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For the first half an hour, Tara was completely silent, her hands nestled in her lap, her eyes locked to the car floor. Willow tried to think of multiple things to start a conversation, but decided to use none of them.
She couldn't even imagine what was going through her girlfriend's mind. Was it pain? Anger? A mix of the two? She wanted to know, but waited until Tara thought would be a good time.
Inside Tara's mind, it was completely blank but filled with thoughts at the same time. It took her some time to understand everything that had happened.
"I don't ever want to see you here again. Do you understand me?"
That is what was running through her head the most, pain striking every time it came. Her own father really never wanted her around again. Sure, she would have been happier to not see him, but he had disowned her back there.
Tears pricked at the corner of her eyes, threatening to fall. 'Don't cry. Don't cry.' She kept telling herself. There was absolutely no reason to. None at all. Her father had just disowned her. That's all.
"Tare…?" Willow asked softly, using the nickname she lovingly gave Tara.
A voice snagged her out of her thoughts, and she looked up. "Huh?" She asked stupidly.
She tilted her head to Willow, slightly confused, and the redhead chuckled a little bit. "You're cute when you do that, you know?" Tara's cheeks lit up at the compliment, dipping her head in shyness.
"Are you okay?" Willow asked in a more serious tone.
Tara didn't say anything for a few moments, then took a deep breath. "I won't say I am…'cause I'm not. I should have expected something like that…I guess it's just one of those things you can never really prepare for."
Willow nodded, though really didn't know what she meant by it.
"Willow…?" Tara asked after a few more minutes of silence?
"Yeah?" Willow asked happily.
"Thank you…for…coming and all."
"Of course! Anything for my girl." The redhead beamed, glad that she was able to help her girlfriend out. The redhead was actually quite surprised how she handled herself. More than once during the confrontation, she thought she might do a spell or two, and even more surprised by Tara.
When she first met her, even hugging her caused the young blonde to flinch for the first few weeks. She really had grown, and that caused Willow's heart to swell with joy and pride.
"Are you sure your cheek's okay?" Tara nodded to the question. "It's nothing big, really." She rubbed her cheek, feeling the pain lessening. It would go away within a few hours.
Even though it wasn't a happy closing, it was a closing nonetheless. Not the one that the blonde wiccan was hoping for…but it was a closure. She knew her family was doing well, and that was what mattered to her.
What Beth had said the second before the door closed caused a bit of happiness to spur with her family, and she was sure it was true. Somewhere deep within her brother and father, they did love her…at least she liked to think so.
"That was a nice Father's Day, don't you think?" Tara asked with a small but genuine smile.