Once More with Déjà Vu: Chapter One
Disclaimer: If I owned BtVS or AtS, don't you think I'd be making this into an episode instead of posting it on a website? That's what I thought...
Glor: (claps) The Nerd Trio is so fun to write! I just wish I could remember some more insulting names they had for each other... If anyone remembers some could say 'em in a review? Thanks ever so... Thanks to my first reveiwer, Angel Reid! Hope you like this chapter! Also thank you to my other reveiwer bloodshedbaby who use to be TaniTKD until fanfiction.net booted her off and had to re-register. (talks to bloodshedbaby) You're one of my FAVE authors! I was ecstatic when I got your review!
A brunette holding baby starts to hum to lull the child to sleep. Suddenly, she begins to sing softly what she was humming, "A new day... A new day..."
"I was waiting for so long For a miracle to come Everyone told me to be strong Hold on and don't shed a tear," she sang as she wiped a few stray tears from the baby boy's as the baby cried.
The woman smiled as she kept singing, "Through the darkness and good times I knew I'd make it through And the world thought I'd had it all But I was waiting for you..." she patted the baby's back, trying to sooth him.
"Hush now I see a light in the sky Oh it's almost blinding me I can't believe I've been touched by an Angel with love..." when she sang the pre- chorus, the baby hushed as a dark haired man watched the woman sway with the baby to the music that came from no where and her own singing.
"Let the rain come down and wash away my tears Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new sun A new day has come..." the brunette sang as she watched the rain outside the window of the room, oblivious to the man smiling as she sang to his child.
"When it was dark now there's light Where there was pain now's there's joy Where there was weakness I found my strength All in the eyes of a boy..." she sang the last words looking into the eyes of the boy and smiling sweetly.
The baby began to cry again but she soothed it away, "Hush now I see a light in the sky Oh it's almost blinding me I can't believe I've been touched by an Angel with love..." she sang as she turned and noticed the man behind her.
He smiled at her and she smiled too but kept singing, "Let the rain come down and wash away my tears Let it fill my soul and drown my fears Let it shatter the walls for a new sun..." she then repeated, "Let the rain come down and wash away my tears Let it fill my soul and drown my fears Let it shatter the walls for a new sun..."
The man walked up to the woman and wrapped his arms around her and the baby swaying in time with the brunette's singing, "The new day has come... Hush, now" at the word hush the baby had began to drift off and the woman turned her head to look at the man swaying with her as she sang, "I see a light in your eyes All in the eyes of a boy I can't believe I've been touched by an Angel with love" at the word angel, she looked straight into the man's eyes, "I can't believe I've been touched by an Angel with love..."
"Hush now A new day... Hush now A new day..." the music faded out and the man let go of the woman so she could put the now sleeping baby into his crib.
The woman motioned to the man and he followed her into the hallway. She shut the door behind her leaning on it, "What the hell was that?"
"I dunno..." the man shrugged, "It got Connor to sleep though so it can't be so bad, Cordy..."
"Yeah but... We were dancing... Together... Swaying to the music, Angel! Like- like..."
"A couple?" Angel suggested.
"Yeah! But no... Let's talk to the others..." Cordelia said as she began to walk away from Angel so he couldn't see her blushing.
Angel's face had a confused look but he followed Cordelia downstairs to where Fred, Gunn, Wesley and Lorne were setting up the Angel Investigations phone line, website, and making the posters to be printed.
"Guys?" Cordelia said as she got to bottom of the stairs as everyone turned to her, "Uh... How's it going down here?"
"It's good! I'm almost done setting up our website! Come take a look!" Fred exclaimed as she motioned Cordelia and Angel over to the computer.
Cordelia bit her lip, "Um... Nothing weird is going on, right?" at saying this she caught everyone's attention, "No one... Just bursting into song without knowing it?"
"Oh gosh! I thought I was the only one!" Fred said as she got up, "I started to sing Only Time by..."
"Enya, Fredikins, Enya... It was a pretty good rendition of it if I might add," Lorne reminded Fred.
