The Fact of the Matter
by Bwriter
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Title - The Fact of the Matter...
Pairing - B/W
Rating - NC/17
Disclaimer - Not mine, please don't sue
Distribution - The usual places for me
Feedback - Sure
Spoilers - A New Start and Friends and enemies
Summary - The third story in the A New Start universe
a/n1 - My girlfriend has been on at me to start this story up again sooner rather than later, so I guess its dedicated to her, love ya babe
a/n2 - With the three other WIPs I have going, I'm going to be updating this one when I get the chance, I just wanted to put it out there and see if there was still interest in it
Part one
Willow rolled her neck and sat up. Buffy wasn't in bed but she could hear the shower and knew where her lover was.
They had been in L.A for three days.
Willow was starting to worry about school. In another month she would have to go back, unless she could work something out with them, like home study or something.
They could e-mail her the work she needed to do and that way she wouldn't have to attend class.
They did it before when Harmony had been off for three months, though she had been recovering from an operation at the time.
Her nose if Willow remembered right.
Maybe if she said she was ill...
"What are you frowning about?"
Looking over, Willow saw Buffy dressed only in a towel. Some bruising could still be seen from Angelus torture, but mostly it was starting to fade due to the Slayer and Vampire healing combined.
"Just thinking about school and how to talk them into sending me the work."
Buffy never heard her. She was lost in a fantasy of taking Willow up against the wall.
"Uh huh."
Willow saw the look in her lover's eyes and backed away,
"No, I'm tired and I need a shower, plus, we have to leave in an hour."
Buffy pouted but knew Willow was right.
"Fine. You shower while I get dressed."
Willow gave her a kiss and jumped back when she felt Buffy's hands on her ass.
"Hands!"
Buffy pouted again, but let her lover go, watching as she got ready for her shower.
When Willow stripped herself of her tank top and boxers, Buffy's control snapped and laughingly, she dragged Willow into the shower.
They ended up being late for the movie.
Buffy had wanted to do something normal for once and to have a night off.
Rushing into the darkened theatre, Buffy let her enhanced eyesight guide them to the back row and into two seats, bypassing empty drink cartons and other wrappings that had been dumped on the floor.
For the rest of the night, Willow watched the movie on screen and Buffy watched Willow.
She had been wary when they arrived in L.A. They had stayed in the hotel only one night before moving on and finding Troy's place.
It was massive. Far bigger than the mansion back in Sunnydale.
Each bedroom had its own bathroom, and the back yard was amazing, fitted with a pool and a hot tub that could comfortably seat ten people.
A loud giggle had Buffy's attention back on Willow, watching as her lover laughed at the antics on screen.
She could feel her demon stirring, wanting to claim its Mate again, but she pushed it down.
She only allowed herself to bite Willow that one time, when they arrived. Every time since she had been able to control herself, no matter how much Willow begged her.
Willow saw Buffy watching her out of the corner of her eye and turned to fully face her lover, forgetting the movie she was watching altogether.
"What?"
Buffy jerked herself from the thoughts her demon was sending her and darted her eyes away from Willow.
"Nothing. Enjoying the film?"
Willow's brow furrowed and she lifted a hand, bringing Buffy's face around so she could see her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Her resolve face was on and Buffy groaned.
Leaning forward, she rested her forehead against Willow's and told a half truth.
"I want this movie over so I can take you home and fuck you senseless."
Willow's pupils dilated and Buffy growled softly before leaning in and catching her lover's lips.
"Lets go."
Buffy looked on in amusement as Willow stood up and dragged her along behind her, not caring that they were leaving the movie half way through, or that they were getting disapproving stares from hassled people.
They made it around the corner from the movie house and Buffy couldn't take it anymore.
She had to be inside Willow.
Stopping, she scanned the area around them and saw an ally about 150 yards away.
Pulling Willow, Buffy made her way over, with only one thought in her head.
Willow giggled as she was pulled behind Buffy, the giggle turning to a gasp as her back connected with the brick wall and Buffy plastered herself to the front of Willow's body.
Everything in her was screaming at her to take Willow there and then, and god help her, Buffy wanted to.
Luckily, looking into Willow's eyes, Buffy knew that anything she did would be welcomed.
Buffy growled as she palmed a cloth covered breast and Willow felt a gush of moisture leave her body and pool in her panties.
Arching into the touch, her head fell back against the wall and Buffy's eyes were drawn to the pulse she could see so clearly.
Willow mewled when Buffy's hand left her breast, until she felt that same hand reach under her top and pull her bra aside to get at skin.
"Buff, god, never stop..." Willow managed to gasp out before Buffy crushed their lips together, their tongues entwining in a move they knew so well.
Knowing that her Mate needed to breath, Buffy pulled back from the kiss and moved along Willow's jaw until she reached her ear.
