Willow didn't waist anytime getting everyone on the phone. All she said was "Scooby meeting at the magic shop at 10."
So at ten oclock on the dot everyone was sitting around the reasurch area. Everyone except for Oz he had gone to pick up boxes.
"So what's going on Will?" Xander said sitting across from her at the table.
Dawn and Tara were standing over by the bookshelves, "Why don't you guys come sit down." Willow asked. Dawn did but Tara still stood by the books. She didn't want to be to close incase she lost her cool and had to leave.
Willow looked around at her friends and tried to hold back tears, "Well I guess the best way to do this is just say it… I'm leaving."
"Leaving?" Dawn asked.
"Leaving Sunnydale." Willow answered to turning to Dawn.
Anya who was standing at the cash regester walked over to the table, "Why?"
"Oz and I… were going to go on a trip." Willow said folding her hands on the table.
"But you're coming back right?" Dawn asked.
"Of course." Willow said trying to comfort Dawn.
"When?" Xander asked.
"Um next fall maybe. I don't know." Willow said looking confussed.
Tara who had been silence threw the whole thing spoke up, "Wh…wh… when are you…le…leaving?"
"With in the next few days." Willow said looking up at Tara. Tara had once told her that she only studdered when she was eather hurting or nervious.
"But why Will? I thought Oz was just gonna set up shop here." Xander asked.
"We just…" Willow stared at the table.
"Oh I can tell you why." Anya said with authority.
"Anya baby now might not be the best…"
"Xander let her speak." Buffy said with anger.
"She doesn't deal with getting dumped." Anya said with a smile.
"Excuse me?" Willow asked.
"Come on… When Xander didn't want to date you… you became his puppy basicly following him around all threw high school. When Oz left you threw your self in front of a car, and then when Tara first left you, you turned your rat into a playmate and almost killed Dawn. I was just waiting to see what you would do next."
"Anya that's enough." Xander said yelling at his bride to be.
"I was just being honest." Anya said hurt.
Everyone sat silently for what seemed like forever, "I don't want you to go." Dawn said softly.
Willow leaned over and hugged her. She was the first person to say that to her.
"It's going to be okay." Willow said looking up from her hug with Dawn to Tara.
"Yeah. Willow's got it all worked out." Buffy said with a mocking tone, "She has this big master plan so that she can run away."
Willow broke her hug with Dawn and looked at Buffy, "You're one to talk." Willow said standing up from the table. Buffy had no right to have that attitude with her. When she her self had left Sunnydale just a few years ago.
"You stopped me from making my mastake again and I was just trying to return the favor." Buffy said standing up and looking Willow in the eyes.
"I stopped you the second time you the second time you tried to run because people wanted you to stay. You had a life here." They were yelling at each other now and the rest of the Scooby's just stared.
"So do you."
"With who?" Willow asked as her voice got very soft.
The room suddenly went still. Willow's eyes shot over to Tara, who was looking at the floor.
With out saying a word Willow picked up her coat that was sitting on the table and walked out the door.
So at ten oclock on the dot everyone was sitting around the reasurch area. Everyone except for Oz he had gone to pick up boxes.
"So what's going on Will?" Xander said sitting across from her at the table.
Dawn and Tara were standing over by the bookshelves, "Why don't you guys come sit down." Willow asked. Dawn did but Tara still stood by the books. She didn't want to be to close incase she lost her cool and had to leave.
Willow looked around at her friends and tried to hold back tears, "Well I guess the best way to do this is just say it… I'm leaving."
"Leaving?" Dawn asked.
"Leaving Sunnydale." Willow answered to turning to Dawn.
Anya who was standing at the cash regester walked over to the table, "Why?"
"Oz and I… were going to go on a trip." Willow said folding her hands on the table.
"But you're coming back right?" Dawn asked.
"Of course." Willow said trying to comfort Dawn.
"When?" Xander asked.
"Um next fall maybe. I don't know." Willow said looking confussed.
Tara who had been silence threw the whole thing spoke up, "Wh…wh… when are you…le…leaving?"
"With in the next few days." Willow said looking up at Tara. Tara had once told her that she only studdered when she was eather hurting or nervious.
"But why Will? I thought Oz was just gonna set up shop here." Xander asked.
"We just…" Willow stared at the table.
"Oh I can tell you why." Anya said with authority.
"Anya baby now might not be the best…"
"Xander let her speak." Buffy said with anger.
"She doesn't deal with getting dumped." Anya said with a smile.
"Excuse me?" Willow asked.
"Come on… When Xander didn't want to date you… you became his puppy basicly following him around all threw high school. When Oz left you threw your self in front of a car, and then when Tara first left you, you turned your rat into a playmate and almost killed Dawn. I was just waiting to see what you would do next."
"Anya that's enough." Xander said yelling at his bride to be.
"I was just being honest." Anya said hurt.
Everyone sat silently for what seemed like forever, "I don't want you to go." Dawn said softly.
Willow leaned over and hugged her. She was the first person to say that to her.
"It's going to be okay." Willow said looking up from her hug with Dawn to Tara.
"Yeah. Willow's got it all worked out." Buffy said with a mocking tone, "She has this big master plan so that she can run away."
Willow broke her hug with Dawn and looked at Buffy, "You're one to talk." Willow said standing up from the table. Buffy had no right to have that attitude with her. When she her self had left Sunnydale just a few years ago.
"You stopped me from making my mastake again and I was just trying to return the favor." Buffy said standing up and looking Willow in the eyes.
"I stopped you the second time you the second time you tried to run because people wanted you to stay. You had a life here." They were yelling at each other now and the rest of the Scooby's just stared.
"So do you."
"With who?" Willow asked as her voice got very soft.
The room suddenly went still. Willow's eyes shot over to Tara, who was looking at the floor.
With out saying a word Willow picked up her coat that was sitting on the table and walked out the door.
