School Days

[JustSkipIt]

amazonaa – That’s a funny thought. I guess it depends on whether they are more thankful to find out that they can date or more frustrated at the time they’ve missed. Kind of a glass half-full or half-empty proposition. Thanks.



Irishgrl3 – Thanks. I’m happy that it makes you excited. You are exactly right about the boundaries: they are both setting and the crossing boundaries all the time. It’s almost like they are playing mental games with themselves.



No, I’m not going to make it that easy.



And yes, it was wonderful to see Lance bring it home for Texas and Austin. Hopefully this year we will have a parade. We haven’t had one in a few years for him because he’s been away but this year he says he’s coming to spend time with his kids so hopefully we can have a huge parade.



willohand – Sorry for driving you crazy. Ok, I’m not sorry because that’s what I’m trying to achieve but sorry that you’re not weathering it well. Thanks for the bribery offer but I can’ think of anything I want more than to continue the story. Enjoy.



Natti - Yes you are right, they are a laugh or cry situation. They didn’t want to bring up the subject and then feel awkward.



Romy – Sorry to drive crazy. A few more updates and then there will be some movement. I promise.



Wimpy – Well good to get such a reaction from you and I hope you weren’t at work when you were yelling at the monitor. I know that everyone was frustrated by Tara’s conditions but she had to do it to justify the date an the conversation. Glad you liked Tara’s middle name story. I thought it was a funny idea. Yes, they are definitely going to do a spell.



BTW: nice smut.



Justin – Well of course she prohibited any questions that can lead to the finding of the truth. How else could it work. Speaking of which, do you have any idea how hard it is to write this story? I never knew how often information about someone, their age, their profession, where they live, would come up in everyday conversation. It’s a real challenge let me tell you.

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Which leads me to an inevitable conclusion. They know! They've probably known right from the beginning. All of this "no we can't date or kiss or have gay fun." is just a tease in order to torture we poor, loyal kittens. It's all some evil experiment isn't it? They're seeing how far they can push us before we give up and go over to the dark side of spuffydom. Which is just

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That’s a hysterical idea. Maybe I should incorporate it just for fun. Yep, W/T know but they are just being obtuse to see if the other has integrity. Sort of a “hmmm, I’d never want to date someone who would date a student. Maybe if she thinks I’m a student I can find out how much integrity she has. Gee, I could try pretending to be married next.”



Tell your friend I said thanks and I’m glad she/he is enjoying it.



Insanity – Sorry for RL sucking. Life has peaks and valleys and when I’m in a low point, I try to remember the good times. The family is great. Asher has two teeth and is just wonderful.



Yep, Tara is my partner in crime now. I convinced her that she would get a better eventual sex scene if she prolongs the agony. Ha ha (should sound like an evil cackle of a laugh). Good question about the spell and the looking for Faith.



DreamsToDream – Yeah, I don’t think there are many people with that name at all but I thought it would be a cute idea. The spell will be the next update.



DarkChild – Welcome and thanks for leaving the feedback. I’m glad you like it and they will find out that they’re both teachers eventually (I know, very specific).



Tempest Duer – Yep, totally me and



Thanks. I’m glad you love it. It’s fun to write and fun to read the comments.



Arwen – Buuuuwwwwaaaahhhhhaaahhaaa! You’ll be fine. I’m sure.



sammi – Glad you liked and of course, nothing about age.



Jackie – Sorry about your computer problems. Seems that everyone shared the same frustration but hey, it kept the farce going didn’t it? Thanks.



Kajun – Ah thanks so much. I’m glad you liked the revalations and the update and you are right about the masking spell.



willowhanded –

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okay, this is getting ridiculous.

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What? It’s only starting to get ridiculous? I can’t believe you’d say that. I think it’s been ridiculous for quite a while.



Oh, come on. This is still fun isn’t it?

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. like have Willow walk up to the bar in the Bronze and order alchohol, and they'll be like, I.D and Willow will be like, -flashes.- And Tara will be like, ``hold on. >>;; huh. oh. OH! wtf. -grabs willow. witchy love.-``

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That’s a fun thought although keep in mind that Willow is only 20 so Tara would have to be the one with the ID and then when Willow grabbed her and kissed her, Tara still would think that Willow was a student and would probably push her away and then Willow would think Tara didn’t like her or was straight or something… So maybe better not to do that.



