Chapter 2
Willow kneels there nervous as hell waiting for tara to give her an answer. She thinks back on everything that happened between them over the years. They meet, they fight demons, they fall in love, tara gets her brain sucked, willow goes to dark magic for a while but they stay together and tara helps willow recover, buffy dies, moving in together, and many more memories, and all their future together depends on this answer. Sure they could still be friends or girlfriends but it would feel weird after that.
Tara stands there thinking this can not be real 'Oh my god, the love of my life just asked me to marry her. Well of course I am going to say yes. I can't live a day without this woman. I am totally ready for this.' "Yes! Yes! Yes!" Tara yells out for the world to hear and grabs her lover and brings her to her lips. The kiss turned into hunger for one another.
Buffy and faith scream their heart out literally. They jump around excited for their friends. They look over toward the now engaged couple and noticed that they were looking their way. "Sorry, we will be going now the sun will be coming up soon so I think you are safe. Have fun!" Buffy yells to her friends who waved goodbye as they leave still bouncing up and down but try and get back together so nobody else finds out. They know willow and tara want to tell everyone else them self.
Willow and tara laugh as they watch the two slayers leave. Tara furrows her brow. "Why were they here?"
"Well, I wanted them as our body guards so nothing and no one interrupts us." Willow smiles at her new fiancé.
Tara smiles as she enters for another kiss. They fall back on the blanket with willow lying between tara's legs. Willow brings her hand up to the bottom of tara's shirt and rubs the skin on her side which sends electricity through both of them. The two newly engaged couple make love on the beach as the sun was rising and stayed there for a good part of the morning.
When the witches get back home the went up to their room when they didn't see anyone around. Right when they closed the door there was a knock.
Willow opens the door and buffy jumps on her with this huge bone crushing hug. "Umm, buffy. I could use air right about now." Willow gasp as she tries to take in all the air she can while laughing.
Buffy jumps off. "Sorry, I am just so excited. You two are engaged." She walks over to tara in tears and hugs her with a little less slayer strength. "I love you guys." She looks into tara's eyes with tears coming down. "You're like my new sister-in-law." She hugs tara again and willow stands there smiling. Buffy was starting to leave after she gave both of them a kiss on the cheek. Once buffy was gone and the door was closed willow and tara started laughing uncontrollable.
"Buffy can get a little crazy can't she?" Willow said putting her arm around tara's waist while tara puts her arms around willows neck.
"Yeah, but it is always fun to watch. But yes, she can get a little over the top." Tara said smiling while kissing her lover.
"Yeah… Do you want to go tell them now. They might all be at the magic box?" Willow said bouncing up and down.
Tara laughs. "Well someone is excited."
"Can't hide it." Willow smiled.
Kissing all along the way to the magic box with some stops along the way with someone pushing the other up against a wall, they made their way to the magic box to tell everyone.
When they got their they found everyone there. Anya, zander, buffy, and faith were sitting at the table and dawn and bri were sitting on the second floor with their feet dangling. Willow and tara walked in and were greeted by everyone.
Willow took tara's hand and cleared her throat. "Everyone, we want to make an announcement." Everyone looked their way and willow took a deep breath. "Tara and I are engaged." They both smiled when the store was filled with yelling and applause.
Dawn came running down the steps and ran for the witches giving each a big hug. "Oh, my god! I am so happy for you two!"
Bri comes up behind dawn and tried to drag her away so other people can congratulate them. "Dawn, sweetie, let other people in." Bri laughed as dawn backed, bri and dawn put their arms around each other watching everyone else.
Everyone sat around the table for a couple of hours talking about the wedding and what happened when willow asked her with out details that should be kept between them. Since buffy and faith knew everything they went on patrol while bri decided to go home so dawn went with her. Zander, anya, willow, and tara stayed to talk more before they all wanted to go home.
Bri and dawn were walking hand in hand down the street to bri's apartment. Dawn looks up at bri and furrows her brow. "Hey bri, do you consider us girlfriends?"
Bri looks up at dawn and cups her cheek with her hand. "Yeah, I do. I hope that's ok I mean we haven't really talked about it but I…" Dawn kissed bri once again to stop her babble.
