Once more with feelings...Again

By Purple Faith

Disclaimer--we own nothing. This is just our twisted minds at work.

Chapter 3: I'LL NEVER TELL & I'M UNDER YOUR SPELL

Dawn enters the store wearing a huge smile. "Oh my god. You will never

believe what happened at school today."

The rest of the gang sitting around the table looking at books.

"Everybody started singing and dancing?" Buffy asks

Dawn looks disappointed. "I gave birth to a pterodactyl."

"Oh my god,"Anya looks up. "Did it sing?"

Willow and Tara starts whispering to each other.

"So, you guys too, huh?" Dawn walks closer.

"So what'd you guys sing about?" Xander asks.

"Math," Dawn sighs.

Dawn puts down her backpack, and sits on a stool by the counter. Willow

stops whispering in Tara's ear.

"Tha-That's right!" Tara says loudly. "The, the volume. The text."

"What text?" Giles asks.

"The volume-y text," Willow explains. "You know? The, the report."

"The what now?" Xander leans closer.

"Oh," Tara takes over. "There's just a few volumes back at the house

that deal with mystical chants, bacchanals."

Dawn glances at the counter, and sees a necklace lying there.

"It might be relevant."

"Yeah, we could, um-" Willow mumbles.

"Well," Giles nods, "I'm a hair's breadth from investigating bunnies

at

the moment, so I'm open to anything."

Dawn furtively picks up the necklace and puts it in her pocket.

" Great," Willow smiles. "We'll, uh, go check it out and uh, we'll

give you a call."

"Yeah," Tara grins, "this could blow the whole thing wide open."

Willow and Tara are walking through a park. It's sunny and beautiful. Green

grass, blue sky, etc.

" Do we have any books at all at home?" Tara finally asks.

"Well, who wants to be cooped up on a day like this?" Willow questions

back. "The sun is shining, there's songs going on..."

A couple of young men walk by and look at Willow and Tara as they pass.

"...those guys are checking you out."

"What?" Tara turns to look. "Wh-What are they looking at?"

Willow grins. "The hotness of you, doofus."

"Those boys really thought I was hot?" (She looks back at them again)

"Entirely."

"Oh my god. I'm cured! I want the boys!"

Tara makes like she's going to run after the guys. Willow grabs her and pulls

her back, and Tara giggles.

"Do I have to fight to keep you?" Willow asks. " 'Cause I'm not large

with the butch."

They stand underneath a tree, leaning on a wooden railing.

"I'm just ... not used to that," Tara shrugs. "They-they were really

looking at me?"

" And you can't imagine what they see in you."

"I know exactly what they see in me. You."

In another park of town, Tommy is walking alone. After the Rangers made

contact with Dimitria, saying that they were succesful with contacting the

Sunnydale people. He's going over what Dimitira had sent them, trying to find

out what would help. He's also trying to avoid Kimberly. The last time they were

in the same room, things didn't go so well.

TARA and TOMMY:

I lived my life in shadow

Never the sun on my face.

It didn't seem so sad, though

I figured that was my place

Now I'm bathed in light

Tara walks out from the shade, lifting her face to the sun.

TARA AND TOMMY

Something just isn't right

I'm under your spell

How else could it be

Anyone would notice me?

It's magic, I can tell

How you set me free

Brought me out so easily.

There's a little stream with a bridge over it. Willow and Tara are on the

bridge. Tara takes Willow's hand and they walk off the bridge onto a path,

holding hands.

TARA: (verse two)

I saw a world enchanted

Spirits and charms in the air.

Tara makes a gesture with her arm and sparkles appear, following her hand

with a little tinkling noise.

TARA:

I always took for granted

I was the only one there.

Willow makes some even more impressive sparkles with her hand, ending in a

small shower of sparks surrounding them both. They smile at each other.

TARA:

But your power shone

Brighter than any I've known.

Tara spins away from Willow. We see a small pond at the edge of the grass.

Tara begins to dance.

TARA and TOMMY:

I'm under your spell

Nothing I can do

You just took my soul with you

A couple of young women are on the grass sunbathing in the background. They

get up and begin dancing in sync with Tara. Tommy just keeps walking down the

street.

TARA and TOMMY:

You worked your charms so well

Finally, I knew

Everything I dreamed was true

You made me believe.



Willow and Tara spin around in each other's arms. Suddenly they are in their

bedroom. They sit down on the bed and look lovingly at each other. The music

continues.

TOMMY:

The moon to the tide

TARA:

I can feel you inside

I'm under your spell [lies down on the bed]

Surging like the sea [Willow leans over her, smiles]

Wanting you so helplessly

I break with every swell [Willow moves downward, disappears out of shot]

Lost in ecstasy

Spread beneath my willow tree

You make me complete!

Tara's body slowly rises up and hovers over the bed.

TARA (TOMMY):

You make/(made) me complete

You make/(made( me complete

You make/(made) me...

Back in the magic shop, everyone's still looking at books.

"I bet they're not even working," Xander grumbles.

"Who now?" Buffys asks, confused.

"Willow and Tara. You see the way they were with each other? The

get-a-roominess to them? I bet they're-" he glances at Dawn, catches himself.

"Singing. They're probably singing right now."

"I'm sure Willow and Tara are making every effort," Giles looks up.

"Oh, yeah."

"Xander," Buffy scrowls at him.