Emms – Glad you liked it. Well, they’ll have to last a bit longer so we’ll see who has patience.



pipsberg – Hey and welcome back from wherever you’ve been hiding! I was so glad to see an update to RI today and what an update it was! I hope you keep them coming. (no pun intended of course).

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This is wicked good fun, but I can't believe you are still able to write them not knowing what's going on. Bravo.

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As I was mentioning above, I really had no idea what a challenge it would be. I originally started this story for something to do while waiting for programs to run at work and to take my mind off stuff – a few minutes at a time. I thought it would be just totally fluff and while I still think that (probably my worst writing by my estimation), it is certainly a challenge. I find that the construct of the story necessitates very short conversations with artificial constraints and interruptions. Very difficult but fun to write.



DarkChild – It will still take a little while. Thanks for reading.



TromDeGrey – Definitely sounds like something the two of you want to discuss amongst yourselves. I say don’t worry about the feedback; if you feel like leaving some, do, otherwise read and enjoy. I didn’t start out wanting to torture – it’s just a bonus.



shuyaku – I think you are right about it not being sensitive. I think she was more worried that one of them would have an answer while the other was already involved in their career plan which would remind them that they should pack up the food, fold the blanket, and retreat to opposite sides of the school. Lol about your middle name. Thanks.



Sharleen – Too sensitive. Could remind them that they shouldn’t be doing this at all.



Karen – Wouldn’t it be more likely that I’m working for the DNC and that eventually I’ll tell the kittens that I will allow the two girls to find out the truth only if everyone reading promises to vote in November (obviously only Americans and those over 18) and to send large contributions to the campaign? They can remain oblivious a while longer. Yes, the family is wonderful and very happy. Thanks.

Go Lance!

MoveOn.Org

American Civil Liberities Union

[wallflower0204]

Hi there, this is the first time I write to you, first of all let me tell you that I love your story, I know the feeling of being in love with a student, it happened to me some time ago. I wasn't exactly her teacher, but I was her tutor, and had to report how she was doing. Difficult because she was doing very well, but I couldn't tell the principal that part. Back to your story, I agree with most of the readers, it's about time they , even if they still think they are students, it's not that bad, they just have to do it outside the school.

I look forward to read your next update,

Great job.

Michelle.

[justin]

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That’s a hysterical idea. Maybe I should incorporate it just for fun. Yep, W/T know but they are just being obtuse to see if the other has integrity. Sort of a “hmmm, I’d never want to date someone who would date a student. Maybe if she thinks I’m a student I can find out how much integrity she has. Gee, I could try pretending to be married next.”

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Oh Goddess what have I done? I can just see it. Tara finds out THE TRUTH and goes looking for Willow intent on taking her to the nearest janitor's closet and bonking her brains out. But when Tara finds her Willow is trying on someone's wedding ring and starts to think that Willow's married.



Then, of course, the next time they meet Tara says something about them not being able to date due to the marriage thing and Willow assumes that Tara's saying that she's married and the world over Kittens go



BTW I also recommended Season 3 Y'all to Tennya and she said she's enjoying that one as well.

What other people think of me is none of my business - Ellen Degeneres

[Shy One]

Hey Debra



Sorry I haven't left any feedback lately, but what can I say that the other kittens haven't already voiced?

We all want smoochies and gay lovin'.



I must say, however, that I applaud your ability to keep them this freakin' clueless for this long.

You have successfully passed the ridiculous stage and wandered into the ludicrous stage.

My hat's off to you.



I still want to see smoochies before I get put in a retirement home (and I'm only 29). So you better get

crackin' girlfriend.



Keep up the ludicrous writing!!



Shy One

[ophelia11]

Oh my. I find I'm at a constant level of frustration as I read this story, but I'm oddly okay with that. I never imagined their "secret identities" would remain a mystery for so long, but you continue to keep me on the edge of my seat. Although I'm finding more and more humor in each update because the close calls are so much like real life. This is another wonderful story and I can't wait to read more.

[YunaMaClay]

I've been gone from the kitten for a while. But I came back last night and saw this story. Well I read through it today and I have to say it is one of the funniest stories I've ever read. I love the fact that their so oblivious. It's so teasing and suspensful. I give kudos to you for the work you must have to go through to produce such an effect.

