Part 19 – Never to late

Knock knock

Tara was lying down on her bed reading a book when she heard the door and went to answer it. She looked surprised by Willow's presence.

"Well...that wasn't the looking I was hoping for..." Willow said.

"Ah...sorry... Hi..." Tara gave a smile.

"Can I come in or are you busy?"

"Oh...no... I was just reading, come in please."

Willow entered in the room and took a look around. "I see you've decorated, made it look like more Taraish." Willow said with a smile.

Tara reply the smile "You like it?"

"It's Tara like, so I loved it." They both didn't stop the smiles.

"Make yourself comfortable." Tara offered an armchair that was besides Tara's bed to sit.

Willow sat on the armchair and Tara took the other armchair that was besides the one that Willow was sitting. They sat in silence. Tara felt that Willow was a little nervous, Tara was too, she didn't know what Willow was up to.

"You wanna something to drink?" Tara asked.

"No, thanks. Kinda still in shock to see you again."

"Good shock?"

"Wonderful shock."

They both smiled.

"So...you talked to Kennedy?"

Willow nodded and looked down for a moment and then looked at Tara again.

"How was it? Ah, you don't have to say it if you don't want to, I understand." Tara said.

Willow gave a smile. "It's ok...and it was..."

"Intense?"

"Yeah..."

"Is she waiting for you?" Tara asked.

"What?"

"Kennedy. Is she in your room?"

"No no... she, she left."

Tara realized what had happened, she was happy inside but she wanted to comfort Willow. Break ups are never easy. "Oh... are you ok?"

Willow nodded. "I did the right thing."

"Where is she?"

"She said she was going to call Giles who's in..."

"She's going to England?"

"How do you know?"

"Faith..."

"What?"

"She came here to talk to me."

"Really? What for? What did she say? She didn't do anything to you did she?"

"No. She just came here to talk to me. I told you..."

"No you didn't, you said that she knew that you were alive. But you didn't mention anything about talking. What you guys talked about?"

"Hey Will, she didn't do anything, she just said that you still...that I was going to miss my chance if I didn't talk to you. She was nice, you don't have to worry about her."

"Oh...ok...she changed..."

"Maybe The First changed her a bit."

"Maybe..."

They both didn't say anything for a moment.

"Willow?"

"Yeah." Willow looked at Tara.

Laughs

"What?" Willow asked. Willow asked with a smile.

"You're with your "thinking Willow face."

Smiles.

"So, I wanted to come here to ask if you're not too busy you could, you know, if you're hungry, and we could..."

Tara gave a smile and answered "I'd love to." Tara knew exactly what Willow wanted. (Who didn't!) So Tara completed Willow's sentence and saved Willow from the embarrassment.

"Really?"

Smile, smile and smile.

Tara nodded with a big smile.

"Great! I saw this great place, maybe we could have dinner there…"

"It sounds perfect to me."

"Good, I have to change now… can I pick you up at seven maybe?"

"Yeah, I'll be waiting."

Both woman were so embarrassed it didn't really make sense, they both already knew each other, they had been so comfortable with each other, now it just sounded different, everything was like their first time, the first time that they were going to have a date, and their first everything. Willow took all her courage and took Tara's hand into her and looked into her eyes.

"Thank you."

"For?"

"Being back to my life."

"Special…" Tara said with her half smile.

"What?"

"You, you always make me fell special."

"Magic…"

"It's more than that…"

They both smiled, the felling of being loved like that again it was inexplicable, they knew exactly what the other was feeling. They wanted to take everything step by step to not make anything wrong, they had lost each other once and they didn't wanted that to happen again.

"I'll se you at 7:00 then?"

"Can't wait."

Willow gave a little jump and a smile to Tara, then she walked out the door thinking what she would wear.