Dawn smiled. "It's alright. I was just wondering. I love being your girlfriend."
"And what is your favorite part of being my girlfriend?" Bri asked as she put her hands around dawn's waist.
Dawn smiled and put her arms around bri's neck. "I can kiss you any time I want."
Dawn and bri started making out on the side walk when buffy and faith came up to them.
"You know, if I didn't know any better I would say that my sister and her girlfriend were making out on the side walk even though that is so not right." Buffy said smiling.
Dawn looked over at her sister. "Oh, yeah right because making out in the cemeteries is so much better." She furrows her bro. "How did you know we were girlfriends?"
"Slayer hearing. We heard you guys talk about it just now." Buffy said. Buffy and faith walk off leaving dawn and bri alone again. They started walking again and soon came up to bri's apartment.
"Do you want to come inside? We could grab a drink, I could make you something?" Bri had a pleading sound in her voice which made dawn laugh.
Dawn thought for a second and smiled. "Sure, why not."
With that they both went into the apartment. Bri gave dawn the grand tour. When they first walk through the door they walk into the living room with a whole wall made of windows so you could see a field of grass. It had a good size TV and a white leather couch. There are three rooms that build off the living room. One is the kitchen that has a modern look to it with everything assessable. Another was her office which had a wooden desk with a laptop and a filing cabinet. The last room was the bed room. The room had a dresser and a giant mirror that covered up almost the whole wall on one side and of coarse a queen size bed.
"Wow, I love it. I wish I had my own place but buffy certainly won't allow that." Dawn said sighing.
"You wanna watch some TV." Bri asked hoping the answer was yes. She didn't want her to leave but it was her choice. When dawn nodded they both went into the living room. Dawn called buffy just to tell her that she would be staying there for a while and she would be home later. They picked a movie out of her collection and started watching it. After a while they ended up sleeping together on the couch. During the night bri somehow found a way to spoon dawn from behind. Neither really minded, in fact they kept pulling each other closer. It was one in the morning and someone was banging on the door. The door rips open and buffy comes in very angry and worried. Buffy walks over and sees the two girls sleeping together. By now buffy is angry but also happy that her sister found someone she obviously loves and who loves her back. She carefully gets dawn out of bri's arms and caries her back to the house.
Its been two months since everything happened. Willow and tara are getting everything ready for the wedding which is in five weeks. Buffy and faith are the bridesmaids and been thinking of marriage themselves. Bri and dawn have told everyone that they are girlfriends and everyone is trusting them a little more now to even let them sleep together.
Tara is the first one up as always cooking breakfast.
Buffy walks into the kitchen and goes straight to the coffee. "Your are a goddess, do you know that?"
Tara giggles and looks at buffy. "Well, what brings you to such a good mood this morning?"
"Faith got rid of all my kinks and I feel brand new. And before you get any ideas get it out because it is not like that. She just rubbed my shoulders and stuff like that." Buffy sighed.
Willow walked into the room and smiled at her fiancé and her best friend interact. "Hello, my two favorite women in the world how are you." She walked over to tara and gave her a kiss.
"Don't I get one?" Buffy said with a pout. Willow looked at buffy and then back at tara. Tara nodded and willow went and gave buffy a kiss on the cheek. Buffy smiled. "That's better."
Right when willow kissed buffy faith walked in. "Hey, are you steeling my girlfriend?" Faith laughed.
"No, I would never give up my woman. Sorry buffy I like tara better." Willow laughed as buffy pouted and went over and kissed tara again. Faith went to buffy and kissed her to cheer her up.
Dawn and bri walked in and saw the last part. "What's goin on. There's a smooch fest in the kitchen and no one invited use. How rude." Dawn pouted. Everyone started laughing.
"Well, if you want you can join." Willow laughed. With that everyone went back to smooches until tara remembered her neglected pancakes.
"Oh damn, my pancakes." Tara turned around thankful that they didn't burn.
They had breakfast and went on with their day. Willow and tara are going to get their rings. Buffy and faith are going to train. And dawn and bri are just going to hang out for the day to get away from all the stress there is with helping to plan a wedding.
