author: Brandi Vincent

disclaimer: Everything belongs to Joss Whedon. I only watch his show and make a prediction on what is going to happen next. Joss Whedon owns all of the characters and should take credit in this story for my imagination would be nothing with out his show.

title: Questions to Answer

chapter: 5 Weeping Willow

genre: Humor and Romance

rate: PG-13 (for language, unseen violence, and romance)

summary: Willow stirrs up commotion to make Spike and Buffy fight.

mostly about: Tara, Anya, Xander (meaning they all got an equal part or were just in it). Mainly about Spike, Buffy, Willow, and Dawn (meaning they are included important and or they got a bigger part).

scenes: 9

thoughts: I know, I know, it's later than usual. Well, I had to write it over because I was doing chapter 6 and didn't name this one in my documents, so when I saved chapter 6, I erased this one because it was called documents too, if you know what I mean. I was so pissed off, the other chapter 5 was way better. If this one doesn't seem to good, I don't blame ya, I had to type this really quick so I could do chapter 6. But review anyways. Thanks for your time.



Scene 1

Willow paced her room, thinking of a good spell to use on Spike and Buffy. She got out her magic book and peered at the pages as she flipped through it rapidly.

"Aha! Perfect! A separation incantation! As follows, you'll need a heart of a rat, a wing of a bat, and a falcon claw for the spell to work." Willow read aloud and slammed the book close, running out the door to the Magic Box.

"Hey Willow." Anya said.

"Hi Anya." Willow replied, looking about.

"Need anything specific?" Anya asked as she saw Willow's curiosity looking about the store.

"Actually, yea. Heart of a rat, wing of a bat, and a falcon claw." Willow answered, still looking around. Anya helped look, not bothering to ask why she needed it.

"Found it." Willow grabbed the supplies in the same area and brought them to the counter.

"$30.95 is your total." Anya said, putting the supplies in a bag. Willow carelessly threw any money she had in her pocket on the counter and didn't wait a second longer to run out the door. Anya stood there, counting it up. Tara walked in moments after Willow.

"Why was Willow in such a hurry?" She asked, sitting at the table. Anya's smile seemed like it would go on forever.

"I don't know, but what ever she's doing, I recommend she keep it up." Anya said, flipping through the 200 dollars that rest in her hands.

"What? Did she get anything?" Tara asked, looking over at Anya.

"She sure did. Rather unusual supplies actually. Heart of a rat, wing of a bat, and a falcon claw." Anya replied. Tara's face went blank and grabbed a magic book off of a shelf.

"That wasn't just any supplies Anya. It was for a spell called Heartbreaker. It separates two lovers in a way that is unseemly. This is bad, ummm...I'll see ya later, bye!" Tara said, running out the door. Xander was sleeping on three chairs he had formed together as a bed to rest on but said to Anya,

"So. Willow's trying to brake up Spike and Buffy, good luck with that one."



Scene 2

Spike ran up the stairs and into the lobby, still carrying Buffy in his arms, Dawn following. He set her down.

"I love you." Buffy said to him, kissing him and running up to the counter to check out.

"Thanks Spike. For everything." Dawn said and hugged him.

"Anytime little bit." Spike answered, hugging her back.

"So, had fun finding me?"

"Oh sure. It was pretty easy too." They both sat down.

"You must love Buffy a lot."

"More than ever."

"Yea, I guess we all do deep down."

"Did Jacko hurt you at all?"

"Heck no. Only didn't feed us. He was even kinda talking to us if you know what I mean."

"Always did. Always had a bloody conversation before killing them."

"What about you? You looked like you got pretty thrashed."

"Only a little bit I suppose. Not as much as Glory hurt me, and her situation was a little more severe."

"And I suppose you also had a Buffybot to go along with it?"

"What? Well, if you must know, well, yea but that is totally off the subject!"

"What was the subject?"

"Don't know." Buffy walked over to them.

"Ready to go? I just have to get my stuff and we'll be on our way." In five or more minutes, Buffy came back with her suitcase. "Let's go." Spike lifted up his coat over his head and ran to the rental car, quickly jumping in it as Buffy found small blankets and clothing to cover up the windows. They drove off within minutes, Spike driving, Dawn in the back, and Buffy resting her head on Spike's arm.