[tarawhipped]

Excellent update Debra!



Your teasing and manipulation obviously know no bounds, so I'm just going to sit at your feet like a good kitty and claw at your ankles until you give us what we want .



A spell, hmmm? So are you at least heading towards everyone finding out that Faith is the missing slayer? Please? Something? Anything?

[bluehippocampus]

And you did it again! Your fic is deliciously frustrating. I'm enjoying this world of cluelessness (is that a word?) and misunderstandings too much. I'm not sure when or how you planned our girls will know the truth. All I know the waiting will be worthwhile.

Chapeau



BH

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them - David Hume

[JustSkipIt]

Michelle – Welcome! It’s great to have you on the board and writing replies. All the authors really enjoy it. Yes, I can imagine that it’s hard to fall in love with a student no matter how formal or informal the setting. LOL about not being able to tell that she was doing well. I’ll add your input to the pile of “get the smoochies going…” ones. Thanks.



justin – Yep, you’ve definitely created a monster now. Maybe ideas for future fics… I’m glad your friend is enjoying all the fics. Tell her that Paths is my favorite and the story that I consider to contain my best writing yet. Thanks for recommending.



Shy One – Don’t worry about the feedback or lack thereof. You get to what you can get to. Yep, seems like a universal vote for smoochies and gay lovin.

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I must say, however, that I applaud your ability to keep them this freakin' clueless for this long.

You have successfully passed the ridiculous stage and wandered into the ludicrous stage.

My hat's off to you.

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Thanks so much. It’s really a challenge but one that I’ve enjoyed.



ophelia11 – Thanks so much. I’m glad you like the mystery and the humor. I work at both.



YunaMaClay – Welcome back then. Thanks for appreciating the humor! Speaking of humor, if you like funny, I highly recommend the writing of AntigoneUngone. IMHO she’s the funniest writer on the Pens board. Thanks.



tarawhipped – Thank you so much. Nope, no bounds. We’re heading toward a few things but that’s all I’ll say. Thanks for reading.



bluehippocampus – Yep, did it again! Thanks. I’m glad you like the frustration and cluelessness. Thanks so much.

Oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment

[JustSkipIt]

Sorry for the double post. I posted those comments hours ago and wanted it to be obvious that this is an update.



Title – School Days



Part 22 - Spell



Author – JustSkipit - Debra



Spoilers – Geez! Even in Europe, the show has been off the air for a year. If you haven’t seen any given episode, you aren’t really trying. Nonetheless…



Rating – Part 22 - PG



Disclaimer – Guess what… I don’t own W&T, Buffy or the rest of the BtVS crew. Any similarity to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental and fortunate.



Thoughts in italics



Tara looked around as she leaned her bike against the tree and took her backpack off. She’d had a difficult time choosing a few magic tomes to bring today, knowing nothing about Willow’s level of magic proficiency nor her specific interest in a spell for today. It seemed from their very quick conversation that the redhead wanted to do a particular spell, not just random spells.



The blonde witch had barely been able to sleep the night before anticipating her afternoon with Willow. From the moment Willow had said that she was a witch and that she wanted to do magic with her, Tara had been nearly giddy with excitement. She had dreamed for years of finding someone to do magics with, someone who she felt a connection with, someone who complimented and completed her. Just as she was feeling that level of love for Willow, the girl had told her that she was also a witch? It was just too perfect… perfect except for the age difference but that would be resolved after the school year. Not that they would grow closer in age but the distinction would be less important.



Tara giggled as she remembered Faith ordering her home the night before. The two girls had been out looking for vampires:

”So then I said to him…,” Faith looked at her friend who had a spaced-out look on her face. “I can’t work that shift. I have to stake vampires through the heart.”



“Sure,” Tara answered, obviously not listening to a word her friend was saying.



“Plus which there’s this very cute chick I’ve been spending time with and my roommate is in love with her best friend…” Faith continued to see when Tara would notice what she was saying.



“Right,” Tara answered continuing to pay no attention to the dark-haired girl.



Faith sighed in exasperation as a vampire came around a headstone. “Hey ugly,” she called and the demon charged at her. “Can we talk?” she smart-mouthed as she began trading punches with her opponent.