Willow and tara went into the ring store and went to the front counter were a man was standing smiling at them.
"How may I help you lovely ladies?" The man asks.
"Yes, we are looking for wedding rings." Said tara as she and willow start looking at some in the glass.
"Yes, we have lovely wedding rings. If you will follow me we will see which one fit the other perfectly." The man walks to a glass shelf and brings five sets to the table were the witches were standing. The two lovers look at the five different sets of rings but didn't see themselves in them. The man brought one more set and right when he put it down both girls found what they were looking for. There was one sapphire diamond almost like tara's engagement ring and there was also an emerald diamond. Both girls picked them for each other and smiled. "Good, choice. And did you want to put in an engraving?"
"Yes" Willow took out a paper and pen and wrote down her engraving but didn't let tara see it. Tara did the same thing and gave the papers to the man and left the store after paying the down payment.
Buffy and faith were walking in the cemeteries that night. They got a few vampires but not really how much they were hoping for. Faith kept looking at buffy but then turning back to look in front of her. All this wedding stuff is getting to her and she thinks that it is time. "Hey B. What do you think about marriage? I mean when red and blonde got engaged it got me thinking."
"I know, I have been thinking about it too. I think it would be cool getting married, having kids, teaching them how to fight so they can go out and find there love. Why do you ask?" Buffy has a smile on her face. She wants faith to ask her already. She has been waiting forever it feels like.
Faith got what she needed. She took a breath and took a ring out of her pocket. It was a diamond engagement ring that she picked out herself. She didn't want to tell anybody just in case, but she is ready. She grabs buffy's arm and pulls her to a stop. She looks straight into buffy's eyes, took another breath, got down on one knee, extended the ring, and looked into buffy's eyes. "Buffy, will you marry me?"
Buffy was crying like crazy, faith actually called her buffy instead of B. "Yes." She said it quiet so she wouldn't draw vampires toward them if the were lurking. She pulled faith up to her lips and took possession of her now fiancés lips with red hot passion.
Dawn got to spend the night at bri's tonight to get away from the hectic planning that is going on at the Summers household. It is almost midnight and they are in bed with bri spooning dawn from behind still not asleep yet.
Dawn was thinking about when they first met. If it hadn't been for bri's brave question to dance they would be in their own beds with out knowing one another existed. "Hey bri."
"Hmm?" Bri smiled as she kissed dawns neck.
"Thanks."
"For what?"
"For talking to me at the Bronze and asking me to dance. And told me that you liked me." Dawn said smiling and letting out a small moan from bri pulling her in closer and rubbing her stomach.
"Well some of that has changed. I don't like you anymore. I love you baby." Bri puts he hand in dawn's shirt and rubs her bare belly.
"I love you too. Everyone one at school does too. I have seen the way the boys look at you and even some of the girls too." Dawn started to get a little jealousy in her voice.
Bri turns dawn onto her back and gets on top of her half way to look into her eyes. "Don't worry. I am your bri and I am going to stay that way. I don't care if the cutest boy comes up to me. No go." Bri leans down and takes dawn's bottom lip into her mouth and sucks on it a little before letting it go.
"What about the cutest girl though. I know you won't go for a guy. I mean, your gay." Dawn said giving bri a quick peck before she could answer.
"Well, I am already going out with the cutest girl in school and in the entire world. You are my shining star." Bri goes down to catch dawn's mouth again. She licks the bottom of dawn's lips waiting for entry. Dawn gladly excepted and let bri into her mouth while she did the same thing. Bri brought her hand up and cups dawn's breast getting a slight moan from dawn. The two girls made love with not a care in the world letting their passion and energy they have saved for this very moment flow freely into the dark bedroom and each other.
The next morning at the Summers house was the same but a little different too. Buffy and faith celebrated there engagement with some gay lovin. They haven't told anyone yet.
Buffy was the first one up this time and started the coffee and breakfast.
Tara came down surprised that buffy was up. "Wow, what are you doing up so early? Usually the only think that can get you up is me cooking. Not the other way around."
Buffy walked over to tara and hands her a pre made cup of coffee and smiled. "I am just really happy today."
