Title: Walk in the Moonlight 2

Author: Robert Jackson

Email: to archive: yes, just let me know where.

Pairing/Characters: Xander Willow

Rating: g

Summary: takes place just after "Go Fish"

don't own any of this just for fun.

The Bronze

Willow was enjoying the night. Oz was on stage, lost in his music. While she danced in front of him, doing the groupie thing.

It had been two weeks' since Xander had been turned. That plus Angelus running around town had Buffy worn out. Thou Xander never killed that meany people he still killed a few. Mostly the ones he did were scummy people that worked with the demons here in Sunnydale.

Willow returned to her table. To rest for a few minters. Oz was still in the zone and would not notice her gone. She was watching the club. People moving to the music, the laughter. She wished Xander was with her again. He had been with her just about her whole life, now he was gone and a demon has taken his place.

The last two years had been bad for her, but worse for Xan. Sure she was a ghost for Halloween, but he had become someone else and if the judge had been a clue to what was going on, he still had some the soldier guy in his head. Then there was the pack. She had read in one of Giles personal logs, ones she wasn't supposed to know about. How Xan didn't forget it, how it was effecting him and about the times that he came to Giles just to talk about the feeling. Something she wished he could have told her. Then there was the swim team. Just a few short weeks before he was turned. And not to forget the girls and demons that hurt him before. Mummy girl, the Bug lady, all the women in sunnydale trying to kill him, and the worst Cordy. He had been dating Cordy.

Willow looked out across the club again. Then she felt something. Someone...

Xander! She looked harder. But no Xan. She didn't know if she was relieve or worried. They had had always felt each other. Knew where the other was and if they were upset. Sitting back. Looking at her drink. Oz was still going strong on stage. Then she knew she wasn't alone, someone was sitting with her. Looking over Spike was sitting at her right. And he wasn't in the Wheel chair. Buffy said he could not move without one. But here he was looking at her.

O, God. O, God Willow started to babble in her mind pulling away from the blonde vampire only to push into someone else.

Stiffening up and slowly turning her head to look the other way. Only to see a broad chest wrapped in dark clothes looking slowly up, and into the smiling eyes of Xander.

"Hey, Will's." He said looking at her, "Ready for that walk?"

"N..n..n..no", Willow whispered out. Both Vampires could smell the terror coming from the red head.

"Ok," Xander said still smiling, "When you change your mind, I'll be there."

Spike watched the newbie play with the girl. It was something like he and Dru used to do before Angelus. Love. It was making him sick. But they needed to talk to the Slayer to get the deal. And the only one they could get close to without a fight was the red head.

"Get on with Whelp." Spike said watching the crowd, he was getting hungry. Plus he didn't want the Slayer to sneak up on them.

"Ok, Dead boy jr." Xander snarled back at Spike. Then to Willow. "We need to make a deal with Buf."

"What kind of deal?" Willow asked talking to Xan again after so long she could almost forget that he was dead.

"We can give her Angelus, and his plans." Xander said, "But we get Dru and leave town. No one stop's us."

"I don't know." Willow was hesitant to make a deal for Buffy. "Why are you wanting to help us against Angelus?"

"Well," Xander said, "the blonde crusader here want's his lady love back , And Both of us don't want the world to sink back into hell. We don't want to go to the bottom of the food chain."

"Well, I don't know." Willow said.

"Just tell her." Xander said forcefully, then softer, "If she wants a deal meet me at the sandbox. If not the world goes to hell you all die. Your choice."

"Here she comes." Spike said looking across the room, Where Buffy was almost running through he crowd.

"Well, got to go." Xander said, then kissed her cheek. "Love you, Will's."

Then he was gone, and Spike was cutting through the crowd the other way. But Xander was just gone.

"Willow," Buffy gasped as she got to her friend. "Are your ok?"

"Fine," Willow said, "Xan would never hurt me."

"That wasn't Xander!" Buffy said, "that was a monster that looks like him!"

"Well," Willow said not even going to talk about that, "He want to help us with Angelus."

The Buffy said the only thing that could come to her mind.

"Do WHAT?"