Willow is all warm and snugly tucked up under the giant duvet but there is a notable absence. She turns over onto her side and reaches her arm across the pillows, it is late and Tara has not yet come to bed. Her eyes narrow and she stares at the empty space for a long time. It is extremely unlike her girlfriend to stay up so late and this begins to worry her.
She gets out of bed and walks over to the door, peering out into the hallway and listens. She isn't completely certain but she is sure that she can hear the television and walks to the top of the stairs. Willow silently makes her descent down the stairs and stops on the fifth step, craning her neck so she can make out Tara's figure on the couch.
Her girlfriend seems lost in her own world and Willow watches her. She knows something is wrong with her but Tara has been acting strangely towards her since the magic shop and this doesn't sit well with Willow. Tara shifts in her seat slightly and Willow quickly moves out of sight, heading back up the stairs before she is seen.
Quietly, she walks back to their room and pauses by Buffy's room. The door is open and her bed hasn't yet been slept in. It seems she and Tara are not the only ones who cannot settle down. Willow is concerned even further with this knowledge, at least she knows Tara is downstairs but Buffy could be anywhere and surely enough she was upset.
Willow's lip trembles slightly as she enters the room and walks over to the window. Willow gazes out of it and looks into the backyard, it is still dark but the stars are still shining. She thinks back to Buffy's revelation, about how she was in Heaven but she was pulled out of there. Willow had pulled her out of there and she had used some powerful magicks in order to do it. That moment had been one of the worst of Willow's life, she thought she had been helping her and all this time Buffy had been lying to them?
Then again, Buffy hasn't been the only one spinning lies as Willow has been doing a few of them herself. She walks over to the bed and sits down on top of the cover with a miserable expression. Tara thinks she has been using too much magic and they even fought about it, but Willow was never any good in fights so she had cast a harmless spell to make her forget. Then there's Giles who had the audacity to call her stupid and a complete amateur for bringing Buffy back to life.
Tears start to roll down her face as she contemplates her situation. One of her best friends had been lying to her for the past few months. Giles had chided her for her actions and Tara had raised her voice to her and it was evident that something was wrong because she wouldn't even share her bed. Willow lies down and places her head upon the pillow once more, why does everything always go wrong at the same time? Buffy should've been in bed right now, dreaming or more ideally she would be in Heaven living the dream and Tara should've been here.
Tara should have been here with her arms wrapped around Willow in order to comfort her. Even when things got really bad, Willow knew that she could always rely on Tara to give her a bright perspective on the matter but not tonight. It feels like something bad is going to happen, maybe not specifically to her but something that involves her and she hates that feeling. Willow finally hears footsteps and looks up at the doorway with a expectant look. A door closes followed by the sound of running water, Willow's lowers her eyes and her expression changes dramatically.
"Where do we go from here?"