“Dealing With Emotions.”

By A.M. Glass

Copyright: Nov. 17, 1999

Rating: ‘PG’

Disclaimer: Joss Whedon, Fox Studios, Mutant Enemy, et al, have something to do with “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”. No copyright infringement is intended or inferred. The story along with any/all original characters are the sole property of the author and can not be used without expressed permission first.

What does it mean when you have feelings for someone?

Feelings you’re not quite sure of...

Emotions that were never a part of yourself until a certain person entered your life...

How you’d deal with feelings that are all at once new as a spring day...

Yet older than the universe.

How do you explain to someone, that just the sound of their voice makes your face light up.

How the ever so brief touches, enflame your body like nothing else...

How you would give up everything...

Just to be the person they wished to love.

Needy?

Perhaps...

Yet, to feel the intensity of emotions running rampant through your body...

Just by dreaming of your lips pressing on theirs...

Finding solace in the fact that you are loved in return.

But how you ache...

How you yearn to hear those three words... and have them meant in the say way you say them.

How do you deal when someone asks your advice about the person you love.

Everyone seemingly aware that you care about that person.

But never realizing how deep those feelings go.

Having to play the part of the best friend to the hilt, only because you know that the heart that beats so strong and true, has already been claimed.

Wanting nothing but that person’s happiness...

Only hoping...

Dreaming...

Wishing...

That you might be the one to provide it.

“Hey Will.”

“Oh... hi Buffy,” Willow replied, startled by her friends entrance.

“What’s this?” Buffy asked, reading over Willow’s shoulder.

“Um... nothing... nothing at all,” she replied, trying to save and close the file before her friend could read any more.

“Wait...” Buffy said, bending closer to the screen.

“Buff... Buffy... this is boring... really,” Willow said, hoping that Buffy wouldn’t want to scroll up to the beginning.

“Is this for class?” Buffy whispered.

Willow desperately tried to keep from shivering as Buffy’s warm breath caressed her ear.

“Umm.... class?” she replied, closing her eyes and soaking up the closeness.

“Yeah... you know... class?” she asked again, turning her head to look at Willow. “Are you okay?”

“Wha... oh... yeah. I’m fine,” Willow replied, finally closing the file. “So... how... um... how are things with you and Riley?”

Buffy moved away and began telling her friend about the conversation she’d had with him earlier.

Willow listened...

As she always would.

The End.