"You know Will this whole party thing doesn't really work if you don't come down." Xander yelled up the stairs. The group had already gotten out plates and a knife to cut the cake. They were all set up with no guest of honor. Tara set in the corner waiting she hadn't said anything about Oz leaving. She wasn't even sure what it meant. "Okay I'm counting to three and then were starting with out you two." Xander yelled.
"I'm here." Willow said in a low voice coming down the stairs.
"Where's Oz?" Buffy asked looking up the stairs with Xander.
"Um…" Willow reached the bottom of the stairs, "He left." She said walking into the living room.
"What do you mean he left?" Anya asked from her spot on the couch next to Dawn.
"I mean he left…" Willow looked at the ground, "And I'm not going to follow." Xander and Buffy both grabbed Willow and pulled her into an original Scooby group hug.
"So I guess this means ya'll aren't mad I'm staying." Willow said as the air was being squeezed out of her.
"Are you kidding me?" Buffy said letting go of the hug. "It was all I could do to keep my cool when you said you were leaving."
"That was keeping your cool?" Willow asked
"Coolish." Buffy said with a smile.
Willow stepped back and looked around the room and then she spotted Tara in the corner of the room, "Hey." Willow said with a slight smile.
"Hey." Tara said standing up.
"Hey have you guys ever tried staring at popcorn while it's popping in the microwave it's supposed to be a religious experience." Xander said motioning to the Scoobies.
"Yeah I've heard that." Buffy said taking a few steps towards the kitchen.
"Sounds fun." Spike said following her.
"I've watched popcorn pop it's not that existing." Anya said staring at Willow and Tara.
"Well then why don't you come and supervise us then." Dawn said pulling Anya by the arm into the kitchen agents her will leaving Tara and Willow in the living room.
"It's seriously disturbing that we usually decide the fate of the world." Willow said staring at the kitchen door. She never realized how un suttle her friends really were. Tara just gave a slight smile.
"Um… If you still want to move in here I can find some place near." Willow said rubbing her arm.
"Oh no. It's y.. your r… room."
Willow looked to the ground, "It was never mine. It was ours… but never mine." Willow said looking at Tara.
"Um… I think you better keep it." Tara answered looking at the ground.
The two girls stood across the room from each other. They had always been inseparable and now it hurt to look at each other.
'I'm going to get them out of the kitchen." Tara said walking past Willow. But Dawn had left her journal on the floor and Tara tripped and fell on Willow causing them to both die out laughing. They had repeated this scene before once when Willow cast a spell to make them loose their memories. Willow brushed the hair out of Tara's face and took a deep breath, "I never loved magic more then you… I never loved anything more then you."