Kittens! Sorry for the delay, but I'm just...stacked with all of these new ideas and I think my muse is working me overtime with my new stories I want to start. Thank you all for the wonderful feedback, I will try try TRY to get back on track. Thank you for being patient, and enjoy!
Author: Taras Shadow
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Joss Whedon, ME, UPN…except for Tori, Hadley, Jessica Paris, and Orlando and other non-Buffy characters-they belong to me
Feedback: Yes please, everything is welcome
Pairings: W/T, X/A, B/F D/Tori
Rating: PG 13
Summary: Willow is one of the hottest models in the world. When she comes home for her holiday, she meets a nice family that is new to Sunnydale. Can she find love, and continue her much loved career? This is an AU fic. There will be a little angst between some characters, but nothing big for I want to keep the angst issue light. Thoughts are in < >
~Part 36b~~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“Willow, you’re here early.” Charlie said as she walked down the marble pathway towards the limo.
Willow smiled, pushing herself off of the limo she was leaning on. “Yeah well, kind of got bored in the house.” Willow shrugged. “So there girls we’re picking up…how many exactly?”
“Four I believe. We each have one on our list, but I also have five others from around the world.”
“I met one of mine earlier.” Willow smiled. “She’s really nice. Apparently her flight was delayed so they booked her on another one and she ended up here early.”
“Yeah, Katie right?” Charlie opened the door for Willow.
“Yes, she’s so nervous.” Willow climbed in and relaxed against the nice material of the seats.
“She’ll do fine, she’s almost taller then I am, and did you see how great her teeth were?” Charlie frowned a bit. “I’d hate to be competing against her.”
“Why Charlie…did you just knock yourself down a couple of points?” Willow teased. “Also, if she makes it in the business, you probably will be competing against her.”
“Thanks Will.” Charlie shook her head. “How’s the family?”
Willow’s grin grew wider. “Awesome…except for the fact that I am here and not there with them.”
“So everything is going good between you and Tara?” Charlie smiled.
“Not just good.” Willow sighed. “Charlie, my world is so lost without her, without Hadley and Tori.”
“Just think, in thirty days, you’ll be able to see them again.” Charlie tried to make Willow smile again.
“Seems like a lifetime.” Willow uttered under her breath. “Don’t get me wrong, I love modelling, I love doing what I do, but it doesn’t make my life complete. I can live totally without this career as long as I have my favourite women with me.”
“I know, oh hey, did you here about Jessica?” Charlie jumped to another subject. Not one Willow was looking forward too.
“No, what about her?”
“She’s dating the lead singer to the new Canadian girl band, ‘Outsiders’.”
“Really? That’s so cool. How’d you hear?”
“It was on one of those Canadian award shows.” Charlie shrugged. “It’s really good to see you both move on, and still remain friends.”
“I don’t have anything against Jessica, but we were always just the friends type of girlfriends anyways.” Willow shrugged.
“True.” Charlie agreed. “I like Tara way better though. She’s smart, funny, beautiful, her little girl is just too adorable, her sister was raised perfect and just…Tara’s more…natural.”
Willow smiled and leaned against the seat, looking out the window, she yawned slightly, taking in the beauty of Australia, thinking about the month without her world.
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“Lily, you can’t do that.” Mikey frowned when his friend but toy fries in a toy pot at school.
“Why not? I’m making some fry stew.” Lily frowned. “You can be the first to try it when I’m done.” She smiled.
“I’m not so sure…” Mikey thought about it and looked around the classroom. “Lil, why is Hadley hiding in the book corner?” He asked frowning a bit.
“Her mommy left yesterday, she’s sad.” Lily’s expression went sad, feeling for her best friend. “Maybe you can help me make the fry stew and we can give some to Hadley to help her feel better.”
Mikey agreed and helped the brunette make her soup. “We need her to be happy, or as happy as she can be. Our play is coming soon and she’s the Angel of Hope.” Mikey pretended to mix soup mix in the small stove pot.
“Can you pass me the salt?” Lily asked politely, stirring the mix together.
Mikey reached over and grabbed the small toy. “Are we almost done Chef Lily?”
“Almost, just waiting for the apple pie to finish.”
“Apple Pie? You never said there was apple pie.” Mikey pouted a bit.
“You can have some when it’s cooled. But let’s go and give this bowl to Hadley.” Lily and Mikey walked across the classroom and knelt in from of their blonde curly best friend. “Hadley, Mikey and I made soup, want to try some?”
Hadley looked up and her friends and cracked a small smile. “Is it your special stew?” Her eyes went wide and a full grin broke through when Mikey and Lily nodded their heads.
Lily gave the bowl to Hadley and sat beside her as she watched the small blonde ‘try’ some. “You like?”
“This is the best ever!” Hadley smirked. “Mikey, want to try some?”
Mikey shrugged a bit and finally agreed. “Ok, but if I get food poisoning it’s all your fault Lily.” He grumbled.
“Relax, if you get food poisoning, we’ll just call in Doctor Hadley.” Lily giggled.
“Oh, Lily made apple pie too, after your done the stew.” Mikey said, wiping his mouth politely after taking another taste from Hadley’s spoon. “This is good.”
“Told you.” Lily beamed.
