Willow knew it was Tara's birthday and for a while now she'd been acting kind of suspiciously busy. Not that it was unusual for her to BE busy, but all the time? Even that was a little over the top for Willow. Still, her business was important this time. It usually was important back home, too, but this was really important!

This was for Tara's birthday and that made it very special.

Unfortunately, this particular birthday needed to be even more special than usual. Things had happened for Tara that hadn't happened for Willow and Tara had been in Taxon a lot longer than Willow had. How much had changed? Had her tastes changed? Of course, there was also the magic addiction thing Tara had warned her about. Normally, Willow might have come up with something geared more towards their shared interest in magic, but in the effort of not going down that road (again?), Willow opted for something much less magicy.

So, holding a package containing a couple of new outfits plus a pair of shoes and a pretty handmade card (see? no magic involved at all!), also dressed in a new outfit herself, Willow headed for Tamper and Trick. Purely by coincidence, she spoted her girlfriend sitting in a cafe and took a quick detour. Trying to hide the package behind her, and probably failing miserably, she approached with a wide grin.

"Tara!"