"But I've never even heard it before! One moment we were talking about how long it'll take to get everything up and running then I'm singing and dancing with Lorne, Wesley and Gunn..." Fred told Cordelia "Did you sing too, Cordy?"
"Uh yeah... I was singing to Connor but not a just a lullaby but a full- blown song by Celine Dion! A new day has come, I think that's the name and I was swaying and singing with the music, holding Connor..." Cordelia hesitated and decided to not mention the romantic swaying with Angel, "Then Connor fell asleep and that was it..."
Angel was about to say that he was there too, but Cordelia gave him a look that said 'don't say anything'.
"Hm... Is it just the girls or are there more people singing?" Wesley thought aloud.
"Well, English let's check the TV. If people are bursting into song, the reporters are bound to notice," Gunn said as he went into Angel's office and came out with a small color portable TV.
Gunn put the TV down and the others gathered around as he turned it on.
"- it seems LA isn't the only place where residents are bursting into song and dance. It seems a neighboring town, Sunnydale, has residents singing and dancing, disrupting businesses an-" the reporter was cut off as Angel turned of the TV.
"Well, it looks like the Hellmouth is filled with the sound of music too," Cordelia stated and turned to Angel, "Think we should call the Scoobies?"
"Well, if it's affecting both of us... It'd be faster if we worked together..." Angel answered reluctantly.
"Wes, can you call the Magic Box and say we're dropping by..." Cordelia said as she yawned, "I'm gonna turn in... G'night guys..."
Angel watched as Cordelia went up the stairs silently. Angel followed her and when he was upstairs he turned her around.
"Cordy? Is something wrong?" he asked as he looked into her eyes.
Her breath hitched in her throat, "Uh... Nothing's wrong, Angel... What would make you think that?"
"Because you haven't looked me in the eye since you sang Connor to sleep..."
Cordelia gulped, "It's just... I'm a lil embarrassed..."
"Embarrassed? Why, you sang beautifully..." she blushed and looked down but Angel caught her chin to make her look at him, "Was it because you were dancing with me?"
"No!" Cordelia said suddenly and then quieted down, "No, it's just..." she trailed off looking into his eyes.
His dark brown eyes penetrated hers as a smiled and lowered his head to kiss her. They're lips meet and Cordelia's stand shocked for a moment but leans into his kiss. She wraps her arms instinctively around his neck and Angel wraps his arms around her waist, bringing her closer. The kiss was tender and sweet. After a few moments, Cordelia came up for air.
She gasped and stared at Angel, "...that was..."
"Amazing?" Angel finished for her as she nodded in agreement.
"Um, I should go... We can talk in the morning?"
"Yeah..." Angel said as he watched Cordelia walk towards her room, "Good Night, Cordy,"
Cordelia turned and smiled, "It was... G'night, Angel..."
She closed the door behind her and leaned against the door placing two fingers on her lips, 'Angel kissed me...' was the only coherent thought going through her addled brain as she walked to her bed and collapsed upon it without changing her clothes.
Ring Ring Ring Ring...
"This is the Magic Box, here for all your magic needs! This is Anya, soon to be Mrs. Alexander Harris! I'm not answering the phone at the moment because my soon to be husband is giving me many pleasurable orgasms-"
"Anya!" Xander's voice cuts her off in the background.
"Yes, that's my Xander! Leave a mess-" Beep!
"Why..." Wesley stuttered after the disturbing answering machine greeting and composed himself, "This is Wesley Wyndham-Pryce. There have been reports of people of L.A. and Sunnydale bursting into song... Angel, Cordelia, and I and also a few colleagues of ours are coming to Sunnydale to investigate. We thought that if we work together we might unravel this mystery quickly so-" Beep!
Back in L.A., Wesley stared at the phone incredulously, "It cut me off!" he said as he put the phone back in it's cradle, "I guess I got my point across but still!"
"Stop griping, English, you made the call, they know we're coming so let's pack," Gunn said as he passed Wesley.
Wes sighed and went up to his room to pack a few things for the hopefully short visit to Sunnydale.
