Obsession
by Bwriter
Part 24
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Xander went in first to make sure the coast was clear before returning with Joyce.
Joyce looked from Gunn, to the blonde he held, to Xander.
"What's going on?"
Gunn gave her a soft smile, he really did like Joyce.
"This here, is Buffy." He kept his voice low so no-one with special hearing would overhear anything from the living room.
Joyce knew who Buffy was. Not only was she a Vampire, most vicious before her soul was returned if Mr Giles was to be believed, she was also the person that was causing her baby to be miserable.
"I see." Her tone gave nothing away as to what she was feeling.
"Look, could you invite her in, just for tonight, you can get the watcher to do the barrier spell tomorrow."
Joyce sighed and looked behind her.
"Why not ask Willow?"
Gunn looked sheepish and shifted Buffy in his arms.
"We don't want Willow to know."
The Slayer's mom sighed and opened the door wider.
"Fine Buffy is invited in."
Gunn stepped over the threshold, sighing in relief when he met no resistance.
"Right, I'm gonna put her in my bed before Willow finds out."
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Willow looked up from her conversation with Tara, searching the room. She had that feeling, the one she only got when Buffy was around.
"Will?"
Shaking her head, knowing there was no way Buffy would be there, she turned back to Tara, though her thoughts stayed on the blonde Vampire.
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Something was definitely up.
Gunn seemed to be making any excuse to go down to the basement, and Xander kept shifting nervously and wouldn't meet Willow's gaze.
Seeing that Gunn had finally come back up, Willow stood up.
When both Xander and Gunn looked at her, she held up her empty glass.
"Need more coke."
Gunn offered to get it for her, but she told him it was fine, she needed to stretch her legs anyway.
Willow set her glass down on the kitchen island and made sure no-one had followed her before moving silently over to the basement door.
She opened it and snuck inside before closing it again behind her.
She made it halfway down the steps before she realised her earlier feelings had been right.
Buffy was nearby.
She was in Gunn's bed.
Normally, that would have killed Willow with jealously, she knew what kind of relationship Buffy had had with her Childer before she came alone.
The only thing that was stopping her from marching upstairs and killing Gunn, was the fact Buffy had all her clothes on.
Quietly, she made her way over and kneeled by the bed, reaching out to stoke her Mate's face gently.
She pulled back before Buffy could wake and just sat there, drinking in the sight of her lover sleeping, her heart breaking all over again.
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Willow had been gone too long.
Gunn stood up and made his way down to his Sire, cursing when he saw Willow.
The Slayer didn't look at him but he knew she knew he was there.
"You want to explain anything?"
Gunn sighed and dropped to his knees beside Willow.
"Xander and me found her like this a Willy's. She passed out and we couldn't take her home, so I brought her here."
He paused and turned to look at the Slayer's face. It was blank.
Buffy groaned and rolled over, bringing his attention back to her.
Willow resumed stoking Buffy's face.
"Gunn, would you mind..."
He got what she wanted and stood up.
"I'll be upstairs if you need me."
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Buffy had been awake for the past thirty minutes. Her head was telling her that she had drank way to much, and she knew she was sober now because it was hurting.
She kept still, which wasn't much of a problem, and let the Slayer stroke her face.
She had nearly started purring when she woke, but had managed to contain it.
Her demon was screaming, wanting to reclaim its Mate.
Willow sighed and rested her head on the pillow beside Buffy.
"Enough is enough. I know your awake."
/Busted/
Buffy sat up slowly, knowing her reprieve was broken.
"I should go." She moved to stand up, only to have Willow tug her back down so that they were both sitting on the bed.
"No, I think we need to talk."
Buffy really didn't want to do that, and the tingles she was getting from Willow holding her hand weren't helping.
"Where's Gunn?"
"Upstairs."
Buffy took her hand back off Willow and moved back, her back to the wall.
Neither spoke for a full two minutes.
"Where are you living now?"
Buffy looked up before lowering her gaze and picking a piece of lint off the bed sheet, trying to get the images the demon was sending her out of her head.
"The place where Angel lived. He called me a while back and I asked him about it. Couldn't stay there."
Willow didn't need to ask why.
Buffy couldn't take it anymore and stood up to pace.
"That's not what you wanted to talk about is it?"
Willow was surprised Buffy was even allowing the conversation.
"No, well it's a part of it. Why have you closed yourself off?"
Buffy let an snort out.
"Yeah, because I'm everyone's favourite person, hell, not even a person."
Willow frowned.
"But Gunn, and me-"
"Yeah, Gunn and you. You don't want me, you both want her."
Willow heard the emotion Buffy tried to hide and stood up, blocking her path.
"Your fooling yourself. You forget I spend two years with Angel, and I spent some time with Angelus. The only difference between the two, was a lack of conscience. You're a Vampire, and contrary to what the Watcher's think, Vampire's feel, maybe a little differently to humans, but its all the same in the end. You are her, she wouldn't have existed with you."
Willow didn't know if she was saying this right, all she knew was that she had to get through to Buffy.
Buffy looked up. She knew what Willow was saying was true, but still...
"Doesn't matter, it's the conscience in control now, and both you and Gunn would be happier with it the other way around."
Willow pulled back, an incredulous look on her face.
"You are the same person! Everything the demon wants, you do two, in different ways, maybe."
"And you're a brilliant example of that aren't you?" The words were out of her mouth and Buffy wanted nothing more than to pull them back in.
Willow stepped closer and lowered her voice.
"How? I know how the demon wants her Mate, how does the soul?"
Buffy flinched and moved back.
"I want... I want a friend."
"And the fact that we're Mated?"
Buffy shrugged her shoulders and looked up.
She was shocked when she found Willow in front of her, but that shock disappeared when the Slayer pressed the lips together in a hard kiss.
Buffy's demon was purring and the soul wasn't complaining.
Before she realised what was happening, Buffy had Willow pinned to the wall, kissing the breath out of her.
Their tongues met and got reacquainted rather quickly, each thrusting into the others mouth.
Willow pulled back, panting and Buffy's mouth moved along her jaw, down her neck.
When Willow felt Buffy lick at her mark, she groaned and pulled the Vampire closer.
"More..."
That was the wrong thing to say.
Buffy jerked back and put distance between them.
"No, this cant... Friends." The last word was final and Willow slumped against the wall, her body on the edge of orgasm only to be denied.
If it was all Buffy was willing to give, well then, Willow knew she was going to have to go with it.
For now anyway.
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