“Like appetizer conversation?” the vampire snarled, “sounds good to me.” He landed a punch to her ribs but the girl barely seemed to notice.



“My friend over there,” Faith said between punches as she hooked her thumb in Tara’s direction, “she’s so crazy about this student at the high school that I swear she hasn’t listened to word I’ve said tonight.”



“Have so,” Tara argued as she watched the fight. She’d taken a seat on a nearby headstone as she watched her best friend enjoy the fight.



The vampire took a few more punches to the side and face before beginning to lunge toward Faith. As he missed and ended up on his stomach on the ground he growled angrily. He stood up and cocked his head at the dark-haired girl. “You must be the new one,” he muttered just as Faith’s stake neatly entered his heart.



“The new what?” Faith asked the disintegrating vampire, watching his lips part as they turned to dust.



“The new what?” Tara repeated as she walked over to Faith.



Faith shrugged as she tucked her stake back in her waistband. “I don’t know.” She turned toward Tara: “I’m shocked you heard that part. You haven’t heard another damn thing I’ve said in the last 15 minutes.”



“Your boss w-wanted you to pick up some more shifts,” Tara argued.



“And I told him…?”



“Um… that you needed to study?” Tara guessed. She looked around and asked, “Why are we going back home?”



“We aren’t going back home,” Faith answered as they neared the apartment, “you are.”



“Why am I going home?” Tara argued.



“Because you’re thinking so hard about your redheaded student that you aren’t paying any attention out here and you’re going to get hurt,” Faith explained as she playfully gave the witch a kick on her backside.



Tara laughed as she crossed the street. “I’ll go in but not because you’re right,” she agreed, “because I need to do some lesson plans.”



“See you in a few hours,” Faith called.

Tara was just as happy to go home. As much as she loved spending time with her best friend and fighting the forces of darkness, she really did have lesson planning to do. Additionally she wanted to look through her spell books, even though she had no idea what Willow wanted to do.



She had only been waiting by the tree for about five minutes when Willow approached looking slightly out of breath. “Hey, sorry I’m late,” Willow panted, “whole teacher/student conversation thing delayed me slightly.”



“Everything ok?” Tara asked slightly concerned. She hoped that Willow wasn’t having any trouble in her classes.



“Oh yeah,” Willow agreed eagerly, “some confusion on a project due date but it’s all straightened out now.”



“Good,” Tara smiled as she stood her bike up and began to roll it alongside the two girls toward Willow’s jeep which once again stood in the nearly deserted student lot. As they walked, the two girls visited about their day and continued getting to know each other. After loading her bike in the back of the vehicle, Tara asked, “So how l-long have you been practicing?”



“Oh not long,” Willow answered, “since I was 16.”



“Ok,” Tara nodded quickly doing the math to see that Willow had probably been practicing about two years.



“You?” Willow inquired.



“Always,” Tara explained, “my mother and grandmother taught me.”



“They must be great,” Willow gushed wondering what kind of woman had brought this beautiful girl into the world. “I’d love to meet your mother some day.”



“Oh,” Tara said, “she d-d-died four years ago.” Tears pooled in her eyes as she thought about her mother and the painful disease which had stolen her vitality and then her life.



Willow quickly did the math to realize that Tara would have to have lost her mother when she was 14 years old. Without planning it in advance she reached out to take Tara’s hand and brush her thumb over the back as she held it over the gear shift. “That’s very young to lose your mother,” she said sympathetically.



“It’s always too young,” Tara whispered.



“I guess so,” Willow agreed. She looked up as she pulled into the driveway of her parents’ house once again. This time she knew that there was no way her parents would be interrupting as they were on their trip. She opened the door to let both girls in and turned quickly to lock the door. As she turned back, she moved a little too quickly, coming face-to-face with Tara. Both girls stood stock still taking in the other’s face, flushed skin, and pounding pulse.



Tara could nearly feel Willow’s breath on her lips and knew that she should pull away. She should take a step back and remove both of them from danger. But she felt so drawn to the woman in front of her. Her hand seemed to rise of its own accord to stroke Willow’s curls. “Your hair is adorable,” she whispered. Feeling bold she added, “Just like every bit of you.”



