Title - That's The Deal My Dear 1
Author - The Sorcerer Bard (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Pairing - Willow/Tara (and eventually indications of Buffy/Angel, Cordelia/Angel and Buffy/Spike )
Spoilers - General Buffy season 6 and Angel season 3
Setting - AU, most of the things in season 6 have happened but with some differences. Our beloved couple have split up after Will promised not to do magick but then preformed a spell that backfired. This shows them getting back together. Also Giles didn't leave Sunnydale (over which Anya was very annoyed and still isn't letting him forget it.)
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The TV Series) and everything related to it. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Greenwolf Corp, Sandollar Television Inc. and 20th Century Fox own Angel (The TV Series) and everything related to it. What I do own. Everything not owned by the above mentioned people / companies is owned by me but you may use any of it as long as you give me credit.
Author's Note - The title of this fic is a line from the song Whenever, Wherever by Shakira. In fact the entire fic is based around a section of the song...
Whenever, Wherever We're meant to be together I'll be there and you'll be near And that's the deal my dear
The album is 'Laundry Service' and I recommend that you get it if you can coz it's great (well I think it is and that's all that matters.)
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That's The Deal My Dear part 1
Morning dawned at the Summers residence. It found Willow in bed where she had spent most of the past month. Buffy and Dawn had both convinced her to remain there while she went cold turkey from magick.
"Breakfast." Buffy called a little too cheerfully as she brought a tray of food into her best friend's room.
"Leave it I'm not hungry." the redhead just rolled over in the bed so her back faced Buffy.
"Okay but you have to eat some of it."
"Why?"
"Because you haven't eaten much over the last week."
"It doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore."
"Fine." Buffy put the tray down roughly on the floor. It had been like this for the last six days, Willow was in a very depressed mood. Buffy knew that she missed Tara.
Buffy turned and left the room without another word. She walked slowly down the stairs. Her mind was so caught up in thoughts of Willow that she almost didn't see Dawn at the foot of the stairs.
"Dawny, hey."
"How is she?" Dawn had been very worried over Willow's behaviour.
"The same. We need to find Tara."
"But she took off, no one's seen her in almost three weeks."
"I know, but we have to try."
"Angel." Dawn said snapping her finger.
"What?"
"Why not ask Angel?"
"Because ... Well ... It would be ... Uncomfortable." Buffy sounded like she was grasping at straws.
"That's not a reason and you know it." Dawn put her hands on her hips and stared at her sister.
"Fine I'll call him." Buffy headed into the living room and lifted the phone and dialled Angel's LA number.
"Hi Cordy, is Angel there?"
"Oh hi Buffy, yea, hang on a sec I'll just go get em." the former cheerleader responded.
"Buffy?" Angels sonorous voice came through the phone a few seconds later.
"Hey, um we've got a job for your detective agency."
"Really? What is it?"
"We need to find Tara."
"What happened?"
Buffy went on to give him the details behind the blonde witch's departure. The conversation ended in Angel telling her that he and the rest of the gang would be there in a few hours.
"Dawn, you should be going off to school." Buffy said as she put down the phone.
"Fine." Dawn said a little grumpily as she headed for the door.
Upstairs in her room Willow was lying on her side staring down at her breakfast.
"What's the point?" she asked herself.
"You've lost the most important thing in your life."
"You lost her because you were too stupid to think first."
"Now she's gone for good, forever." she flopped onto her back and stared up at the ceiling.
"Forever." she repeated.
"Nothing lasts forever." Willow heard Tara's voice say from the doorway.
Willow sat up and spun to look so fast she almost gave herself whiplash. There was nobody there.
"And now you're hearing things." the redhead muttered to herself as she lay back down.
"When you need me I'll be there." Willow heard Tara's voice again but this time it was next to her in bed, "Whenever, Wherever. We're meant to be together."
"We're meant to be together." Willow repeated the vision Tara's words.
Almost three hours later there was a frantic knocking at the door. Buffy rushed to open it and let a smoking Angel in followed by Cordelia and Wesley.
