This takes place mainly during 1x12 and focuses mainly on Waverly and Willa's interactions after the barn scene.
After leaving Willa in the barn I went outside and was a little sad to see that Nicole's cruiser was gone. I'm still fuming about Willa's walking in on Nicole and I. This is the second time someone has interrupted us just as our clothes were coming off. I'm getting more frustrated. Willa is such a bitch.
I head back towards the house to get my phone and call Nicole. Even though I still have no idea what I am going to say to her. Other than apologize for Willa's lack of people skills. Do I apologize for not telling Wynonna? There really hadn't been time and yes, I've had a chance to tell Wynonna before Poker Spectacular, but with Willa coming back. I just wasn't ready. Then when Dolls interrupted after I got shot I just hadn't wanted to bring it back up again. And Wynonna hadn't asked to busy trying to figure out what Bobo is planning.
But, what about Nicole? What if she feels like, like I'm not in this with her? Cause I am. I just don't know how to tell Wynonna. What if she isn't okay with it? Every time I work up the courage something interrupts us. Wynonna has always had my back, but what if she doesn't because I am falling for Nicole. Wynonna never liked Champ, but she does have a soft spot for Nicole. I know she does. When Nicole was still in the hospital after Jack, Wynonna went by to keep her company. When I found them the next morning Wynonna had a bottle Jack tucked to her chest and Nicole's breath smelled like Jack and morning breath. Wynonna had even suggested making a family dinner with Gus and Nicole a regular thing after Bobo was gone.
I make it inside the house and manage to find my phone on the table. I unlock it and go to my contacts and scroll through until I find Nicole's name, but I don't click on her name because I still can't figure out what to say. Nicole has been so understanding that it just hasn't been the right time to tell Wynonna, but I know she was hurt by what Willa said. God, Willa is such a bitch.
Maybe letting Nicole be hurt now would be for the best. The revenants haven't done anything to Champ since we broke up and the one time they had taken him he was just opportunity, but my feelings for Nicole are already so much deeper than they ever were for Champ. What if the revenants go after her? But selfishly I can't really even begin to thing about ending it with Nicole. I want her in my life. I feel like I need her.
I look through the window and see Willa walking towards the edge of our property. Wynonna is going to be mad if I let Willa wonder off of the Homestead. I start to go to tell Willa that she is dangerously close to the property line, but decide that she should be fine as long as she doesn't pass the fence. I look down at my phone and open up Nicole and I text message thread.
Can we get a coffee later. And talk. I send to her. Knowing that I won't end whatever is going on between Nicole and I until Nicole ends it. I look back up to make sure Willa hasn't gone over the property line, but she isn't alone now. Bobo Freaking Del Rey is talking to her. I turn around a grab the shotgun that is sitting by the door and rush out.
I manage to get close to them without Willa or Bobo noticing and I take a shot and aim for Bobo hand which seemed to be tendering trying to cup Willa's? No that can't be right, can it? He's grabbing her. Right?
"Back the hell up or I'll shoot you for real, Bobo Del Ray." I state firmly keeping the shotgun trained on Bobo.
"You can't kill me." Bobo states comely.
"No, but I can bring the pain." Wynonna would be so proud of my response.
Bobo starts to back away, but he doesn't look at me or the gun; he keeps his eyes on Willa the whole time. The way he's staring at her is weird. It's not like he does when it's Wynonna or me. Bobo seems I don't know. Taken? With Willa. No that's crazy.
When Bobo does turn around I run over and give Willa a hug. "You okay?"
"I'm so sorry I made you walk on the beams." Willa says.
"No, no. I'm sorry I called you a bitch." Willa looks at me odd, oh yea I didn't actually call her a bitch out loud, "in my head" I explain. I look down at her hands and she's got an origami swan in it.
Willa hands it over to me and says, "I have no idea what it means."
"I think I do." Vaguely recalling the Swan Reservoir, a bird sanctuary. It would be a perfect place to keep someone. There's no one around for miles.
Willa and I take the hike to the Reservoir. It's not to far for the homestead or at least it's closer than town is. If I'm right Willa was under our noses for years before she ended up in that cult. Before leaving we went back to the homestead for another shotgun for Willa, since we were leaving the homestead nothing would protect from the revenants.
"No cabins, no boats, no people. For a place with such a beautiful name, Swan Reservoir, sure is creepy." Remarks Willa when we get there.
"You recognize anything?" I ask.
"No."
