Here's chapter 4!
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"Doctor, she's conscious." The nurse whispered to him as Kennedy began opening her eyes. She began gasping for air, having not taken a breath in several minutes. Everything was a blur, but she instantly noticed that all the pain in her body has decreased a significant amount.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" the lead doctor asked as he say the woman in the doorway.
"Kennedy…" Willow's heart sunk when she saw her girl lying shirtless and bloody on a raised table. Kennedy had one arm in a cast, a half-stitched stab would, a split lip, and .
"Who is this woman? Guard!" The lead doctor was finishing the stitching on the stab wound, but the presence of the mysterious woman was stressing him out.
"Miss please, come with me…" The guard grabbed Willow's arm and started to pull her out of the room.
"No! I'm not going anywhere." Willow shoved him off and flashed her eyes a dark black, to scare him off.
"Miss please. The moment they are ready for you, I'll let you in, but until then, please just step out into the hall with me for a moment." Willow obliged and closed the door behind her. The moment she was on the other side of the door, her eyes welled up with tears. It was her fault that Kennedy was hurt.
Kennedy recognized the voice speaking her name and arguing with the guard, but she figured she must have been imagining it. She only moved when she felt the doctor finish her stitches.
"Wow… easy there kiddo…" the male doctor said to her as she lifter her head and started trying to sit up.
"No… I have to go…" Kennedy sat up and winced at the pain still in her side. She went to brush the hair out of her face, but was met with a hard surfaced cast covering her hand. "Great…"
"Kennedy, how are you feeling?" The youngest woman was very concerned with her well-being after the few words they exchanged earlier.
"Kinda like I punched a wall and got stabbed." Kennedy used her other hand to push the hair out of her face. "Look guys… I'd love to stay and chat, but I have to go. But I really have important things to get to…" She began standing up when the same girl came over to catch her from slipping on the floor.
"Willow, right?" the girl said as she helped Kennedy into a blue hospital shirt.
"Yea, how did you-"
"You kept mentioning her earlier. She has to be pretty damn important to be what was technically your last words. " The girl grabbed a damp cloth and gently wiped the blood from Kennedy's mouth and around her face. "And plus, I think she's here." The girl smiled gestured to the doorway.
Kennedy spun around so fast she popped one her stitches, causing her skin to tear slightly. She ignored the pain and the blood now running down her side.
"Miss, please just slow down, we still need to run some tests before we let you leave." The lead man said as she started for the door.
"You can't hold me here against my will…" Kennedy placed her hand on the door knob, but turned her head to face the young woman who had been talking with her. "Thanks-"
"Elle." The girl finished her sentence with a smile. "My name's Elle."
"Well, thank you, Elle." Kennedy turned to the door again and opened it slowly. She stepped out into the hall and frowned when she say no one but the guard standing there.
"In the Lobby." The guard said from behind her, catching her by surprise.
"Huh?"
"The girl. Small red headed one. She went back out to the Lobby."
"Thanks…" Kennedy started off down the hall when the man shouted after her.
"Other way, Miss." He chuckled a little to himself, "Unless you were planning on exiting and going around the entire building."
"Not so much…" Kennedy turned around and set herself in the correct direction as she gave the guard a short smile and nod of approval.
Out in the Lobby, Buffy and Xander had gone home to get some things while Willow waited for any news on how Kennedy was recovering.
Willow walked up to the counter and asked again if there was any news.
"Honey I already told you," The woman spoke with a thick southern accent, "We won't be recievin' any information until the patient has been moved from the Emergency room to a permanent room. I'm sorry but you'll just have to wait." Willow frowned and fiddled with her fingers for a moment. "Look… how about you go for a walk or something, give your mind a rest from this place. I have you're phone number written in the check-in list. I'll call you if we find out anything new. Alright?"
"Thanks." Willow smiled at the woman and sighed as she buried her hands in her front pockets and headed for the door.
She took a few steps outside and noticed that it was starting to rain lightly. She exhaled lightly and walked out into the rain, her hands still in her pockets. The rain left little drops in her hair and on her clothes as she walked along the paved path.
