Title: Changes Series (Pt. 4)
Subtitle: The Right Kind of Wrong (part 2)
Author: Faith, Faith_Dru@lycos.com
Disclaimer: It doesn't belong to me! It all belongs to the genius Joss Whedon, I'm just merely borrowing the characters.
Rating: PG maybe PG-13
Summary: Willow just got finished singing and Spike's waiting for her. If I said any more it would spoil things, and then Spike would be upset that no one's reading his story.
Pairing: Duh! Willow/Spike. But there's still a slow connection between the two.
Spoilers: Oz didn't brake up with Willow like in the show. Verruca doesn't exist. Something Blue didn't happen, so no spell was done.
Author's Notes: * Thoughts *, ~ Demon thoughts ~, - actions -
Feedback: PPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I'm done begging. (Make Spike happy and send some feedback.)
"Well pet," he started as he walked up to her "I didn't know that you could sing."
"Nobody does. Well except you." She simply said trying to keep her drumming heart from beating too hard against her chest to the point that it would come out.
"Do you want to dance?" Spike said grinning to himself when he noticed the shocked look on her face.
* Dance? With him? * "Um...." * Go ahead. You know you want to. * "Okay." She said failing to make her drumming heart slow down as she took his hand. * It's a slow dance. Great, just my luck! *
"So where is....."
"Everyone? They are out doing their own thing." She said interrupting him. * He's going to ask about Oz, I know he is. I'm not ready to face things again. It keeps replaying in my mind. * She looked away knowing that if he looked into her eyes he could see the tears starting to form. But it seemed that she couldn't keep her eyes off of him for more than a few minutes.
"Oh, well where's Oz? It isn't a full moon." He asked knowing that he was no longer in Sunnydale. He noticed that she looked up at him when he finished his question. *Come on Red tell me what he did to you to make you hurt so much.*
"Um...he's touring with the band." She replied trying to hold back the tears that were again promising to come. * He's looking at me. Look away! * She found herself unable to look away from the piercing blue eyes that were searching for answers.
"Oh." He replied shortly. * I had hopped that she'd tell me. * ~ You idiot she just did....with her eyes. Look you can see the hurt. ~ "I'm sorry, Red." He said after a moment of silence.
"For what?" She asked innocently, while trying to find out what he knew just by looking into her eyes.
"For what happened. Did Oz leave you?" Spike asked, making Willow stop dancing while his demon was ridiculing him. ~ Good one Stupid! ~ * What do you mean? * ~ Don't you get it? She's hurting that last thing she's going to want to do is talk about it! ~
She backed away before saying, "Thanks for the dance. It's getting late. See you tomorrow." She turned to run but Spike reached for her. She pulled away, and ran out of the Bronze.
He started to chase after her, but was stopped a few feet short because the music had picked up and there were people dancing all around him. *Don't worry pet, ol' Spike here will take care of you.*
^ Later At Willow's House ^
- Click, click, click. Type, type, type. -
[Ding, Dong]
* Oh who could that be? * She asked herself as she left her computer and went to the door. * Oh Goodness, it's Spike. Don't answer the door. *
"Red, I know you're there. C'mon open the door. I just want to say I'm sorry for upsetting you tonight." He said it with feeling hopping that she would hear him. "Red...." He began but stopped when she started to open the door.
"Come in Spike." Was all she said before walking away.
With one quick movement he came inside and closed the door. "What's really wrong?"
"Nothing, really." She said not turning to look at him.
"Did someone hurt you? I saw the look in your eyes. The hurt look when I said...."
"Don't say it. Please don't say his name." She said, again fighting the tears that were gathering up.
~ Good one mister smooth. ~ * Sod off! * ~Forcing her to remember isn't going to make her feel any better. ~
"He....he left me." She said in the tiniest whisper that even someone with vampire hearing had to strain to hear. "He said that he was going to leave town and go on tour with the band. I asked him when he was coming back, and he said he wasn't. That's when he kissed me, said good-bye and walked away without looking back." She croaked out before the tears finally over powered her will to keep them in place.
Spike didn't know what to say, but he reached out to touch her. "Willow....." She turned and fell into his arms. He let her cry in his arms for what seemed to be eternity. When the sobbing started to subside, he led her over to the chair in the family room. When he set her down he tried to begin speaking, but the phone interrupted him.
[Ring!]
"Could you answer that for me?" She said with tears in her voice.
"Sure, luv." He got up and walked to the phone. "'Ello?" He said into the phone.
There was a pause before a voice finally spoke up. "Is Willow there?" A male voice asked.
