Family Conflict
By Hawk
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy or any other character on the show.. unfortunately.
Summary: Tara has a dark secret that she has been keeping and its about to come out.
Note: I was disappointed by the big secret for Tara. We wanted for over a year to find out what was going on with her and to me it was a little of a disappointment (not that I wanted her to have some horrible past Criticism wanted.
Part One
The Scooby meeting was interesting process that Tara was just starting to get the hang of. There were two types; one was research mode where they knew what demon was attacking and were planning the next step of action. The other type was far more important. It was a time when all the Scoobies could get together and enjoy their friendships. Xander would make jokes and tell stories, while Buffy would talk about her latest patrol. Anya would embarrass everyone with her blunt discussion about sex, especially Giles, which Tara was starting to find more amusing and less embarrassing.
The best part of all was watching Willow relax and hang out with her friends. She loved to watch the red headed witch no matter the situation, but there was something special when she was around the rest of the Scoobies. This was her family, and Tara hoped that someday it would be hers as well. Since the moment she had met Willow, Tara felt something she had never felt before. It was beyond anything that she could even try to explain. When Willow was around she was whole.
Tara wasn’t a Scooby yet, at least in her own mind. Right now she was Willow’s ‘friend’ and she had no problem with that. After the Oz incident Buffy and Xander were making an effort to include her as a member of the group but they still didn’t really know anything about her, and Tara wanted to keep it that way.
Her secret was too dark to have anyone know about it, and she had a feeling if she spent too much time with Buffy that the slayer might figure it out. If it weren’t for Willow she wouldn’t have been here. Her whole world revolved around the fiery hacker and she was willing to risk anything to make her happy. Tara was never part of a group before. Her whole life she socialized with only a few people and now everyone wanted to know about her. When Willow asked about her past, she had been gently knowing it was not a happy part of her life but everyone else questioned her openly which was dangerous.
Tonight was a social Scooby meeting and they were expecting Buffy back from patrol any minute. Today had been perfect for Tara. She met Willow for lunch and then spent the rest of the day walking around Sunnydale just enjoying each other’s presence. For the past few weeks the demonic activity had been on the low and that creates an edgy slayer.
“Watcha looking at?” Willow whispered into the blond ear.
Tara couldn’t help the smile that crossed her lips. “Just looking at some spells we might want to try later.”
“Something fun I hope,” she smiled sensuously causing Tara to blush and hide her face under a veil of blond locks. Willow couldn’t help but get a little cocky when Tara didn’t stutter. It had taken a while, but she was finally breaking through the blond’s shell.
“Of course. Run along I’m almost done here, and I think Giles will need you. Anya is telling them another story of when she was a vengeance demon.” Tara joked but knew her words were close to the truth. Willow gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and then hurried over to see what horrifying story Anya was telling now.
‘Tara, I must speak with you. It is important,’ a familiar voice spoke within Tara’s head. If it hadn’t been for the fact that Anya was busy telling another anecdote about a cheating husband and how she involved his prized ‘possession’ and a nest of rabies infested rats and that was just for starters, they would have seen Tara eyes completely loss focus and her body go completely rigid.
‘Keth what are you doing here? Buffy is out there and ready for action,’ she quickly sent back. She looked around the Magic Shop to make sure no one noticed her reaction and was relieved to find herself undiscovered; even Willow hadn’t noticed anything.
‘Would I come here if it wasn’t important? Please, I’m in the alleyway outside the Magic Shop,’ he pleaded. Tara knew something bad had happened or Keth would never have risked coming out in the open.
‘I coming,’ she sent and then out loud, “I have to go.” Everyone looked at Tara confused by her sudden outburst.
Willow quickly moved to her side concerned at the subtle change with the woman she was starting to fall in love with. She wasn’t able to put her finger on what the difference was but something had changed. “Are you alright, baby? Do you want me to walk you home?” she asked.
“N-no, I’ll be fine. I just f-forgot something I n-need to do. I’m s-sorry.” She gave Willow’s hand a quick squeeze as she started walking towards the door to leave.
Outside she felt the calming presence of Keth and hurried over to him. Tara reached the mouth of the alleyway to hear Buffy call out, “Hey Tara hold up… Tara run behind you!”
She turned to see Buffy running towards her as fast as her slayer strength would let her. Doing the only thing possible, Tara placed herself in between Buffy and Keth, hoping to keep this situation from exploding any further.
“B-buffy, l-let me explain,” she tried to talk around her stutter.
Buffy stopped dead as she watched Tara protecting the demon. The two sides of Buffy started to wage within her. The slayer side wanted to attack and lash out with the anger of another ‘friend’ betraying her. Buffy’s human side wanted to understand what was going on. She had known Tara for over six months now and never once had she done anything suspicious, until now.
“TARA!” Willow cried as she ran out of the Magic Shop with Giles and Xander in tow. All three stopped dead in their tracks. All they could tell was Tara had her back turned to a demon in the alleyway and it looked like she was protecting in from Buffy.
“P-please, l-let me explain in-inside. K-keth w-won’t hurt anyone. I s-swear,” Tara pleaded to the group in front of her. After looking at everyone, begging with her eyes, she turned to Willow hoping that she would still trust her. Willow was the only person truly knew of the Scoobies and prayed that it would be enough.
“Yes, why don’t we step inside. This might be better dealt with away from prying eyes and ears,” Giles conceded though he looked a little reluctant to have an unknown demon inside his store.
Buffy didn’t move. “I’m not going to let some demon in the Magic Shop. I think that are dear innocent Tara here should start talking and explain why she has been lying to us for the past six months.” Before Giles could chide his slayer, a low growl came from the creature behind Tara, a sound of pure rage.
Her slayer instincts were about to win out but Tara beat her to the punch. She spun on her heels and glared at Keth then demanded, “Stop right now. I gave them my word that you would be on your best behavior, and I expect you to do just that.” Her voice held none of the hesitation or stutter that it usually did.
“But she questioned your honor. I am bound to defend you; body, spirit as well as honor.” Keth defended himself.
“Your are bound to do what I ask and I am asking that you be on your best behavior; no matter what is said about me. This world does not go by the old laws,” she finished softy letting him know that she wasn’t really mad at him.
She turned to look at the others and found them all staring at her. Willow was the only one who'd ever seen this side of her. The person who could talk without stuttering and able say two sentence together, but she hadn’t seen Tara ever speak with so much force. “P-please, can w-we go inside n-now?”
