"Willow…"
Flash of Memories
"It's not every day you find out you're a werewolf."
"Yeah it's a complication."
"So maybe it'd be best if I just stayed out of your life for a while."
"I'm kind of okay with you being in my life, so I'd still if you'd still."
"I'd still, I'd very still."
"I'm gonna ask you to go out with me tomorrow night."
"Well, I'm gonna say yes."
"Do you wanna go out with me?"
"Oh I can't!"
"It's okay."
"It's just that it's Buffy's birthday. You could come."
"I don't wanna crash."
"You could be my date."
"All right, I'm in."
"I said date."
"Morning."
"Bad dream?"
"I guess, but the waking up part makes up for it."
"It's always so busy up there."
"Not always, a few things shut my brain up completely."
"Anything I can help you with?"
"Don't you love me?"
"My whole life I've never loved anything else."
"It was stupid to think you'd be just waiting."
"I was waiting. I feel like some part of me will always be waiting."
End of Memories
Something was holding her hands. Willow looked at her hands, then at Oz.
"Oz…" She looked at him with teary filled eyes. Her emerald eyes looking like jade jewels submerged in water.
"I know." He brought himself to her height. Touching her face to wipe away a few tears, he realized she was cold, but also warm…she was sick.
"Willow do you feel alright?"
"She's gone."
He was losing her, "Willow, I'm here. Do you feel alright?"
"I'm cold, is she cold too?"
Oz took off his jean jacket, wrapped it around her and took her inside. Seeing Xander and Buffy, he nodded hello to them, before taking Willow upstairs to the room.
"No," she said in a whisper."
"Willow?"
"She…I can still…"
"Okay," Oz said, realizing how much pain Willow was going through by just entering that space. He moved her in a different direction. Entering a guest room, he laid Willow down and tucked her in. Kissing her brown and breathing in the essence that is Willow, he watched her as her eyes slowly closed.
Once she was asleep, he left the room, closing the door only partway behind him. Going down the stairs, he saw Xander at the bottom step. Giving him that man-type hug with one arm, he turned and was immediately smothered by a Slayer.
When she pulled back from hugging the werewolf, she said, "She's hurting Oz."
"Yeah," Oz said in his normal tone of voice.
"Thanks for coming."
"Well, Giles called me when he heard."
"The G-man knew where you were?"
"No, but he knew how to get in touch with me if necessary."
"This is necessary," Buffy said.
"Completely."
"How are you going to help Willow?" Xander asked.
"However I can."
"And then?" asked Buffy.
Oz wasn't sure about after Willow was better. He didn't know if he was going to leave again or if he was going to stick around this time. It all depended on how much Willow needed him…and if she wanted his love still or not.