"Who is calling?" He asked knowing who it wasn't.
"Tell her it is Oz." He said after another long pause.
"She's busy and frankly I don't believe that she wants to talk to you. So bugger off!" He said just before Willow took the phone.
"Wait for me upstairs, I need to talk to him privately." She said calmly.
He started to protest but saw the 'resolve' look and took the loss knowing that Oz was going to hurt her more. "Ok, pet." Spike said as he took the steps two at a time.
"Hello?"
"Willow, hi."
"What do you want, Oz? Upset that you didn't get to see how you destroyed me the other night?" She replied with a light coldness evident in her voice.
"You know I wouldn't purposely hurt you. Besides, I've got to do what's best for the band. I'll come back for you, I prom..."
"Don't make promises that you can't keep!" She said with anger flaring in her voice. "You know what, I have homework to do plus Spike's here so I'm going to let you go. Bye." Before she hung up she heard him say that he loved her and that he'd be back for her. * Yeah right. Now what should I do about Spike? * She wiped the light tears away before venturing up the stairs to the awaiting vampire. She got to her room, and saw that the blonde vampire was sitting on her bed looking at the pictures of her and the rest of the Scooby gang.
"'Ey, pet." He said without looking up at her, knowing how she felt because of the way she was walking.
"He says he loves me." She said flatly, standing in the doorway, unsure how to feel. "He also promises to come back for me after the tour's over."
He looked up at her and simply asked, "Is that what you want?"
"Yes." She said and then with his raised eyebrow she quickly said, "no, I don't know!" She finished and then fell to the floor in tears.
"Luv, you don't have to know. You're confused, and hurt. Don't worry about it. We'll deal with it together, when the time is right." He coolly replied as he sat down next to her pulling her into his arms.
A half an hour later, the crying had stopped and her breathing was shallow. Knowing that she was sleeping he picked her up and put her in bed, turned off the light. He was about to go out the front door when he heard her crying and her calling his name. He bolted up the stairs and through her bedroom door to her bed.
"Luv, shhhh. It's okay, I'm here, and you're just having a bad dream. It's okay." He said trying to calm her down, and when he wasn't having any luck he knew that he wouldn't have time to get back to the crypt, so he pulled her shades down and climbed into bed holding on to her. The crying slowly stopped as she realized he was there with her. She rolled over and slept in his arms peacefully the rest of the night.
- Next Morning -
[Ring!]
"'Ello?" Willow asked with a sleepy voice.
"Will, where are you? Giles is having a fit that you're not here to do research." Buffy asked with a little concern in her voice.
"Huh? Oh my! I've over slept! Give me 20 minutes and I'll meet you at...."
"Giles' house." Buffy finished for her. "Okay, I'll see you I a few. Bye."
"Bye." Willow said before hanging up. She turned over and squealed as she noticed the sleeping yet not so sleeping vampire. Just before she freaked out she noticed that she was still dressed. She quickly and as quietly as she could get up out of bed without waking the vampire that was still sleeping in her bed. She pulled an outfit from the closet and underwear out of the dresser and headed to the bathroom.
Spike had heard the phone ring but he had fully woken up after Willow got out of bed. He then got up and headed downstairs to make her breakfast. He heard her open the bathroom door and he called to her, "Will, come get some breakfast before you go to Giles'."
She came down the stairs in a stunning forest green tank top and a pair of black jeans and to top it off she wore a pair of green platform sandals. The sight would have taken his breath away, if he had breath that is.
"What are you making?" She asked before she was all the way down the stairs.
"Uh, I thought maybe eggs, bacon and toast. Is that alright with you?" She nodded and he continued, "How do you want your eggs?"
"Scrambled." She replied, noting that the windows in the family room were exposing a lot of sunlight. She walked over to the window and shut the blinds and made sure that he could freely walk through the house.
"Ok. Breakfast will be ready in a few minutes. Did you want anything else, pet?"
"No thank you." She said walking to the counter and continued, "Spike what happened last night?"
"You mean you don't remember?" He asked turning to face her. Seeing the worry look on her face he said, "nothing pet."
"I remember inviting you in. I remember crying and then the phone ringing. I remember talking to Oz, and what we talked about and going upstairs and after that everything else is a blur." She said looking from him to the counter as she spoke.
"After you came upstairs from talking to Oz, you fell apart. You fell asleep crying in my arms and I put you to bed. I started to leave but stopped when you started to cry and call my name. You finally settled in but it was after I realized that it was late for me to go back to my crypt so I stayed here with you. You stayed asleep until the phone this morning." He said putting everything on the plate and put it in front of her so that she could eat.
