New Fic : The Game Of Love.

[Shy One]

Hi Sheba!



As always, that was a wonderful, fabulous, stupendous update!!

However, I must agree with my fellow kittens. 45 chapters IS an awfully long time to go without smoochies.

So quit teasing us already and make with the smoochies!!!



Even though it's seriously lacking in smoochies, I'm still completely loving this!!!!

More soon, please?!!



Cara

[Mikaelah Braenna]

Hey Sheba...



Remember the conversation we had yesterday about someone beating you because you did not update lately? With this lack of kiss-age, I may have to stop protecting you soon. And let that person resort to punishing you.

At least, we know a little more about Tara's past. Great update~But can you stop torturing us yet?



~Mikaelah

Willow: "Where would you go? If you felt lost and alone? ..."

Tara: "To You..."

~~Truly and Forever~~

[Arwen276]

Thanks for updating!!

It's very sweet when they hold hands and stuff, and it's good to see a glimpse of Tara's childhood...



Nice Joke!



more!!



~Arwen

[Stroke of Luck]

Oh that was a great joke! hopefully Tara knows how to take it Hmm and the hand holding, that was just too cute....they are both so worried, maybe that will change soonish?*begging*



Cu

SoL/Natti

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

[Red Jassy]

ahehehe... i like the susan part too. and the silly smile on willow's face while she stare at tara.

I've been missing the fic so much.. damn life is getting in the way. anyway, Sheba. you never cease to amuse me with your updates. thanks a lot. ok. take care.

ciao

j0aN

redjassy

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Cause you were made for me/Somehow I'll make you see/How happy you make me

/I can't live this life/Without you by my side/I need you to survive/ So stay with me/
You look in my eyes and I'm screaming inside/]that I'm sorry. » Evanescence

[amberfan87]

i cant believe i didnt leave an fb!!anYHOOOOO.....same thing...i still love this fic and i still love ya shebs..thankee for the updatee....mwahhhh

[grrrgirl32]

I go away for a few days and what do i see? A wonderful update!!! I appreciate it, and the journey is half the fun between W/T y'know . I'll try to keep my eyes peeled for further updates so i can reply sooner.



christy

[SilverWingedNemesis]

Get a hint girls!! they are So into each other..



how is it that you never realize it until its just point blank like "oh duhhhh!" *giggles*





*hugs* another sweet update.. keep em coming!





Nickole

[Little M]

Hey Sheba!!!!!



Whoa I finally got this thing working again.....Ezboard seemed to have issues with me in the last couple of weeks and wouldnt log me in



I loved the last updates Especially the last one; it's sweet to see that Tara trusts Willow enough to tell her story and that Willow is so understanding about it It's always better to deal with heavy stuff with someone you trusts, cause carrying it around alone will break you up eventually..



I really hope they'll get together soon!!!

Can't wait to read more

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'I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad..it's depressing' - Tara



Amber Online www.amberbenson-online.cjb.net

[littlecrazy80]

Great update! The joke was

Willow and Tara are so cute together. I hope they soon realize what their feelings mean.



*lil´c*

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



SweetAmber ~~~ Amber Board

[bluewillowwitch]

Sheba ,

I loved the update! That story of 's was sad. I'm glad that was there and made her feel better. I just wish that they would figure out that they like each other. I know, I know, I have no paitence. I'll learn that leasson one day. Loved the joke, I'll have to send that to some ppl, like my dad. Can't wait to more. Update soon, please?





Grace

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"Fate keeps on happening."--Anita Loos

[grrrgirl32]

I also would like to... well... if I said I am begging would it be appropriate? Cause if it is then I am. I love this story and "May I have some more, please?" Ooooo, how about with sugar on top? And strawberries, and other sugary substances, and also Yippee Kio Kia's. Okay... well THAT was odd... I'll just be over here ready to jump on that update!!



christy

[Sheba]

I’m sorry about the delay guys! I’ve just been getting back into the college routine, and there have been waaaaayyyyyyy tooooo many birthdays his month(so right now I’m BROKE), works been a major she dog, and well, there have been some great fics that have been updated regularly, and eveytime I get onto Pens I spend all my time catching up, and by the end of it I’m too complexed to update!