The door of the Magic Box unlocks as Anya strolls in happily. She walks right by the answering machine, not noticing the red blinking light as she gets to work.
Buffy sighs as work begins to slow down when night falls. She looks up to see Spike again except he's outside. Suddenly feeling self-conscious she takes off her hat and run her hand through her short hair. Spike keeps walking and Buffy goes to the back room while telling her boss she's taking a break.
Buffy is out in the alley behind the Doublemeat to meet Spike. Soon she's backed up against the wall with Spike moving rhythmically against her. Spike looks at her, but her head is turned away from him. He catches her chin making her look at him as he makes pleasure course through her body.
A little ways over we see that at the opening of the alley Andrew is walking by with a soda and bag of food from the Doublemeat Palace. He almost spits out his soda as he sees Buffy and Spike.
'Note to self: add the Doublemeat Palace to the list of where to put cameras,' Andrew thought as he watched the rest of the show as recorded it with one of the cameras that was meant for the Slayer's basement.
Buffy gasps as she climaxed and Spike backed off of her leaving her panting. He zips up his pants and fixes Buffy's uniform for her, "G'night, luv..." he said as he walked off.
Once he turned away from her, she slides to the ground watching him walk off, 'What the hell? How does he do that!?' Buffy thought as Spike left the alley not noticing Andrew as he stalked off.
After composing herself, Buffy went back inside to work. Andrew went into the alley and set up the camera. 'I should set one up inside too! But the Slayer's there... Eh, Jonathan can do it! But wait... Why hasn't she started singing yet?' Andrew thought as he left the alley.
"Welcome to the Doublemeat Palace- Oh hey, Tara!" Buffy said from her position at the register which she has been at for few hours with no customers after Spike had left.
"I-I just came by to see h-how you're doing at your new job," Tara said shyly, "And I was hungry so I could kill two birds with one stone y'know?"
"So what would you like?"
Tara looked up at the food board and then looked back at Buffy, "Number 4, please"
Buffy entered in the order, "What kind of drink?"
"Sprite please," Tara smiled, "Um... Would it be ok if you t-took a break? I need to tell you about something?" then she leaned in a bit so only Buffy would hear, "Something's wrong on the Hellmouth..." she whispered and then leaned back.
Buffy nodded, "Yeah I think it'll be fine... Just get a booth and I'll bring your food..."
A few minutes later Buffy walked over to the booth where Tara sat and placed Tara's food in front of her, "I'm off work now, so what's wrong? Demon?"
"I don't know yet... Haven't talked to the Scoobies yet... But people just started singing and dancing..." Tara answered.
"Again? Didn't we already go through that?" Buffy said as she took off her cow hat.
"It's not the same... Uh... I've noticed that the people are singing songs that already existed... And I heard on a news report that it's happening L.A. too... Fortunately, no burnt bodies have been found so it's fair to say we can rule out this being someone accidentally calling upon Sweet again..."
"In L.A. too?"
Tara nodded and took a sip of her soda, "Isn't that where A-angel is?" Buffy nodded mutely, "Shouldn't we call him?"
"Uh, yeah..." Buffy said snapping out of her trance and then changing the subject, "So... Have you talked to Willow lately?"
"N-not so much..." Tara stuttered, caught off guard, "I haven't ever really found a place that I call home..." Tara began to sing.
Buffy looked at her quizzically as she began to sing the next verses, "I never stick around quite long enough to make it I apologize that once again I'm not in love But it's not as if I mind That your heart ain't exactly breaking..." her eyes were distant as she sang to someone far away.
"It's just a thought, only a thought..." Tara sang as both of them got up to sing the next part together.
"But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine..." Buffy and Tara sang together as they twirled and swayed to the music.
A spotlight shine on Tara as Buffy stepped away, "I've always thought that I would love to live by the sea To travel the world alone and live more simply I have no idea what's happened to that dream Cos there's really nothing left here to stop me..." Tara sang the last words sadly because there was nothing stopping her from leaving Sunnydale.