Willow stopped at the top of a small hill, and began to cry. The rain cam down harder the harder the cried. She stood in the rain until her clothes were soaked and her hair was drenched. Wiping the tear from her eyes did her no good because they just kept coming down along side the rain.
She blamed herself for everything. She blamed herself for Kennedy being so distant, for the misunderstanding with the letter, for not being able to find her quick enough… She knew nothing would ever be the same.
Kennedy stood looking around the Lobby for the redhead, but no luck. She walked up to the front desk and caught the attention of one of the receptionists.
"Hi, have you seen a girl waiting in here-"
"Girl? Redhead? Green eyes? Cute as a button?" the southern woman described Willow in scary detail.
"Uh… Yea… How did you-"
"She's been here all day waiting for some girl in the ER… I told her to try and go for a walk."
"Thanks." Kennedy turned and walked out into the rain. She stood in the entrance, looking around in the dense rain for any sign of her girl.
She saw the small outline of a person standing on a hill in the distance. She knew it couldn't hurt her any more to go and see who it was, so she headed off in that direction.
Willow was standing with her back to the hospital, crying her eyes out. She thought she would have run out of tears by now, but there seemed to be an endless supply.
As Kennedy got closer and closer she could the figure shaking slightly. But they weren't shaking from the cold, they were crying. Kennedy got even closer and she could hear the sobs of the person.
Willow tried to calm herself, but she knew she wouldn't be able to think clearly until Kennedy was out of the hospital and in her arms.
Kennedy was only about 15 feet away when she realized that she had been walking in the right direction. She stood there frozen for a moment. The sight of Willow made her unbelievably happy, but the sight of Willow crying, made her unbelievably heart-broken. Kennedy took very slow and careful steps towards the girls. She was only about 5 feet away from Willow now. She decided to walk around to her front to get a good look at her.
Willow had slowed her sobs to a steady stream of tears. She could have sworn she heard someone behind her, but she figured it must have been the rain beating down on some leaves or something. She tilted her head down to the ground and opened her eyes, revealing her soaked shoes and jeans.
Kennedy took a few steps forward. She was now within touching distance of Willow. The rain had slowed down to a light drizzle.
Willow's eyes were shocked to see another pair of shoes join her space, and she stopped crying for a moment.
"You know I hate it when you cry…" Kennedy lifted up Willow's chin and wiped the tears on her cheeks.
"Kennedy?" Willow was barely able to speak now, and she wasn't sure that she was feeling quite sane the moment for this to even be real.
"Willow I'm so sorry that I screwed everything up, I just-" Kennedy was interrupted with Willow's lips on hers.
Willow pulled back from the kiss and stared into Kennedy's eyes.
"Sorry… I just had to make sure I wasn't imagining you…" Willow smiled and Kennedy returned the smile.
Kennedy pulled Willow back into a kiss, but this time she opened her mouth and let her tongue tease Willow's bottom lip. This caused Willow to moan and open her mouth, letting the other girl in. The moment their tongues touched, the hairs on the back of Kennedy's neck stood up. She put her hands on the other girl's waist and pulled their bodies closer. Willow wrapped her arms around Kennedy's neck, assisting in deepening the already intense kiss that was taking place.
Willow took a small step forward and pushed her body firmly against Kennedy's, causing the Slayer to moan. But this moan wasn't a moan of pleasure…
"Kennedy, are you alright?" Willow asked puling back from the kiss and out of their embrace.
"Yea…" Kennedy could barely catch her breath after that kiss. Willow looked down and saw that Kennedy's shirt was stained with blood, and that it was not running down her leg and soaking through her jeans.
"Oh my god…" Willow started to pull up the bottom of Kennedy's shirt.
"Willow, I'm fine. Trust me…" Kennedy took a small step back form Willow, trying to avoid the subject of her running off and getting stabbed.
"Kennedy… You don't have to be the strong one all the time. You need to let me in."
"I can't…" Kennedy's words hurt more than anything.
"Kennedy, please. You don't have to be scared of anything." Willow took a step closer to Kennedy and looked into her eyes.
"Yes… I do." Kennedy looked down for a moment, trying to avoid Willow's piercing eyes.
"Like what?" Willow was more confused than ever.
"Like you." Kennedy knew that came out wrong, but she couldn't think of a way to make it sound better.
