Title: I'll Always Love You
Chapter: 2
RATING:M
Author:
Jo Soulliere
Webpage: N/A

Content/Pairing: Willow/Tara, possible various others - If you don't like the thought of F/F romance, Please don't bother to read this fanfic.

Summary: Willow and Tara are together, not really based off any of the Buffy episodes... Willow once dated a wolfy Oz... but what would happen if the love of her life, was turned into a Vamp?

Disclaimer: I own none of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Characters or places. Most likely, I don't own anything else in this story either... only the creativity to come up with a new story... All the Buffy stuff belongs to Joss Whedon. Give him the Credit.

Spoilers: None as of yet

Author's Note: This is my first fanfic... I'm going to try to get out at least 1 new chapter per week if possible. If you read this, please take a moment to respond with any comments or ideas. Thanks in advance.

Newest Chapter(s) Added: Chapter 2

Chapter(s) Last Added: Nov. 4, '05


The sun was just starting to set as Willow and Tara walked hand in hand on their way to the Bronze to meet up with the rest of their friends. "Do you know why Xander wanted all of us to come to the Bronze tonight?" Tara asked as she let her eyes wander over the surrounding area.

Was it just her imagination, or was it getting dark a little faster than usual? Tara couldn't help but think that she was seeing shadows of someone or something moving in the darkened allies . It's almost like they were... being followed.

"I'm not sure, he didn't really say. You know how Xander..." Willow looked over at Tara, who seemed to be shivering slightly ever few moments. "Tara, sweetie?"

Tara returned Willows gaze. "Are you alright, baby?" Willow asked with a look of concern on her face.

"I'll be fine... I-I'm just getting the feeling that something isn't quite right."

"What do you mean? ... Not quite right?"

"I don't know, it's... it's probably nothing. Really. Let's just hurry up and get to the Bronze, okay? I think I'll feel better once we're inside, and with our friends."

"Okay, sweetie." Willow let go of Tara's hand and slid her arm protectively around her girlfriends waist. If Tara was getting an eerie feeling, there had to be some reason for it. And when ever that reason presented itself, Willow was going to be ready to protect her girlfriend, no matter what it took.

A short while later Willow and Tara arrived safely at the Bronze and were joining Buffy, Xander, and Anya at a table located not too far away from the bar. "Oh Hi! Look, it's Willow and Tara." Said Anya as they sat down.

"Hey Anya." Willow said, and gave her a small smile. "Hey guys." She said greeting Buffy and Xander as well. Tara just smiled and sat beside Willow, as she observed the activity going on around her.

The Bronze was somewhat dark, as per usual. It seemed to make for a more laid back atmosphere though. Tara noticed that the stage seemed to demand Xander's full attention, and she focused her gaze in the same general direction. There was a band playing that she'd never heard or seen before. "The band sounds pretty good tonight." she said aloud to no one in particular. "I don't recall seeing them before."

"Oh, this is their first gig here at the Bronze." Said Xander. "The Bronze has actually started out many a new band and singer, on their long and happy road to fame and fortune." he said giving a big smile.

"Oh Xander, why don't you just admit that you're drooling over the very attractive dark haired lead singer?" Said Anya as her brow furrowed slightly. "You might as well be at the edge of the stage slobbering on her shoes like a little ... slobbering puppy."

Xander just smiled and took Anya's hand in his. "See, that's why I love her so. Who else would bother getting jealous if I were looking at someone else... I mean... any other girl would think that I didn't stand a chance with someone like that... But not my Anya."

"Xander! How am I supposed to take that? Are you saying that you think you can find someone better than me?"

Xander just gave a half smile and said "And that's so not what I was saying, sweetie. I just meant that you think I'm worth the trouble to get jealous over. Anyone else wouldn't bother because they would think no one else in the world would bother with me."

"Well, a curse on them all." said Anya. "They obviously wouldn't know a great thing if they had it, even if it fell like one of those cartoon anvils on their tiny little heads."

Willow and Tara just smiled at one another. They were used to the constant bickering that always happened whenever Xander and Anya were together in the same room. Or whenever Anya and anyone else happened to be in the same room, really. Anya just had this special talent for stating things that were so completely obvious, usually in a sarcastic, and... sometimes a little bit of a naive way. Sometimes, it was almost cute, but most of the time, it was just annoying. She certainly wasn't afraid to speak her mind about anything, no matter what it was. But, she was an ex-vengeance demon, so sometimes she was useful to have around when it came to researching the various monsters and demons that they had to deal with on an almost daily basis.

"Anyone want liquid refreshment?" Buffy said as she got up from her seat. "I'm heading up to the bar to get something."

"Nope, all good here." Willow said smiling at her best friend. "Ooh, unless of course, you want something, Tara." She added with a slight look of guilt for answering for her girlfriend without consulting her first.

Tara smiled at Willow. "That's alright." then she looked at Buffy and said, "I could use a soda if you don't mind?"

"One soda, coming right up." Buffy smiled at her, then she turned and headed for the bar not waiting for Anya and Xander, as they both seemed to be too deep in their own little world to be aware of what was going on right beside them.

A short while later the band started to play a slower song for couples to dance to. Willow took Tara by the hand and lead her out to the dance floor. Gently placing her hands on Tara's hips, she pulled the blonde closer to her and smiled as she looked deeply into her eyes. Tara returned the smile, and Willow leaned in closer to Tara and said near her ear "How are you feeling, baby? Any better now that we've been here a while?"

Tara turned her head slightly and replied, "Yes, I'm actually feeling quite a bit better."