"Hello Buffy." Wesley greeted.
"Hey, Buffy!" Cordelia said, she looked a lot different to when Buffy had last seen her.
"Wesley, Cordy hi." Buffy said before turning to Angel.
"Hey." he said a little uncomfortably.
"Hey." Buffy said back. She noticed Cordelia looked a little uncomfortable too. In fact she seemed to be avoiding Angel's eyes, almost as if there were some unspoken feelings involved.
"So you need us to find Tara?" Wesley asked, "She's blonde, a witch, about yay tall?"
"Yea, that's her."
"We'll find her Buffy." Angel told her.
"How's Willow doing?" Cordy asked.
"Not good, she's very depressed and she's going through magick withdrawal."
"I'll go up and say hi, shall I?" Cordy asked moving to the stairs.
"Yea, she's in the second door on the right."
Willow was still laying on her back in bed when Cordy strode into the room and sat down on the edge.
"Cordelia!" Willow exclaimed as she sat up.
"Hey Willow, I heard about ... well you know ... everything."
"You can say her name."
"Tara, she just left you?"
"She just dropped everything and left." Willow appeared on the brink of tears.
Cordy felt a pulling on her heart, so strong that she did something very out of character. She reached over and pulled Willow into a comforting hug.
Willow sobbed quietly on her shoulder, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ..."
"Yea well just don't get any ideas I'm not into that sort of thing."
Willow let out a short sharp laugh.
"So you think you can find her?" Buffy handed Wesley a cup of tea.
"On the amount of information you have it may take a while." he answered taking a sip.
"But you can find her." Dawn made it a statement.
"We will." Angel said as he entered the kitchen.
"If anyone can it's Angel Investigations, because we help the hopeless." Cordy said as she entered the room, "And from looking at Willow she qualifies as hopeless."
"She's not eating much and she rarely leaves her room." Buffy said staring into her coffee.
"Don't worry we'll help." Angel put his arm round her shoulders and gave them a squeeze.
Cordy looked at her with what could only be described as jealousy.
To Be Continued...
Author - The Sorcerer Bard (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Pairing - Willow/Tara (and eventually indications of Buffy/Angel, Cordelia/Angel and Buffy/Spike )
Spoilers - General Buffy season 6 and Angel season 3
Setting - AU, most of the things in season 6 have happened but with some differences. Our beloved couple have split up after Will promised not to do magick but then preformed a spell that backfired. This shows them getting back together. Also Giles didn't leave Sunnydale (over which Anya was very annoyed and still isn't letting him forget it.)
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The TV Series) and everything related to it. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Greenwolf Corp, Sandollar Television Inc. and 20th Century Fox own Angel (The TV Series) and everything related to it. What I do own. Everything not owned by the above mentioned people / companies is owned by me but you may use any of it as long as you give me credit.
Author's Note - The title of this fic is a line from the song Whenever, Wherever by Shakira. In fact the entire fic is based around a section of the song...
Whenever, Wherever We're meant to be together I'll be there and you'll be near And that's the deal my dear
The album is 'Laundry Service' and I recommend that you get it if you can coz it's great (well I think it is and that's all that matters.)
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That's The Deal My Dear part 1
Morning dawned at the Summers residence. It found Willow in bed where she had spent most of the past month. Buffy and Dawn had both convinced her to remain there while she went cold turkey from magick.
"Breakfast." Buffy called a little too cheerfully as she brought a tray of food into her best friend's room.
"Leave it I'm not hungry." the redhead just rolled over in the bed so her back faced Buffy.
"Okay but you have to eat some of it."
"Why?"
"Because you haven't eaten much over the last week."
"It doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore."
"Fine." Buffy put the tray down roughly on the floor. It had been like this for the last six days, Willow was in a very depressed mood. Buffy knew that she missed Tara.
Buffy turned and left the room without another word. She walked slowly down the stairs. Her mind was so caught up in thoughts of Willow that she almost didn't see Dawn at the foot of the stairs.
"Dawny, hey."
"How is she?" Dawn had been very worried over Willow's behaviour.
