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Authors note: I actually got to Chapter 20 of this fic. Wow. Considering I normally get bored after 3 or 4 chapters that's pretty good. I'm guessing I'm back on track with the kids as no-one has said otherwise. So good. I'll try and keep it so.
CHAPTER 20
Giles glared around at the children. So much for them behaving themselves. They had all promised faithfully yesterday evening that they would be good for Wesley. He hadn't really expected them to stick to it, but he would have liked to have been proved wrong.
Apparently they had been fine until after their training sessions. Then they had gone crazy. The way Wes was describing their antics it sounded as if they had been purposely tormenting him for several hours.
All he knew was that he had arrived back to the town to find Xander hiding behind a tree and Wesley dashing around desperately chasing several speedy little shapes. To him that did not seem to classify as behaving.
He looked back at their contrite little faces and smiled slightly. Yes, he knew it was just a show, but they looked so sorry.
"Well, now we have all of you in the one spot, there is someone I'd like to meet" he said, putting a slight reproach into his tone. He nodded over at Willow. "I believe you already know her Willow"
Willow looked startled. Someone she knew? Who could that be? And where was whoever it was? She couldn't see anyone.
"Who?" she asked curiously.
Giles smiled at his student. "An old friend of yours" he answered mysteriously.
Willow pouted at him. "I wanna know who! Tell!" she demanded.
"Go and see for yourself" Giles told her.
Willow ran over to the car excitedly and flung open the door. A second later the others heard her yell own excitedly.
"Tara! What are you doin' here?" Willow demanded in delight, as she saw her old best friend for the first time in almost a year.
"Hey Will" Tara said quietly.
Willow grabbed her friend by the hand and excitedly pulled her out of the car and towards Buffy, Kendra, Faith and the boys.
"This is Tara" she introduced. "She was my bestest best friend before I came here. She's a witch too, right Tara?"
Tara smiled shyly. This new Willow was a little overwhelming. The Will she remembered had been shy, almost as much as Tara herself.
Buffy grinned over at the brown haired girl Willow was still holding enthusiastically by the hand. "Hi" she said simply.
Willow took over again. "These are my friends here. The blond one's Buffy, that's Kendra and that's Faith. They're all Potentials," she said, unaware of the fact that she was babbling, tripping over her own words in her excitement.
Tara grinned nervously at them "Hi" she murmured. She wasn't sure what she thought about them. They looked a bit scary, although they were obviously trying to be friendly.
"And these are the guys" Willow continued, oblivious to her friend nervousness. "That's Xander, and that's Oz. Oz is a werewolf"
Tara couldn't help feeling a little scared at that. No one had told her one of the boys was a werewolf. Weren't werewolves nasty? They always were in the books her dad got her to read.
"Oh don't worry, Oz doesn't bite" Willow said cheerfully, seeing the look this time, and guessing it's cause. She remembered that she had felt a little scared too, when they had first found out about Oz being a wolfie.
"Nope, don't bite" Oz agreed. "And I only go wolf-y a few times a month. And I don't hurt anyone then. Wes locks me in a cage so I cant"
Tara tried to smile at him. "Um... that's... nice," she said weakly. That made it sound like he would hurt people, if he wasn't locked up. What would happen if he somehow got loose?
She decided she was going to stay well away from Oz when the full moon was due. Just to be on the safe side. Although Oz certainly didn't look dangerous. Except that his grin was a little wolfish. But she figured she could handle that.
She wasn't sure what sure thought of the other boy either. He seemed friendly, like the others. She liked his smile. It was silly. He looked like the kind of person she imagined would always be joking. She'd never really known anyone silly before. Most of the people she knew were Watcher's children. And Watchers liked people to be sensible. So their kids generally didn't muck about.
Well not normally anyway. She and Willow had been silly sometimes when they were together. It was fun, and their parents hadn't minded too much as long as they didn't get too bad.
She felt Willow drag on her arm again and started walking. They were heading towards a house, which she guessed must be where she was going to live.
"That's our house" Willow said proudly, liking acting as a tour guide. She quite liked showing people around places, and Tara was her friend, so she was going to show her all the best places.
She led her friend into her room, to show her around. To Willow's surprise there was now another be, alongside her own. She blinked, then grinned.
"I guess you're sleeping in here with me!" she exclaimed, still rather giddy.
"Guess so" Tara answered her with a grin. She was deciding that maybe she did like this new Willow, even if she was rather different from who she remembered.
The way her friend was now seemed to indicate that she liked fun. And the Giles guy had told her about some of the things that Willow and the others had done.
Tara was sure her father would not disapprove of her and Willow having fun, not as long as she did her lessons well. He never had before. And she could always stop it if he didn't like it. He would say when he visited.
Maybe this was going to be a good place to live after all.
Authors note: Review please, I'll try and update soon.
