Ashley: Thanks for reading, as always! Yes indeed, there was some good ol’ Willow and Tara-ness
And Hadley with her play part…it makes me so proud! *sniffles* Again, thanks for reading!!
NICKOLE: YOU’RE WELCOME NICKOLE!! *smiles* Waiting for an update huh? Yeah sorry it took a ‘while’
But hey…just scroll down, and you can find a little more! Thanks for reading!
snuggle79: 
hey Snuggles! Thanks for reading! Yes, we’re going to have proud parents when they find out Hadley got a part. YAY!! I hope you enjoyed!
LostSoul: Thanks for reading! W/T talking about moving in together?? Wha? No clue what you’re talking about LostSoul…
Michelle: You’re welcome for the great update Michelle. Took me a while to get it posted…just phew! Hadley is going to be a doll on stage, and I am glad I found the time to get W/T some aloneness time. Very much needed indeed!
Tamara: I hope LostSoul didn’t slap ya to hard!
Thanks for liking the fic BTW. It’s always great to have that feeling when someone likes your work. So thanks
Chel: *watches Chel bounce around the room* Hope ya don’t hurt yourself
Thanks for reading it…and read it you did. Wow…fast too.
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it's all great! you writing mastermind you
Aww shucks Chel…there go my ears all red again!
And I love the Hadley badge…suits you!
And please don’t spontaneously combust because just scroll down and you’ll find another little addition.
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(oh... I feel so normal! I have a role in life... it's like... 'I wait for update. you write update. I review update' thank you for giving me a purpose!)
I think you’re role in life is to just be you Chel…because we all love the real you!
, thanks again!!
The Rose24: Aww, you missed me? Well I am back, and hopefully with the frequent updates again…gotta have my Willow/Tara/Hadley fix.
Thanks for being patient and reading.
Cindi: That was some wake up call huh? I agree with Tara though, it’s better then waking up to a screaming five year old and a twenty year old…
Way Better! Oh, and I can try and find you a Willow alarm clock… soon… when I can find one…
As for Hadley and her part, I can’t wait to write that scene… better get crackin huh? Wouldn’t want to be too stubborn…
Thanks for reading!
Stef: Another one with the wake up call… pick your choice, Willow or Tara
I can’t supply to you right away, but I’ll try my darndest to find one.
Thanks for reading and I hope you like.
Ginner WTluv-Jen: I’m glad you liked the wake up call…I love receive
‘s I feel so…important
And Hadley getting any cuter, I hope so, but let me tell ya Jen, she can be a monster, not a real monster, just one that likes to get into mischief. But what kid doesn’t?
As for her being onstage, I can picture it in my head… just imagine a little mini Tara with curls dressed as an Angel and singing to her ‘parents’ *sigh* Thanks for falling in
with this fic. That means a lot!
Grimaldi: Thanks for reading this really cool update. Next one is ready and set…
JD: Quote:
The thing I've always noticed in W/T fics is that Tara always has a beautiful singing voice. Perhaps due to the musical ep -- I'm not sure.
Can you blame us? She has the voice of an angel. However, Hadley will be singing…and just maybe, Tara will sing with Hadley, that’d be a cute scene. Thanks.
*lil´c*: So glad you loved it! And hell yeah, that wake up call would sure wake me up…but I don’t think I’d ever leave the bed…
BTVSfunatic-Jen: Don’t you just love this family? I do. Thanks for reading. And hope you like what I have in store for the next couple of parts…
Title: Never A Night Like This
Author: Taras Shadow
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Joss Whedon, ME, UPN…except for Tori, Hadley, Jessica Paris, and Orlando-they belong to me
Feedback: Yes please, everything is welcome
Pairings: W/T, X/A, B/
D/Tori
Rating:
R in the beginning/middle it ends off in pg 13+ Summary: Willow is one of the hottest models in the world. When she comes home for her holiday, she meets a nice family that is new to Sunnydale. Can she find love, and continue her much loved career? This is an AU fic. There will be a little angst between some characters, but nothing big for I want to keep the angst issue light. Thoughts are in < > Flashbacks are in **
~Part 23b~~*~*~*~*~*~
“So Maclay, you going to the dance next week?” Lindsay and Tori’s other friends asked her they were sitting on a bench outside in front of the school parking lot.
