Mending old wounds
by Lee
Chapter 2
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Chapter 2
Willow had just gotten home from researching her new assignment for Sunnydale News. She sometimes did freelance work for them.It wasn't The Times, but it helped pay the bills. She was on her feet the whole night chasing down leads. When she had finally gotten home she expected a little sympathy, but Buffy was too busy. "Earth to Buffy..." Buffy gave a half grunt for an answer. Willow looked at the TV and saw what had captured her lovers attention : cute women,correction Hot Women in skimpy bathing suits. "Buffy Anne summers!" she shouted as she confiscated the remote and turned the TV off. "If you do not pay attention to me , One of us will be spending the night downstairs on the couch!" Buffy shot up immediately and began to pout.
"Bad day?"
"Yes, my feet hurt." Willow whined and Buffy knew exactly what to do. She sat up removing the red head's shoes and socks and began to rub her feet. "Yay, I love you."
"Better love me, making miss the hot women." Buffy joked, Willow was not amused in the slightest. "But of course not as hot as you..." Buffy crawled over a pouting red head's feet and sat down wrapping her legs around Willow. "...I love you." She remained strong not looking into the slayers eyes. "Willow?"
"I'm not..." As soon as the red head's face was within striking distance she pounced her lips kissing her passionately. That's all it took, Willow smiled as she felt Buffy's hands roam up under Willow's shirt. "...Goddess, Buffy."
"Feel better yet?"
"Getting there, closer... Closer... there."
"Hello is anyone home!" Willow jumped up and ran to the door, before Buffy could fully seduce her. "Mom, Buffy are you home?" Willow sighed ,she couldn't belive her daughters' bad timing, she would make her pay.
"Up here sweetie, In the bedroom."
"Eww..."
"Sicko." Willow met her daughter half way, kissing her cheek. "How's college?"
"Fantastico, I'm taking French and German. Two extra courses, I can see New horizon's ,Go me!" Lane Was everything like Willow, in every sense of the word. only difference is she had her mother beautiful eyes and shy personality, at first. Once she got to know the person she was so out going. "So anything new in your life mom?"
"Well, not really besides new Blisters." Willow smiled taking Lane in for another hug. "How's everything over at the house." Willow joked.
"Mother be nice, Everything is fine." Then there was a knock at the door, and Willow sighed wondering who it could be. When Lane opened the door she found Tara standing there, tears filling her eyes. "Mama?" Tara collapsed in tears into her daughters arms. "Come on to the couch, come on." Tara was hurting real bad, her arm was twisted and her clothes were covered in blood. "Mom what's wrong, what happened?"
"I...i.." Willow ran for the stairs.
"Buffy come quick!" Buffy was down in seconds and her smile when she spotted Lane changed instantly when she saw Tara, she was by her side quick.
"Tara, What happened?" Buffy was using a washcloth to clean the blood off of her face. "Tara.."
"We were walking, and out of nowhere this van came knocking me out of the way. They grabbed Kennedy and started beating her up, yelling at her. I asked what this was all about, they said she owed them money, several thousand." Tara was back crying. "They beat her to death, they...they told me it was my responsibility now. I have to pay them, or I'm next..." Lane held her mother tight, as she cried.
Willow knelt down holding Tara's face in her hands. "Do the police know?"
"No, they took her body Willow." Willow kissed Tara's forehead then turned to Buffy.
"We have to do something Buffy, help her." Buffy nodded and sat down next to Tara.
"I need your help Tara, how much did they say and by when?" Tara was still now, staring into space now. She was in shock and Buffy knew there was no way to snap her out of it. She turned to Lane and smiled softly "I need you to go to the house, get some clothes for your Mom. She's going to spend a few nights here." Lane nodded and didn't waist one minute. "Tara were going to keep you safe."
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Fifteen minutes later Lane returned and Buffy instructed her to help Tara get cleaned up. Lane helped her mother bathe. Willow was hysterical and in tears Buffy held her close telling her to remain strong, that she would fix everything.
"I can't stand seeing her like this!" Lane ran out into the night, she just needed time to think. Willow was in hot pursuit, vampires and other things that go bump in the night still roamed the streets and Willow refused to let her baby out of her site
"Stop right there, What were you born yesterday. There are vampires out here!"
"I want them dead!"
