Willow's Rescue
by willow
Chapter 10
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Chapter 10...
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Buffy was drifting off to sleep when she heard Willow scream. She ran into Willow's room to find the brunette sitting up in bed, shaking. She looked terrified. Beads of sweat were all over her face and she was rocking back and forth, one hand scratching the side of her face. Her breathing was uneven and laboured.
"Willow?" When the witch heard Buffy's voice, she ran into the far corner of the room. Buffy approached her gently.
"What's going on?" Xander asked. He, Dawn, Faith and Giles had each heard the scream and rushed to Willow's aid.
"I don't know," Buffy said unpatiently, before softening her voice down for Willow, "Will, what's wrong, sweetie?"
Buffy took another step forward, "DON'T, DON'T, DON'T," Willow screamed.
"B..." Faith tried to interject.
"Faith, shush," Buffy turned her attention back to Willow, "don't what, Will?"
"YOU KNOW, DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT, BUT IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. IT MUST HAPPEN SOON. IT ALWAYS COMES LEAST WHEN YOU SUSPECT IT." With that, Willow sank down into the corner and curled herself into a ball.
Buffy went to help but Faith grabbed an arm to stop her, "What the fuck are you doing?!"
"B, she's delirious, just give her some space a minute."
Buffy had to watch while Willow sat in the corner crying and lightly banging her head against the wall. Soon, she started scratching her hands and arms red raw.
Faith turned to the three nervously standing in the door way, "Call an ambulance."
Dawn rushed for the phone and dialled 999.
The others felt helpless, there was nothing they could do but watch.
About ten minutes later, an ambulance arrived and two paramedics followed Dawn up the stairs into Willow's room. The witch was still scratching her hands and they'd started bleeding.
One paramedic approached Willow slowly and knelt down beside her, "Mrs. Rodriguez?" Willow looked at the woman, "Hi, my name's Abi, me and Colin over there are here to help," she said pointing to the other paramedic, "do you want to come with us?" Willow shook her head vigourously and looked away again.
"That's OK, we can stay and talk here for a while, if you want." The paramedic started to make general conversation to calm Willow down, "so, how long have you been living here?"
"Three y-years,"
Abi smiled at her, "It's a nice place," she looked at the people behind her, obviously close friends or family, "who are these people?"
Willow looked at each of her scared friends, then back to the paramedic, "Family."
Buffy walked towards Willow, and bent down next to the paramedic, "Will? Are you OK?"
Willow nodded slowly.
"We're worried about you, ya know," Buffy paused and held Willow's hand, half-expecting the girl to pull away, she didn't. "Would you come to the hospital with me? Just for a check up... like we did earlier."
"Why do I need another one? Am I ill?" Willow asked with cute, child-like eyes.
Buffy smiled softly and stroked her cheek, "No, sweetheart, they just want to double check, really, make sure they didn't miss anything."
The brunette nodded slightly, "OK."
Buffy helped her down the stairs and into the ambulance. Xander came with them in the ambulance and Giles, Faith and Dawn followed in the car.
Willow lay down on the bed and was soon asleep, Buffy and Xander either side of her, holding a hand each.
Buffy whispered her prayer, "Please, please, let her be OK."
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Have I spelt delirious wrong?
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