Willow bit her lip as she heard Tara’s words. Every time she thought that they could just pretend to ignore the tension between them, the blonde seemed to emphasize it. “Nothing could be as beautiful as your eyes,” she whispered back.



Tara stood another few seconds drinking in the sight and smell of the girl she loved before breaking eye contact and turning toward the kitchen. “C-c-can I get a bottle of water before we start?” she asked.



Willow shook her head as if to clear it of the thoughts running through it: thoughts which involved various scenarios of her kissing Tara senseless before laying her down on her parents’ sofa for even more intimate scenes. “… Um… right…,” she finally sputtered, “I need to feed the cat anyway.” She moved into the kitchen for the drinks and fed the cat before joining Tara in the living room.



“Your parents aren’t home again?” Tara asked as she looked around the spotless living room.



“I think they’re in Europe but it could be Asia,” Willow explained as she handed the blonde her water. “Why don’t’ we go upstairs,” she suggested. As she did she reached out instinctively to take Tara’s hand and lead her but realized what she was doing and drew it quickly back, attempting to make the motion look like she was just reaching for the banister.



Once they got into Willow’s room both girls took seats on the floor and began pulling their materials from their backpacks. Tara noted that it looked like Willow has spent no time in her room since their last visit, either that or she really cleaned her room thoroughly every day. “W-what kind of spell did you want to do or did you just want to practice generally?” Tara asked, amazed that she had been able to get all that out with just one stutter in spite of her combined excitement and discomfort at being in Willow’s bedroom.



Willow looked up with a brilliant smile on her face. She’d been waiting for years to find someone to practice with. Giles had never been that into magics and she had never found a partner while at college. So to find this woman with whom she felt such an incredible connection and who wanted to do magics together was absolutely amazing. She took a few seconds to continue smiling at the blonde before indicating the map she had carefully smoothed onto the floor. “This time I need your help with a specific spell but I’d love to do more spells with you any time,” she answered somewhat breathlessly.



“Are we finding something?” Tara asked as she looked at the map and glanced at the spell book Willow had pulled from her pack as well as the Ziploc bags of herbs. She had obviously done some preparation for the spell.



“Yes,” Willow started as she pulled an additional map from her bag and set it next to the first one. The larger map was of the United States and the smaller was a map of the World. “You know Buffy, right?”



Tara nodded, wondering what this spell had to do with Buffy.



“Well she has a cousin who used to live here,” Willow explained. She wasn’t entirely sure why she hesitated to tell Tara that Buffy was the slayer. Given that the girl was a witch, she probably knew about slayers but Willow just couldn’t bring herself to do it. What if Tara didn’t believe her and thought she was crazy? She just couldn’t take the chance of rejection. She watched Tara’s face for any sign that the blonde could detect her lie and continued: “A few years ago she disappeared and we don’t know where she is.”



“That must be really hard,” Tara whispered as she reached out to touch Willow’s hand. She could tell that the girl was disturbed and guessed that she had also been friends with Buffy’s missing cousin.



Observing that Tara appeared to have believed her lie, Willow handed Tara a sheet of paper. It displayed the spell that she had copied and altered. “This is a demon locator spell,” she explained, “I changed it to look for someone who is similar to Buffy.”



Tara looked at the spell for a few moments as she thought about what Willow was telling her. Strangely, it didn’t appear that she had completely altered the spell to remove the demon finding aspects. She appeared to be looking for a human with demon qualities. The blonde witch wondered if Willow knew the implications of the accent marks she had left in the spell. As she reviewed the spell she concluded that the mistake wouldn’t hurt their chances of finding the missing girl. “This is to e-exclude Dawn?” she asked as she pointed out a strange line in the spell.



“Oh yeah,” Willow answered excited to see that Tara was obviously reviewing the spell and approving. She had worried that Tara would note the demon aspects in the spell and question her about it. They were minor but then Buffy and the missing slayer were mystical beings, perhaps part demon so she was hoping to narrow the search.



“Are we using hair?” Tara asked, wondering how Buffy’s essence would be woven into the spell. She also wondered what Buffy’s apparent mystical signature would do to the spell.



“Yeah,” Willow nodded. Suddenly she grinned: “Kind of gross huh?”



