^ At Willow's House ^
Title: Changes Series
Subtitle: Changes
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 at Giles' house and rushed home to Spike. Anything else and 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.)



"Spike what's wrong?" She said opening the door into the house. She found a note that said - Check the machine, Spike -.

Message: "Willow, hi it's your mother. Your father has taken ill so we will not be home like we planned, so right now we're on our way to Seattle to get him medical attention. We'll call when we know more about your father. Take care hunny, and you have the number to reach us if you need to. Be good, bye."

* Be good. What am I a third grader? * "Spike were are you?" She asked getting a little worried about the blond vampire. She went upstairs and to her room only to find Oz one her bed and Spike tied to her computer chair. "What's going on here? Why is Spike tied up? What are you doing here?" She asked getting a bit upset that Oz was here.

"What, no 'hello'?" When she nodded 'no' he continued, "well when I got here to see you, but who was here Spike. Where were you?"

"That's none of your business. In case you forgot you left me. You gave up everything that we had to go on tour." She said bluntly.

"So you start hanging out with a vampire? Is that how you were moving on?" He spoke with hurt and anger evident in his voice.

"Oz, no it's not like that Spike has just been a really good friend."

[Ding Dong!]

"Besides, I can't talk about this right now. Untie Spike and we'll talk about this later." She said putting her resolve face on. When Oz nodded she turned and went downstairs.

"Devon?" She said after opening the door. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to pick you and Oz up." He said like he didn't want to be there.

"I told you I'd be back for you." Oz said coming down the stairs with Spike behind him.

"I can't go with you Oz. I have things that I need to do here." She finished before the phone rang. "Spike could you answer that for me while I talk to Oz and Devon." She asked and smiled when he nodded and walked into the next room.

"What do you want?" Spike said after a few moments after he picked up the phone. "Red's fine, Shluffy. She's talking to Oz and Devon right now, can I take a message? Why would I hurt her?" After a minute or two of that Willow walked around the corner. "Red tell her that I haven't hurt you."

The way he said it made it seem that he was whinnying, which caused her to laugh to herself. "Hi Buffy. I'm okay, Spike has just stopped by and has been a total friend to me. He seems hurt, what did you say to him?" She said almost like her old self. "Buffy hold on." She said putting her hand on the receiver, but continued talking to Spike, "Spike could you see our guests out of the house. Thank you. Okay I'm back." She said putting the phone back on to her ear to listen to what her friend had to say.

"Uh, Red you might want to come here for a sec." Spike said coming towards her.

"Buffy, could you hold on again, I think there's someone at the door that needs to talk to me. Thanks, I'll be right back." She said putting the phone down on the counter. "Who is it, Spike...Angel, what are you doing here?" She said stopping in her tracks.

"I got your e-mail, and I got here as fast as I could." Angel said. But noticing that Spike was inside the house and he wasn't really bothered him. "Willow, um can I come in?"

"Oh, duh. Sorry Angel, come in. You didn't have to rush all the way here just to respond to my e-mail...you could always reply. It's faster and you save gas." She said smiling for the first time in the last 36 or so hours. But it quickly faded when she realized that Buffy was still on the phone. "Could you guys excuse me for a second." When they nodded she walked around the corner to the phone that Buffy was waiting on. "Buffy, I'm going to have to let you go. I've got more guests and their threatening to stay longer than a few minutes. I'll call you later. Okay, bye." *Okay now that that's over I've got one more thing to deal with and then I'm done for the day.*

"Willow, I'm really sorry to just drop in like this. But I've got information about the vampire gang that you were talking about." Angel said when she walked in the family room. "Although, if you don't mind my asking why is Spike here?"

Before she answered his question, she saw a little pain in his eyes. "He's here because I want him here. And before you ask about Oz, there is no Oz in my life anymore, and Spike's being a good observant friend. Now lets talk about this gang." She said quickly changing subjects, after getting a encouraging look from Spike. "Everything that I've found on the gang has said that they are a peaceful group."

"Wait are you talking about the 'Fearless Warriors'?" Spike asked nearly jumping out of his seat.

"Yes, what do you know about them?" Willow asked a little surprised that he knew what they were talking about. *I should have known that he would know a little about the group. Why didn't I think of him? Because he's still new in your life.*

"Why don't you go first Peaches." Spike said sliding back into the chair that he was sitting in.