Everyone quickly headed into the Magic Shop and for the first time the Scoobies got a good look at Keth. He looked like a crossbred of Ludo from The Labyrinth and the creature in Predator. He stood at an intimidating height of around six and a half feet and looked to be pure muscle. Keth stood behind Tara ready for anything while the others moved to other side of the store trying to figure out what was the next course of action.
Luckily Anya was the one that broke the ice. She had gone into the back room to get something when Buffy had yelled so she had no idea what was going on. When she walked into the main room she was nearly had a heart attack. It had been twenty years since she had seen a Goldwyn Demon but they weren’t the type that you would ever forget.
“My God! D’Hoffryn didn’t send you did he? He can’t hold any grudge to me that makes no sense. Please I will do anything.” She looked around the room and noticed that no one know what the hell she was talking about. Then looked at Buffy’s posture and once again started to shake her head. “I have no connection to the slayer, but if she was stupid enough to attack you please except my apology on her behalf. She doesn’t know who you are…”
“A-anya he isn’t h-here to h-hurt anyone. H-he’s with me.” Tara said quietly cutting off another rant Anya was about to start.
“He’s here with you, but that doesn’t make any sense. You’re not a member of any royal clans… Wait a minute what is your clan name?” Anya demanded as she saw Tara flinch. Out of all the people Anya had meet she would have never thought that Tara was clan. Sure she was a witch and from what little she had seen a powerful one, but still that wasn’t enough to go on.
It took a moment for Tara to speak. “My family name is Comsario.” It was a simple answer but she knew what was going to happen next and she dreaded it more than anything in the world.
The sight was something the Scoobies never thought they would see in this lifetime. Anya, the girl that bowed down to no one was on the ground almost kissing Tara shoes. “I am soo sorry for anything I have ever said that might have offended you. I didn’t know, please forgive me.” She tried to go on but stopped when Tara placed her hands gently on her shoulders. It was a great honor to have someone of the Comsario family speak to you much less touch you.
“You are no longer Anyanka. You have no allegiance to my family name or me. You are mortal now and should treat me like Tara. You are my friend and I’m asking you to do this for me.” Tara’s voice was soft but everyone noticed once again that she didn’t stutter.
“Mistress, I have to speak with you.” Keth whispered. “It’s about your brother.” Tara no longer cared who was in the room, or the fact that Keth called her mistress even though she told him he didn’t have to. She turned to look at him scared at what news was about to come. “He has sent ten Goldwyn warriors to bring you home.”
“What!?” Buffy cried as she felt her anger rising. “Why did you wait this long to tell us something like that? There’s no telling what kind of damage that have been doing while I wasted time with you.” She started to move towards the door when she found it blocked by a large Goldwyn demon. “I recommend that you get out of my way. I’m not going to let any innocents die while you mess around.”
Keth stayed where he was. “I saved those innocents you just spoke about. If I hadn’t stopped them they would have already looted the town looking for Tara. I was able to keep them on the outskirts of town waiting for her to come to them.” He stopped and turned towards Tara, “There isn’t much time left.”
Buffy tried to move closer to the door. “And why are we supposed to believe that they will stay at the outskirts. Why would they believe you?”
“I gave them my word of honor and they gave me theirs,” he said making it clear that the matter was over.
“Yeah like demons really have any kind of honor,” Xander joked but soon found out that he was the only one laughing. As he felt everyone looking at him he once again remember to put his foot in his mouth.
Anya ran over to him hitting him as hard as she possible could. “What are you thinking. Goldwyn Demons are honor bounds. The only thing that matters in their life is honor. You just challenged him. He has a right to demand a fight to the death. How can you be soo stupid?”
Xander’s face paled as he looked over at Keth and when he saw the look in the demon’s eyes he paled a little more. “Hey, my bad. I didn’t know. This is me putting foot in mouth. I didn’t know,” the begging obvious in his voice.
Keth stood immobile his entire body completely rigid. After a moment he relented the fire blazing in his eyes dying down. Once Willow noticed that Tara had placed her hand on his arm and that was the real reason he was kept in check.
“I-I must g-go.” Tara said quietly. She whispered a few words to Keth and started to move towards the door.
“You have an hour and then I’m going to be coming after you.” It wasn’t a threat and Tara knew it. Buffy was just letting her know how much time she had to get everything done.
As she opened the door she looked over at Willow with a longing look. There was so much she had to tell her but no time. She just prayed that she would get the chance. And that everything would work.
Willow didn’t like the look that Tara had given her. She saw the love flowing from the blond witch but there was something else there and that something didn’t make Willow feel any better. She sensed that Keth had moved behind her and his presence was surprisingly welcome. He was a part of Tara and she could feel that, but something bad hung in the air and it scared her.
Tbc…
Thanks for the replies. I was wondering if I was over using Tara's stutter. I have the next part so I hope you like it. I would love any creative criticism that you guys can think of.
Part Two
There was so much tension in the Magic Shop that it would take all of Buffy’s slayer strength to cut it with a knife. Buffy, Anya, Xander and Giles all moved over to the far corner of the store to talk and to stay as far away from Keth as possible. Willow didn’t seem to notice what was going on as she sat off staring into space. Keth just stood in the opposite corner watching everything that was going on.
“So knowledge man what’s the what?” Xander asked as he turned to look at Giles.
“I have never heard of anything close to what has been talked about here.” Giles took off his glasses and started to clean them. “It appears that Anya is our expert in this matter. The Watcher’s Council has no record that I have heard about.”
“Hah, that’s because the Watcher’s Council is a group of noisy twits that haven’t any idea what really demons are,” Keth mumbled to himself but made sure that his voice was easily heard throughout the entire room.
Buffy had had enough. Tara wasn’t here anymore so she didn’t have to stay civil. “Why are you even here. I though you needed to be with your mistress and protect her from danger. Staying here really doesn’t seem to fulfill your job description.”
Keth didn’t say anything for a moment. His voice lost all the anger it just had and the scoobies could see the battle raging within him. “I would wish nothing else, but I have sworn to protect you while she is going. Her only desire was to have you protected. I have been bonded to make sure nothing hurts you if Tara’s brother set up some sort of trap.”
No one knew what to say. They could tell Keth wanted to be out there protecting Tara but by her orders he had to stay here and watch over people that didn’t even want him there. He looked at each person in the room and saw different reactions. Xander looked confused but grateful that Keth was on his side. Giles was almost dissecting him trying to find any hidden memory of a demon Keth reminded him of. Willow was still looking off into space hardly registering anything that was going on around her. Buffy gave a look that resembled some form of respect even though she still wasn’t sure about trusting him. Then Keth turned to look at Anya and saw her predatorily smile and sighed.
