Chapter 4

They finally landed and were greeted by a couple of girls with hula skirt putting leis on everyone. Willow and tara saw a sign that said their name in front of a limo and both went wide-eyed. A man came out of the limo to open the door for the girls when they started walking toward it and got in.

They looked around the inside and found a stocked bar and TV with a tape on it labeled 'for willow and tara' so they put it into the VCR and pressed play.

Buffy appeared on the tape in what looks like her bed room. "Hey will, tara, you guys have earned this trip and so much more. You can use this time for whatever you want, and there is even some money in the envelop on the bar that you can also use any way you want. Don't worry about us we will be fine but there is one more surprise that is waiting for you at the hotel. Now, I know you guys very well and you probably won't except it but it is all ready paid for, and I won't take no for an answer. Don't go asking where I got all this money because I didn't steal it or anything, I had some help. You guys need to plan out your future together and that is what I hope you will do. Now, go take a lot of pictures and go have fun, I will see you back home in about a week. I love you both so much." The tape stopped and willow just looked at it for a while not believing it all.

Tara finally looked over at willow. "Oh no, what else has she given us?"

"Well, you know how buffy likes to go over the top but this is way to much." Willow sighed and leaned back.

"I know, its just she has done to much already. She has saved our lives countless times and she even died for us. I don't think I can take anymore." Tara also leaned back and entwined her fingers with willows until they reached the hotel.

When they finally get to the hotel they are greeted by a man in a black suit that showed them to their rooms. When they got there the man put their suitcases down by the door and left them. They looked around at the giant room with a great view of the beach and a volcano. They walked around and looked at the king sized bed and big screen TV with sound system and everything. They met back in the middle of the room to find a couple couches and a big oak coffee table in the middle.

They sat down on the white leather couch and sighed. "I wonder what buffy got us?" Willow asked looking around.

"I don't even think I want to know. Lets just forget it and say we never saw it." Tara said. She didn't want to take anything else from buffy.

Willow giggled. "Oh, come one. I am curious and so are you, I can hear it in your voice. Plus, she said she wouldn't take no for an answer. I will tell you what, the first one who finds the surprise, they get to pick the first thing we do."

Tara grinned. "Ok, but lets do something outsides the bedroom until tonight."

"Fine."

They both look around the suite. Tara went over to the bed and looked on the side table and found an envelop. Tara picked it up and ran over to willow all excited. "I found it!"

"Damn, that was fast." Willow wined as they both sat down on the couch.

"You open it. I don't think I want to know." Tara said nervously giving the envelop to willow.
Willow took it and opened it. She furrowed her brow and pulled out a key and a piece of paper. She opened the note and read it aloud. "Dear willow and tara, since giles moved back to England, he doesn't need his house anymore. I talk to him and he has agreed to give you his house and you can have it as soon as you get back. Love you both, buffy." Willow looked up at tara wide-eyed. "We, we, we have a house."

"I don't believe it. We have our own house." Tara had tears in her eyes. They embraced in a hug. After a few minutes the pulled apart and stared into each others eyes. "We should call buffy and thank her. It's the least we can do." Tara said as she started to walk over the phone and dialed buffy's number. "Hello buffy, its tara. We cannot tell you how thankful we are for everything." 'Oh, did you guys find the extra surprise in the hotel. I knew you would love it.' "We love all of it, we could not be any happier." 'Why are you calling me anyway? I thought you guys would be caught up in each other if you know what I mean.' "No, we just got here, we found the surprise. I can't believe giles is giving us his house. How are we suppose to pay for it?" 'Well, I talked to a computer company that talked to willow in high school and they are going to give her an interview when you guys get back. They said she can work at home and she will get paid a very good dollar amount. You have nothing to worry about, everything is taken care of. You guys have fun, and remember pictures.' "We will, and buffy." 'Yeah.' "Thanks, we love you. You are the best sister we could have," 'That goes double for me. Now, go have fun.' "Bye." 'Bye.' Tara hung up the phone and turned back to willow. "You know buffy is smarter than we give her credit for. You know that computer company you told me about that came up to you in high school?" When willow nodded her head she continued. "Well, they will give you an interview and they are going to let you work from home and they will give you a very good dollar amount. That was buffy's words."
Willow looked wide-eyed. "Damn buffy, you are awesome. Well that takes care of my future. What about yours?"