Anyway, here’s chapter 46….I hope it’s worth the wait, coz right now I have no idea as to what I’m gonna put down! Say a lil prayer before you read this bit will ya?!



P.S The joke in the last update was a text msg that someone sent me! I thought it was hilarious, and I’m glad guys like it too!



I love u guys! mwah



Title : The Game of Love.

DIsclaimers : Some people are lucky enough to actually know and have seen a Willow and Tara...unfortunately I am not one of those people...the two lovely ladies, and all the other names that u might recognize belong to the lucky production company people...*sticks tongue out at Joss*...

Rating : Still totally PG.

Summary : Its about our favorite girls, but has nothing to do with the Buffy stories, except for the fact that its based in Sunnydale.

Pairing : Duh!

Spoilers : None...this ones AU...

Dedication : For two beautiful women, Julietta and Mirr



Chapter 46.



Willow woke the next morning to the sound of her cell phone ringing. She answered the phone, still half asleep. “Hel – Hell – O?” she mumbled into the mouthpiece.



Tara had never heard anything quite as adorable in her life, and couldn’t stiffle the giggle that escaped through her slightly parted lips. The sound managed to completely awaken Willow, and opening her eyes she quickly sat up in bed, frantically looking around for her alarm clock. “Tara???” she asked, her eyes still searching for the time piece.



“Uh huh” Tara said, the sound of Willow’s voice bringing a smile to her face.



“Hi…what’s the time? I’m late aren’t I? I’m so sorry Iover slept…” Willow began to apologize, just as her eyes found the alarm clock. “Hey…wait…it’s still 9:30, and I don’t have to be there till 11… is everythng alright?” she asked, now worried that something was wrong with the blonde.

“Umm, Willow?” Tara spoke her first words of the conversation, her voice sounding amused. “Are you still in bed?”



The minute Tara asked the question, she regretted her choice of words. Now she had visuals of Willow sitting up in bed, doing a full body stretch of rid herbodyof it’s fatigue, and that wasn’t really helping Tara’s plan of not thinking of how absolutely hot she thought Willow was!



“Umm, yeah…” Willow said, as shecouldn’t help but smile herself at the merry ring to Tara’s voice.



“O – Okay…” Tara said, shaking her head fast and getting back to doing what she’d called for. “Well, see, it’s raining outside, and we were supposed to take the kids to the movies right, but there’s been some sorta electrical problem there, and there won’t be any shows all day. Anyway, since it’s raining, I can’t take the kids out…I mean bowlings an option, but I spoke to the kids, and they decided that they’d rather just come to my place and we’ll rent out a few movies, make popcorn, play some board games, you know, nomal stuff….so yeah, I was just calling to let ya know about the change in plans… I mean I’d understand if you’d rather just do something more fun with your other…”



Willow cut her off, almost laughing out loud at the flustered tone that Tara had delivered thatincredibly long speech in. “Tara?”



Tara stopped. “Yeah?”



“I’d love to come…still 11 o’clock?” the red head asked.



“Yeah… yeah Willow….11 o’clock” Tara said, her heart doing a happy dance.



“Alright then…I’ll see you then, ok? You need me to get anything on the way?” Willow questioned, wanting to be useful.



“No Willow… just bring yourself!” Tara laughed.



“That shouldn’t be too hard!” Willow laughed back. “Hey…What are you doing up so early anyway?”



“Oh, I have to go pick up the kids in about 15 minutes, so well, I’m up!” Tara said.



“Okay…” Willow said, not wanting to hang up, because she knew that the minute she did she’d miss Tara’s voice. “Do you want me to pick them up instead?”



“Nah…I’ll do it… you get some more rest….I shouldn’t have woken you up so early….” Tara began to apologize.



“Heyyyyy…hey Tara, no…. no it’s ok… I was gonna get up in 5 minutes anyway…my alarm was set….honest” she tried to reassure the blonde.



“Really?” Tara asked, hoping that Willow wasn’t lying to make her feel better.



“Of course really dummy!” Willow laughed. “So how long will you take to pick the kid up?”



“About 20 minutes… I should be back by about 10:30 at the latest. Why?” Tara asked.



“Just asking” Willow said. “Ok then, I’ll see you at yours at 11 right?”