"It's just a thought, only a thought," Buffy came back into the spotlight with Tara.
"But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine..." they both sang sadly as they clapped with music as the swayed, "If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine..."
Tara stepped back still clapping with the music and let the spotlight shine on Buffy, "While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try Well how can I say I'm alive..." Buffy sang with every syllable ringing true to her life.
"If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine..." Tara sang as Buffy clapped and then both sang and clapped together, "If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine Cos nothing I have is truly mine Cos nothing I have is truly mine Cos nothing I have is truly mine..."
The music faded away leaving Buffy and Tara standing in the middle of the Doublemeat Palace with patrons and Buffy's fellow workers staring. Buffy looked over at Tara who sat back in he seat embarrassed and Buffy followed in suit.
"B-buffy? Are you ok? 'Cause, I caught s-some hidden meanings behind y-your singing..." Tara said stumbling upon some of her words, "You don't have to tell me but-"
Buffy broke down and began to cry, interrupting Tara. Tara looked at her sympathetically and got up and sat beside her rubbing her back, "It's ok, Buffy... Let's get you h-home and we can talk there if you like."
Buffy nodded, "I'd like that," she said with a sniff as she wiped her eyes and the two women left the fast food place.
Once they had left Andrew came out of the bushed by the window with another camera, "Finally! Maybe she'll combust soon!" he said excitedly as he installed a camera in the Doublemeat Palace.
Glor: Wow! I'm writing this SO fast! And my friend Megan ACTUALLY likes my fic! She's usually my toughest critic! She even put it in her favorites! But she didn't actually leave a review 'cause she already told me what she thought of it... Hm... Two songs in one fic! Yay me! The first song, as Cordy mentioned, is A New Day Has Come by Celine Dion and the second song, sung by Tara and Buffy, is Life for Rent by Dido. I suggest downloading them and listening to them while reading them sing 'cause I did that while I wrote it and it makes easier to imagine them dancing with music. Please leave a review! Bye-e!
Disclaimer: If I owned BtVS or AtS, don't you think I'd be making this into an episode instead of posting it on a website? That's what I thought...
Glor: (claps) The Nerd Trio is so fun to write! I just wish I could remember some more insulting names they had for each other... If anyone remembers some could say 'em in a review? Thanks ever so... Thanks to my first reveiwer, Angel Reid! Hope you like this chapter! Also thank you to my other reveiwer bloodshedbaby who use to be TaniTKD until fanfiction.net booted her off and had to re-register. (talks to bloodshedbaby) You're one of my FAVE authors! I was ecstatic when I got your review!
A brunette holding baby starts to hum to lull the child to sleep. Suddenly, she begins to sing softly what she was humming, "A new day... A new day..."
"I was waiting for so long For a miracle to come Everyone told me to be strong Hold on and don't shed a tear," she sang as she wiped a few stray tears from the baby boy's as the baby cried.
The woman smiled as she kept singing, "Through the darkness and good times I knew I'd make it through And the world thought I'd had it all But I was waiting for you..." she patted the baby's back, trying to sooth him.
"Hush now I see a light in the sky Oh it's almost blinding me I can't believe I've been touched by an Angel with love..." when she sang the pre- chorus, the baby hushed as a dark haired man watched the woman sway with the baby to the music that came from no where and her own singing.
"Let the rain come down and wash away my tears Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new sun A new day has come..." the brunette sang as she watched the rain outside the window of the room, oblivious to the man smiling as she sang to his child.
"When it was dark now there's light Where there was pain now's there's joy Where there was weakness I found my strength All in the eyes of a boy..." she sang the last words looking into the eyes of the boy and smiling sweetly.
The baby began to cry again but she soothed it away, "Hush now I see a light in the sky Oh it's almost blinding me I can't believe I've been touched by an Angel with love..." she sang as she turned and noticed the man behind her.