"Well, if your job pays as good as buffy says then I will be a lovely house wife." Tara said with a smile.

Willow comes over to tara and puts her arms around her hips pulling her forward. "You mean a sexy house wife." She pulls her in for a quick kiss. "Now, you have to pick something for us to do since you did find the key."

Tara scratches her head. "I think we could go walk on the beach when the sun is setting. That gives us a romantic view and we can talk about our future. What do ya think?"

"I think that sounds romantic." Willow pulls tara in for another passionate kiss with the fire that they will show later on tonight.

They stayed in the hotel getting in a little witchy lovin in before they went out to dinner. They had a romantic candlelight dinner in one of their best restaurants and waited for sunset.

They were walking down the deserted beach while the sun was setting and it was a beautiful sight. They were walking hand in hand in the silence that surrounded them before willow broke it. "Ok, so we each know what we want to do with our lives, we have a house of our own that is not far away from everyone. What else do we want for our future?"

"Kids." Was the only thing tara said. She knew that would be a big step for them.

Willow gave a weak smile. "Oh, right. Yeah, that would be our future too."

"You don't want kids?"

"No, its not that. It's just… That's a big step." Willow smiled again and looked up at tara.

Tara looks up at willow. "I know, we should wait but we need to know if we want some."

"I know I know. Well, I know I want at least two. How about you?" Willow said.

"How about we wait a little while and then think about getting pregnant. Then after that we could talk about more after we have one." Tara looked over at the sunset and smiled at the pretty colors coming off of it.

"Who?" Willow also looked over at the sunset.

Tara looked over to willow and furrowed her brow. "What?"

"Who is going to be the first one pregnant." Willow looked down at the sand.

"Better question. How are one of use going to get pregnant. I don't think I want artificial insemination, then it would only have one person's genes. I want both of ours." Tara said smiling putting her arm around willow and put her head on willows shoulder as they kept walking.

"Don't worry, I have this perfect spell that I found, the only thing it will not have of our genes is whether it will be a boy or girl. All we have to do is make a potion type drink that the one getting pregnant has to drink, and while they drink the other person reads an incantation before we make love. We have to pour all our love and passion into it which for us wouldn't be that hard because we do that all the time anyway." Willow giggles.

"Ok, I'll tell you what, I will have the first one and you can have the next one." Tara said.

"Are you sure?" Willow asks. She noticed tara nod her head. "Ok, if you are sure. But I say we make it even. Which ever one is pregnant gets to come up with the first name and the other gets to pick the middle name."

"Deal."

They walk up and down the beach talking about everything that has happened to them and walked in silence just enjoying the company. When they finally got back to the apartment they got into the jacuzzi that was just outside. They ended up having a couple drinks and having a wild time in bed, but they didn't really need the drinks to do that.

The next morning willow and tara were rapped in each others arms cuddling and enjoying each others company while listening to the music that is being played in the restaurant that is across the street.

Tara has planned for them to go on a volcanic tour that afternoon but she wasn't sure she could get willow out of bed. "Come on willow, this will be fun. We get to walk on the side of a volcano, and afterwards we can go shopping and get everyone back home something they might like. Please, get out of bed." Tara begged as she gets out and puts on a rob.

"Fine, but once we get back home I am going back into bed taking you with me." Willow had a wicked grin on her face.

"Deal."

They both get dressed and head out for the tour first. The get to this big blue bus that was going to take them to the volcano, and walked onto the bus, found an empty seat and sat down. When they got to the edge of the volcano base everyone got off the bus and became a big group talking to one another about how excited they are.

Willow and tara were finishing talking to someone when someone catches willows eye. "Cordelia?" Willow yells. She sees she is right and runs over to her giving her a big hug. She pulls back as tara is walking over. "Oh cordelia, this is my wife tara, tara this is cordelia."

