Willow's Rescue
by willow
Chapter 20
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Chapter 20...
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It had been two weeks since that day Giles had cancelled Willow's appointments with the shrink. She was doing great with just the help of her family. Though she still didn't eat alot, she had grown so much more confident around the scoobies and each one of them was beginning to see the old Willow return.
The nightmares were becoming more irregular, too. She still had them, but not every night. Buffy would check every time, just incase.
Tonight, Buffy, Xander, Faith, and Dawn were taking her out for the first time since she'd been in L.A. Giles stayed at home, doing research, as per usual. They were only going out for a meal, but it was the next big step for Willow, going out in public.
Willow had just finished her make-up the second Buffy knocked at the door and strolled in. "Hey, you ready?"
"Yep, just finished... do I look OK?" Willow asked nervously.
Buffy's eyes traced over Willow. She was wearing 4 inch high black strappy sandals, black skinny jeans and a white long-sleeved blouse with the top three buttons undone. These were chosen purely to cover up the bruises that still lingured about her body. Her hair was in soft curls and she wore silver accessories. She looked beautiful, but what mesmorized Buffy the most was her eyes. Willow had used smokey eye shadow and it really brought out the colours that were beginning to sparkle again.
"Buff?" Willow scrunched her eye brows together, "I look crap, don't I?"
"NO!" Buffy shook her head fiercely, "no, God no, you look amazing, Wills!"
Willow sighed and turned back to the mirror. "You sure?" She cocked her head to the side for a second before bringing it back up. "I don't look too... plain?"
"Will!" Buffy whined. She walked up behind her and picked her up by her waist, spun her around away from the mirror and carried her towards the door, stopping just inside it. Both girls were giggling. Buffy turned Willow around in her arms and then let her down, still holding her. The giggling had been brought to an abrupt halt as each girl realised how close their faces were to the other. They stayed that way for a couple of moments before Buffy broke the silence.
"You look beautiful," she said, smiling and letting go of Willow. "C'mon, we better get going, can't keep the vultures waiting."
Willow smiled back, nervously. "Alright, let's go."
"It'll be fine, I promise," Buffy reassured her, grabbing her hand and leading her downstairs.
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Buffy and Willow walked into the house, carrying their shoes, and fell onto the sofa, giggling quietly as they could so as not to wake Dawn. They both had rosey cheeks and windswept hair. The meal had gone down great and the girls had decided to go to the club a few blocks down from the restaurant. The other three didn't feel like clubbing so went home for the night, both Xander and Faith making sure Dawn got settled into bed OK before heading to their own homes.
"Told you it'd be fine," said a really drunk Buffy, slurring her words slightly.
This made Willow giggle harder. It was safe to say Willow had her fair share of drink, too. "Thanks, Buff, I really had fun tonight!" She put her head on Buffy's shoulder, "love youuuu!"
Buffy smiled, "love you, too, wills." She rested her head on Willow's and was silent for a couple of seconds. "I'm so glad you're back with us."
"Mmm, me too," Willow said closing her eyes and snuggling more into Buffy, before opening them again and slapping a hand down lightly on Buffy's knee. "I'm gonna go to bed," she said, lifting her head to look at Buffy and smiling before getting up.
"Yeah, me too," she followed Willow up the stairs, watching her ass all the way.
The girls got to Willow's room and Willow turned around to give Buffy a goodnight hug, Buffy holding on for as long as she could. She pulled back a little and looker at Willow's face, she couldn't help herself, she moved her face slowly towards Willow's.
"Buff?" she whispered, unsure of what to do.
"Yeah?" she whispered back, their lips millimeters apart.
"I..."
She was cut off by Buffy's lips on her own. Both girls went light-headed. Such a simple kiss sent shivers down their spines. The kiss became more heated but was suddenly stopped by Willow who looked Buffy straight in the eye.
"Buff?" she whispered again.
"I love you."
Willow couldn't move, her eyes filled with tears and she gulped nervously, mouth slightly open. When her legs began to work again, she turned to face the door, opened it and shut Buffy out. Her breathing was heavy and she was close to hyperventalating. Small tears ran down her cheeks.
On the other side of the door Buffy just stared into nothingness, she snapped out of it and went into her room, next to Willow's. She sat up on her bed, knees pulled to her chest. She rubbed her face before running her hands through her hair and let the tears fall.
"Way to fuck everything up, Buffy," she said to herself before getting under the covers and crying herself to sleep.
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