"Beautiful."
Willow groaned and pushed her body closer to Buffy's.
"Please..."
Buffy pulled back so she could see her lover's eyes.
"What do you want?"
Willow whimpered at the husky voice of her lover and her breath quickened as Buffy's idle hand started on its journey to where Willow needed it.
"Me? I want dinner, and that little piece of ass you have there should do just nicely."
Buffy stopped what she was doing and slowly turned to face the Vampire behind them.
Willow groaned at the loss of Buffy's touch and her eyes opened to see why she had stopped.
Seeing the Vampire, she sighed and slumped against the wall before a thought perked her up.
If Buffy was horny now, just wait until she had slayed this chump.
Then, maybe her control would slip again. Willow wondered if the fact that she got off of Buffy's bite made her a freak, but looking at her lover, she found that truthfully, she just didn't care.
The Vampire looked confused for a second before he straightened to his full height.
Buffy was not happy. She had been so close to getting what she wanted, then this joke shows up.
When Buffy didn't make a move to do anything, the Vampire got cocky.
Smirking, he sauntered closer, making a big show of breathing deeply.
When it clicked in Buffy's head what he was smelling, she went beyond pissed.
Vamping out, she closed the distance between them, wanting to draw the fight out, hoping to satisfy her demon.
With a spinning kick, he was down, but not out.
Jumping to his feet, he growled at the Vampire before him. He could smell that she was young. Easy kill for him.
He was wrong.
Willow watched her lover play with the Vampire
Sighing, she sat down on a nearby crate and waited until her lover was finished, hoping it would be soon.
The more she watched Buffy beat on the Vampire, the wetter Willow got.
Buffy looked over at Willow squirming on the crate she was sitting on and growled, turning back to the broken demon, she staked him and made her way slowly over to her redheaded lover.
Willow squirmed even more when she saw Buffy start to walk over to her.
That was not the walk of a calm Buffy.
That was the prowl of a predator, and Willow was its prey.
Buffy stopped a few feet from Willow, her eyes taking in the flushed girl before her, the sound of her heart racing.
Her face reverted to human and she closed the distance to her lover, sighing as they once again met in a kiss.
Picking Willow up, Buffy turned and sat on the empty crate, Willow straddling her.
"Want you."
Willow whimpered her agreement.
Buffy practically tore open Willow's pants in her hast to get inside, not that Willow minded as she was doing the same to Buffy.
Willow paused as Buffy finally reached her core, thrusting two fingers in hard and fast.
"Need you."
Willow snapped out of the lustful daze she was in and worked harder to get into Buffy's pants.
Finally she reached her goal, thrusting two of her own fingers into her lovers cool body.
Buffy closed her eyes and let herself get lost in the sensations Willow was causing inside her body.
She hadn't realised she had shifted into game face until she felt Willow gently stroking her ridges.
Buffy's eyes snapped open before she lowered them and forced her face to return to human.
Willow frowned before a gleam entered her eyes.
Raising Buffy's head, Willow began kissing her lips, before moving onto her lover's jaw then down to her neck.
Buffy purred at the nipping kisses Willow was giving her before growling loudly when she felt her lover's teeth break skin and draw blood.
Her control snapped and her true face came forward, but still Buffy denied herself the bite.
Willow licked at her mark on Buffy's neck.
"Mine."
Buffy exploded into orgasm, moving her mouth to Willow's neck, sucking harshly but never letting her fangs break the skin.
Willow pouted but she didn't have time to worry as the orgasm she had been racing towards finally hit her. With a wail of Buffy's name, she came.
-----
Buffy followed Willow into the bedroom, watching as her lover threw her jacket on the bed and walked into the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind her.
Buffy paused. What was going on? Willow never closed the bathroom door, never mind locked it.
Sitting down on the bed, she waited, her eyes never leaving the door as she listened to the sounds of her lover showering.
-----
Willow stood under the shower and tried not to cry.
Everything had been going great between them, but Buffy's refusal to give in to her more darker needs was slowly eating Willow up inside.
There was only one explanation Willow could think of, and that was that Buffy's demon didn't want her.
When she had first met up with Buffy after she had been turned, she had to wait six months.
That had given the demon time to become accustomed the feelings the soul had towards certain people.
The demon had only two weeks this time.
What if the demon didn't want her as its Mate?
With this thought in mind, Willow slowly lowered her self to the floor of the shower, wrapped her arms around her knees and let the tears fall unchecked.
-----
Buffy was sure she could hear muffled sobs coming from the bathroom.
Standing up, she walked over to the door and leaned against it, putting her ear to the wood.
Sure enough, there was someone crying in there, and since it could only be Willow, Buffy used her strength to force the door open.