Willow came into the kitchen catching the last part of what buffy said. "Who is really happy today and why?" Willow took tara's coffee and took a sip before giving back to the blonde.
"Me, I am very happy today but if I tell you then what would I get?" Buffy had an evil grin on her face.
"I could scare it out of you." Willow said who also had an evil grin.
Buffy laughed. "Hey will, you do know I am the slayer. I have died twice. The only way that you can truly scared me is if you killed yourself."
Willow whispered in tara's ear and tara smiled and nodded. Willow walked over to buffy and planted a big kiss on buffy's lips hoping that would do it.
Faith walked in and saw what was going on. "Ok, I know you guys are like sisters so I will let that go but what are you doing with my fiancé?" Faith said laughing.
Willow went wide eyed and turned back to buffy who brought up her left hand with the engagement ring on it and gave a big smile to everyone.
Willow hugged buffy and to everyone's surprise picked her up and twirled her a couple of times before putting her down and looked at the ring. "Oh my god! Buffy when did this happen? What happened? Give as details."
"There is not really much to tell really. We were walking around on patrol and she asked me. I said yes. That's pretty much all." Buffy's smile grew bigger as tara came over and gave her a kiss on the cheek and hugged her. "Congratulations buffy, I am so happy for you and faith." Tara walked over to faith and gave her a hug after willow.
During breakfast dawn, bri, zander, and anya came over and all found out about the news. They celebrated with a party that night and let the girls go to bed early to have another celebration on their own. They partied for a couple more hours until zander and anya went home. Dawn and bri decided to go back to bri's apartment since they didn't feel like hearing anything that would be wrong for them to heat. Willow and tara went upstairs and also celebrated in their own way.
Four weeks later everything is starting to get a little bit too hectic for the lovely couple. Willow is running around the house nervous as hell. They had one more week until the wedding and there was still so much to do. They had to pick up their rings and dresses, everyone that was invited was on their way, they had to make sure everyone new what they were doing, and they all were really nervous. Willow was the worst though. She was running around the house like it was the end of the world. It was a babble fest and everyone was getting a little sick of it. Tara was a little better at everything though. She tried to calm willow down all the time and everyone was grateful for it.
Willow was pacing in the living room on full babble mode. "What if someone forgets their part in the wedding? I mean its not like we can stop to tell them. That would ruin the whole ceremony. What if someone doesn't show up? What if they don't like me? What if they don't approve?"
Willow took a breath and was about to start again before tara stood up from her seat on the couch and went over to her freaked out fiancé. "Sweetie, I know that your nerves and believe me we all are but everything is going to be perfect. Nobody hates you and everyone approves and also knows what to do. It is going to be perfect and do you know why?"
Tara cups willows cheek and smiles. "No, why?" Willow asks with a small smile on her face. Just a touch from her lover makes her feel better.
Tara gave her a peck on the lips and put her forehead on her lovers. "Because we have each other. Nothing can go wrong as long as we have that. Nothing will go wrong, you just need to cool down."
"Promise?" Willow asks.
Tara giggled a little bit. "Promise."
There was a knock at the door and willow went to answer it while tara came up behind her. Willow opened the door to see fred, gunn, and wesley at the door. Wesley waved at the car and a man with a blanket over his head came running into the house stepping on the flames before looking up. "Hey."
"Angel, guys you made it, thank you." Willow said as she hugged everyone. Then it was tara's turn to hug everyone and went back to stand beside her willow.
"Of course we came." Said fred.
Buffy, faith, bri, and dawn came into the living room from upstairs when they heard people down stairs. Buffy came in and saw everyone and started the marathon of hugs that were fallowed by everyone else.
Angel wanted to know about everyone else since he hasn't been in Sunnydale for years now. "So besides the wedding what else is going on here that we might want to know?"
Buffy gave a big smile and looked at faith who nodded her head and brought up her left hand so everyone could see the ring. "Faith and I are engaged!"
"Oh my god! That is so amazing." Fred said really excited and started another round of hugs.
