As promised, here is the last part to 20. It’s longer then the rest, so I hope, as always, you enjoy 
Title: Never A Night Like This
Author: Taras Shadow
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Joss Whedon, ME, UPN…except for Tori, Hadley, Jessica Paris, and Orlando-they belong to me
Feedback: Yes please, everything is welcome
Pairings: W/T, X/A, B/
D/Tori
Rating:
PG 13+ 
Summary: Willow is one of the hottest models in the world. When she comes home for her holiday, she meets a nice family that is new to Sunnydale. Can she find love, and continue her much loved career? This is an AU fic. There will be a little angst between some characters, but nothing big for I want to keep the angst issue light. Thoughts are in < > Flashbacks are in **
~Part 20d~~*~*~*~*~*~
“Nikki! You made it.” Charlie opened the door, seeing as Willow was nowhere to be found.
“Well Duh!” Nikki came in looking around at everyone there. “Am I the last one?”
“Yes you are my friend.” Charlie shut the door behind her and guided her to the kitchen where Tori and Dawn sat. “Nikki, this is Dawn and Tori, ladies this is Nikki.”
“Hey.” Nikki waved.
“Yeah, this is Buffy’s younger sister, and Tara’s younger sister.” Charlie sat back up on the counter.
“Tara, that’s Willow’s new girl right?” Nikki saw Tori nod, “Wow, quite the beauty.”
“Thank you. You’re not so bad yourself.” Tori smiled and then looked at Dawn. “But this is my beauty.”
Dawn grinned at her girlfriend. “Aww…” She leaned over and nuzzled Tori’s neck.
Nikki watched the young couple interact. “Young love.”
“No kidding, you should’ve seen Willow and Tara…” Charlie laughed. “Paws on each other all evening then Tara disappeared, then Willow was gone.”
“Yeah, ever since the leather was put on her.” Dawn said pulling back and played with the material of Tori’s skirt.
“So, where’s Buffy?” Nikki asked looking around the open spaced loft and couldn’t find Buffy.
“Um, in the bedroom with the cute blonde.” Charlie smirked.
“Oh…”
“Don’t worry Nik, the cute blonde is like 4 feet tall if that and five years old.” Charlie laughed.
“They’re watching Shrek.” Dawn said.
“Shrek? I love that movie.” Nikki smiled.
~*~*~*~*~
“So you like the other slayer…but you had an attraction to that model?” Hadley asked sitting up and pulled Brady onto her lap.
“Exactly.” Buffy smiled petting the waking puppy.
“So you’re not going out there at all?”
“I will if you will.” Buffy reasoned.
“After Shrek?”
“After Shrek.”
“Buffy’s all alone…there’s no here beside her…” Hadley sang quietly giggling.
Buffy threw a small pillow at Hadley. “Be quiet you.” She giggled along.
They watched the movie in silence until the end. Both blondes jumped up and down on the bed when the karaoke came on. Brady jumped off the bed and sat on the floor. Hadley and Buffy collapsed on the bed laughing.
“That was fun, want to watch it again?” Buffy asked acting like a five year old.
“Sorry sweetie, but you have to get out there.” Hadley stood up and opened the door. Brady ran out first then Buffy followed frowning a bit. “Cheer up Buffy…maybe she won’t show up.” Hadley followed the slayer out.
“Buffy!” Nikki came up to the two ladies.
“Nikki…you made it?” Buffy smiled.
“Of course I did…and miss a Rosenberg party…not in a million years.” The model laughed.
“Hi! I’m Hadley.” The little girl bounced in front of her. “My mama and Willow are girlfriends.”
“So I heard…very lucky women.” Nikki knelt down to meet eyes with the curly blonde. “You look just like your mama.”
“Thank you.” Hadley blushed. “I’m going to go find my mama…bye.” She scurried away towards Willow’s bedroom door.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Hadley opened the door slowly and peeked her head in. She found Tara and Willow resting together peacefully and whispering little secrets. The girl ran towards them and jumped on the bed. “BOO!”
Tara and Willow jumped literally, not even realizing that Hadley was in their presence. They sat up as the little girl dived in between them. “Did I scare you?” She asked giggling.
