This is the car scene in episode five of series two, Enjoy!

SPOILERS FOR 2x05!

Anya spotted the car where it was hidden beneath bramble and long fern branches. After looking in to see Tom asleep in the passenger side, she pulled off a branch that covered the door to the driver's side and got in. They needed to talk, Anya had decided earlier that morning, Tom had no right to treat her as he did last night, and even after a sleepless night thinking about it, she still couldn't decipher why he'd acted as he did.

Tom started awake as the door opened, he straightened up up and rubbed his eyes, facing forward as she did. Both of their angers had dissipated overnight, and the atmosphere in the car was slightly awkward.

"Well, where are we going?" Tom said, breaking the taciturnity.

Anya saw the double meaning in his words, even if he didn't, "Good question." She sighed, still gazing out of the front windscreen, seeming to be in a world of her own.

Tom felt uncharacteristically guilty about his behaviour toward Anya the previous night, "Sorry."

She thought he was being petulant and retorted angrily "I said 'Good question'!"

"I know, I said sorry." She realized what he meant and nodded slowly, accepting this. He wondered how to explain, "Watching you with her last night, you looked so... I don't know. Very beautiful." Anya looked at him, "And I was thinking,why does she look so beautiful? It was cause you looked happy. Made me wanna-"

"Kill me?" Anya provided, reminding him of his conduct last night.

He looked at her, surprised that he'd scared her that much, he then decided it was now or never, she needed to know, "I love you."

A range of different emotions played out across her face and in her eyes, most recognizably shock and surprise. Tom watched her carefully, waiting for her reaction. Her mouth opened and closed a few times, "Tom... I'm- really," She seemed to have trouble finding the right word, "Flattered."

"Flattered?" He repeated disbelievingly, he'd just told her he loved her and she was flattered?

She turned slightly in the seat to face him, "You mean a lot to me. A lot. And I owe you so much. I'd be dead if you hadn't..." She trailed off, knowing she'd be dead several times over if it weren't for Tom, "But last night, with Judy, you're right. I was attracted to her, I felt that spark." So she was a lesbian, Tom thought, and the car suddenly felt too small, like it was choking him, but Anya continued, "But there is something between you and me, I'm not denying that, and yeah, we could have sex, but that would make it worse, for both of us, because... we are so different."

"Yeah, men and women" he acquiesced.

She shook her head infinitesimally, "You, and me."

He remembered what Abby had said to him last night, "I can change, if you can." He told her forcefully.

She didn't look like she believed him, she looked down and opened the car door to get out. He contemplated trying to stop her but decided it was pointless. He felt a lump come to his throat and tear prick his eyes. He swallowed and rubbed his eyes, he was so weak, he thought, and Anya had a way of getting around him, she had him wrapped around her little finger, even if she didn't know it herself.

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