Chapter. 3
Willow and Kennedy were dancing when Kennedy suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Willow asked curiously.
Instead of replying, Kennedy dug into her pocket and took out a ringing cell phone.
"Is it Leila?"
"No, it's the Magic Shop." Kennedy replied, handing the phone to Willow.
Willow began shaking. The only person who would call from The Magic Shop at this time of night, would be Spike. "Silentium Musica"
Suddenly the music stopped. Kennedy looked around to see what had happened when she noticed that everyone around them was still dancing. "Did you just do a spell?" Kennedy asked curiously.
Willow nodded as she answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Red, I think that we've got trouble." Spike said.
"What? Is Leila okay?" Willow began to worry; something inside of her had told her that she shouldn't have left Leila, especially during a full moon.
"No, the little one is fine. But we did have a visitor."
Willow didn't like where the conversation was headed. "Who? A demon? Another vampire?"
"A werewolf. Or should I say, your werewolf." Spike answered.
Willow almost dropped the phone, it had been over 4 years since she's last seen or heard from Oz. And now he was back in Sunnydale. She knew that the truth would come out eventually but she didn't expect it to happen for a few more years. And she never expected Oz to return and find out. "Give me a minute, Spike."
Willow turned to Kennedy, who appeared worried as she waited to find out why Spike had called. "Will, what's wrong? Is it Lei? Did something happen to any of the slayers while on patrol? Tell me."
"No, everyone is fine. How about you go grab us some more drinks? I have a feeling that I'll be needing it. Oh, and while you're at it can you ask Rona if everything is ready for tomorrow? She's working the bar tonight." Willow knew that she couldn't talk about Oz in front of Kennedy.
Since Oz last left Sunnydale, there had seemed to be an unspoken truth among the Scoobies, that no one would mention his name. No one had even brought up his name when they found out that she was pregnant. Willow believed that they did it for her, and for that she was grateful.
"Promise to tell me everything when I get back?" Kennedy asked.
"Sure thing." Willow lied. She kissed Kennedy softly, trying to reassure the young slayer.
Willow watched as Kennedy made her way through the crowd, towards the bar. "Ludo Musica." When the music began to play again, Willow had to cover her ear. It was so loud that she was barely able to hear Spike on the other line. "Spike, you're telling me that you saw Oz?"
"He walked right through the front door."
"I'm coming straight there. Get Leila's stuff ready." Willow knew that in the end, the only one who could protect Leila from Oz, was herself.
"Red, don't do that. The little one is enjoying herself and Wolf-Boy is gone. I don't think that he'll be back tonight. So go enjoy the night or else I'll have more than one pissed off slayer on my hands." Spike replied.
"Fine. But if you even sense that he is around, hide Leila in the panic room and call me immediately." Willow warned.
"I assure you that I won't be letting him near her again. Go enjoy your night off, and Kennedy's company. But don't be getting used to me watching the rugrat."
Willow laughed, Spike said the same thing every full moon when he babysat Leila. "Thank you, Spike. I'll call in a little while to check in." With that Willow hung up the cell phone. Willow decided that she would wait until the morning to figure out what she would do about Oz. She wanted to have one more night of fun before her world turned upside-down.
Oz was waiting for the bartender to serve him when he noticed a young woman walk up beside him. He turned to her and said: "You might waiting awhile. I've been here for 10 minutes waiting for a drink."
Kennedy turned to the man next to her. There was something oddly familiar about him, though she knew that she had never seen him before. But he seemed to be a nice guy, who was just at The Bronze to enjoy the music, like everyone else. "Don't worry, I know how to get us served."
Kennedy leaned over the bar and yelled over the music. "Hey Rona! We need drinks over here."
Rona walked over to the end of the bar where Kennedy and Oz stood. "Hey Ken, when did you get back to town?"
"I just got back today. I'm here with my girl."
Rona laughed and replied. "Don't you mean your ex-girl?"
"Shut up. For tonight, she IS my girl. How about you get back to work? You can start by getting me and his guy some drinks?"
"I was working when you called me over here. But now that I am here, what can I get you guys?" Rona asked, looking back and forth between Kennedy and the guy.
Kennedy was the first to reply. "I'll have two strawberry daiquiries."
Oz then ordered his drink. "I'll just have a whiskey on the rocks."
Kennedy turned to the guy and asked. "Hard night?"
There was something oddly familiar about the girl, but Oz couldn't pinpoint what it was. Especially since he was pretty sure that he had never seen her before. "You can say that." Oz looked around the room, he could have sworn that he caught Willow's scent but he didn't see her anywhere. 'It must just be wishful thinking.' Oz thought to himself. He knew that he wanted to see Willow but he was unsure as to if he was ready for her to see him. Oz knew Willow was the only person that he would ever love, but he knew that she didn't feel the same way towards him. She had chosen to be with Tara instead of him.
"That sucks." Kennedy replied before turning back to Rona, who now served them their drinks. "Rona, I was asked to ask you if everything's ready for tomorrow? For the party."
"No, sorry. I know that you really wanted to sing to the birthday girl but the guitarist that I found, just cancelled on us." Rona answered.
"How am I going to find a guitarist the night before a party?" Kennedy asked, knowing that without a guitarist, she would never by able to give Leila her birthday present.
Oz knew that it wasn't his place to listen in on the conversation but he knew that he could help them. "I think that I might able to help you with that."