Blushing, Tara let her go, not really sure what had come over her. It's not like they had been the best of friends, perhaps it was just the sheer relief of seeing someone she *knew*?

But her head came up at Faith's question, and she hastened to reassure her. "No, I was on the flight, but as far as I know everyone back in Sunnydale and L.A is okay. Willow..." she swallowed hard, "We broke up, and I had to get out of town for a while."

Then she heard the rest of the conversation going on, how the Doctor was proposing that the two new women be left here, and that didn't sit right with her.

[to be continued down the line...]