Chapter 4

"B," it looks like the wind is heading towards the house!" Faith yells trying to be heard over the whistling wind, which suddenly stops.

"This so can not be a good sign," Buffy shakes her head, as both women run at top speed for the house.

SUMMERS HOUSE)

Willow is standing in Buffy's front yard with a gun in her hands. Kennedy is off to the side with tears in her eyes, as she didn't mean to cause this by any means. Xander and Dawn come out of the house shouting at Willow to drop the gun, as the slayer's show up. Anya teleports to the yard with a shocked look on her face. "Willow!" She shouts racing to the agitated redhead. "Willow," she puts a hand on Willow's arm.

"An get away, she could shoot you!" Xander yells as they see a shaking figure moving in the bushes.

Willow had chased Andrew to the house and he'd darted into the bushes. "Kill me, I deserve it," he says with tear-filled eyes.

Willow's hands begin to shake, as her eyes turn green. She then drops to her knees sobbing uncontrollably. "Look what I've done!" She buries her face in her hands as her entire body begins to quiver.

"What the hell happened here? Did you humans screw with her head again?" Anya speaks in an accusing tone, as she points at Kennedy, who looks grief-stricken.

"We were all getting on just fine till Ken-doll here got in the way." Faith snips with a sneer on her face.

"I would have been fine if you weren't putting the make on my girl!" Kennedy shouts angrily.

"Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Willow has been anyone's girl since she became an adult and her parents got to relinquish ownership." Anya states triumphantly, knowing that Willow and Tara prided themselves on being there individual persona as well as being one.

"I wish someone would stop this nonsense and take care of Willow!" Dawn shouts in a hostile tone.

"I'll agree to that," Anya says smiling at Dawn and morphing into Anyanka. "Done," with that both she and Willow are nowhere to be seen.

"Since when did An become so interested in taking care of Willow?" Xander asks. "Since when did An know how to take care of anyone?" He has a bewildered look on his face.

"My guess is since someone, seems that someone is Red, showed her a little understanding." Faith says walking in the house hoping to get some rest.

(ANYA'S APARTMENT)

Willow is stretched out on Anya's bed, having just finished telling her how the evening had started and finished. "So I screwed up, now their trust will be shot again."

"No Willow," Anya says and pours them both more tea. "It looks like everyone fell into the hands of the first. He made you feel guilty over Tara and then tried to get you to kill that little peon Andrew. I think he's gay you know; not that being gay is bad but does he have to be so obvious?" She looks at Willow who is actually cracking a small smile. "Sorry Willow, my tongue gets the better of me sometimes."

"Well I think you're right, it is the work of the first but, um, well I don't think Kennedy is it for me." Willow frowns. "I do need to let her know this wasn't entirely her fault though. But she got pushy and-and I so am not into pushy-gals y'know? I don't know, maybe I should give her a half way chance though. I mean I never even really tried and that's not so nice of me but I haven't been so nice lately."

Anya shrugs her shoulders and smiles. "I see you're relaxed," Willow returns the smile. "Look, you do need to move on Willow. It is what Tara would want plus having a good orgasm partner is necessary. The thing is if you don't like the brat that way, there is no use harboring with her because it's safe."

"I don't know that it is safe," Willow twists her fingers together. "I just, well what if every time I try to kiss a woman I turn all black-magic-girl and go all wicked."

"I don't think that will happen but if it does, you will have to just go back to men, which I wouldn't advise at this moment." Anya cringes thinking of how Xander hurt her and how she seeks vengeance for women the world over due to men who aren't so nice.

"That's so not an option, maybe I'll become a Jewish nun," Willow ponders that for a moment. "I-I-I don't think we have Jewish nuns; maybe I could start a Wiccan nunnery."

"Why don't you just try to kiss someone who isn't pressuring you; Faith maybe, it seems like everyone wants to kiss her." Anya smiles realizing that she wasn't hurt in the least when Willow told her of Faith and Xander being together at the Bronze.

"I-I well Faith probably wouldn't let me stop at a kiss and I don't think I'm ready to sleep with someone. Not that Faith would want to kiss me because I don't think I'm her type or anything but if she let me try the experiment with her, there would have to be something in it for her." Willow finishes off her drink after the long-winded babbling.

Anya shakes her head; Willow really did make her smile, even if she never owned up to it. She enjoyed watching her expressions when she babbled and found it commendable to have someone around who could talk as much as she could. "You've got to stop making excuses Willow and try," with that, Anya rises and walks over to Willow. She then, without Willow expecting it, plants a big kiss on the redhead's lips. "There y'see, no black eyes, just a little shocked look but you're not going all spastic on me. Test is done, find the right woman and you're home free. Now lets get some sleep." Anya smiles at the speechless woman lying on her bed and heads for the couch.

Willow lays there for a bit thinking of what that meant. She didn't flinch nor get grossed out by the demon's kiss. Anya really didn't seem to be a demon to her although she was. To Willow, she was just Anya and didn't kiss bad at all. Willow shakes the cobwebs from her head and rolls over for a good sleep.

(NEXT EVENING, SUMMERS HOUSE)

"So do tell me how Willow is?" Giles asks Anya who is standing in the kitchen with Giles and Andrew.

"She's all right now," Anya takes a side-glance at Kennedy who had just entered the kitchen. "She had a bad run but I think the first was primarily at fault and the rest of the blame lies right there with the over-hormonal young slayer-wanna-be."

"Don't you dare blame this on me!" Kennedy shouts and crosses the room in an instant to find that Anya had quickly morphed into Anyanka.

"Anya is a wimp, scared of most things," the demon says in a mock tone. "I however am not, don't touch me little girl."

"Kennedy," Giles tries to calm the girl, who pays either of them no attention and punches the demon in the face. She is met with a punch exceeding her own in power and ends up sprawled out in the floor on the other side of the room.

"Kennedy!" Willow's face doesn't look too happy as she enters the room to see what is going on. "I told you earlier I can't do this with you. I told you this out of fairness to you. I need time to sort myself out and can't do that with you acting all butch on me, plus pushing yourself at me. Please let it go for now."

"You just want to screw someone is all!" Kennedy is seething with anger as she speaks. "Which will it be oh great magician Willow, the slayer or the demon as your next bed-fellow!"

"If she wanted to just screw someone she would have stayed with your bratty ass!" Anya snaps in her best condescending tone.

"Ken-doll, chill out would ya?" Faith says walking in the kitchen. "When you grow up and stop living in never never land maybe you will get a good lay but I don't see that time coming soon."

"Fuck off Faith," Kennedy stands up with looks to kill all over her features. "I hear that's all you're good for, is a lay! Nobody cares about you!"

"I think this is getting a little too personal," Willow says. "We have a pending end of the world thingie to deal with. None of us have time for her and we shouldn't give her the time of day so then she will have to shut up."

"Smartest thing you've said all day Red," Faith smirks, gets a Pepsi from the fridge and then walks back out.

"So Willow," Anya turns towards the witch. "I was going to go do the grocery shopping for this ever-growing group of sniveling teen-brats, wanna come with?"

"Sure, anything to get out of here." As the two walk off Giles watches in amusement wondering what is going to come of this new-found friendship.