Hey kittens, I'm here and I have an update. But first replies:
wimpy0729- Amy Lee is God, and I worship her. No seriously, I love that song and just had to use it. Kris is funny.
willohand- yeah my bad dude. I went back and saw the other replies. Kiss huh? Soon I promise. And no, no private shows.
Bare1975- Darlin' Nikki, you are welcome. All shall be explained.
Stroke of Luck- Oh you'll be surprised as to how many old friends are Avalons.
My Always- Why thank you, but we're getting started.
Wired Vixen- LMAO. Thanks.
BurningWhiteRose- Uh Thanls? lol
tmr- *grins* I'm quite happy with myself then.
LiaPuRR- lol
bindingwiccan- As you wish.
And now the update,
Title - Distance
Author name - Axel Avalon
Email Address -
axelavalon8724@yahoo.comRating - PG ( rating my increase as the story goes on)
Disclaimer - I don't own any of the characters from Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
Spoiler- This story place sometime after the break-up in season 6, everything after Tabula Rasa is going to not happen in this story. The whole Rack thing isn't going to happen
Feedback- Of course I'd love to know what you think
Summary- A few months after the events of Tabula Rasa Willow makes a decision.
Notes- Uh Lex, I know you are reading this and I am sorry for making ou such a bitch. You still love me, right?
Casa de Summers"Ok so you guys are like are mini slayers or something?" Buffy asked still not quite processing everything.
"Actually we're more powerful than any slayer in history. And Will is just as strong as you are." Tommo commemted from across the room.
"What, no way is Willow stronger than me?"
"Uh Buff, yeah I kinda am. It's one of my gifts." Willow spoke up.
"Gifts, what gifts?" Dawn bounced excitedly. "Can you like fly and stuff."
"Not really but I can levitate. Kris can shimmer......."
"Shimmer? What's that?" Buffy asked.
"Kris come here for a sec." Willow called the other red head over and whispered something in her ear. She stepped back as Kris' form seemed to shift and she faded away only to reappear sitting in Isaac's lap. "That's shimmering." Willow stated.
"Whoa can you all do that?" Dawn asked.
"Tommo can, but me and Isaac can blink. It's the same thing just faster. Watch..." In a split second Willow completely disappeared and reappeared just as fast in the door and then back a again. "See samething just faster."
"That's quite remarkable. What other gifts do you all possess?" Giles asked cleaning his glasses for like the sixth time.
"Well.." Tommo started. "I can shimmer, I can sense other beings, and I'm empath."
"I can blink, I got the strenght thing like Red, and I'm a seer." Isaac ticked off his gifts one by one on his fingers.
"I shimmer, I'm a healer, and I have telekenesis." Kris droned out as if this whole conversation was boring her.
"And as for me: I can blink, I can see aurors, I have the strength thing, I can be invisible without casting, I can shapeshift naturally, and um I think that's it." Willow said.
"Wow, that's so cool." Dawn squealed before proceeding to grill Tommo about the different gifts.
"Why does have Willow have so many gifts. I mean you each have like 3 and she named twice as many. How come she has more?" Buffy asked.
"Same thing I'd like to know." Kris muttered.
"It's because..." Isaac gave Kris disapproving look. "She's fire, and fire elementals always have more gifts."
"Hold on, wait, elementals?" Anya asked disbelieveingly.
"We forgot that part didn't we?" Willow giggled. "Sorry guys, yeah part of the rituals is to pick an element and a patron of that element. You master that element and in return your patron will give you gifts. The Son of Fire, my patron, is very generous. Also your patron gives you an undying power well, so I can cast for hours and never get tired." Willow smirked at the other Avalons.
"Oh rub it in Will. But you aren't a empath and you can't do the avalanche thing I do." Tommo taunted playfully.
"Whatever, so any questions?" Willow asked looking around.
The next three hours were filled with questions and short demonstrations. They scoobs were all gathered around listening to stories from encounters with demons of every shape and form. Willow was just ending a story about Fyarrl demon when she noticed that Tara was nowhere in sight.
"I'll be back guys." she said standind up.
She walked into the kitchen wondering where the blonde could've disappeared to. She was about to return to the others when something out the backdoor caught her eye. She walked outside and slowly made her way to the figure sitting in the grass. She sat down beside Tara and stared up into the sky.
After a long silence she finally spoke. "On a scale of 1 to 10 how hard is all of this to take in?" she asked, here eyes still locked on the stars overhead.
"About a five." Tara answered also staring at the sky. She turned her head when she heard Willow chuckle quietly. "What?" she questioned.
"The big pineapple." she stated gesturing to a point in the night sky. She looked over only to find herself staring into moonlit blue eyes.
"Yeah, I wondered if you'd still remember that." she smiled softly at the redhead.
"I was wondering what you were doing tommorow." she stated in a surprisingly calm voice.
"Well some normal people have to work." Tara ribbed lightly.