“Kind of but it should work,” Tara agreed. She took a few more minutes to consider the written spell, familiarizing herself with the structure and cadence of the incantation. It appeared that Willow planned for them to split the ingredients and incantation to cast the spell. She looked up and nodded that she was ready.



Willow handed half of the grains to Tara and poured the other half in her own hand. As she did so, she allowed her hand to softly caress the blonde’s palm. I just don’t want to drop any of the ingredients, she told herself. She noted the way Tara’s body shuddered slightly at the contact.



Seeing that Tara had her ingredients securely in hand, Willow lit the candles and cast the circle. On Willow’s cue, both girls began their incantations simultaneously. As they neared the end of the incantation, both scattered their grains over the two maps and then joined their hands together to focus their intention on the spell.



If Willow’s spell worked, the grains would rise and swirl over the maps before focusing on one area. Most of the ingredients would burn up from the intensity of the spell but the remainder would drop onto the map at the location of the second slayer.



Tara felt the intensity of the connection between herself and the younger witch immediately upon joining their hands. If she had thought that their touch was overwhelming before, it was nothing compared to this feeling. She could feel her energy running through her body as well as Willow’s as the two girls joined essences. In front of her eyes, the grains swirled and glowed. Sparks popped from within the cloud.



Willow attempted to contain her breathing as she felt the amazing power of the spell flowing through herself and Tara. Her every nerve ending felt as if were on fire with excitement and passion. She knew that they were directing the grains as they swirled and dipped in front of them. Overwhelmed by the experience, she found herself closing her eyes and could feel through the connection that Tara had done the same.



Both girls’ breathing grew more labored as they attempted to complete the spell. They could feel that something was resisting. Most of the ingredients were burning up as they should but the remainder were not falling onto either map. It was as if there were a barrier between the ingredients and the map. The witches redoubled their efforts to guide the spell.



As they did so, they could feel their passions racing. An observer would have noted their heaving breasts, sweat on their brows, and other signs of excitement. Their hands literally shook with power and connection and sparks raced up and down their arms, arms on which the light hairs stood on end.



Willow sighed quietly and hoped that Tara hadn’t heard the noise as she completely surrendered to the connection she shared with Tara. She had never felt anything close to their unity. She could feel Tara’s heartbeat through her hands and knew that they were in perfect synchronization. Without conscious thought she leaned slowly forward until she felt the blonde’s lips meet her own.



As soon as the kiss began Tara pulled her hands from Willow’s, moving them to the back of the redhead’s neck. She grasped at the girl’s skin as if attempting to hold her closer and felt Willow’s hands stroking the skin of her own cheeks. When Willow’s tongue traced the contours of her lips, the blonde immediately opened her mouth to allow access and moaned at the sensation of Willow’s tongue touching hers.



The spell forgotten, Willow whimpered in forbidden pleasure at the perfection of Tara’s lips on her own. The blonde’s mouth was just as perfect as she had imagined and when Tara moved both tongues back into Willow’s own mouth the redhead wondered if she would pass out.



Suddenly Willow lurched forward, having to put out her hands to avoid falling over. She gasped in surprise and looked up to see Tara standing up, her hand held over her mouth and a look of horror on her face. Before Willow could speak she heard Tara run from the room and down the stairs, followed by the sound of the front door slamming. Oh God! was all she could think before looking to the maps, finding two neat squares of ingredients lining the edges of the maps without a single grain on either sheet of paper.

[Insanity]

Impressive!



Tara has done a really good job with her masking spell I guess. If the combined couldn't overcome ist... wow.



And the kiss!!! FINALLY, but oh oh.. Tara running away is not good. But I think she will be back soon, to apologize..



Great update as usual



Insanity

"Nobody messes with my girl!"Tara, Bargaining

[Arwen276]

I just knew I shouldn't get so excited...and then all these clues you're concocting to mislead them, like calculations and sorts, yes well, I SURRENDER TO YOU DEBRA! BRING THE PAIN!



Thanks for another agonising moment!



Write some more soon! fiction is too sappy without the excruciating frustration.



you could perform the 'crucio' spell on us you know? it would spare your litterary efforts that way.



I was wondering, if you'd be that teasing with your son later on, when he'd want something ? just a thought... lol



Anyway,



take care!!