"Buffy, it's okay," Dawn reassures. "I do know about this stuff. Besides,

it's all kinda romantic."

"No it's not!" Buffy and Xander say at the same time.

DAWN: Come on! Songs, dancing around. What's gonna be wrong with that?

In the Bronze, it's dark. A man is tap-dancing across the floor. His

expression is scared and desperate. He continues dancing and suddenly bursts

into

flame, screaming.

He falls to the floor in front of a pair of feet in red shoes and red pants.

A demon in a red suit, with red skin and a pointy chin smiles

"That's entertainment," Sweet smiles.

The next day, in Xander's apartment building.....

"You want some breakfast, baby?" Xander asks Anya.

In the bedroom, Xander and Anya are still in bed.

"You don't have to go to work?" she looks at him.

"Nah, I shut the crew down for the day. My guys start dancing around me,

I don't know if I can deal. It's a flab thing. So, waffles?"

"Will you still make me waffles when we're married?"

"No, I'll only make them for myself, but by California law, you will own

half of them." He kisses her. "Hey, how about omelettes? I could do an

omelette. I've almost got that-"

Xander continues talking unintelligibly as Anya sits up and begins to sing.

At the motel where the Rangers are staying at, Kat and Jason are also waking

up. They were sharing a room, since they are going out and everything.

ANYA and KAT:

This is the man that I plan to entangle

Isn't he fine?

ANYA:

My claim to fame was to maim and to mangle

Vengeance was mine!

But I'm out of the biz

The name I made, I'll trade for his

Both Girls:

The only trouble is [pauses, shakes her head]

I'll never tell.

Anya gets up and walks off. Xander sits up in bed and sings. The same

happens at the motel.

XANDER and JASON:

She is the one

She's such wonderful fun

Such passion and grace.

Anya returns, sits beside him to put on her slippers. Xander fondles her

knee.

XANDER:

Warm in the night when I'm right in her tight- [catches himself]

Embrace! Tight embrace! [hugs her]

I'll never let her go [Anya putting slippers on]

JASON AND XANDER

The love we've known can only grow

There's just one thing that - no.

I'll never tell.

ALL FOUR:

'Cause there's nothing to tell.

The two of them leaving the bedroom, emerging into the living room. Jason

and Kat head to the small kitchen.



GRILS:

He snores.

GUYS:

She wheezes.

GIRLS:

Say 'housework' and he freezes.

XANDER: [opens the fridge]

She eats these skeezy cheeses that I can't describe.

Xander picks up a green cheese, sniffs it and makes an "ew" face.

GIRLS:

I talk, he breezes.

XANDER:

She doesn't know what 'please' is.

ANYA:

His penis got diseases from a Chumash tribe! [Xander looks annoyed, closes

fridge]

ALL 4:

The vibe gets kind of scary

GUYS:

Like she thinks I'm ordinary

GIRLS:

Like it's all just temporary

BOYS:

Like her toes are kind of hairy

4: [giving each other fake smiles]

But it's all very well

'Cause god knows, I'll never tell!

Xander opens the newspaper. The headline on the front page reads: MAYHEM

CAUSED. MONSTERS CERTAINLY NOT INVOLVED, OFFICIALS SAY. Jason looks at the

info

Dimitria sent them.

ANYA:

When things get rough, he

Just hides behind his Buffy! [Xander gives her a look]

Now look, he's getting huffy

'Cause he knows that I know.

BOYS

She clings

She's needy

She's also really greedy

She nev-

GIRLS:

His eyes are beady!

BOYS:

This is my verse, hello!

She-

Anya and Kat begins to dance in flapper style.

GIRLS: (spoken) Look at me! I'm dancing crazy!

Xander and Jason joins the dance and they dance together around the

apartment.

4:

You know...

BOYS:

You're quite the charmer.

GIRLS: My knight in armor.

XANDER:

You're the cutest of the Scoobies

JASON:

With your lips as red as rubies

BOYS: And your firm yet supple- [catches himself]

Tight embrace!

They resume dancing, then go to opposite sides of the dining room table and

sit.

GIRLS:

He's swell

BOYS:

She's sweller

BOYS:

He'll always be my feller

That's why I'll never tell her that I'm petrified.

ANYA:

I've read this tale

There's wedding, then betrayal

I know there'll come the day I'll want to run and hide.

They get up, crawl across the table toward each other.

4:

I lied

I said it's easy

I've tried

But there's these fears I've can't quell

They sit with their backs pressed against each other.

BOYS:

Is she looking for a pot of gold?

GIRLS:

Will I look good when I've gotten old? [stands up]

BOYS:

Will our lives become too stressful if I'm never that successful?

GIRLS:

When I get so worn and wrinkly that I look like David Brinkley?

They get up, resume dancing.

BOYS:

Am I crazy?

GIRLS:

Am I dreamin'?

XANDER:

Am I marrying a demon?

4:

We could really raise the beam in making marriage a hell!

So, thank god, I'll never tell!

I swear that I'll never tell!

They walk around the table, toward the couches in the living-room area.

BOYS:

My lips are sealed

GIRLS:

I take the Fifth

BOYS:

Nothing to see

Move it along

4:

I'll never Tell!

They both fall back onto the sofa, clutching each other and laughing fake

Hollywood-musical laughs.

A/N: That was de end of da chapter. Sorry it took so long, you know we ppl, have a life. PLease r/r