"You don't think this is where..."
"Yea. It's a protected bird sanctuary in the ever revenants-friendly Ghost River Triangle. The perfect place to... a cage..." I trail off realizing mid thought how tasteless my next statement was going to be.
Willa is right there to finish my thought though, "cage a young bird."
"Willa?" I ask as she stops us, but she doesn't hear me she is to focused on the house in a tree in front of us.
"This is it." She sounds so sure.
"Some cage." I remark.
Willa and I make our way to the tree and begin looking around for a way into the house in the tree. Eventually Willa finds a ladder and we go up. When we get up there Willa looks around trying to figure out if this where Bobo had kept her.
Me, I look out the window and say, "the view is quiet pretty."
"Seriously?" Willa scoffs.
"I'm sorry. This is so many different kinds of horrible. I was learning to ride a bike, and playing woodland princess after school, and you... maybe this wasn't a good idea." I feel even worse about calling Willa a bitch. She was here with Bobo, who was doing God only knows what with her and I had as normal of a childhood as I could have. Gus and Curtis and even Wynonna had made sure of that. Wynonna would even play woodland princess with me after school when she wasn't in trouble with Nedley or Gus.
Willa has another origami swan in her hand as she walks around the tree trunk in the middle of the room. What is it with those swans? Did Willa make them to pass the time? I don't remember her being overly into origami before she was taken. Willa seems to be reliving something as she grabs onto that tree for dear life.
She seems to be out of the flash of memory and says, "A woman. With a pink car."
"A witch. Constance Clootie." I say immediately as she describes Constance Clootie. Willa seems to go back into the memory.
"She may have rescued me, but I had no idea the price I would pay."
"Your memories. They are coming back now." I say. Knowing it's true. Coming back to this place must have unlocked the rest of her memories. She picks up another swan from the ground.
"They are. Oh, my god, they are." Willa confirms, "There's so much to do." And with that she heads for the door.
There's something in her eyes, like when she made me walk across the beam. A glint that isn't quite right. Evil or calculatingZ She doesn't seem sad or upset by what she remembers. I don't know that I would say happy, but it just seems off. Having an educated guess as to what Bobo had done up here, to Willa, it seems odd that Willa almost seems happy to remember. That's odd, right? I mean I would glad to know for sure what had happened, but Willa seemed to more than glad to know. She seemed... I don't know. Happy? Maybe I'm just looking for reasons to still hate my big sister after what she did to my bear and for making me walk the beam. That has to be right. She can't actually be happy to have been here all those years with no one but Bobo.
My cell phone ringing brings me out of my Willa induced train of thought. Man, I get good signal out here I think as I pull it out of my pocket. Maybe it's Nicole telling me, she'd meet me for coffee. Shit, I forgot about that after I sent the text. Instantly glad I had kept the text vague. I know I can't keep putting Nicole on the back burner, especially if she doesn't know why I keep doing it. We have to tell her about everything. I want to be with Nicole. Really be with her which means she has to know about what's going on in Purgatory.
I look down at my phone simultaneously relieved and sad that it isn't Nicole, "Dolls?"
"What's your dress size?" Dolls says as a way of greeting.
"Why in the world would you need my dress size?" I say completely confused.
"Just grab Willa and meet Wynonna and I at Black Badge." Dolls says.
"Uh okay." I say.
"Waverly, dress size?" He prompts and I tell him. Still utterly confused.
I followed Willa out and down from the tree house. God, I'm never gonna think about tree houses the same way again. Once we get down from there I look back at my phone and see that Nicole had in fact texted me and coffee sounds good.
I focused in the talking. Maybe she was mad I hadn't told Wynonna yet. I sent back a text saying I have to go by the station, but after I'll stop by your apartment after? I walk over to Willa, who still looks different? Somehow. I guess knowing what happened to her was always going make her different, but this isn't like when she remembered what her name was, who Wynonna and I were. My phone buzzing in my hand brings me out of my thoughts and look down to see Nicole had responded. Can't wait.
Willa and I made our way back to the homestead and into my Jeep so that we could meet Dolls and Wynonna at Black Badge. When we got to the station I look over at Nicole's desk, disappointed not to see her there, despite knowing she had the day off. I shake my head a little because I need to focus on Bobo and his plans and I know if Nicole knew about revenants she'd say the same thing. Willa and I walk into Black Badge and I can already tell Wynonna is pissed about Willa and me leaving the Homestead.