“Cool. See ya then Willow… Bye” Tara said, hanging up with a wide smile gracing her features.



“Bye” Willow said, as she put the reciever down and started moving at the speed of light.



Just a little over an hour later the red head was standing underneath Tara’s building, buzzing her apartment. A child’s voice answered the buzzer, and asked who it was. Willow gave her name, and the door was immediately unlocked.



2 minutes later she was facing Tara as the blonde swung the door to her home open. “You’re early!” she said, grinning from ear to ear.



“Yeah…” Willow said. “For some reason I couldn’t wait to see you” she thought to herself, but what she said aloud was “Is that alright?”



“Of course it is doofus!” Tara said, moving aside to let her in. She motioned towards the kids, who were all looking at Willow, some smiling, he rest giving her small waves, “You know everyone, so just settle down!”



The rest of the day was spent playing the simpler children’s Pictionary, Uno, watching Lilo and Stitch, munching on pop corn, ordering lots of Pizza for lunch, eating candy bars, playing team scrabble, and ended with everyone sipping on hot chocolate while theyall watched Tom and Jerry. Of course, they did less watching and more arguing since Tara said that she felt sorry for poor Tom, since Jerry was always getting him into trouble, while the poor cat was only doing his job! No one else agreed with that, and a friendly argument ensued!



Finally at 6:30 Tara said that she thought it was about time that they wrapped up, since it was a school day the next day. Willow offered to go home on her own, since she didn’t see how everyone would fit into one car, but Tara insisted that Willow stay at her house, while she went to drop the kids, and then she’d come back and take her home. Everyone sliped into their rain coats, and Willow was left with no option but to listen to the adamant blonde!



“Make yourself at home” were Tara’s parting words, as she watched some of the kids go to hug Willow before they left, drawing promises that she’d be back before they left.



So Willow made herself at home. She went through Tara’s amazing CD collection, and popped in the Sheryl Crow greatest hits album, before setling down on the sofa, and closing her eyes. She was surprised at how at home she felt at Tara’s place. Somehow it smelled of her, and that smell seemed to soothe Willow’s senses.



15 minutes later she heard keys in the door, and opened her eyes, but didn’t bother to sit up. Tara walked in, and imediately her eyes connected with Willow’s, as they had been doing all day long. And just as she had been doing all day, she quickly looked away, fearing that she’d drool otherwise!



Willow had noticed her doing that all day too, and didn’t quite understand why Tara was doing that. She loved looking into Tara’s eyes, and didn’t like it when the blonde looked away.



“Hey….” She said, rising slowly, as Tara walked in. “Everything go ok?”



“Yeah…” Tara said, her voice soft, “I just had to drop them off and watch them till they got into their houses…”



Willow started to rise, thinking that she should probably go, when Tara suddenly asked, “Willow, you have any dinner plans tonight?”



For some reason Willow’s heart beat sped up, as she shook her head ‘No’.



“Ok…well, I’m not really doing anything either, so … well, you wanna hang here for a while?” Tara asked, trying not to sound too hopeful, even as she was asking herself “What the hell am I doing? Bad plan! Bad plan!”



Willow’s speeding heart now soared, as she smiled and nodded her head. “I’d love to Tara…!”



“Cool!” Tara said, her smile lighting up the room, as her blue connected with greens. “Cool!” she repeated, liking the light she saw shine in the red heads orbs.



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[onyxsundrops]

Great update. I loved wandering-eye Tara and sleepy Willow. Thanks.



Yvonne

[Sheba]

Right back at ya Yvonne! You're writing as fab fic ureself woman! I'm a fan!

[Drumbly]

Hey sheebs!



I saw you online, status setted on busy, lol well i guess u was working on the update huh? well i have to say again u did a terrific job! i love it again! ...no wait lemme correct that, i love it even more. tho, they dont know how they feel for each other? haha lol ...those fools!



Anyhow, i'm not feeling great and happy for the last 2/3 weeks now. and this update actually made me smile so...thank you. i'll talk to you later and catch up ok?



Takre care sheeb-o,



love : Jesse/Drumbly

"...I'm multi-talented, cause i can talk and piss you off at the same time... "

[wimpy0729]

Hey Sheba!



