Letter 3
It had been two weeks since she'd heard from Spike, maybe he hadn't got her letter, or he had and he no longer wanted to speak to her. Great, she even scared guys away by mail. Her parents had finally come home a week ago, they were full of new theories on child rearing- like they'd know what to do with a real child. So Willow had spent most of this week holed up in her room, especially after the terrible week she had had. She looked down to the room's latest addition and grimaced.
There was a knock at the door and Willow cautiously called out to enter. It was her mother.
"Willow?" Sheila looked a little more uneasy than usual at talking to her daughter
"Yeah Mom?"
"This letter just arrived addressed to a Red?"
Willow grinned "That's me!" she jumped up and grabbed the letter "He wrote back!"
"Who did?" her mother asked haughtily "Addressing it to Red, what type of person does that?"
Having had enough of her mothers' attitude these past few days, she said the thing she knew would get rid of her mother "The Prince of Night with his black naughty evil."
Sheila flushed and then affected a disinterested air that Willow had seen Joyce do when she was repressing
"Really Willow. Your Father and I are leaving on a lecture tour tomorrow. We are going to Washington then on somewhere else. I've written the itinerary down in case you need to contact us." She smiled what she felt was a motherly smile and kissed her daughter on the head "Goodnight."
"Yeah bye." Willow replied sadly and flopped down onto the bed. So her parents were off again? Oh well considering this week it was probably for the best. She opened the letter.
Red
It's taken me a while to reply but I haven't forgotten ya. I was working my way through Mexico, actually I was drinking my way through Mexico but the results were the same. I'm in Guatemala, staying in this truly dismal hovel that a fungus demon would shudder to sleep in and I'm too hung over to do anything than hang off the bed (for "bed" read "mattress that has some truly suspicious stains on") and write, if the writing is kind of slanted or difficult to read its due to too much tequila. The next place I'll be staying at is in Nicaragua; I decide to choose a better named place so I'm staying in the Legends Hotel after all Vampires is but a legend right? The address is below. There was something I wanted to yell at you for but I'm damned if I can remember what it is and your last letter is in my duster which is all the way over there and I cant go get it, coz that would mean getting up and I don't want to do that. Actually I don't think I can unless I want to be sick. Not sure if you want to hear about that pet. So how are you then? All right with my favourite Witch? If that girl is giving you the creeps avoid her, always trust your instincts. They keep you alive…or less dead in my case. The new Slayer doesn't like Angelus? Good at least one of them has brains. I think I remember her, the one who dressed like a- wait I remember what it was I wanted to yell at you for. You were berate disparag putting yourself down I remember what you look like pet. Gorgeous fiery hair that smelled fantastic and was so damn soft and beautiful pale skin that was flawless just begging for my bite. You were wearing a fuzzy number with lilac underneath and I could see your curves. You are beautiful, love. I was drunk (still am) and I still recall it all, I should have turned you and kept you and- it's possible I'm creeping you out now. So I'll stop my drunken rambling and just say don't put yourself down love, you are a million times better than all of those losers in Sunnydale.
Spike
Any chance you could send me a hangover cure?
Willow smiled a watery smile at Spike's last words, he thought she was beautiful and he wished he had turned her. That was the Vampire equivalent of "if I wasn't married" and it was just what she needed, that and a rant.
Dear Spike
You want to know how I am. Really honestly and truly? This has been the worst week of my life. First my parents drop by unannounced and tell me that they were disappointed with my last test results (I got all A's and one A-, because the night before we were up all night battling evil), then Buffy's mom goes on patrol with her and finds some dead kids with Wicca symbols drawn on them . She gets the whole town riled up and on a crusade to put a stop to all supernatural activities. All the occult books get taken out of the library and then the lockers at school got broken into and stuff was confiscated I was in serious trouble because of the spell ingredients in there. My mom grounds me only to release me later and try to burn me at the stake FOR REAL!!! Buffy and Amy too. Only Amy turned herself into a rat to escape, then Giles did some mumbo jumbo and we found that the kids were actually the original Hansel and Gretal fashioned by a demon and were leading the parents to do this. Buffy killed the demon and we were released but I still have nightmares about the fire burning my legs. My mom is repressing and has gone back to refusing to talk to me or hang out with me at all, they have just come in to tell me that they are leaving on another lecture tour and probably wont be back until AFTER I graduate, Buffy is hanging out with Faith more than me and I can't turn Amy back into a human. Sometimes I don't think I'm going to survive high school. Xander and Cordelia are still dating, Angel is doing the broody thing but him and Buffy are getting along better, so now when we go out Buffy and Angel are together and so are Xander and Cordy so I'm the fifth wheel. All in all my life sucks right now. Your letter is the first time I have smiled in days. So thanks for that Spike. Nice to know that you are sticking with the ironic named hotels. Very funny. Plus thanks for the pep talk I needed that.
Willow
P.S find a magic shop and buy some Aspric roots and mix it with two litres of Linac water and drink quickly, it smells and it'll sting but no more hangover!
Willow put the cap back on her pen and wondered what Spike would say when he saw her rant. But it made her feel better so she could handle it.
This week truly had been the worst week she could remember in her life. She briefly considered telling him about Angel and his on again off again Buffy thing but she knew Spike had Angel issues so she didn't. But it was nice to have someone to talk to even if he was evil.