"My gift is my song and this one's for you." Buffy sang lightly, lying with the comfort of her sister snuggled against her.
"And you can tell everybody this is your song. It may be quite simple but, now that its done." Dawn continued.
"I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, that I put down in words, how wonderful life is, while your in the world." They sang together, remembering how they used to sing it with their mom when the were little dancing around to the record player. Remembering their mom swooping them up, tickle fights and giggling.
"Buffy…don't die , ever again, okay?" Dawn said her voice timid and scared, nothing like the voice of the almost seventeen year old she was.
"I don't plan on it sweetie." She said kissing Dawns forehead.
"I was so scared…"
"Ssshhh, Dawn I am here now, okay, and I am not ever going to leave you again. No matter what anyone says or does, you mean the world to me, and you know that I will die to protect you, but of course, you don't want that…just go to sleep okay?"
"Hold me?"
"Always."
"What Oz?" Willow said , nervously wetting her lips and knowing on the right half her lip.
"Tara's…she's coming back. The Powers needed her for something, but…it wasn't her time , she's coming back to you, for you." Oz said, every word stinging him. A world of emotion flashed through his ex-girlfriends eyes , and memories.
"I'm so sorry." Xander said kissing Willow's forehead. Willow never went to the funeral of Buffy or Tara, it was to painful for her. Now , two weeks after Xander brought her to each. "We lost too many people." Willow just nodded looking at the graves the stretched endlessly , threating to swallow her whole. "Are you sure your ready for this?" He asked softly. She nodded holding onto his hand to the last possible second.
She walked slowly to her girlfriends grave, already beginning to cry. She reached out to the engraving touching it lightly. "Hey sweetie, its me." She began to sob reaching trembling lips to kiss the grave stone. She carefully planted a never dying periwinkle, that was blue and pink. "I love you baby, why'd they take you from me? They took the two most important people… I don't know what to do without you, when I cry who is going to hug me, when I get hurt whose going to kiss all of the pain away? … you'll always be in my heart…don't forget that." She said looking up to the sky.
"I-I don't wa-want to emb-embarrass you…people'll star-stare." Tara stuttered letting go of Willow's hand, who was just recently a lesbian, due to the snide remarks they were getting. Willow pulled Tara close to her.
"Let them." She said , then kissed her in the middle of the college campus clutching the ends of her girlfriends pretty green shirt. To her, it was no different than kissing a guy in public, and she just ignored the comments and glares. All that was there, was her and her sunshine.
"Tara?" Willow asked hopefully.
"W-Willow?" Tara asked timidly.
"Tara?" Willow asked a hopeful smile crossing her face.
"Willow… I got so lost."
"I found you." Willow said bringing Tara into her arms. "I will always find you." She said raining kisses all over her face.
"Tara, oh God , I can't lose you to…wake up!" Tara…NO!"
"Willow… Will's, Willow." Oz's voice interrupted her on rush of memories, bringing her back to consciousness, she focused her attention on him. "I want you to be happy. All I want for you, is to be happy. Tara does that." Oz said. Willow hugged him tightly.
"Thank you Oz…so much, thank you so much."
"And you can tell everybody this is your song. It may be quite simple but, now that its done." Dawn continued.
"I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, that I put down in words, how wonderful life is, while your in the world." They sang together, remembering how they used to sing it with their mom when the were little dancing around to the record player. Remembering their mom swooping them up, tickle fights and giggling.
"Buffy…don't die , ever again, okay?" Dawn said her voice timid and scared, nothing like the voice of the almost seventeen year old she was.
"I don't plan on it sweetie." She said kissing Dawns forehead.
"I was so scared…"
"Ssshhh, Dawn I am here now, okay, and I am not ever going to leave you again. No matter what anyone says or does, you mean the world to me, and you know that I will die to protect you, but of course, you don't want that…just go to sleep okay?"
"Hold me?"
"Always."
"What Oz?" Willow said , nervously wetting her lips and knowing on the right half her lip.
"Tara's…she's coming back. The Powers needed her for something, but…it wasn't her time , she's coming back to you, for you." Oz said, every word stinging him. A world of emotion flashed through his ex-girlfriends eyes , and memories.
"I'm so sorry." Xander said kissing Willow's forehead. Willow never went to the funeral of Buffy or Tara, it was to painful for her. Now , two weeks after Xander brought her to each. "We lost too many people." Willow just nodded looking at the graves the stretched endlessly , threating to swallow her whole. "Are you sure your ready for this?" He asked softly. She nodded holding onto his hand to the last possible second.
She walked slowly to her girlfriends grave, already beginning to cry. She reached out to the engraving touching it lightly. "Hey sweetie, its me." She began to sob reaching trembling lips to kiss the grave stone. She carefully planted a never dying periwinkle, that was blue and pink. "I love you baby, why'd they take you from me? They took the two most important people… I don't know what to do without you, when I cry who is going to hug me, when I get hurt whose going to kiss all of the pain away? … you'll always be in my heart…don't forget that." She said looking up to the sky.
"I-I don't wa-want to emb-embarrass you…people'll star-stare." Tara stuttered letting go of Willow's hand, who was just recently a lesbian, due to the snide remarks they were getting. Willow pulled Tara close to her.
"Let them." She said , then kissed her in the middle of the college campus clutching the ends of her girlfriends pretty green shirt. To her, it was no different than kissing a guy in public, and she just ignored the comments and glares. All that was there, was her and her sunshine.
"Tara?" Willow asked hopefully.
"W-Willow?" Tara asked timidly.
"Tara?" Willow asked a hopeful smile crossing her face.
"Willow… I got so lost."
"I found you." Willow said bringing Tara into her arms. "I will always find you." She said raining kisses all over her face.
"Tara, oh God , I can't lose you to…wake up!" Tara…NO!"
"Willow… Will's, Willow." Oz's voice interrupted her on rush of memories, bringing her back to consciousness, she focused her attention on him. "I want you to be happy. All I want for you, is to be happy. Tara does that." Oz said. Willow hugged him tightly.
"Thank you Oz…so much, thank you so much."