Then there was you
by Bwriter
Then there was you
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Title - Then there was you
Pairing - B/W
Rating - NC/17
Disclaimer - I don't have the pleasure of owning these characters, only the plot is mine
Spoilers - Nothing really
Summary - Buffy, who is the Slayer, has just graduated high school and moves to Sunnydale, when the Helmouth in Cleveland closes. She makes friends with Xander and attends UCSunnydale, where she meets a certain redhead
Warning - Abuse, non Consensual
Status, complete
A/N just a little Thanksgiving present for you guys who celebrate it, even though it's a little late J
Part one
"Yo Buff, wait up!"
Buffy turned with a smile on her face to greet Xander and Anya.
"Hey guys."
Xander smiled and threw his arm around his best friend.
"So, we were thinking of going for food. You in?"
Buffy was about to say yes when Anya cut in.
"Actually, we were going to go have sex until Xander saw you. Thank you for that by the way, you just had to be walking by."
Buffy rolled her eyes as they made there way over to the college cafeteria.
Buffy was in the middle of telling Xander something that had happened in one of her classes, when she noticed that he wasn't with her any more.
Turning her head, she spotted him talking to a redhead. The Redhead. The one that starred in most of her late night dreams.
Seeing the frown on his face, the Slayer wondered what was wrong.
"Problems?" asked Buffy, as she stared after the redhead, when he returned.
Xander frowned and met her gaze.
"I don't know. Maybe." Turning to face Buffy, an idea entered his head.
"Could you do me a favour?"
Buffy put her full attention on her best friend, noticing that Anya was looking at him too.
"Sure. Whatever you need."
Xander smiled and pulled both Buffy and Anya over to a small alcove for privacy.
"I was wondering if you could keep an eye on Willow."
Buffy's eyebrows rose at the mention of the redhead.
"Why?"
As she saw Xander's face drop, Buffy wondered just what was going on.
"See, me and Willow were friends right up until the last year of high school. She started dating Cameron Walker and after a few months, she just stopped hanging out with me."
Buffy frowned and looked over in the direction the redhead had left in.
"And I'm guessing you think it has something to do with her boyfriend." It wasn't a question.
Xander's head lowered as he nodded.
"Sure, I'll keep an eye on her, make sure she's okay."
Buffy paused and looked back at Xander.
"Any idea how I should even approach her?"
-----btvs-----
Buffy saw Willow hunched over the table in the library, thumbing through a book, just like Xander said she would be.
Taking a deep breath, she made her way over.
"Ah, hi. Your Willow right?"
Willow looked up at her, and Buffy nearly melted at those green eyes.
"Yeah. Why?"
Buffy, taking that as her cue, sat down in the seat opposite her and put her book bag on it.
"Well, I was talking to a friend earlier and he told me that if I wanted to get a good grade in English that I should see you." Buffy crossed her legs and prayed this would work.
Willow face lit up before her smile fell.
"Well, I would love to help, but I'm not sure that I will have the time."
Buffy sighed and was about to excuse herself when a shadow fell over the table.
"Willow. We're leaving."
Buffy saw Willow flinch at who knew was Cameron and stood up.
"Ah, sorry, but I need to borrow Willow for an hour or two. She is very kindly helping me with English."
This guy gave Buffy the creeps, but not in a demonic way, mores the pity.
Buffy ignored his stare and she saw a thankful look cross Willow's face before she made it look neutral.
Cameron sighed and turned to face his girlfriend.
"My place. Nine o'clock and don't be late."
He stormed off in a huff leaving the two girls alone.
Buffy watched as Willow closed in on herself and cursed the boy that just walked away.
Whoever made up the rule about Slayer's not killing humans obviously hadn't met the jerk.
Of course, her feelings on him may have been corrupted by the jealousy she felt.
Willow jumped when Buffy sat down beside her.
"You didn't need to do that."
Buffy frowned and leant forward on the table.
"I'm pretty good at reading people, and you didn't look like you wanted to go with him."
Willow never said anything for few minutes, but when she spoke, she changed the subject.
"So, what is it you need help with?"
Buffy sent her a smile, and Willow caught herself blushing for some reason.
-----btvs-----
"Look, I have to run. How about you call around to mine tomorrow and we can finish off the chapter. Say about noon?"
After getting her dorm room number, Buffy watched as Willow left, before standing up and following her.
When Willow stopped, it was outside a frat house.
So this is where He lives then, thought Buffy as she scoped out the area.
Seeing Willow go inside, she couldn't follow without raising questions.