He smiled at her and she smiled too but kept singing, "Let the rain come down and wash away my tears Let it fill my soul and drown my fears Let it shatter the walls for a new sun..." she then repeated, "Let the rain come down and wash away my tears Let it fill my soul and drown my fears Let it shatter the walls for a new sun..."
The man walked up to the woman and wrapped his arms around her and the baby swaying in time with the brunette's singing, "The new day has come... Hush, now" at the word hush the baby had began to drift off and the woman turned her head to look at the man swaying with her as she sang, "I see a light in your eyes All in the eyes of a boy I can't believe I've been touched by an Angel with love" at the word angel, she looked straight into the man's eyes, "I can't believe I've been touched by an Angel with love..."
"Hush now A new day... Hush now A new day..." the music faded out and the man let go of the woman so she could put the now sleeping baby into his crib.
The woman motioned to the man and he followed her into the hallway. She shut the door behind her leaning on it, "What the hell was that?"
"I dunno..." the man shrugged, "It got Connor to sleep though so it can't be so bad, Cordy..."
"Yeah but... We were dancing... Together... Swaying to the music, Angel! Like- like..."
"A couple?" Angel suggested.
"Yeah! But no... Let's talk to the others..." Cordelia said as she began to walk away from Angel so he couldn't see her blushing.
Angel's face had a confused look but he followed Cordelia downstairs to where Fred, Gunn, Wesley and Lorne were setting up the Angel Investigations phone line, website, and making the posters to be printed.
"Guys?" Cordelia said as she got to bottom of the stairs as everyone turned to her, "Uh... How's it going down here?"
"It's good! I'm almost done setting up our website! Come take a look!" Fred exclaimed as she motioned Cordelia and Angel over to the computer.
Cordelia bit her lip, "Um... Nothing weird is going on, right?" at saying this she caught everyone's attention, "No one... Just bursting into song without knowing it?"
"Oh gosh! I thought I was the only one!" Fred said as she got up, "I started to sing Only Time by..."
"Enya, Fredikins, Enya... It was a pretty good rendition of it if I might add," Lorne reminded Fred.
"But I've never even heard it before! One moment we were talking about how long it'll take to get everything up and running then I'm singing and dancing with Lorne, Wesley and Gunn..." Fred told Cordelia "Did you sing too, Cordy?"
"Uh yeah... I was singing to Connor but not a just a lullaby but a full- blown song by Celine Dion! A new day has come, I think that's the name and I was swaying and singing with the music, holding Connor..." Cordelia hesitated and decided to not mention the romantic swaying with Angel, "Then Connor fell asleep and that was it..."
Angel was about to say that he was there too, but Cordelia gave him a look that said 'don't say anything'.
"Hm... Is it just the girls or are there more people singing?" Wesley thought aloud.
"Well, English let's check the TV. If people are bursting into song, the reporters are bound to notice," Gunn said as he went into Angel's office and came out with a small color portable TV.
Gunn put the TV down and the others gathered around as he turned it on.
"- it seems LA isn't the only place where residents are bursting into song and dance. It seems a neighboring town, Sunnydale, has residents singing and dancing, disrupting businesses an-" the reporter was cut off as Angel turned of the TV.
"Well, it looks like the Hellmouth is filled with the sound of music too," Cordelia stated and turned to Angel, "Think we should call the Scoobies?"
"Well, if it's affecting both of us... It'd be faster if we worked together..." Angel answered reluctantly.
"Wes, can you call the Magic Box and say we're dropping by..." Cordelia said as she yawned, "I'm gonna turn in... G'night guys..."
Angel watched as Cordelia went up the stairs silently. Angel followed her and when he was upstairs he turned her around.
"Cordy? Is something wrong?" he asked as he looked into her eyes.
Her breath hitched in her throat, "Uh... Nothing's wrong, Angel... What would make you think that?"
"Because you haven't looked me in the eye since you sang Connor to sleep..."
Cordelia gulped, "It's just... I'm a lil embarrassed..."
"Embarrassed? Why, you sang beautifully..." she blushed and looked down but Angel caught her chin to make her look at him, "Was it because you were dancing with me?"
