One More Time
by bad shot
A Shattered Peace
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A/N: Sorry this took awhile, but here it is.
Chapter 8
As soon as the sun started to peak in through the window Willow started to stir.
She woke up warm a sea of blonde hair splayed out on the bed.
Willow smiled, and spooned Buffy from behind holding Tara's hand at the same time.
She pushed some of Buffy, and Tara's hair out of their faces. She growled low seeing the bruises, and cuts that layered the blond's face, and neck.
The noise woke Tara up. She looked into Willow's eyes, and then down to the other blonde curled up in a ball between them, "Go back to sleep honey she will be fine as long as we are here."
Willow nodded knowing that Tara was right. Tara squeezed their hands, and brought one of Buffy's in between theirs trying to show Buffy that she wasn't alone.
Willow smiled feeling that everything was all right in the world, and closed her eyes to let sleep take her.
An hour later Willow, and Tara finally got up leaving Buffy alone in the bed.
They grabbed their shower stuff, and ran down to the dorm bathrooms hoping to avoid a crowd.
They were able to get in while everyone else was down at breakfast.
It took them another twenty minutes before they were able to trudge out in their new clothes.
They opened the door silently hoping to not wake up Buffy.
They were both tackled by a blond bullet right when they closed the door, "You guys w-wern't here when I-I woke up, a-and I thought s-something h-happened to y-you," Buffy said sobbing into both girls.
Willow, and Tara exchanged a look. They had not known how Buffy would react to this, but this was worse than what they thought, "Buffy," Tara said in a soothing voice, "We are right here. We just went to shower that's all."
It took couple of minutes for Buffy to calm down, but they were able to get her back in bed, and to sleep.
"Willow," Tara said.
"Tara," neither really knew what to do, but they went to the one person they always go to, "We should call Giles."
Tara nodded in approval and picked up the phone.
Willow went back over to Buffy, and sat with her back to the headboard. She pulled Buffy's body in between her legs so her head would rest on Willow's chest, and she would know she wasn't alone.
"Hey Giles... Ya she is fine a little clingy, but fine... What I mean by it. Well she kinda is being clingy... I don't know how to explain it over the phone so just get over here," Tara slammed the phone back down, and rubbed her temple.
"What?" Willow questioned trying to get info from Tara.
"Well he is coming over. He said he wants to check her over, make sure there is nothing weird they did with her," Tara said moving over, and sitting on the side of the bed.
Willow reached out, and grabbed Tara's hand, "Don't worry she will be fine."
Tara seemed to lose some of her tension at that, "I know I just, with you being the slayer. I just don't know how to take it if something happens to her."
Willow smiled a smile of understanding, and love, "I know what you mean. I love you both, and I don't feel like I have to be the slayer around you. Its just... Well comforting."
Tara smiled, and looked at the alarm clock counting down the time until Giles got there.
Thirty minutes later a soft knock came on the door.
Tara reached for the knob almost immediately yanking it open to reveal, "Riley."
She was sent to the floor with a simple punch to her nose.
Willow was pinned to the headboard by Buffy's dead weight. She used her strength to push her off, but it cost her a couple seconds. In which Riley was able to take a shock gun from the Initiative out, and shoot her in the shoulder. She slumped to the floor knocked out.
Buffy woke with a start when she hit the floor, "Wha... What?" Buffy asked shocked.
Riley had a cut on the side of his face that oozed blood. His clothes were tattered with pieces of glass stuck in it.
Riley ran up to her, and stood over her shaking form, "Please don't," Buffy pleaded with him.
Riley grinned at her, "Don't worry this will only hurt for a minute," Riley said. He reached out for Buffy's pants, and tugged.
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