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Willow’s Girl, My Friend

by Ressick

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I remember, when Willow first told me about her and Tara, I was wigged. Seriously wigged. I mean, you think you know someone, and then WHAM they’ve switched teams. And I could never have imagined Wills with a girl when we were in high school. She was so perfect with Oz, and it seemed like they’d last forever.

Which they didn’t, just as Angel and I, or Xander and Cordy, didn’t. But Will and Oz lasted the longest of the six of us. There was a little bit of hope that she’d be the one settling down with her high school sweetheart. Wasn’t meant to be, I suppose. And I was right, you only ever say that when something bad happens.

But Tara’s a great girl. She really is. She’s so perfect for Willow, I hate to say it, but even better for Willow than Oz was. And for me to say that about someone my best friend’s dating, well, it means a lot. Because I’m very overprotective of my best buds. I couldn’t see that at first, how well she and Willow went together. I was in shock, and a little betrayed, and later caught up in the whole Riley mess.

There was a lot I couldn’t say to Willow about Riley. I mean, she practically set us up. And it’s hard to... to get over that distance that grew between us last year. It’s mostly gone now, but when it comes to guys, Willow’s done more than her fair share of letting me cry on her shoulder. Besides, she was rather busy quibbling with Anya. Quibbling. See in the influence of Giles.

So instead, I cried on her girlfriend’s shoulder. I know I surprised poor Tara, just letting the waterworks go on her. Makes me feel kinda bad too, like I shouldn’t use someone my best friend’s dating as my own personal kleenex.

She was really great about it though, letting me cry, when I needed to, holding me for a bit. Not treating me with the delicate touch reserved for glass, like Willow and Xander seem to do after I’ve broken up with a guy. Just treating me like regular old Buffy, who happens to have a predestined calling to kill the evil nasties. As I get to know her, slowly, I think I’ve found a really good friend.

Tara’s hard to learn about, because she’s so shy. Getting her alone’s hard too, because she’s almost always with Willow. Young love, I know what that’s like. Love in the first few stages... can’t really say that though, because they’ve been together for awhile. Just... we didn’t know about it for awhile, so they get to have a redo of the cutesy couple stage. Which is fine with me. I like to see my best friend and my newest friend happy. But Tara... I think she tried to arrange her schedule so she could have a class with me. That’s just so like her, to do small things. She’ll bring Willow a drink just when my fave hacker gets a dry throat, or she’ll have a free hour to help Giles around The Magic Box, or she’ll sit and talk with Dawn when the rest of us are overconcerned with research, or she’ll find out that I have a class I’m not looking forward to that could be used for her major (so she says, but she hasn’t told me exactly what her major is yet) and she’ll sign up for it, so I won’t be stuck alone with the spitting professor.

I’m happy that Willow found her. Not only did Willow find someone that truly adores her - which you can tell any time you look at the two of them together - but Willow brought into the Scooby Gang a wonderful person. I don’t know how I ever could have been wigged at the thought of Tara. She’s a great friend, and for Willow the most loving girlfriend. Now you just have to wonder why they’re still not comfy with kissing around the rest of us. It must be some kind of anti-PDA thing. Either that, or someone demonic force is trying to censor my two fave wiccas. Nah... Glory’s not that evil... or is she?

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