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“What do you mean it’s my pot?” Buffy asked.
“See how low drugs have made you sink?” Willow said, laughing and pretending to smoke and get high.
Tara just starts laughing at Willow’s actions.
“Well Will, I think I would remember hiding pot in the house.” Buffy said.
“Not if you were stoned at the time!” Willow said, laughing. “I hid it.”
“Well, that’s just great, Willow. What a fine example you’re setting for Dawn. Stealing your best friend’s stash!” Buffy said.
“You stole her pot?” Tara asked. “That’s pretty low, Will.”
“I didn’t steal it!” Willow defended. “I put it away when we quit.”
“We quit? I just thought we ran out.” Tara said, looking at the pot.
“Yeah, remember Buff. You didn’t want Dawn to find it, so you told me to get rid of it.” Willow said.
“Well, why didn’t you?” Buffy asked.
“I tried to flush it. But as I watched it float helplessly, I thought to myself ‘am I really ready for this part of my life to be over with?’ Willow said.
“But how did it get in Dawn’s room?” Tara asked.
“Well, I was standing in the hall and I heard Dawn coming upstairs. I didn’t want her to see me with the pot so I ran into her room, which was the closest. I just found a little tin can and hid it behind her bookshelf. She asked me what I was doing and I told her I was just looking for my earring.” Willow explained.
“Well, why didn’t you go back later and get it and hide it somewhere else?” Buffy asked.
“I was stoned at the time too! I couldn’t remember where I hid it!” Willow said.
“Geez, I feel awful. I yelled at Dawn before and it wasn’t even hers.” Buffy said.
“It’s okay. Now she knows not to do it.” Tara said, with her lopsided grin.
Buffy just looks at Tara who is inspecting the pot.
Buffy just grabs the pot from Tara’s hand which causes her to jump.
“Here Will. Get rid of it. It isn’t a good idea to keep it in the house a moment longer.” Buffy said.
“Yeah, I’ll get rid of it tomorrow. We should all just go to bed. It’s been an interesting night.” Willow said.
They turned off all the lights and went to bed.
The Next Night…
Willow and Tara were studying in their room, Buffy was downstairs and Dawn was spending the night at Janice’s house.
Willow throws her book on the floor and sighs, “Damn! I feel like my head is going to explode! Too much studying!”
“Well, why don’t we take a break.” Tara suggested.
“That would be great. But then during my break, I’ll just be thinking that in the next couple of minutes, I’m going to be studying again which will cause my brain to hurt even more.” Willow babbled.
Tara starts giggling.
“What are you laughing at?” Willow asked.
“You. I love Willowbabble.” Tara put simply.
Willow chastely kissed her on the lips and said, “Maybe in a few years, they’ll come up with something to distress us.”
“Like what?” Tara asked.
“I don’t know. Maybe you could just take a drug and then feel everything leave you and you won’t have a care in the world.” Willow said.
Willow raises her head like she just came up with a good idea as did Tara.
They both looked at each other and then to the tin can with the pot on their dresser.
They looked at each other and smiled.
Willow goes to get it but Tara yells, “No! I’ll roll it up! You get to much spit on it.”
They sit on the floor while Tara rolls it up on a mini table.
Buffy knocks, then opens the door and says, “Hey guys. You want to go to the Bronze- (sees Tara) – Do you know what that is?” she asked, pointing to the pot.
“You’re not going to nark on us, are you Buff?” Willow asked, laughing.
“What the hell are you doing?” Buffy asked, with a high pitch voice. “I yelled at Dawn for having pot in the house, which I find out isn’t even hers, and now you’re rolling up a joint? And Tara, you’re using the little mini coffee table my mom gave you for Christmas?”
Buffy looks back to Tara rolling the joint and says, “Oh, you’re doing it all wrong.”
She sits next to Tara and starts to roll it.
Later that night…
Willow and Tara are sitting in the bathroom looking forward.
Willow is sitting cross-legged on the floor and Tara is sitting on the edge of the bathtub.
“Willow?” Tara asked. “Do you feel any different?”
“I don’t know. Maybe this stuff is too old.” Willow said. She stops and thinks. “Did I just say that sentence out loud?”
“Man, we’re stoned!” Tara said.
She looks to Willow and asks, “Do you have another 3 Musketeers bar?”
“No, this is the last one and it’s mine.” Willow says, holding it up in front of her face.
“Well, I want it, Willow. And if I have to, I’ll rip off your whole arm to get it.” Tara threatens.