Scene 3

"The two I say do not belong as one. They blind their eyes in the gleaming sun. Their love and emotions are mixed so strongly, they think they are right but they think so wrongly, so hear my plead and make them scream, and this blurry nightmare no longer a dream. Make my words come clear as water, the strongest of......uh....Harry Potter! Shudder to think of what may appear, kick the vamp right in the rear!" Willow chanted, having to make some words up for the spell to work. Tara ran right in after her last word, seeing Willow's eyes glow up.

"Willow! What are you doing? Stop!" Tara yelled at the over controlled witch.

"Silly mortal! The incantation has been granted! No stopping the evil forces now!" A hoarse, demon like scream came from Willow as she fainted, eyes no longer a glow.

"Willow!" Tara yelled, running over to her, holding her head from the ground. Willow woke up moments later, shocked.

"What did I do?" She cried.

"I'll tell you what you did. Buffy and Spike are probably going to be at each other's throats in a matter of seconds, all thanks to you." Tara said. "Congrats to the all mighty and powerful witch!"

"I didn't mean to...I-I didn't know what I was doing." Willow sputtered, tears pouring down her cheeks.

"You sure didn't. Maybe Dawn won't make it back because of your stupidity." Tara got up and started walking for the door until Willow shot up, still crying, grabbing Tara's arm.

"Is there a way to fix this, for the spell to brake?" She asked hopefully. Tara looked down at her feet and shook her head in an 'I don't know.' and walked out the door, leaving Willow to cry.



Scene 4

Buffy looked up at Spike in disbelief and quickly moved away.

"What the hell was that?" Spike asked disgustingly.

"Don't know. God that was gross. Don't say anything more though, hearing your voice will make it worse." Buffy replied.

"Already on it. Still recovering from your last mistake though so it'll take a while."

"You're a pig Spike."

"Yea, well. I'm not the one who was hanging on my arm."

"Don't worry, won't happen again."

"Yea, because if you do, I swear I'll be forced to kick your bloody ass."

"Oh yea? Try it!" Spike punched her in the face.

"Shit! Forgot you could do that!" Buffy swung her fist on his nose and made him swerve the car, waking Dawn up. Dawn couldn't help notice the fight from sleeping right when she got in the car and asked,

"What the hell is wrong with you two, what happened?"

"Watch your tongue!" Spike and Buffy said together, now glaring at each other.

"Stop it!" Dawn yelled. "What happened with you two?" It's true that Willow's spell worked, but they still love the ones they loved before, yet not each other.

"What do you mean Little Bit? We hate each other." Spike replied. Dawn started laughing a lot.

"You two, hate each other? That's a laugh! Just about 20 minutes ago you said you love each other guys. Come on, cut the practical joke, I won't fall for it." Dawn joked. Spike and Buffy looked confused at each other, then at Dawn.

"Sure Dawn." Buffy said. "Why don't you cut the crap." Dawn now looked more confused than ever. She shut-up like the both of them until they got to the car rental place. "I'll give back the car, you take Dawn to the airport Spike." Buffy said as Dawn and Spike got out of the car.

"Dawn, try and keep up, I gotta get out of the sun as soon as possible." Spike said, pulling his coat back over his head and ran out of the shadows to the airport, Dawn running after him. Luckily, the airport was close by in that small city. Spike ran in and waited for Dawn to show up. 20 minutes later after Dawn, Buffy ran in with her suitcase.

"I'll get Dawn's tickets. You can come back if you want." Buffy said to Spike as she ran to the counter with Dawn to get her tickets. Spike went on the airplane as soon as his was called and didn't wait a moment longer for Buffy and Dawn to show up, but they did a few minutes after him, grabbing a seat total opposite from where he was sitting.

"Buffy, what's up with you guys?" Dawn asked more seriously.

"Stop it Dawn. No more of this disgusting conversation." Buffy replied, looking out the small circular window of the plane in her seat. Dawn gave up and walked over to Spike and sat down by him.

"Buffy says she likes you Spike." Dawn said, trying to sound convincing, though not convincing enough. Spike laughed and didn't say another word.