“You were very scary.” Willow smiled and scooped up the small girl. “Wasn’t she mama?”
Tara caught her breath still and smiled at her daughter. “You did quite a number!” She attacked her daughter and tickled her. “Now, it’s pay back.”
Hadley squirmed and giggled in Willow’s lap, trying to get away from her mama’s tickling hands. She moved to the left and then to the right, finally getting an ‘ow’ out of Willow.
Tara stopped and looked at her girlfriend questionably, “You ok?”
Willow smiled and shifted Hadley in her lap so she sat a bit more comfortably. “Yeah, just a certain little Hadley has got bones in her bottom.”
Hadley giggled and turned around to face Willow, “Sorry, I could trade places with mama if you’d like? I’m sure her bottom is more…”
Tara looked at her daughter amused, “More…”
Willow laughed watching the poor little girl dig herself deeper.
“More…softer?” Hadley hesitantly asked, batting her long eyelashes trying to look innocent.
“Softer? I would’ve said…cushier.” Willow grinned.
“She said it not me.” Hadley quickly said scooting out of Willow’s lap, waiting for her mama to retaliate.
Tara lifted her eyebrows at the red head trying to get an explanation from her. “Cushier?”
“I mean, uh, I just meant that you know…softer, yeah Hadley was right, softer, OH, cushier soft…” Willow copied her Hadley’s move and batted her eyebrows up and down. “Not buying it huh?”
“Nope…but maybe I’ll let you off this once, because earlier…you treated me so well…” Tara kissed Willow softly.
“I didn’t get a kiss! Why did Willow get a kiss?” Hadley pouted.
Tara swooped Hadley down on the bed and gave her plenty of raspberries on her stomach. “Is that enough kisses?” She asked smirking at her daughter.
“I bet Willow doesn’t get kissed like this.” Hadley said between her breath and giggles.
“I guess that’s a no.” Tara did it again, making Hadley squirm even more.
“Ok!” Hadley yelled squealing.
Willow watched as the two ladies connected it was good to see them so close and understanding. “She’s right you know…I don’t get kisses like that.”
Tara sat up pulling Hadley onto her lap, “Maybe I’ll show you sometime.”
“It feels funny and it tickles very much. But sometimes mama gets my tummy a little wet.” Hadley said resting her head against her mama’s chest.
“Wet huh?” Willow smirked at Tara, “Promise?”
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“I passed through Sunnydale once, it seemed like a quiet town.” Nikki smiled staring at Buffy and the way she liked to listen to people intently.
“Oh, it’s very quiet. Not much goes on around there…a little action here and there.” Buffy returned the smile.
“So, what do people do for dates there?” The black hair woman turned to face the slayer a bit more.
“Oh, um…movies, dinner, maybe a little hide out spot…” Buffy said. “OH, and there’s a make-out spot that college and high school students use.” She blurted.
Nikki looked at her smiling, “Make-out spot…interesting.”
“Yeah…it is.”
“How did you and Willow meet?”
Buffy smiled knowing this was a topic she could definitely talk about. “In high school. I just moved to Sunnydale from here…”
“So you’re an L.A. girl?” Nikki asked.
“Well I prefer to be called a Cali girl myself.” Buffy grinned and found herself intrigued with this young woman.
“The way I like them.” Nikki teased. “I’m kidding,” She laughed when Buffy froze.
“Oh…cool.” < Cool? COOL? Ok, either you lost it B… B… Faith! That’s why it’s so weird, I still need to talk things over with Faith…like is she ever coming home… >
“Are you ok?” Nikki asked a little concerned. “You look a little…pale.”
“Pale? Oh, no Nikki, I’m fine.” Buffy waved her hand. “Just thoughts, inside my head.”
“Yes, that happens to me too a lot. I sometimes just start to wonder about different things in life.” Nikki agreed and let her hand rest on Buffy’s leg.
Buffy looked at the hand, < Oh, French manicure…pretty. Wait hand…> “Um, I’m just gonna go and get that…yeah…” She got up and walked towards the bathroom.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Whispering could be heard in the coat closet beside the front door. Two soft voices and quiet giggles of “Shhh” and “You’re going to get us caught”.
