Author: LCA

Disclaimer: i don't own them. i will never own them. and yet i can dream. The song is I Will Remember You by Sara McGlauchlin.

Timeline: a/u after BtVS 6 and Angel 3 but without the whole Darla/Angel in season 2 and Willow didn't go evil.

Synopsis: Wes died in a battle and the Angel crew moved to Sunnydale to get away from the memories. in the memorable last chapter Ethan Rayne sent Sweet to our good friends. Buffy and Angel fell under the singing spell and ended up making love. could this mean that he's evil again? yes, yes it could.

Distribution: ask, beg, take, have, cherish!

Feedback: if u don't send me feedback for this u are a horrible person and deserve to be punished. j/k.or am I?

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They went to her grave just like they did everyday. Xander would wait around, maybe visit Ms. Calendar and Willow would talk to Tara. Sometimes she listened, tried to hear if she was out there, if she was trying to contact me. Usually she wasn't but sometimes...

Will could swear she heard her voice in the wind, smelt that perfume she always wore, but before she knew it those seconds would be gone and there would be nothing but granite to talk to. Granite doesn't say much.

The hardest part was that Tara didn't know. That she was dying that is, she didn't know. She thought it had been WILLOW'S blood on WILLOW'S shirt. What would her last words have been if she had known?

/Oh, well./ Willow thought. /What's the point of wondering things that will never be answered. Tara's gone, and I think I've started to except that fact./

Slowly Willow looked up to the sky and started singing:

*I will remember you,

will you remember me?

dont let your life pass you by,

weep not for the memories, *

Nobody believed her when she said she was o.k., they all went, "It's o.k. to let your feelings show. Don't be scared to be angry." Willow WAS angry, furious really, but she realized that being mad wouldn't bring Tara back. And Tara wouldn't want her to be tortured for no reason.

*Remember the good times that we had.

We let them slip away from us when things got bad.

Clearly I first saw u smiling in the sun,

I could feel your warmth upon me

I wouldn't be alone *

She said goodbye like she always did.

"Love you babe"

Left flowers like she always did. Lillies of the Garden, her favorite. And walked off to find Xander, still singing softly.

*I will remember you

will you remember me?

don't let your life pass you by

weep not for the memories.*

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Xander was walking along the cemetary. Odd, how he knew this place almost better then he knew the back of his hand. There's the moseleum where Spike used to stay. There's Miss Calendar, he still missed her sometimes. He knew Giles did...

There was Ms. Summers. And Buffy's grave next to it. Xander stopped to talk to his old mentor for a few minutes. He had so many thoughts in his head right now, and he needed to talk to someone, someone that wouldn't judge. Even though it was rather gross, a dead woman seemed his best option.

*i'm so tired but i cant sleep

standing on the edge of somethin much too deep

it's funny how we feel so much but cannot say a word

we are screaming inside but we can't be heard

i will remember you

will you remember me?

dont let your life pass you by

weep not for the memories *

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Oz couldn't believe it. Willow needed him and hadn't called. He needed to get to her, NOW! He still loved her, even if the feelings weren't mutual. She HAD to know he would always be there for her. His Willow Tree, how had she grown so far away from him?

*i'm so afraid to love you but more afraid to lose

clinging to a past that doesnt let me choose

once there was a darkness deep and endless night

you gave me everything you had oh you gave me light *

Huh, weird Oz usually didn't sing. Whatever. Welcome to Sunnydale.

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Xander and Willow met up like they always did, by the front gates. It was purly intuitive how they knew when it was time to go. As they looked at eachother a deep sadness beyond words went through them, as did an understanding. They would be back tomorrow, they would always be back tomorrow. As they left Willow sang softly:

*and i will remember you

will you remember me?

dont let your life pass you by

weep not for the memories

and i will remember you

will you remember me?

dont let life pass you by

weep not for the memories

weep not for the memories *

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