Cordelia and tara shaking hands saying hi and she realizes what willow just called her. "Wow, your wife. When did you get married? Or in this case, when did you become gay?"

Willow laughs. "We got married about a week ago and about six years ago is when I knew. We are here for our honeymoon. What are you doing here?"

"Oh, I am on vacation. I am sorry I wasn't at the wedding, no one told me. I told them not to contact me for anything so that might be why." Cordelia laughs.

"Oh, no problem. So how long are you here for?" Willow was trying to make conversation.

"About another week. How about you guys? And how is everyone else. I need to come down and visit, it feels like ages since we blew up the school." Cordelia said giggling a bit before giving a straight face.

"We are staying for about a week too. Everyone else is good, actually buffy and faith are engaged, so are zander and anya, and dawn has a girlfriend." Willow said taking tara's hand in hers smiling.

"Oh wow, everything has changed. Is it just me or is everyone gay over there." Everyone laughs at the very true statement.

"Well, we think it is just the people who lives in buffys house but it is inconclusive." Willow giggles.

"Ok everyone, we are ready to move up the volcano! We advise you not to get to close to the edge!" The tour guide yelled as they all start moving up the volcano.

Willow and tara walked up the volcano hand in hand with cordelia at their side. Tara wasn't to sure about cordelia. She heard all the stories about her being mean to willow and she couldn't understand how willow forgave her but if willow could do it than so could she. She put on a weak smile and started listening in on their conversation about old high school days.

They finally reached the top and looked down into the crater and gasp. "Wow, this is amazing." Tara said smiling and gazing at the site.

"Sure is sweetie, I am glad you brought me up here. Sorry for being crabby this morning." Willow stated giving her wife a kiss.

"It's ok, I know how you are in the morning." Tara went back in for another kiss before cordelia jumped in.

"Ok, can you guys not do the lovey dovey thing?" Cordelia asks with a pleading tone in her voice.

Tara looked at willow with a look that says 'she isn't serious is she' and willow caught on quickly. "Sorry." She mouthed to her lover as the moved their attention to the crater again.

Dawn and bri were in their apartment making out on their couch when the phone rang.

"Arrrg." Dawn grumbles.

"Sorry baby, you wanna answer it?" Bri said smiling at the pouting look on her girlfriends face.

"Sure." Dawn got up from the couch and went over the phone and picked it up. "Hello." 'Hey dawn, its buffy.' "Hey buff, what's up?" 'Well, we were wondering if you have heard from willow and tara yet.' "No, why?" 'Well, tara called me a couple of days ago but then I heard nothing. I wonder what they're doing.' "I am sure they are having fun. Why are you so worried?" 'I don't know, I just miss them I guess. I've never spent this much time away from them before.' "I know neither have I, but I am sure that they are fine and having a good time. They will be back in two days, so don't worry. Do you want us to come over and keep you guys company?" 'No, I don't want to disturb you guys.' "You kinda already did but its ok. We'll, be there in about five minutes, ok." 'Sorry, see you in a few, bye.' "Bye." Dawn hangs up the phone and goes back over the couch. "We have to go over to buffy's. She is feeling lonely because willow and tara aren't there, sorry."

"It's ok, we can kiss anytime. Hell, we can do it over there if you want. We'll get her and faith started to get buffy's mind off of her loneliness." Bri took dawns hand in hers as they made their way out the door.

When dawn and bri get to the house they noticed zander's car on the driveway. They walk in to see buffy on the couch crying and faith trying to comfort her, zander was sitting on the chair by the couch with anya sitting on the arm.

Dawn runs over to her sister and sits on the other side to also try and comfort her sister. "Buffy, what's wrong?"

Faith knew buffy couldn't answer so she did it for her. "Zander got a job offer in LA and he is taking it."

Dawn looks over at zander with tears in her eyes. "Your leaving us? How could you?"

Zander opened his mouth to speak but couldn't so anya did for him. "Zander wants to make more money to bye me pretty things."