"I know." Willow dragged Lane back to the house, she was still in tears as she hugged her mother tight. Tara comforted her little girl. Willow always Remembered when Lane would crawl into bed with them and Lane falling asleep in Tara's arms. She always admired Tara's love and ability to soothe. "She's asleep." Willow smiled as Lane lay now asleep.
"Yep, out like a light." Tara stroked the child's cheek." Remember those days when she use to crawl into bed with us?" Willow nodded sitting down next to her ex and now sleeping daughter. "She is so much like you Will, it scares me."
"Magic right?"
"Not just that Willow, her attitude. So protective, willing to do anything." Tara let another tear fall, Willow went to wipe it away but Tara brushed Willow's hand aside. "Don't."
"Sorry." Willow shrugged looking down at Lane.
"No, I'm sorry Will, it's just... well it's so hard now. All by myself again, I think it's only going to get harder." Tara tried to shake the thought off and couldn't. "I'm forty three, alone."
"Not alone, you've got Lane and Buffy. Hell even me if you'll have me." Tara blushed and Willow smiled in accomplishment, she still had it.
"They tried to hurt me too Willow, they tried to rape me." Willow's eyes flashed with anger and she stood pacing now. "Willow calm down, they didn't." Tara stood placing Lane's head on a pillow. "Please..." Willow nodded again pacing, but not about to do something Evil.
A Thump sound, followed by a crack rang loudly. Willow's hand was now through the wall. Lane shot up at the sound looking at her Mother's face as a single tear trickled down her face. "Mom?" She walked over and saw her hand was gone. "Oh, goddess."
"Get some ice for you mother." Tara helped Willows' hand out of the wall and sat her down on the couch fixing it. "Your unbelievable Willow Rosenberg."
"I know." She smiled and winced at the same time as the disinfectant was placed on the cuts.
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Later that night Willow woke Buffy out of her sleep to tell her what happened. Crying in her lovers arms Buffy soothed Willow until sleep and exhaustion had overtaken her. Watching her lover's chest gently rise and fall. She waited until it was a slow and steady rhythm before going downstairs to talk with Tara. On her way she peaked her head into see Lane fast asleep in Dawn's old room. "Hey there, I though going to bed meant pajama's." Tara was fully clothed, bag in her hand. "Your not going home."
"I'll be fine, I need to get my notes for my class tomorrow." Buffy shook her head sitting Tara down.
"Please, lets not feel awkward about this."
"What are you..."
"Tara, I know you feel weird sleeping in the same house as me. When you found out about me and..."
"You have her Buffy, she's yours. Its just someti..."
"I'm sorry Tara, I want us to be friends. Can we please not do this, can we please just be there for you? Can you let me do this?" Tara leaned in and kissed Buffy's lips, a friendly kiss.
"Yes," Buffy placed a hand on Tara's cheek and smiled, leaning in deepening the kiss. Tara pulled her closer holding her tight against her body, it wasn't something Tara planned. Neither of them would've planned this at all.
Willow woke with no sign of Buffy , she was worried because the Slayer was usually right by her side. Never leaving holding her tight; Willow opened the door and realized Buffy might be downstairs talking to someone, she heard some noises. She got to the top of the stairs and could hear moaning, and panting. "Buffy?" Her heart caught in her throat, that's what she wanted to say, but nothing came out, she quietly descended the stairs. each step she could hardly breath, she knew something was wrong...
As she reached the bottom of the stairs she saw two figures in the dark. She walked quietly to the light switch still holding her breath she flipped on the light. Buffy and Tara screamed, startled and all Willow could do was stand crying. "Will..."
"How could you?" Willow turned to leave, walking to the door. "I love you Buffy, both of you so much. The one thing you could have... No don't you fucking touch me!" Pushing Buffy away she turned to face her. " The one thing you could have done, to make me want to die; cheating on me. Well, Buffy Anne Summers, fuck you both!" she grabbed her coat and headed out the door.
Buffy knew it was stupid on her part.
"Willow, please take this with you!" Buffy threw a stake at her feet, Willow walked right by it and kept moving. "Willow please, lets talk about this!" But Willow kept walking, Buffy turned back to Tara who was crying. "It just happened, it meant nothing."
"I know, but Willow doesn't see it that way Buffy. You have to help her, she's going to get herself killed!" Tara shook all over getting her clothes on. She knew Willow's power, as did they all. But still vampire and demons could still hurt her. All they had to do was catch her off guard and it was all over.