"No!" Cordelia said suddenly and then quieted down, "No, it's just..." she trailed off looking into his eyes.
His dark brown eyes penetrated hers as a smiled and lowered his head to kiss her. They're lips meet and Cordelia's stand shocked for a moment but leans into his kiss. She wraps her arms instinctively around his neck and Angel wraps his arms around her waist, bringing her closer. The kiss was tender and sweet. After a few moments, Cordelia came up for air.
She gasped and stared at Angel, "...that was..."
"Amazing?" Angel finished for her as she nodded in agreement.
"Um, I should go... We can talk in the morning?"
"Yeah..." Angel said as he watched Cordelia walk towards her room, "Good Night, Cordy,"
Cordelia turned and smiled, "It was... G'night, Angel..."
She closed the door behind her and leaned against the door placing two fingers on her lips, 'Angel kissed me...' was the only coherent thought going through her addled brain as she walked to her bed and collapsed upon it without changing her clothes.
Ring Ring Ring Ring...
"This is the Magic Box, here for all your magic needs! This is Anya, soon to be Mrs. Alexander Harris! I'm not answering the phone at the moment because my soon to be husband is giving me many pleasurable orgasms-"
"Anya!" Xander's voice cuts her off in the background.
"Yes, that's my Xander! Leave a mess-" Beep!
"Why..." Wesley stuttered after the disturbing answering machine greeting and composed himself, "This is Wesley Wyndham-Pryce. There have been reports of people of L.A. and Sunnydale bursting into song... Angel, Cordelia, and I and also a few colleagues of ours are coming to Sunnydale to investigate. We thought that if we work together we might unravel this mystery quickly so-" Beep!
Back in L.A., Wesley stared at the phone incredulously, "It cut me off!" he said as he put the phone back in it's cradle, "I guess I got my point across but still!"
"Stop griping, English, you made the call, they know we're coming so let's pack," Gunn said as he passed Wesley.
Wes sighed and went up to his room to pack a few things for the hopefully short visit to Sunnydale.
The door of the Magic Box unlocks as Anya strolls in happily. She walks right by the answering machine, not noticing the red blinking light as she gets to work.
Buffy sighs as work begins to slow down when night falls. She looks up to see Spike again except he's outside. Suddenly feeling self-conscious she takes off her hat and run her hand through her short hair. Spike keeps walking and Buffy goes to the back room while telling her boss she's taking a break.
Buffy is out in the alley behind the Doublemeat to meet Spike. Soon she's backed up against the wall with Spike moving rhythmically against her. Spike looks at her, but her head is turned away from him. He catches her chin making her look at him as he makes pleasure course through her body.
A little ways over we see that at the opening of the alley Andrew is walking by with a soda and bag of food from the Doublemeat Palace. He almost spits out his soda as he sees Buffy and Spike.
'Note to self: add the Doublemeat Palace to the list of where to put cameras,' Andrew thought as he watched the rest of the show as recorded it with one of the cameras that was meant for the Slayer's basement.
Buffy gasps as she climaxed and Spike backed off of her leaving her panting. He zips up his pants and fixes Buffy's uniform for her, "G'night, luv..." he said as he walked off.
Once he turned away from her, she slides to the ground watching him walk off, 'What the hell? How does he do that!?' Buffy thought as Spike left the alley not noticing Andrew as he stalked off.
After composing herself, Buffy went back inside to work. Andrew went into the alley and set up the camera. 'I should set one up inside too! But the Slayer's there... Eh, Jonathan can do it! But wait... Why hasn't she started singing yet?' Andrew thought as he left the alley.
"Welcome to the Doublemeat Palace- Oh hey, Tara!" Buffy said from her position at the register which she has been at for few hours with no customers after Spike had left.
"I-I just came by to see h-how you're doing at your new job," Tara said shyly, "And I was hungry so I could kill two birds with one stone y'know?"
"So what would you like?"
Tara looked up at the food board and then looked back at Buffy, "Number 4, please"
Buffy entered in the order, "What kind of drink?"