“That would suck.” Willow said, with no emotion.
She hands the bar to Tara who opens it and starts eating it with her fingers.
“Tara.” Willow says, kneeling right next to her. “You are the most beautiful, sexy…you know, thing that I have ever seen. I love you.”
Tara just blinks and turns to Willow and asks, “What?”
Willow just sighs and sits on the floor.
“I thought this stuff would make me feel better. All I feel is old and hungry.” Willow complains.
“Man, maybe this is how my grandfather got fat!” Tara said, then laughs.
Willow starts laughing and then Buffy says, “Nobody loves me.”
They both widen their eyes and look around to see where the voice came from.
Tara pulls the shower curtain open, revealing Buffy laying in the bathtub in her yummy sushi pajamas clutching a ganja to her chest.
“Oh, hi Buffy. We thought you went to the Bronze already.” Tara said, surprised.
“Why me? I got nothing.” Buffy said, her eyes widened. “No meaningful job, no decent boyfriend… It’s just me. It’s just me and my ganja.”
Willow and Tara started laughing really hard.
“Guys, I don’t think this stuff is working.” Buffy said, staring at the wall blankly.
All of a sudden, a door slams which caused Willow to jump.
“Did you hear that?” Willow asked, nervously. “It sounds like someone’s coming through the door.”
Tara, still laughing, says “You’re just being paranoid, Will. All the little frogs are coming after you!”
Tara started poking her and Willow got up and grabbed the toilet scrubber and got ready to defend herself.
Tara watched this and started laughing harder.
Another door slam occurred and Willow jumped and said, “Now tell me you didn’t hear that?”
Buffy’s eyes widen and asks, “Is this the sink, am I shrinking?”
All of a sudden, there was a knock on the bathroom door.
“Buffy, are you in there?” Dawn asked.
“The jig is up!” Buffy yelled and closed the shower curtain.
“It’s Dawn.” Willow said, pointing to the door. “Dawn…Dawn, have you ever noticed how weird that sounds?”
Willow and Tara walked up to the door.
Tara said very quickly “What do you want Dawn?” She whispers to Willow, “God, you’re right.”
“Is Buffy in there?” Dawn asked.
“Yes.” Willow said quickly.
“What are you guys doing in there?” Dawn yelled.
“We’re, uh…playing chess!” Willow yelled back.
“In the bathroom?” Dawn asked.
“Yeah, human chess! I’m a pawn, Dawn!” Tara yelled. She whispers to Willow and laughs, “Pawn, Dawn.
“What are you doing here?” Buffy yelled.
“I forgot my sleeping bag! Do you know where it is?” Dawn asked.
“Um, it’s, uh, in that little place, you know, uh, where we keep the tools and mom’s car.” Buffy yelled.
“Thanks Buffy!” Dawn yelled, and left.
Buffy gets out of the tub and says “Oh my god! I’m such a horrible person.”
“No, you’re not Buff.” Willow said.
“Yeah I am, Will. I don’t even know where I sent my sister!” Buffy said. “Supposedly she falls down and needs an organ transplant and I can’t give her any of mine because they’re all full of pot!” Buffy cried.
“Buffy, calm down. Look, we’ll get rid of this stuff for good.” Tara said. “Will?”
“Are you sure?” Willow asked, uncertainty in her voice.
“Willow!” Tara yelled.
“Okay, okay.” Willow agreed.
She got the bag of pot that was left and poured it in the toilet.
Buffy went to flush it when Willow stopped her. Willow went to get a lighter and lit it, holding it in the air.
“Okay, go ahead now.” Willow said.
Buffy flushed it and as it went down, Willow waved the lighter in the air as tribute. Tara just looks at her in confusion.
Willow turns to her and says, “What? Just showing some respect.”
“Alright. It’s gone now.” Buffy said. “We shouldn’t do this anymore. We need to start acting like responsible adults.”
“Yeah, let’s go downstairs and watch T.V. while this stuff leaves our systems.” Willow said.
Once they found something to watch, the front door burst open and Xander and Anya walked in.
“Hey guys! Check out what I found while I was getting some of my stuff from my parent’s basement.” Xander exclaimed.
They turned to him and saw him holding a bag of pot.
“It’s my old stash! What do you say, huh? Like old times?” Xander asked.
Willow, Tara and Buffy look at each other, turn off the T.V. and walked out the door to the Bronze.
“Did I miss something?” Xander asked, looking confused.
THE END
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