A Hollywood Horror

Chapter Three

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.

"Faith?"

"What Red?"

"I…"

"Yeah?"

"I don't think I'm normal."

"Who is?" a pause. "We certainly aren't."

"I know but…" a pause. "I don't really…"

"You're gay, right? Is that what you wanted to tell me?"

A thirteen-year-old Willow looked up at her sister horrified.

"What? You thought I'd hate you or somethin'?"

"Yeah." A pause. "How'd you know?"

"I've seen you checking girls out."

"You…you won't tell will you?"

"Never."

Willow awoke in a strange place. And panicked. Then she remembered where she was. Buffy's house. She looked over to the other three girls. She left the room.

Tara woke up feeling nice and refreshed. She looked over to find the redhead. Her sleeping bag was empty. She waited five minutes. Still no sign of the other girl. "Buff. Buffy, wake up."

"What is it Tare?" The slayer was not happy about being woken.

"She's gone."

"Who?"

"Willow."

With that said, the slayer immediately popped out of bed. "She's what?!" Tara had to wince at that.

"What's going on?" Buffy's yelling had woken Anya up.

"Willow's gone." The ex vengeance demon noted the note of worry in the witch's voice.

It felt good to get away from prying eyes. The only one of them that she even wanted to be around was Tara. She smiled just thinking the name. There's no way she'd like someone like me though. Even if she did like girls…

The red haired Wiccan was getting a feel for the town. Not that there was much town. It's so clean. It was nothing like were she grew up.

I wonder what Faith's favorite part of town was. She chuckled. Probably some club. She missed her sister.

Xander saw her. She was simply walking around, taking in the town. He ran up to her. "Hey there!" The girl jumped.

"H-hey."

"I thought you and the gals were doing the slumber party thing." He grinned.

"I…I wanted to take a walk."

"Well, in Sunnydale that may not be the best idea." He noticed the look she was giving him. "Demons. They're everywhere." A pause. "Do they know you left?"

She gave him a sheepish look. "Not exactly."

"I get it. The girls were being a bit to prying weren't they?" She nodded. "Do you know anything about computers? I have this outline for work I have to make and well, I'm having some problems with the computer. I'd ask Tare but, she's not that great with them. Out of us she's the best but…" He watched as a grin grew on her face.

"Sure!" a pause. "I mean, I'd love to! I'm great at computers." It was obvious that this was one of the few things she was proud of.

"Thanks."

The three girls shuffled into Xander's house. They were hoping that maybe he'd run into the missing girl earlier. As they came down the stairs, they saw him and the girl in question sitting at the table, using Tara's computer.

"Willow!" The redhead jumped when she heard the slayer's voice.

"B-Buffy!" Her voice squeaked.

"Where did you go? You can't just run off!"

Tara placed a hand on her friend's shoulder. "Don't be too hard on her." Anya's eyes narrowed as she looked at the blond Wicca.

"I j-j-just needed to take a walk." The redhead was nervous. They all could tell.

"Hey Buff, give the girl a break! She's helping me with a project for work. The girl's a computer whiz!" he joked.

The redhead looked down. "Sorry."

Tara looked the other girl in the eyes. "Don't be."