"And after that?" she grinned suggestively.
"Nothing."
"You wanna go do something. Like maybe go get some coffee, catch a movie."
"Yeah I'd like that, I get off from work at 2 so any time after that is good." she smiled at her companion once more.
"Cool," she smiled back at Tara. "Well I uh better go get the guys and head home." She stood and dusted the grass off her pants. "Good night Tara." she crouched down and kissed Tara on the cheek.
"Good night Willow"
Avalonian Headquarters"Where's Will?" Isaac sat on the counter top watching his boyfriend wash the dishes.
"Upstairs with Kris having a heart attack about what to wear on her date with Tara."
"Yeah, I wonder how long it'll take before she starts to crack completely." Isaac laughed.
"Wanna go watch?" Tommo asked over his shoulder.
"Yeah come on lets go."
"Come on Will. You have more clothes than anyone I know. Just pick something." Kris tried to reason with the other frantic redhead.
"What do you mean, just pick something. I can't "just pick something". I have to look nice." she yelled as Tommo and Isaac strolled in the room hand in hand.
"Ah I see that Red has already freaked enough, why don't you go help her out babe." Isaac grinned at his lover.
"I don't need no damn help, especially not from Wonder Fag over there." she yelled from inside her closet.
"Will I'm hurt, it's Super Fag not Wonder Fag." Tommo flopped on to the bed beside Kris laughing loudly.
"Come on guys quit it. Let's give her a break. Come out her Will we'll figure it out together."
"Fine, whatever." she Will walked out of her massive closet in only her underwear and bra.
"Well you go like that and I bet you'll leave and impression." Kris grinned at her friend.
"Alright guys lets get down to business, Red here has a date in less than 2 hours."
Casa de Summers Willow knocked on the door the Summers residence at 3:30. After about 45 outfits she had settled on a pair of baggy black pants, a fitted LeVeL 27 shirt, and a pair of sleek black sunglasses. The whole goth thing Isaac picked out wasn't really her but it did look nice.
"Hey Will, what are you doing here?" Buffy asked closing the door behind them.
"Well I'm here to pick up... her." she pointed at the stairs. "Hey you, ready to go?"
"Yeah,"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa and just what is this all about? You two have a date and nobady told me. That's just no right." Buffy yelled playfully.
"Sure, bye Buff." Tara said before pulling Willow out the door.
Pj's Coffee Shop"Can I help you?" the girl behind the counter asked.
"Let me get a mocha velvet ice and....Tara?" Willow looked over at Tara.
"Same." she smiled.
"Okay that's 10:95." she gave the total.
"I got it." Willow stated handing the girl a twenty and then dropping the change in the tip jar. They grabbed there drinks and headed towards the couch.
"You didn't have to do that,you know?" Tara commented as they sat down.
"Yeah, but it's kinda a habit now." she smiled at her taking a sip of her frozen coffee.
"So tell me about your friends." Tara offered a safe starter subject.
"Well I'm sure Isaac told you that he and Tommo have been together since the dawn of time. They are pretty much your average queers. Kris on the other hand is a little out there."
"How did you meet them?"
"They lived in the same apartment building as mine. Let's talk about you for a sec." she smiled.
"What do you want to know?"
"Do you still ride?"
"Not so much. I really don't have the time."
Conversation flowed lightly for the next half hour with topics ranging from jobs to cooking to clothing. Until they both realize the one area they were avoiding, neither willing to be the first to mention it.
"So you ready to hit the movies?" Willow asked as she finished her fifth mocha.
"Yeah, sure."
They stood and headed to Willow's car in a some what pressed silence. They got in and headed towards the theater.
'This is so dumb. Why am I so nervous? It's just a question. There's no need to be afraid of a question............ just the answer.' Tara thought to herself before giving in and asking Willow about what was on her mind.
"Uh Will?" she began nervously.
"Yeah Tara," Willow answered briefly taking her eyes off the road.
"Was there, um, anyone else?"
Willow looked at her for a moment before turning her eyes ahead. "No. No one worth mentioning."
Avalon
After the movie Willow had dropped Tara off with plans to meet up in a few hours at Avalon with all the guys. They had been there for about an hour dancing and having fun. Just about everyone notice how close Willow and Tara seemed to be with each other since they arrived hand in hand. Everything was good and everyone was relaxed for now.
"Well isn't this just beautiful." a voice called from behind the group.
They all turned to take in the figure. She had long black hair and smoke gray eyes. She wore a black shirt and matching leather pants.
"Oh my Goddess," Willow yelled before flinging her arms around the stranger. "Lex what are you doing here. Wait if you're here, that means..........."
"Hey Red,"
"Faith!"
TBC...
So you like? I hope so. TTFN
----------- I don't believe in love, I believe in fucking. It's honest and efficient. You get in and out with a maximum amount of pleasure and the minimum amount of bullshit...- Brian Kinney (Queer As Folk)