Could Have Chosen
by wraith
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Could Have Chosen
A 'what if' tragic tale following "Chosen" by Sonja B. aka Wraith
All characters belong to Joss and the folks at Mutant Enemy, I just need to
borrow them once and awhile.
This is my first Buffy fic so please review,[be kind ? ;) ]
Willow's POV
It's funny how life works out sometimes. Take me, nobody ever thought it would be me. They all had their turn, or their chance, well, who'd a thunk?
We met in high school, pressure, pain, and principles, that about covers it. I was smitten. Well, as smitten as any sixteen year old who hears their name without a four letter word attached to it, is smitten. But I was, smitten, I was smote, she smote me. You get the idea.
The hair, the eyes, the complexion, the ass! Whoops, there it is! But hey, if I can't be honest now, what's the point?
So times got tough, then when school was done for the day, times got tougher. Fighting by her side (at her feet usually, in an unconscious way) kind of drew us together. But there was always the friend word, damn 'F' word!
So I do what I can. I figure I'll make her jealous, do some smiting of my own. Start bonging the drums with our friends, that's what I do. As you can imagine that didn't work out as well for me as I had hoped.
One after another, they give it up for me, her friends , some of her enemies. Most of them don't even have the decency to tell her. What the hell use is that? Meanwhile, she's smiting everything with a heartbeat and a couple that don't.
I put up with a lot, watched her get her way time and again. But, heck, she did save the world on a regular basis, so I figure I got to cut the girl some slack. Right? But then she starts playing hide the salami with Spike, mister 'night of the grateful dead' (he better be grateful!) well that was the last straw!
I start to figure how it's gotta work, I mean, how's someone like me get a girl like her anyway?
Then, wouldn't ya know it, the world needs saving, again. I know my place, I take the crap, and the odd beat-down, but I'm right there, by her side. Did she ever really notice? Probably not, with all that "poor me, I'm the chosen one, I have to save the world again" pity party nonsense. Boo hoo!
Well, I give it all I got, like the energizer bunny, I just kept going and going, and come back for more. But the night before it all goes down I finally see the light, with a little help, and I get it straight. So I go to the Boss and I say,"hey, what about me? When do I get to have it all? When do I get to get the girl?"
Well, I got it all, and what a package deal it is! I don't have to die, and the competition gets fried playing hero. And everyone was so focused on winning they never noticed anything was different. And now, I even got the girl.
I waited 'till we got to the hotel, everyone gets settled in. They're so beat, and beat up, I make sure they have everything they need, then I go to her. She's hurt pretty bad, even slayer healing's gonna take time to fix it. So I play nurse and best friend and we start to talk. I tell her what I want, and what I had to do to get it.
She's so surprised! She didn't suspect a thing, or if she did she was just to tired to care. She puts up a bit of a fight, at first. But you know how women are, they say no no, but I figure she meant yes yes, and I was right.
And here we are. Now I've got the strength, got the looks, and I've got the girl. She's lying beside me, sleeping it off. Our first time, I figured I better make it special. Now that it's done, and I look at her lying so still and quiet, I suppose I could have chosen differently. But I didn't. I could have chosen anyone for my first kill, but I didn't.
I chose Buffy.