“I am not blood bonded to you Anya only sworn to protect,” he said with a smile. Out of everyone he liked her the best. She pouted for a moment and then went back to smiling as she thought about what was protecting her. “Except for Willow, of course,” Keth finished.
That got everyone’s attention. “What do you mean? The Willster doesn’t get any protection? She’s Tara main squeeze.” Xander protest at the idea of Willow not being protected.
“You aren’t that stupid are you?” Keth asked. “I am blood bonded to Willow.”
Even Willow was pulled out of her own little world at that comment. She turned to look at Keth and questioned, “What does that mean exactly?”
“There is nothing to worry about. You don’t have to give up your soul to have my protection or sacrifice some animal like a certain council might have told you. All that it means is I will protect you body, spirit and honor as long as I live. Whatever you ask of me I shall do without doubt or hesitation,” he bowed as he finished showing her the respect of his vow. Willow didn’t say anything as she looked back at the rest of the group amazed.
Buffy decided that it was time to get the group into research mode and was now turning to ask the one person she never thought of. “Anya what can you tell us about this clan you were talking about earlier? Are they dangerous?”
Anya took a deep breath as she began, “The Royal Clans are a group family lines with the strongest mystical ties who protect the four hell mouths…”
“Wait, what do you mean four hell mouths?” Buffy interrupted.
Anya glared as she continued, “Yes the four hell mouths and that doesn’t include this one. They use their magic to keep those hell mouths hidden from the common people. This hell mouth was too young. They didn’t have time to hide it before the Watcher’s council found out about it. The Watcher’s Council doesn’t understand that most demons don’t care about humans; they just want to live their lives in peace. Think of the Royal Clans as the elders of any type of tribe. When two demon clans are fighting they will go to the head families and present their cases.” She was about to continue but Giles put his hand up to stop her.
“Are you telling us that Tara is part of some witch council that controls demons and keeps that knowledge of demon hidden from the world?” he asked unable to believe that shy stuttering girl he had grown so fond of over the past few months wielded such power.
“Not just part of the council, her family leads the council.” She turned to look at Willow as she continued, “Boy when you switched sides you sure picked a big one.”
“Shut up Anya.” Buffy growled. “So are we dealing with some evil side of Tara or something?”
Willow jumped up and looked Buffy dead in the eye. “Tara isn’t evil!”
Buffy put her hands up in defense rethinking how she wanted to continue without upsetting Willow any further. “Look Will, I understand. Come on do I have to remind everyone about Angelus. All I’m saying is we have to look at reality.”
“Tara is nothing like Angelus! Tara hasn’t done anything wrong. She might have kept some things from us but she is trying to fix them now. Ever since I have known her she has only used magic to help and protect us. Do I have to remind you, if it weren’t for Tara then you would still be stuck in Faith’s body in some Watcher prison? Now she is off facing god knows what leaving her only form of backup to protect us.” Willow screaming gradually turned into babble as the situation finally started to sink in. Her Tara was out there somewhere all alone and there was nothing she could do to help her. She left heading into the training room for some peace and quiet to think.
“Okay, no more Tara bashing in front of the Willster,” Xander joked as everyone else just rolled their eyes.
Buffy and Giles started to ask Anya more questions about the Royal Can and the four new or should they say old hell mouths, while Keth silently walked into the training room. The redhead sat on one of the numerous mats with her back turned away from the door. He could tell by her posture and the tightness of her shoulders that she was battling within herself. Willow was trying to decide which was the real Tara; the girl she had gotten to know over the past few months or a super powered witch that rules over countless demon races she didn’t even know existed.
“Is she going to be safe? Because you could go find her and help if there was any trouble. I’m safe and so are the others. I mean Buffy can almost handle anything that comes at her and the rest of us can usually handle ourselves pretty well,” Willow babbled without turning around. She had felt him the moment he had entered the room.
Keth sighed, “I can not leave. Tara made me promise to stay here unless she called me, though she did warn me about your ‘resolved face’ and if I was strong enough to resist that your puppy dog eyes.” He saw her shoulders jump as a small laugh escaped her lips. “She wanted to make sure you were alright, that was the most important thing to her as she left.”
“But will she be safe?” Willow asked again this time turning to face Keth. Her pleading eyes were heartbreaking.
“She should be fine. Tara is the strongest human I have ever met, and her strength has only increased since she has met some pretty young redhead.” Willow could help from blushing and was grateful she had her back turned from Keth.
“You’ve known Tara for a long time…” Willow didn’t know how to continue her question. Tara had never mentioned her past very much, and when she asked the pain that radiated from Tara’s eyes halted any thought of continuing.
“Would you like to know about Tara’s childhood?” Keth asked. Willow only nodded as he moved to sit next to her on the mats. “I was assigned as Tara’s guardian when she was six years old. From the first day, she wouldn’t let me call her mister like all of the other spoiled brats that made up the royals. She asked question after question about my adventures as a mercenary and she couldn’t get enough of the stories I would tell her about places away from her home.” Keth smiled as he remembered all the wondrous times they had spent together.
“But why does she stutter around us and not you or Anya, well Anya after she found out who she really was,” Willow asked.
“Well if I recall she doesn’t stutter around you very often does she and as for the others it takes her a little while to open up to new people,” he answered.
Willow still looked confused. “But that still doesn’t explain the whole thing with Anya. Before Anya knew who Tara was she was stuttering around her but then she just stopped, why?”
“That’s the side of Tara I hate to see.” He paused thinking how best to put it. “Tara lives in a world of politics, where people look at her as the daughter of Zahn Comsario. She has been taught to be in control, to be a leader. The girl you know is who she really is, not the one that was talking to Anya. She just switched off all of her real emotions to deal with the situation. She hated her life at home. After her mother died there was no reason for her to stay.”
There was a moment of silence. “Tara really loved her mother didn’t she? It still hurts her even now; I can still see it in her eyes when she thinks no one is looking at her. She still hasn’t realized that it has become one of my favorite past times.”
“She went through a real tough time after her mother’s death. The sparkle in her eyes was lost for a long time. Too long in my mind but then something happened…” Willow looked at her hesitation in her eyes. “It changed when she met you.”
