A Hollywood Horror

Chapter Two

Disclaimer: I own Buffy in no way.

Summary: AU: This is another one of those fics where instead of Willow who's lived in Sunnydale her whole life, it was Tara. Willow is brought to town for a specific reason and the two meet. Enjoy!

Rating: PG-13 to R

Pairings: B/?, X/A, W/T, F/?, others?

A/N: Feedback is welcomed. It gives me motivation and boosts my self-esteem.

Now that Tara could see her, she knew that the redhead was indeed beautiful. She couldn't take her eyes off her. And their eyes met. She almost wished they hadn't. The girl's eyes had been large and frightened. And haunted. She thought. Can't forget haunted.

The girl standing in front of her was a petite, thin redhead. She should eat more. She was also quite pale. She stood in the corner, in an oversized sweater, desperately trying to blend in with the wall.

It wasn't working. She was the one thing in the room that was worth looking at. Though to Tara, she was thinking something completely different from the others. The room was silent, no one spoke.

"I-I…maybe I should…sorry." The redhead struggled to get the words out.

Tara's heart went out to the girl right then, if not earlier. "Hi." She walked forward and held a hand out to the witch.

The girl looked away and ignored the hand. "Hello." She wouldn't look any of them in the eyes.

"I'm Tara." The hand still waited. Finally, the redhead gave in and took it. The other girl's hand was small. They released. Her hand tingled form the touch. She hoped no one else had noticed her reaction.

"Xander. Nice to meet you."

"I'm Anya."

Buffy appeared to be sizing the girl up. It worried the blond witch that the slayer would take her grudge on Faith out on Willow. Tara sent her friend a pleading look. Thankfully, Buffy took the hint. "I'm Buffy."

"I know." a pause. "Mr. Giles." She received a look from him. "Err…Giles." A pause. "He told me about you. In a good way, I mean. Not that he would say anything bad about you and even if he did it certainly wouldn't be to me and I'm shutting up now."

Buffy smiled at her. "You and Faith really are sisters?" She turned to Giles. "I think you made a mistake. She and Faith are nothing alike."

The redhead blushed. "Faith isn't that bad." The room became silent.

"I say we should have a girl's night!" Any chirped. "You, me, Buffy, and Tara. What do you guys think?"

Tara smiled at the ex-vengeance demon. "I think that's a good idea. Buffy?"

The slayer grunted a sound that sounded something like a yes.

The four girls sat in Buffy's living room. "Mom said that when she cam home she'd try to stay out of the way."

Anya turned to face the shy redhead. "So, tell us about yourself." Willow tried to find a way out of the question.

Tara decided to help out. "How long have you been practicing?"

The redheaded witch blushed. "Years." A pause. "You?"

"Since I was seventeen. We had this issue with An…a vampire and well…"

Anya piped up. "He was Buffy's boyfriend." The girl in question glared at the ex demon.

"You d-don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"So do you have a boyfriend?" Any was definitely being a bit too chipper. "If you don't, Xander's mine. You can't have him."

The redhead looked like she wanted to disappear. Tara decided it was intervention time. "You don't have to tell us."

Willow smiled gratefully at the blond witch. I'm surrounded by blondes. There was only one she was interested in though. I'm definitely crushing here. Okay Rosenberg, keep it together. All you have to do is avoid any questions based on having boyfriends and on anything else about you. She snuck another look at the other witch. Definitely crushing.

Anya hadn't spent a thousand years as a vengeance demon for nothing. She could tell when someone was interested, and the Willow girl was definitely interested in Tara. Now the question is, do I open my mouth or not? It was tempting, but in the end, she decided not too. And they say I have no tact!