I was so excited to see your update!! It made me all happy, and then you gave me the visual of Willow waking up and stretching and then I got even happier. But, I gotta say that Tara finally asking Willow to hang around made me literally jump for joy! Well, coz you know that can set the scene for some very intimate moments.



Now, I'm not gonna ask for smoochies or lap dances or any such thing. Nope, not gonna do it. I'm not. I'm not. But, if you ever feel the need to, ya know, throw something like that in there, I'll be more than happy to read it.



Just wanted to let you know that I still get the image of Tara doing her "walk" sometimes and get a huge grin from it.



Thanks for sharing your wonderful story and bringing me lots of happiness!!!



Wimpy

[BurningWhiteRose]

WOOOHOOO!



Tara and Willow are gonna hang out!! Smoochies soon!....Right?







Sincerely,

BWR

[Mikaelah Braenna]

Welcome back Sheba! Glad to see life finally gave you some time to update. Maybe you should write the update before you get to read the other fics. Hey... just a suggestion... heh



Tara asking Willow to stay for dinner... Yay! This means kisses are soon to follow, right? Great update.



~Mikaelah

Willow: "Where would you go? If you felt lost and alone? ..."

Tara: "To You..."

~~Truly and Forever~~

[veiled isis moon]

Awww, that was sweet. Willow's staying for dinner............with Tara............alone............it could be all romantic and stuff............right???? With the lights down low and wandering eyes.............please??



Michelle.x

[DreamsToDream]

YES! A Dinner Alone...Just The Two Of Them.....Plenty Of Smoochie Time...Come On Everyone Wants It! Puulllleeaaassseee?

D2D





Dreams To Dream In The Dark Of The Night, When The World Goes Wrong, I Can Still Make It Right...- Dreams To Dream, Feivel Goes West



Poppycock!-Stewie Griffin

[musicmad10]

Please do an update soon! I really wanna know what happens next! Great update



Luv Hannah

[WillowFever]

Hey Sheba....



I just wanted to let ya know how I simply adore this fic and I have from the first sentence...it is wonderful and I love how things have really developed slowly with Tara and Willow...it seems very true to real life and even though we know they will end up together sooner or later....the getting there is so much fun....



I love the shy glances...and the visuals....it really makes me think of my first crush and how I would sneak quick glances and try not to get caught...lol...oh....good times...LOL



Thanks for sharing this wonderful story...I can't wait for more...



Take care

WillowFever

[Shy One]

Yay!! You're back!!



All I can say is....FABULOUS UPDATE!!!!

YES!!!! Willow and Tara on a dinner date! Woo Hoo!

I certainly hope there are some smoochies right around the corner.

You know we've all been dying for some W/T .

Cause where there's smoochies, there's hot gay lovin'!

Please update soon.........and with smoochies? Please, please, please? Pretty please, with whipped cream on top?

And hot fudge?

And perhaps a nice, big, juicy, red cherry?





Cara

[Stroke of Luck]

oh finally an update after such a long time without anything *sniff* It was a really lovely update and i cant wait to see them having their dinner together...and maybe tara wont look away when their eyes are meeting again



Cu

SoL/Natti

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

[Arwen276]

Come on!

GIVE IN TO THE FEELING!!

Stop questionning!!!



Thanks for updating Sheba!





more please!!





~Arwen

[photographer02]

Haven't given a review that much now...bad me bad me!! But I would like to say...GREAT UPDATE!!! Please pretty please..continue soon!! =)



photographer02

[littlecrazy80]

Great update! When will there be smoochies?



*lil´c*

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



SweetAmber ~~~ Amber Board

[SilverWingedNemesis]

awww



*giggles* they are both just so cute.. but ya know.. they need to get over the shyness.. just a little... maybe.. later in the evening they might.. perhaps.. open up a bit more?



great update.. lovin every bit of it!!







Nickole

"Life is eternal; it has no beginning and no end. The loving friends we meet on our journey return to us time after time. We never die, because we were never really born."

[bluewillowwitch]

Sheba ,

Loved the update! Oh I hope that and kiss tonight. It would be so great! Can't wait to more. Update soon, please?





Grace

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"Fate keeps on happening."--Anita Loos