Title- Admissions 4/7
Author- Veronica
Rating- G all the way
Pairing- G/W
Disclaimer- belongs to joss and mutant
Feedback- pretty please!!!!!! :)
Summery- short fic about love revealed and growth
It had taken a fair amount of coaxing to get Willow out and about with Buffy the next day. Buffy had decided that they had to have a much needed 'catch up' day, just the two of them out walking the way they used to. The slayer had done the majority of the talking, about a new guy she'd just met a few weeks ago, about training Dawn and how well it was going. She took Willow to the new high school that had been built over the old one. Memories flooded Willow's mind as she remembered the carefree days of when the trio used to go there, laughing and joking with each other. Of battling vampires... not to mention almost being killed by Angelus in the hall, meeting Spike for the first time. And all those hours doing research in the library.
Giles...
Her mind drifted to the ex-watcher, thoughts of him drowning out Buffy's whimsical chatter... not that the slayer really noticed anyway. Giles had been the one person in her life that she had come to respect, respected more than her own parents. One night in particular came to her, solidifying her feelings for the tall quiet librarian.
After being told that she was to do Percy's history paper on Rosevelt, a small rebellious streak took hold, and she decided to go see what the gang was up to instead. She walked into the library and saw three of the saddest faces she'd ever seen in her life. Xander had come running at her and held a cross about two inches away from her face. A curious look came over his face as he moved it away to give it a little shake, as if that would fix whatever was wrong with it, and shoved it at her again.
When they finally realized that she was alive, Buffy and Xander grabbed her and hugged her. When they finally let go she turned to Giles for an explanation, but he too, had grabbed her, almost squeezing the life from her. When he stepped back to look at her, she saw that he was near to tears as the relief was evident all over his face. He gave her a huge smile, and stepped back, too confused in his joy to try and come up with a real explanation for the 'Vampire Willow' that the others had seen that night.
She had never told anyone, but secretly she had always been attrackted to Giles, but the hug and the expression on his face caused her heart to beat faster and butterflies in her stomache. That was the moment she had fallen in love with him, remaining her secret to this day. She was just a kid at the time, she could never have told him then... so she settled for Oz. She did grow to love him, but more than anything, she was tired of being alone. She loved Tara too, dearly in fact... but that had started off as a rebound.
"Hey, Willow. Where'd ya go?"
"Wha...?"
"You kinda zoned or something on me. You okay?" asked the blonde with concern.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Just remembering all the times we spent in high school." Willow replied.
"We had such fun times then, huh." it was a statement.
"Seems like it was a hundred years ago." Willow's voice sounded far away.
"Boy, time sure flies. Hey, wanna get some icecream?"
"Sure, sounds good. Its been a while since I've had any."
"Sooo, you haven't told me anything about England. What was it like?" Buffy asked curiously.
"Oh, it was so beautiful, Buffy. I've never seen so many green hills. Giles even took me to see Stone Henge. Oh Buffy, it was absolutely wonderful seeing it in person instead of in a book or on television." the red head said excitedly, the first happy emotion Buffy had seen in her friend since her return.
"What was it like... the coven,I mean?"
"It was okay." she replied, eyes downcast as the excitement faded. "They're afraid of me, Buffy."
"Afraid? Why? They took your powers, its not like you can cast spells anymore." Buffy said, but Willow made no reply. "Will?"
"They couldn't take my powers, Buffy. I still have them."
"But, I thought..."
"I'm a 'natural' witch. I was born with this power, and they couldn't take it away because it is part of what makes me. It is what I am... who I am. All they could do was teach me how to control it in hopes that I would use it properly. They told me that when one is a 'natural', magic is not an addiction- but a way of life that requires discretion and proper control."
"Wow." was the only response Buffy could come up with. With nothing left to say about what she'd heard, she decided a change of subject was in order. "C'mon. Lets get some ice cream and I'll tell you all about Dawn's training."