New Fic: There You Are

[xita]

Hmm, the teacher? something up? Evil teachers? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO



I am being paranoid I think



Great update and poor Willow and her mammaries , and then couldn't even use the milk.



Oh and that pat, i oughta... grrrrrr

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Childie -"Not all girls are raving bloody lesbians, you know!"

George - "That's a misfortune of which I am perfectly well aware."

The Killing of Sister George

[tkheaven]

YAY DW!! oh, Pat needs a swift kick in the butt..

The 'i love you's' exchange in teh mornign was so sweet..

Now...I know there's somehing up with Mrs. Henckle..hmm..it was pobably her in the dream when Ghaena's face changed...

ok, I'll shut up now, but anyway

*hugs* YAY YOU'RE BACK!!

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"

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Tara was similarly riveted, her body on slow burn as Willow's lips parted and her mouth opened, the food slipping inside and being consumed. Never in her life had Tara ever wanted to be a chicken casserole so badly...Later that night..."It's good to be a chicken casserole," Tara murmured, before passing out. ~ Answering Darkness by Sassette

[allyson12]

Happy to see the update, yay!



-Allyson

[Loco2]

ooh - ooh! i wanna slap pat! *raises hand*... yeah... just a little tap across the head.... with a sledgehammer.



heh - emily's very cute



and surely you're not making the nice teacher-woman evil, are ya? all with the pangy chested willow?



thank you for the update



steph

"I'm not gay - I'm just Trevor's bitch." - some drunken guy about his sexuality
"Oh, bugger off, you BROLLY!" - Anya to Giles on his use of the english language
"We'll all be a lot happier without the constant whining....Mom, Buffy, Tara, Waah" - DMW to Dawn

[Puff]

Great update DW and very intruiging. Looking forward to finding out more about the teacher, it seems suspicious.

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You know, it's a real deal relationship and that's why people can relate to it
Amber Benson

[singgirl]

Oooh! Oooh! I better get some water! Like I always say, a thickening plot makes for great stew! And my, the plot is thickenning!

[MadeinNZ]

Great update. But something is wrong with Willow. What can it be????

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Buffy: I'd like to find Willow and Xander
Joyce: Will you be slaying?
Buffy: Only if they give me lip

[KyanWing]

Wonderful update! Emily is adorable :-))) I hope Willow is okay.



Thank you.



- Kyan -

[magickalbear]

Loving this fic Just a short little note to say keep up the faboo work

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I come for coffee, smoochies and gay love!

[DarkWiccan]

Had to get some exposition out of the way before the love scene could occur,.... Here it is:



Previously in TYA:



“No more lessons.” Said Tara.



“Ghaena will be upset.” Said Willow. It was a statement of fact and not a contest.



“Let her be.” Tara sighed, “If she can't be straightforward with us about...us...”



“Let me talk to her.” Offered Willow, “See if any of what Morrigan said was true.”



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“….thing not right about that family”, Pat was saying to Mrs. Henckle. “I just don’t see how any child can be raised in such an unhealthy environment.”



“I’m sorry”, said Mrs. Henckle, shaking her head. “Pat Horton is… excuse me for saying so, but she is a boil on the butt of humanity.”



The three women broke down into a loud fit of laughter. Willow laughed, looking into Tara’s eyes, and then turning and looking into Mrs. Henckle’s as well. Suddenly, something caused her to grab at her chest in pain.



“Are you okay”, she blonde asked softly, wrapping her right arm around Willow’s waist.



“Yeah, I think maybe the laughing aggravated the soreness”, Willow replied, before looking over her should at the retreating figure of Emily’s teacher. “I think.”



And now... on with it...

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They arrived back to the house and found Ghaena sitting patiently on their doorstep.



“You sent for me”, she stated, rising to her feet.



“Yes”, said Tara, instinctively moving to stand in front of Michelle’s stroller. The move was not lost to Ghaena’s eye.



“What is wrong?” The Priestess asked cautiously, concerned by the blonde’s protective maneuver.



Willow decided to get right to the point. “We’re thinking of stopping Emily’s lessons for a while.”



“Thinking of?” Ghaena sought out clarification.



“Deciding to”, Tara explained.



The brunette’s gaze narrowed, she was not pleased. “Why?”



“There are things you aren’t telling us”, said Willow, “We don’t think we can trust you anymore.”



“What is it you wish to know”, countered Ghaena, “ask and I shall tell.”



“But will what you say be the truth?” inquired Tara. “You speak in riddles, Ghaena. And… and we’re tired of playing sleuth. Especially over our own children and their safety. How do we know that you are being honest with us?”