"Okay, first thing that I can remember of the 'Fearless Warriors' was that they are serious about violence, but their way of doing things brings violence, no matter how you look at it. They feel that because they're vampires that they can control how much violence there is in the world...but they way they take care of things it's like the old saying "it's my way or the highway". Did I cover it all, Blondie?" Angel finished, getting a glare out of Spike, knowing that Spike didn't like to be made fun of because his hair color.

"I think that you got it all, Soulboy." Spike retorted.

"All right you guys stop acting like you're three...I wont have it in my...oh my." Willow suddenly stopped looking out of the window. "Um, Angel, Spike you might want to go upstairs and fast." She said standing up from the chair beside the couch of which Angel was sitting on.

"Why, Willow." Angel asked but then caught on by saying, "Oh Buffy. I'll meet you upstairs." Angel said quickly getting up from his seat and heading for the stairs.

Spike quickly chimed in, "I'm going with Peaches. I don't want to see Schluffy." He and Angel were laughing all the way to Willow's room, but stopped when they heard the doorbell.

"Buffy, hi. What's up?" Willow said trying not to show that she had two very nice looking vampires up in her room, let alone her house. *Yeah, Buffy would just love that wouldn't she. To find her ex-lover in her best friends house...that's going to score major points.*

"Willow, I'm sorry to be dropping by so unexpectedly but you did hang the phone up without telling me who your guest were that seem to have disappeared. Why was Spike here, really?" She asked looking around the house with her eyes.

"Oh, he just stopped by wondering how I was. You know being a friend just like I told you earlier on the phone. My guest have left to go eat and I was just on my way out to meet them at the restaurant. Hope you don't mind. I will call you later when I get home." Willow said hoping that she didn't sense the two vampires upstairs.

"Willow we never talk anymore. What's happened to us?" Buffy asked half wondering why she's still on the porch and what she's hiding in the house.

"We've both been really busy lately. We've got classes, and you've got patrolling..and well I've had a serious relationship with Oz." Willow said with mostly truth and a little pain *what she doesn't know about Spike or Oz wont hurt her or Spike.*

"I know but when have we ever let school or patrolling or even a serious relationship affect us?" Buffy asked still wondering why she was still on the porch. "Can I come in?" She finally asked.

"Hey Red? Where is the toilet paper for the bathroom, it's not under the sink like I thought it would be." Called a familiar British accent that didn't belong to Giles.

"Spike! Why is he still here if you've got company?" Buffy asked getting a little mad that her best friend had hide him all this time from her. *Well you are the slayer, why didn't you sense him?* that was a serious question she had to ask herself but she couldn't find an answer to it.

"Well, he's actually part of my company. I found out more about the vampire gang." Willow said hoping to change subjects. "It seems that they're like 'it's my way or the highway' kind of vampires. It also seems that they think they can control violence, but instead of preventing it they produce it." Willow said as Spike came down the stairs.

"Let me guess, he told you all that." Buffy asked feeling a familiar presence, which she though was just her because it went away as quickly as it came.

"Yeah, surprised?" Spike said, then turning to Willow, "We'd better get going. You're family's going to wonder what kept us."

"What? He's met your family? I don't understand." Buffy said getting upset and reaching for the stake she carries around with her. "Someone better start explaining, and soon or a curtain blond vamp will be dust."

"Buffy, no. It's what I've already told you. Spike's been a good friend to me, he was here when my family members came over. They like him, which is new 'cause they don't like hardly anyone. They invited us to go and eat with them." Willow said hoping that Buffy would understand.

"What about Oz? I saw his van, I thought you said that he went on tour." Buffy asked not noticing that she was still outside, it didn't matter anymore.

"He did go on tour. He just forgot something so he came by to pick it up." Spike said, getting a thankful look from Willow but an annoyed one from Buffy.

"Spike and I would love to continue to talking to you Buffy, but my family's waiting for us." Turning away from Buffy she continued talking to Spike, "are you ready to go?"

"Sure I am, pet." Spike said walking past Buffy who was still carrying her stake. "Nice talking to you, Sc.."

"Spike." Was all Willow said for his warning about the name calling thing. "I'll call you later Buffy okay?" She said locking her door.

"Fine, have fun. I'm going on patrol." Buffy said simply before walking away.

When she was completely out of sight Willow asked, "Where's Angel?"