Turning, Buffy decided that she really needed to pummel some undead ass right now.
-----btvs-----
Buffy looked up and smiled as Willow came into view. The smile fell when she noticed the limp.
The Slayer in her was screaming, the girl wasn't far behind.
"Hey Wills."
Willow smiled and sat down beside her new friend.
They had been meeting everyday for the past month and had grown close, though Willow still knew nothing about Buffy being the Slayer, and Buffy hadn't officially been told by Willow about Cameron.
"I cant stay long, I have to meet Cameron at one."
Buffy scowled but hid it behind her cup of coffee as Willow began chatting about the last chapter of Macbeth.
-----btvs-----
"Your late."
Willow cringed at the tone of his voice.
"I'm sorry, things with Buffy ran on and I-"
She was interrupted by the slap to the face she got. That surprised her, he never usually hit her where people could see.
"I don't care. When I tell you to be somewhere, you fucking better be there."
Willow meekly nodded her head and slipped off her back pack.
Cameron pulled her close and placed a bruising kiss to her lips, smiling at her whimper of pain.
"You know I love you don't you babe?"
Willow nodded her head yes, and was unprepared for the punch to her stomach.
"Answer me when I ask you a question bitch!"
"Yes... I know." Willow doubled over, clutching her stomach, trying to breath.
Smirking, Cameron threw her onto the bed, before stripping off his leather belt.
"Now, your were late, you know what that means."
As he stripped her from her clothes, Willow retreated into the part of herself where he couldn't reach.
Her mind took her away from that room, away from him and the whipping he was giving her.
-----btvs-----
Buffy looked at her watch, she was late by ten minutes.
Arriving at Willow's dorm room, she knocked on the door and heard shuffling coming from inside.
Willow opened the door half way, shielding herself from Buffy's gaze.
The Slayer's nostrils flared as she smelt fresh blood.
"Will? You okay?"
Willow weakly nodded her head, but as she did, Buffy saw the purple bruise on her neck.
"Willow, let me in." Her tone was one the Vampire's knew well.
She was not a happy Slayer.
Willow opened her mouth to say no, but instead she found herself opening the door and letting the blonde in.
Buffy swore when she saw Willow hobbling back to the bed.
"What happened?" The barely contained fury in her voice went unnoticed by the redhead.
"I slipped on the stairs."
Buffy knew she was lying. Stairs didn't leave hand prints.
"Willow, the truth. Did Cameron do this?"
Willow's head lowered and that was answer enough for Buffy.
"Bastard." Willow heard the fury in Buffy's voice this time.
The Slayer turned, intending to find Cameron and beat the living shit out of him, when a weak voice stopped her.
"Don't! It was my fault!"
Buffy turned around very slowly, not believing her ears.
"Is that what he told you?"
Willow shivered from the intensity of Buffy's look.
"It's the truth."
Buffy walked back over to the bed, before sitting down on it and pulling Willow into her arms, fighting back the rage when she heard her begin to sob.
"I wont let him hurt you again."
Willow pulled away, fear on her face.
"Buffy, you can't do anything. Promise me you will stay away from him."
Buffy shook her head no.
"You don't need to worry about me. I can protect myself against worse than him."
Willow clung to Buffy as more tears fell.
"You don't understand, he'll kill you!"
Buffy pulled the terrified girl into her arms again.
"He wont kill me."
"Then he'll kill me." The quiet statement rocked Buffy to her core, as she heard how much Willow believed that.
"Then why haven't you left him?"
Willow sniffled and pulled away.
"Because, I'm more worried about what he'll do to me if I leave him, than if I stay."
Buffy leaned forward and placed a small lingering kiss on Willow's forehead.
"I promise, he wont hurt you again."
Buffy stood up and left the room with one destination in mind.
-----btvs-----
Willow picked up the phone and rang a familiar number in a panic, hoping that Xander hadn't changed numbers.
"Hello."
"Hi, is Xander there?"
"Xander, there's some girl on the phone and its not Buffy. Tell her your mine and all your orgasms belong to me."
Willow's eyes widened before she heard her friends voice.
"Hello?"
"Xand, its Willow, I need your help, can you come over?"
"On my way."
Willow put the phone back in its cradle before curling up into a ball and waiting on her friend to arrive.
She had missed him the past year and a half but she knew that if he had found out in high school about Cameron, he would have done something stupid that would have gotten him hurt, or worse.
So she had cut all ties.
And now, Buffy was bringing them back together again.
-----btvs-----
Xander knocked on her dorm room door ten minutes later.