Willow looked up when she heard wood splintering to see Buffy standing there, her eyes flashing gold.
Buffy saw Willow huddled in the shower and, uncaring of her clothed state, got into the shower with her and shut off the water.
"Baby?"
Willow sniffled, trying to stop her tears and buried herself in Buffy's arms.
This was stupid. She knew Buffy loved her. That should have been enough.
But it wasn't.
She wanted the whole package.
Buffy.
Slayer.
Vampire.
Buffy effortlessly picked up her lover and carried her out into the bedroom before running back into the bathroom to grab a towel.
The whole time Buffy dried her, Willow never spoke, freaking the hell out of the Vampire.
Finally she couldn't take it any more and Buffy dropped to her knees in front of Willow, forcing eye contact.
"What's wrong? Talk to me."
The misery on Willow's face surprised Buffy, so much that she fell back and landed on her ass, earning a snort from Willow.
Buffy could feel her demon stirring again, wanting to claim Willow as her own.
It didn't care that its mark was there was the world to see.
It was happy that Willow was marked as theirs.
It wanted to reopen that mark and once again proclaim Willow Its Mate.
Willow looked up and caught Buffy's eyes for a second, eyes that she saw were becoming more amber than hazel or gold at the minute.
In a few seconds of watching Buffy's eyes, Willow had a plan.
Throwing herself off the bed, Willow surprised Buffy when she landed on top of her and pinned her arms to the floor with her own hands, and Buffy's legs to the ground with her thighs.
Neither were under the impression that Buffy was trapped.
Buffy warred with surprise, shock and desire as she watched a naked Willow rise above her.
The fire in her lover's eyes was intoxicating.
A needy growl escaped her before she could stop it.
"Shift." It wasn't a request and Buffy found herself obeying.
Deja vu hit Willow.
As she looked into the golden gaze of her lover, Willow felt her body react.
The Vampire below her raised its head and breathed in the scent of its Mate.
Willow lowered her body so they were nose to nose, waiting.
Buffy's golden gaze travelled to the skin she could see clearly on her lover before moving back up and meeting her eyes.
"Question. Do you want me?" Willow already knew that Buffy wanted her, but she wasn't asking Buffy.
Buffy growled once and flipped them over, pinning Willow under her.
"Where is this coming from?" She tried to control the urge to lean down and nip at Willow's lips.
Willow tilted her head to the side, exposing her neck and Buffy's mark, loving it when Buffy's eyes immediately zeroed in on it.
"It was a simple question. Do you want me?"
Buffy's eyes lowered.
Willow watched as her lover struggled to talk to her.
Buffy eyes rose again and Willow was trapped in their stare.
"I'm sorry."
Willow's brow creased. What was Buffy apologising for?
"Why?"
Buffy looked pained as she sat up so she wasn't pinning Willow to the floor with her arms.
"I can't make it stop. No matter how hard I try, the demon, it wants you, not just your blood, but you. It wants to own you completely."
Willow smiled and tilted her head to the side again, exposing her neck.
"I thought we already sorted this before we left home. I belong to you, and you, belong to me."
Buffy's golden eyes met Willow's before her head lowered.
Her mouth zeroed in on her mark, and she sucked the scar there before letting her fangs graze the skin, judging by Willow's reaction, Buffy knew her lover liked the attention.
"Bite."
That was all Buffy needed.
"Mine!"
Growling, she sank her fangs into Willow's neck, tasting her Mate's climax.
"Yours."
-----
Willow woke, feeling better than she had in a while.
Buffy was draped on top of her, one arm thrown over her waist and a leg thrown over both of Willow's.
Turning her head, she studied Buffy's sleeping features.
When she was asleep, Buffy looked dead. There was no movement, no breathes, no snores.
Sometimes, there was purring or growling, but usually, there was nothing.
Willow shook her head to rid herself of those thoughts and struggled to get out of bed.
After three failed attempts, she succeeded.
Padding softly into the bathroom, Willow turned on the water in the shower, testing it before stepping in.
-----
In the other room, Buffy rolled over and groaned when she saw the time on the clock.
Looking towards the bathroom, she debated on joining Willow before changing her mind and picking up the phone to call Giles and the gang.
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Willow finished her shower, finding it odd that Buffy hadn't joined her as she could hear the blonde moving around.
Stepping out, she wrapped a towel around her wet body and went into the bedroom to fine Buffy pacing the room.
"Hey you."
Buffy turned and walked over to Willow, leaning in to place a good morning kiss on her lover's mouth.
"Morning."
Willow looked from the clock back to Buffy.
"Buff, its five in the afternoon."
Buffy shrugged her shoulders before resuming her pacing.
"What's with wearing a hole in the carpet?"
"Troy thinks there's something going on with mom and Giles."