Angel looked a little hurt because he new he would never get buffy back but part of him was happy that she finally found someone who she really loved and could take her into the sun without turning to dust. "That's great, I am happy for you both." He put on a fake smile. He looked over at the two younger girls and saw them holding hands and whispering into each others ears giggling. "So what's up with you two?" He nods over to the girls.
"Oh, were just girlfriends. Not engaged yet." Dawn said with a smile on her face looking over to her lover.
"Yet, you mean you guys are going to get married too?" Tara asks a little excitedly.
"Well, we are only eighteen I mean we haven't really talked about it. But I can dream can't I?" Dawn looked at everyone and then at her girlfriend.
Bri smiles and nodes her head. "Dream away. But I know for a fact that some dreams come true. I met you didn't I?" Bri giggled and kissed dawn on the nose playfully.
"Well, I am happy for you both but before either of you asked the other I want you to ask me first. Got it?" Buffy smiled. She wanted to know about it and she wanted to make sure that they were ready for it.
"Got it." Dawn says with a nod. "So how are the soon to be married couple. Nervous?" Dawn nods over to willow and tara that were standing next to each other with tara's arm over willows shoulder trying to calm her down.
"Were good, willows really nervous but I think once this is over she will be fine." Tara looks at willow who furrows her brow.
"What about you? Your not even a little nervous that we are about to get married?" Willow asks.
Tara nodes her head. "I am a little nervous but we already are going to be together for the rest of our lives this just makes it final. All we are going to do is ask the goddess for her blessing, say our vows, and that's it. Not really much to be nerves about."
Willow nodes. "Your right. No need to be nervous. Ok I am fine. Better than fine, I am great." She looks back over to dawn and bri. "We are ready."
"Glad to hear it. Ok, so are we going to the Bronze? We should be going now. I say we have a celebration." With nodes from everyone they head out the door to go celebrate.
When they get to the Bronze it is packed. They see zander and anya sitting at a table so they went over to them.
"Hey guys, what's up? How long have you been here?" Buffy asks as she finds a seat.
"Oh not to long. How are you guys doing? Nervous?" Zander smiles as willow starts to worry again.
"Well, now that you mention it, yes I am really worried. I mean what if I forget my vows not that I really even have it yet. Oh god I need to work on that and we need to find a place and…" Willow was cut off by a hand over her mouth.
"Now zander, why did you have to get her all worried again. She was fine a minute ago." Tara shakes her head and before taking her hand of willows mouth she asks. "Do you wanna dance with me and get your mind off of everything?"
Willow nodes and tara drop her hand and takes one of willows hands and leads her to the dance floor.
Dawn looks over at the couple dancing and turns to bri. "You wanna dance?" Bri nodes her head and they go out to the dance floor right next to willow and tara as each couple smiles at one another. Soon zander and anya comes and dances next to the other two groups. Buffy, faith, fred, gunn, wesley, and angel stay at the table talking about the resent things that have been going on.
At least a half an hour later everything is the same. The three couples were still dancing and everyone else was talking when the door bursts open in a shatter of wood. A hoard of vampires came into the Bronze scaring everyone. Everyone ran around screaming but the vampires just laughed and thought it makes the blood even better.
A couple vampires went to each exit to block people from leaving. Willow, tara, bri, dawn, zander, and anya came back to the table with everyone else. Buffy, faith, and angel handed weapons out to everyone and sent them to get the vampires at the exits and they would take the rest.
Willow and tara got to the front door that only had two vampires standing there. They got right in front of the two smiling undead figures in front of them. Willow pulled out a cross at got as close to them as she liked to as tara got a stake out and got in position. Everyone has had training with the two slayer just in case so the two witches seemed to be ready. One of the vampires stepped up and then stepped back hissing when willow got a little closer with the cross. The witches had a plan set up so they put it into action. Tara stepped back waiting for her moment as willow leads the two vampires away from the door so tara can get behind and stake them without them noticing. After a few taunting words from willow the two start walking toward her once she brought the cross a little away from them and more toward her. Tara got behind them and staked one before the other jumped at willow and pinned her to the floor leaning forward. As the other turns to dust she goes over to were willow was being pinned. Willow struggled to get the face away but it was no use. Someone pushed tara on top of the vampire that was on top of willow who had a cross at her heart. When tara fell, that pushed the vampire down onto the cross. He started hissing but couldn't get away so tara shoved a stake through the back of his heart. Once he turned to dust, tara fell the remaining distance that was between them with the vampire and fell on top of her lover. This position was not the worst and they were going to stay there but they heard screams, with a groan from each witch they got up to see if they can help the others.