“You don’t”, Ghaena answered as ever. “If you look with your mind, you don’t. But if you see with your heart, you do.” She paused a moment, considering her words. “I’ll go. But I take with me questions unanswered… and I will be back. The safety of the children is what is most important. By sending me away, you place your daughter in perilous danger. Without me to continue her lessons…”



“Willow and I will train her”, Tara interrupted.



“With what?” The Priestess scoffed. “Bath salts and aroma therapy candles?”



The Wiccan felt the breath escape from her lungs in a startled gasp. Never before had her faith been so grievously insulted. “How dare you”, she finally managed.



Ghaena bowed her head in shame. “Forgive me, that was uncalled for. But yours are not the only feelings that have been injured here today. I’ll go”, she said again, now moving to leave, “But I shall not stray far. I am at your call.”



“What of Morrigan?” asked Willow, “Will she go too?”



“She is not bound to me”, Ghaena answered, “She will do as she pleases. But if I were you, I would be more concerned with the whereabouts of Le Fay. She wears many guises. She will earn your trust, as I have. But then she will betray it, as I have not. If you will not speak to me of this… Morrigan knows of her treachery first hand.” As she had spoken, Ghaena had begun to retreat down the tree-lined street so that by the end of her short prose, she was near enough to the corner to turn down it and disappear into the surrounding neighborhood.



Willow and Tara shared a long glance, each of them considering the words the immortal had said. After a moment, Willow leant down and lifted Michelle from her stroller, cradling her with one arm and she took Tara’s hand with her other, leading the blonde inside.



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That night, Tara sat on the edge of Emily’s bed reading the last of “Peter Pan” to her little girl, watching the small redhead’s eyes fall heavy with sleepiness. Michelle lay dozing in her crib, occasionally kicking out her legs at the soft batting surrounding the inside of the oak bars.



“Mommy?” asked Emily sleepily as Tara closed the book.



“Yes, sweetie?” Tara responded softly. The sound of the shower in her and Willow’s bathroom creating a pleasant white noise effect that was causing the blonde to relax as well.



“Can you fly?”



“Can I what?” Tara inquired, knowing full well what her daughter had asked. She wondered for a moment if flying included floating. But she decided floating stories were for when Emily was older. Much, much older.



“Can you fly?” Emily asked again.



“No, I don’t think so”, said her Mommy. “Why do you ask?”



“Because Wendy said to Jane that only the gay, innocent and heartless could fly and well, you’re gay so…”



“Out of the mouths of babes!” Tara cried out laughing, the noise causing Michelle to fuss a little in her crib. Tara quickly lowered her voice. “Emily, honey, Wendy didn’t mean gay like… well… like me or your Mama. Back when the book was written ‘gay’ meant happy and carefree.”



“Aren’t you happy and carefree?” Emily now asked with concern.



“Oh yes, I’m very happy, baby”, Tara assured her, then sadly tucked a strand of auburn hair behind her daughter’s ear, “but I’m not carefree.”



“I wish you were carefree, Mommy.” Said Emily.



“I don’t” Tara countered. “If I was carefree then I wouldn’t care about you or Mama or Michelle. And I love caring about you. It’s what mommies do.”



Emily nodded her head with sleepy satisfaction at the answer. “Mommy?” she whispered fighting sleep with her very last bit of strength.



“Yes, sweetheart?”



“Can you sing to me tonight?”



“Only if you sing with me”, Tara replied.



“Okay”, Emily agreed, knowing that this meant her Mommy would sing her favorite song.



Tara cleared her throat a little and began to sing softly, so as not to disturb Michelle.



Tender shepherd, tender shepherd,

Let me help you count your sheep.

One in the meadow,

Two in the garden,

Three in the nursery fast asleep.



Tender shepherd, tender shepherd



Now Emily started singing in round with her mother.



Watches over all his sheep. Tender shepherd, tender shepherd

One say your prayers and, Let me help you count your sheep

Two close your eyes and. One in the meadow,

Three safe and happily Two in the garden,

fast asleep. Three in the nursery

Fall asleep.



Fast asleep. Fast asleep…



Tara kept chanting softly as she watched Emily snuggle down into her comforter and succumb to sleep. She carefully stood up from the bed and tucked the downy blanket around her daughter’s shoulders, still singing softly as she made her way to the door, shutting off the side lamp and stepping into the hall, leaving the door open a bit for the hall light to filter in comfortingly. She allowed herself one last look into the darkened room before turning her attention away.



As she turned to go down the hall she found her mouth suddenly consumed by that of her lover’s in a deep and passionate kiss. She relaxed instantly, letting out a soft moan of contentment as Willow wrapped her arms around her, holding her close. After a wonderfully long moment, they pulled slightly back, taking in each other’s gaze.



“What was that for?” Tara asked softly.