Keth was about to go on when he heard a faint voice inside his head. ‘Keth… help… outside…’ “TARA!” he yelled as he ran out of the room, heading straight for the door. When he was about half way the door opened and a pale Tara stumbled into the store. She fainted moment before Keth could reach her falling hard to the floor.
Tbc…
The perk of having one of your best friends writing you a reply. Thanks Mary, Academy Woman forever.
Well here is here is the next chapter. I hope you like it.
Part Three
As Tara’s body crumbled to the floor everyone watched in horror. Keth was at her side within seconds and cradled her body gently as he looked for any serious injuries. Willow was by his side moments later her face painted with fear. The others stood off to the side trying to see what had happened. There was still confusion on which side Tara was on but for now she was still a friend and they hated seeing her hurt.
“Is she alright?” Willow asked her voice almost breaking.
Keth finished looking over what he could see of her and was relieved there weren’t any serious injuries. “I think so, but I need to move she somewhere more comfortable. I have to see if she faint because of drugs or over use of her magic.”
“Yes, there is a cot in the training room. She should be comfortable there.” Giles said happy to hear that Tara was going to make it. Maybe they would get some answers when the blond wiccan awoke.
Keth cradled Tara to him as he picked her up. Willow was by his side as they both headed into the training room. She wasn’t going to let Tara out of her sight. She knew something bad was going to happen before Tara left and felt responsible for no stopping her or demanding Keth go with her or something. He placed her on the cot and smoothed her hair back from her face. They both saw the beads of sweat covering her face and knew that this was more then exhausted magic.
“I need you to get me some things in the Magic Shop. They might help her wake up faster or at least wash whatever drug out of her system. Giles should have everything in the store,” Keth said as he scribbled some items on a piece of paper.
Willow quickly took the list and ran into the other room. Anya was able to find everything they needed within moments and Willow brought everything back to Keth. He nodded his thanks and started to mix the ingredients together. She knew what a few of them were but most of them were new to her and she didn’t like it. When Willow started showing interest in magic she went into research mode to find out what herbs did what and which potions went together. At this moment she realized what a novice she really was when it came to magic.
The other sat paced around the main room of the Magic Shop not knowing what to do. Buffy felt like she was stuck in a quicksand. Her mind was going a mile a minute and she couldn’t stop it. She was yelling at herself for not going with Tara. She was slayer and it was her job to keep everyone safe, especially the person who owned her best friends heart. She knew that if anything happened to Tara that Willow would never get over it. They had only known each other for a short time, but Buffy knew love when she saw it.
Keth slowly walked into the room looking a little tired and let out a sigh of frustration. “Is she going to be alright?” Buffy asked.
“Yes, I gave her something to help wake up. She should wake up in a couple of minutes and then we will be able to find out what happened. Though I have my suspicions,” he mumbled almost to himself.
“So what is coming?” Buffy asked decide to just get it over with.
“Well, Ian Tara’s brother will know that the Goldwyns failed so that means one of two things. He will try sending someone else or he will come on his own. It depends on why he wanted her to come home in the first place, but what ever reason I can tell it isn’t good,” Keth answered as he sat down at the table. He tried to figure out what Ian had up his sleeve but that was easier said then done.
Buffy looked up at him concerned. “How bad is this Ian guy?”
“Take how nice and gentle Tara is and reverse it into cruelty, then add in the scheme politician fakeness and that sums up Ian pretty much. They only look alike on the outside but on the inside they are like night and day.” Keth almost growled as he thought of the blond haired bastard. “He put Tara through too much and now he is coming back to do some more damage, but I’m not going to let him this time.”
“Your not really thinking about going against Ian Comsario, are you?” Anya asked the fear evident in her voice. The entire group turned to look at Keth.
Willow watched Tara sleep unsure if she found the act peaceful or disturbing. Early on she found out on her favorite past time was to watch the blond sleep and memorize every curve of her face and the subtle moment she made, but this was different. The calm peaceful look was still on her face but Willow awake-Tara right now so she could tell her how much she loved her and make sure that she never does anything this stupid again. Willow didn’t use her resolve face on Keth but she was ready to use it on Tara is she ever thinks about going off on her own again.
“Baby, I need you to wake up now. I miss seeing you beautiful blue eyes.” Willow whispered.
Slowly Tara’s eyes started to open. Willow held her breath not sure it this was her imagining or reality. She yawned and soon her eyes focus on Willow and a small smile danced across her lips before it turned into a frown.
“My head hurts,” she said softly moving her hand to her head.
“Thank god your alright. I was so worried you’d never wake up.” Willow started to cry tears of joy at the sight of Tara’s baby blues. Not thinking she grabbed her up in a big hug never wanting to let her go.
“Oww..” Tara moaned as she felt her world turning.
“What are you alright? What’s wrong?” Willow asked worried that she made something worse.
Tara blinked her eyes a few more times before they would focus and looked over at Willow. “N-nothing just a l-little d-dizzy.” Tara wanted to cry as her stutter came to the surface.
“Hey, no stuttering around me remember. You don’t have to worry about looking foolish around me because I will never make fun of you or make you feel bad. I trust you Tara though I do have a few question obviously. But that doesn’t mean that you need to start getting all nervous around me, Buffy maybe but never me,” Willow started to babble. “I still love you no matter who your family is, because that isn’t the real you. The real you is the girl that loves to talk long walks in the park and will let me babble on and on like I am right now which you can stop at any time...”
Tara smile at Willow thinking that she would never get to hear Willow-babble ever again and wasn’t about to let the opportunity pass up. “You still l-love me?” They still cringed at the stutter but at least it was getting better. “Even after e-everything that happened?” she couldn’t let herself hope.
“Of course silly. I had a long talk with Keth and found out everything that I needed to know. For something that looks like it can rip your head off without trying, he sure master the art of talk to talks,” Willow said with a smile. She liked the idea of bonding with someone from Tara’s past. It was one more step in the direction she wanted to be going.
“Keth is anything but normal. I guess I just bring the puppy dog out of him and he has been around me for so long that he can’t help but do it all the time anymore,” she said as she bowed her head so that her blond haired shield covered her face.
They were both overjoyed that Tara had conquered her stutter, which meant they had made it back to where they were before all this had started. Right now in this training room they were just Willow and Tara and that was safe. In a few minutes they would have to go out there and have to deal with another catastrophic situation, but right now they had a moment of peace.
Willow placed her finger under Tara’s chin and raised the blond face so that she could look into her love’s eyes. “I love you,” she whispered moving closer.
“I love you too,” Tara said as she lent into the kiss.