"The same. We need to find Tara."
"But she took off, no one's seen her in almost three weeks."
"I know, but we have to try."
"Angel." Dawn said snapping her finger.
"What?"
"Why not ask Angel?"
"Because ... Well ... It would be ... Uncomfortable." Buffy sounded like she was grasping at straws.
"That's not a reason and you know it." Dawn put her hands on her hips and stared at her sister.
"Fine I'll call him." Buffy headed into the living room and lifted the phone and dialled Angel's LA number.
"Hi Cordy, is Angel there?"
"Oh hi Buffy, yea, hang on a sec I'll just go get em." the former cheerleader responded.
"Buffy?" Angels sonorous voice came through the phone a few seconds later.
"Hey, um we've got a job for your detective agency."
"Really? What is it?"
"We need to find Tara."
"What happened?"
Buffy went on to give him the details behind the blonde witch's departure. The conversation ended in Angel telling her that he and the rest of the gang would be there in a few hours.
"Dawn, you should be going off to school." Buffy said as she put down the phone.
"Fine." Dawn said a little grumpily as she headed for the door.
Upstairs in her room Willow was lying on her side staring down at her breakfast.
"What's the point?" she asked herself.
"You've lost the most important thing in your life."
"You lost her because you were too stupid to think first."
"Now she's gone for good, forever." she flopped onto her back and stared up at the ceiling.
"Forever." she repeated.
"Nothing lasts forever." Willow heard Tara's voice say from the doorway.
Willow sat up and spun to look so fast she almost gave herself whiplash. There was nobody there.
"And now you're hearing things." the redhead muttered to herself as she lay back down.
"When you need me I'll be there." Willow heard Tara's voice again but this time it was next to her in bed, "Whenever, Wherever. We're meant to be together."
"We're meant to be together." Willow repeated the vision Tara's words.
Almost three hours later there was a frantic knocking at the door. Buffy rushed to open it and let a smoking Angel in followed by Cordelia and Wesley.
"Hello Buffy." Wesley greeted.
"Hey, Buffy!" Cordelia said, she looked a lot different to when Buffy had last seen her.
"Wesley, Cordy hi." Buffy said before turning to Angel.
"Hey." he said a little uncomfortably.
"Hey." Buffy said back. She noticed Cordelia looked a little uncomfortable too. In fact she seemed to be avoiding Angel's eyes, almost as if there were some unspoken feelings involved.
"So you need us to find Tara?" Wesley asked, "She's blonde, a witch, about yay tall?"
"Yea, that's her."
"We'll find her Buffy." Angel told her.
"How's Willow doing?" Cordy asked.
"Not good, she's very depressed and she's going through magick withdrawal."
"I'll go up and say hi, shall I?" Cordy asked moving to the stairs.
"Yea, she's in the second door on the right."
Willow was still laying on her back in bed when Cordy strode into the room and sat down on the edge.
"Cordelia!" Willow exclaimed as she sat up.
"Hey Willow, I heard about ... well you know ... everything."
"You can say her name."
"Tara, she just left you?"
"She just dropped everything and left." Willow appeared on the brink of tears.
Cordy felt a pulling on her heart, so strong that she did something very out of character. She reached over and pulled Willow into a comforting hug.
Willow sobbed quietly on her shoulder, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ..."
"Yea well just don't get any ideas I'm not into that sort of thing."
Willow let out a short sharp laugh.
"So you think you can find her?" Buffy handed Wesley a cup of tea.
"On the amount of information you have it may take a while." he answered taking a sip.
"But you can find her." Dawn made it a statement.
"We will." Angel said as he entered the kitchen.
"If anyone can it's Angel Investigations, because we help the hopeless." Cordy said as she entered the room, "And from looking at Willow she qualifies as hopeless."
"She's not eating much and she rarely leaves her room." Buffy said staring into her coffee.
"Don't worry we'll help." Angel put his arm round her shoulders and gave them a squeeze.
Cordy looked at her with what could only be described as jealousy.
To Be Continued...