[Ding, Dong!]
"Who could that be?" Willow asked before taking a bite before answering the door.
"It's Buffy. I'll wait upstairs. She won't like it that I'm here and I don't fancy being staked." When he finished he was half way up the stairs.
When Spike was out of sight she opened the door. "Hello." She said.
"Wills, I got worried about you. You weren't at Giles', and you've been a different person since Oz went on tour. What's wrong?" Buffy asked still standing in the doorway.
"Nothing, I guess I just miss Oz." She said simply. "You ready to head to Giles'?" She asked putting away the dishes and quickly wrote Spike a note before leaving for Giles'.
^At Giles'^
"So what are we researching?" Willow asked when she walked in to Giles' house and sat down at the computer.
"We're researching to find out if there have been any other cases of vampire gang violence." Giles said while cleaning his glasses and then replaced them.
^A Lot Later^
"There is no mentioning of vampire gang violence. There was a vampire protest a few months back, where they were trying to promote peace." Willow read from the website that she'd found.
"Really? Buffy are you sure they attacked you?" Giles' questioned the slayer.
"Giles of course they attacked me they're vampires." Buffy said with her usual Buffy tone.
Logging on to her e-mail Willow wanted to see if Angel knew anything about the gang violence.
To: "Angel"
From: "Willow"
Subject: Got a question
Angel,
There have been some unusual occurrences here in Sunnydale. Duh! Apparently Buffy was patrolling and was 'attacked' by a group by the name of 'Fearless Warriors'. I've looked them up and they seem to be a peaceful gang of vampires. Can you give me some in sight? W/B!
Willow
"But Buffy, these vampires are peaceful vampires are you sure they weren't trying to prevent you from being so violent?" Willow said looking away from the computer screen still puzzled about the slayer's story *not that I don't believe her but she hasn't always been truthful with everything.*.
"Will, they're vampires, they can't be peaceful." Xander replied, speaking for the first time since they got there.
^Still Later^
Out on nowhere an important memo popped up on to the screen. It said, ~Will, you might want to come home. There's something you've got to see and there's a message on the phone. Spike~
"Uh, guys I've got to go. My parents are due home and if I'm not there to clean up they'll kick me out of the house." She deleted the memo and ran out the door.
Subtitle: The Right Kind of Wrong (part 2)
Author: Faith, Faith_Dru@lycos.com
Disclaimer: It doesn't belong to me! It all belongs to the genius Joss Whedon, I'm just merely borrowing the characters.
Rating: PG maybe PG-13
Summary: Willow just got finished singing and Spike's waiting for her. If I said any more it would spoil things, and then Spike would be upset that no one's reading his story.
Pairing: Duh! Willow/Spike. But there's still a slow connection between the two.
Spoilers: Oz didn't brake up with Willow like in the show. Verruca doesn't exist. Something Blue didn't happen, so no spell was done.
Author's Notes: * Thoughts *, ~ Demon thoughts ~, - actions -
Feedback: PPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, I'm done begging. (Make Spike happy and send some feedback.)
"Well pet," he started as he walked up to her "I didn't know that you could sing."
"Nobody does. Well except you." She simply said trying to keep her drumming heart from beating too hard against her chest to the point that it would come out.
"Do you want to dance?" Spike said grinning to himself when he noticed the shocked look on her face.
* Dance? With him? * "Um...." * Go ahead. You know you want to. * "Okay." She said failing to make her drumming heart slow down as she took his hand. * It's a slow dance. Great, just my luck! *
"So where is....."
"Everyone? They are out doing their own thing." She said interrupting him. * He's going to ask about Oz, I know he is. I'm not ready to face things again. It keeps replaying in my mind. * She looked away knowing that if he looked into her eyes he could see the tears starting to form. But it seemed that she couldn't keep her eyes off of him for more than a few minutes.
"Oh, well where's Oz? It isn't a full moon." He asked knowing that he was no longer in Sunnydale. He noticed that she looked up at him when he finished his question. *Come on Red tell me what he did to you to make you hurt so much.*
"Um...he's touring with the band." She replied trying to hold back the tears that were again promising to come. * He's looking at me. Look away! * She found herself unable to look away from the piercing blue eyes that were searching for answers.
"Oh." He replied shortly. * I had hopped that she'd tell me. * ~ You idiot she just did....with her eyes. Look you can see the hurt. ~ "I'm sorry, Red." He said after a moment of silence.
"For what?" She asked innocently, while trying to find out what he knew just by looking into her eyes.