Tori smiled and nodded her head, “Yeah, planning on it…why?”
“Do you have a date? Because if you don’t, my cousin David is coming down from L.A. to visit, and I could set you two up.” Lindsay smiled and looked at her friend.
“Thanks Lindsay, but I’m really not, well, I’m kinda involved.” Tori said somewhat a bit hesitantly, knowing she’ll be bombed with many of questions from her same grade friends.
“What? You Tori have been seeing someone and haven’t informed us?” Lindsay nearly spit out her gum.
“Well…it’s not that I didn’t want to tell you, it’s just, we’ve been keeping it a secret.” Tori zipped up her backpack and watched the front entrance of the school entrance waiting for Dawn to get out of class.
“I bet Dawn Summers know…I seen the way you two are chummy…especially on T.V…by the way…where’d you get the outfit for the awards?” Lindsay asked as the other girls bobbed their heads up and down without speaking.
“Um, Willow actually picked it out for me.” Tori smirked. “Great taste huh?”
“I’d say so. I still can’t believe you and Willow Rosenberg are like, practically family.” Lindsay said. “I mean, Willow is the best fashion trend setter, she’s gay, but she’s still cool.”
“Something against gay people?” Tori asked raising an eyebrow.
Lindsay let out a small laugh, “Of course not Tori. Your sister is one lucky woman to be with Willow, I’d never trash gay people.”
Tori took this into consideration noting the honesty in her friend’s voice.
“Hey Tori.” Dawn came up behind her girlfriend. “Lindsay, and ladies…” She smiled their way.
“Hiya Summers.” Lindsay smiled. “We were just talking about gay people.”
“Oh…really?” Dawn looked at Tori then back at the others. “Nothing bad I hope.”
“Never. Just telling Tori here that Tara’s one lucky woman to be with Willow. Oh, and I tried to set up Tori with my cousin David, but she won’t do it, hiding somebody of hers and being to greedy to share.”
“Yeah, that’s me, all with the greediness.” Tori smirked. “Listen, I have to go and pick up my niece from school, but I’ll see you guys tomorrow?” Tori watched her friends nod and started to walk towards the car with Dawn right by her side.
“David?” Dawn chuckled.
“Yes, David. Luckily I said no huh?” Tori grinned opening the door for Dawn.
“Oh yes, lucky me.” Dawn smiled.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tara was leaning up against the kitchen counter, her hands were buried in Willow red tresses, and she loved the feel of Willow’s bodied pressed up against her own. Their mouths moved softly against each other’s.
This was the second time they took a break from the bedroom; first time was to eat some pancakes for breakfast. They decided to stay entwined with each other during lunchtime, and now, they dragged themselves out of bed; it was just after three thirty and they were trying to figure out what they should cook for dinner. But as usual, Willow interrupted the discussion by stealing little kisses from Tara and having the blonde deepen them was always part of the plan.
Willow’s hands were inside the white robe that covered her girlfriend’s beauty, exploring the softness and warmness of the silky skin. Her mouth left Tara’s and started to kiss her way down the beautiful neck. She felt a small rumble inside Tara’s throat, beneath her lips.
“The…uh, kids will be home soon.” Tara said huskily.
“Just a little more?” Willow whispered against her neck before letting her tongue peek out and tasting the sweat and sweetness that mingled there from their earlier love makings.
Tara shuddered as she felt Willow’s hands roam down to her ass and squeeze the nicely rounded flesh. “Must stop…” She moaned when Willow’s lips moved south, kissing her exposed collarbones, and down to her cleavage.
“You don’t like?” Willow’s voice was small, and Tara could hear the pout through her tiny voice.
