Chapter six:

It had been three days since Buffy had fainted; Angel knew she wasn't dead because her heart was still beating.

Angel hadn't left her bed since they had bought her home. Her fingers moved and her eyes fluttered open.

"Buffy, you're awake. Are you ok?"

"I think so"

She was about to get up when Angel held her down.

"Buffy, stay in bed, you only just woke up. Tell you what, why don't you go to sleep and I'll fix you something to eat"

"But I'm not hungry"

"Well, it will be there for you when you are" He turned and walked out the door. He looked back and saw Buffy lying back down and she closed her eyes. Angel walked downstairs and saw the others waiting at the bottom, eager to see how she was.

"Is she ok?" they all asked

"Well, it's a little too hard to tell now. She's awake and she just went back to sleep. Have you found a cure yet?"

"Well no, but we've looked through nearly all the books and so far no luck. There aren't much books to look through so we should have the cure pretty soon and our Slayer should be up and running in no time" Willow said cheerfully

Angel hoped she was right, because if word got out that the Slayer was close to her death bed, there would be more chaos in Sunnydale than ever before.

Buffy wasn't fainting any more but she was still burning up, pale and she threw up a couple of times, but most of the time she was asleep.

But one day, all of the Scooby gang had to go out and gather ingredients for Buffy's cure.

"Will you be ok by yourself?" Angel asked Buffy

"Yes, you go" she insisted

"Are you sure you don't want me to stay?"

"Yes, I'm sure"

"You know I just worry about you"

"Yes, I know. But you shouldn't, I'll be better soon" she threw up again

Angel began to walk towards her when she spluttered "Go Angel"

So he turned and left.

"Is she going to be ok?" Dawn asked when Angel came downstairs

"I think, but she just threw up again"

They turned and walked out the door.

After ten minutes when the Scooby gang had left, Buffy couldn't get to sleep. She heard what sounded like lots of possums running on the floor, so she got out of bed to investigate. The noise had stopped, but then when she went downstairs the noise had started again, only it was closer. She walked into the kitchen and saw lots of spiders coming towards her.