Part 8
Buffy entered her room silently so she wouldn't wake her mother. Maybe if she were lucky she would escape the lecture. She quickly changes into her tank top and shorts and slipped into bed. Silently thanking her Slayer sight she hadn't turned on any lights to alert her mother she missed curfew.
The radio blasted waking Buffy from her first peaceful sleep in a long while. Mumbling she hit the alarm. As she hit the alarm her arm knocked off an envelope from her nightstand.
With a confused look she bent down to pick it up. It's blank on the outside. Carefully opening it she sees a folded piece of paper. A penciled sketch of Joyce sleeping is slowly revealed.
"MOM!"
Buffy quickly runs to Joyce's room and finds it empty. She is yelling for her mother as she frantically searches the house. Running down the stairs and into the kitchen she sees a note on the refrigerator.
'Buffy, I'm meeting a client first thing in the morning so had to leave early. I don't know how long the meeting will last so I might be home late.'
Buffy heaved a sigh of relief. At least her mom was safe for now. The panic begins to build again when she realizes that Angel still has access to the house and to her mother. God, how had her life gotten so bad? She needed to talk to Giles.
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Buffy paces the library while Giles looks at the picture of Joyce.
"He still has access to my home, Giles. I can't always be there to protect my mother. Isn't there some kind of uninvite spell you can do?"
"Possibly, I'll look into it. You know he is only doing this to throw you off your game? In the mean time you need to keep your guard up, Willow has all the memories of when she was human. I'm sure Angelus is exploiting that fact."
"Oh god, Giles. My mom has no clue that Willow's a vampire. I have to tell her something. What if she invites her into the house? You HAVE to find an uninvite spell and fast."
"You mustn't tell your mother the truth. It is imperative that you keep a calm head through all of this. You cannot give into your emotions, he'll exploit them."
"Angel once told me that when he was obsessed with Druscilla the first thing he did was kill her family. I have to tell my mother something."
"I'll ask Jenny. Maybe she knows of a spell that could help."
Buffy cringes at the idea of Jenny helping but she's desperate and willing to try anything.
Giles stands outside Jenny's classroom waiting for all the kids to leave.
Jenny notices Rupert standing patiently by the doorway. Curious as to why he would seek her out she motions him in when the last student leaves.
"Rupert. How are you?"
"Not so good actually. Angelus has stepped up his campaign."
"Willow?"
"Why do you ask that?"
Jenny just looks at him. "She's missing and the last time I talked to you, you believed a vampire named Spike had her."
Giles sadly nods his head, "Yes, Angelus turned her. She's his childe."
Jenny's legs give out and she sits down. God, how could her relatives be so stupid as to put that clause in. Revenge is one thing but to release that monster on unsuspecting innocents was another. Jenny hung her head in grief as she thought about the innocent, smart and beautiful young girl whose body is now inhabited by a demon.
"I'm working on a computer program that hopefully will translate the ancient Romany text. I don't know if or when it'll work but I thought you'd want to know."
"Thank you. I also have a favor."
"Sure, anything I can do to help."
"Angel's been in Buffy's house. I was hoping you might know of a spell to keep him out of the house."
Jenny reaches down and hands Rupert an old leather bound book, "Here this might help."
Giles leafs through it, "Thank you for the book." He turns to leave.
"I'm sorry. I know you must hate me right now. I didn't come here to hurt anyone, I didn't know what would happen. How is Buffy?"
"About like you'd expect. Her boyfriend is mentally terrorizing her and she feels guilty that her best friend was killed and turned because of her. Now it seems that Angel is targeting her mother."
"Oh god. Rupert I swear I had no idea about the clause. I would have told you or at the very least Buffy when I saw how close she and Angel were becoming. I just want so badly to be right with you."
Giles gives her a sad smile, "Yes, well I'm not the one you need to apologize to. Thanks again for the book."
Jenny sadly watches him leave. Making up her mind to go to the magick shop her uncle told her about first thing in the morning, Jenny picks up her purse.
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Willow hadn't used her magick since she was turned and she was curious as to the extent of her magick as a vampire. She set the bowl filled with water down and lights the candles.
"You need to get skyclad for this, Red?" Spike waggled his eyebrows at her.
Willow rolled her eyes. "Not for something as simple as scrying."
"How about as a favor to me?"
"Is that all you think about?"
"What can I say, watching you do magick makes me horny."
Angelus leans down to whisper at Spike, "Look but don't touch. I thought you learned your lesson, William. You must have my permission first."
Proving his point of who Willow belonged to, Angelus stands behind her. He leans down and kisses her neck. Willow leans her head back to give him better access and she wiggles back into him.
Never leaving her neck but raising his eyes so he could see Spike, Angelus moves his hands to cup her breasts. Willow moans and arches into his touch.
Spike was determined not to give Angelus the satisfaction of seeing how much he wanted Willow. He would not fight Angelus for Willow's affections like they had for Dru. A hundred years was long enough to spend trying to one-up each other.
Angel saw the affected disinterested look on Spike's face but glancing down to the bulge in his pants gave away how much his actions were affecting Spike. Angel smirked; Spike was finally acting like the Master Vampire he was.
Turning Willow in his embrace he whispered, "Experiment with your scrying and then we can invite Spike to join us."
Willow rocked her hips into his, "Mmmm, can't wait."
Angel nipped at her lower lip and then went to sit next to Spike. Reaching a hand over he caressed him through his denims, "When this is over you have my permission."
Spike closed his eyes at the feel of Angelus' expert hand. Through lust filled eyes he turns his attention to Angel, "Just like in Europe?"
Angelus knows what Spike is asking. He thinks back to the times with Spike when they shared women. Dru and Darla had gone to be with the Master and he and Spike loved and killed their way through Europe.
"Like Europe. Just the three of us. When we defeat the Slayer we'll rule Sunnyhell like we did Europe in the summer of '86."
Willow smiled as she watched Angel reassure Spike. Saying a small spell she waves her arm over the bowl. Willow yells at the scene that is in the bowl.
Angel and Spike quickly move to her side when they hear Willow yell.
"What's wrong? What do you see?"
With panicked eyes Willow answers Angel, "Miss Calendar. She's seeking an old power to destroy our home."
Angel looks into the bowl and sees Jenny Calendar in a magic shop getting an Orb.
Spike sing songs "Someone's been naughty."
