Whatever You Say
by TutorGurl
Chapter 10
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"Alone as usual," Willow mumbled to herself as she walked into her empty house. Her parents were off on one of their month long trips and wouldn't be back till some time next week. Willow took off her jacket, hung it up and threw her keys in the hallway table. She ran a hand through her hair before walking into the living room. The first thing she noticed upon entering was the flashing light on the answering machine indicating that she had a message. Willow knew it was Buffy, and she knew what it would be about, but she still wanted to listen to what Buffy had to say for herself. Faith had advised her to hear the other slayer out, knowing there had to be some kind of misunderstanding. She promised Faith to give Buffy a chance and she always kept her promises. She sighed and pressed the play button.
"Hey, baby," Buffy's sweet voice floated into the room. Willow had to close her eyes at the sound of worry in her girlfriend's voice. "I know that you don't want to talk to me right now and after what you saw I can't blame you, but I want a chance to explain what happened." Willow's ears perked up at the demand. "Please, will you meet me at the back of the school at 10 o'clock? I don't know when you'll get this, but I'll be waiting until eleven." Willow checked her watch; it was 10:15. "I'll understand if you don't want to come, but please, think about it. I hope to see you soon. I love you." The tape began to rewind itself and soon clicked signaling that it was done. Willow slowly walked over to the chair beside the table the machine was on and press the play button again, hoping the answer was hidden somewhere in Buffy's message.
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"Come on, Will," Buffy whispered to herself, looking at her watch for the hundredth time since getting there. Willow only had fifteen minutes left to come and Buffy was starting to get worried that Willow wasn't going to be coming at all. She looked around at all the things she had set up and frowned. This had to work because if it didn't than Buffy didn't know what would. She started to pace back and forth again. "Where are you, baby?" Buffy whipped around at the sound of the door opening. Willow stood in the doorway. "Hey."
"Hey," Willow called back nervously. She had sat at home for almost half an hour listening to Buffy's message, trying to decide whether she should come or not. Finally, after the twenty-fifth time, Willow just came.
"I wasn't sure if you'd come," Buffy started, suddenly feeling uncomfortable. She didn't understand any of this. Three hours ago they were dancing together at the Bronze and now they can barely look each other in the eyes.
"I wasn't going to, but Faith made me promise to give you a chance," the redhead replied as she walked further in the area. She looked at all the candles and flowers that were set up. It looked almost like the dinner table did early, but better because of the moonlight. She was so busy looking around she didn't notice Buffy flinch at the other slayer's name. "This looks amazing."
"Thanks," Buffy accepted, trying not to sound too happy with herself. She was lucky enough that Willow even shown up at all, she didn't want to get ahead of herself. "You look beautiful."
"I look horrible," Willow corrected, crossing in front of Buffy to sit on the bench. "I've been crying for the past two hours. My eyes are red and puffy and my makeup is a mess." She sat down.
"You look perfect," Buffy countered, sitting down too, but being careful not to sit to close to the witch. "You always do."
"Buffy, what are we doing?" the witch asked, not wanting to get caught up in the moment. As much as she wanted to get back with Buffy, not getting hurt had to be her main concern. "You can't just kiss Xander and break my heart than think you can make everything good again with a few nice words and some candles."
"I know, baby," Buffy agreed. "What happened at the Bronze was a complete misunderstanding on Xander's part. I was trying to ease him into the whole idea of us being together. I was talking in code. You know, 'I have this friend...' Anyways, I was in the middle of telling him how much I love my 'friend' when he kissed me."
"But I know what I saw, Buff," Willow argues. "When he leaned in, you didn't exactly move away. That kiss lasted longer than a surprise kiss should have."
"I was in shock," the slayer explained, knowing it was a lame excuse. "I wasn't processes what was going on until it was too late. As soon as I heard Cordy screaming, I snapped out of it and pulled away." She turned to Willow and looked her directly in the eyes. "I swear, baby, I didn't know what was going on. If my brain was functioning I would have stopped it before it even started."
"In my heart I know that you would never do that to me," Willow admits and Buffy smiles. "But I can't get that image out of my head. Seeing you two kissing...I felt like I was being ripped in two."
"If there was something I could do to make you feel better, I'd do it in an instant." Buffy takes Willow's hands in her own and is happy when she doesn't resist. "But the truth is, nothing can ever erase this night from our memories. I wish I could forget it, too, but I can't. You can only trust me when I tell you that I love you more than anything in the world." A single tear slipped down Buffy's cheek and Willow gently brushed it away.
"I love you too, Buff," Willow whispered. "You know that."
"I do..."
"That's why it hurt so much," Willow explained. "What would you have done if you had seen me kissing Xander?" Buffy made a disgusted face at the thought of it.