"Sprite please," Tara smiled, "Um... Would it be ok if you t-took a break? I need to tell you about something?" then she leaned in a bit so only Buffy would hear, "Something's wrong on the Hellmouth..." she whispered and then leaned back.
Buffy nodded, "Yeah I think it'll be fine... Just get a booth and I'll bring your food..."
A few minutes later Buffy walked over to the booth where Tara sat and placed Tara's food in front of her, "I'm off work now, so what's wrong? Demon?"
"I don't know yet... Haven't talked to the Scoobies yet... But people just started singing and dancing..." Tara answered.
"Again? Didn't we already go through that?" Buffy said as she took off her cow hat.
"It's not the same... Uh... I've noticed that the people are singing songs that already existed... And I heard on a news report that it's happening L.A. too... Fortunately, no burnt bodies have been found so it's fair to say we can rule out this being someone accidentally calling upon Sweet again..."
"In L.A. too?"
Tara nodded and took a sip of her soda, "Isn't that where A-angel is?" Buffy nodded mutely, "Shouldn't we call him?"
"Uh, yeah..." Buffy said snapping out of her trance and then changing the subject, "So... Have you talked to Willow lately?"
"N-not so much..." Tara stuttered, caught off guard, "I haven't ever really found a place that I call home..." Tara began to sing.
Buffy looked at her quizzically as she began to sing the next verses, "I never stick around quite long enough to make it I apologize that once again I'm not in love But it's not as if I mind That your heart ain't exactly breaking..." her eyes were distant as she sang to someone far away.
"It's just a thought, only a thought..." Tara sang as both of them got up to sing the next part together.
"But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine..." Buffy and Tara sang together as they twirled and swayed to the music.
A spotlight shine on Tara as Buffy stepped away, "I've always thought that I would love to live by the sea To travel the world alone and live more simply I have no idea what's happened to that dream Cos there's really nothing left here to stop me..." Tara sang the last words sadly because there was nothing stopping her from leaving Sunnydale.
"It's just a thought, only a thought," Buffy came back into the spotlight with Tara.
"But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine..." they both sang sadly as they clapped with music as the swayed, "If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine..."
Tara stepped back still clapping with the music and let the spotlight shine on Buffy, "While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try Well how can I say I'm alive..." Buffy sang with every syllable ringing true to her life.
"If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine..." Tara sang as Buffy clapped and then both sang and clapped together, "If my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy Well I deserve nothing more than I get Cos nothing I have is truly mine Cos nothing I have is truly mine Cos nothing I have is truly mine Cos nothing I have is truly mine..."
The music faded away leaving Buffy and Tara standing in the middle of the Doublemeat Palace with patrons and Buffy's fellow workers staring. Buffy looked over at Tara who sat back in he seat embarrassed and Buffy followed in suit.
"B-buffy? Are you ok? 'Cause, I caught s-some hidden meanings behind y-your singing..." Tara said stumbling upon some of her words, "You don't have to tell me but-"
Buffy broke down and began to cry, interrupting Tara. Tara looked at her sympathetically and got up and sat beside her rubbing her back, "It's ok, Buffy... Let's get you h-home and we can talk there if you like."
Buffy nodded, "I'd like that," she said with a sniff as she wiped her eyes and the two women left the fast food place.
Once they had left Andrew came out of the bushed by the window with another camera, "Finally! Maybe she'll combust soon!" he said excitedly as he installed a camera in the Doublemeat Palace.
Glor: Wow! I'm writing this SO fast! And my friend Megan ACTUALLY likes my fic! She's usually my toughest critic! She even put it in her favorites! But she didn't actually leave a review 'cause she already told me what she thought of it... Hm... Two songs in one fic! Yay me! The first song, as Cordy mentioned, is A New Day Has Come by Celine Dion and the second song, sung by Tara and Buffy, is Life for Rent by Dido. I suggest downloading them and listening to them while reading them sing 'cause I did that while I wrote it and it makes easier to imagine them dancing with music. Please leave a review! Bye-e!
