Hi everybody... just wanted to pop my head in and throw up an update...
have a good long weekend everyone
kathleen
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“I think blue would be a good colour for my line, don’t you think, not that there’s much of a line.” Tara giggled brightly as she lay out on the living room carpet fawning over the squares of paper they had taped together in order to spread out a giant tree of their family line on the carpet.
“Your line is huge.” Madalene countered pointing out the points going far back. “What colour should I have? It has to compliment yours cause we meet here.” She pointed to a branch point.
“Mmmm, what colour are you eyes?” Tara peered at the Spellcaster.
“Sorta rain puddle green.” Madalene blinked with a laugh.
“Rain puddle green.” Tara giggled again she rummaged a little in the pencil case that dawn had given her producing a brown green colour. “Like this?” She held it up.
“Looks about right.” The brunette nodded. Tara shrugged across the large square of white paper on the floor between the two women and passed the Spellcaster the colour. “So what do we make the colour once our lines cross?” Mads queried drawing in her lines carefully. “I mean it’s only two hundred years ago.” She laughed loudly.
“Now I’m beginning to think I should have given you red, because then the cross would be naturally purple.” Tara mused with a laugh.
“We could switch to purple.” Madalene agreed easily. “Would makes sense since it leads back through the royal line.” She pointed to the area in question. “Then we sorta go into limbo.”
“Mmmm.” Tara frowned a little at the void.
“Maybe we can use Mr. Giles connections to see if we can fill in some of the blanks.” Madalene sat back reaching for her lemonade.
“The council will probably have information, even if they don’t know it now, you know.” Tara hoped she was making sense.
“Secret organization, very odd.” She nodded that she did. “Though Mr. Giles seems very intelligent, we’ve had some interesting conversations about history and such.”
“Oh he is.” Tara nodded. “That is, I think he is.” She gave a slightly odd smile.
“I think you are right.” Madalene laughed. “Though I think I scare him.”
“I doubt it.” Tara chuckled. “He’s probably the oldest Scooby. I don’t think anything scares him.”
*He hates the telepathy.* Madalene tested the blonde gently to see how her strength was doing. They’d been switching back and forth all day to open up Tara’s abilities.
*That’s because he’s no good at it.* Tara replied with a grin.
*I keep telling him it takes practice.* Madalene twirled the pencil crayon around a finger. *Well and a few thousand years of heritage. *
*I guess we cheat.* Tara’s smile stayed firmly in place.
*Not so much cheating as...* Madalene mused laughing lightly. *More like gifted. *
“So what do we do about the void?” Tara turned her attention once more to their masterpiece.
“Research.” Madalene sighed gently. “Maybe a short trip to Northern Ireland or Greece to follow up leads.”
“I don’t think I’ll be travelling anywhere for a while.” Tara glanced towards the kitchen to where Willow had been talking with Dawn. “Not till Willow is a little better.”
“I believe the house motto is ‘we have all the time in the world’.” Madalene reached across and squeezed Tara’s hand.
“It is.” Tara looked up and smiled.
*She’s doing so much better.* The spellcaster sent the gentle message.
*Is she? I think she is then I think I am biased.*
*No, you’re not. How is she doing one on one? * The Spellcaster questioned gently.
*She’s amazing, so brave and so strong. We nearly had a problem last night, but it worked itself out. * Tara replied her smile never breaking.
*What problem? * Madalene asked concerned hoping she wasn’t being too pushy. Tara blushed without replying. *Oh.* Madalene’s eyes widened. “Sorry.” She apologized immediately.
“No like I say, it was sorted.” Tara nodded firmly.
“It must be hard but I bet you two will figure it all out.” The brunette tried to be supportive.
“We will.” Tara confirmed.
“You are so lucky.” Madalene twirled the pencil crayon again.
“I am.” Tara nodded her blue eyes misted slightly.
“Hey Dawn is making Kool-Aid do you two want any?” Willow came in around the corner asking the quiet question.
“Hi baby.” Tara turned reaching out her hands to her girlfriend.
“Hi sweetie.” Willow came over and filled them with her own crouching down. “You making a picture.”
“A tree.” Tara leaned and kissed Willow briefly on the lips. “And ancestral tree.”
“Mmmm.” Willow smiled her eyes closed for a moment before she looked back at the drawing. “Oh did you know there was a computer program that we can plug all this into and you can track all the changes?” She held onto Tara’s hands.
“That Willow would require me being talented with a computer.” Madalene smiled and then bit her lip. “Which is exactly why I have the lovely drawn hand version you see here.”
“And I’m not even sure how to turn your lap top on sweetie.” Tara admitted rubbing her thumb over the back of Willow’s hand.
“It’s easy.” Willow grinned at them both looking over the fragile drawing.
“I can even send out web crawlers that comb archived areas for links and connections.” She looked to the big blank space. “As long as we have names and basic data we can find anyone if they have a record.”
“And she wonders why I love her.” Tara leaned in and kissed Willow again. “Why don’t I go and get the drinks, while you set up the computer.”
“I can do that.” Willow nodded and stole another kiss.