"I mean it-never mind." Dawn gave up and walked back over to Buffy. "Hey Buffy, Spike loves you and I'll tell him you love him back, ok?" Dawn said, walking back over to Spike. That'll get her going. Dawn thought happily to herself as Buffy ran after her. Once Buffy came to Spike's seat, Dawn pushed her down in the seat next to him and said, "You two are going to make up and like it." Dawn walked back to her seat. Buffy tried getting back up but a woman came past and made her sit down again.

"I'm sorry, but no moving around while the plane is about to take off or when it is in flight."



Scene 5

Tara ran in the Magic Box again to find Anya at the table and Xander still on his three chairs sleeping.

"What now? No offence." Anya asked.

"I'm taken, but Willow did do that spell I was talking about and now Spike and Buffy are in trouble. They are going to start fighting like Osama Bin Ladan and George Bush." Tara answered.

"And that's bad because?" Xander asked, eyes closed. Anya and Tara gave him a mean look he couldn't see and turned back to the chat. But before they could, Willow ran in.

"OK, good news and bad news! I made Buffy and Spike fight-" Willow started but was interrupted by Xander.

"So what's the bad news?"

"The good news is I did a spell for them to go in the same dream together and won't end until they make up!" Willow said, ignoring Xander.

"Will it work? What's it called?" Anya asked.

"It's called Dreamy and I hope it works." Willow answered. "Gotta go now, do stuff at home, hope for the best." Willow ran out of there.

"Was that all?" Xander asked, still eyes closed.

"I guess. Willow's short on words these days." Tara answered.

"I honestly don't give a crap what happens, as long as Buffy and Dawn, maybe I guess Spike make it home safely." Xander said.



Scene 6

Buffy and Spike hadn't said a word nor remark to each other, they fell asleep right away:

Spike opened his eyes to see Buffy on top of him, cock pushed in her. Buffy opened her eyes too. They starred at each other, first feeling good with pleasure, then pulling away, shuddering and spitting.

"Bloody hell!" Spike yelled.

"Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!" Buffy groaned. "What the hell? Is this a dream, no, nightmare?"

"I guess.....are you an image of my dream?" Spike asked. "Because I don't usually have idiots in mine."

"Well I guess it's your lucky day because it's not your dream, it's mine!" Buffy yelled.

"Fine it's both." Spike replied, looking around. It looked exactly like Buffy's house. Buffy was still naked and so was he. "OK, explain this. Why the bloody hell are we both naked!"

"Trust me, I'm still figuring it out and still trying to forget. So both are hard to do at the same time if you know what I mean." They both couldn't find their clothes anywhere, Buffy tried running upstairs but couldn't, once she hit the first step she flew backwards against the wall, blanket wrapped around her. "Shit!"

"Ha-ha!"

Back at the Magic Box, Tara was looking for the spell Dreamy that Willow had used for Buffy and Spike to get back together.

"Anya, you better look at this. There is a 50% chance it will work, or they will kill each other out of frustration. Willow!" Tara said to Anya. "Wait, why are you home Xander? Don't you have construction work to do?"

"No. Dawn's gone. Got worried. Canceled." Xander said. He hadn't gone to sleep at all, just eyes closed.

"OK...but anyways. I have to do a realize spell for Spike and Buffy for Willow's spell to end in not a bloody one." Tara said.

"Make with the mojo then!" Anya replied.

"OK, OK! I'll need this and this." Tara grabbed a box of magic leaves and a bottle of dust from a shelf, then a bottle of water. She crunched the leaves up and poured the dust in it, shaking the water bottle rapidly, then opening it up and took one large disgusting gulp from it and began chanting from the book. "Once you forget you always remember. Killing the innocent of the harsh December. Bringing back memories of love and emotion, making them as rough as the deep, blue ocean. Give them back faith, give them back hope, untie the hatred that was tied in a rope." Tara sat down, coughing and choking from the disgusting water. "It should work now, within 10 minutes."



Scene 7

"You are driving me nuts! What do I have to do to end this dream?" Buffy yelled.

"Maybe this." Spike replied, punching her in the jaw.