Willow sat on the bed and watched Buffy pace.
"And that's making you pace because..."
Buffy turned and was about to go into a full scale rant about how it was gross because it was her mom and her watcher, when she saw Willow, relaxing on the bed with her towel gapping open.
Willow saw the look in Buffy's eyes and smiled, knowing what was coming next.
Buffy stalked the few paces to the bed and put one knee on it before reaching out and pulling Willow to the edge, leaving her towel behind.
Dropping to her knees, Buffy spent the next half hour there, nipping, licking, sucking and drinking in her lover's taste.
By the fifth orgasm, Willow was starting to wonder if Buffy was going to let her rest anytime soon.
Looking up from her spot on the floor, Buffy saw Willow's eyes roll up in her head just before she passed out.
Using her tongue, she cleaned up the mess she had made and moved Willow further up the bed, crawling in behind her.
The last thought that drifted through her head, was that Willow was going to need another shower.
-----
When she woke up again, Willow was alone in the bed.
Looking towards the empty bathroom, she wondered where Buffy was, when she walked into the room carrying a tray of food.
"Hey there."
Willow mumbled something that vaguely resembled a good morning greeting, when Buffy shed her rob and crawled butt naked into bed, balancing the tray on one hand.
"Sleepy?"
"Well, if someone would let me rest once in a while, maybe I wouldn't be as tired." Willow smiled at Buffy, taking any seriousness away from that comment.
Buffy smirked before leaning in and giving her lover a proper good morning kiss, though judging by the clock, it was closer to a good night kiss.
When she pulled back, Buffy could have sworn she felt her heart do a flip at the look on Willow's face.
"Love you."
Willow's smile got bigger before she looked at the tray Buffy had brought into the room.
"Oohh muffins." Willow clapped her hands together like an excited child would do before picking up the muffin she could tell had cherries in it.
"You are the best girlfriend ever."
Buffy smiled at her lover and watched her take a bite of the now butter covered muffin.
Leaning in, she licked off a smudge of butter Willow had managed to leave on her chin.
Closing her eyes, Willow took a deep breath, before opening them to meet the hazel ones of her lover.
"What about you?"
"I'm all out, we need to stock up again."
Willow chewed her food, her eyes never leaving Buffy.
The Vampire squirmed before handing Willow her glass of apple juice just to have something to do.
"You need to eat. You need to heal."
Buffy looked up and met Willow's concerned gaze.
"And I will, when we go to the butchers."
"But-"
"No. I'll eat when we go out later."
Willow let it drop, knowing that if Buffy wasn't even entirely comfortable biting her during sex, then she wasn't going to just start snacking on her when she was hungry.
-----
Troy looked up when he heard voices.
Not a minute later, Giles and Xander entered the main room of the mansion.
"Do you have any news?"
Giles sighed and sat down, taking off his glasses and cleaning them before putting them back on.
"No. I spoke to Willow an hour ago but not for long. Buffy was hungry so they were leaving to buy more food."
Giles couldn't bring himself to say blood, not when he was talking about Buffy.
"Then why are you here?" he didn't want to seem rude, but he was hoping for a little quiet tonight. Buffy's friends were nothing if not loud.
"Patrol."
Sighing, the Vampire stood up and wondered when his life had gotten so complicated.
"Right. Of course. Remind me to personally thank Buffy when all this is over."
-----
Buffy followed her redhead through the crowd at the shopping mall, thanking god that these places opened late in L.A.
"Will, what are we looking for exactly?"
Willow pulled on Buffy's hand, making her lover walk beside her.
"We aren't looking for anything. This was just to get us out of the house for a while."
Buffy growled quietly under her breath before a display in a shop window caught her eye.
Stopping, she pulled Willow over to it.
"Now that's sexy."
Willow's wide eyes looked between the store's window and Buffy's face.
"On you, maybe."
Buffy turned desire filled eyes to her girlfriend.
"I was think more along the lines for you."
Willow was about to say no, when she saw Buffy lick her lips as her eyes travelled the length of her body.
-----
Buffy waited impatiently in the bedroom for Willow to come out.
"Come on already Wills, I'm dying here!"
Willow's head poked out of the bathroom.
"There's a little problem with that sentence."
Buffy pouted and waited for Willow to show herself in full.
Gulping, Willow opened the door fully and exposed herself to the hungry gaze of her girlfriend.
Buffy sucked in a breath she didn't need when she saw Willow fully.
It had taken some persuasion, but Buffy had finally managed to get Willow to agree to get sexy underwear. Price wasn't a concern so they may have went a little overboard.
Willow looked at the lust shining through clearly on Buffy's face and figured that the green silk teddy had been worth it, though she knew it wasn't going to stay on for long.
Tbc