“That tickles there.” Tori whispered when she felt Dawn’s hand trail down to her lower back and caress the skin softly.
Dawn grinned, her eyes adjusted to the dark finally, having been in there for at least thirty minutes having her Tori time. They snuck away when Nikki left to go talk to Buffy. “But you don’t mind do you? Because if did mind, I can always stop.”
“No stopping, you stop and you’ll be sorry. Except don’t stop because I don’t exactly have a punishment in mind.” Tori giggled.
“That’s a way to punish a girl, let her off free.” Dawn giggled as well. Her hand came around and rested on her waist. Her shivered when Tori leaned in and pretended to bite her neck. The warm mouth on her skin, teeth softly puncturing marks. A low quiet moan escaped her throat and that caused Tori to bring her face eye lever with Dawns.
“Do you just…” Tori made a small imitating moan.
Dawn closed her eyes fighting all the built up feelings inside of her. < I did didn’t I? I mean, I’ve moaned before, but not that deep…or low, and oh God…Buffy would so kill me if she knew how arous…wait, I’ll use the words turned on… > “Uh…what?” She asked.
“Screw it…” Tori breathed and cupped Dawn’s face, kissing her deeply.
Tori never felt chemistry with anyone before, never felt like this for anyone in that case. Did it scare her? Of course it did. Being seventeen and having a girlfriend who she loves and who loves her back. < If this is half of what Tara’s feeling…wow. >
Dawn pulled back for some air; she rested her forehead against the other girls. “I love you Tori.” She whispered. Playing with brunette locks, she left her thumbs graze her girlfriends slightly sticking out ears.
“Me too, I love you too Dawnie.” Tori smiled placing a couple of quick pecks on her girlfriend’s sweet, full lips before pulling back and looking at her adoringly.
Sex has never been an issue, they were quite happy just playing, flirting, kissing and holding. And Tori did tell her sister the truth when she said they were happy doing the whole ‘puppy love’ stuff. But tonight felt different, tonight felt like both of their hormonal senses we alive and kicking, ready for some action. To share that love that they have, and turn it into something physical. But both being responsible young teenagers they knew where to draw the line. Where to take things slow and where to speed up a bit. Still, this feeling that they felt, forced it’s way through their bodies with each touch and kiss.
“You feel it too right?” Dawn asked.
“Yeah, not sure what to do with it though.” Tori frowned a bit. “I can’t talk to Tara, she’ll freak and tell me that I should at least wait another two years or thirty.” She quietly giggled.
“And Buffy will lock me up like some sort depressed Princess…like Fiona from Shrek.”
“Dawn…I know that in the beginning we agreed to take things extra slow, and that we’d wait until you were maybe eighteen or close to that, but I still can’t help feeling all…hot.” Tori quietly murmured.
“You want me?” Dawn asked.
“I always want you silly. Especially when you touch me with those softest caresses.” Tori kissed her again. “But we had to lock ourselves in the coat closet, just so we could get some smoochie time in because things we were doing out there were getting pretty heavy for people to watch.”
“Maybe it’s time to get out of the closet…” Dawn smirked. “Get it?”
Tori rolled her eyes and wrapped her arms around the tiny waist of her girlfriend. “Do I even have to tell you how awful that joke was?” She laughed.
“Yeah…I know.” Dawn smiled. “So, shall we get out?”
“Now?” Tori whined. “I just sounded like Tara there…that is sooo freaky.” She covered her mouth with her hand.
Dawn laughed a little harder and pulled Tori’s hand away from her mouth. “Stop hiding your mouth, you’re limiting my time on my natural sweetness.”
Tori raised her eyebrow and grinned, “Wouldn’t want that now would we?”
Knock KnockBoth girls froze when they heard the knock. The stood there in silence for a couple of seconds before hearing someone answer the door.
Buffy ran out of the bathroom to answer the door. “Faith!” She stood there in shock.
“Hey B…couldn’t let you leave without me letting you say goodbye.” The dark hair slayer smiled.
“Me say goodbye? Try that one again.” Buffy put her hands on her hips.
