Part 10 - Kitchen

Buffy entered in the kitchen and Willow was sitting eating some cereal.

"Will! Hey, what are doing awake? It's late." Buffy asked sitting next to her.

"Oh... hi Buff, I was just having a snack."

"You? You don't have a snack, not unless something is bothering you."

"Yeah..." Willow answered sadly.

"Willow, what is it?" Buffy asked looking to Willow's eyes.

"Oh... I just had trouble sleeping..." Willow said still eating.

"Trouble?" Buffy asked worried.

"Yeah... I keep having this weird feelings since we've got here, I don't know really what it is... but it's nothing to worry about...And you? Had trouble sleeping too?"

"Yeah... well, I haven't slept much these days that I guess I got used to staying up...something is bothering you?"

"Yeah..." Willow looked down and started to breathe more heavily. Buffy already knew that look, she did that every time they talked about Tara.

"Honey... Will? Look at me..." Willow looked at Buffy. "Hey... what are you feeling? Is it something I can help?"

"No...never mind..."

"Hey Will... it's ok... it's me..."

Willow breathed deeply and said "Oh.. it's just... after I came from England, I became more sensitive with the magic and stuff, and now I have this feeling of some power around here, some force, a good one, a familiar one..."

"Familiar? Like you know this power?"

"Known... had lived with it... already felt it before...feels like..."

"Like?"

Willow took a big breath...

"Feels like Tara..."

"Oh... that's good right?"

"Good? Sure. But at the same time it's like a curse.."

"Curse?" Buffy asked surprised.

"Yeah... I mean I try so hard to not think about her anymore, you know... she is gone, rather I like it or not... and I'm with Kennedy trying to move on with my life but with this feeling I don't think that is going to be possible... and god! How I miss her, and there's nothing I can do..." Willow was almost crying, and now so was Buffy.

Willow had just admitted that she still missed Tara, of course she does, maybe it's time to give her some hope that Tara is alive...

"Will... can I ask you something?"

Willow dried her tears... "Sure..."

"What if... what if Ta..."

Kennedy picked this exact moment to enter in the kitchen.

"Hey guys, what you doing here?" Kennedy said going to the back of Willow's chair.

"Ah... nothing just talking... And you? I thought you were sleeping." Willow said looking to Kennedy.

"Yeah... I was.. but I got thirsty and you weren't there so I came here to get a glass of water and to look for you." Kennedy said giving a little kiss in Willow's cheek and later going to take a glass of water.

Willow smiled and turned to Buffy.

"Buffy, what were you saying? Ta... what?"

"Oh... Ah..." Kennedy and Willow were looking very interested in Buffy. "Ah.. I meant what if Tayson died."

"Tayson? Who's that?" Willow asked.

"You know... that beyblade guy..."

They both looked with weird faces to Buffy.

"Ah... I'm going to leave you two alone...Willow, honey, are you coming to bed?" Kennedy said putting her glass in the sink.

"Ah… sure, go ahead I'm just going to finish here." Willow said pointing to the cereal.

"Ok." Kennedy left the kitchen.

"Taylor? Buffy you don't watch this kind of stuff.. and I don't know the answer either..." Willow said with a weird and thoughtful face.

"Oh.. yeah, never mind I'm talking crazy here ..an.. I'm going to lay down now.. I'm kinda tired..." Buffy said getting up.

"Ok... good night."

"Night"

Buffy was about to left the kitchen.

Willow's thoughts She wasn't talking about Taylor... why did she change?

"Buffy?" Willow asked before she left.

"Yeah?" Buffy asked turning her head to see Willow.

"Ah... never mind" Guess it's better to let it go.