A gleam in my eye
by lilyme
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Part: 5/6
Spoiler:BtVS Season 4
Main Characters/Pairing: Willow/Buffy, Xander, Giles, Anya
Disclaimer:I do not own these characters, they belong to Joss and Mutant Enemy.
Note:I wrote this when I was 17...and 'terribly innocent' ;) Had it on my computer ever since and only my beta recently convinced me to publish it. So...what's to say...it's not my best work ever and nowadays I can't even tell you what made me write Buffy/Willow in the first place...but, oh, well, here it is
Feedback:Still very appreciated
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CHAPTER FIVE --- SAVE
Ten minutes later Buffy was banging like hell at Giles's door. "GILES! GILES!"
"Bloody hell! It's 2 a.m." Giles yelled as he crawled his way out of his bed and trampled down the stairs. When he opened the door, he saw a tear-streaked Buffy holding a pale and unconscious Willow in her arms.
"My God, what happened?!" Giles demanded, letting the two girls pass.
Buffy lay Willow carefully down on the couch in the middle of the room. "We got attacked. There were three vampires, but I only saw two of them. I completely missed the third one...that bit her. I'm so stupid!"
"Buffy, don't blame yourself," Giles told her, as he checked Willow's vitals. "I don't think she needs to see a doctor, but she needs to rest. Would you mind bringing me the first aid kit out of the bathroom?"
Buffy didn't even need five seconds to do as she was told. Giles carefully cleaned Willow's wound and patched her up. "I think it's better if we bring her upstairs to the bed. You should go home and get some sleep as well, Buffy. There's nothing much you could do now."
"I'm staying!" the little blonde exclaimed. "I will never leave her alone again. She's my everything," Buffy didn't notice Giles's confused expression as she said this.
"Er, would you tell me, why you two were out this late at night, packed with blankets and a backpack?"
"We, um, we were ... picnicking, a-and I guess, we just fell asleep and didn't notice that it got dark. And then I woke up from the noise the vampires made," Buffy told him, carefully edited the romantic parts out, as she picked up her darling from the couch and took her upstairs.
"I see," Giles responded, sensing something behind this story, not only because of the unlikeliness of having an outside picnic in winter. "Well, I'll give Xander a call, as soon as it's light out to come over."
"Okay." Buffy replied, placing Willow on Giles's bed, tucking a stray hair behind the redhead's ear.
Ten minutes later, Buffy had fallen asleep on her sweetheart's side, holding on to Willow's hand. She was too exhausted with the fighting and worrying about Willow.
Giles, who went upstairs to check on Willow once more, took a blanket out of a drawer and lay it over Buffy. After that he descended downstairs and lay down on the couch. It would be a couple of hours till Willow would wake up, so he returned to sleep.
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About five hours later, it was almost 8 o'clock, Giles was already awake and went to the kitchen to cook him and the girls some tea, Xander burst through the door. "Giles, what happened... I just got your message." Xander exclaimed.
Giles, totally startled by the sudden noise, mumbled to himself. "This time I could have sworn I had the door locked." To Xander he explained. "It's okay. No need to worry."
"But you said something about Will being hurt?!"
"Well, there was a vampire-attack last night. Buffy and Willow were out on ...well, patrol."
"Is she okay?" the young man asked, clearly worried for his best friend.
"She's going to be fine. She just went unconscious from the shock, I think."
"Oh, thank God," Xander was audibly relieved.
"Yes, I was about to make some tea. Would you like some, as well?"
"Yeah, thanks." Xander replied, as he made his way upstairs to check on the girls. He found Buffy, lying parts on and parts off the bed, one arm wrapped around Willow, the hand of the other arm holding onto the redhead's hand. Xander smirked, as he saw his two girls together like this. 'If I didn't know better, I could have sworn, these two were lovers', he thought as decided to let them rest some more and went downstairs to sit on the couch.
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A little later, Willow woke up and found Buffy cuddling her halfway. She began to caress the arm that Buffy had wrapped around her. The blonde woke up from this sensation, craning her neck to look in Willow's eyes.
"Hey!" The blonde girl whispered.
"Hi." Willow replied, squeezing Buffy's hand. It was only then when she noticed their unusual surroundings. "Where are we?"
"At Giles'. I brought you right here, after you fainted. You scared me half to death!"
"Oh, Buffy," Willow sat up and wrapped her arms around Buffy.
Buffy welcomed the embrace, hugging the other girl as tight as possible. "I'm soooo happy, you're okay."
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Meanwhile Xander and Giles were sitting on the couch and tried to be as quiet as possible, with the intention not to wake up the sleeping girls upstairs. Giles was researching in one of his musty old books, although there was nothing to research, really, and Xander read the 'Morning In Sunnydale'- Paper, as they heard the girls talking upstairs. They got up and went slowly to the stairs.
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Willow was still wrapped in Buffy's strong arms. Buffy loosened the grip slightly to look into Willow's green eyes. "I don't think I could ever live without you. I love you. You're my everything."
"Oh, Buffy...," Willow's eyes started welling up and soon happy tears were rolling down her face.
Buffy caressed Willow's face and kissed away her tears, not caring that Xander and Giles could turn up and see them like this. She finally placed soft kisses on Willow's lips, discovering her mouth anew.
At some point they heard Giles clear his throat and broke the kiss, to see Giles's confused expression and Xander's smirk.
"Hey, girls. Well, I'd say, that's a new look," Xander said, grinning widely.
"Hey, Xand. Enjoying the show?" Buffy mocked.
"Well, it's definitely good to see that you take care of Will so well."
