Love Through Touch

Disclaimer: See Part 1

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"BecarefulXanderdon'tdropher!" Willow yelled grabbing Tara's drooping shoulders.

"I got her Willow" Xander whined and slowly made his way through the doorway of Buffy's house.

"I can't believe she just dropped like that. After all the flamey things" Anya rolled her eyes "and fighting people, she collapses when you escape. What kinda crazy happy dance is that?"

"The exhausted kind" Hyatt remarked entering after the rapidly talking ex-demon.

"Yehe dhe did go through alot" Madison said agnrily. She wasn't particularly fond of Anya "There were needles, disabling tests-"

"Strip searches" Cordy cut in.

"They didn't strip search us" Madison and Hyatt shook their heads "Tara definitely would've said something about that"

"Oh so it was just me?" Cordy said extremely angered.

"Yup"
"Believe so"

Madison and Hyatt chimed.

"Well that's a rip" Cordy rolled her eyes.
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Willow made sure Xander carefully tucked Tara in before releasing the poor man from his misery.

She slowly undressed and was about to slid into the bed next to her lover when Tara awoke.

"Willow?" Tara's voice was groggy and hoarse.

"Yes baby I'm right here your safe now" Willow brushed the tangled blonde locks away from her face.

"I wanna bath" Tara said sitting up abruptly, which gave her a bad case of the dizzies.

"Whoa sweetie slow down. I'll run you some water okay?" Willow gently forced Tara to lay back down and left to ready the bathroom.

Someone was already inside. Willow knocked.

"Yeah?" Cordy's called out.

"Oh just seeing who was inside" Willow called back "Are you almost finished or is this a soaking thing?"

"Definitely a soaking thing!" Madison called from inside as well.

It gave Willow pause to hear the second girlice,ice, but she shrugged it off and went to see if Buffy was using her bath.

The door was slightly ajar so she knocked and entered without waiting for permission.

"Buffy are you-?" Willow stopped abruptly just inside the door.

Hyatt stood naked with her back to her. Her hair limp and loose, and her face half turned towards her.

Willow stared and Hyatt stared right back.

Buffy cleared her throat "Yes Will?"

"I....I.....I was wondering if you were using your bath. Tara wants one really bad and Cordy and Madison are kinda holding up the main one" Willow said snapping her eyes from Hyatt's nude form to Buffy's gaze. She was surprised that she found no anger there. Just curiousity.

"Sure go ahead. We can wait. I gotta talk to Xander anyway" Buffy said rising and grabbing a robe to wrap Hyatt in. She left the room with a smile for both of them.

"You have no modesty" Willow remarked and turned to go retrieve Tara.

"And you have this adorable little blush. How far down does it go?" Hyatt teased.

"You'll never know" Willow said leaving.

"Is that what you think?" Hyatt called after her.

"It's what I know!" Willow called back.
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"Whatever happened to that woman you were holding onto like she stole something from you?" Anya asked Faith while the dark slayer rummaged through Buffy\itchitchen looking for something to munch on.

"What woman?" Faith looked under the cabinet door and into the eye's of the ex-demon.

"You know kinda tall brown hair, had a lab-coat" Anya knew something was up now. This memory loss thing just wasn't suiting her sanity at all.

"I don't know who or what your talking about" Faith dug through the fridge coming up with leftover Spagetti "How old is this?"

"'Bout a week" Buffy said entering "Hyatt, Dawn, and Star made it"

"Oh" Faith opened the Glad-ware and sniffed "Smells okay to me" she quickly found a fork and settled in to eat it cold.

"Eww. Not even Xander eats cold Spagetti" Buffy snatched the container and nuked it before giving it back to Faith who was staring daggers at her.

Faith dug in with a slightly annoyed look on her face.

"Okay we have an extra here. Does anyone belong to this little girl?" Xander said ushering Jean in.

Buffy took one look at her and blinked "Whoa"

"I thought so too" Faith said around a mouthful of noodles.

"She's like a little girly Xander" Anya said staring at the child as well "A little Xander...a little 'girl' Xander"

"We've covered that" Jean stage whispered to Anya.

"She can bend reality" Faith mumbled causing her food to fun down her chin.

"It's dead slow down" Anya remarked frowning up.

"I'm hungry" Faith defended.

"Me too" Jean looked back at Xander "Where's Tara?"

"She's upstairs getting a bath" Hyatt said entering the kitchen "And Faith honey 'chew' your food"

Faith grunted.

Buffy noticed that Hyatt was still in the robe "Willow chase you out?"

"I pissed her off" Hyatt shrugged "Is that the last of the Spagetti?"

Faith smiled and nodded "And it's all mine"

"Hyatt? Do you know who that woman was that Faith was holding onto earlier this evening?" Anya asked before a childish fight could ensue.

"I dunno some doctor. She was nice to us I think" Hyatt shrugged it off.

Anya shook her head "Can we go home now?"

Xander nodded.

Hyatt looked between him and Jean "Now that's some stuff right there"

"Hmm" Faith agreed with a giggle.

Buffy blinked and took them both in again "Uh....what's your name sweetie?"

"Jean" she smiled and held out a hand to the slayer.

"Buffy. Okay Jean. I didn't notice you in the car?" Buffy crouched down to her level.

"I rode with her" she pointed to Anya "Maddy held me the whole way"

Anya gave her a quizzical look "I was kinda distracted"

Xander blushed and looked longingly at the door.

"Okay we have another kid" Buffy said keeping the smile on her face "So that's what? Four? If you count Dawn."

"Heh our little family just gets bigger and bigger. Can we go now An?" Xander pulled the ex-demon up against him. A move that never failed to gain her attention and cooperation.

Anya pressed readily against him "Are you gonna give me orgasms?"

Xander covered her mouth and scooped her into his arms. He nodded farewell to all and disappeared out the front door.

"What's orgasms?" Jean asked watching Faith eat.

Faith choked on her food, Buffy blushed, Hyatt just watched the girl.

"Okay the kids are down for the night, except for this new one" Mycah said entering. She rested her hand on Jean's head "Is this Xander's little sister or something?"

"No, she's Jean. Jean say hi to Mycah" Buffy said turning to the fridge.

"Hi" Jean waved over her shoulder "Can I have something to eat?"

"It'll have to be something light because you need to sleep" Mycah instructed sitting Jean down next to Faith.

Faith was scraping the last of the Spagetti out of the container "They should cook more often" she paused "Not that I'll be here for it"

"Why do you go back to priso Myc Mycah asked moving Buffy out of the way of so that she could get a good look inside.

"No actually they released me" Faith frowned "I think the council had something to do with it"

"Why would the council have you released?" Buffy asked. He eyes never left Mycah as she pulled out the ingredients for sandwiches.

"I've been reporting to them weekly. Keeping a daily journal, feelings and all that shi- mess" Faith caught herself and smiled at Jean "They said they were impressed with my progress. Next thing I know. Bam. I'm out"

"And back in Sunnydale" Buffy eyed the girl closely "did they keep an eye on your sanity too?"

Faith shrugged "I had to come back here. I have apologies to make, not to mention the amends.." she pushed her dark hair away from her face "Specially to you B"

Mycah glanced at them between making the sandwich's.

Buffy seemed tense.

Faith seemed nervous.

Jean looked hungry.

So she made four sandwich's

Hyatt didn't seem to be paying attention to any of them. She was off in her own little world.

"Do you have anywhere to stay?" Buffy's voice was so soft it strained Faith to hear.

"Not for tonight. I can promise you won't see me around. If you don't want to" Fatih dug her knuckle into the table unable to meet Buffy's eyes.

"No, stick around. It'll be like old times, minus the freaky Mayor guy" Buffy said finally meeting Faith's surprised gaze.

"It's nice to see you've forgiven Faith hun" Hyatt cut in "But you're seriously running out of room in the house. You've got Cordy, Madison, Faith and Mycah to put down for the night. With only one free bed and a couch"

"Well Cordy and the Mighty Munchkin are seeming kinda buddy-buddy, they might wanna bunk down together" Faith pointed out shrugging "and I'd be happy to take the couch"

"Well it folds out into a bed, if you wouldn't mind sharing with Mycah?" Buffy smiled.

Faith looked from Hyatt to Mycah then back again.

"I'm okay with it if she is" Mysaidsaid serving them all sandwiches.

"Eat quick you gotta squeeze into the kiddie bed before they all start flopping" Mycah chucked Jean gently under the chin.

The little girl smiled.
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"Feel better baby?" Willow asked Tara as she gently rubbed hry. ry.

"Mmm lots" Tara whispered as she settled on the bed next to her love "I just didn't feel clean"

"It's okay, I enjoy bathing you" Willow winked "I thought you'd realize that by now"

Tara chuckled and smiled. She lay back and opened her arms to Willow "come one let's sleep?"

Willow was unable to hide her surprise. In the bath Tara had been needy and passionate, actually coming to orgasm once as she was bathed. Now she just wanted to sleep. "Are you sure you wanna sleep?" Willow sounded hopeful.

"Mmm tired" Tara pouted knowing Willow couldn't hold up again 'that' face for very long.

"Ok baby" Willow stripped off her robe and climbed into the bed and Tara's arms.

Tara snuggled into her, with Willow half on top of her.

She was asleep in moments.

Willow thought that something felt different about the way Tara held her. But shrugged it off.
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"I'm serious, they're in there moaning" Mycah whispered to Hyatt and dragged her towards the upstairs bathroom.

Hyatt stifled a giggle and listened.

Moaning indeed.

"Go Maddy!" she cheered in a whisper.

"Your 'happy' for her?" Mycah frowned.

"God Makayla that was 'years' ago" Hyatt grabbed her away from the door.

"You took it hard" Mycah argued.

"Yeah I did, when it happened '3 years' ago" Hyatt putting emphasis on the length of time.

Buffy was just inside the doorway of her bedroom stopped and listened to the low conversation.

"Four years Hyatt, you two were together for 'four years' and your gonna tell me that you don't the mind the fact that she's in that" Mycah pointed to the closed door "Bathroom making some other girl sound like that?"

Buffy held her breath for several long moments when Hyatt didn't answer.

"If she were Buffy, yes I would be upset. But it's Madison. I've put that relationship behind me" Hyatt hissed at her "She's in my past. Hopefully Buffy is my future, and no past jealousy's or 'anything' is going keep me from being happy and loving her"

"You'd turn your back on your family for her?" Mycah squealed.

It drew the attention of the slayer downstairs as well as the one in her room.

"She is my family! When 'he' decided that I wasn't fit to live under his roof anymore. They took me in!" Hyatt's voiced raised as well "If you want to go back there go ahead. But don't expect me to follow in your foot-steps"

"You've lost your F#cking Mind!" Mycah yelled.

Dawn and Jean stirred in the room across from them.

Buffy fhed hed and moved towards the hall.

Faith started up the stairs.

Willow slowly left her bed.

The moaning in the bathroom stopped.

"Yeah, but I have a family" Hyatt said calmly.

Mycah's face hardened. She took a deep steadying breath and marched into Dawn's room and removed her daughter from the bed.

"Please don't go" Jean begged following her as far as the doorway.

Mycah ignored her and carried her half awake daughter from the room.

"They barely accept you as it is" Hyatt reasoned "Fatima was the only reason I stayed"

"It's family. It's sacred you 'know' this" Mycah said shortly.

Faith met her at the top of the stairs.

"Hey don't leave. It's 3am" she blocked the stairs.

Mycah shifted trying to get around her only to be blocked at every turn.

"Let me past" she growled.

Faith sensed the built up tension and moved out of her way.

"Will we see you tomorrow? At the Magic Box?" Buffy called as Mycah stomped down the stairs.

"Maybe" she called up the stairs and slammed the door as she left.

"She's out of 'her' fucking mind" Hyatt mumbled and entered the room she shared with Buffy.

Willow met Buffy's eyes in the hall, then Faith's.

They both shrugged in confusion.

"Hey does the drama 'ever' stop?" Cordy asked standing in the bathroom doorwayin only a towel, with Madison behind her.

"Not really" Buffy said rolling her eyes "You and Madison get the double bed in the guest room" she pointed to the room next to Dawn's where Jean still stood.

Faith silently headed back down stairs.

Buffy closed her door.

Willow returned to her bed and Tara's arms.

"What do you thinks wrong with them?" Cordy still couldn't muddle through all the tension she was sensing.

"Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome?" Madison guessed.

Cordy shrugged.

They quickly crossed to the room.

Giggling in the dark.
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