Opening it, she saw the worry on his face.
"What's wrong?"
"I need you to find Buffy, she went after Cameron!"
Xander let out a relieved breath.
"Oh thank god! I thought something had happened to -"
He trailed off when he saw the bruising.
"Bastard."
Willow fell to the floor sobbing, her sore body hurting even more.
"Xander, he'll kill her!"
He lifted her gently in his arms and carried her to the bed.
"Buffy's special. She can take care of herself. Don't worry."
But she did worry.
She knew what Cameron was like.
-----btvs-----
Buffy didn't knock on his door, she kicked it open.
"What the fuck bitmmph-"
Buffy had him by the throat and pinned to the wall before he could finish his sentence.
"If you ever, and I mean EVER go near her again, I will kill you."
Punching him once, Buffy let him feel the full force of her Slayer strength, smiling as he fell to the floor clutching his broken jaw.
-----btvs-----
Again, Buffy didn't knock on the door, but this one she opened gently.
"Hey Xander. Is she asleep?" If she was surprised to see him there, she didn't show it.
Xander stood up and stretched his legs.
"Yeah. Everything sorted?"
Buffy sat down on the bed and began stroking Willow's hair.
"Cameron has a broken jaw but other than that, he's alive."
Xander smiled at the thought of Cameron in pain before a loud whimper brought his and Buffy's gaze back to the girl in the bed.
Buffy nodded towards the door and Xander got the message.
"I'll call later."
Just as he was leaving Buffy called out to him.
"Will you lock the door?"
He nodded his head yes and twisted the little lock, knowing that it would stay locked once the door closed.
Buffy sighed and lay down on the bed, pulling Willow into her arms and murmuring words of comfort to her.
-----btvs-----
Willow woke up to find Buffy wrapped around her.
Groaning, she tried to move away. She was in too much pain, and Buffy's added pressure wasn't helping.
For whatever reason, Cameron had gone extra hard on her.
Buffy stirred when she heard Willow's whimper and pulled back.
"Are you okay?"
Willow shook her head no and tried to move away.
When Buffy pulled her back in close, she couldn't stop her cry of pain.
The Slayer froze before easing Willow out of her arms.
"How bad?"
Willow knew what she was asking.
"I don't think anything is broken."
Willow flinched back at the look of pure rage on Buffy's face.
When the Slayer realised how Willow was reacting to her, she drew back before standing up.
"Fucker deserved more than a broken jaw."
Willow's mouth dropped open.
"You broke his jaw?"
Buffy's eyes narrowed.
"He hurt you."
Willow looked very doubtful, why would anyone, never mind Buffy, stick up for her? Hadn't Cameron told her she was worthless enough times for her to get it by now?
Buffy noticed the look on her friends face and sat back down.
"Look-" Buffy saw Willow flinch and decided that a change in subject would be best.
"-How about we do something tomorrow night? Nothing to outrageous because of - well - but we could go to the movies or something?"
Willow perked up at that.
"Sure, I guess." Her face fell after a second and Buffy wondered what the problem was.
"But, people will know."
Buffy was about to ask how, when she saw what Willow was talking about. The bruises around her throat.
"OK, then how about I rent us some movies and we pig out here?"
"Great!" Buffy couldn't remember ever seeing Willow smile the way she did at that moment.
"Ok, look, I'm sorry but I have to go, I promised a friend that I would call in tonight. I'll be here tomorrow night, say ten?"
Willow frowned at the lateness of the hour, but agreed anyway.
-----btvs-----
"Giles, before you hear from Xander, I broke a guys jaws tonight."
As Buffy expected, his glasses came off and out came his handkerchief.
"Any particular reason?"
Buffy's face turned hard as she thought about Cameron.
"He hurt a friend."
-----btvs-----
Buffy swore as the vamp caught her on the jaw.
"Look, I'm already late for something really important so could we hurry this up?"
The vamp paused, and that was the opener Buffy needed.
Xander's head appeared from behind the dust and Buffy grinned before pocketing her stake.
"We're six for six. Ready to call it a night?"
Xander smirked and threw his arm around Buffy as they walked.
"You just want to slack off and go meet Willow."
Buffy blushed and looked anywhere but at her friend.
"It's not like that."
Xander just gave her a look that screamed 'yeah right'.
-----btvs-----
Willow jumped when she heard the knock on the door.
Smiling, she stood up from the bed and took a quick look around, making sure that things were sitting just right.
"Your lat-" Willow's words cut off when she saw who was leaning against her door.
