TITLE: This Time Around p.2
AUTHOR: Christina Jones
RATING: PG-13 (At this point: incomplete)
DISCLAIMER: All Character belong to someone else and I get nothing but the pleasure of writing*
DISTRIBUTION: Ask and you might receive SUMMARY: Dawn is back from college (T/Dw).
FEEDBACK: Let me know if I should stick to my day job
NOTES: My First Fan Fic.Not Beta read.let me know whether I should finish it
Dawn threw herself across the bed. "What is wrong with me", she thought, "I should have stood my ground instead of running to my room like I'm still 15." She tossed her pillow at the door, angry with herself. "I should have stayed at school", she thought aloud. "No you shouldn't have." Tara's voice was barely above a whisper, but it made Dawn jump. "I'm sorry, Dawn," she apologized, moving into the room. "I was just taken aback ". She sat next to Dawn on the bed. Dawn made a failed effort to stop the tears from leaving her eyes. Tara wiped the salty drops from her cheek. " I love you, Dawn" Tara continued, "I always have and always will". Tara took Dawn's hand in hers, " Please forgive me for my reaction downstairs." Dawn inhaled sharply, "No, I should have thought more carefully about what I was wearing." She stated, "I don't want to make you uncomfortable." Tara chuckled, "How would you do that?' Dawn just shrugged, thinking a moment. "I don't know", she declared, "You might have given up on women after the whole Willow-Buffy thing or something." Dawn immediately regretted mentioning Willow's name. Tara put a hand on her shoulder as if to say it was ok to mention Willow. "Nope", she shook her head, " I haven't found myself liking boys all of a sudden." "Good", was all Dawn added.
There was an awkward silence, like that moment during a first date that topics that shouldn't be breached have been. Tara was the first to speak, "So.are you.uhh..happy?" She was amazed by her sudden inability to articulate words, "I mean.was your ex nice? Do you have a girlfriend back at school?" Dawn found the courage to pull her eyes off the floor and look at Tara. She was met by the bluest eyes she'd ever had the pleasure of gazing into and found herself staring into the vast beauty that sat before her. It was Tara's turn to inquire, "What?" "Nothing", Dawn spoke quickly, her tone was nonchalant, "My ex was okay except for the fact that she was a total whore". "Dawn!" "Sorry", Dawn said softly. She again shrugged, lowering her eyes, "But she was. She cheated on me.twice" she punctuated with two fingers. "Dawnie, I'm so sorry" Tara responded by placing an arm around Dawn. "And no I don't have a girlfriend." Dawn draws her knees to her chest. "No one could measure up to what I thought a girlfriend.a woman should be like." Tara was significantly intrigued. "So what should a girlfriend be like?" she inquired. Tara felt Dawn tense beside her. She could tell the younger woman was gathering her thoughts on how to answer this question. Dawn felt like her heart had stopped. She had envisioned this moment so many times in the last 4 years. She'd stand in the mirror in her dorm room and practice time and time again, and here it was and she couldn't formulate a sentence. She took a deep breath and after what seemed like forever, Dawn finally spoke. "She should be like you."
RATING: PG-13 (At this point: incomplete)
DISCLAIMER: All Character belong to someone else and I get nothing but the pleasure of writing*
DISTRIBUTION: Ask and you might receive SUMMARY: Dawn is back from college (T/Dw).
FEEDBACK: Let me know if I should stick to my day job
NOTES: My First Fan Fic.Not Beta read.let me know whether I should finish it
Dawn threw herself across the bed. "What is wrong with me", she thought, "I should have stood my ground instead of running to my room like I'm still 15." She tossed her pillow at the door, angry with herself. "I should have stayed at school", she thought aloud. "No you shouldn't have." Tara's voice was barely above a whisper, but it made Dawn jump. "I'm sorry, Dawn," she apologized, moving into the room. "I was just taken aback ". She sat next to Dawn on the bed. Dawn made a failed effort to stop the tears from leaving her eyes. Tara wiped the salty drops from her cheek. " I love you, Dawn" Tara continued, "I always have and always will". Tara took Dawn's hand in hers, " Please forgive me for my reaction downstairs." Dawn inhaled sharply, "No, I should have thought more carefully about what I was wearing." She stated, "I don't want to make you uncomfortable." Tara chuckled, "How would you do that?' Dawn just shrugged, thinking a moment. "I don't know", she declared, "You might have given up on women after the whole Willow-Buffy thing or something." Dawn immediately regretted mentioning Willow's name. Tara put a hand on her shoulder as if to say it was ok to mention Willow. "Nope", she shook her head, " I haven't found myself liking boys all of a sudden." "Good", was all Dawn added.
There was an awkward silence, like that moment during a first date that topics that shouldn't be breached have been. Tara was the first to speak, "So.are you.uhh..happy?" She was amazed by her sudden inability to articulate words, "I mean.was your ex nice? Do you have a girlfriend back at school?" Dawn found the courage to pull her eyes off the floor and look at Tara. She was met by the bluest eyes she'd ever had the pleasure of gazing into and found herself staring into the vast beauty that sat before her. It was Tara's turn to inquire, "What?" "Nothing", Dawn spoke quickly, her tone was nonchalant, "My ex was okay except for the fact that she was a total whore". "Dawn!" "Sorry", Dawn said softly. She again shrugged, lowering her eyes, "But she was. She cheated on me.twice" she punctuated with two fingers. "Dawnie, I'm so sorry" Tara responded by placing an arm around Dawn. "And no I don't have a girlfriend." Dawn draws her knees to her chest. "No one could measure up to what I thought a girlfriend.a woman should be like." Tara was significantly intrigued. "So what should a girlfriend be like?" she inquired. Tara felt Dawn tense beside her. She could tell the younger woman was gathering her thoughts on how to answer this question. Dawn felt like her heart had stopped. She had envisioned this moment so many times in the last 4 years. She'd stand in the mirror in her dorm room and practice time and time again, and here it was and she couldn't formulate a sentence. She took a deep breath and after what seemed like forever, Dawn finally spoke. "She should be like you."