Dawn and bri headed to the back exit were two more vampires stood. Bri took one and dawn took the other as they each took stakes out of their pockets. Bri runs up to one and throws some punches at him which makes him stagger back. Dawn runs up and kicks him in the stomach making him stagger back also. He instantly stands back up and throws some punches at dawn. One of them hit her in the nose making her bleed and another got her in the jaw knocking her unconscious. Bri kicked him in his gut and while he was bending over she knocked him down with her elbow. She pinned him on the ground and staked him, then she looked up to find dawn unconscious on the floor with a bloody nose and lip with a vampire hovering over her. "Dawn!" Bri runs over to her and stakes the vampire and drops to her knees. She pulled the brunette into her arms and started crying and prayer that it is nothing serious. She realizes that she is needed and although she doesn't want to leave her lover, she needs to help the other people. She brings dawn up to the back of the stage and sets her down. She kisses her temple and puts a cover over her so no one would notice and draw attention to her. She ran over to the middle were everyone else was and tried not to think of the danger that her lover is in.
Everyone else was in the middle of the Bronze with the rest of the vampires as everyone else went out the exits that were just cleared out with the help of zander and anya. Buffy and angel were back to back kicking and fighting while faith, gunn, and fred each stake a vampire and move to another group. Willow and tara work on a vampire that all of a sudden turns to dust and they see bri standing there really pissed off. There was about five vampires left and were taken care of with at least another half an our. By this time everyone is out and all that is left is the lead vampire and the group.
After they take care of the last one bri runs back over to dawn and carried her over to the others. "Guys, dawns hurt! She got knocked unconscious about a half an hour ago! Lets go, she needs help, were is the nearest hospital?!" Buffy runs over and checks her sister, they head over to the hospital.
When they arrived at the hospital the doctors took dawn into the emergency room to see what is really going on. Everyone else went into the waiting room waiting for the doctor to come and tell them how dawn is. Willow and tara were raped in each others arms as were buffy and faith. Zander, anya, angel, gunn, and fred were sitting in a seat with their head in their hands or leaning back. Buffy was crying as faith tried to comfort her fiancé. Tara was also trying to comfort willow as she cried on her shoulder. Bri was pacing at the side of the room worried about her lover.
Willow looked up from tara's shoulder and looked at bri. "Bri, why don't you sit down? I am sure dawn will be fine."
Before bri could answer the doctor came into the waiting room and buffy, faith, willow, and tara stood up and walked toward the doctor with bri behind them. The doctor looked at everyone and then asks. "Are any of you dawn's family?"
Buffy steeped up from the group. "I am her sister. How is she?" Buffy had a worried expression on her face when the doctor took her away from the rest of the group.
"Your sister has a mild concussion and she might not wake up. She could wake up any time but the longer it is the more unlikely it is." The doctor said.
Buffy falls to her knees and faith rushes over to her. Faith kneels down in front of buffy and tries to ask her what's going on. Buffy tells her and faith takes her in her arms as a fresh round of tears starts up. Willow saw this and put her face in the cress of tara's neck and starts crying too. Bri also saw the emotion that buffy was showing and couldn't feel her legs. She fell to the ground and started breaking out in tears.
After a couple more minutes buffy composed herself and came to the group to tell them what was going on. "Um, dawn has a mild concussion. They said that she could wake up at any time but the longer it takes it doesn't look likely." She looked around the room to see willow and tara embracing as they cry while zander and anya do the same. Angel, gunn, and fred were just sitting there with their heads in their hands. She looked down at the floor and saw bri crying and ran over to her, dropped to the floor in front of the crying brunette, and took her in an embrace to try and calm her down.
The doctor came back in and let the scene sink in before she spoke. "Umm, only a couple people at a time can visit her. I will allow at least three."
