Aftermath and College
by Bwriter
chapter five
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Chapter five
It was 3am and Buffy was still thrashing about on her bed. She had started as soon as she came around four hours before.
Tom had tried all the usual methods to get her under control, so far nothing had worked.
Looking at Giles he saw the same worry he felt, reflected in the Watchers face.
"What do we do now?"
Buffy stilled for a minute and both men breathed a sigh of relief. It only lasted a second.
"RED!" As soon as she had finished shouting, Buffy began thrashing around again.
"Red? What the hell does that mean?" Tom again tried to calm the Slayer down by letting fresh air into the room, but like everything else, it didn't work.
"It means Willow."
Tom's head snapped around to see Giles reaching for the phone.
"How do you know?"
Giles barely spared him a glance.
"They had a lot of names for one another. Red was Buffy's favourite for Willow."
Tom stopped Giles from ringing out.
"She wouldn't want her to see her like this."
Giles knew that Buffy would be mad later, but looking at her now, he honestly couldn't care.
"Fine, I will deal with that later, but right now I just want her sane again."
"And what if she hurts the girl?"
Giles looked from Buffy to Tom, his gaze resting on the other man.
"Did Buffy ever talk of Willow with you?"
Tom nodded his head yes.
/Buffy was sitting under a tree in the garden, trying to keep sheltered from the rain.
"Hey there Buffy."
She looked up to see Tom standing before her, rain bouncing off his broad shoulders.
"Hey."
She sounded so sad to him. He sat down and asked her what was wrong.
"I miss Willow."
"Who's Willow? Is she your friend?"
Buffy got a smile on her face, one that let Tom know that there was more involved than simple friendship.
"Girlfriend."
So he had been right then.
"Call her. You know where the phone is."
Buffy's head lowered and he felt like an idiot.
"You broke up huh?"
"Yes."
He didn't know what to say, but that was fine because Buffy starting talking.
She told him all about her redheaded girl, about their relationship and about why she ended it.
"And now your sorry that you ended it?"
Buffy looked up at the grey sky.
"I was sorry even before the words left my mouth."//
"She's told me some stuff."
"Then you should know, even like this, she would never hurt Willow."
When Giles reached for the phone, Tom never stopped him.
The ringing of the phone downstairs woke up the whole house.
"Hello?"
"Faith? It's Giles-"
"Is B okay?"
"Not entirely, Could I speak with Willow?"
"Yeah hang on."
Faith ran up the stairs to wake Willow and met her at the top.
"Its G. Something is wrong with B."
Willow picked up the phone, knowing her lover was behind her.
"Hello?"
Over at Buffy's, Giles breathed a sigh of relief.
"Willow, thank god. Do you think that you could come over?"
Willow turned wide eyes to Faith.
"Me? Why?"
Giles actually frowned at that. He hadn't expected Willow to ask questions, he expected her to come at once. Even if they were not romantically involved, he expected Willow to show some concern for Buffy.
"We can't calm her down, it will go on for at least another five hours if we don't stop it."
"Stop what Giles?"
"Willow, the spell Buffy did earlier, it's after effects aren't pleasant and she's going through them now."
When Willow never spoke Giles tried one last time.
"She's been calling for you. Even in this state, Willow please."
Willow heard the desperation in the Watchers voice and handed the phone to Faith.
"Tell him I can't."
Faith, who had heard the conversation, narrowed her eyes at Willow before turning her back.
"Giles... no it's Faith. Will can't make it."
Giles closed his eyes as Buffy stopped thrashing. No doubt she could hear what was going on, the question was, did she understand it all? He thought that maybe she did as she started thrashing again.
"Fine. Faith could you please come over, I don't know if we can manage alone, she's never been this bad."
"Sure I'll be there in as soon as I can. Its B."
The last part was said to Willow, who lowered her head and walked back up stairs, Kim at her heels.
Willow sat on her bed, a million thoughts racing through her head.
Their bedroom door opened and Faith stood there, decked out in clothes and ready to go.
"I'm going now. Just wanted to say that what you did tonight? That was low."
With that said, Faith left. She made it to the front door before Willow stopped her by calling her name.
"Wait, I'll be ready in two seconds."
Faith hid her smile from Kim, who she noted wasn't looking too happy.
It wasn't that Faith never liked Kim, its just she liked Buffy more.
"You really think you can help?"
Willow never stopped getting ready.
"She was calling for me, so I'd say I have a shot."
"She could be faking."
Willow did stop then.
"I heard the moans, she's not faking."
Kim was grasping at straws and she knew it, but something was telling her that if Willow left tonight, that was it for them.
"How do you no it wasn't the good kind of moans?"
"Because, I've caused and heard those kind of moans many times, so I can tell the difference."
Kim's mouth dropped open but before she could reply Willow was gone.
Faith smiled at Willow as they left the house.
"I knew you wouldn't leave her like that."
Willow turned to Faith, tears in her eyes.
"She sounded real bad."
"I know, but we're going to make her better."
There was no more talking for the rest of the walk.
tbc