Anya's bluntness really got to dawn. "Oh, so you are going to up and leave us after everything we have been through just to make more money!"
Dawn walked over to the other side of the room with her back to everyone crying. Bri walks over and puts her arms around dawn and tried to comfort her. "Ssh baby, everything is fine. It is his choice and there is nothing we can do about it." She turned dawn in her arms and kissed her on the forehead and then on the lips.

Dawn turns around and walks a little closer to the rest. "When are you leaving? Are you at least going to stay until willow and tara get back?"
"Yes of coarse, we are leaving in four days. I am so sorry dawn but this is an opportunity of a lifetime. We will come and visit whenever we can. We will be down here for our wedding."
He stands up to go near dawn but she pushes pack. "No, I am mad at you right now. I need to go, bri can you take me back home please?"

She looks over at bri and sees her shake her head. "No can do baby, you need to be here with everyone. You need to spend as much time together as possible." Just then the phone rang and bri went to get it. "Hello." 'Hey bri, what's up?' "Oh um, hi willow what's going on?" 'Oh, nothing much just hangin out at the hotel. We met up with cordy on the volcano trip and after that stopped off to get you guys some stuff. We just got back and wanted to know what is happening up there.' "Oh, um well something is going on but we don't want to trouble you." 'Bri, what's going on, is anyone hurt?' "No, everyone is fine, no need to worry, we will tell you when you get back which is not for two days so don't even think of coming home early, everything is fine."

Dawn comes up to bri. "Bri give me the phone, I want to talk to willow and I think buffy does to." Bri gave dawn the phone and stepped back to give her some space. "Hey will, how are you?" 'Fine dawn, what's wrong, you sound like you have been crying?' "Well, it seems zander got a cool new job in LA and he is leaving in four days. He is such a jerk." 'Dawn don't say that, I am sure this is a good job that he wants. I am not to happy about it but I can't tell him what to do. How is buffy taking it?' "I think she really needs to talk to you. She is breaking down." 'Put her on will you dawn. I will try and calm her down.'

Dawn calls her sister over to the kitchen to talk to willow and with a little help from faith she took the phone and tried her hardest to speak but you can hear her crying. "Hey will, what's up. How is your honeymoon?" 'It's fine buffy, how are you doing? You sound like you are taking it the hardest.' "Well yeah I mean he was the first one I met when I moved here and he's been like the brother I never had. Of coarse I am taking it the hardest." 'I know buffy, I am so sorry I am not there right now helping you but I will be there in two days.' "I know will, I am just so sad and pissed off at the same time. How could he leave us after all we have been through. I died for him." 'I know buffy, you have to respect his decision. It is his life.' "How can you say that? You should be in worse condition than me, you have known him your whole life." 'I know and that is why I am not worse then you right now. I know that his life has basically sucked throughout all the years since he was born and if he is willing to leave everyone for this job then it must be a pretty damn good job. I am happy for him but sad for everyone else and me. I will be there soon and we will talk about this more. Just take care ok and try to understand that he needs this more than you know. Now go and be with zander all that you can. I love you and I will talk to you soon. I promise.' "Thanks will, I love you too, bye." Buffy hangs up and goes back into the living room.

Willow hangs up the phone and starts quietly sobbing when tara comes into the room from her shower. She saw willow and ran to her pulling her into her arms cooing her and trying to comfort her lover. "Sweetie, what's wrong?"

Willow stopped enough to tell her what she just found out over the phone. "Zander got a job offer in LA and he is leaving in four days. Buffy is a total wreck and dawn is really mad at him. I don't want to lose him, he is like my brother I never had." Willow started crying again.

"Oh baby, I know I know, I am so sorry. You will see him before he leaves and I am sure that this is a great job if he is leaving his family. It's ok sweetie, it's gonna be alright." Tara rocks willow back and forth trying to calm her wife down. It was almost eleven at night and she knew her lover was tired so she got her into bed and snuggled up to her whispering sweet nothings in her ear until she went to sleep.

The next morning both girls were still asleep when willow started screaming. "Zander! No, don't go! Zander!"

Tara woke up instantly hearing her lover scream and tried to wake her up and get her out of the apparently really bad dream. "Willow, baby you need to wake up. Its just a dream."
Willow opened her eyes to her lover's voice. "Tara?"