Authors note: I actually got to Chapter 20 of this fic. Wow. Considering I normally get bored after 3 or 4 chapters that's pretty good. I'm guessing I'm back on track with the kids as no-one has said otherwise. So good. I'll try and keep it so.
CHAPTER 20
Giles glared around at the children. So much for them behaving themselves. They had all promised faithfully yesterday evening that they would be good for Wesley. He hadn't really expected them to stick to it, but he would have liked to have been proved wrong.
Apparently they had been fine until after their training sessions. Then they had gone crazy. The way Wes was describing their antics it sounded as if they had been purposely tormenting him for several hours.
All he knew was that he had arrived back to the town to find Xander hiding behind a tree and Wesley dashing around desperately chasing several speedy little shapes. To him that did not seem to classify as behaving.
He looked back at their contrite little faces and smiled slightly. Yes, he knew it was just a show, but they looked so sorry.
"Well, now we have all of you in the one spot, there is someone I'd like to meet" he said, putting a slight reproach into his tone. He nodded over at Willow. "I believe you already know her Willow"
Willow looked startled. Someone she knew? Who could that be? And where was whoever it was? She couldn't see anyone.
"Who?" she asked curiously.
Giles smiled at his student. "An old friend of yours" he answered mysteriously.
Willow pouted at him. "I wanna know who! Tell!" she demanded.
"Go and see for yourself" Giles told her.
Willow ran over to the car excitedly and flung open the door. A second later the others heard her yell own excitedly.
"Tara! What are you doin' here?" Willow demanded in delight, as she saw her old best friend for the first time in almost a year.
"Hey Will" Tara said quietly.
Willow grabbed her friend by the hand and excitedly pulled her out of the car and towards Buffy, Kendra, Faith and the boys.
"This is Tara" she introduced. "She was my bestest best friend before I came here. She's a witch too, right Tara?"
Tara smiled shyly. This new Willow was a little overwhelming. The Will she remembered had been shy, almost as much as Tara herself.
Buffy grinned over at the brown haired girl Willow was still holding enthusiastically by the hand. "Hi" she said simply.
Willow took over again. "These are my friends here. The blond one's Buffy, that's Kendra and that's Faith. They're all Potentials," she said, unaware of the fact that she was babbling, tripping over her own words in her excitement.
Tara grinned nervously at them "Hi" she murmured. She wasn't sure what she thought about them. They looked a bit scary, although they were obviously trying to be friendly.
"And these are the guys" Willow continued, oblivious to her friend nervousness. "That's Xander, and that's Oz. Oz is a werewolf"
Tara couldn't help feeling a little scared at that. No one had told her one of the boys was a werewolf. Weren't werewolves nasty? They always were in the books her dad got her to read.
"Oh don't worry, Oz doesn't bite" Willow said cheerfully, seeing the look this time, and guessing it's cause. She remembered that she had felt a little scared too, when they had first found out about Oz being a wolfie.
"Nope, don't bite" Oz agreed. "And I only go wolf-y a few times a month. And I don't hurt anyone then. Wes locks me in a cage so I cant"
Tara tried to smile at him. "Um... that's... nice," she said weakly. That made it sound like he would hurt people, if he wasn't locked up. What would happen if he somehow got loose?
She decided she was going to stay well away from Oz when the full moon was due. Just to be on the safe side. Although Oz certainly didn't look dangerous. Except that his grin was a little wolfish. But she figured she could handle that.
She wasn't sure what sure thought of the other boy either. He seemed friendly, like the others. She liked his smile. It was silly. He looked like the kind of person she imagined would always be joking. She'd never really known anyone silly before. Most of the people she knew were Watcher's children. And Watchers liked people to be sensible. So their kids generally didn't muck about.
Well not normally anyway. She and Willow had been silly sometimes when they were together. It was fun, and their parents hadn't minded too much as long as they didn't get too bad.
She felt Willow drag on her arm again and started walking. They were heading towards a house, which she guessed must be where she was going to live.
"That's our house" Willow said proudly, liking acting as a tour guide. She quite liked showing people around places, and Tara was her friend, so she was going to show her all the best places.
She led her friend into her room, to show her around. To Willow's surprise there was now another be, alongside her own. She blinked, then grinned.
"I guess you're sleeping in here with me!" she exclaimed, still rather giddy.
"Guess so" Tara answered her with a grin. She was deciding that maybe she did like this new Willow, even if she was rather different from who she remembered.
The way her friend was now seemed to indicate that she liked fun. And the Giles guy had told her about some of the things that Willow and the others had done.
Tara was sure her father would not disapprove of her and Willow having fun, not as long as she did her lessons well. He never had before. And she could always stop it if he didn't like it. He would say when he visited.
Maybe this was going to be a good place to live after all.
Authors note: Review please, I'll try and update soon.