Buffy turned around and saw Willow blushing slightly from Xander's words.
"Hi, Xander," Willow said softly.
"Hey, Will," Xander smiled, as he went to hug Willow tightly, while he was pushing Buffy away slightly. "I'm so glad, you are okay." He exclaimed as he kissed Willow on the forehead.
"Hey, I'm getting slightly jealous here," Buffy pouted, as she sat there, feeling kinda left out.
"Er...would you girls like some tea?" Giles asked, interrupting the three teens.
"Yeah, that would be nice, Giles," Willow said, leaning back against the headboard.
"You stay here. I'll get your tea." Buffy smiled, as she got up and followed Giles in the kitchen.
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Xander still sat on the bed and smirked.
"What?" Willow asked, as she saw his grin.
"Well, I just gotta say, that's a first. You and Buffy with the smoochies."
"Anything wrong with it?"
"No, it's just, I didn't think my girls are gay."
"Well, I don't know, if I would call us gay. But there's definitely something going on here. It's unlike anything that ever happened to me. I think I love her more than I've ever loved anyone," Willow smiled, her eyes tearing up again.
Xander started to pout. "You love her more than you've loved me," he teased his best friend.
"Oh, Xander is jealous," Willow punched him in the arm.
At this moment Buffy came back upstairs, carrying a plate with two steaming mugs of tea. As she saw Xander's pout, she asked. "Hey, guys, what's up?"
"Xander is jealous that I love you more than I've loved him," Willow laughed.
Buffy couldn't help but grin. "Oh, Xand. You know, we love more than any other man in the world," She said, as she placed the place on the bedside table and sat down on the bed.
"Really?" Xander smiled.
"Really," Buffy and Willow said in unison.
Xander hugged his girls tightly. "And I love you more than any other girls...that are not my girlfriend," he added quickly.
"Oh, group-hug," Willow squeaked, making her friends laugh.
After some moments, they broke the hug. "So, how far have we gotten so far?" Xander quizzed. Now that he had the chance to, he wanted to know everything he could.
"Wouldn't you like to know," Buffy replied.
"Come on, no naughty secrets you wanna tell your best friend about?"
"No!" Willow and Buffy replied.
"Well, that's too bad," Xander got up and headed for the stairs. "But, don't forget, we can hear you downstairs."
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"How do you feel, baby?" Buffy asked her sweetheart as she made a move to touch Willow bandaged wound gently.
"Fine," Willow replied, referring to her neck. "And I'm glad, Xander took it...the 'us' so well, too."
"Yeah, but nevertheless he'll have dirty thoughts about us."
Willow grinned. "Well, duh! What did you think. He's a guy."
"Yeah, you're right," Buffy's smile was even bigger.
"But what about Giles?" the redhead was a little more concerned.
"Well, he'll get over it."
"Yeah." Willow said, trying to sit herself up higher.
"Here, let me help you." Buffy said, tucking two pillows behind Willow's back, making her more comfortable.
"Thanks." Willow replied as she leaned quickly in to kiss Buffy.
"And look, what I got here. A steamy mug of tea, with three scoops of sugar. Some thing sweet for my sweet." Buffy said as she took the two cups and handed one to Willow.
Willow slid a bit to the side and patted the bed beside her, motioning Buffy to sit next to her.
Buffy did as she was told.
Sipping on her tea, Buffy turned to face Willow. God, she is so beautiful. No wonder that vampire bastard wanted to bite her. She looked down Willow's neck and her eyes rested on the carefully patched-up wound.
Willow felt Buffy's intensive stare and turned her face towards her. "What?" she asked lightly as Buffy kept lingering on her neck.
"Hmm, I just thought it was not surprising that the vampire bit you. He had good taste."
Willow blushed at that compliment.
"But don't worry. If any bloodsucking fiend dares to lay a hand on you, I promise they'll die the cruelest death imaginable. From now on, I will be the only person sucking on your neck." Buffy purred.
"Ms. Summers, are you trying to seduce me?" Willow replied huskily.
"Oh, I would never take advantage of you in your weakened state."
"I wouldn't mind. Maybe you can even help to make me feel better." Willow's right index finger started drawing circles on Buffy's thigh, which caused both of them to shiver.
After a while, Willow hand edged higher..."Oh, my God. You are making me so hot right now," Buffy said, rolling her eyes from the sensation.
"I'm well aware of that." Willow replied, nearly touching Buffy's most sensitive spot.
"If you don't stop this right now, I might take you right here, in front of Giles and Xander."
"Oh, don't want that to happen, do we?" Willow asked serious, removing her hand from Buffy and looking up into her eyes.
"Really not," Buffy nodded.
Both swallowed down their lukewarm tea in less then five seconds, and soon walked down the stairs.
"Hey, it's Wills and the Buffster," Xander said as he looked up from a newspaper at his two girls.
"You seem to be all right, Willow." Giles remarked as he made his way from the kitchen to sit on the couch in the middle of the room.
"Yeah, I feel good. Just needed to rest a little."
"I would recommend it's better to continue with this. We don't want you to fall over," Giles replied.
"Don't worry. I'm strong enough to take care of her in any way possible." Buffy said taking Willow's hand in her own, giving it a squeeze.
"I bet," Xander said smirking.
"Right." Buffy glared. "And now we better go. I'm gonna take Will home. You know...letting her rest."
As she said this, she dragged Willow along with her towards the door, grabbing their coats, as they exited, leaving Xander and Giles quite stunned.
"Is it just me or do you think that think they're not gonna rest that much...," Xander started grinning.
"I'd prefer to not think about it that much, thank you," Giles replied.
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