Buffy, faith, and bri went in first. When they walked into the room they saw dawn strapped to all these wires and beeping things with a bandage around her head. Buffy walks over and kissed dawn on the forehead were there is no bandage. "Come on dawnie, you have to wake up. It hurts to much to not have you here and annoy me all the time. You got to be at a wedding in a couple of days and you have a girlfriend her waiting for you. You need to wake up dawn, there is a room full of people who love you. I love you so much." Buffy started crying again and after faith kissed dawn on the forehead also she took buffy in her arms. "Can I have a moment alone with dawn please?" Bri asks. As she sees buffy and faith leave and closed the door she took dawns hand in hers. And sat in a seat she pulled by the bed. She looked up at her lover and through muffled sounds she managed to talk to dawn. "Baby, you need to wake up. I need you. We all need you. We can't do this wedding with out you and I will try and see if they will postpone it until you can be there with all of us. I keep thinking back to the night we made love. I will never forget it. It was the best time of my life since I met you. I love you so much and I want you to know that when the time is right I will ask you to marry me, when we are older and when we are ready. There is nothing I want more than to spend the rest of my life with you, but in order for that to happen I need you to wake up. Please wake up for me, for your sister, for the wedding. We all need you, I need you so much. It hurts to know that you won't be with me for a few nights. I don't know if I can sleep without you. I need to go so everyone else can see you but know that I will be here when you wake up after everyone else is gone. I love you so much." Bri kisses dawn on the lips and let them linger there before leaving.
After everyone else came in it was willow and tara's turn. They had choose last because they weren't sure if they could see her like that. They walked into the room and each went to opposite sides of the bed to grab a hand. Willow kissed her forehead before speaking. "Hey dawnie, you need to wake up. We need you at the wedding. We will postpone the wedding so you can be there but I hope that its not to long cause I want to get married already." Willow got a small smile on her face from her joke. "I don't really like to talk about it but I remember when I was in the same position. They didn't know if I would wake up either. We were in the high school library trying to get angels soul back after he turned evil again and we were attacked. I hid behind a book case which was really stupid because one of the vampires pushed it on me. I was in the hospital when I woke up. Zander was holding my hand but I didn't even notice. To tell you the truth the first thing I said was oz's name." She looked up at tara who had tears running down her face but knew it wasn't about what she just said so she kept going. "Dawn, we need you. Who is going to be my chess partner? Who am I going to talk to about our relationships? I don't think buffy would come with me to the espresso pump to talk about what the latest news is without going a little overboard with the details. We need you dawnie." She went back down and kissed dawn's cheek before looking back up to tara. "Get well dawnie, we all need you." Was the only thing tara could say before breaking out in tears again. Her and dawn were really close and she couldn't think of life without her. She leaned down and kissed her other cheek before they left.
Bri came back in and told everyone else that she would watch dawn and that they could go home. She sat down in the seat by the bed and took her girlfriends hand in hers as she leaned in to kiss her cheek. She rested her head on the side of the bed next to their heads and would stay there until she awoke no mater what.
Its been a week so far and the wedding still has not happened. Everyone is getting a little worried and it is not getting easier. Bri has been at the hospital the whole time only leaving to go to the bathroom. Buffy or someone brought her food every now and then and to visit dawn. Willow and tara made a promise that they were not getting married without dawn and they were keeping it so if dawn never wakes up then they weren't getting married. Buffy and faith haven't really talked about marriage all that much because of dawn. Everyone else is staying as long as they have to, mostly to give support where ever it is needed.
Bri is holding on to dawn's hand talking sweet nothings to her hoping that it would help. It is about noon and willow and tara are suppose to bring lunch. Once they got there they knocked on the door not wanting to disturb bri if she was talking about something personal.
"Come in." Bri said as willow and tara made their way into the room.
They set the food on the table and went to the other side of the bed. "How is she?" Tara asks taking one of dawn's hands in hers.