"Oh… I see…" Willow backed up several feet and started walking away. She imagined that Kennedy must be afraid of her magic. Of her power.
"No, no, no! I didn't mean it like that…"
"Then what do you mean? Because it's really hard to have you here one minute and gone the next." Willow was trying her hardest not to just breakdown in frustration with the woman. Kennedy took Willow's hands in hers and held them tight.
"Willow I love you more than anything on this planet… What really scares me is that every time you look me in the eye I can't breathe. And every time you touch me it feels like I'm on fire… But what scares me the most, is that idea that one morning I could wake up and you wouldn't want to be with me anymore. I was scared that I could wake up, and you would be gone."
"When I found the letter and came home to the luggage… I knew it had to be over… The first few days after I found out I was a potential I thought I was scared. And when I was told I had to leave my entire life behind to go to Sunnydale, I thought was scared. And thought I was especially scared when we went to battle The First." Kennedy took a small step forward and looked Willow in the eyes, "But nothing scared me more than the moment I realized how much I am in love with you…"
Kennedy's eyes were welling up with tears and she was having trouble talking.
"Kennedy…" Willow's eyes were filled with tears, "I was never planning on leaving you…"
"Then what was-"
"It was all a misunderstanding. But I know that you had to be getting those ideas from somewhere…" Willow let her gaze fall to their hands, and she tightened her grip on Kennedy, almost as if she was afraid she might walk away.
"It's just that we've been so distant lately, and I was afraid it might be happening for a reason." Kennedy also looked down a their hands and returned the grip, "I just didn't want to have to watch you leave."
"So you decided to be the one to leave?"
"We both know I'm not exactly the brains of this operation." They both gave a short-lived smile.
"I never really ever thought about even going to that college. It's too far from all my friends, and my new home… and, you. Kennedy I'm so sorry for all of this and for everything I put you through. A-and now you're bleeding all over the place and it's all my fault because I'm the reason you ran off in the first place and-" Kennedy interrupted her babble again with a kiss that got deeper and deeper by the moment. Kennedy pulled back with a smile as she put her hand in the side of Willow's head, asking her silently not to go anywhere.
"You know… I said I may not be the brains of the operation, but you really do talk too much." They both smiled and Kennedy pulled Willow back into a kiss.
Willow didn't hesitate this time. She opened her mouth almost immediately and let Kennedy in. She felt Kennedy's tongue ring inside her mouth, and she couldn't take it anymore. She put her hands on the side of Kennedy's head and slowly pulled the two of them down onto the ground. Kennedy was now lying on top of Willow, with her left hand holding herself up above the red head. Getting a little carried away, Willow slowly slid her hand under Kennedy's shirt, but stopped when Kennedy winced in pain.
"Kennedy-We have-to get you-Back to-the doctor…" Willow said in between kisses.
"Naw, I'm fine thanks." Kennedy began kissing down Willow's neck.
"Kennedy. You need to see a doctor."
"You know I hate hospitals more than anything…"
"But you need to!"
"Willow, I'll be fine! I just-"
"Resolve face." Willow pointed to her face, and Kennedy pouted a little. "Nope. Sorry. Pouty face is no match for Resolve Face."
"Fine," Kennedy made her way back up to Willow's face, "But you know I won't go down without a fight." She gave the classic Sexy Kennedy Smile.
"Okay… But you know I'll win." Willow smiled back at her.
"Oh yea? And how's that?" Kennedy moved even closer to Willow's face.
"You really wanna know?"
"Yeah… How in the world would you beat me in a fight? I'm already on top." Kennedy licked her lips and moved in a little more.
"Like this…" Willow took two fingers and poked Kennedy right in her stab wound.
"Ah!" Kennedy winced in pain and rolled off of Willow. "Alright, fine. You win…"
"Mhmm." Willow stood up and reached for Kennedy's good hand to pulled her up from the ground. Kennedy grabbed hold, but instead of pulling herself up, she pulled Willow down into her lap. She kissed the surprised redhead.
"Hey! That's cheating!" Willow was obviously not too upset.
"Sorry… Just needed one more for the road…" Kennedy stood and helped Willow up, walking off toward the Hospital hand-in-hand.
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