“No, I l…love, oh goddess…” Tara clutched one hand behind her and the counter edge, and the other on Willow’s nape when she felt Willow’s tongue trace around and around her left breast before closing her teeth around her nipple biting down gently. “Baby…” Her hand touch Willow’s face bringing her eyes up to gaze into them. “I heard the car pull up.”
Willow looked back in confusion but then heard the front door open. “Damn!” She quickly tied Tara’s robe back up and then her own before extracting herself from Tara.
“Mama! Willow!” Hadley came flying into the kitchen with the biggest grin on her face. “Guess what?”
“What sweetie?” Tara’s own grin matched the one on her daughter’s. Seeing Hadley so happy made her happy.
“I’m the little ‘Angel of Hope!’” Hadley squealed in excitement.
Willow’s eyes grew wide and picked Hadley up twirling her around. “Good for you!!” She giggled.
“That is great news Hadley…my little girl, up on the stage.” Tara smiled, fighting the tears back.
“Don’t cry mama.” Hadley reached out one hand and wiped the tears that formed away from her mother’s eyes. “I’ll be singing our song.”
Willow smiled watching the two interact, she could watch these two interact forever.
“My day was great, thanks for asking.” Tori smirked sitting at the kitchen table.
“How was your day?” Willow smiled at Tori, putting Hadley back down.
“It was great! I never seen Dawn that much, but I did get to hang out with my other friends, which is cool, because I don’t want them to think that I don’t like them, or that all my time goes into Dawn.” Tori said taking a deep breath. “Ok, it kinda blew. Lindsay’s like determined to set me up with her cousin David for the dance next week.”
“I thought you were going with Dawn?” Tara asked concerned that the two might be in another little fight.
“Oh I am. It’s just that, how’s it going to work? Mrs. Summers doesn’t know about us, and Dawn hasn’t even brought up the fact that she wants to tell her.” Tori sighed and banged her head on the table gently. “Willow…did you ever have a hard time like this? I mean, wanting to do something with a girlfriend in public but no one knows about the relationship yet?”
“Wrong person to ask.” Willow honestly said. “My first girlfriend was Jessica, and I started that in the worse possible way, announcing it to the press. No one knew I was gay or had feelings for women until that article got out. My parents found out in the worst way, same with my friends…” Willow smiled gently and took Tori’s hand. “But she will tell her mom Tori, just give her a little bit of time.”
“Yes sweetie, Dawnie loves you and I’m sure she’ll tell Mrs. Summers, but it must be hard for her as well.” Tara said sincerely.
“Thanks guys. Anyways,” Tori grinned at her niece, “We have a second star in our family now.”
“Yay! I’m a star just like Willow!!” Hadley bounced up and down. “I have to go practice, I’ll be in my room if you need me.” The small girl bolted up the stairs singing away.
Tori shook her head smiling then noticed the wardrobe, or there lack of, on her sister and Willow. “Busy day?” She smirked raining an eyebrow.
Tara looked at her younger sister and noticed the mischievous glint in her eyes, she could feel the teasing remarks surface, but Tara wouldn’t allow it. She grabbed Willow by the hand and pulled her onto her lap, “Not really, but we did have a hard time knowing whether we were
coming or going.” She smirked squeezing Willow closer.
Tori’s eyes shot wide open, “Oh Goddess…How could so say that…I think I’m going to be sick.” She ran out of the kitchen and to her bedroom.
“You are sooooo evil.” Willow spun around and wrapped her legs around Tara’s waist.
“Evil you say?” Tara bit her lip and smiled. “You haven’t seen Tara-evilness yet.”
Willow cupped Tara’s visage in her hands gently, and kissed her softly. Her lips taking Tara’s bottom lip between her own and sucked gently, grazing her tongue over it once and a while. “I know what I want for dinner…” Willow whispered against Tara’s lips, “…but I don’t think Tara on the menu is for everyone.”
“Oh for crying out loud…get a room.” Tori came in to grab her school bag and found the two lovebirds all with the touchy and feely.
“Or go to yours.” Tara smiled at her sister innocently going back to kissing her girlfriend.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“Why can’t you?” Orlando said calmly to an executive.