~Arwen

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

[WillowRTaraM1]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you simply can not leave us there!!!!!!!!! omg omg OMG *trys to breathe* I dont even have adequate words!! Wow that was great and amazing but still.. so cruel! aahhh!! I need to go calm down!



PLEASE update soon??





Jackie



Edited after I regained my rational thought process - The update was wonderful as always Im so enjoying the way the girls relationship is progressing ever so slowly. It is rather frustrating at times but the small moments such as Tara stroking Willows hair and Willow telling Tara her eyes are beautiful... are all that more fulfilling. The spell scene was incredibly written I could picture everything perfectly in my mind.. I think I had to remind myself to breath for a moment Keep it up Debra I keep falling more in love with your writing as time goes by

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Ooo I feel just like santa except thinner and younger and female and...well Jewish- Willow

Edited by: WillowRTaraM1 at: 8/1/04 1:08 pm

[The Rose24]

Yikes!



They have to talk about things now.

Tara: My heart doesn't stutter.


Tara: Willow, I got so lost.

Willow: I found you. I will always find you.

[wimpy0729]

Okay Debra, here I was doing my little happy for that beautiful kissage scene, and then you go on with the running out and the door slammage! Oh, of course, something like that just had to happen.



But hey, I'm not gonna complain because at least we got the excruciatingly long-awaited kiss.



Oh, don't worry about my reaction to the last UD. I work at home, so my ranting wasn't witnessed.



And I had to laugh -- I was just watching Shadow yesterday, and Willow was wearing that snug shirt that had a heart on it with 'Elvis' in the middle. LMAO.



Can't wait to see what you have in store for us next!



Wimpy

"There was plenty of magic." ~ Tara

[Pokey Doodle]

Oh damn. More madness! Ahhhh...



Ok. Whew! Despite the on-going frustration of havin' yet another update WITHOUT the teacher/student misunderstanding resolved, I really did enjoy the update! I will love anything involving W/T kissage. The whole Tara-running-away thing wasn't good, but I'm hoping the next update contains some W/T talkage. Maybe, once they "discuss" what went on, the truth will *accidentally* come out. No? Well, maybe...? Arrrggh! The truth must come out sooner or later... I think I can stay sane long enough for that to happen. At least, I hope.



Once again, I to your terrific writing! I'll even throw in a for bein' able to write such a difficult story. I'm sure it's not easy to come up with material like this [keepin' the "truth" secret for so long]. So, kudos woman! I'd 'prolly go crazy rackin' my brain tryin' to come up with ideas to fit this kinda storyline.



Lookin' forward to the next update. Thanks!

[ ashley ]

[veiled isis moon]

Wow, great kiss with all the passion and tingly feelings, not so great that Tara ran out on Willow, though. Maybe it was getting too intense for her and she wouldn't have been able to restrain herself, or maybe she couldn't believe she kissed a 'student'! Either way, some words before she flew out of the house would have been nice!! Great update.

[sam darls]

Wow..and aww..that kiss was simply amazing . I hope everything works itself out . Love sam 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)

[Stroke of Luck]

Wow they kissed but noooooooooo Tara run away and she wont meet Willow again or anything like that...FUCK IT...Debra let them know already that they are old enough to kiss each other Or let something happen that Tara wont be so freaked out like she is right now



Great update, but i wish they would already know!



Cu

SoL/Natti

"I wish that you were here or that I were there, or that we were together anywhere!"

[littlecrazy80]

WOW and !?!?!?! You can´t leave it there Debra.



*lil´c*

"I am S-E-X-Y" Amber at the FedCon



Sweet Amber ~~~ Amber Board ~~~ Danielle Benson ~~~ Danielle Benson France ~~~ Danielle Board

[justin]

This is Justin's psychiatrist. He was recently committed to a psychiatric hospital after visiting an airport and demanding that he be flown to Sunnydale so that he could resolve a misunderstanding there.



There's no need to worry though, he is being held in a padded cell and is fully sedated so that he will not be a danger to himself or anyone else.



During one of his brief periods of lucidity he asked me to leave soem feedback.



Amongst the babbling and sobbing I was able to gather that



1) That was a great update



2) you are



We're optimisitc that given time Justin will make a full recovery. Or at the very least he'll stop grabbing the female nurses and yelling "She's not a student, you fool!"

"VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised! - The Parrot Sketch

[TromDeGrey]

Torturous, torturous woman!!!!!!! WHAT a first smooch!!! And then, of course, with the running... Bad. Very bad. Shameless, Debra, it really is all just shameless. And, gawd, I'm loving it!!!!

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. -Erma Bombeck

[Irishgrl3]

What an update and where you left it. Arrrgggg...



First, the dialog with Faith was great, one sided as it was.

Then at Willow's house, Tara touching Willow's hair and the slight flirtage between the two built up some serious tension that seems to be getting harder for the girls to deny.

And then Wham you hit us with the spell and all of it's surging passion/power and we get major kissage! Yay!!!!



Although now I'm worried about Tara... don't run, come back.

Edited by: Irishgrl3 at: 7/31/04 10:18 am

[Kajun]

Smoochies! Oh no.. Dear Tara, stop running. Dear Willow, RUN! She won’t get very far since her bike is still in the Jeep. It is still in the Jeep isn’t it? Arg. I bet it’s raining too. I’m taking a wild guess and say the spell worked with incredible accuracy. It located two mystical beings similar to Buffy so Willow should have excluded witches as well. Hmm.. maybe Faith isn’t the real Slayer. Tara transferred some of her powers to Faith and masked them to keep both girls safe. Or.. the spell did locate Faith but didn’t use the map since the Hellmouth isn’t on any map. There were two squares because while the girls were casting Faith ran into Toth and now there are three Slayers! Or.. the ingredients had settled next to the map and patiently waited for the witches to refocus on locating the human with demon qualities but then Tara broke the circle so now Willow will think her spell turned to soup when.. actually.. she probably forgot all about the spell and ummm.. I’m getting dizzy. Must. Lay. Down. Yah for the Smoochies!

[tarawhipped]

Debra, you've done it again! So much pain, so much torment, and then you throw us just the teeennniest little crumb and all the kittens love you. I guess it's testimony to how cruel you are that this update felt so satisfying (the smoochies scene was pretty hot ). The Faith/Tara interaction was really nicely done too. I always liked that Faith could be pretty astute when she stopped being self-centered for two seconds.



As for the spell, does that darn thing ever work?

[BurningWhiteRose]

Ok...



Im back in town, and the first thing I read...



Is murder.



A kiss like that, and they have got to find out the truth. THEY HAVE TO!! I can see it now...Tara walks up to Willow, apologizes, Willow apologizes...



But hey, they're not gonna figure it out are they?



Back in Black,

BWR

***

If homosexuals dont reproduce, why are there so many of them?-Jim David

[Grimlock72]

That's odd, combined T+W can't overcome a spell Tara cast alone ? It wouldn't have helped much anyway, Faith is not the type of girl who sits quietly at home. A location would only tell them where she walked.



Willow's first priority will be to some reach Tara and make sure she's alright. Poor Tara is likely blaming herself for all sort of awfull things. If anything this pretty much proves they have some connection, heh .



Later on Willow will probably try to figure out why the spell didn't work at all. It should have at least located Buffy herself, right ??



Faith is smart sending Tara home, she was indeed not entirely focussed on the job at hand. Maybe she can talk some more sense into Tara when she learns what happened during their first witchy-session. Faith seems like just the down-to-earth girl for that kinda job



Grimmy (who's entirely not frustrated, naaaah :-)

--
"You hurt Tara," Willow said too calmly. "The last one who tried that was a god. I made her regret it." -- Unexpected Consequences by Lisa of Nine

[Grimaldi]

i liked the last couple of update



i hope Willow is able to catch up to Tara and talk about the kiss

[MissKittys Ball O Yarn]

Debra.....that kiss was sooo.... but then Tara ran out and that was

but then I was like...

and now im all...



xoxo

Emms

[astrangerhere]

Debra-



I must say, you certainly have a penchant for the soap opera going. Maybe its having Asher around or maybe you've always been melodramatic (or just a few bricks short... ). At any rate, maybe, just maybe you've started to open some doors of enlightenment just the teeniest little crack. Though, having said that, i realize my hopes may be dashed at any moment.



Enjoying the fun summer read-



ash

Can you help me with this heart in my chest? It ain't perfect, but you should see me use it.