her senses. She pulled away and took a deep breath. "It's not safe out here, Wills."
"Uh huh. I mean, no, you're right. Can we do more of this when we get where we're going?"
"Oh, yeah." Buffy turned them toward the dorm.