"For what happened. Did Oz leave you?" Spike asked, making Willow stop dancing while his demon was ridiculing him. ~ Good one Stupid! ~ * What do you mean? * ~ Don't you get it? She's hurting that last thing she's going to want to do is talk about it! ~
She backed away before saying, "Thanks for the dance. It's getting late. See you tomorrow." She turned to run but Spike reached for her. She pulled away, and ran out of the Bronze.
He started to chase after her, but was stopped a few feet short because the music had picked up and there were people dancing all around him. *Don't worry pet, ol' Spike here will take care of you.*
^ Later At Willow's House ^
- Click, click, click. Type, type, type. -
[Ding, Dong]
* Oh who could that be? * She asked herself as she left her computer and went to the door. * Oh Goodness, it's Spike. Don't answer the door. *
"Red, I know you're there. C'mon open the door. I just want to say I'm sorry for upsetting you tonight." He said it with feeling hopping that she would hear him. "Red...." He began but stopped when she started to open the door.
"Come in Spike." Was all she said before walking away.
With one quick movement he came inside and closed the door. "What's really wrong?"
"Nothing, really." She said not turning to look at him.
"Did someone hurt you? I saw the look in your eyes. The hurt look when I said...."
"Don't say it. Please don't say his name." She said, again fighting the tears that were gathering up.
~ Good one mister smooth. ~ * Sod off! * ~Forcing her to remember isn't going to make her feel any better. ~
"He....he left me." She said in the tiniest whisper that even someone with vampire hearing had to strain to hear. "He said that he was going to leave town and go on tour with the band. I asked him when he was coming back, and he said he wasn't. That's when he kissed me, said good-bye and walked away without looking back." She croaked out before the tears finally over powered her will to keep them in place.
Spike didn't know what to say, but he reached out to touch her. "Willow....." She turned and fell into his arms. He let her cry in his arms for what seemed to be eternity. When the sobbing started to subside, he led her over to the chair in the family room. When he set her down he tried to begin speaking, but the phone interrupted him.
[Ring!]
"Could you answer that for me?" She said with tears in her voice.
"Sure, luv." He got up and walked to the phone. "'Ello?" He said into the phone.
There was a pause before a voice finally spoke up. "Is Willow there?" A male voice asked.
"Who is calling?" He asked knowing who it wasn't.
"Tell her it is Oz." He said after another long pause.
"She's busy and frankly I don't believe that she wants to talk to you. So bugger off!" He said just before Willow took the phone.
"Wait for me upstairs, I need to talk to him privately." She said calmly.
He started to protest but saw the 'resolve' look and took the loss knowing that Oz was going to hurt her more. "Ok, pet." Spike said as he took the steps two at a time.
"Hello?"
"Willow, hi."
"What do you want, Oz? Upset that you didn't get to see how you destroyed me the other night?" She replied with a light coldness evident in her voice.
"You know I wouldn't purposely hurt you. Besides, I've got to do what's best for the band. I'll come back for you, I prom..."
"Don't make promises that you can't keep!" She said with anger flaring in her voice. "You know what, I have homework to do plus Spike's here so I'm going to let you go. Bye." Before she hung up she heard him say that he loved her and that he'd be back for her. * Yeah right. Now what should I do about Spike? * She wiped the light tears away before venturing up the stairs to the awaiting vampire. She got to her room, and saw that the blonde vampire was sitting on her bed looking at the pictures of her and the rest of the Scooby gang.
"'Ey, pet." He said without looking up at her, knowing how she felt because of the way she was walking.
"He says he loves me." She said flatly, standing in the doorway, unsure how to feel. "He also promises to come back for me after the tour's over."
He looked up at her and simply asked, "Is that what you want?"
"Yes." She said and then with his raised eyebrow she quickly said, "no, I don't know!" She finished and then fell to the floor in tears.
"Luv, you don't have to know. You're confused, and hurt. Don't worry about it. We'll deal with it together, when the time is right." He coolly replied as he sat down next to her pulling her into his arms.
A half an hour later, the crying had stopped and her breathing was shallow. Knowing that she was sleeping he picked her up and put her in bed, turned off the light. He was about to go out the front door when he heard her crying and her calling his name. He bolted up the stairs and through her bedroom door to her bed.
"Luv, shhhh. It's okay, I'm here, and you're just having a bad dream. It's okay." He said trying to calm her down, and when he wasn't having any luck he knew that he wouldn't have time to get back to the crypt, so he pulled her shades down and climbed into bed holding on to her. The crying slowly stopped as she realized he was there with her. She rolled over and slept in his arms peacefully the rest of the night.