"He went through your window, cause I told him what I was going to do. He knew once she knew I was there she'd try her slayer senses thing. So he climbed out the window just as she sensed him, which made her think she was 'sensing' things." He finished, but suddenly said "Hey Peaches."

"Willow, Spike. Are you alright?" He asked seeing Willow's face.

"I really wish people would stop asking me that. I'm fine, it's just I've got to get used to Oz not being here for me." She finished looking up from the ground and saw Angel's look and asked, "What?"

"Nothing it's just that's what Cordy says after every vision. Are you channeling Cordy?" He asked laughing.

"I've never seen you do that." She looked from Angel to Spike and back to Angel. "It's nice, but way different and weird."

"Willow!?!" A familiar voice called to her after the three of them started walking. "Willow?!?" It called again but this time she turned to find Riley running towards her.

"Riley? What's up?" She said when he got closer to her.

"What are you doing with these two characters?" He asked bending towards her so that only she could hear him.

"What do you mean?" She asked innocently.

"You know what I mean. They're vampires." He said grabbing her arm and slightly pulling her away from them.

"I know what they are Riley. They're my friends. Plus they don't bite, hard." She said giggling at his look. "Come here and meet them." She said walking back towards her vampires.

"I'd better not, Buffy would kill me for letting you hang out with vampires." Riley said standing in the same place.

She stopped and walked back towards him and asked, "what do you mean by that?" Anger flaring in waves towards him.

"Red..." Spike started but stopped when he saw the look she was giving him.

"I didn't mean anything by it, really. I just...she worries about you, Willow. We all do. None of us would ever want anything to happen to you." He said trying to make her understand where he was coming from.

"Uh oh!" Spike quietly to Angel.

"Oh really." She replied coolly, when he nodded she continued, "ok then where was she when Oz left me? Where was she when I started magic? Where was she when I was almost bitten by TWO vampires? Where was she when I found out about Xander and Cordelia?" She finished, suddenly feeling tired she fainted. She would have fallen and hit the ground except for the two vampires behind her.

"Willow?" Spike called. "Wake up, luv." He said sweeping her into his arms. Sensing that her heart beat was slowing Spike and Angel took off towards the hospital.

^At the Hospital^

"Somebody help!" Angel called with Spike holding Willow on his heals.

"What happened?" The doctor on duty asked.

"She fainted and her heartbeat started to slow." Angel said while Spike put her down on the table.

"Ok, Nurse Baker check her heartbeat. Any history of drugs?" With them both nodding 'no' he continued, "Any history of high blood pressure?" He noticed that the blond was pacing back and forth and told them that they'd let them know how she was doing.

^Later^

"Where are her parents?" The doctor said coming into the waiting room towards the vampires.

"They're on their way to Seattle. They called earlier to say that Mr. Rosenburg had fallen ill and that they were on their way to receive medical help." The blond vampire said. "What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry I'm only aloud to talk to family members." The doctor said.

"I'm her older brother, this is her boyfriend," he said pointing to the blond vampire, "I had just come to town to see her, and was taking her to dinner when she fainted."

"Oh in that case I'm Doctor Bartel. She's got major head trauma. Was she upset before she fainted?" He asked.

"I'm Angelus, and this is William. Well one of her friends came by and started ragging on her, and yes she was upset." Angel spoke shaking the doctor's hand and noticed that Spike had done the same thing.

"That can't be good. I'll have to run some more tests before I'm sure what's going on." Doctor Bartel said turning to walk away but was stopped by a light hand on his shoulder.

"Can we see, Red...I mean Willow?" Spike asked uncertainly.

"Sure, she's in room 214." With that said he walked out of the waiting room followed by the boys. "Wait a minute. What are you doing here?" He asked questioning the blonde and her boyfriend.

"Riley said that Willow fainted. Angel? What are you doing here?" She asked wondering what was going on.

"She's fine, and I'm here because Willow needs friends that will notice when she's down. Also, since you're so rapped up in your own life you can just turn around and walk out of here. You're not wanted." Having said that Angel walked passed her followed by Spike.

"Grow a pair?" Spike asked grinning to himself.

"Well you know it's all her fault that Willow's in here. She needed someone to tell her off. Plus I'm not in her life anymore so I don't feel guilty saying stuff that I mean." Angel said as he turned the corner.

"Channeling Angelus isn't good, Angel. But I like it." Spike said smiling at his sire.

TBC