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Summary: After Tara's death, Willow starts dating potential Slayer Kennedy, but what happens when Tara is brought back to life?
The sun streamed in through a crack in the curtains and Willow rolled over. The bed was empty and she wondered where Kennedy was. She guessed that by the sound of running water, that she was in the shower. She now shared the room with Kennedy, her girlfriend. The phrase "girlfriend" still felt odd to Willow. The only other person she had called that was Tara, who tragically ripped away from her. Tears prickled in Willows eyes as she thought about her. Even though she was with Kennedy, Willow still wished desperately that Tara was still there. Willow stood up and got dressed. As she sat and brushed her hair, she reached into a drawer and pulled out a photo of her and Tara. As she looked at it she let the tears of sorrow and grief fall. They ran down her cheeks and fell on the photo. She put her head on the dressing table and wept.
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When Willow went downstairs for breakfast, only Buffy was there. Kennedy and the potentials were training in the backyard. Buffy noticed that Willows eyes looked bloodshot and puffy. She gave her friend a look of concern, but decided against saying anything. Willow went over to the sink and began washing out a glass. She looked out into the backyard, the place where Warren had shot Buffy………..and Tara. Then the memories came flooding back to her. The sound of gunfire, the widow breaking, Tara's blood splattering her white shirt.
"Your shirt" Tara's last words.
Your Shirt, your shirt, your shirt. The words echoed in Willows mind. She dropped the glass in the sink, breaking it and sank the floor sobbing. Buffy ran over to her and kneeled down on the floor and wrapped her arms around her.
"I miss her so much Buffy" Willow said in between sobs. Buffy hugged her friend tightly. She missed Tara too. She had been there for her when she was in turmoil over Spike. She looked after Dawn all the time. She was family. She knew how much Willow wanted her back. Even though she now had Kennedy, she simply wasn't Tara.
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Later that day, Willow was upstairs, digging out some old magick books. She was doing research on the First, when a bunch of notes fell out of one of the books. She picked them up and walked over to the bed. As she read through them she cried. They were notes on resurrection spells that Willow had researched. She had, many times tried to bring Tara back, but finally gave up after she was told the same thing over and over: You Cannot Be Brought Back From A Natural Death. Willow quickly put the notes back in the book and put it away as she heard Kennedy come up the stairs.
"Hey baby" Kennedy whispered seductively, wrapping her arms around Willows torso.
"Hey" Willow replied, craning her neck to kiss Kennedy. They fooled around a bit on the bed. Clothes got discarded, moans could be heard. You wouldn't need a crystal ball to know what was going. Willow wasn't she sure how she felt about Kennedy. She certainly felt very strongly about her, but wasn't quite sure if it was love.
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In the dead of night, Willow tossed and turned in her bed, her lover sleeping peacefully beside her. Willow squirmed as she became trapped in a nightmare.
Willow and Tara were standing in their room, Tara had he back to the window , Willow couldn't move from the spot she was standing on.
"Tara baby….please…stay with me" Willow cried, tears running down her cheeks.
"I can't" Tara also sobbed. Then, there was a cracking sound, like glass breaking and the Willow was covered in blood.
"Your shirt" Tara said looking confused and then fell to the floor. The words where barley a whisper, but they thundered in Willows head. She woke up, and salt bolt upright, panting and covered in cold sweat. She had been having that nightmare a lot lately. She threw the blankets off her and swung her legs out of bed. She walked downstairs and gulped down a glass of water. She set it down on the counter, still panting heavily. Her heart was racing from her nightmare and she tried to relax and slow it down. She walked back upstairs and across the dark landing, wiping away a few stray tears. Willow slowly walked into her room and stopped dead. She walked over to the mirror. "Oh goddess, could it be" she thought. Was she going crazy? She could have sworn she saw………….Tara, there it was a again. Tara had been in the mirror, just for moment. Her heart began to race. Tara appeared in the mirror again. But this time she stayed. Willow couldn't breathe, she was panting, hard. She suddenly realised that her knuckles were turning white as she gripped the dressing table.
"Tara" she whispered hoarsely, her throat had gone completely dry again.
"I love you" Is all that the image of Tara said, before disappearing. Willow started to claw at the mirror.
"Tara, baby, come back." She cried, her tears were falling hard and fast. She could barely find her voice. She scratched at the mirror. Frantically, searching for any trace of Tara.
"COME BACK!1" she screamed, as she cried harder and harder, trying desperately to find her dead lover. Kennedy woke up and hurried over to Willow.
"Willow?" she asked uncertainly. She tried to move her away from the mirror. "Willow" she said again.
"I'll take her" Said Buffy, who had woken up when Willow screamed and hurried in. She had quite a job getting Willow away from the mirror. Even with her slayer strength. Willow didn't want to budge, she kept trying to get back to the mirror. Finally Buffy managed to drag her out and into her own bedroom. She sat her down on her bed and kneeled down, searching her eyes for some kind of answer.
"Will, what happened" Buffy asked in concern. Willow still cried, the tears fell and soaked her cheeks.
"Tara" She whispered.
To Be Continued
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