"I'm glad to hear it." Willow said as she pulled back just far enough to be able to look into Tara's eyes, then leaned forward and softly kissed her lips. Tara rested her head on Willow's shoulder, as Willow wrapped her arms securely around her girlfriend. Willow saw Xander and Anya dancing not too far away from them. Poor Buffy, Willow thought, as her eyes fell to the table where Buffy was sitting by herself. She certainly doesn't seem to have much luck with guys. After Angel... and Riley. Riley was supposed to be the normal one. The strong supportive one. He was supposed to... Willow frowned slightly as her thoughts continued. Supposed to... what? Stick around, wondering if Buffy really loved him or not? I guess we can't blame him for leaving. Not that Buffy didn't try to catch him... She did... but... she was too late.


Buffy Summers sat alone at the table, watching as her two best friends danced with their girlfriends. They look so happy. She thought. I wish I could be that happy. I wish that I could find that one, someone, who was right for me. I have found him, we just can't be together. It's like some sort of sick joke, on me. I'm a slayer, and what do I do? I go and fall for a vampire. Granted, a vampire with a soul, but still... Buffy let out a small sigh. The one chance I did have at an almost normal relationship... I blew that all to hell. I'll probably never get the chance to see Riley again... To tell him that I tried...

Buffy got up from the table and headed toward the bar to get herself another soda. After getting her drink she headed up the stairs to the catwalk above the dance floor. She wanted to be alone for a few minutes, away from all the other people, and she was able to look out over the entire crowd from up above. While I'm here, I may as well make sure no one ends up dinner for some vampire tonight. She stopped to look out over the people, resting her arms on the railing.

"So far, no blood sucking fiends."She said aloud to herself. Just then she sensed someone coming up beside her on her right.

"Hello, Buffy." Came a male voice, with a British accent. Buffy didn't need to turn around. She already knew who it was.

"Or, I could be wrong..." she said, mostly to herself as she corrected her previous statement. "What are you doing here Spike?" She said, turning her head slightly to look at the bleach bottle blonde that was now standing next to her. "Come to drool over all the tasty young girls that you can't feed on?"

"You wound me, Buffy." Said Spike, "Really, you do. Can't a fella stop buy to see how his favorite slayer is doing?"

Buffy raised her eyebrow slightly. "Favorite slayer, Spike? You've gotta be kidding."

"You're right. I'm just trying to make nice with the leader of the kiddy squad."

"Spike!" Buffy said in an increasingly irritable tone. "Either tell me what you want, or get lost."

Spike scowled slightly. "Fine, you win, Pet. I just felt like a bit of company is all. A guy has needs, ya know..."

"Why'd you come to me then? It's not like I'm going to do anything for your needs." Buffy said with a look of disgust creeping onto her face. "Unless of course, you need me to put a stake through your heart."

"God, get your mind out of the gutter already, would ya? I just wanted someone to talk to for a while. It does get lonely not having anyone around, ya know. But, I guess you wouldn't know anything about being lonely though, now would you? It's not like you're just standing up here all by yourself or anything, while your friends are all down their making googly eyes at one another."

Buffy sighed. "Fine Spike, but why do you want to talk to me, of all people? Can't you go find some other poor sap to annoy?"

"Buffy, ever since I got this sodding chip in my head, it's messed up my whole life. I can't be evil anymore and do evil things, at least not til I figure out some way to get rid of it, so I can't hang around my old lot anymore. You know that. Apparently, I can't hang around the do-gooders either." He said looking at her. "... not that I want to." he added as an after thought.

"Spike, you can't hang around my friends and I. Given half the chance you'd rather rip our throats out and drink our blood, than look at us."

"That's not true, love..."

"Don't give me that. You know it's true. And don't call me love."

"I wouldn't want to rip your throat out..." Buffy looked at Spike and raised her eyebrow. "Well, at least not right away. I might like a bit of a tussle first." He said and smiled mischievously at her.

"Spike..." Buffy said as she sighed and made her way around Spike, heading for the stairs. "It's never gonna happen."

Spike followed Buffy down the stairs. "Why not? Ain't I good enough for the likes of you? You and Angel..."

Buffy rounded to face Spike. "Don't you ever compare yourself to Angel. You'll never be anything like him, Spike. You'll never be anything but a pain in my ass." She turned to head down the stairs again, making her way back over to the table that her friends occupied once again.

"Buffy, I... You know what... Never mind. I must have been daft to think I could come out and have a decent conversation or anything else when it comes to you."

Buffy approached the table with Spike following close behind her. As Buffy sat down, everyone looked from her, to Spike, then back to her. "What the hell is he doing here?" Said Xander aggressively.

"Xander, Spike was just..." Buffy started.

Before Buffy could finish her sentence, Spike interrupted her. "I was just leaving. No need to worry your pretty little head. It's not like I want to hang out with the lot of you."

"Speaking of leaving... Tara and I should go too. We have this... thing ...planned tonight. And it's getting late..." Willow trailed off as everyone watched Spike walk away.

"Mmm that's a good idea." Buffy said. "I should go patrol anyway."

"Xander and I need to go have sex now. All that sweaty dancing, close to one another made me horny..." Said Anya as she stood up tugging on Xander's hand, who appeared to be a little embarrassed.

"An, honey. What have I told you about saying things like that in front of everyone?" They heard Xander saying as he and Anya walked away.

"Oh!" Willow exclaimed. "We didn't find out why Xander wanted us all to meet here in the first place. Unless he said something to you, Buffy, before we got here?"

"Nope. He said nada to me about anything. It probably wasn't overly important... and, if it was, he'll bring it up at the scooby meeting tomorrow morning. Anyway, I have to bail, duty calls." Buffy said as she walked off in the direction of the exit.