Forever You - Chapter 13
Part 13
“So?”
“I saw her…she’s the one” said the dark witch “I could feel her power…she’s everything you said she was”
“Excellent!” the demon raised to his feet feeling very excited “I should have known, such powerful witch would be here, in the hellmouth” he clasped his hands tightly together “I just have to find a way to lure her to me”
“Ah…we have a problem though” he raised a questioning eyebrow to her “I saw the slayer, the brunette that stopped us at the council headquarters…she’s here”
“so we have two slayers protecting my witch…I’ll not let them get on my way” he starts pacing “I’ll find a weakness and use it to get close to the witch” he smiles evilly “I just need a few minutes alone with her to make her one of us…and with her under my control, I’ll rule the world”
“What about the child?” interrupted one of the witches “the one from the prophecy?”
“What about her?”
“We have no idea who this child is…much less where to find her”
“It’s just a matter of time. I’m close I can feel it” he said confidently
Back in the Summers’ residency
“I’m stuffed” Xander declared from the couch where he was half sitting half lying on “Boy, I haven’t eaten so much since they opened that all you can it place downtown” he burped “sorry!”
“Tell me about it...” Dawn said “I thought they were going to throw us out from there…you and Buffy probably bankrupted the place.”
“HEY” Buffy tried to get up but fell right back at the sofa “I resent that” she said rubbing her tummy and grimacing making everybody giggle
“But Tara’s cooking abilities are simply remarkable” Giles spoke like a proud father
“Yep…I drink to that” Faith raised her bottle to a blushing witch
“How come you guys are not all fat-y?” Xander questioned “as a matter of fact Tara has even put on some muscles…” he them yelped and jerked in his seat startling the others
“Hey… what was that for?” he asked rubbing his side
“You were checking her out” Anya said crossing her arms in front of her chest
“I was not…I was just making an observation” he defended himself
“I have to be careful… you know, now that Giles has practically adopted her and her spawn” she said pointing to Ariel who was playing with Willow’s laptop “they will probably inherit all his money and his part in the Magic Box as well…and look at her” she got close to Tara and started examining her “she’s all HOT, she’s a catch!…she’s obviously been working out” she finished and looked expectantly to Tara who was beet red by now. Tara look at her and then looked around; everybody was looking back at her with different facial expressions
“I…I’ve been practicing”
“Practicing what?” Buffy asked curiously
“Kick-boxing” she answered shyly
“You fight now?” Willow asked with wide opened eyes
“y-yes…I had to do some physical activities to eliminate all the weight I put on during the pregnancy, so I decided to l…learn some martial art” she explained
“Wow…I can’t imagine you fighting” images of Tara all sweaty dressed in a very tight sports bra with an all muscular abdomen showing started to pop in the redhead mind making her fidgeting in her seat
“You ok?” Kennedy asked her
“Yeah…yeah” she answered quickly “stop it, stop it, and stop it” she told herself mentally
“So, how good are you?” Anya challenged “can you take on Buffy?”
“What? No…I’m not good…I didn’t say I was good, I just said I practice…in fact I suck” she said smiling nervously
“BS” Faith said “she’s pretty good at it…we even train together from time to time”
“Yeah…my mama kicks ass!”
“Ariel…” Tara gave her little girl a disapproving look
“Oops!” she said realizing she was in trouble. Tara shook her head frustrated
“I wonder where she learns this kind of language” bright blue eyes narrowed at a certain brunette slayer
“TV…it has to be from TV…they use such inappropriate language for children nowadays” Faith said hastily and then jumped from her stool “you look at the time…it’s slaying time…come on B, let’s not keep bad guys waiting” she put on her jacket and was at the door in a flash looking pleadingly at Buffy.
“Yeah, yeah…ok, I’m coming…it might be good for digestion anyway” Buffy said a little grumpily
“Ah…er…can I come?” Kennedy asked sheepishly “I could use the exercise” Buffy looked at Faith who simply shrugged
“Okay”
“Cool…see you later” she gave Willow a peck on the lips and left with the two slayers
“okay…it’s definitely time to go…now if any of you guys can call for a tow truck, I’d appreciate” Xander pretended not being able to get up, making Ariel laugh
“Come on Xander…don’t be so lazy, I’ll buy you some indigestion medicine on the way home” Anya helped him stand from the couch
“Why are you being so nice to me?” he asked suspiciously
“I have to take good care of you so you don’t go and try to hit on Tara again” she said walking to the door
“Anya, I wasn’t hitting on Tara…” he said while putting on his coat, and them something hit him “on a second thought, she’s being all nice to me because…huh…it might be interesting” he said in a low voice “you know what?” he asked louder so his girlfriend could hear him “Tara does look good…in fact I may show her some of my Xander goodness” he winked at the blond who shook her head and smiled
“These two are definitely made for each other” said Giles picking Ariel up and giving her a sweet kiss “good night little angel…have nice dreams”
“Night grandpa”
“Good night girls” he said giving Tara a kiss on the cheek
“Night”
“Night Giles”
“Okay…see you guys tomorrow” Dawn said walking to the door
“Hey, hey…where are you going?”
“The Bronze…I’m meeting some friends there”
“Does Buffy know about it?” the brunette rolled her eyes
“Willow, I’m twenty…I go to college, I don’t have to answer to Buffy anymore”
“Oh yeah?” Willow crossed her arms defiantly
“Yeah…but don’t tell her, ok?” she left closing the door behind her
“Okay, young lady, it’s time to go to bed …let’s go and I’ll tuck you in” Tara said in a motherly tone
“Can I help?” Willow asked hopefully
“Yeah, come on…you can read to her tonight” Tara answered smiling
The smile on Willow’s face was so bright that it could dust a vampire. Ariel grabbed Tara’s left hand and with the other hand she took Willow’s right hand in hers and hand in hand they went upstairs.
TBC...