“You just want to put my years of painstaking research to shame don’t you wonder hacker.” Madalene teased leaning back to smile at them.
“Kool-Aid couz?” Tara grinned at the spellcaster
“Please.” She nodded moving the paperwork over out of the way.
“You know I can’t believe I just called you that.” The blonde shook her head as she released Willow’s hand and moved to the kitchen. “I’ll be right back.”
“She’s cute like that, she makes little nicknames.” Willow smiled as Tara moved away and she started setting up her laptop.
“One day you’re going to have to give me a crash course on that thing.” Madalene moved over watching Willow fly through windows and screens completely impressed.
Tara was true to her word and within a brief moment the taller Wicca reappeared at the doorway, carefully balancing three glasses of brightly coloured drink. The middle one held by the other two and Tara’s little fingers in a rather risky looking triangle.
“There are cookies too which I will go get in a minute.” She informed them softly.
“You could have asked for some help.” Madalene pushed up to come take one or more of the glasses.
“No, no it’s o...” Tara’s voice wavered just as her body did. The Wicca pitched a little to the left and tried desperately to compensate to the right the third carefully balanced glass of Kool-Aid slipped free plummeting to the carpet. The two remaining glasses followed it soon after as the tension keeping them in place fell away.
“Whoa.” Madalene shot forward trying to catch the blonde and keep her upright as the glasses fell to the carpet.
“Baby?” Willow watched the whole endeavor with worry as Tara toppled.
“I-I-I’m sorry.” Tara managed to right herself with Madalene’s assistance and she immediately looked down at the mess.
“No worries.” Madalene helped her get firmly on her feet and quickly handed over ‘Tara’ duties to Willow who had scrambled up. “Why don’t I get a cloth?” She smiled as Willow led Tara to the couch.
“I spoiled the tree.” Tara looked unhappily at the now soggy paper and then at her girlfriend.
“We can replace it.” Willow ran a worried hand over Tara’s cheek. “Are you okay?”
“Yes, I think so, I just came over slightly dizzy.” The blonde raised a hand to her forehead and rubbed it slightly.
“Mmmmm I think someone needs to rest more.” Willow offered reaching up to smooth blonde hair over her shoulder.
“Mmmm maybe.” Tara vaguely agreed and then looked at Willow with concern. “Oh Willow are you ok?” She said raising her own hand to the redhead’s cheek.
“I’m fine, just worried about my dizzy girl.” Willow smiled and leaned to kiss her gently. “I think you need more rest and less rehabilitation.”
“I’m only doing what I need to do.” Tara objected.
“I know you want to push love but you have to remember you’ve been through a lot. You and Mads can talk silently all you want for the rest of our lives, you don’t have to do it all in one week.” Willow countered with a gentle sternness.
“I want to be strong for you.” Tara whispered the reason she had been forcing herself to do any of this at all.
“What did you tell me this morning?” Willow questioned softly. “I need to rest and take it slow, the same applies to you love.”
“But I...” Tara began to object.
“But I...” Willow shook her head and kissed her lightly again. “The only answer I’m taking is ‘yes Willow I’m going to take it easy’.”
“Yes Willow, I’m going to take it slightly easier.” Tara looked deep into green eyes.
“Slightly?” Willow raised an eyebrow.
“Slightly more than slightly?” Tara reasoned only to have Willow shake her head with a mock pout. “Rather a lot?” Tara’s smile turned into a rather soppy smirk.
“Exactly.” Willow rewarded her with another soft kiss.
“My head feels funny.” The blonde admitted burrowing her head into Willow’s shoulder.
“I prescribe rest and cuddles for the rest of the day.” Willow wound her arms around Tara’s body and cradled her.
“Are you sure that’s alright with you?” The blonde checked though she didn’t move.
“Mmmmm my favourite.” Willow admitted smiling brightly.
“Do I get to keep my Willow pillow?” Tara nuzzled closer.
“Definitely.” The redhead kissed the crown of blonde hair. “I can give Madalene directions on how to get to the website if you want.”
“If it’s easier I can leave you to it.” Tara remembered their plan and now felt guilty about disrupting it.
“I think it would be funny to see her try.” Willow giggled lightly and hugged Tara closer. “Sorta like Buffy trying to check her email.”
“She can’t do it!” Dawn’s voice chimed in as the teenager appeared along with Madalene. The Spellcaster had a cloth while the teenager carried a tray with fresh drinks and a plate of cookies.
“Dawnie can help Mads with the tech, while we cuddle.” Willow smiled at the teenager.
“Sure!” Dawn beamed at the idea.
“Let me get this cleaned up first then you can introduce me to the world wide universe.” Madalene bent down sopping up the spilt liquid.
“Now what on earth could Buffy be doing that would be better than this.” Dawn grinned stealing a cookie and picking the laptop up off the seat next to Willow.
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"I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine."
To The Land of The RainbowWriters
You wanted loving and sweet, you got it. That and much more. And I totally agree. They so needed that alone time to talk and bond. 
And smoochies... gotta have those. 
So funny. 
Thank you, Imperfectly Me. 
at: 9/3/02 6:17:29 pm