“Being you”, Willow answered, looking serenely into her wife’s gorgeous blue eyes, her fingers toying in soft blonde hair.



Tara smiled her lopsided grin and pulled Willow close to her, resting her head on her wife’s shoulder, her nose against her neck. She inhaled. “Mmm”, she sighed, “You smell nice.”



“I just showered”, the redhead stated matter-of-factly, kissing at her love’s cheek.



“No” Tara stated plainly.



“Uh”, Willow puzzled, “Yes I did.”



“I mean, no there’s more to it”, Tara explained, taking in another deep inhalation. “It’s you… lavender, pine, spice…”



Willow raised a curious eyebrow as she felt Tara taste the skin behind her ear. “And everything nice?” she queried, her voice faltering a little as her eyelids fluttered in response to her lover’s ministrations.



“That’s what little Willow’s are made of”, the blonde murmured sensually, tightening her grip around the hacker’s back, causing their breasts to press into one another.



“Tara?” Willow gulped at her arousal.



“Hmm?”



“Come to bed…”



Tara pulled back and looked into her wife’s emerald green eyes. “Are you sure?” It would be the first time they had been together since just before Michelle was born, not to mention the fact that her lover’s breasts were still bruised and sore from the previous night.



Rather than answer, Willow gently stepped away from Tara, taking her sweetheart by the hand and leading her quietly into their bedroom, closing the door behind them.



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TBC...

Edited by: DarkWiccan at: 8/26/02 11:38:41 pm

[mollyig]

I still trust Ghaena, not quite sure why, but I feel she does have Emily's best interests at heart. Emily, what a gloriously adorable child! I love the scene where she sings with Tara - that's so sweet.



Ahem, so when can we expect the next chapter??

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[MadeinNZ]

You can't stop there. Its just not fair ...



The song Tara and Emily sung reminded me of the lullaby my mother used to sing to me called 'Golden Slumbers'. Whenever I hear it, it still makes me calm and sleepy. Oh - and Gaaena's pissed. Not good.



Great update.

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Buffy: I'd like to find Willow and Xander
Joyce: Will you be slaying?
Buffy: Only if they give me lip

[Scout]

"That's what little Willows are made of" - that was so cute.



I'd love to hear the conversation many years from now when Tara explains floating to Emily. Not exactly the same talk we got as kids.



Thanks for the update!

[Loco2]

yup - still trusting ghaena over here, too. and thinking that the teacher is le fay. but there you go



aww, tara talking to willow about her smelling nice, very sweet.



heh - the gay confusion, reminds me of that poem thingy, sunday's child is bonny and gay or something, lol... ahem.. sorry.



thanks



steph

"I'm not gay - I'm just Trevor's bitch." - some drunken guy about his sexuality
"Oh, bugger off, you BROLLY!" - Anya to Giles on his use of the english language
"We'll all be a lot happier without the constant whining....Mom, Buffy, Tara, Waah" - DMW to Dawn

[Tiggrscorpio]

Grrrr, DW, that's just a cruel place to stop, but I can be patient, cause I know it will be good.



I don't know whether to distrust Ghaena or the teacher. I'm leaning toward the teacher, but you're a tricky one. Looking forward to more.

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She's my everything!

[Tulipp]

What a nice update, darkwiccan.



I loved this line: “With what?” The Priestess scoffed. “Bath salts and aroma therapy candles?” How long have I been waiting for someone to say something like that to Tara?



And the lullaby followed by the shower scents and a kiss…well, it was tender. Thanks.

[Puff]

“Because Wendy said to Jane that only the gay, innocent and heartless could fly and well, you’re gay so…”



I loved that line it made me chuckle. Great update DW, I like Ghaena but I don't trust the teacher. Can I stress that I am looking forward to the next part

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You know, it's a real deal relationship and that's why people can relate to it
Amber Benson

[tkheaven]

aww, Tara and Em singing the lullaby is too adorable...followed by the shower and kissing...

Tk's new and improved "GrrArgg"

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Tara was similarly riveted, her body on slow burn as Willow's lips parted and her mouth opened, the food slipping inside and being consumed. Never in her life had Tara ever wanted to be a chicken casserole so badly...Later that night..."It's good to be a chicken casserole," Tara murmured, before passing out. ~ Answering Darkness by Sassette

[Lonewolf22]

DarkWiccan: Great update, I LOVED the lullaby that Tara and Emily sang together, AWWWWWW, that was just so unbelievebly adorable, just great. And I love it when Tara says that she loves caring about Willow and Emily and Michelle, just lovely.



I really hope that Ghaena is telling the truth that they don't have to worry about her.



And I agree with everybody else you can't end it there, thats just mean. I can't wait to read more.