It start out very soft as they allowed all the doubt and fear over the past few hours melted away. Gradually the kiss increased as comfort turned into passion and they forgot everything around them. They were lost within a world that belonged only to them and both knew was home.
“Umm, Tara…Willow” a voice came from the doorway. The two girls jump apart from their embrace as if they had been burnt. “Sorry to interrupt but I just wanted to make sure that you were alright.” Once they were able to regain a little of their composure they looked up to find Keth discretely looking the other direction by the door.
“No problem will be right out.” Willow said. Keth nodded and moved back into the main room of the store.
“God that was almost as bad as getting caught by your parents,” Tara mumbled as she finally looked up from the floor. Her face was beet red but starting to face.
“Hey but then I would never get to see that lovely shade of red on you,” Willow laughed unable to help but feel on cloud nine. For some reason Tara-kisses always seemed to have that effect on her.
Tara looked up at Willow in surprise before responding, “Well it doesn’t look that bad on you either. I g-guess we should go in t-there.” Tara could help but stutter on the last part. She felt like she was about to partake in the Spanish Inquisition.
Willow took her hand and smiled. “The sooner we start the sooner it will be over. Don’t worry Buffy will only try to kill you nothing worse then that.” Tara smiled grateful for the hand and for the attempted joke.
They walked out of the training room and felt five pairs of eyes upon them. Tara clung onto Willow’s hand as they moved to sit at the table, next to Keth. Even though Tara was felling better she still felt a little weak and a headache was starting to push its way to the front of her mind demanding notice.
“I g-guess you guys h-have a few q-questions?” Tara said hope that they wouldn’t push her to hard.
“Well that is the understatement of the year.” Xander huffed.
“Xander,” Giles kept his tone even and turned towards Tara. “We are glad to see that you are feeling a little better. Maybe we could start with what happened tonight. If any demons are still out there we should take care of it right away.”
Tara thanked the goddess that Mr. Giles was there to keep the conversation at an even level at least for right now. “You d-don’t have to w-worry about any of the d-demons. The G-goldwyn demons have been t-taken care of; a-and the two C-cartago demons ran off a-after they attacked me. S-sunnydale is safe, a-at least from anything r-related to m-me.” Tara gripped harder onto Willow’s hand as her headache started to pound.
Willow could feel the difference in her love immediately and so could Keth. “Baby, what’s the matter?”
Tara tried to think beyond the pain that was racking through her. “P-pain. My head.” She looked over at Keth the fear intertwined with the pain. “Apothu poison…the Cartago demons.”
Keth jumped up and looked over franticly around the shop. “Giles, Anya do you have any Upothu herbs preferably the root.”
“Yeah we have some on the sales counter.” Anya ran over to get the root as she thought of the poison that was going through Tara’s system. Boy her brother really wanted her out of the game.
She grabbed some of the root and threw it to Keth who quickly put it in Tara’s mouth. “Tara you have to eat all of this right now. I know it tastes bad but it will make you better, I promise.” Tara did as she was told and was relieved when the pain started to die down. Keth still looked at her unsure if her had got to the poison in time.
Tara’s head cleared and took a deep breath. She looked around the room and tried to smile. “S-so what were the q-questions you wanted to a-ask?”
“I don’t think that is such a good idea. You need to get some rest and regain your strength,” Keth protested.
She just shook her head and looked at the rest of the group ready to answer any question they asked.
Tbc…
Part Four
They spent the next three hours asking Tara any and all questions that came to their minds. What is the history of these ‘new’ hell mouths? They have been in existence for over ten thousand years, but because they were so old that organizations were founded to guard and regulate the action around it. Why didn’t you tell us who you were in the first place? Would it be smart to walk up to the slayer and say ‘hey everything you ever knew about the hell mouth and demons is completely wrong’? Why did you come here in the first place? To get away from my family. By telling them I was going to watch the development of the new hell mouth I found a perfect escape. How were you able to keep Keth a secret all this time? When I rented out my dorm room I purchased a storage room in the basement. With the exception of tonight he has been able to stay far enough away from everyone so that Buffy couldn’t sense him. It was possible for him to still watch over me because of out telepathic link. If I was ever in trouble I could call with my mind and he would be there within seconds.
This went on till the sun started to rise and through the night Tara’s stutter started to slowly go away as exhaustion started to take effect and she no longer cared about what she had been hiding for the past months. She felt Willow’s hand securely in hers the entire time and that also added to her stutter relaxing. The idea that Willow could listen to everything she was saying and still wanted to be with her made her heart almost sing. It also helped that every once and a while Anya or Keth would answer a few questions giving her a chance to take a breath.
“Ok I think that we should call it a night, or should I say morning?” Giles said as he looked down at his watch, which read 5 AM. “Anya you can have the day off. I’m not going to be opening the store today.”
“But what about the money? I have to put up the new sale and…” Anya started to go on but was cut off by Giles.
“You will get paid for today’s work so why don’t you go and enjoy the day off.” He almost sighed his mind wandering to his own bed.
Anya thought about it for a moment and couldn’t find anything wrong with his logic. She was going to get paid for having a day off. She smiled, “Yes I think that is a wonderful idea.”
“Great why don’t you and Xander meet us back her say five o’clock this evening.” Giles finished grateful that she wasn’t going to fight him on this.
Without even a second thought she grabbed Xander by the arm and started pushing him towards the door saying something about have sex twice in one day being a treat.
Giles turned back to the rest of the group trying to ignore anything that came out of Anya’s mouth and looked like he was failing miserably. “Well I think it is time to call it a night. We can meet back later after we have all had a good sleep.”
Everyone nodded and started to get ready. Willow let go of Tara’s hand and walked over to Buffy. “I think I’m going to spend the night with Tara. We have a couple of things to talk about.”
Buffy nodded in understanding and gave Willow a hug goodbye. She didn’t like the idea of Willow being in danger but looking over at Keth she decided she would have as much protection as she needed. Grabbing her stuff her waved goodbye to Giles and left the Magic Shop in search of her warm and very comfortable bed.
Willow, Tara and Keth said their goodbyes to Giles as they too started to make there way back to Tara’s dorm room. A calm silence filled the air as they walked. Keth kept a few steps behind so that the girls could continue to heal their bond. They held hands as if they were each other’s lifeline and every once and a while would steal a look at each other and smile.
“Are you sure you want to come in? I would understand if you didn’t.” Tara said once they had reached her door. Keth had already left heading down to his own room to get some sleep.