- Next Morning -
[Ring!]
"'Ello?" Willow asked with a sleepy voice.
"Will, where are you? Giles is having a fit that you're not here to do research." Buffy asked with a little concern in her voice.
"Huh? Oh my! I've over slept! Give me 20 minutes and I'll meet you at...."
"Giles' house." Buffy finished for her. "Okay, I'll see you I a few. Bye."
"Bye." Willow said before hanging up. She turned over and squealed as she noticed the sleeping yet not so sleeping vampire. Just before she freaked out she noticed that she was still dressed. She quickly and as quietly as she could get up out of bed without waking the vampire that was still sleeping in her bed. She pulled an outfit from the closet and underwear out of the dresser and headed to the bathroom.
Spike had heard the phone ring but he had fully woken up after Willow got out of bed. He then got up and headed downstairs to make her breakfast. He heard her open the bathroom door and he called to her, "Will, come get some breakfast before you go to Giles'."
She came down the stairs in a stunning forest green tank top and a pair of black jeans and to top it off she wore a pair of green platform sandals. The sight would have taken his breath away, if he had breath that is.
"What are you making?" She asked before she was all the way down the stairs.
"Uh, I thought maybe eggs, bacon and toast. Is that alright with you?" She nodded and he continued, "How do you want your eggs?"
"Scrambled." She replied, noting that the windows in the family room were exposing a lot of sunlight. She walked over to the window and shut the blinds and made sure that he could freely walk through the house.
"Ok. Breakfast will be ready in a few minutes. Did you want anything else, pet?"
"No thank you." She said walking to the counter and continued, "Spike what happened last night?"
"You mean you don't remember?" He asked turning to face her. Seeing the worry look on her face he said, "nothing pet."
"I remember inviting you in. I remember crying and then the phone ringing. I remember talking to Oz, and what we talked about and going upstairs and after that everything else is a blur." She said looking from him to the counter as she spoke.
"After you came upstairs from talking to Oz, you fell apart. You fell asleep crying in my arms and I put you to bed. I started to leave but stopped when you started to cry and call my name. You finally settled in but it was after I realized that it was late for me to go back to my crypt so I stayed here with you. You stayed asleep until the phone this morning." He said putting everything on the plate and put it in front of her so that she could eat.
[Ding, Dong!]
"Who could that be?" Willow asked before taking a bite before answering the door.
"It's Buffy. I'll wait upstairs. She won't like it that I'm here and I don't fancy being staked." When he finished he was half way up the stairs.
When Spike was out of sight she opened the door. "Hello." She said.
"Wills, I got worried about you. You weren't at Giles', and you've been a different person since Oz went on tour. What's wrong?" Buffy asked still standing in the doorway.
"Nothing, I guess I just miss Oz." She said simply. "You ready to head to Giles'?" She asked putting away the dishes and quickly wrote Spike a note before leaving for Giles'.
^At Giles'^
"So what are we researching?" Willow asked when she walked in to Giles' house and sat down at the computer.
"We're researching to find out if there have been any other cases of vampire gang violence." Giles said while cleaning his glasses and then replaced them.
^A Lot Later^
"There is no mentioning of vampire gang violence. There was a vampire protest a few months back, where they were trying to promote peace." Willow read from the website that she'd found.
"Really? Buffy are you sure they attacked you?" Giles' questioned the slayer.
"Giles of course they attacked me they're vampires." Buffy said with her usual Buffy tone.
Logging on to her e-mail Willow wanted to see if Angel knew anything about the gang violence.
To: "Angel"
From: "Willow"
Subject: Got a question
Angel,
There have been some unusual occurrences here in Sunnydale. Duh! Apparently Buffy was patrolling and was 'attacked' by a group by the name of 'Fearless Warriors'. I've looked them up and they seem to be a peaceful gang of vampires. Can you give me some in sight? W/B!
Willow
"But Buffy, these vampires are peaceful vampires are you sure they weren't trying to prevent you from being so violent?" Willow said looking away from the computer screen still puzzled about the slayer's story *not that I don't believe her but she hasn't always been truthful with everything.*.
"Will, they're vampires, they can't be peaceful." Xander replied, speaking for the first time since they got there.
^Still Later^
Out on nowhere an important memo popped up on to the screen. It said, ~Will, you might want to come home. There's something you've got to see and there's a message on the phone. Spike~
"Uh, guys I've got to go. My parents are due home and if I'm not there to clean up they'll kick me out of the house." She deleted the memo and ran out the door.