"I'm here sweetie, I'm here." Tara said taking a frightened willow into her arms and rocked her. "Ssh, it was just a dream, it wasn't real."

Willow was crying now trying to get even closer into tara's embrace. "It felt so real, zander was going to the job but I knew that he was going to die if he did. But he went anyway. Thank you."
"For what?"

"For waking me up before he died. If I saw that I think I would kill myself." Willow sniffled.

"Ssh, don't say that baby, it was just a dream, it wasn't real." Tara cooed her lover. "Here, why don't we stay in the room for the rest of the day and I will pack, we need to be up by eight in order to make our flight so we will go to bed early. We'll call down and order lunch and dinner later on. I am going to stay her and comfort you so you can go back up there and comfort buffy, ok." Tara got a nod from willow but then someone knocks on the door. "Come in." Tara new it was cordelia and she thought she could help comfort willow.

Cordelia walked in and saw willow and ran to her. "Oh my god, willow what's wrong?" Willow wrapped her arms around willow and hugged her before pulling back and looking into the wet green eyes of her friend.

"Zander got a job in LA and is moving there. Can you help comfort her?" Tara said kissing willow on the forehead looking over at cordelia.

"Yeah of coarse, wow zanders coming to LA." Cordelia is excited that she is going to be closer to her ex but is still trying to comfort willow. "Its ok willow, how about this, I will make him call all the time and make him visit whenever he has enough money." Cordelia got a small smile from tara.

The day was really slow. Cordelia had to go back so she could pack and willow was sobbing almost the entire day. Tara was there for her wife just like she will be her entire life. She is not upset that this happened on their honeymoon because it shows how much she loves her and how much she will take care of her and make sure her life feels like heaven. Tara got them all packed up while she let willow watch the discovery channel. When it was time to go to bed, they didn't make love like they did every other night, but just snuggled up to each other just enjoying the last night of their honeymoon even though willow was still feeling horrible. The next morning they got up, took a shower, and got to the airport. They got on their plane with no problem and they just leaned on each other the whole way hoping buffy wouldn't be late to pick them up.

When the got off the plane in Sunnydale they walked to baggage claim were they said they would meet and buffy was sitting there in faiths arms still crying. It really was like she was loosing her brother and she couldn't help crying. Once willow saw this she ran right over to buffy before faith even knew she was there. She took buffy in her arms trying to soothe her. "Ssh, buffy its ok, I'm here." Faith walked over to tara and gave her a hug while they watched willow holding onto buffy. "Ssh, it will be ok buffy, you should have seen me in the apartment crying like crazy. Cordy couldn't even calm me down." Willow giggled and tried to make buffy laugh but it was a no go, buffy was to broken.

"Cordy was there?" Faith furrowed her brow looking at tara.

"She was there on vacation." Tara answered and only got a nod from faith.

Willow looked up at faith and tara and then back at buffy, she picked buffys head up to look in her eyes. "How about we take tara and faith home while me and you get some mochas and talk." Willow wanted to try and get buffy to smile or do something at least. They called before they left and buffy had been in the house sulking for the last two days, she hasn't even gone on patrol. With a nod from buffy they both stood and she turned to faith and tara. "Can you guys get our bags. I am going to get buffy in the car." They both nodded but before they left they each gave their lovers a kiss and went to get the baggage. While willow brought buffy to the car she tried to make her laugh with some of the funny things that happened on their trip but the best she got was a weak smile. The girls came out and loaded the car and tara decided to drive home. When they got home they unloaded everything and willow took buffy to the espresso pump. When they got there willow made sure they had a secluded spot just so people don't stare at them. Willow put buffy in a corner and went to order. When she got back she sat right beside buffy and put her arm around her. "Buffy, can we talk about this? Talking might help."

Buffy picked up her head. "Talk, how can we talk about this? We have been best friends since the beginning. You me and him, all of use with giles, we fought demons and vampires together. I died twice for you guys, you both have brought me back to life both times, and I love you guys. You guys are family to me and now one of my family members are leaving and you want to talk. Willow, its like everything I did for him and everything he means to me means nothing to him."

