Aftermath and College
by Bwriter
Chapter sixteen
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Chapter sixteen
Everyone had ended up crashing at Faith's - well Willow's really - that night.
The girl in question woke up with a hangover and groaned before rolling out of bed and making her way down to the kitchen, surprised when she saw Buffy up.
"Hey B."
Buffy nodded at her, but never gave any other indication that she noticed her.
Faith frowned and walked around the kitchen island and into Buffy's line of sight.
"What's up?"
Buffy blinked and concentrated on Faith.
"Nothing."
Faith's raised eyebrow showed told Buffy all she needed to know.
"Why aren't you in bed?" The rest of the question was left unsaid, but Buffy got her meaning.
"I stayed down here on the couch."
Faith's eyebrows rose again. She thought for sure that Buffy and Willow would have spent the night together.
Buffy seemed to read her face and stood up, rinsing her coffee cup in the sink.
"We aren't ready for that yet, and I honestly don't think I could have controlled myself if we were in the same bed."
"Morning."
The Slayer's turned to see Willow made her way into the kitchen.
Both had known she was there, but with human hearing, wouldn't have picked up on their conversation.
Faith excused herself to go shower and Buffy pulled out a seat for Willow.
"Breakfast?"
Willow nodded her head yes and watched as Buffy made her way around the kitchen, finding things from memory.
Another memory rose in Willow's mind. The same kitchen, but cooking wasn't on the agenda.
//Buffy hoisted Willow up onto the counter and stepped between her legs.
"You" kiss "sure" grope "they" moan "wont be home?" Buffy gasped out as she pulled Willow's top from her body.
"Sure."
Buffy pulled her own top off and reached for Willow's pants.
"Thank god."
They stopped talking and nothing but moans and gasps filled the room.//
"Will... Willow?" Buffy waved her hand in front of Willow's face, pulling her from wherever her mind had wandered off to.
"Welcome back. Pancakes?" Buffy tried hard to ignore the fact that Willow was panting and turned back to the cooker.
"Please." Willow closed her eyes at how husky her own voice sounded.
She missed Buffy giving a body shudder before she could get herself under control.
"So, what's your plans for today?" Asked Buffy as she poured the pancake batter into the frying pan.
"I have a paper to finish then I'm free. Why? Did you have something in mind?"
"I'm training until lunch with the guys but I thought that maybe after we could go for lunch somewhere. If you wanted to that is."
Willow stood up and got a drink of juice from the fridge before sitting back down and accepting the breakfast Buffy handed her.
"Sure, oh but how about, instead of lunch, we go on a picnic?"
Buffy smiled and leaned into place a kiss on Willow's mouth.
"You have the best ideas Will."
Willow smiled and tucked into her pancake just as the others came in.
"So, are you two orgasm buddies now?"
Willow blushed at Anya's bluntness and Buffy turned to clean her dishes.
"We're back together." Willow tried to stop blushing as she spoke.
That seemed to satisfy the ex demon and she happily munched on an apple.
"So, what are we doing today? Sunday, the last day of freedom before Faith leaves us for the mother country."
Faith fought to keep the sad look off her face and shrugged her shoulders at Xander.
Buffy's eyes widened. She had forgotten Faith was leaving so soon.
Looking over at Willow, the rest watched as they almost seemed to have a silent conversation that ended with Willow nodding her head.
Buffy smiled at her girlfriend and turned to her sister Slayer.
"How about we all go for a picnic later on. Will has a paper to finish, I'm sure the guys have things to do and we have to train. We could all meet in the park at say... two?"
So it was settled.
Willow left the house and headed over to the college dorms, surprised when she heard Buffy calling her.
"Wait up, I'll walk you."
Willow smiled and locked their hands together, swinging their arms gently as they walked.
"I missed this." Buffy's voice was soft as it cut into the silence.
Willow's grip on her hand tightened before relaxing.
"Me too."
Faith trained with both Jonny and Mike while Buffy trained with Tom and Giles.
Buffy was not having fun. Usually, she loved to see how far she could push Tom, but today she just wanted it over so she could go and meet Willow.
After a hit to the head that she should have blocked, Tom called a time out.
"Get your head together and concentrate."
Buffy sighed just wishing they would hurry up and finish so she could go and meet Willow as she was leaving college.
"I know, I'm just... antsy."
Tom rolled his eyes and sighed before sharing a look with Giles.
"Okay, you can go." When Faith tried to leave too, Tom called her back.
"You can leave at one, that gives you an hour to shower and change before the group lunch thing."
Faith had to restrain the angry growl as she faced off with all four of them now.
Smirking, she stopped holding back.
Buffy never saw the punch that landed hard against Mike's jaw, she was too busy darting from the room to get ready herself.
Forty minutes later, she was waiting outside Stevenson Hall, Willow's dorm room.
Just as she was about to go in, the girl in question came out laughing at something.
Buffy was about to call her when another girl appeared.
She was a little taller than Willow, with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. From the style of her clothing, Buffy could tell she was a student as well.
For some reason, Buffy never called out to alert her girlfriend to her presence.
She hadn't seen this girl before and wondered why that was.
Buffy watched as Willow and the new girl laughed about something again and frowned.
Willow had told her she had a paper to finish.
"Hey Will." Buffy was moving towards them before her brain caught up with her body.
Willow spun in the direction of Buffy's voice and a smile graced her face.
"Buffy, your early."
Noting the look in her girlfriends eyes, Willow pulled her close and dropped a kiss on Buffy's lips that went miles to appease the Slayer.
"They let me off early. Who's your friend?"
Willow rolled her eyes. She could see right through Buffy and she knew her girlfriend was jealous.
"Buffy, this is Tara. We met at Wicca group. Tara this is Buffy, my girlfriend."
Tara smiled and reached out a hand to Buffy.
"Pleased to meet you. Willow hasn't shut up about you all day."
Buffy smiled and shook her hand.
Turning to her girlfriend, she noticed the slight blush.
"Only good things I hope."
Tara watched the play of emotions on the other blondes face and decided to leave them to it.
"I'll see you at the next meeting Will." As Tara turned to go, Willow's voice stopped her.
"I'm not going to go back to them, they are full of people who, well they don't know what they're on about."
Buffy saw the sad look that came over Tara's face and wondered about it.
Willow saw it too and rushed to get out the rest of her sentence.
"But that doesn't mean we cant still be friends and do spells together."
They both missed Buffy's frown.
"Okay, but I really do have to go. See you around Will and it was nice meeting you Buffy."
"Likewise."
Tara left, leaving Willow staring at Buffy and the Slayer a million miles away in thought.
tbc