Chapter 5

Willow finally go the job she has been waiting for, she got to work at home and tara just cleaned up and hung out. It was perfect for them and everybody else, everyone even excepted that dawn and bri are lovers and hope they get married one day too.

Willow was working on a big project for the company and was working really hard until tara came into the room and started to rub her shoulder. "Mmmm, that feels so good."

"Why don't you take a break, I am going over to buffy's. Why don't you come with me?" Tara asks.

Willow put her head back to look at tara. "You know I can't. I need to finish this. How about you go and when I am done which will be soon, I will come over and you can show me a good time."

"Deal."

Tara kissed willow and went out the door leaving willow to her work. At least a half an hour later there was a knock on the door. She furrowed her brow because everyone she knew just walked in so she got up and went to answer it. When she opened the door she stepped back in shock. "Amy, what are you doing here?" She said in a stern voice.

Amy smiled. "Now is that anyway you greet a friend?"

"Sure, a friend who gets you into dark magic's." Willow had hated her for that because it didn't really help out in her and tara's relationship. Tara was just about to leave her until she found the cure and stayed to help.

Amy gave a wicked smile. "Well, I just wanted to see how you are doing, I mean you did take care of me all those years as a rat. You know clean cage, good food, and fresh water. Just wanted to see how you are doing."

"I am fine, now if you will please leave I need to get back to work." Willow said with anger in her voice.

"Fine, fine, I get the message. Well, I'll see you around." She turned around but then turned back. "Oh, and this is for you." She pulled out her hands palms toward willow and black electricity shoots from her hand toward willow making her step back a little. Amy turned around leaving willow looking at her with fire.

Willow turned and ran for the phone. She dialed buffy's house and waited for someone to pick up. 'Hello.' "Tara, I need help, something happened." 'Willow, what's wrong?' "I'm calling a family emergency, get everyone over here now. Tara?" 'Yes baby.' "I love you." 'We'll be right there. I love you too.' Willow hung up the phone to wait for everyone. She went and sat on the couch trying to keep her control.

Tara hung up the phone and ran into the living room. "Guys something happened at the house, that was willow and she called a family emergency meeting. You know she never calls one of those unless it is really bad." Tara starts to hyperventilate.

Buffy walks up to her. "Don't worry I am sure she is fine."

Everyone runs out to the car and drives over to willow and tara's house. They ran in the house and found willow sitting on the couch. Tara ran over and saw willow with her eyes closed and her hands clenched up in balls. Everyone ran in and saw nothing dangerous happening and looked at willow. Buffy walked over to willow and sat on the coffee table in front of them. "Willow, what's wrong? Why did you call a family emergency." She got her answer when willow opened her eyes and looked at buffy. Buffy saw the coal black eyes. "Oh god, willow how did this happen?"

Tara couldn't see willows eyes from were she was sitting but when she heard buffy she turned willow to face her. She looked into her wife's black eyes and gasped. "Will, what's going on?"

Willow closed her eyes trying to get the black out.
She opened them and looked at buffy. "Better?" When she saw buffy shake her head 'no' she continued. "I was working and someone knocked on the door." She looked over at tara and then back at buffy again. "Amy's back in town and she gave me another fix of her dark magic before she left but I can't seem to get the black out of my eyes."

Tara grabbed willows hand and squeezed. "Concentrate." They both closed their eyes and a few moments later they both opened them. Tara looked at willow and saw the green eyes she fell in love with. "There, all back to normal." Tara cupped willows face and kissed her. She turned and looked back to buffy. "We need to find amy. Willow still has the dark magic in her, I just took the black eyes away. I can't take the black magic away without doing a cleansing process."

"What do you have to do." Buffy asks furrowing her brow.

"Um, well, I have to use a special bar of soap and wash all the darkness off of her body." Tara said with a little blush.

Buffy smiled. "Well, you guys need to do that as soon as possible. We'll go and try to find amy while you do that. We'll meet you at the espresso pump in a half an hour. I feel like a mocha."

Everyone left the two witches to clean out willows system. Tara turned to look at willow. "Alright, lets get all that bad stuff off of you and I am not just talking about the magic." Tara gave willow her famous half smile.

"Well, if you insist." Willow said giving the same evil grin.

They both went into the bathroom and stripped down. Willow got in first while tara went to get the special soap and got in behind willow. She rubbed the soap all over her back and front finding black bubbles everywhere. She kept it up until there was no more black bubbles to be seen. After a little stubbornness from both they realize that they have to meet buffy in a couple of minutes so they got out, dried off, and got dressed. They walked out the door for the espresso pump.