Cameron glared at her as he pushed his way into the room.
He couldn't speak because of the broken jaw, which was hurting like hell, but that was okay, because he didn't want to talk to the bitch anyway.
Willow stumbled back in fright.
No matter what Buffy had said, promised, Cameron was going to hurt her.
-----btvs-----
Buffy jogged up the steps that led to Willow's room, the videos and munchies clutched in her hands.
She paused and stood still when she thought she heard someone whimpering.
Turning, she followed the sound, running full speed when she heard it coming from Willow's room.
Pushing open the door so hard it fell off its hinges, Buffy barged into the room, nearly growling at the sight before her.
Cameron had Willow backed into the corner and was pawing at her breast.
Buffy saw red.
Willow wasn't sure what happened next.
One minute, Cameron was about to hurt her, the next, Buffy was in front of her and he was no-where to be seen.
Sobbing, she fell forward into her friends arms, not questioning why she felt safe in them.
Buffy looked over Willow's head to see Cameron crawling on all fours out of the room.
She longed to go after him and break more of his bones, but the crying redhead in her arms needed her attention.
-----btvs-----
Willow looked sadly at the videos that were lying over the floor.
"I'm sorry."
Buffy looked down at the girl still in her arms, though now they were on the bed instead of the floor and Willow didn't even know how that happened.
"What are you sorry for?"
"For ruining everything."
Buffy almost tightened her grip before she remember that Willow was in pain.
"Will, you aren't to blame for that sick bastard."
Willow never responded and Buffy sighed, knowing that no matter what she said, Willow just wasn't going to believe her.
Not yet.
-----btvs-----
Willow studied her reflection in the mirror, sighing in relief that all the bruises had finally disappeared.
It had been two months since she had last been hurt by Cameron.
Every time she saw him, Buffy was always right there.
It was like the blonde knew exactly where he would be.
Little did Willow know that the reason Buffy always knew where Cameron was, was because she had people watching him.
Charles Gunn, a friend of Xander's was in frat house across from Cameron's and always let her know if he saw him up to anything.
At night, she had Spike tailing him.
It had taken some persuasion, but the Vampire had finally agreed to it for a years supply of blood and smokes.
It had cost her, well Giles, a pretty penny, but Buffy insisted on it.
Besides, it wasn't like he had anything important to do with his time now he was Chipped.
Two months of no hurting and Willow almost didn't recognise herself.
Looking up as the door opened, she smiled as Buffy, Xander and Anya entered.
"Hey guys, I just have to finish my make up and then we can go, okay?"
Buffy held back a groan at what Willow was wearing.
It wasn't anything special, just a pair of low hippy jeans, and a pink tank top, but to Buffy, she looked gorgeous.
Xander nudged her when Willow wasn't looking and mimicked wiping drool off his chin.
Buffy glared at him before walking over and sitting on Willow's bed, breathing in the scent of the redhead, and feeling good knowing that Xander and Anya couldn't smell it.
"Hey Buffy, you ready over there?"
Buffy looked up to find Willow, Xander and Anya all staring at her, though the last two were smirking.
Blushing at Willow while glaring at Xander and Anya wasn't easy, but Buffy pulled it off.
-----btvs-----
The bronze was packed, and from she first stepped foot in the club, Buffy was on alert.
Willow looked around, remembering the very first time she ever went to the Bronze.
Xander nudged her and pointed to the table they always sat in.
There were three people sitting at it now, and Buffy followed Xander's gaze before heading over.
"Hey Gunn, Fred, Wes." Buffy sat down beside Gunn, making sure there was enough room for Willow to sit beside her.
Xander and Anya each sat on either side of Fred, leaving Willow to sit beside Buffy or Wes.
Neither was surprised when Willow sat down beside the blonde.
It had taken her ages not to flinch everytime Xander hugged her after that first time when she was scared, there was no way she would sit down beside a stranger, even if everyone else did know him.
Buffy smiled and rested her hands on the table.
"I don't know if you guys know her or not but this is Willow. Will, this is Fred, that's Gunn and that's Wes."
Buffy pointed out each of them in turn before introducing Willow to them.
They of course knew who the redhead was, but went along with Buffy.
"Hey, I know you, your in my Art class." Fred and Willow were immediately involved in a conversation revolving around Da Vinci, leaving everyone else at the table behind as they discussed his early work as apposed to his later pieces.
-----btvs-----
Buffy stretched before standing up.
"I'm going to get a drink, who wants what?"
When she had their orders, she headed over to the bar, only to bump into someone she really didn't want to see.