"No, this!" She punched him in the nose so hard he flew across the room.

"No, this!" Spike got up and kicked her in the stomach. They flung fists and kicked each other for 9 minutes, one more left for them to realize that they love each other and for the dream to end.

"I hate you." Buffy said in a low menacing voice.

"So your going to try and kill me, that's no surprise." Spike answered.

"100 points if I get it through the heart." Buffy said, pulling out her stake, dodging his fists and punctured right below his heart with it. "Oh, to bad. Only 50 points." Spike choked and coughed, looking down at the stake then Buffy.

"Buffy?" Spike said softly and fell to the ground.

"Oh my god, Spike!" Buffy yelled and rushed to his aid, pulling the stake out as carefully as she could. "I'm so sorry honey! I...I...don't know what I did!" As quickly as the dream came, it went in a blank blur and Spike and Buffy woke up.

"Ahhh!" Spike yelled, shooting his eyes open and sitting up straight. "Hey, I had a dream, you were in it, and so were you, ok not you, but you were in it luv." Spike said, turning away from a stranger that he had pointed at and looked at Buffy.

"I know. I had the same dream, remember?" Buffy said, looking out the window. "California. Good, I could do with out all of the strong winds and snow." Spike leaned in and kissed Buffy with all his might. Dawn looked over at them, expecting a punch in the jaw, but smiled. The plane landed with in minutes and it was already dark out. They boarded off of the plane and out of the airport, onto Spike's motorcycle. Dawn squeezed in between Spike and Buffy and they drove off, trying to forget about the dream that almost tore them apart. Why aren't I hurting after the dream? I was close to death. Spike thought to himself, but never minded it.



Scene 8

"Xander, Tara, Willow, look!" Anya yelled and got up to the door way. Tara, Willow, and Xander ran to the door and hugged Dawn and Buffy, Spike keeping his distance. Willow had come after Tara did her realize spell, looking up her spell, Dreamy again to see what was wrong. Spike passed through the hug convention and spotted the spell book Willow had kept open to the spell Heartbreaker that she had been looking at again. He peered through it, growing angrier with every word. Buffy ran over to him to see what was up, and read it too. Willow walked in out of her curiosity, laughing and smiling until she saw Spike and Buffy's face.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Buffy yelled, now everyone else peering at the scene.

"Buffy, I-" Willow began.

"I almost killed him! Is that what you want? Someone else I love to get out of my life again? Well? And het, remember 'no more spells, I promise'?" Buffy yelled, everyone looking like they should get popcorn and soda.

"No! I would never want that!"

"Then what did you want?"

"I don't know, I don't know what came over me!"

"Look, I'll save you some petty muttering and go, and you won't follow. Come on Dawn, Spike. Bye Tara, Anya, Xander." Buffy strode out of there like a leader leading a wolf pack and hopped on Spike's motorcycle with Spike and Dawn following. They rode off, not looking back, a worried little witch starring as it drove off.



Scene 9

"Come on Spike, I want you to stay the night." Buffy said, gesturing him off of his motorcycle and into the house.

"I'm going upstairs, school tomorrow. Night!" Dawn called, running up the stairs.

"Night. And you." Buffy looked at Spike and pulled him close. "You owe me something." Spike led Buffy to the couch, kissing her passionately. They dropped down on the sofa, tongues twisting. Dawn walked downstairs halfway, noticing Spike and Buffy and ducked. Spike's face turned into his vampire one and pulled Buffy's neck close greedily and hastily.

"I love you." Spike whispered.

"I love you too." Buffy whispered back. Spike attacked her throat and poured blood through the two holes of her neck for about 15 seconds. Dawn gasped and covered her mouth. He's marking her! Dawn thought, silently and slowly crawled back upstairs. Spike let go of his grip and wiped his lips. Buffy didn't seem hurt or injured, she looked full of heat and desire. They laid down and breathed hard, kissing suspenseful. After another half hour, they turned on the TV and watched Ren and Stimpy. Buffy got up to get a soda and popped it open, gulping down every drop when the door bell rang. She walked over to answer it and opened the door, spitting out her soda on the tall man.

"Riley?!"

TBC