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Re: Dream snuggles

Postby allykat » Sun Dec 07, 2003 5:03 pm

This is soooo good!:clap

I was kind of getting frustrated when Willow wouldn't answer her phone, but I really liked that she got some insight about what Tara was feeling when she was an addict. Perfectly done with the lyrics!:bow

Keep up the amazing work!:bounce

allykat
 


Re: Once upon a time, in a land far, far away.

Postby RaiStarr » Sun Dec 07, 2003 6:46 pm

ooooh the angst. Please let them talk soon. Pleeeeease.





btw. I thought the Secret of Nimh was horrifying. I have not met anyone else who has thought it was scary.



I'm glad the kleenex (Puffs) helped and that there was no brain leakage. I always say Kleenex even though I too am a user of the Puffs. It's like band-aids and q-tips ya know?



Rai

Forgive me now! Tomorrow I may no longer feel guilty...

RaiStarr
 


Re: Dream snuggles

Postby sabina » Sun Dec 07, 2003 7:43 pm

Hi there :wave



I felt like doing a happy dance when I saw that there was an update :bounce



I think you have done a really good job portraying their situation :applause



I so can relate to them both, Willow feeling hurt and not wanting to give in, thinking that Tara should be the first one to call and Tara afraid of calling and wanting to talk to Willow and not a machine.



It's sad to see them apart but I trust you to get them together again :wink




"I know I was born and I know that I'll die.

The in between is mine.

I am mine!" - Pearl Jam

sabina
 


Re: Dream snuggles

Postby Arwen276 » Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:26 am

This is so frustrating for both of them! But I think, like Kim, that Willow's right at first in avoiding Tara... but they need to talk! And now I think it'll be possible with Willow finally understanding what Tara was going through.



More please!!



~Arwen

Hear That Baby? You're My Always... Willow

Arwen276
 


Re: Dream snuggles

Postby Insanity » Mon Dec 08, 2003 7:35 am

Hey UJ!



Just wanna let you know: I'm still here, reading your story, thinking ist's really great!!!



Timing sucks *g*



Insanity :bounce

"Nobody messes with my girl!"Tara, Bargaining

Insanity
 


Re: Dream snuggles

Postby Aine » Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:28 am

WOW! when i looked on the update thread i was just about jumping up and down when i saw that this fic had been updated...i love what you are doing with willow and tara...and i have to say i had a few tears running down my cheek at the end when i read the lyrics to the song...and then at willow's realization of what the song meant...i can't wait to see if willow will finally answer the phone when tara calls...awesome fic!!



Aine

Aine
 


Re: Love at first sight can't be confirmed until a later dat

Postby 2DIAMONDS » Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:48 am

:wave Hola Sarah!!



First off, I thought the song was great and very appropriate :clap You're doing such a great job with this story...even if you are depriving me of my Willow and Tara smoochies! Well, it's not your fault per se. The blame goes to Tara and her stupidity :laugh Just joking.



For this update, however, I'll blame Willow for not picking up the damn phone! Arrghh. But I certainly do understand her point. She blew up Tara's cell phone and house phone and all she got in return was two lousy text messages that combined for no more than five words. So she shouldn't have to pick up immediately...although it will only make her all the more anxious and worrisome.



I can't wait to see how you bring them back together. I will have my make up smoochies then, right? Maybe more? :wink What? A :kitty can dream, can't she?



Helen

xoxo

2DIAMONDS
 


Re: Dream snuggles

Postby littlecrazy80 » Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:41 pm

I hope they will soon talk. This is kind of frustrating.



*lil´c*

I´m an actress... I don´t pee. Amber in Augsburg



Check this out

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Re: Dream snuggles

Postby slayergirluk » Mon Dec 08, 2003 12:57 pm

Amazing in 1 word. i nearly was in tears wen willow realised the lyrics to the song it was so sad!:sob

it was extreamly annoying wen she wouldnt answer the fone she shud no tara at least had the dececy to tell her to her face if she was breakin up with her not over the fone!

other than that lovin it so far waitin 4 an update

:peace slayer girl :dance



Quote:
If a life hands you a lemon make lemonade


slayergirluk
 


Re: Dream snuggles

Postby bluewillowwitch » Mon Dec 08, 2003 1:41 pm

:bigwave unionjill :flower ,

I love the fic! :clap :bow I can't believe that :willow didn't pick up the phone or that :tara didn't leave a message. :punish What is wrong with those two. :eyebrow I mean come on. I get the hurt feelings and all but if they don't talk they won't get anything fixed. :spin I swear, I just don't get people like that. Can't wait to :read more. Update soon, please? :pray :pray :pray :pray



Happy B-day to me!



Grace :glasses :flower :fallen :peace

------------------------------------------

"Fate keeps on happening."--Anita Loos



"I'm here with out you baby/But your still with me in my dreams/And tonight girl, there's only you and me."--3 Doors Down-Here Without You----Mine and My Baby's song.

bluewillowwitch
 


Re: Dream snuggles

Postby Willster » Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:55 pm

Hey Sarah!



I know i haven't left a feedback in so long.. But I still read every update. I am still in love with this fic and my heart is broken to see our girls fighting.. but i'm sure they'll work it out.. won't they? ;)



I hope you're doing good and getting lots of rest after that surgery. Take Care!



Caro

Willster
 


Re: Dream snuggles

Postby xita » Mon Dec 08, 2003 10:51 pm

It's funny, i think both of them are throwing around a little pride. If there is one thing relationships teach you is that there is no place for pride. They both need to suck it up and trust that there is love... and that's where it all comes from. Thanks for the update!

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"Hard work often pays off after time but laziness always pays off now!"


Edited by: xita  at: 12/8/03 9:52 pm
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Re: Dream snuggles

Postby Yellow Crayon » Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:52 pm

As always, an amazing update.



Gotta love a girl whos too afraid to leave a message...

Yellow Crayon
 


Update

Postby Tibbs » Wed Dec 10, 2003 1:20 am

Yay updates. !:applause



So worth blowing off studying for finals.



I much rather read this then about Hematomas in dogs and cats. :yawn



So the updates, fab as always. It seemed like so much stuff happened, but yet they still haven't talked yet.



Willow should have picked up the phone, but I get why she didn't. I've done the same thing. When I was fighting with someone and they called, sometimes I wouldn't answer it. I'd wait for a voicemail and see what they had to say.



Well since I've caught up here I should probably go and try to study somewhat.



I hope your doing well after your surgery. Oh, and I don't think your brain will flow out of your nose but have something to put it in standing by...just in case.:p



Tibbs

:pride





"Hop in my mouth, if you want to live"

-Nigel, Finding Nemo





Tibbs
 


Re: Dream snuggles

Postby SaraBiga » Wed Dec 10, 2003 3:58 pm

*playing smooth fingerpicking style to cheer up the audience*



Yeah, not answering sucks. Damn technology.

At least when we had just travelling pigeons you had to receive it right away or shoot it...



*makes puppy pigeon eyes* :p



...and you wouldn't shoot it, right? :D



____________________________



"Don't piss off the redhead with the weird powers" -Willow-



"I'm not weird, I'm talented." -Sara Biga-

Edited by: SaraBiga at: 12/10/03 2:59 pm
SaraBiga
 


Opinions are like brains. Everyone thinks they have one.

Postby unionjill30 » Thu Dec 11, 2003 8:25 pm

Replies:

allykat – It’s frustrating, but she had reason not to answer. It’s not that she didn’t want to talk to Tara. And the song was helpful, yeah… at least I think maybe.

RaiStarr – They’ll talk soon. So soon you can almost taste it. I promise.

sabina – Thanks for letting me know I’m doing halfway decent. Yeah, you can trust me to get it worked out.

Arwen276 – Yep, frustrating. And I agree too that Willow is justified. The understanding might get Willow to talk to Tara. I don’t know.

Insanity – Glad you’re still here thinking it’s great. Thanks for the feedback.

Aine – Yeah, I updated a little faster than usual. I got ambitious. No need for tears. The song’s not that great. Believe me. I’ve heard better. Thanks though.

2DIAMONDS – We can shift the blame to Tara. No problems there. And Willow too. How ‘bout we just blame them both? That works for me. Blame-shifting can be fun. Sure, you can have some make-up smoochies. I’ll give you that.

littlecrazy80 – They’ll talk, and it is frustrating. No arguments there.

slayergirluk – Thanks. Glad you liked the lyrics. We all know Tara would have that decency, but Willow’s in a tough spot at the moment and doesn’t know that.

bluewillowwitch – They do need to talk. Those situations are tough though, believe me. Sometimes the easy fix isn’t so easy to do.

Willster – Hey. Long time no see. Glad to see you’re still alive. Yeah, they’ll work it out. You can count on me.

xita – Hmm… pride? Maybe. Never thought of that. Yeah, they do need to suck it up. They’re young and inexperienced though, and I think that sort of screws with things at times.

Yellow Crayon – Fear of leaving a message is a huge fear I have. I hate answering machines and voicemail. It makes me feel like I’m just talking to myself. I think Tara sort of feel’s that way too to an extent.

Tibbs – Any reason is a good reason to blow off studying for finals. Heck, doing these replies is one of my reasons right now. Hematomas are gross. I had to do a research project in a class once on them… the people ones though. I got to get all detailed about jamming the needle in there and releasing the blood. Good times. I’m guilty of not answering too. Sometimes it happens. What can you do?

SaraBiga – No, I wouldn’t shoot a pigeon. First, as annoying as the rats with wings are (yeah, I went to Venice and learned in Piazza San Marco that I actually don’t like the things), I couldn’t kill one. Second, I hate guns. A lot. They’re scary. Besides, I want Willow and Tara to talk. So I can’t go killing the pigeon.



Sarah

I love Weezer more than you know. I got drunk before the show and stage dived over the second row. Everyone thought I was dead. But I was still alive, and I was really proud inside. My parents couldn't understand. My family was by band.

unionjill30
 


Re: Update

Postby SaraBiga » Fri Dec 12, 2003 5:03 pm

Yeah. Why shoot a pigeon when you can use a slingshot? :D

So you had a close encounter with Venetian pigeons!

See, I can relate to that, not only because Venice is a couple of hours by car from where I live, but because all Italian towns have problems with pigeons and starlings (not to Venice's extent though)...

Anyhow, as I'm waiting for your final tracklist to burn the complete CD, I've recorded the tracks on a tape so I can listen to it on my car (yeah, I can't even afford a CD player on it, go figure).

So, picture me as I'm driving through this nice northern Italian landscape or through the roundabouts of Parma listening to your mix tape... Nice, uh?



...Update soon? :boot :kitty

____________________________



"Don't piss off the redhead with the weird powers" -Willow-



"I'm not weird, I'm talented." -Sara Biga-

SaraBiga
 


Re: Fic: Songs For A Mix Tape

Postby faithy » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:43 pm

That was neet how you made that song fit in with the story. did i ever tell you i like you taste in music? I don't think i did cause' I was meaning to. Keep the story coming!!

faithy
 


Re: Opinions are like brains. Everyone thinks they have one.

Postby TaraBaby77 » Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:11 pm

How the frilly heck did i miss this fic. I love it. I'm hooked!!! And darn it :angry , I wish Willow would just call her. And Tara, grrrrr :mad , I wish she would just leave a freakin' message :angry . Look at me, I'm getting mad about a fic, AWESOME :applause :applause :applause !!! Great stuff you got here, keep them comin', kay :D ???

Aaron

'TaraBaby77'


"It's about two people,
regardless of sex, who love each other and treat each other with compassion and
respect."

TaraBaby77
 


Goonies never say die.

Postby kbk3022 » Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:08 pm

Sup Sarah?



So I just read the update. I decided I should read it now that I have nothing to do. Jealous? Ha! I thought it was a pretty good update. I like that Willow whispered when she saw Tara was calling as you know. I look forward to reading more of this story. I hope it snows here, it looks so pretty. Um.. yeah, anyway, good luck on finals!



Kasey

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"A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart, and a washed-out dream.
They follow the pattern of the wind ya see, 'cause they got no place to be. That's why I'm starting with me!"

kbk3022
 


Re: Fic: Songs For A Mix Tape

Postby AmbeRocks » Fri Dec 19, 2003 3:31 pm

Hi there:wave

i just read the entire thing until now, and i have to say i'm really enjoying this! it's very different from what i'm used to read, but none the less very impressive! so anyway, i thought i would tell you that i really like how you're writting and all the ideas you have, so i'll come back and excpect to see more of it soon!:p



jen

:cool

There is such a variety of well-invented things that the earth is like the breasts of a woman: useful as well as pleasing - Nietzsche

AmbeRocks
 


Re: Songs For A Mix Tape

Postby faithy » Sat Dec 20, 2003 4:37 pm

Oh! I forgot to ask you something. Who would you say Tara sounds most like when she sings? Its been bugging me. I don't know why but it has.

faithy
 


This is Janet Reno's Dance Party... no moshing!!!

Postby unionjill30 » Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:02 pm

More Replies:

SaraBiga – Yep, close encounters of the pigeon kind. Very frightening. And it’s so very cool that something I’ve compiled has gone all international. I hope you like the end result. I’m really happy with it. It’s one of my best mixes to date in my opinion.

faithy – Thanks. I like my taste in music too ;) . I was glad I could slide a song in there. I mean, they’ve got a band. They need some songs. So I threw it in. I’m glad it went over.

TaraBaby77 – Thanks for finding this and reading and giving your thoughts. No need to get mad. It’ll be okay. I’ll update soon and hopefully help quell that anger-factor.

Kasey – Sup, yo? Good for you, being all industrious and reading. I’m proud of you. Thanks for putting it off until you have nothing to do though. It makes me feel ultra-special and fuzzy inside. Yeah, I tasted the sarcasm too. And I was jealous of you for a while, but since my finals are over now too I’m no longer the jealous girl. Woo. I’m glad you liked that picture of the snow at my parents’ house. I hate snow. You can have it. All of it. It’s hot in my room. I’m sweating. Just thought I’d share.

AmbeRocks – I’m glad you’re liking it and took the time to read. I appreciate it. I enjoy different stuff. So I create different stuff. I should have more soon.

faithy – That’s quite the question you have there. I’m glad you asked. I’ve actually thought about it before. On several occasions actually. So here’s what I’ll say. The original, pre-Willow/Tara story this was, had the ‘Tara’ character as sort of this cross-culturalization of a girl who reminded me a lot of an Agent M meets Heidi Gluck. So, as the story is right now, I’m going to sort of go with that, but not. Here’s what we have. There’s the power and force behind Agent M of Tsunami Bomb (check her out here), the introspective thoughtfulness of Heidi Gluck of The Pieces (go here and listen to the song ‘Lauren’), and the sweetness and light of Laura from The Eyeliners (check them out here). Mix all that up and I think you have what Tara sounds like. Hope that helps.



Sarah



faithy - Edited because I was listening to Tsunami Bomb's album The Ultimate Escape while I was doing replies and came across the song that I always thought would be very 'Tara'-esque. It's track 7 The Simple Truth. I think that's sort of a good description. It's not exact, but it's pretty close.

Someone always playing corporation games. Who cares. They're always changing corporation names. We just want to dance here. Someone stole the stage. They call us irresponsible, write us off the page. Marconi plays the mamba. Listen to the radio. Don't you remember? We built this city. We built this city on rock 'n roll.

Edited by: unionjill30 at: 12/20/03 4:30 pm
unionjill30
 


Re: This is Janet Reno's Dance Party... no moshing!!!

Postby sam darls » Sat Dec 20, 2003 6:09 pm

Ooh...I realised I missed an update :sob It was soo lovely and i just loved it. Love sammi xx

"Sometimes things happen between people that you don't really expect. And sometimes the things that are important are the ones that seem the weirdest or the most wrong. And those are the ones that change your life." - Jessie Sammler (Evan Rachel Wood)

sam darls
 


Merry Christmas type stuff...

Postby unionjill30 » Thu Dec 25, 2003 2:00 am

Replies:

sam darls – Sorry you missed the update. Here’s another one.



Title: Songs For A Mix Tape

Author: Sarah (unionjill30)

Email: unionjill_30@yahoo.com

Rating: PG - PG13ish?

Disclaimer: I don’t own the characters from ME, and really I don’t own the other characters so much either. Though Kim would like to think she owns me. I’ve been informed that I don’t have to be Kim’s bitch, I just choose to be. Go figure.

Feedback: Yes please

Track List



Track 21: Need You Around by Smoking Popes



The three Rosenberg’s drove a large portion of the day on Wednesday and didn’t arrive at their destination until late evening. Exhaustion from the drive set in not much later, and they all headed off to bed after a short catching up period with the rest of the family.



On Thursday afternoon, Willow met up with her friend Jennifer at her hotel. After Buffy had left college to go to funeral school, Jennifer had slid into the friend role, though the two hadn’t seen each other in over year and, since both lived on opposite sides of the country, only talked occasionally through phone calls and emails. Both were looking forward to the reunion. They’d had their dating fluke which ended quickly with Jennifer’s realization that she was in fact straight, but it never split their friendship up. There were too many good times between them for that.



After a late lunch, the two women set off to discover what kind of shopping the city had to offer before checking out the night life once the sun went down. Being a Wednesday night, it was difficult to find anything extremely exciting, though they did manage to come across a moderately populated bar with an interesting live band. After an attempt by Jennifer to drag a very reluctant Willow onto the dance floor, the pair seated themselves at a table far enough from the noise so they could hear each other speak.



“Not quite as exciting as New York, huh?” Willow said once they’d ordered drinks.



“I’ve seen worse. I’m from ‘middle of nowhere’ Indiana, remember?” Jennifer joked. She’d always been a big party girl, whereas Willow had always been a bit less so. It never stopped Jennifer from trying to corrupt the redhead though. “Besides, sometimes you meet the most interesting people in a place like this.”



“Anyone ‘interesting’ come along lately?” Willow asked, curious as to whether or not her friend had met anyone date-worthy.



“Possibly,” Jennifer replied. “I’ve been on a few dates the past couple of weeks, but this one guy, Matteo, is so totally drool-worthy. We’re going out again when I get back.”



“Matteo?” Willow wondered out loud. It wasn’t exactly a common name.



“He’s Italian,” Jennifer explained with a wiggle of her eyebrows. “Sexy accent, olive skin… yum.”



Willow laughed. “Sounds, um, interesting.”



“So what about you? I remember you mentioning someone. Tori was it?”



“Tara,” Willow corrected.



The drinks they’d ordered arrived and both women smiled their thanks to the waitress.



“Tara, right,” Jennifer responded once the waitress had gone. “You two still together?”



“That’s sort of, uh, debatable,” Willow said, poking a chunk of ice with a swizzle stick.



“What’s that mean?” Jennifer asked before sipping through her straw.



“First big fight,” Willow explained. “We’re sort of in a rough spot.”



“First fights are the worst,” Jennifer said with an exaggerated roll of her eyes.



“So I’m noticing,” Willow agreed.



“You guys’ll be great though when it’s over, trust me. That’s how it always works.” Jennifer seemed extremely cheery about this, causing Willow to quirk an eyebrow. “Like remember in that movie, the one with Lisa Kudrow?”



Willow had no idea what her friend was talking about, and the expression on her face said as much.



“You know. The one where they have to go to their reunion and they get in that big fight over Post-Its or whatever,” Jennifer tried to explain.



“Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion?” Willow clarified. Off Jennifer’s nod, she went on. “That’s about best friends getting in a fight. They weren’t dating.”



“So what,” Jennifer replied, not sure what difference it made. “It’s the same type of situation. First fight. Fight resolved. Happily ever after. It’s how the universe works.”



“You always were the optimistic one,” Willow reminisced with a small grin.



“And you were always the Rhoda,” Jennifer joked, referencing the movie they were talking about.



“I so am not the Rhoda. You’re the Rhoda. I’m the Mary,” the redhead argued.



“No, you’re the Rhoda. You’re the Jewish one,” Jennifer countered.



“That’s a stupid reason.” Willow began laughing.



“I’ll agree with you there,” Jennifer said, laughing as well. “So how ‘bout we have two Marys and both have some fun. I’ve gotta get you loosened up a bit.”



Willow smiled weakly at her friend, unsure of exactly what was in store for her.







Tara had as much luck reaching Willow on Tuesday as she’d had the night before. By Wednesday afternoon she finally gave in and decided to just leave a message. The phone was actually turned on for a change, and the blonde waited for the pre-recorded greeting from Willow to come up.



“Hey, Will, um, Willow. It’s me. Tara? I, uh, just kind of wanted to talk to you. About what all I said and stuff? If you just, um, just call me, I’ll be here. Bye.” She hung up the phone and wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans before blowing out a breath of air. Well that was a little more nerve-wracking than it should have been, she thought. Now the only thing left to do was hope for Willow to return her call.







“So she doesn’t even call me back!” Willow complained, before taking a drink from her glass.



Jennifer sighed and pushed her brown hair behind her ears. They’d been at the bar for a while, and the redhead had had quite a bit to drink so far. Jennifer figured that would have put her friend in a better mood, but all it had done was make Willow sad and sappy with an incredible amount of talk about Tara.



“Really though, it’s better this way,” Willow went on.



“How so?” Jennifer asked.



“She’s got stuff, major stuff, and I, I’d just screw up somehow, ya know? She needs her friends, not some bumbling idiot of a girlfriend who only makes things worse,” the redhead finished in a mumble. Willow had seen the pained look in Tara’s eyes after she told the blonde she loved her, but the magnitude of that pain hadn’t been realized until the day prior in the car. She’d also witnessed how happy Tara could be with her friends as well as how happy she could be with Willow herself. It wasn’t until the relationship tried to deepen that the blonde seemed truly unhappy. Maybe I’m not supposed to be Tara’s girlfriend. Maybe we’re just supposed to be friends, her confused mind tried to rationalize. The irony that sitting at the table with her was another ‘we should just be friends’ ex-girlfriend didn’t pass her by.



“Is that what she thinks too?” Jennifer probed, not even sure what they were talking about in the first place, as Willow didn’t elaborate.



“I don’t know what she thinks,” Willow replied. “It’s probably just better this way is all I’m saying. And you should see all the stuff I’ve gotten done in the past few days. It’s insane! I bet I didn’t get half that amount accomplished in the past few months I’ve known her.”



“Will. Hon. Did you ever consider maybe you’ve gotten so much done because of that nice habit you have of going completely obsessive compulsive with projects when something’s bothering you?” the brunette softly pointed out. “Remember when we broke up and the night janitor at the Teleplex started to know you by name? And then when you and your dad had that fight and you ended up baking more cookies than even a small army could consume?”



“Well duh, of course I’m just avoiding the problem,” Willow said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. She rolled her eyes and took another drink. Chewing around an ice cube, she went on, sounding very logical for a change in her inebriated condition. “I love her. She won’t talk to me. So I just try not to think about it. Very simple. So on that note, let’s not talk about it anymore.”



Jennifer had to stop herself from pointing out that Willow was the one who had turned the conversation back to Tara in the first place after she’d so graciously started a new topic. “Okay, we won’t talk about her. Want to dance?”



“I’m not that drunk,” Willow pointed out wryly.



Out of nowhere, a group of three college-age guys came up to the table. Two were laughing and poking the other in the sides. They were obviously very drunk. The one being poked pulled up a seat next to Willow. “Hey, Red,” he said as smoothly as possible. “You got a man here?”



Willow tried very hard not to laugh. She looked up at Jennifer and noticed the brunette was in the same dilemma.



“Why don’t you come dance with me?” he went on. “’Cause here I am, rockin’ you like a hurricane.”



That’s all both Willow and Jennifer could take, and they both burst into hysterical laughter. The man’s two friends began laughing harder as well and pulled their companion up out of the seat to drag him away. The two women at the table could here him asking, “What’s so funny?” as he was pulled across the bar, causing them to laugh even more.



“That was the worst pick-up line I’ve ever heard!” Jennifer managed through her laughter.



“Me too!” Willow agreed, pounding the table with one hand as tears poured out of the corners of her eyes.



“You know what we should do?” Willow said, once their laughter had died down.



“What?” Jennifer asked, still grinning.



“We should totally go find other places like this one and see how many tacky pick-up lines we can get,” Willow said, smiling.



“Sounds like a plan,” Jennifer agreed, standing up from her seat. She was sort of happy that guy had come up to their table since it seemed to have gotten Willow out of her depressive funk.



After paying for their drinks, the two women set off to see where else there was to go.







It had been a few hours since Tara had left the message on Willow’s phone, and she hadn’t heard anything back. She was starting to get impatient. In a final, last ditch effort, she dug out the number Willow had given her to her grandparents’ house and stared at the phone, debating on whether or not to dial. The redhead had given her the number almost a week before she was scheduled to leave for if any ‘just in case’ situations arose. Tara was starting to consider this as one of those situations.



Hesitantly, Tara punched in the numbers and waited for it to begin ringing. She knew the chances of Willow being the one to answer were extremely slim, which made her tense. She’d never talked to any members of the redhead’s family before and feared saying something stupid.







On the east coast, Elliot Rosenberg heard the phone ringing. Unwilling to get up from his recliner to walk across the room, he motioned to his son who was sitting on the sofa, nearest the telephone. “Ira, can you get that?”



Ira reached over and picked up the cordless handset, pressing talk before raising it to his ear and stating, “Rosenbergs.”



“H-Hi. May I speak with, um, W-Willow, please?” a woman’s quiet voice asked on the other end.



“She’s not here right now,” Ira replied, curious as to who would be calling Willow at his parents’ house and why whoever it was sounded so nervous. “Can I leave a message?”



“Could you, uh, could you t-tell her that Tara called?” From her side of the conversation, Tara was extremely disappointed by the news and it could be heard in her voice.



“Tara?” Ira questioned. His eyes lit up and he smiled, glad to finally be talking to the young woman he’d only heard about from his daughter.



“Y-Yes?” the blonde replied uncertainly.



“This is Willow’s father. I’ve heard so much about you. It’s nice to get to finally meet you, albeit over the phone, but it’s better than nothing.” His smile grew wider.



“Nice to meet you t-too, Mr. Rosenberg.” Tara tried to swallow but her mouth had gone fairly dry with her nervousness. She hadn’t expected to be having a conversation with Willow’s father.



“It’s Ira, dear. Mr. Rosenberg is my father. Ira’s fine,” he corrected.



The older man in the recliner had dozed off for a second, but at the mention of his name, his eyes popped open and he looked around asking, “Huh? What’s that?”



“Nothing, Dad,” Ira said with his hand covering the phone’s mouthpiece.



“Oh, o-okay, um, Ira.” Tara wasn’t sure how comfortable she felt referring to Willow’s father by his first name. Her parents had always taught her that it was polite to refer to her elders more formally.



“Willow’s out with her friend Jennifer,” Ira explained. “I’m not sure if you’ve met her.”



“No, sir. I haven’t,” Tara replied.



Listening to the girl, Willow’s father picked up on something underneath the nervousness. It sounded almost the way his daughter had sounded at dinner the first night she’d been home. He was really beginning to wonder what had these two so upset. “Tara?”



“Y-Yes, sir?”



“I was wondering if you could help me out on something,” he said, working on getting to the bottom of things.



“Whatever you, um, need, sir,” the blonde answered. Her stomach was doing flip-flops, and she moved from where she stood in her living room to a chair in an attempt to relax a little and quell the feeling to pass out.



“Has Willow been seeming a little, I don’t know, off I guess, to you?” he asked gently.



Tara’s immediate worry was, Is Willow okay? “I’m n-not, I’m not sure what you mean, sir,” she said, hoping he’d elaborate.



“She seems sort of down. Did anything happen…?” he trailed off, not wanting to push too hard.



“Oh….” Tara was suddenly feeling like she was going to get that ‘dad’ talk about not hurting his little girl. “I-I-I, um, w-we, we,” she stumbled trying to say something.



Ira felt for Tara as she struggled with her words and worried the girls were having some sort of trouble. “Are the two of you okay?” he asked, trying to figure out if they were in a fight or something of the sort. He wasn’t sure if it was really his place to be interrogating, but he didn’t like seeing his daughter upset and hearing Tara pulled at his heart even more.



“I, I don’t think so,” Tara replied weakly. She pulled her feet under herself on the chair she was seated on and brushed at her eyes with her sleeve as traces of tears popped up.



“Oh.” Ira wasn’t sure what else to say for a moment. He stood up from the sofa and began to walk from the living room to the den for a little privacy. “Is there anything I can do to help?” he asked as he walked through the hallways of his parents’ house.



Tara was surprised, and yet strangely calmed slightly, at the concern Willow’s father was showing. She wasn’t sure how to answer though. “I…”



“That was a stupid question probably,” Ira realized. “You girls probably don’t want me meddling in your business.”



“It’s o-okay,” Tara reassured. She really didn’t mind him trying to help out, especially if it meant fixing things with Willow. “I think if w-we just talked, we c-could, um we could work it out.”



“I’ll be sure to have her call you back then,” Ira said. “Have you tried her cell phone?”



“Y-Yes.”



“No answer?”



“No,” Tara replied.



“She didn’t answer when her mother called earlier either,” Ira said absently.



Willow’s father’s words sparked a small amount of hope in the blonde. Maybe it’s not just me she’s not answering for.



“I’ll try calling her there again, and maybe you can too,” he went on.



“O-Okay,” Tara agreed.



“So, Tara?”



The blonde got a little nervous again at the tone change in Willow’s father’s voice. It shifted a little from caring-mode to dad-mode, causing her to squirm a little in her chair. “Yes?”



“I’m sure you two will get all this sorted out. The way Willow talks, she really cares about you.” Ira had in fact gone into dad-mode, and now that the issues were dealt with, he wanted to make sure of Tara’s intentions toward his daughter. “And she’s talked about you a lot in the past few months.”



Tara grinned a little bit as she listened.



“As her father,” Ira went on, “I just wanted to know if you care about her as much as she seems to care about you.”



“Yes, sir, very much so,” Tara said without hesitation.



The certainty in the young woman’s voice was enough for Ira, and he smiled. “That’s good to hear.”



Tara felt a bit of relief. She’d expected more.



“Now you should try calling her again, and if you don’t catch her, I’ll have her call you when she gets in.”



“Thank you, sir,” Tara said.



“You’re welcome,” Ira replied. “And, Tara?”



“Yes, sir?”



“You should really come out and visit us sometime.”



“I’d like that,” Tara said honestly. Willow’s father seemed like a nice man.



“Me too. Bye, Tara.”



“Bye,” the blonde replied and hung up the phone.



Ira hung up as well and turned around to leave the room only to see his wife coming through the doorway.



“Who was that?” Shelia asked.



“That was Tara,” Ira said.



“Tara?” Shelia looked slightly worried. “You didn’t scare the girl did you?”



“No, Dear,” Ira reassured. “No scare tactics.”



Shelia was relived. “Good.”



“She seems like a really nice girl.”



“If Willow likes her, she must be a nice girl,” Shelia rationalized.







“Hey, Will, do you have any lip gloss?” Jennifer asked. She’d been going through her own purse for a few minutes but came up with nothing that could offer some moisture to her semi-dry lips.



“In my bag,” Willow said through gritted teeth as she tried to force down a yelp.



“Great,” Jennifer said cheerily, grabbing the offered purse and digging in. She found a tube of lip balm near the bottom and greedily applied it to her lips. “That’s awesome,” she sighed as she put the cap back on. “Mmm, cherry.” As she went to toss the tube back into Willow’s purse she saw a little flashing light inside the bag that appeared to be coming from the redhead’s phone. She pulled out the object and looked at the outside screen. “Hey, Will, you missed a few messages.”



“I’ll ge-yow!” the redhead yelled and squinted her eyes against the pain she was experiencing. “I’ll get them later,” she finally managed.



“Cool,” Jennifer said and started to put the phone away. Before she could get it into the purse though, the screen lit up and showed an incoming call. The sound didn’t seem to be turned on. “You’ve got a call. Want me to answer?” the brunette asked.



“Fine.” Willow whimpered and squeezed her eyes tighter. The last thing on her mind was her phone.



“I’ll take it outside. It’ll be quieter,” Jennifer said as she began to walk toward the door. She looked down and read the caller ID. When she saw who it was she smiled and flipped open the phone. “Hello?”



“Is, uh, is Willow there?” Tara asked on the other end, obviously thrown by the fact that the redhead wasn’t the one to answer.



“Will’s kinda busy right now,” Jennifer said as she opened the door to step outside. At that moment, the redhead let out a loud, painful yell, causing the brunette to wince before the door shut behind her.



Tara heard the yell through the phone. “What was that?” she asked in a panic.



“That would be Willow.” Jennifer giggled. She tried to tell Willow it was going to hurt, but the redhead hadn’t listened.



“What the hell’s wrong with her?” Tara’s defenses picked up at the thought of Willow in pain or danger, and she wanted to reach through the phone and strangle the giggling twit on the other end for information.



Jennifer was totally oblivious to the malice in the other woman’s voice and chattered on. “I tried to tell her it would hurt like a bitch and that it was probably going to bleed some ‘cause of the alcohol and all, but she insisted.”



“Wait a minute. What?” Tara was incredibly confused. “And who are you?”



“Oh!” The brunette laughed. “This is Jennifer. Willow’s friend? You’re Tara right?” she asked, wanting to make sure it was in fact Willow’s girlfriend she was talking to.



“Yes,” Tara replied. “What are you two doing?”



“Willow’s getting a tattoo. On her lower back,” Jennifer explained. “It’s going to be so incredibly cute.”



“Why is she getting a tattoo?” Tara couldn’t stop herself from asking. She then added in something Jennifer had said earlier. “And she was drinking before she went in? Don’t you know how incredibly stupid that is?”



“Like I said, I told her it probably wasn’t a good idea, but she’s stubborn,” Jennifer tried to reason. “But really, she puked everything up earlier anyway, so it’s probably not a big deal. Man, you missed a crazy night.”



Tara pinched the bridge of her nose as the other woman talked. She’d never met Jennifer and didn’t have anything against her, but listening to her talk made Tara rethink that.



“First we met these guys and they were all flirty, but it was bad flirty,” the brunette continued. “Worst lines ever. Then we drove around a little bit trying to find stuff to do and we were at this red light and I dared Will to get out and run around the car and she did but when she made it back around I locked the door on her. It was so funny. You should have seen her face.”



And Willow likes you because…? Tara thought to herself. She barely stopped herself from vocalizing it. She normally didn’t think such mean thoughts, but she’d never met someone who annoyed her so much just by talking to them.



Jennifer wasn’t done with her story yet. “Then she just started retching right there in the street. It was awesome. Thankfully there weren’t any other cars around, otherwise they’d be honking for us to move. After that I let her back in the car and we ended up at this tattoo place.”



“Have you been drinking?” Tara asked, worried that Jennifer had been driving around drunk.



“Oh god no,” Jennifer assured. “Soda all night for me. I can’t mix my medication with alcohol.”



It wouldn’t happen to be Ritalin, would it? Tara wondered then chastised herself for her thoughts.



“You’re sure?” Tara asked, still not completely convinced. The other woman sounded a little too bubbly to be fully sober.



“Yep. I’m sure,” the brunette reassured. “People always ask me that. Don’t worry. I’m just like this all the time.”



“Great,” Tara said weakly. She started to wonder again why exactly Willow and Jennifer were friends. And Willow dated her? So far she’d met two of Willow’s exes and neither seemed all that spectacular. Tara knew she herself wasn’t perfect and suddenly felt bad that someone as wonderful as Willow had such a horrible relationship track record.



“Want me to see if Will’s up for talking?” Jennifer asked as she turned to go back to her friend. She was completely excited Tara was on the phone. She loved all that gushy romantic stuff where the movie hero or heroine got a happy ending, and she hoped to see Willow’s situation turn out that way.



“Please?” Tara asked. She sounded almost exhausted, and in truth she was. She was tired of all the obstacles in the way of the conversation she desperately needed to have with the redhead. First her own ignorance, followed by unanswered phone calls, then Willow’s father, and finally Jennifer. It was all wearing her down.



“Hang on a sec.”



Jennifer made it back to where the tattoo artist was hovering over Willow’s back. She observed the work so far and grimaced. “Is all the blood okay?” she asked.



“There’s not a lot of blood,” the artist said, pulling back slightly and looking up at the brunette. “It’s mostly fluid tinted by the little amount of blood there actually is,” he explained before going back to his work.



On the bench, Willow was trying to block out the voices along with the stinging pain from the rapid needle pricks. It wasn’t a horrendously painful experience, but it definitely wasn’t at all pleasant.



Back with the phone conversation, Jennifer began describing the current state of the tattoo. Of course she couldn’t help but exaggerate a tad. “You’ve gotta see this. It’s all oozy and fluid-y. Nasty stuff.”



Tara’s stomach lurched at the words ‘oozy’ and ‘fluid-y.’ She had a tendency to get squeamish when it came to open wounds.



Jennifer didn’t stop there. “The blood’s kinda seeping out and…” She paused to think for a second. “Have you ever seen that statue from whatever country it was with the weepy-eyed Virgin Mary and the blood? You know, like she was bleeding out of her eyes? Well it reminds me of that.”



In reality, it wasn’t all that bad of a sight. There was a little bit of fluid here and there, and the man creating the tattoo was keeping the area pretty clear. Tara didn’t know that though and was getting horrific visuals of blood pouring off her girlfriend’s body. “I think I’m gonna be sick,” she choked out. She nearly gagged, and fortunately nothing came up.



“What’s there to be sick about? It’s not vomit-worthy,” Jennifer said to the other woman.



As Willow laid there with her face resting in the crook of an elbow, she had been assuming Jennifer was describing the gore for her benefit. That is, until it was obvious she was talking to someone else. “Who are you talking to?” the redhead asked, peaking up to see her friend on the phone.



“You’ll never guess,” Jennifer replied, her eyes shining.



Willow quirked an eyebrow, making her appear a little less than amused.



“Okay,” the brunette relented, “I’ll give you a hint. Her name rhymes with Farrah.” She smiled as the redhead’s eyes widened.



Willow gasped and jerked upward slightly. Luckily, the needle wasn’t near her skin otherwise she’d be in for some serious pain. “Tara?!”



The blonde could hear Willow say her name through the phone. It sounded somewhere between shocked and pleading. It made her heart flutter hearing the redhead sound like she wanted to talk to her.



“Wanna talk to her?” Jennifer asked, grinning like a fool.



The look on Willow’s face said ‘Ya think?’ but quickly changed to ‘Please?’ Jennifer quickly complied and handed the redhead the phone.



“Just make sure to keep still,” the tattoo artist warned as he went back to his work.



Willow rested her head across her bent left arm and slowly lifted the phone to her ear. She’d been waiting for this moment for what seemed like an eternity, and now that it was here, she wasn’t sure what to do.



“Say something,” Jennifer whispered loudly.



Tara saved the redhead from having to say anything. “Will?” she asked softly. Somehow she knew Willow was on the other end now.



“Tara?” Willow asked, not quite believing the blonde was there.



“Yeah, Sweetheart, it’s me.” Tara smiled and her eyes shined with tears.



“I can’t believe you called,” the redhead whispered. She felt the arm she rested on become slightly damp as she shed tears she hadn’t known were there.



“I should have called sooner. Before you left.” Tara swallowed the lump in her throat in an attempt to stay composed. Breaking down in a sobbing mess wouldn’t accomplish anything.



“I’m just glad you called,” Willow said honestly. She then yelped in pain as the artist’s needle hit a particularly sensitive spot.



Tara cringed at her girlfriend’s pain. “Does it hurt very bad?” she asked.



“Not as bad as it hurts being without you,” Willow whispered.



Willow’s words cut straight through the blonde. “God I’ve been so stupid.”



“No. No, Baby,” Willow gently chided. “Not stupid. You were just reacting. You were hurting too.” During weak moments over the time they’d been apart, Willow would have agreed with Tara’s ‘stupid’ comment, but now things were different. She felt she had an understanding of Tara’s actions and needed the blonde to know she understood.



Tara didn’t say anything on the other end. She sat taking in Willow’s words and let silent tears trail down her cheeks.



Willow listened to the silence on the phone and the buzzing of the tattoo machine and became suddenly aware of the two people in the room with her. “Listen, Tare. How ‘bout I call you back later tonight when I get in at my grandparents’ and you and I can really talk?”



“’Kay,” Tara replied quietly.



“Okay. I’ll talk to you then.”



“’Kay,” the blonde repeated.



“Bye, Baby.”



“Bye, Will.”



Both women hung up the phone sad to part with the other but glad to know they would be talking later. They hadn’t solved anything, but it was a start.



Someone always playing corporation games. Who cares. They're always changing corporation names. We just want to dance here. Someone stole the stage. They call us irresponsible, write us off the page. Marconi plays the mamba. Listen to the radio. Don't you remember? We built this city. We built this city on rock 'n roll.

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Songs for a Mix Tape

Postby Renee85 » Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:00 am

You know what I really hate myself for? That I've been reading this wonderful fic for the longest time and I haven't replied once and I really regret that. My New Years Resolution is to reply and leave more feedback to all of the great fan fiction stories and authors on this board. And yours is definitely at the top of the list. :) So, I want to tell you what a great story you've created, that I love everything about it and that I'm sorry for not saying it sooner.



Great story, great writing, and I can't wait to read more. :smash Oh, and Happy Holidays. :)





~Renee~

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For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever. -L. Swenson

"You make a place for her in your heart, it's sort of like she becomes a part of you. Does that make sense?" - Tara





Renee85
 


Re: This is Janet Reno's Dance Party... no moshing!!!

Postby TexanZeppo256 » Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:03 am

I'm really tired, but I also really wanted to comment on this, so I'll make it short:



Like the interaction between Tara and Ira.



I'm glad Tara finally called Willow.



And I will officially start the "Boo to Jennifer!" club as its president, for letting Willow get a tattoo and having no tact or consideration for Tara's feelings while describing Willow's tattooing to her in all of its gory detail. Positions for vice president and kitten treasurer are open and any other kittys who want to join are welcome with open arms.



Later

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There she is! There she is... ahh... Not so wounded as we were led to believe... So much the better.
--Khan, "Star Trek II: WOK"



From The Land of Tolerance,

---The Texan Zeppo

TexanZeppo256
 


Re: Merry Christmas type stuff...

Postby JustSkipIt » Thu Dec 25, 2003 7:49 am

Hey and Merry Christmas to you,

Thanks for the update. Well first off: Ira's conversation with Tara was so nice. This is one of the only fics I can think of where Willow's family is loving or caring or understanding and it's nice to read.



Second off: Jennifer is a moron! And temporarily at least: Willow too! I mean letting Will get that drunk and then locking her out of the car and having her throw up and then taking her for a tatoo! What a dumb and immature bunch of things to do.



But at least they talked at the end of the phone call and they will talk later and they are all "baby" and "sweetie" and all that. So that's the good and I can't wait for the next update.



Edited to add: I wonder what Willow got tatooed on her back...

Deb

Edited by: JustSkipIt at: 12/25/03 10:51 am
JustSkipIt
 


Re: Songs for a Mix Tape

Postby sabina » Thu Dec 25, 2003 10:20 am

Merry Christmas to you and thank you for the update... It was a very nice gift to come to the internet and find an update of this fic :grin



First I'm really starting to dislike Jennifer... the locking Willow out of the car thing? I hate those kind of jokes... grrr.

And then letting a friend do a tattoo when she is drunk and most likely not thinking straight? Geeezz :no



Anyway, we all have friends who are complete idiots sometimes but still can be the best of friends on other ocasions so I'll give Jennifer the benefit of the doubt... LOL.



It was great to see Willow and Tara finally talking to each other and starting to mend their relationship :bounce :grin



I'm looking forward to their talk later :bounce






"I know I was born and I know that I'll die.

The in between is mine.

I am mine!" - Pearl Jam

sabina
 


Re: Songs for a Mix Tape

Postby TaraBaby77 » Thu Dec 25, 2003 10:35 am

Once again, that was definitely a Christmas present, :D . Beautiful upate!!! The interaction between Ira and Shelia (the whole scare tatics, heehee), Ira and Tara ( what where Tara's intentions with his daughter, :miff ), Tara and Jennifer..... anyhoo, I'm babbling now. Great update and love this story..... Hope to see more soon..... =)

Aaron

'TaraBaby77'


"It's about two people,
regardless of sex, who love each other and treat each other with compassion and
respect."

TaraBaby77
 

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