"She is ok I guess. Well, at least for the state she is in." Bri said as a single tear ran down her cheek. "I just wish she would wake up so I can put her in my arms and keep everything bad away from her. It's hard without her." Just then bri felt dawns hand squeeze hers and bri jumps up. "Dawn, she just squeezed my hand. Baby, are you with us?" Dawns eyes opened a bit to see bri, willow, and tara standing there smiling so she smiled to show them she was back. "Oh my god, baby I missed you." She looked up at willow. "Go call everyone and tell her she is awake." Willow ran out the door getting a nurse also to check dawn out.
The nurse got there and checked everything. "She is fine. She needs to stay her a little longer but you should be able to take her home soon." With that the nurse left and willow came back in. Tara told her that they can take her home soon.
Dawn looked over at willow and tara. "So how are the newly wedded couple doing?" Dawn said with a whisper because her throat hurt.
"We didn't get married yet. We were waiting for you. We told you while you were out that we weren't getting married without you so we postponed it until you were ready." Said tara as tears of joy came streaming down her face.
"What? You guys didn't have to do that. How long was I out? I hope I didn't make you wait very long." Dawn was really angry at herself because she got them to wait when they shouldn't have. She heard them say they would but didn't believe they meant it.
Bri also had tears of joy running like a river down her cheeks. "You were out about a week. Don't worry, everyone will be her shortly. I love you so much. I am so happy you are ok. You have no idea how hard it has been for me and all of us without you."
Dawn giggled a bit at bri's babbling. She did miss that a lot. "I love you too." She smiles at bri and looks over at willow and tara. "Oh, I am sorry for making you guys wait though."
"Don't be, it was our decision. We want you to be there. Hell, if you never woke up we would have never gotten married. We love you dawnie. We couldn't do it without you." Willow said as she bend down to kiss dawn's forehead.
"Oh, and how come you never told me you were in the same position I am in when you were in high school. And how did angel loss his soul in the first place?" Dawn asks as she furrowed her brow.
Willow also furrowed her brow. "How did you know?"
"I heard you. I heard everyone who came in to visit me for the past week. It's just I couldn't respond but I heard every word." Dawn said as she looked over at bri. "And you and I will have a talk when we get a chance. I feel the same way." She said smiling.
Bri smiled and kissed dawn happy that this time dawn can kiss her back. After a couple more minutes everyone else piles into the room.
Buffy races over to dawn and hugs her. "I am so happy. I love you so much."
Dawn giggles and hugs her back. "I love you too." She looks at everyone. "I love you all. Now can I leave?" Everyone laughs and shakes their head no. "But we need to get this wedding going. They already had to wait a week. Why would we want to make them wait longer?" Dawn pouts sticking out her bottom lip.
"Sweetie, we want you well. We can wait." Said tara holding onto willow.
"Fine, but don't expect me to be happy while I am here." Dawn said as everyone laughs a little.
"Well, we better leave you to sleep but we will be back later. I love you." Buffy hugged her sister again before they all left leaving bri and dawn alone.
Dawn smiles up at bri. "Did you mean what you said? You will ask me to marry you when the time is right?"
Bri smiles and nodes. "Yeah, but I am waiting till we are older and I know for sure that it is the right thing to do but, know that it will happen." She bend down and took possession of dawn's lips in a passionate kiss that they both had not had for a while.
When bri pulled away dawn smiled and told bri how she felt too. "I can't either."
"What?"
"Forget that night we made love. That was amazing, you were amazing and so very beautiful. I wish we can make more memories but until I get out of here we can't. I love you so much. I never thought I could love someone this much until I meet you."
Bri started to cry again and went in for another kiss. When she pulled back she left a couple of pecks on her lover's lips before she answered. "We will. There is nothing in the world that can keep me away from you. I love you so much baby, you have no idea."
"Promise?" Dawn smiled.
Bri laughed. "Promise. We need some way to celebrate you getting better don't we?"
"Yes, I can't wait." Dawn put her head on the back of bri's neck and pulled her in for a kiss that molded together. Bri nipped dawn's lips with her tongue waiting for them to open up so she can feel the warmness that is dawn's mouth. Once dawn got the hint she happily excepted and even took her own voyage into bri's mouth. The passion that these two have for each other was almost like willow and tara's. How just one simple kiss can turn them on so much. Since they were in a hospital room they stopped themselves from doing anything more than kiss just waiting to be alone again.