Lonewolf

[DarkWiccan]

Okay... so I hadn't planned on stopping things where I did... but... in the middle of writing the update I got a phone call from a friend of mine who I hadn't chatted with in years and... well.. ya'll know how that goes...



I wasn't able to concentrate long enough to write the next part b/c I find it very difficult to chat on the phone while trying to write a sensual love scene at the same time...



I'm working on the love scene right now... they tend to take longer than normal updates b/c I reaaaalllyyy have to get in the right mindset... which generally involves rewatching the opening scene from Seeing Red several times and a six pack of alcoholic cider.



So.. I'm off to by a bit of cider and then it's back to the keyboard for me.



Cheers

DW

[earthlovinwicca]

Fab update as always DW. Just have to say that I too want to slap that horrible Pat woman. Also feel that maybe that teacher is not to be trusted, mmm intresting twist.

One thing though, how could you leave it there you tease! Update soon.



edit to say: woo hoo! just made flaming o on the post!

Edited by: earthlovinwicca at: 8/27/02 5:18:38 pm

[The Rose24]

Beautiful. I always love the family interaction. I can't get enough.

Tara: My heart doesn't stutter.

Tara: Willow, I got so lost.
Willow: I found you. I will always find you.

Willow: Hi, um Tara. I was wondering maybe you want to go out some time for coffee? food? Kisses and gay love?

[Ghostwriter]

Great update! I hope Willow and Tara tell Ghaena about the dream, I think she can explain it. I'm a little unsure about Emily's teacher. I also liked the part where Tara and Emily sing. Thank you for sharing.

[VampNo12]

Wonderful update DW! I too find myself still trusting Ghaena, but I can understand W&T being wary (especially in trying to decipher what Ghaena is really saying, "speaking in riddles). I am still curious about who Le Fay (ie "she wears many guises) is, and I want to say Ms. Henckle, but I keep thinking Emily has good instincts (like Tara), so either the teacher is good at masking the "truth" or Le Fay is someone else.



Really enjoyed the Emily/Tara interaction, and I loved how Tara wanted to make sure Emily wasn't alluding to "floating" (love to hear that talk when Em is older) when she asked Tara if she could fly. Especially loved how Tara explained to Emily that she was glad she wasn't "care-free". And yes leaving it where you did is just cruel, , and I can't wait till the loving in the next part!

[Murasaki S]

Hey, an update! I love the sense of family you create with Willow, Tara and the babies. The kitchen moment was very cute and beautiful.

I hope the chest pangs are not going to turn into anything scary. I'm really wondering about Ghaena at this point.



Looking forward to more of this.

[xita]

I feel bad about Ghaena a bit, cause I believe her. And Willow was so lovely at the end.. and romantic thanks for the update!

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Childie -"Not all girls are raving bloody lesbians, you know!"

George - "That's a misfortune of which I am perfectly well aware."

The Killing of Sister George

[Jennpurr]

WOW, DW. Nice update there.



Aww, I feel bad for Ghaena too. I believe her and trust her. It's her friend I worry about and that teacher is still giving me the wiggins. She's too... um, I don't know... trustworthy?? But... I hope W/T will re-consider, as far as Ghaena is concerned.



The ending to this update, was just the most adorable thing. First Tara singing with Emily... then Willow being all romantic and sweet. I totally love it. Can't wait to read the next update. I know I'll love it.



Thanks, girl.

Take care,

Jen

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"Oh, man. I wish I WAS a lesbian. I would get laid every night for the rest of my life." ~ Amber Benson

Quote from Melissa Etheridge on 8/10/2002, in The Woodlands, TX
"THAT is a bat! ... Does it have a ticket? ... It doesn't have a ticket!"

[DarkWiccan]

K.. so... I've gone through a couple of six packs... and I am sad to say... I have a seriously bad case of writers block...



And yet no hangover....



I am still working on the "love scene"..



I want it to be perfect... or as perfect as it can be....



So... bear with me... it will all be worth it in the end.



Love to all the kittens who gave me feedback!! And even to those who didn't!



Cheers

DW

"Promise me you'll never be linear." "On my trout."

[Grimaldi]

loved the last parts poor Ghaena having to leave like that, hopefully W/T well go back to trusting her again. that Pat needs to shut her mouth, its not her business how W/T raise their kids.

Dude, we're surrounded by perverts!

Fucking Windows 98, get Bill Gates in here!

2nd place??? That's just a fancy term for loser!

[Thanatopsis]

Loved the last updates. Too bad about Ghaena though, I think she's being honest (sort of) but throwing cheap pot shots doesn't help either, I suppose.

Because he's with Willow. And if something ... happened, I'd know...
Insist upon yourself and never imitate. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson