With or Without You - Pt 12

      A few hours later Willow stood alone in the terminal. She looked around at the people who stood about her. A couple stood off to her right, she had to blink back tears. She quickly hurried off to claim her bags and go home.

      Ben jumped as Daniel asked how he was doing. He started to wonder why Daniel was being nice to him all of a sudden, for the two had never been the best of friends due to a few indifferences.
      Daniel smiled briefly, "Don't worry about it.." He sat back and sighed.
      Ben looked around to see where Lee had went. He looked over at Daniel, "Worry about what?"
      "Well, your ‘situation'.. Don't let it get to you too much. If it's really ment to happen, it will.." Daniel looked around nervously as he heard an odd noise.
      Ben leaned forward and rubbed his chin, "Yeah..I know. I just don't know what to do.." He looked over at Daniel again and laughed, "Why so tense?"
      Daniel followed Ben's gaze to his hands clenched to the arm of the seat. His knuckles were turning white, "I'm not tence.." He mumbled looking away, prying his hands from the chairs arms and wrapping them around his mid-section.
      "You're pathetic! How many times have you been on a plane now?"
      "One too many..one too many.."

      Willow unlocked the door to her apartment and went inside. She quickly scanned it to make sure everything was where it was supposed to be. She walked over to her bed and fell asleep.

      Ben yawned as he walked off the plane. "Damn, we leave today, yet we get here tomorrow.. I hate the whole different time zone thing."
      Darren looked over with an eyebrow raised, "One would figure you'd be used to it by now.."
      "Yeah, and one would figure that with all your jumping around, you'd be slim.." And he made a face at Darren.
      Darren fought back a frown, "I'll pretend I didn't hear that.. Or I'll just use the excuse that You're tired.."
      Karl looked up, "You know that's not the reason.. We all realize that for the next month or so we're going to be dealing with the biggest S.O.B. known to man.."
      Ben shot him a look, "What the hell is that supposed to mean!?"
      "I, umm, sorry.. I'm just saying.. We all realize that You're going to be a bit testy because of this whole Willow thing.."

      A knock sounded on Willow's door. She looked up as it opened.
      "Hey!" Dawn said, peaking her head in, "Why didn't you call me to tell me you were heading back? I would have met you at the airport.."
      Willow tried to quickly dry her eyes, "How did you know I had left?"
      "Dorothy, I was talking to her," She laughed all of a sudden, "Have you checked your e-mail yet?"
      Willow frowned, "Why?"
      "Do you realize how many e-mails you're going to have concerning Ben!?"
      She shivered quickly, "Oh.."
      Dawn walked over to Willow and sat next to her, "What's wrong?"
      She shook her head, "Nothing.."
      "Oh BS!! Come on Willow.. I know when something is wrong.. Please.. Is it about Ben?"
      She had it a chord. A small sob escaped Willow's lips.
      Dawn hugged Willow, "Well did you two part on good conditions?"
      "Yeah.."
      "Did you exchange address' or something?"
      She nodded, "Phone numbers.."
      "Well phone him then."
      "No, I couldn't.. I'd seem pathetic.."
      Dawn forced a laugh, "How do you figure that!?"
      "Well come on, needing to talk to him so soon.."
      "But you DO want to talk to him so soon.."
      Willow stood up and walked over to her computer. She fell into her seat as Dawn pulled up another chair. "Damn.." Willow whistled as she started receiving her messages.
      "Wow, I told you Will.."
      Willow quickly opened ICQ and became bombarded with messages. "Damn, word DOES travel fast.."

      "Call her then!"
      Ben shot Karl a glare, "I don't want to!"
      "Oh whatever!" Karl said across from Ben in the limo.
      Ben shook his head and looked out the window. "I just left a few hours ago.. Yeah, that'd look good.."
      "So what, you're going to wait for her to call you?"
      "..and if I am??"
      Karl rolled his eyes, "Yeah, that'll happen.. Especially if she meets this guy, and realizes that you never cared enough to call her and then.." Karl added trailing off to let the mind wander.
      "Oh shut up! I'll call her tomorrow.."

      As supper time rolled around for Willow, Ben was just awaking. He yawned and made his way into the bathroom.
      He stood there looking at his reflection before sighing and hopping into the shower.
      After he had finished, he returned to his room. He glanced at the clock quickly and sighed, "Damn, I've got to do all this rushed Easter shopping today.. Today should be plenty fun.."

      As Willow cast her phone a look from the dining room table, Dawn smiled, "You could phone him now. It'd be, what, 8 or 9 in the mourning there?"
      Willow side glanced her, "I..I don't...I don't want to!" She finally said in a huff.
      Dawn gave her a glare.
      Willow fidgeted in her seat, "Ok, so maybe I DO want to call him.. Damn, I don't know what I want.. Well I do.. But, umm, yeah."
      Dawn laughed, "Just phone him! You can just imagine he's been doing the same thing too. If both of you keep putting it off, its never going to get done, then you'll totally lose contact, you'll lose him, and you'll lose any chance of happiness!"
      "Give it up Dawn! I don't know what time he gets up, it may be too early.." Willow said, trying to come up with any excuse plausible.
      Dawn suppresed a grin, "Well seeing you slept with him, I think you should know." She said joking around.
      "I didn't slee.. Well, ok..maybe I did, but that's not the point!"
      Dawn choked on the salad she was chewing on, "You WHAT!? Why wasn't I informed about this!? Was he wearing protection!?"
      Willow blushed deeply, "I-I, uhh, didn't think you'd, uhh, care.. Hey! I didn't do ‘that'. Lord! I'm not THAT naive! Nothing happened, we slept, and we slept together. Nothing happened."

...Chapter 13...




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