“I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Tara we have gone through so much tonight, I don’t want to lose you now that I have found you. This new side of you only makes me love you more. You came from a place that gave you so little love and the fact that you give so much just proved you are even stronger then I ever imagined.” Willow cupped Tara’s cheek as tears silently fell down her face.
Tara nodded not trusting her voice at the moment and turned to open the door. Both girls walked into the room welcomed by vanilla; the incense Tara had left burning earlier that day. Turning back to face the redhead she gave a shy smile as she caressed Willow’s cheek with her thumb. Willow leaned into the touch and closed her eyes just enjoying the sensation. She then turned her face so that she could kiss the palm of Tara’s hand smiling as she felt Tara shudder by her action.
“Are you tired? You have had a really long day, with all the collapsing and nearly dying and all,” Willow asked not wanting to tax her girlfriend after everything that had happened. “Because I would be happy to just snuggle. It is my second most favorite thing to do in the world.”
Tara smiled amazed at how the redhead always put her needs before her own. “Snuggles would be nice but I’m not all that tired. We could always do that afterwards.” She started to caress Willow’s cheek again as she moved in to capture Willow’s lips. After they had confessed their feeling they discovered that Tara just couldn’t get enough of kissing Willow. One night Willow had even timed her to see how long it would take for the blond to get bored. Instead of Tara stopping Willow ended up started laughing and then had to explain what was going on. Tara only blushed and blamed Willow for having addictive lips.
Tara started to move Willow over towards the bed, as her hands were busy working on the buttons of her blouse. When she had finally removed the garment and mumbled a few words to turn off the lights. “Show off.” She heard Willow mumbled before she captured the redhead’s lips once more. After a couple of hours Tara fulfilled her promise as they snuggled together and drifted into the land of slumber.
Hours passed by as all the scoobies slept the day away. Soon five o’clock ran around and everyone united at the Magic Shop to figure out what they were going to do next.
“Hey Tara where is Keth?” Buffy asked surprised that she wanted a demon to join the group.
“He thought it would be better to come out when it got a little darker, so that he could move around easier without being seen,” she replied and everyone noticed that she didn’t stutter. Tara realized that with her big dark secret out in the open and everyone still talking to her that a great weight had been lifted off her shoulder and she turned to Willow and smiled. The hacker sensed the same thing from her girlfriend and couldn’t contain the joy that she was feeling. She knew that Tara was starting to finally feel like part of the group, part of her family.
“Well I hate to rush everyone, but I want to know what is coming. Last night Keth said that we are going to have to deal with new messengers or have a little family reunion, and the way he sounded I’m not going to like either.” Buffy said trying to put it as delicately as possible.
“I-ian will come himself. His messenger failed so his cover is blown, but I can handle him. The only question is when is he coming and what line will he be using.” Tara said with a little bit of bitterness in her voice.
“Yeah, Keth mentioned that he wasn’t the nicest person in the world.” Xander said as he looked sympathetically over at Tara. He knew what it was like coming from a household that held very little love.
Willow stiffened as she heard this. She hadn’t been involved in the discussion last night and didn’t like what she was hearing now. She inched a little closer to Tara so that their hips were touching, her protective side taking over. “Well I don’t care what line he uses. He isn’t going to get anywhere near Tara and that is all there is to it.”
Tara gave Willow a small smile but it didn’t reach her eyes. They knew that Ian was going to be a bigger problem then Willow was implying, and Tara wasn’t going to let anyone get hurt just to protect herself.
Anya still not understanding or just not caring about tact, looked at Willow as if she had grown another head. “Ian Comsario is one of the most powerful warlock that has ever existed within the Royal Clans and you want us just to run up and what start beating him with sticks. The only other person I have even heard rumors of being as strong as him is Tara, but she has never had her power publicly tested. Willow, I know you are going all butch to protect your girlfriend but lets not be stupid.”
Everyone glared at Anya but couldn’t argue with her logic. “Hun, do you remember how we talked about tact and which situations its require for?” Xander asked trying to keep Willow from killing his girlfriend or turning her into a bunny.
“Yes but I think it is stupid. Why not just say what you mean and get it over with?” Anya replied as she looked around the room.
“I’ll give you really good reason, Anya” Willow said angrily. “If you don’t someone might magically transport you to a world full of bunnies and never bring you back.”
Anya paled as she ran behind Xander. “See I told you she would start using Black Magick and do something evil. I was just trying to help and see what she does. Everyone is always against the ex-demon.”
“Don’t worry Anya, she was just kidding weren’t you Willow?” Xander glared at his best friend indicating that she better agree with him. He didn’t like to get in between the two of them when they started up like this, but when Willow used the bunny card he knew it is time to play peacemaker. Sometimes he didn’t understand why they were always fighting with each other; maybe it was one of life’s little jokes.
It took a moment for Willow to respond she looked over at Tara and let her calming presence wash over her before looking back at the source of her annoyance. “Fine, your safe from Bunny World but now you have good reason to learn and use tact.” Willow left the warning in the air.
Anya just nodded, the image of a thousands of bunnies jumping all around her play through her mind. She just found a few good reasons to learn how to be tactful. “Well now that the issue is resolved can we get back to the point?” Giles said as he cleaned his glasses.
“The Goldwyn demons attacked last night so we have a few hours before Ian will show up. He would have sensed that they are dead and come straight away.” Tara said slightly regretting it.
Looking over and Buffy and Giles she saw a concerning look. Once again her mouth had found some way to mess everything up. The previous night she had been luck that no one had asked about the attack, still shocked about everything else they had found out. Now it looked like she was going to have to explain thing even more.
“Tara, how much magical ability do you have?” Giles asked looking straight at her demanding eye contact. His voice wasn’t very loud but Tara felt like he had yelled the question at her.
She took a deep breath thinking how best to answer the question. “There has never been a spell I couldn’t perform, black or white. I have been about to sustain control over a hell mouth for a month long period; that was the hardest spell I have preformed so far. Beyond that I do not know,” she said never wavering. No matter what she would never be afraid or ashamed of the magick that flowed through her veins, in her mind it was one of the few things she had left from her mother.