“Point taken.” Faith stood there in silence. “So? Willow thrown a party?”
“Um yeah, oh, come in.” Buffy took a step back to allow Faith to walk in. “Where’s Kira?”
“She left to go to some bar with some…one. She never told me who though.” Faith smiled checking out the scenery.
“Here let me take your jacket.” Buffy grabbed the black leather jacket and opened the closet door. At first she never noticed the two teenagers until she heard deep breathing.
Faith smirked and turned on the closet light. “Why hello young lovers.”
“We can explain!” Dawn said breaking away from Tori’s embrace.
“Waiting…” Buffy stood there tapping her foot on the red plush carpet.
“N…not much to explain really, just needed the privacy.” Dawn blushed. “But we’re all done here, see, no more latchy-ness.”
“Is that even a word?” Tori asked looking at Dawn’s swollen lips.
Buffy cleared her throat, “Hey! No looking there.”
“Relax B, it’s not she was looking somewhere else a little south from there.” Faith smiled.
“You! No putting ideas in my younger sister’s head, or Tara’s for that matter.” The blonde slayer hung up the coat and grabbed her sister’s hand pulling her out of the closet. When she had Dawn standing right beside her, she noticed that Tori was right beside her sister as well.
“What? You thought that I’d just leave my girlfriend in the closet alone?” Dawn smirked holding her hand up to show that Tori’s hand was within her own.
Buffy shook her head and looked up at Faith, “You want something to drink?” She asked leading Faith towards the kitchen.
“That was close.” Tori whispered buttoning up the few top buttons of her blouse.
“Yeah.” Dawn agreed leading her towards the living room area where Anya and Xander sat.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“Willow! Tara! Finally nice to see you come out of your hiding space.” Charlie laughed.
The two witches walked out of the room and in hand, and Hadley ran between them trying to find her best friend, Brady.
“Yeah well…Tara had a headache so I went to go and uh…”
“Help her?” Charlie interrupted smirking.
“Yes. Helping me was what Willow did. Because, uh, my head, when it hurts, I can’t…think…” Tara bit her lip.
“Kinda like now?” Willow smirked.
“Nikki made it.” Charlie laughed at the look Tara shot Willow.
“She and Buffy talk?” Willow asked, trying to ignore Tara’s glare.
“A little, but now Buffy’s over there talking to…a fairly attractive brunette.” The other model pointed towards the kitchen.
Tara and Willow followed her finger and saw Faith standing against the counter and Buffy stood in front of her, talking and laughing. “Faith’s here? When did Faith get here?” Willow wondered.
“Not to long ago, they found Dawn and Tori making out in the closet. Who’s Faith?”
Tara looked at Charlie, “My sister was in the closet…with Dawn?” She tried to stifle a giggle. “Talk about trying to come out…”
Willow rubbed Tara’s back and giggled herself. “Faith is an old friend of ours.”
“So, her and Buffy aren’t together?”
“Ah…not exactly.” Willow said a bit unsure. “They used to…but that was two years ago.”
“Hmm…seems like they’re still pretty close.” Charlie said observing how the two slayers interacted.
“Hey ladies!” Nikki came up to them. “What did I miss? Wilton over there was trying to put his best moves on me…got a little disturbingly distracted.” She brushed her hands through her long black hair. “Have you seen Buffy? She left me a while ago to go the washroom…so she said.”
“Buffy…she’s um…” Willow began, but the laughter that coursed through the kitchen, turned all eyes to that area, and found Buffy in a fit of laughter with the other slayer. “In the kitchen.”
Nikki stared for a minute, “Who’s the dark brunette?” She asked.
“Oh, that’s um…” Willow tried again but stopped when Nikki walked away towards the two slayers. “Why does she do that?” Willow frowned and looked at Tara. “No one let’s me finish.”
“Aw, I heard you sweetie.” Tara wrapped her arms around her girlfriend.
Charlie stood there and looked at the couple then back to her friend that walked away towards Buffy. “Guys, shouldn’t we stop her?”
Willow shook her head, “Why?”
“Because Nikki is walking over to Buffy, and she likes her…” Charlie said in hush toned voice.