"I'd kill him," Buffy answered seriously. "Maybe not kill him, but at least rip him limb from limb." Willow gave her a questioning look. "But I would still wanna be with you because I know that you wouldn't do that to me. There is just something inside of you that can't hurt people."
"So you're saying you wouldn't be hurt?"
"I'd be devastated," replied the slayer, her eyes almost starting to tear up again. "But, baby, you'd still be you. There is nothing you could ever do that would make me not wanna be with you." Buffy moved a little closer and Willow did too. Willow looked around at all the candles and noticed where they were.
"One again, another major moment in my life happens on this bench," she comments. "This is were we met and where you told me you loved me." Buffy smiled.
"This bench is pretty special, huh?" she asked to no one but herself. Willow nodded anyway. "But there's one thing special to me that didn't happen here."
"Buffy, what are you talking about?" Buffy stood up and held out her hand, not exactly sure if Willow would take it. Without even thinking about it, Willow took the offered hand and stood up.
"Just close your eyes and follow my lead," Buffy instructed as she begins to walk into the school with Willow trailing behind.
"Where are you taking me?" Willow asks, starting to get worried about where she was being taken. Buffy could hear the slight note of genuine fear in her girlfriend's voice and squeezed her hand for reassurance.
"Do you trust me?" she questions, without realizing what else she was implying. Willow thought it over.
"Yeah," she simply stated with a smile on her face. "Yeah, I do." The smile soon spread to Buffy's face. They continued walking in silence until Buffy found the place she was looking for.
"We're here," the blonde informs Willow, but quickly covers the redhead's eyes with her hands before Willow can open them. She waits a beat to make sure everything is okay and removes her hands. "Okay, you can open them." Willow opens her eyes and looks at the single row of candles that lit up the hallway they had just come from, then tried to figure out what was so special about this hallway. When she realized that Willow didn't remember what happened here, Buffy's face fell. "You don't know where this is, do you?"
"No, no, I do," she lied, trying to make Buffy feel better. She quickly looked around again. "We're in a hallway, with a water fountain and some lockers, classrooms..." She continued to search. "Oh, and some stairs...and..." she trailed off when she saw the disbelieving look on Buffy's face. "No, I'm sorry. I have no idea where we are."
"This is where I fell in love with you," Buffy answered her. Willow's eyebrows shot up into her hairline and she tried to search her brain for any special event that had happened between the two in this hallway. "You were right over there, taking a drink. You had this adorable green jumper on..."
"But that was the first time I saw you," Willow remembered. Her eyes widen when she finally understood what the slayer was saying. She couldn't help but smile. "You know, you're making it really hard to stay mad at you."
"That was kind of the plan," admitted Buffy with a shy smile. "I was pretty much betting all my money on the sweet talk."
"And what if that didn't work?" questioned Willow, who was trying to fight the urge to jump Buffy. She always got weak in the knees when Buffy got all cute. At the question, a smirk broke out on Buffy's face. "What?"
"Come here," she says and Willow complies. "I got one more surprise for you." She puts her hands over Willow's eyes again and leads her over to the stairs. She sits the redhead down. "Keep them closed," she warned as she is forced to remove her hands to get the surprise.
"I can't take it much longer," the witch informed, taping her foot impatiently. She sat still when she felt Buffy's hand laying on her thigh. She could feel Buffy leaning in and soon enough she felt Buffy's lips on hers. The kiss ended all too soon for Willow's liking, but she didn't complain. "That was plan B?"
"Nope," replied Buffy. "I just couldn't resist." Willow giggled. "This was plan B." Willow felt something cold touch her lips, then she realized it was a spoon. She closed her lips around it and brought the offered food into her mouth. Buffy removed the spoon and Willow moved the food around for a moment to taste what it was. When she finally figured it out, her eyes shot open.
"Cookie dough ice cream," she whispered with a grin plastered on her face. "You remembered."
"You said that as long as you had me and cookie dough ice cream then your life would be great." Buffy begin to explain. "If you had refused to take me back I was hoping this would make you feel better. I want you to have a great life, baby. If I could have one wish, it would be that."
"Oh, Buffy..."
"I figured if I can't make you feel great, that's the next best thing," she finished with a shrug. Willow laughed and moved closer to the slayer, they were inches apart.
"No ice cream could ever come close to the way you make me feel," Willow told her. "You make me feel like I'm the only one in the room. I just have to look at you and I know everything will be okay." Buffy had heard enough and closed the gap between them with a kiss. Several moments later, they broke apart and tried to catch their breath.
"Ice cream doesn't do that?" the slayer teased. Willow giggled and shook her head. She brought her hand up to lay on Buffy's cheek.
"Only you, love. Only you."
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That's all for now. Tell me what you think. For those wondering why I'm not posting it all, I figured I'd get more review this way, you know. I've noticed that not many people review that much when it's a complete story that's posted.