No one talked for a moment. Anya looked at her with a newfound respect as she thought of the spells the blond had been able to perform. Xander didn’t know how powerful that was but looking around the room he realized that it was awe worthy. Buffy didn’t know how to respond to that information. Tara had the ability to control a hell mouth. That could be a great asset but if anything ever happened and Tara turned then… she didn’t want to think about it. Giles just looked at her like he didn’t want to believe what she was saying. He knew a little about magick but he had never heard of anything on this level and was sure that the council had never recorded anything at like this. But most of all he was scared for Tara. He knew what type of things could come after her because of what she could do, and didn’t what to see her hurt in anyway. Finally Tara turned to look at Willow, and saw a look of complete awe.
Keth showed up just in time for their awaited guest. Ian walked into the Magic Shop as if he was any other customer who just happened to find his long lost sister. His long blond hair was contained neatly within a simple ponytail, and his soft blue eyes scanned the store sizing up everyone within seconds.
Soon his eyes fell upon his twin sister. “Well, well little sis. Aren’t you going to come over her and give your big brother a hug? I did travel thousands of miles to come and see you.”
“Well after your little surprise last night I was expecting you.” Tara said coolly.
Ian laughed, “Oh come on Tara. I knew you would have no problem dealing with a couple of Goldwyn demons. Just call it tradition.”
“I guess that is why you sent the Cartago demons?” Tara countered.
“You were always touché. This really isn’t the point. I have come here on official business” Ian sighed bored already. Plus he never liked to have his failures thrown in his face.
“Oh, I think you trying to have Tara killed is pretty important.” Willow grumbled trying to keep her emotions in check. She knew this was Tara’s world and Willow didn’t understand the political undertones that were going on, but it didn’t make it any easier to keep her opinions to herself.
Looking the redhead up and down, Ian had to give his sister credit. He was always amazed at the power Tara seemed to have with attractive women, maybe it was the whole stutter thing. “Once again Tara, your pick in women is impeccable. I think you have finally found someone to top Kim. She is a little more butch though.”
Willow’s heart stopped as she heard Ian’s words. Who was Kim?
Tara tensed up. “You said you had some type of business. I recommend that you get to it before you start something that you can’t finish. Dad isn’t here to protect you now and I you received your warning long ago.”
“Fair enough. You really should go to a anger management class or maybe some therapy will help,” he started. He noticed the look in his sister’s eyes and decided to cool it. “Well you have it the subject of my visit without even knowing it. Father wishes to speak with you right away. There isn’t much time, so we must leave within the hour.”
“What does he have to say to me? We haven’t spoken since mother died. I think it is a little late to have a heart to heart.” Tara asked.
“Well it might be the fact that he is one his death bed, but that is just my interpretation.” Ian said enjoying the look that crossed Tara’s face.
Tara could barely breath. For some reason her lungs were refusing to do any form of work. The world started to turn as she felt the world start twirling around her. She felt like she was falling but knew that she hadn’t moved a millimeter. Tara had never gotten along with the man she knew as her father, but the thought of him dying physically hurt.
She looked up at her brother making sure that this wasn’t another trick, but she could tell he was being honest for once in his life. Nodding once she spoke, “I will be ready in one hour.”
Tbc…
Part Five
Nodding once she spoke, “I will be ready in one hour.”
The room what filled with a chorus of whats as everyone turned to look at Tara unsure of what they had just heard? It wasn’t possible that Tara would agree to go with the person that just tried to have her killed one day ago.
“Tara what in the hell do you think you are doing?” Buffy asked after her brain was able to comprehend what was going on. “You can’t go with him!”
“Buffy… My father is dying. If I can make peace with him before he dies then…” Tara stopped as her throat tightening up. She hoped they understood why she had to do this. There was no choice in the matter.
Willow tightened her grip Tara’s hand not sure what to say. She didn’t want Tara to leave her but knew Tara needed to find peace with her father if that was really possible. Her family was something that had plagued the blond since the moment they had met. No matter what she knew one thing was true; she was going with Tara.
Buffy was about to reword her argument but Willow cut her off, “Tara needs to do this and we won’t stand in her way.” Tara turned to look at her girlfriend and smiled happy that she understood, but had a bad feeling that Willow wasn’t done. “But I’m going with you.”
The bombshell had been dropped. “Willow, you can’t. It’s too dangerous for you to go with me. It will take at least a week for me to take care of everything and you are needed here. I won’t let you be put any danger.”
“Don’t even try to use the ‘I’m leaving you to keep you safe’ line, because I’ve heard it before and it is a piece of shit. I’m not going to be able to stand not knowing what is happening to you, and its not like they need me here right now. Giles can handle any type of research and Anya is here to use the computer so Giles doesn’t crash the hard drive and I even taught Xander how to color code all the notes properly so even that isn’t a problem. I wouldn’t be any good to them anyway because the entire time I would be thinking about you and pining and I think there will even be a little crying and then everyone will hate you for making me cry. If I have to I will use my puppy dog look if my resolve face which I am using right now doesn’t work.” Willow took a deep breath ready to start babble mode part two when Tara silenced her with a kiss.
Tara didn’t break the kiss for what seemed like an eternity for everyone that was watching. Everyone was use to seeing Willow and Tara kiss but usually it was a simple goodnight kiss, never an earth-shattering kiss like this one. Buffy, Giles and Xander and the decency to turn away after a moment respecting the moment, but Anya watched them openly with a small leer on her face. Ian just stared in complete shock. He had never seen his sister show this kind of emotion in front of people before and it was a little unnerving. This relationship was stronger then he thought it was. Ian knew this would be his sister’s greatest strength as well as her greatest weakness.
After another moment Tara ended the kiss resting her forehead against Willows. “You can come,” she said breathlessly. Willow mind soared not only form Tara’s relenting but from the kiss.
“As entertaining as it is watching my sister making out with another girl right in front of me, we don’t have a lot of time,” Ian said as he gave his sister a cool smile. “Though it is a new sight for these eyes. Didn’t know a year away would turn you into such a exhibitionist sis?”
With the moment completely ruined Tara looked up at her brother and sighed, “I thought I said I would met you here in one hour. That means that you should have already left at this point. You are not welcome in this shop and after tonight you are not welcome anywhere near Sunnydale. You can leave now.”
Ian couldn’t help but continue pushing his sister’s buttons. “Why is that? Are you ashamed by the fact that you want to hand out with a Slayer? I know it is a step down from most of our circles but I’m sure she is just as great in the bed as the redhead so no one would judge you any different.”
Buffy lunged at him before he realized what was happening. She punched him solidly in the jaw sending him flying across the room and landing awkwardly on the floor. He slowly stood and fixed his eyes on the slayer. Mumbling a few words under his breath he sent a wave of fire at her. If it hadn’t been for Tara jumping in front of her and putting up a force field then Buffy would have been gone for.