"I am sure he doesn't feel that way." Willow tried to make buffy feel better.

Zander walks up to the table. "That's because I don't." He sits down when both girls look up at him to continue. "Buffy, I love you, you are my sister and so is willow. I am thankful for everything you did for me. I am grateful for you saving my life a whole mess of times but I need this buffy. My life has been shit ever since I was born. I grew up in an awful family, maybe not as horrible as tara but it was hard. I was a loser in every grade in school, the only friends I have had have been willow and jesse and now he's dead. The best thing that I have had in my life has and will always be you two, now don't tell anya but you guys are better than her. She is just my fiancé but you guys are my sisters. The one and only reason I am doing this is because this can be the third best thing in my life, the second was anya. I am sorry that I am leaving you but I will visit and you have to visit and we will talk on the phone all the time. You make it sound like I am dead but I'm not. I am just a couple hundred miles away. I love you guys very much." He took both their hand and kissed them giving them his infamous harris grin.
Buffy looks up at him and gives him a weak smile.

Willow saw this and clapped. "There, see I knew you could smile." There mochas come and so did zanders that he ordered when he first walked in.
Willow raised her cup. "To family, to always stay in touch no matter were our lives take us."

Zander raised his. "Here, here."

They both waited for buffy who also raised her cup. "To family."

They all chatted and zander tells them about his new job. They also tried to think of a way to get dawn to understand and they decide the only thing to do is talk to her. So they piled in the car and went for their apartment.

Back at the apartment bri decides to get dawns mind off of everything that happens. She's been up to it for hours and right now they are in bed just snuggling whispering sweet nothings into each others ear. There was a knock on the door and each grumbled.

"I'll get it, it might be the land lord making his monthly inspection. You might want to put a robe on to." Dawn said as she grabbed both of their robes and put hers on. She walked to the door and opened it surprised to see zander, willow, and buffy. "Hey guys what are you doing here, and what's he doing here?" She pointed at zander.

"Um one, we came her to talk to you and two, why are you just wearing a robe?" Buffy went into sister mode and she wasn't going to be happy finding out the answer to that question.

"Ummm." Was the only thing she could say before buffy came in.

"Brianna, get your ass out here now!" Buffy yelled.

Bri walked in also wearing a robe. "What's wrong?"

Willow saw the anger in buffy rise when she saw bri. "Now buffy, they are eighteen and they can do this. We came here for one reason and one reason only."

"I don't care! What they hell is going on!? I trust you to live with each other and you have sex! You are in so much trouble it isn't even funny!" Buffy was furious with dawn but part of her new willow was right.

"Buffy, I am old enough to make my own decisions. You started having sex with faith when you were 17 and went behind moms back. I would have told you when the time was right ok, I love bri and she loves me and there is nothing you can do about it so just forget it. Now what were you going to tell me and get over the fact that I am sleeping with bri because I don't want to hear another word about it. I never said anything about you and faith and neither did mom when she found out." Dawn new her sister was just looking out for her but she needed to back off a bit.

"Fine, look we need to send zander away with happy thoughts about us all. He gave me this big speech that doesn't really apply to you but I know that he means well. He is just going for a job and nothing more. He will visit and call whenever he can but do you really hate him for living his life?" Buffy was trying her hardest to make some sense and hoped it was working.

"Your right, bri helped me clear my head and see it." She looks over at zander. "I love you zander, it just broke my heart that you were leaving. You were my first crush so you are special." She smiled and went to him, kissed him in the cheek, and hugged him with as much love as she could mustard.

Willow smiled. "All right, we will let you get back to what ever you were doing and we will be going. I left my wife at home and I want to see her."

"Ok, we will be here if you need us. We're just going to watch a movie or something." Bri stated as she came up and spooned dawn from behind putting her head on dawns shoulder.

Buffy nodded. "Ok, see you later. And sorry for earlier." Buffy said over her shoulder walking out leaving the two girls alone again.

