Chapter 2

Later that evening Buffy was in her room nursing a large gash on her shoulder, when Willow came in.

'Oh that looks painful.'

'It's fine, really. It's not all that…' but before Buffy could finish, Willow had already sat down next to her and used her magic to heal the cut.

'Oh really Wills, you didn't have to. It would have healed quite fast…slayer powers you know.'

'I know,' Willow replied, but I didn't want to see you in pain…and well…also…I wanted to…well you know…talk…about before and…well when you said…you know…did you…umm…mean…'

Buffy cut her off, smiling, 'you're so cute when you start babbling, Will.' Buffy gasped and raised a hand to her mouth, had she just said that out loud? She imagined her own cheeks were probably as red as Willow's were right now, 'I'm sorry I shouldn't have…' she started hurriedly.

'No…oh…no it's…I…' Willow stopped and took a deep breath, closing her eyes before kissing Buffy's lips gently. She felt sparks of pleasure flow through her body as the slayer kissed her back; gently parting Willow's lips with her tongue, slowly deepening the kiss. Willow moved her hands to the sides of Buffy's face as the slayer slid her arms round Willow's waist.

'Buffy! Willow!'

The two girls stopped kissing and averted their attention to the window where Dawn's gigantic face was peeping through.

'Dawn!' Buffy explained.

'Why are you kissing Willow?' Dawn asked her sister.

'Uh…well…the thing is…you see…' Buffy stumbled over her words nervously as Willow's cheeks slowly blushed as red as her hair.

Dawn's face lightened, 'are you two dating now, because you know, I'm totally cool with that,' she paused, 'Did you break up with Kennedy, Willow?'

Willow hesitated, ' exactly…things have been kind of…strained between us recently…It's sort of…fizzled out.'

'Great,' Dawn replied cheerfully. Buffy gave her a stern look, 'I mean…'

'Dawn' Buffy said firmly.

'Okay, okay. I'm going,' Dawn replied, walking away from the window.

Willow stood up and walked towards the door, 'We'll…umm…talk tomorrow, yes tomorrow's good…maybe…'

Buffy smiled, 'Night Will.'

'Night Buffy. I…' she hesitated, reconsidering what she was about to say, 'I'll…err…talk to you tomorrow,' she finished, leaving the room.