“Get the hell out of here Ian before I decide to start playing.” Tara’s voice was devoid of any emotion, as she looked Ian dead in the eye.
“Fine, but if she ever touches me again I will have the pleasure of watching you precious Keth tear her limb from limb and we both know what would happen if you tried to stop he.” With that said he walk out of the Magic Shop.
Tara turned to Buffy. “Sorry about that. He has always been an ass.”
“Are you sure that you are related to that thing?” Buffy said disgusted.
“He’s my twin brother. One minute and forty-two seconds OLDER and he makes sure that everyone knows about the difference.” Tara said with a small smile. “I have to go get ready. The sooner I go the sooner I can get back. Keth would you walk Willow back to her dorm room so that Ian can’t get any ideas.”
“Don’t worry about it Keth. I’ll walk Willow back and you can keep Tara company. We have some things to talk about.” Buffy said before Keth could move from behind Tara towards Willow. Keth looked at Tara to make sure she was all right with this and when she nodded her acceptance and relented. He was happy by this decision because he had a few words he wanted to discuss with Tara but couldn’t question her in front of the others, which would be disrespectful.
Tara walked over to Willow and gave her a soft kiss. “I will see you back her in about one hour alright?”
Willow smiled and ran her thumb gentle across Tara’s cheek. “I miss you already.” Tara smiled and headed out of the shop with Keth right behind her. Willow turned to Buffy and said, “I guess we better get going. You gave lecture me on the was to the dorm room.”
Buffy and Willow left leaving Xander, Anya and Giles standing in the room unsure of what to do next. “Why can’t we go to the hell mouth? It have been over fifty years since I have been invited.” Anya whined letting everyone know that she wasn’t happy. Giles and Xander just ignored her and moved back to the research table trying to find something to do until everyone returned.
“I just don’t like the idea of my best friend going into demon central with barely any backup, not to mention that your tour guide has already attacked us twice. You have to see where I’m coming from here Will?” Buffy pleaded trying to use reason against her. Over the years Willow had been able to get what she wanted with the use of logic and Buffy hoped it would work just as well when she tried.
Willow sighed and looked at her best friend with sad eyes. “I’m not letting her go anywhere without me. I know you might not understand this but she is a part of me and every time she is somewhere else I don’t feel whole. There is a part of me that disappears and I feel like I want to die. I wouldn’t be able to stand not knowing what was happening to her so far away for so long.”
“Well that is how I feel about having you leave. What am I going to do without you here?” Buffy countered with the logic Willow just used.
“Buffy, if Angel asked you to help him save the world placing your life in horrible danger. Telling you that the possibility of dying was almost guaranteed. Would you go?” Willow asked.
“Of course, but that is different. This isn’t the fate of the world.” Buffy said unwavering.
“She is my world. She’s my everything.” It was the only thing that Willow could think to say and if made her heart sing as she finally said it out loud.
Buffy was speechless, all she could do was nod knowing that nothing she could say would ever change her mind. They walked the rest of the way in silence just enjoying the comfortable silence that hovered around them.
“I can’t believe you aren’t being more careful! We both know that Ian has something up his sleeve and you are letting him call all the shots. We could have booked another flight and then …” Keth was about to continue when he saw the look on Tara’s face.
She looked at him with the cold eyes she used only around dealing with inner politics. She stopped walking and faced him. “Keth, I value your opinion above anyone else, but not this time. We both know that Ian placed that hit on me but he wouldn’t be stupid enough to do anything now that people know he has come to see me. From what I can tell he tried to have me killed because of what Father wanted to say to me. He would never lie able him dying and even if he was I have to find some way to make peace with him before I can move on with Willow.” Her eyes softened and a small smile crossed her lips. “And what could possibly happen when I have you to watch my back?”
“And you know I will guard with my dying breath,” he replied.
“Well let’s hope it never comes to that. I am hoping that you can retire soon when all my business is done with the Clans and my brother.” Tara said trying to stay on the positive side.
Now it was Keth’s turn to look serious. “Tara I know that you hate the life you had but there will never be a way for you to get away form the Royal Clans. It is a part of who you are. You can live in Sunnydale with Willow and grow old just as you wish, but you will always have to make an appearance everyone and a while. You know that don’t you?”
“Yes my friend I do. I was just wishing. Come on we have to hurry up.” Tara said as they started walking towards her dorm.
The hour had passed and everyone was back at the Magic Shop, even Ian. He stayed next to the door and stayed quiet not wanting to deal with the slayer again. He just watched as they said their goodbyes.
Tara walked over to Xander first and he have her a hug whispering, “Don’t take any crap from anyone, family or not.” She nodded.
Next was Anya. “Don’t forget to spend at least three hour in the sunning pools. They will give a tan that you have been needing for so long. I don’t understand why you were so pale when you can here in the first place but there is no time like the present.”
“Thank you Anya I will take that into consideration.” Tara said politely.
Giles gave her a hug, which surprised everyone including Tara. “You have become like a daughter to me and I want you to get back in one piece do you understand?”
“Yes, Mr. Giles. I will make sure that nothing happens to either of us. Thank you.” Tara knew she was about to cry but held it back.
Finally she turned to Buffy. The slayer walked up to Tara and hugged her with a very large amount of slayer strength and then looked her straight in the eyes. “You go home take care of your business and then get back here in one piece.” She looked over at Ian for a moment and then continued. “Your part of our family Tara no matter what.”
Tara didn’t know what to say and even if she did, she could trust her voice to say it. She looked over at Willow and smiled a million watt smile. No one had ever said anything that had touched her so deep, with the exception of Willow of course.
“Yes, yes this is just a touching little moment but we have places to be and very important people to see. Come on I don’t have all day, or should I say that father doesn’t have all day.” He didn’t even look back as he walked out of the shop not looking back. Willow and Tara waved their goodbyes as they followed him out with Keth right behind them.
Tbc…
Here is the next part and I would like to send a shout out to moegirl1, Willow Rocks and Xita for replying and keeping me motivated to write more. And xita this ending is just for you.
Part Six
Willow looked around the jet in complete awe. They had been there for six hours and she had already found many wonderful things. First off the jet was separate into two different cabins so they didn’t have to be anywhere near Ian, or Slime Ball Ian as Willow had started to call him. Keth remained outside their door so that Ian couldn’t walk in unannounced. Within their cabin were a big screen TV, a separat