“Charlie, Buffy isn’t committed to anyone, she’s not seeing anyone, so let her work with this on her own. I don’t need to stick my nose in their business.” Willow calmly said.
“They are both your friends…how can you say that?”
“Because nothing’s going to happen. Buffy and Faith are just friends, Buffy and Nikki are just friends, let them get along first before we get into it…ok?”
Charlie nodded her head and focused on the three in the kitchen.
“Buffy…hi.” Nikki came up behind Buffy and let her hand rest on Buffy’s arm. “I’ve been looking for you.”
“You have?” Buffy clasped her hands together.
“Yeah, you left to go to the washroom and never returned…”
“Oh, um, I had to find my sister and uh, answer the door.” Buffy smiled as she nodded.
“Aren’t you going to introduce us B?” Faith asked looking Nikki up and down, maybe a little impressed by her appearance, but somewhat annoyed because she interrupted on of those really rare moments when she makes Buffy laugh; especially since they reunited two night ago.
Buffy looked at Faith and smiled weakly. “Yeah, sorry, don’t mind the tiny rudeness right now. Nikki this is Faith, an old friend of mine, Faith meet Nikki, a friend and fellow model of Willow’s.”
Nikki took Faith’s hand and shook it. But she could feel Faith make a little to bit if a tight grip on her hand. “Uh, nice to meet you.”
Faith just nodded her head and turned her attention back to Buffy. “So, maybe you and I could do something before you leave.”
“Faith, we leave tomorrow. My mom’s coming home for the week and I kinda promised her I’d have the kid sister home by Monday.” Buffy grinned.
“That’s cool.” Faith nodded her head in understanding. “So Dawn and Tori huh? How does Tara like the idea of her sister dating your sister, knowing you could kick Tori’s ass to the ground if she hurts kiddo in any way?”
“I wouldn’t do a such thing. Maybe a choice of some bad words, but that’s about it.” Buffy grinned again. It felt so good to be around Faith, even though she’s still a little hurt that she took off without no word, she realized that she missed the other slayer deeply.
“So Faith, do you have any siblings?” Nikki asked, trying to squeeze herself into the conversation.
“Just one…a surrogate.” Faith answered, her hand reached out to brush a stray hair form Buffy’s eyes.
“You do?” Buffy asked.
“Dawn silly.” Faith smiled and hopped up to sit on the counter. She watched Buffy’s face light up a bit. They were once a family, a close family, The Summers, The scoobies, and Faith was a part of both at one point.
“Ok, so you two were close?” Nikki smiled.
“B and I were a couple at some point.” Faith answered bluntly. “B? Are you and Nikki…do you two have a thing?”
Buffy froze and looked between the two women. “Um, if you consider meeting her earlier this afternoon, and chatting a bit, then ya, I guess we have a ‘thing’.” Buffy answered honestly.
A small smile of relief curled on Faith’s face even though she realized that she didn’t own Buffy at all, and she wasn’t hers to claim. But to have some perfect model drool all over her ex, it was disturbing for her.
“Buffy!” Hadley came running up to the blonde slayer. “Are you going to be sleeping with me tonight?” She asked quietly. She had been watching Buffy and Faith interact, and she wasn’t sure if Buffy was going to leave her alone again because of the brunette.
“Of course I am.” Buffy picked up Hadley. “You think I’m going to miss Hadley snuggles again? I wouldn’t miss it.”
Hadley beamed and threw her arms around Buffy’s neck then pulled back and looked at Faith. “I’m Hadley.”
Faith grinned and took the tiny hand, “I’m Faith.”
“Pretty name Faith.” Hadley let go of the hand in hers and smiled at the brunette. “You have strength…I could feel it…”
“Buffy, could I talk to you?” Nikki asked the slayer.
Buffy nodded and waited until Hadley crawled over to Faith’s lap. “What’s up?”
“I was just wondering if you’d like to, I don’t know, get some coffee later?” Nikki asked.
“Thanks Nikki, but Faith already asked me and I said no, so it just wouldn’t be fair.” Buffy smiled apologetically.
Faith looked at Hadley questionably. “Strength?”