“Because, Miss Rosenberg has signed a contract Orlando, you know as well as I that she can’t break that without going to court, and just imagine the attention she’d get from that.” Mr. Caron explained. He was from the Miss Worldwide Model Search Co-ordinator who has been trying to get this organization set up for other worldwide young teens that’d like to become models.
“But her life is getting so good Mr. C, she’s happy, making her go away in the next couple of months is going to break her.”
“Again, she signed a contract, and she will stick with it. Everyone wants to have a normal life, but in this business, normal life is impossible.” Mr. Caron stood up and filed some papers in a filing cabinet. “There are millions of people out there who would kill to be in Willow’s shoes, and thousands of them will be at the retreat in a couple of months in Australia wanting to learn from her and other high paid models…. and by the way Orlando, in believe in her contract it also read that the changes of dates will be made, and the retreat is bumped up a couple of months anyhow.”
“What?! You can’t be serious! That would mean she has to have her bags packed by the end of next month. Listen, Willow is like my daughter ok? And for the past three years, I have never seen her this happy with who she is and whom she’s with. I beg you to at least let it be an option for her to look on.” Orlando pleaded.
“Sorry Orlando, I can’t. We run a very high paying organization, the Model Search retreat was set up two years ago, and now that it can finally be put through, we expect those a.k.a Miss Rosenberg to show.” Mr. Caron glanced at Orlando apologetically. “It’ll only be for a month or so, then she can come home and be all with the pretty family she has. I trust that you understand this and respect my final decision.”
“A month or so, you do realize that what you ask of Miss Rosenberg, you’re asking her to scratch her vacation short…too short. Plus, she’d be gone for the holidays…missing family and friend time with her loved ones during close to Christmas.” Orlando looked at the other man and saw no emotion at all. “Fine!” Orlando said angrily, “But if you think I’m the one who’s going to tell her that…then you’re wrong.”
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
“You know what I want mama?” Hadley sat politely at the dinner table, waiting to be served patiently.
“What’s that sweetheart?” Tara looked at bright blue eyes.
“Another dream to come true.” Hadley smiled.
“Sweetie, I’m sure plenty of your dreams are going to come true.” Tara smiled at her daughter before taking the milk from Willow’s soft hands and poured the liquid into the glasses.
“Yeah, but I don’t want you to be to old for it come true.” Hadley reasoned.
Willow let out a tiny giggle, “Baby girl, your mama isn’t even close to being old now.”
“I know that silly willy…” Hadley covered her mouth as her giggles turned into laughter fits. “Silly Willy…”
Tori grinned at her niece and joined the laughter. “Silly Willy, I so get it.”
Tara and Willow shared amused looks and grinned at each other. “Well, a Tare Bear and Silly Willy fits doesn’t it?” Tara questioned.
“I’d say so.” Willow led Tara to the table. “Like two peas in a pod m’lady.”
“Hadley, doesn’t that want to make you barf?” Tori asked Hadley pointing to Tara and Willow hugging and kissing lightly.
Hadley frowned at her Aunt as if she were crazy, shaking her head she looked a little insulted. “No way! They look so perfect together…weirdo.”
Tori held her hands up in defence and smirked at her niece, “Got it…no insulting comments…no putting down the lovely couple…but the weirdo comment…Hadley…”
“I’m sorry. It’s just…I need them together Auntie, I need mama happy.” Hadley whispered quietly.
“I know kiddo, and they are together, they will be together probably forever together.” Tori smiled and kissed Hadley on the forehead.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~Holly~
Show me where to touch youTara-It Ain’t Fickle
Edited by: Taras Shadow 
at: 11/15/02 2:51:58 pm
by snuggle79 » Thu Nov 14, 2002 12:54 am 
Awwww, go Hadley! I bet she'll be great on stage 
<--- just for you 
at: 11/14/02 10:21:42 pm
I'm so sad! I don't wanna know what's going to happen next!
at: 11/16/02 11:12:43 am
- Hadley getting the part