"Buffy ruined all our fun." Willow said with a pout as she grabbed tara's hand.

Tara smiled. "Actually, I think it was amy who ruined all our fun. She just doesn't understand that you are clean now and you never want to go back. You don't want to go back right?"

Willow giggled and squeezed her hand for reassurance. "Yes, I am sure. My life couldn't be any better, why would I want to ruin it."

"We need to bind amy the next time either one sees her." Tara said looking at willow with a serious tone in her voice.

"I know and we will. She needs to know who she's up against. I'm not the same geeky high school willow that I was before, I am a very powerful witch with a very powerful wife, and a very powerful family at my side. She is headed for an ass kickin, and believe me when I say she will get one." Willow said in a serious tone but with a smile on her face.

Over at the espresso pump buffy, faith, dawn, and bri were sitting sown drinking and talking about amy when amy came up to the table. "Well look who I found. Its been so long. How have you guys been."

Everyone jumped out of their seats taking a fighting stance. "What are you doing here amy." Buffy asks.

"Now, now, is that any way to talk to me. I see there is someone new in the mix. Oh, hi faith are you and buffy still together?" Amy asked with a smile on her face.

Willow and tara walked in to see amy stand in front of everyone. "Binding spell?" Willow asks looking up at tara. Tara nodes her head and they say an incantation to bind her. When they binded her powers they walked up to amy. "Hey amy, just wanted to let you know I am clean again so if you don't mind leaving. I am not going back to that life again, my life couldn't be perfect and I don't need you screwing it up."

Amy was trying to use her powers but it wouldn't work. "What did you do to me?"

"It's called a binding spell. You know a powerful witch like yourself should have known." Willow said sarcastically.

"What are you going to do with me?" Amy started to sound scared.

"We're just going to talk to you. Why don't you come back to our place and we can talk." Willow said as she pulled amy out of the coffee shop while everyone followed. Once they got to willow and tara's house they sat her on the couch while willow and tara sat on the coffee table across from her while buffy, faith, dawn, and bri sat on some chairs. "Ok amy, what's going on in your life? You tell me and I will tell you why I am so happy."

Amy looked at willow and started. "Well, I came back to find a place to live. I can't find rack so I went to the magic box to get my high but everything is gone. That's about it, nothing really exciting."

Willow took tara's hand in hers and started. "Well, I am married to the most beautiful woman on earth." She pointed to tara and continued. "Buffy and faith are engaged, dawn and bri are girlfriends. I have the job of my dreams, so you could see how happy I am so why did you come down and give me problems that I don't need?"

"Well, I just wanted to see you and then when I saw you open the door to your own house and realize you had a perfect life I was jealous so a gave you a fix. My life sucks right now and I don't want to feel lonely." Amy said looking down.

"So you don't make other people suffer for your mistakes. You are the one that went to rack and you brought me there so I am not really in the mode to help you. I will tell you this one last time. Get out of this town, leave me and my family alone or you will be getting into something you don't want to. That binding spell was special, it prevent you from using spells in this town. Once you leave this town you have your powers again, but once you come back they will be binded again and there is nothing you can do about it. Leave now." Willow said in a angry and serious voice.

"Fine." Amy said anxious to get out before they hurt her.

"Your not going to come back right?" Buffy asked.
She noticed amy nod her head and continued. "I never want to see you touch my family again which is everyone in this room plus zander and anya if you find them. Go."

Amy walked out of the house but to everyone else it seemed like she ran. Everyone looked around at each other until bri broke the silence. "So, Bronze tonight?" Everyone nodded their head and they made their way to the Bronze for some fun.

When they got to the Bronze they found a couch and a chair that were free so they swiped them before anybody else could. Buffy ended up sitting on faiths lap in the chair while willow and tara snuggled up on the couch, dawn and bri did the same. Not long after they got there faith and buffy went up to dance. Everyone just stared at the two girls dancing really close together flowing with the music.

"I wonder if they're like that once they get married." Tara wondered.

"I am sure they will, a ring and vows can't take away that." Dawn pointed toward the couple.

"Well I am up for dancing, how about you." Willow said looking up at tara. Tara nodded her head and they both went out to the dance floor right next to buffy and faith.

Dawn and bri watched them while wrapped up in each others arms. "I wonder what will change in a few years. Buffy and faith will be married, we will be out of college, willow and tara might have a baby, hell buffy and faith might have a kid." Dawn said looking up at bri.

Bri went in for a kiss before she put in her input. "We might be married. I am sure not much will change, we are all still a big happy family and…" Bri was cut off by someone else.