“I’m all done, let’s go grab the pie.” Hadley jumped from her seat and all three friends went running towards the kitchen play center.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“I don’t get why we have to do all of this work when the holidays are coming up soon.” Tori shook her head.
“No kidding, it’s only been the first hour of school.” Lindsay yawned. “So you and Dawn, things still going well?” She looked over at Tori.
“Better then well. We’re going shopping for our dresses for the Winter Formal.”
“Together?”
“Well no…I’m going with Faith, and Dawn’s going with her sister.” Tori smiled and sighed happily.
“Faith and Buffy are together right?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, just wondering…I have a crush on Faith.” Lindsay smirked at the young Maclay.
“Lindsay…”
“It’s cool though, just a crush, with her wearing all that tight leather and low cut shirts…drool worthy if you ask me. But I have no desire to take her away from Buffy Summers…that girl would kick my ass in one second flat.”
“Damn straight.” Tori raised an eyebrow and looked at the clock then at the door where Dawn was waiting for her. Quickly, Tori raised her hand. “Mr. Adams, may I please use the washroom, I’ve been trying to wait, but you know women and their women problems…”
Mr. Adams looked up at Tori and thought about it. “Pack your books Miss Maclay, you might as well just leave early, but next time, do your business before you come to class.”
“Thank you.” Tori winked at Lindsay and sauntered out of the classroom.
“Hey Tor.” Dawn smiled brightly as Tori hugged her from behind. Since the day they had that meeting with the principal, Tori and Dawn have been an out couple, sharing their affection openly, not caring who noticed. It also gave the students and staff time to get acquainted with their relationship.
“So, beautiful, about this shopping thing…we’ll be in the same mall…how’s this going to work out?” Tori asked, lacing her fingers into Dawn’s.
“Well, you go at one end of the mall, I’ll go to the other and we can get our shopping groove on then.”
“Groove?” Tori giggled.
“Sorry… so anyway, heard from Willow?”
“Of course! You think Hadley would let us her Willow hear the end of it if she didn’t call.” Tori said semi-seriously.
“Yeah, she called us too. She sounds miserable.” Dawn frowned a bit.
“Well duh! Baby, she’s away from Tara.” Tori smiled lightly. “If that were me…I’d be just as miserable.” Tori paused for a moment. “Dawn? If I told you something that I wanted to do…would you promise not to get mad or anything.”
Dawn looked at Tori and smiled softly. “As long as it’s not selling yourself or dancing with poles in front of you, I’m fine.”
“I want to try modelling.” Tori said quickly.
“You what?”
“I want to try modelling. Us to try modelling. I heard they’re holding the first annual Miss Sunnydale in January.” The excitement in Tori’s voice wasn’t lost on Dawn.
“Well, if that’s what you want to do, I fully support you.” Dawn leaned in and kissed Tori softly.
“Me? Alone? Dawnie…please join with me.”
Dawn laughed a bit and pulled Tori tight against her. “Oh honey, we both know that if you and I were to compete, you would clearly win…no doubt about it.”
“I don’t think so…if anything, you would beat me.” Tori cocked her head to the side, studying her girlfriends feature. “Of course, I wouldn’t know what’s underneath…yet.” She let out a luscious smile.
“Say, how about you and I, after we go shopping for our dresses…we go back to Willow’s, have a relaxing dinner by the relaxing fireplace…”
Tori gulped and stepped a little closer once her girlfriend dropped the tone of her voice. “Dawn, are you…?”
“Am I what?” Dawn winked and pulled Tori down the hall to their studies class.
“Are you telling me, I mean, are you implying you want,” Tori looked around and shuffled her desk right next to Dawn’s, “to make love soon?” She whispered.
Dawn just smiled and looked at Tori with a loving gaze. “I’m ready to share that experience Tori, but when the time comes, let that do the talking instead of talking about talking about it.”
Tori frowned then laughed. “What?”
“I don’t know what I just said, but trust me, let our bodies do the talking.”
Tori leaned back in her seat and opened her books. “I think I can handle that.”
~*~*~*~*~*~
“Miss Rosenberg? Where is the last girl?” The chaperone asked, checking his watched. “I had special orders to get you ladies back at the Victorian at a certain time.”
“Oh, well Charlie went to go get her I think. She’s in there buying a mocha…” Willow watched the chaperone narrow his eyes at her, “Okay, one for me and the others too.”
Charlie came out and looked at Willow puzzled. “Will? Where’s the other girl?”
Willow looked around and looked back at Charlie, mirroring her puzzled look. “What do you mean where is she… I thought you said you were getting her.”
“No, I said I’d get the mochas and you get the girl.”
Willow sighed and marched up into the restaurant. “She was in here, she could’ve searched for her.” She looked around and found one dark brunette swirling a napkin around in the far corner. Taking a deep breath, Willow stepped forward and introduced herself. “Hi, I’m Willow…you must one of the beautiful model’s…”
The brunette looked up at the red head with a soft smile. “I’m Chel, and it’s about time you got here.” She chuckled softly, following Willow out the doors.
~*~*~*~*~*~
~Holly~
Young Girl Don’t Cry, I’ll Be Right Here When Your World Starts To Fall - Young Girl It’s Alright, Your Tears Will Dry, You’ll Soon Be Free To Fly – A Voice Within,
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