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Also: This is my first story on fanfiction.net, so no flaming please.

Turning Back Time by Alyson R.

Willow lay still in her room. Their room. On itheiri bed. It had been a week since she had lost Tara. Tara was her everything. She was the first woman she ever fell in love with. She always made her feel better when she was feeling down. She made her complete. There was a knock at the door. She didn't move.

Dawn: Willow? Your dinner is by the door, if you want it.

Willow was starving. She hadn't eaten in 3 days. But she didn't care.

(Downstairs)

Buffy: So did she answer?

Dawn: Not today. Is she going to be okay?

Buffy: It'll take awhile. She really misses her.

Dawn: I miss Tara, too.

Buffy: Not nearly as much as she does.

(cuts to Willow crying)

Willow (thinking): This is all my fault. I could've protected her. She would've protected me. I let her down. I've lost her and I'll never be able to find her again. If there was only some way that I could go back to the day...

She sat up.

Could she do it?