"Anna? Brianna Sky, is that you?" A blonde girl about the same age as the other two girls came up to them.

Bri looked shocked. "Amanda, what are you doing here?" She didn't sound so excited.

"Well, I am here to see you silly. Look anna, I am sorry for everything I did to you and I want to make it up to you."

"Amanda, I can't." Bri got dawn to sit up and she stood up and gestured to dawn. "Dawn this is amanda, amanda this is dawn, my girlfriend."

Amanda looked a little hurt. "Oh, you have a girlfriend. Bri can I talk to you over here for a minute?" She pointed over by the bar and bri followed her. Amanda turned to look at bri who she called anna. "Anna, I was wondering if we could go somewhere and talk, I know that you are seeing someone but I just want to talk to you, and see what's going on in your life."

"Ok, lets meet at the espresso pump tomorrow after noon." Bri said.

"Thank you, I am sorry for everything I have done to you. I never should have controlled you. I'll see you tomorrow." Amanda said walking away.

Bri walked back over to were dawn was sitting. "Who was that bri and what did she bring you over there for?" Dawn was getting a little jealous.

"No need to worry baby, that was my ex-girlfriend amanda and she just wants to talk. I promise I will always love you and only you, no matter what she does or says, you are my one and only." Bri said as she sat back down and kisses dawn before she pulls her back on her like they were before and stayed there to talk about anything that came to her mind.

Bri stood at the entry of the espresso pump searching for amanda. She finds her sitting in a corner and walks over to her. "Hey amanda."

"Oh, hey anna. How have you been, how's dawn?" Amanda asks really curious.

"Me and her are great, how about you? Do you have anyone new?" Bri smiled as she sat down.

"No, I haven't been able to find someone since you. Does dawn know you're here?" Amanda asks.

"No, I just told her that I was going to talk to you, she said she was going to hang out with willow while tara hangs out with buffy and faith. You probably have no idea who I am talking about but you know me, I babble a little." Bri giggled.

Amanda also giggled. "Yeah, I always thought it was cute though, that's mainly why I never stopped you."

They talked for about two hours about anything and everything that went on with their lives. Amanda was a little envious of bri because she had a good girlfriend, a nice apartment, and a lot of really good friends. She saw dawn and a red head walk in and go to the counter so she thought she would even the playing score a little.

"Hey anna, I gotta go." Amanda said standing up and going over to bri.

"Ok, it was really great talking to you." Bri said. Right then amanda grabbed the back of bri's neck and pulled her toward her making sure dawn and the red head saw and placed a kiss on her leaving it there until bri pushed her away. "What the hell are you doing?" Bri said it really soft but firm trying not to let anyone else hear. Amanda walked off smiling and winked at dawn before she left. Dawn saw this and ran out of the shop. Bri saw dawn and ran after her. "Dawn! Wait, I can explain!" Bri caught up with dawn and pulled her to a stop. "Dawn wait, I didn't kiss her she kissed me and I didn't want it. Please don't be mad at me."

Dawn looked angrily at her. "Mad, I am way more than mad. Don't expect me home tonight or any night for that matter."

Dawn turned and ran off, before bri could go after her willow stopped her. "I would just let her cool down right now, she needs to figure this out for herself."

Bri looked at willow. "I didn't do that. Amanda, she is my ex and she wanted to talk so we talked, the next thing I know she's kissing me. You have to believe me I didn't want that to happen, I love dawn with my life and I will do anything to prove that to her."

Bri breaks down and falls to the ground crying. Willow leans down and pulls her back up and puts her arm around her for support. "Lets go to buffy's house and we all can talk. We'll se if we can get dawn back for you ok. Were family and family doesn't let family down." They walk to buffy's house in silence except for bri's crying.

Dawn ran all the way to her sisters house crying. She ran in the door and up to her room not noticing buffy and faith on the couch watching TV. "I wonder what's up." Buffy says as she gets up and makes her way to dawn's room. She knocks on the door and doesn't get a response so she walks in slowly. "Dawn sweetie, what's wrong?"
Buffy makes her way to the bed and sits down next to dawn who is sitting there with her face in her hands crying. "Dawn, tell me what happened, maybe I can help. Is it about you and bri?"

Dawn nodded her head and looked up at buffy. "She kissed another girl. She was talking with her ex and they kissed." Dawn said between sobs and fell onto her sister's chest.

Buffy wrapped her arms around her and rubbing her back. "Ok, I think you have this all wrong, bri would never do anything to hurt you, and she loves you. Did you try and talk to her about it?"

Dawn shook her head. "How can I talk to her ever again? Is it ok if I sleep here for the rest of my life?"