“Yeah, I feel that coming off of Buffy too. The same strength and power.” Hadley played with Faith’s buttons on her leather jacket. “Are you a slayer too?” She whispered.
Faith’s eyes lit up, “Well kid, looks like we’re not the only one with powers.” She grinned. “Yes, I’m a slayer, but that has to be our little secret ok?”
Hadley bobbed her head up and down smiling.
“What did we miss?” Buffy asked joining them once again.
“Oh not much, just trying to figure out who could win a thumb war…me or you.” Faith winked and smiled when she got a little giggle out of Hadley.
“Oh really? And who do you think could win?” Buffy asked the tiny girl.
“Um…oh! My mama’s calling me!” Hadley jumped on the stool, onto the floor and took off.
“I think I’d like to see who could actually win.” Faith smiled.
“Bring it on.” Buffy took Faith’s hand and began.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The party died down a lot since eleven o’clock and the only guest that remained was Faith. Nikki had left with Charlie and the other models not too long ago. Wilton had tired once again to pick up the younger siblings before leaving; Xander and Anya had realized that they weren’t that big of ‘party’ people. Well Anya was, but being in bed with Xander was better, so they retired to bed early. Buffy and Faith went to put Hadley to bed, after she fell asleep on the floor beside Brady. Tori and Dawn sat out on the balcony sharing small stories and talking about school on Tuesday. Willow and Tara scurried around the place, picking up garbage and plates and stuff after the party cleared out.
“That was a nice party.” Tara said picking up soda cans from the coffee table.
“Right, we barely knew there was a party going on.” Willow smirked.
“Well as much as I am grateful that this was a party in honour of the Maclay’s…I enjoyed our private party much more.” Tara put threw the pop cans in the recycle bag, and came up behind Willow, hugging her tightly against her body.
Willow dropped the garbage bag in her hand and let herself relax in Tara’s embrace. “Really?”
Tara smiled and placed her mouth near Willow’s ear. “Really.” She whispered.
“I think we should, or I should, start cleaning.” Willow breathed only snuggling tighter into Tara’s arms. She felt Tara’s lips kiss her neck, mapping out the freckles. “If you help…we could finish this early and…”
Tara let go of Willow and threw garbage in the bags, pop cans in the recycling, and the dishes in the dishwasher within record time.
“That was quick…” Willow raised her eyebrows in question.
“More time with my Willow…” Tara grinned pulling her towards the bedroom.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
“B, for what it’s worth, I’m glad that we ran into each other the other night.” Faith whispered not wanting to wake Tori and Dawn who were snuggled together on the day bed that was at the far corner of the loft.
“Even our angsty periods?” Buffy asked.
“Yeah…we needed that.” Faith smiled. “I should go…”
“Faith…are you ever coming back to Sunnydale?” Buffy blurted out.
“Not sure B…I guess we’ll see.”
“Ok…um, I guess this is goodbye?” Buffy bit her lip. Her throat grew a lump in it as she choked back the unwelcomed tears.
“Not goodbye Buffy…”
Buffy let a tear fall when she heard Faith saw her whole name fully. She didn’t use it often, just when she knew that she felt emotion.
“Just see you soon.” Faith finished and wiped the tear from Buffy’s cheeks before placing a soft kiss on her lips before heading down the hallway to the staircase.
When Faith looked back, Buffy was no where in sight, she just smiled a little and couldn’t wait to run into that blonde that stole her heart, yet again...
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I will have an update up between now and possibly Thursday or Friday…we’ll see how my week goes. I have my girlfriends little girl this week while she’s out of town. So busy busy busy calls for me.
~Holly~
Show me where to touch youTara-It Ain’t Fickle
by snuggle79 » Fri Nov 01, 2002 12:21 pm 
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good bless Eddie Murphy!
Loved the cuteness of Dawn and Tori stealing smoochies in the closet...looks like Buffy and Faith might work things out. Thanks for updating...I hope your week doesn't get too hectic 
Sorry, long day. I hope you're enjoying this. 
I love Shrek...funny movie. 
at: 11/3/02 10:39:43 pm
Take your time enjoy your date. 
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