Chapter 2
It has been a month since Willow had that hallucination. They told Giles about it and he agreed Willow needed some time off.
Everything was back to normal or at least Willow thought so. Willow walked into her kitchen to get some breakfast before heading over to Giles's. She just took a bit out of an apple when the phone ran.
"Hello?" Willow asked chewing on the apple.
"Willow." Giles said sadly.
"Giles what's wrong?" Willow asked a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Xander is dead." Giles answered.
"What?" Willow sobbed her knees gave out and she fell to the floor.
"He went for a walk last night and it looks like he was attacked by a group of vampires. Spike called me this morning telling me he never returned home. I went out to find him." Giles explained.
"No." Willow whispered.
"We are all at my place." Giles added.
"I'll… I'll be over soon." Willow replied through her tears. She hung up the phone, and curled into a ball on the floor and cried. An hour later she was able to stand and walked out of her house.
Half an hour later she walked into Giles's apartment. When she walked in she was disgusted at the atmosphere in the room. Giles, Angel and Spike we laughing.
"You're laughing?" Willow asked drawing the men's attention to her. They saw her eyes were puffy and red.
"Willow, are you alright?" Angel asked.
"No." Willow said appalled.
"Red what's wrong?" Spike asked.
Willow looked at him and walked over to him and slapped him across the face.
"Willow!" Giles said surprised.
"Don't make me slap you too." Willow glared.
"Willow what is wrong with you?" Angel asked astonished.
"What… What's wrong with me?" Willow shrieked making the men cringe. "Xander is dead!"
"What?!" Spike growled.
"Don't act surprised you knew!" Willow accused.
"Willow what on earth are you talking about?" Giles demanded.
"Don't act innocent Giles." Willow snapped, "You are the one that called and told me!"
"I did not." Giles disagreed.
"Yes you did!" Willow yelled, "Half an hour ago!"
"What's with all the yelling?" Xander questioned walking in.
Willow turned slowly to look at him, "Xander?"
"Yeah who were you expecting?" Xander asked.
"No you're dead." Willow whispered.
"I don't think so." Xander replied confused.
Spike ran to Xander and kissed him.
"What is going on?" Xander asked.
Willow stepped back shaking her head.
"Willow, tell us what happened." Angel said walking to his girlfriend.
"Giles called me and told me Xander was killed last night. That Xander went for a walk and he was attacked by vampires. He said Spike called this morning telling him Xander didn't go home last night so Giles went and found him." Willow explained.
"Willow I didn't call you." Giles replied.
"I… I don't understand." Willow said sitting on the couch.
"Shh it's ok baby." Angel said sitting beside her.
"No it's not." Willow said shaking her head. Then she jumped up startling them and ran to Giles's computer.
"Wills what are you doing?" Xander asked.
"I am breaking into the phone company's files to see who called me this morning." Willow replied once she was in she looked up her phone number. "No."
"Willow?" Angel asked.
"It says there were no incoming called this morning." Willow replied.
"Then what happened?" Spike asked holding his boy.
"I… I don't know." Willow replied baffled looking at her friends' tears in her eyes, "Am I going crazy?"
"No." Angel said shaking his head.
"I have to be." Willow whispered.
"We will figure this out." Xander promised.
"Why don't we start to research and see if there are any spells that can make someone hallucinate." Giles suggested.
Everyone started to find anything that could be causing what was happening to the redhead. Willow sat there her arms wrapped around her trying to find some comfort.
"I found something." Spike spoke up.
"What is it?" Angel asked sitting up straighter.
"Someone has put a spell on Red to make her lose her mind. The only way to break it is to find the person who had cast it and to kill them." Spike replied.
"How are we going to find out who did it?" Willow asked softly.
"I don't know." Giles replied taking his glasses off and pinching the bridge of his nose.
"What am I suppose to do?" Willow questioned.
"Willow I will stay with you until we figure this out." Angel promised.
"Who would want me to go crazy?" Willow asked.
"I don't know Red." Spike replied shaking his head.
Willow tensed looking around the room.
"Willow?" Xander asked noticing the change.
"Do you smell that?" Willow asked.
"Smell what?" Spike asked he couldn't smell anything.
"Cologne." Willow answered, "It smells like the kind Jesse use to wear."
"Why did you let me die?"
Willow looked up and saw her dead friend standing by the door.
"I didn't." Willow answered.
"Willow?" Angel asked.
"Yes you did. You did nothing to save me." Jesse accused.
"I didn't know." Willow cried, "I didn't know vampires existed then."
"Red who are you talking to?" Spike questioned.
"Jesse." Willow whispered.
"What?" Xander asked looking around.
"He's right there!" Willow pointed and everyone looked but saw nothing.
"Willow no one is there." Angel said quietly.
"He is there!" Willow wept.
"You are dating something that killed me." Jesse went on.
"No he's different." Willow said shaking her head.
"You don't care about me. You never did." Jesse blamed.
"Of course I did and I still do!" Willow cried.
"No you don't if you did, you wouldn't be with that monster," Jesse snarled.
"Jesse you know I cared about you. I think about you all the time!" Willow replied.
"You lie! I hate you!" Jesse replied and disappeared.
Tears streamed down her face.
"Wills?" Xander asked his voice tense.
"He hates me." Willow cried.
"Shh no honey he doesn't that wasn't Jesse." Angel soothed wrapping his arm around her.
"Why is this happening?" Willow sobbed hanging onto Angel.
"I don't know." Angel replied softly.