Buffy laughed. "I think you guys need to talk about this first. She must have a perfectly good explanation. Why don't you go talk to her and if what you say is true which I very seriously doubt then I will let you move back in, but until then you cannot stay here until you guys talk." Buffy picked dawns head up to look in her eyes. "I know she loves you and you love her, you guys are going to go through some rough times like me and faith. Look at willow and tara, willow got into dangerous black magic and tara got shot. Every couple goes through hard times but the best part is making up and knowing that you can get through anything if you have each other. Trust me when I say that you guys are soul mates. You kissed the first night you met so I don't care what happens because I know you will get through it together just like everyone else. Now, go and talk to her." Buffy said as she smiled at her sister. She got up and went to the door. When she opened it bri was standing there looking at buffy. "Oh, look who's here. Just who dawn needed to talk to. I'll be going now." With that buffy walks down the stairs leaving the two girls alone.

Bri walks into the room and closes the door. "Dawn, we need to talk. I had nothing to do with that. She grabbed my head and before I realized what was happening she was kissing me. I pushed her back and asked her what the hell she was doing but she didn't answer. I never meant for that to happen. Dawn, I love you with all my heart and more, no other girl has made me feel like this for them. Not even amanda, and we have been going out for about ten years. That means nothing to me, I want to not just spend ten years with you but my whole life. I love you dawn and I am not ever going to see amanda again. If she comes up to me I will walk away and not even talk to her. I love you."

Dawn looks up at bri. "I love you too, but seeing someone else kissed you felt like someone ripped out my heart and stepped on it. It hurt so much, I want to believe you but I am just not sure. I can't see why she would want to hurt us like that."

"Because she doesn't have the best life. When we were talking she told me she had no one and she was moving from town to town trying to find a life but can never find it. Then I started talking about you and me and where our relationship was progressing and tell her about how I have a big loving family and a very nice apartment who I share with the most beautiful girl in the world. I guess she was jealous and she saw you walk in so she wanted to make my life a living hell. It worked, when I saw you crying and running away I felt my soul crushed and my heart die. She succeeded at what she was trying to do." Bri started crying again and looked down.

Dawn picked bri's head up and stared into her eyes and realized she was serious. "I believe you. I love you so much and I am sorry for not believing you, I should have known you wouldn't cheat on me but I panicked. I want to spend the rest of my life with you too, I love you so much." She kissed bri with such fire and passion that she got a little moan out of her. Dawn and bri stayed up there for a while reconciling their love for each other before they came down to meet everyone else.

Dawn and bri were walking down the sidewalk on main street holding hands and laughing as they talk about their funniest past times, each one bumping, playfully hitting each other, and pushing each other against the wall kissing before they kept walking.

"Ok, so you actually went on the intercom at school and told everyone that you were gay?" Dawn laughed, she was mad that she missed that.

"Yeah, well a whole bunch of guys kept coming up to me asking me out and I started to get sick of it. I got detention for a week but I didn't have anymore guys ask me out, I started to get asked out by a lot of girls though. It was like that time you told me xander did a love spell and started to get attacked by girls." Bri giggled. Bri saw amanda walking up to them. "Oh god, ok the only thing I will say to her is go away ok."

Dawn looked at amanda and nodded. Amanda walked up to them. "Hey anna, dawn, how are you?"

They both walked past her but she followed. "Go away amanda." Bri said firmly.

"Now how can you say that to your girlfriend?" Amanda smiled.

"Ex-girlfriend." Dawn added.

"Well, I guess you didn't see us kiss then did you." Amanda stayed by there side.

Bri gripped dawn's hand showing her she was not a happy camper. Bri stopped and turned to amanda about to explode. "Amanda, you kissed me without my approval, and you nearly cost me my relationship with this beautiful girl next to me. If you think for one minute that I am coming back to you then you are wasting your time with me when you should be looking for someone else. I don't love you and I will never love you again, I love her." She pointed to dawn and continued. "Now, get the hell away from us and go find someone else to harass."

Amanda looked angry now. "Well fine, I hope you live an awful life together."

Amanda storms off leaving both girls smiling but bri was still angry, this did not go unnoticed by dawn. "Sweetie, are you ok?"

"Yeah, she just gets to me, that's why I dumped her. She is so controlling, every time we talk I just want to rip her head off." Bri said as they started walking again.

Dawn smiled. "Well, how about we go home and I can make you feel better."

Bri laughed and started running. "First one there gets seconds."

They both laughed all the way to there apartment racing, of course bri won and dawn complained until bri told her that she always got second and thirds no matter what.