A/N: More! I need reviews! 3 more and the next chapter will come out! Read my other current fic, Regret, if you like this one, and also read my one I JUST finished, You Haven't Even Begun. ^_^ Enjoy. Oh and Annie... here's what you wished for. ^^ It'll happen soon. You owe me though... -.-
"Willow--"
"Tara, I still love you. I never stopped. I know that I was stupid and selfish towards you and everyone, but I've changed since then! Don't you see it?" Willow pleaded her.
"Y-yes, you have changed. B-but--"
"What does it matter then? Don't you still love me? Because I could never stop loving you."
"You have changed, but that doesn't mean you'll stay that way," Tara said, looking away from Willow's eyes which were brimming with tears.
"Tara, I love you. Can you honestly say you don't want to be with me?"
"N-no, I can't say that. But things happened between us that you can't t-take back!" Tara exclaimed.
"I know Tara, I know. I wish I could but I can't. But because I've changed, I won't do those things! I won't use magic for another year, will that be enough?!" she cried. "I'd do anything for you!"
"A-anything?" Tara said, stroking Willow's face as she smiled.
"Anything." Willow kissed her softly.
Spike slowly lifted the case on his coffin-type thing. He rubbed his eyes. It was noon, what was someone doing clammering around? He looked around and finally set his eyes on...
"Buffy?" Buffy turned quickly.
"Spike. I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you, I just--"
"Looking for this?" Spike asked, holding up Buffy's sweater.
"Thanks," she said quietly.
"Are you--"
"Ok?" Buffy asked, laughing dryly. "I broke up with you, shouldn't I be asking these questions?"
"We never really went out enough for you to have to break up with me."
"Since I ended it," Buffy corrected.
"You've ended it before," Spike said.
"Spike..."
"Buffy, please. Think about what you're doing. You love me still," Spike said.
"It's not right."
"It's never been right, but that hasn't stopped you from loving me and it hasn't stopped me from loving you more than anything else, even Dru."
"I know but it's too complicated."
"Are things ever easy in a relationship?" Spike inched over to her. "You just take it a day at a time."
"Days are hard," Buffy said.
"Not if you're with who you love." Spike leaned down and kissed her gently. Buffy pulled away after a moment.
"No!" Buffy shouted. "No! We can't do this anymore! I'm sick of this, it's too hard. I need a boyfriend who can be there for me. Who I know hasn't thought of killing me."
"Buffy..." Spike said weakly.
"Spike, please. Just leave me alone." She turned and walked into the sunlight.
"You'll come back! You always do!" Spike called after her. She continued on as if she hadn't heard him. "You have to. I need you." He fell to the ground and began to cry.
"I have to get to a class," Willow said.
"I know, I have one too." Tara pulled on her sweatshirt. Willow looked at Tara oddly.
"W-what?" Tara asked nervously. Willow smiled.
"I like waking up to you. I missed it."
"Me too." Tara kissed Willow.
"But I really need to--" she began, opening the door.
"Oz."
"Willow--"
"Tara, I still love you. I never stopped. I know that I was stupid and selfish towards you and everyone, but I've changed since then! Don't you see it?" Willow pleaded her.
"Y-yes, you have changed. B-but--"
"What does it matter then? Don't you still love me? Because I could never stop loving you."
"You have changed, but that doesn't mean you'll stay that way," Tara said, looking away from Willow's eyes which were brimming with tears.
"Tara, I love you. Can you honestly say you don't want to be with me?"
"N-no, I can't say that. But things happened between us that you can't t-take back!" Tara exclaimed.
"I know Tara, I know. I wish I could but I can't. But because I've changed, I won't do those things! I won't use magic for another year, will that be enough?!" she cried. "I'd do anything for you!"
"A-anything?" Tara said, stroking Willow's face as she smiled.
"Anything." Willow kissed her softly.
Spike slowly lifted the case on his coffin-type thing. He rubbed his eyes. It was noon, what was someone doing clammering around? He looked around and finally set his eyes on...
"Buffy?" Buffy turned quickly.
"Spike. I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you, I just--"
"Looking for this?" Spike asked, holding up Buffy's sweater.
"Thanks," she said quietly.
"Are you--"
"Ok?" Buffy asked, laughing dryly. "I broke up with you, shouldn't I be asking these questions?"
"We never really went out enough for you to have to break up with me."
"Since I ended it," Buffy corrected.
"You've ended it before," Spike said.
"Spike..."
"Buffy, please. Think about what you're doing. You love me still," Spike said.
"It's not right."
"It's never been right, but that hasn't stopped you from loving me and it hasn't stopped me from loving you more than anything else, even Dru."
"I know but it's too complicated."
"Are things ever easy in a relationship?" Spike inched over to her. "You just take it a day at a time."
"Days are hard," Buffy said.
"Not if you're with who you love." Spike leaned down and kissed her gently. Buffy pulled away after a moment.
"No!" Buffy shouted. "No! We can't do this anymore! I'm sick of this, it's too hard. I need a boyfriend who can be there for me. Who I know hasn't thought of killing me."
"Buffy..." Spike said weakly.
"Spike, please. Just leave me alone." She turned and walked into the sunlight.
"You'll come back! You always do!" Spike called after her. She continued on as if she hadn't heard him. "You have to. I need you." He fell to the ground and began to cry.
"I have to get to a class," Willow said.
"I know, I have one too." Tara pulled on her sweatshirt. Willow looked at Tara oddly.
"W-what?" Tara asked nervously. Willow smiled.
"I like waking up to you. I missed it."
"Me too." Tara kissed Willow.
"But I really need to--" she began, opening the door.
"Oz."