"Fancy seeing you here B."
-----btvs-----
Willow followed Buffy with her eyes and frowned when she saw a girl she didn't know step into her friends path.
"Hey Xander? Who's that?"
Everyone looked over to where Willow was pointing, and Xander groaned before banging his head off the table.
"That, is Faith."
-----btvs-----
Buffy recovered quickly from the unexpected meeting with her Ex.
"Faith. I didn't know that you were back in town."
The brunette shrugged and stepped closer, invading Buffy's personal space.
"What can I say? I couldn't stay away."
With that said, Faith moved in, and before Buffy had time to react, the brunette was kissing her.
-----btvs-----
Willow's mouth dropped open when she saw Faith kiss Buffy.
Xander groaned again and thumped his head back down on the table.
-----btvs-----
Once the shock wore off, Buffy gently pushed Faith away, hating the hurt look that crossed the other girls face.
Buffy had never loved the other girl, but she had cared for her at one point in the past.
"Faith, look, its not like that with us, not anymore."
Faith sighed and pulled back.
"And we all know whose fault that was."
Buffy didn't reply, it had been her fault.
She had kept to many secrets, the fact that she was a Slayer for one, and that their were Vampire's and demons for another and Faith got annoyed with not knowing every single aspect of Buffy's life.
Buffy frowned before looking over in time to catch Willow avert her gaze.
She didn't want things to end badly with Willow, even if it was just friendship.
The truth was, she felt worse about not telling Willow the truth about her, than she did about not telling Faith.
"That your new girl?"
Buffy brought her gaze back to Faith and shook her head no.
"But you want her to be though don't you." It wasn't a question.
"We're friends. That's enough."
Faith whistled before giving Buffy's body the once over.
"If you ever change your mind, give me a call. I still remember how wild you are."
With those parting words, Faith turned around and walked away, leaving Buffy free to get her drinks and go back to her friends.
As she was making her way back to the table, Buffy suddenly realised that Willow must have seen the kiss.
Buffy groaned, not wanting to have the 'gay' talk any time soon.
-----btvs-----
Willow looked over to see Xander watching her.
"What?"
Xander leaned across the table so none of the others would hear. It wasn't like they didn't know Buffy was into girls, but he knew for a fact that Willow didn't.
"Are you okay?"
Willow nodded her head before stopping.
Was she okay?
Xander saw the look on her face and sighed.
It would kill Buffy if Willow stopped being friends with her over the little matter of her sexual preference.
He realised he said that out loud when Willow pulled away from him.
"I'm not going to stop being her friend just because she's gay Xander."
He cringed before smiling and sitting back when he saw Buffy coming.
-----btvs-----
Buffy was quiet as they all walked back towards the college campus.
Xander, Anya and her were walking Willow home before they all went on patrol.
She risked a look over at the redhead, only to see her staring straight ahead.
Buffy's shoulders slumped.
Ever since the kiss with Faith, Willow had barely said two words to her.
Xander looked sadly at his friends.
No matter what Willow had said to him, she had put space between her and Buffy ever since she found out Buffy was gay.
He could kill Faith for this.
The rest of the walk was made in complete silence, apart from the chit chat of Xander and Anya.
They walked Willow to her dorm room door before the other two backed off to give the Slayer some privacy.
"Look Will-"
"Buffy, its late and I'm tired. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Good night."
Buffy stared at the wood of the door before turning to face her friends, a heartbroken look on her face.
-----btvs-----
He heard it a second to late, but luckily Buffy was there.
Twisting her body, she pushed Xander out of the way and staked the Vampire, but not fast enough.
Looking down, she saw the knife that was embedded to the hilt in her stomach before she fell to her knees.
"Xand," gasping, Buffy fell forward before she was out cold.
Xander blanched before picking his friend up and running back to his car that they had decided to take.
Opening the door, he set her into the back seat, making sure she was comfortable, before running around to his side and jumping in, Anya right behind him.
-----btvs-----
Willow woke up to the telephone ringing.
Looking at the clock, she saw that she had only been asleep for an hour. The rest of the time she had thought about how Buffy had kept this huge thing from her.
She thought they were friends.
Tiredly, she lifted the phone, "Hello?"
"Will, its Xander, look something happened, Buffy's hurt, we're at Sunnydale Hospital, can you come?"
Willow paled and told him she'd be there as soon as the cab arrived.
As she dressed, she began to slow her movements.
Who hurt Buffy? Her face paled.
Cameron.
It had to be.
It was all her fault.
-----btvs-----