2nd February

Hey Ginny

So I'm sitting here on my window ledge and leaning against the window frame. Soaking up some of this fantastic Californian sun, though rain is good. I would love to see some rain; it hasn't rained here in ages not since last year. I think they give us so much sun because we live on the Hellmouth. They need to make it up to everyone, so BOOM, we have sun. I've come up here to write back to you and too try and escape from Buffy.

This whole day has gone from ok to bad to worse to, 'if I don't get out of this house I'm going to strangle someone'. Thank the Goddess that Spike is coming here just after sun down. Well not here here as in my bedroom, more like him standing outside my bedroom window and leaning against the tree.

Add to this picture, a cigarette hanging from his lip, his trademark black duster and Buffy shooting looks out the kitchen window at him. I think it might be the new shirt he's taken to wearing, something about blue and tight on him, just drives the girls wild.

He's a lot quieter since he got the soul, but he's still a vampire and still a cocky bastard. I'm dreading the day Buffy finds out that the chip's gone. A sort of trade; one electric 'pain in the flaming head', said in an English accent of course, for being 'all bloody well soul having just like the almighty poof'.

The 'poof' as Spike puts it is Angel. Even now he can't talk about him without dropping in a swear word or two or three. But then again I think the only one's he doesn't swear about is Dawn, Giles and amazingly enough me.

Anyway I'll write more when I get back from patrol with Spike. He's shouting at me to get my, and I quote, 'Fluttery little pixie ass down here, before he pokes the Blonde Bint's eyes out'.

And she returns from a fun filled patrol. Well not really more like walking around the graveyards trying to avoid Buffy, because she doesn't think I should be out. "What happens if you use magic again Will" and "You shouldn't be around Spike, he's evil!"  Oh and my personal fave "Why don't you leave this to the professionals"

If I could, I would use magic to give her some brains. Cruel I know but she's treating me like a child, telling me when I should go to bed, what I should eat and who I should be friends with.

Ok enough of the Buffy bashing, as fun as it is I want to know more about what Malfoy is up to. Sounds like he may be up to something but then again I are just suspicious over everyone. I laughed at the whole torrid romance thing. But I think you should try and talk more to Hermione she seems out of the three of them the one most likely to listen and help you.

So you don't have a crush on Harry (And you can hear the disbelief from all the way over the Atlantic)? I've never met the guy, but he sounds like the kind that every girl would have a crush on at some point in her life.

But I think you need a little danger in your life. Not too much though, cause that's bad and it leads to end of the world prophecies and people losing souls and…I'll stop now. Ok no more caffeine for me when I'm witting to you! But really all girls need a little danger in their lives. A kind of bad boy, a rebel, but not one that will hurt you. So I think that leaves Malfoy out, unless you have a crush on him?

So anyway back to the patrol. Very run of the mill. Spike making fun of Buffy, us trying to dodge Buffy and trying not to die.  Not necessarily in that order though. Though Spike did offer to teach me how to fight after I kind of tried to kill a tree with a crossbow. It was a bad tree. It deserved to die!

So now every day at five I've to meet Spike in the training room at the Magic Box for basic fight skills. Goddess that is going to be fun, getting thrown about the Magic Box by Spike instead of a fledgling. Here's hoping I make it through the first lesson!

So I've just finshed rereading your letter and I'm now going to answer your questions. First yeah I'm settling in ok, as well as can be expected. Buffy is just something and Dawn has been…well she's been ok about everything taking it better than I expected.

Giles is good when he's here. He keeps going back and forth between here and England. Xander has been trying to repair things with Anya and they are doing great. They have their fourth or is it fifth...their fifth date tomorrow. Anya says she has nothing to wear so I get to go to the Mall tomorrow, lucky me.

I really do hope they forgive me and eeppp! Dawn just saw the letter and says of course they forgive me. Now she wants to know who I'm writing too, so looks like I'll need to do some fast talking later on.

Thankfully there is no evil brewing yet (don't want to jinx us) but its Sunnydale so there will be some apocalypse on Tuesday. Though shopping with Anya will be enough of a challenge for me. I must have been asleep or unconscious when I agreed to go.

Anyway you keep out of trouble, well try to at least. Give Fred and George a hug for me when you next see them, and tell them I expect some freebies from Weasley's Wizards Wheezies soon. Ask your Mum to send me some of her home baking but only if Errol can make it over the Atlantic of course. Keep yourself safe and remember what I said about talking to Hermione.

I really hope Arella doesn't try to eat Ron's fingers again (please tell him I'm really sorry about that).

Love as always,

Willow