A couple of days later buffy got zander to make bookcases for her house and willows house so they can store all the books and other objects from the magic box. Anya has decided to sell the space and is giving everything in it to buffy and willow so they can use it whenever they need it. Buffy also got zander to make her a training room that she and faith can use since they won't have the magic box training room to use. They all were at the magic box packing everything to move. Willow and tara were putting the books on the public shelf in boxes while dawn and bri took care of the privet books on the second floor. Zander and anya were out in the front wrapping and putting away all of the knickknacks.

Buffy and faith were in the back room packing. Buffy was thinking about how everything is changing. People are getting married and engaged, people are moving into their girlfriend's apartment or for a job. She turns to where faith was packing the weapons. "Hey faith, you ever notice how things are changing really fast around here?"

Faith looked over at buffy and furrowed her brow. "What are you talking about B, everything always changes. It's the way of the world." She started giggling putting her hands in the air.

Buffy also starts to giggle. "Yeah, I guess your right. I just like the old way when all of us would go to the Bronze and get drunk so bri and dawn would bring us home and willow would work her magic and get rid of our hangover."

Faith walks over to buffy and puts her arms around her shoulders and kisses her before she answers. "Well, we can still get drunk and have willow help us, but we will just be without two of them. It's going to all work out for the best, I promise."

They both start to kiss before tara walks in and clears her throat making both girls look at her. "I thought we were suppose to be packing, not making out." Tara starts to giggle.

"Ha ha ha, I was just telling buffy everything will be ok." Faith said.

Tara walked up to buffy and put her hand on her shoulder. "And it is, we are going to go to the bronze tonight and get drunk celebrating zanders new job and saying goodbye, and we will get willow to help us with our headaches." Tara got a furrow brow from faith so she continued. "Oh, I heard you talking about getting drunk and stuff."

About half the day has gone by and everything was packed and on the moving truck that zander and anya are using to move their stuff, so they let them use it to take the boxes to the houses. After everything was unpacked into each house and everything was set up willow and tara decided to go up to their room and pack so they can move into their new house that giles had given them. They wanted to do it themselves so they could take in everything. Tara was packing their clothes while willow packed everything else that had clotted their room over the years.

Tara was putting the last box of clothes by the door and turns to willow. "You ready baby?"

Willow looked at her and nodded her head. "Yeah."

Tara could hear a little hurt in her voice and went up to her and grabbed her hand. "Sweetie, are you ok?"

Willow looked at her and nodded her head giving her a weak smile. "It hard ya know, we've spent some really good times in this room. And really bad times, when I went through dark magic, when you got shot." Willow shuddered at the memory. She was lucky warren had a bad shot and got her in the arm. "I'm just going to miss this room."

Tara smiled and squeezed her hand. "Well, so am I but I am sure that if we feel room sick buffy will let us stay a night or so." Tara giggle.

Willow smiled and kissed her wife. "Ok, you ready?"

Tara nodded her head and they both picked up a box and went down stairs telling everyone else that it was time to load up the car. The car was loaded in about and hour and a half and everyone went to their new house to help unpack and make it feel more like home to them. It was about nine when they finished and they thought they would go to the Bronze to celebrate their new house and say goodbye to zander and anya since they were leaving the next day. Dawn and bri yet again had to bring everyone back home. They decided to bring them to the closest house which happened to be willow and tara's house so they all went there and slept off their hangover.

The next morning once everybody got up and willow did her magic they went over to zander's apartment and helped him load the truck since he and anya already packed the house. Once they were done they all went to the airport waiting for their flight to be called.

Once zander put his bag down and turned around buffy came running up to him and put her arms around him. "I am going to miss you so much, I love you."

Zander hugged her back. "I know, I love you too." Buffy was pulled back and zander was greeted by everyone else who also went to anya after zander. Everyone was crying being comforted by their loved ones. Their flight was called and everyone started another round of hugs. "Well, I guess its goodbye. I'll call you guys as soon as we get into our new place, bye." With that zander and anya walk off and onto the plane leaving willow, buffy, and dawn holding on to each other crying. A couple minutes later tara got everyone to come back to the car so she can drive everyone home and get on with their lives.