Love and everything that goes with it
by Bwriter
Part nineteen
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Part nineteen
Giles looked up when Xander nudged him.
Buffy was standing in front of the fire, looking at each of them.
Xander shuddered, remembering Buffy sucking the blood off Willow's fingers.
Staring at the four sitting in various places in the main room, Buffy sat calmly on the hearth of the fire.
"We all need to have little chat."
Cordy raised her eyebrow, but never said anything. She didn't have a problem with Buffy. The fact that Willow was now gay, made Cordy feel secure in her relationship with Xander.
Plus, she liked the Vampire. Buffy had fashion sense, but was unaware of it.
Oz's expression never changed, though Buffy got that he was listening.
Giles nodded his head that he agreed.
Xander looked at Buffy. The girl -no Vampire- who was dating his best friend.
Buffy stared at each of them before fixing her gaze on the Watcher.
"You were worried. I get that. I'm happy that you were, it shows that you care about her. But you had to have seen the Mark. You know what it means."
The rest were in the dark about what Buffy was talking about.
Giles hadn't shared what happened in the kitchen with them.
Giles stood up and began pacing, Buffy following him with her eyes.
"Common sense left me. I saw a friend in what I thought was danger and I reacted." There was no apology. Giles didn't regret what he had done. He had thought Willow was in trouble.
Buffy nodded her head that she understood at the same time Cordy asked what was going on.
Giles took off his glasses, polishing them with his handkerchief.
Buffy turned to the brunette.
"Giles saw something he shouldn't have and misinterpreted what was happening." She didn't want to get into that side of her relationship with Willow with anyone.
She was saved when Faith walked in.
"Hey guys." Taking a look at Xander's scowl and Giles ritual glasses cleaning, Faith frowned.
"What's going on?"
Giles slipped into watcher mode.
"I caught Buffy biting Willow and over reacted, got the wrong idea."
Faith's eyes widened. She hadn't thought Willow and Buffy had progressed that far. She hadn't had a chance to really talk to her best friend yet but she could guess what had happened.
She wondered where Buffy put her Mark on Willow's body. Faith's was high up on the inside of her thigh.
"Wow, you Mated?"
Buffy nodded her head just as Xander stood up and began pacing.
He understood what that meant. He had looked up everything he could on Vampire's when Faith had stared dating Angel.
He wanted to know his friend was safe, so he had researched it one night when he had been on Oz duty.
It was actually rare. The Vampire's liked being free from commitment. When they Mated, it was binding. Not even death could break it.
If Willow and Buffy had Mated, well then, there wasn't anything Xander could do.
He did know one thing and that was that Willow would be protected by not only Buffy, but Angel as well.
The clan protected their own.
Suddenly, he smiled, surprising the hell out of Buffy when he turned to her, a grin in place.
Willow would be safe, that was all that mattered.
He sat back down feeling better.
Better about Buffy, better about Willow, and better about himself.
The Vampire thing freaked him out, that wasn't about to change. But if he didn't have to see it, the way he did tonight, then he was cool with it.
"I think that means you have his approval." Cordy nudged his boyfriend and he nodded and wrapped his arm around her.
Buffy frowned. This wasn't what she expected to happen at all.
She expected them to freak out, but not to be so calm about it.
"So your staying then?"
Buffy thought she heard regret in Oz's voice.
"I'm staying." Her voice was firm with no hesitation in it. Almost a challenged.
All he did was nod.
"Damn right you are."
Angel entered, and gave her that smirk she loved, before taking a seat beside his own Mate.
"Where's Willow?"
"I'll let Giles here fill you in while I go check on her."
Buffy left them to it, still not believing that talk had gone the way it did.
Willow was exactly where Buffy had left her, curled up in bed.
Their bed.
That thought made Buffy stop short.
Willow was still a minor. She wouldn't be eighteen for another two months.
How was she going to cope, not being able to wake up with Willow beside her, the way she should always be?
/grab her and run. They'll never find us/
'have I mentioned how helpful you are not being?'
/well, you come up with something then/
Buffy could have sworn her demon was pouting.
Stripping her clothes, she did the same to Willow before putting them both into bed.
She was asleep in no time, snuggled into the warmth of her lover, her life, her Mate.
Her last thought as sleep took her was echoed by her demon.
'Mine'
/Mine/
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Iris stared at the bags he had packed.
It was all arranged.
He had to get his daughter away from that monster.
"Is this really necessary? There are other ways to stop Willow dating a girl."
Looking at his wife, he wondered how she had never noticed the world they lived in was not what it appeared to be.
"Yes dear. This is the only way. A fresh start for us all. You'll see, its for the best."
Taking her hand, he led her to the car before going back into the house and grabbing their bags.
He would get his wife somewhere safe and then come back for his daughter.
Tbc
a/n - sorry Buffy Fan, but I have other things in mind, thanks for the feedback though, always appreciated.