Disclaimer: Joss has them all trapped away in his toy chest, I just take them out and play with them sometimes. Angel is my Favorite dollie...Hehe.-grins-
Summery: In the after effects of 'truck driven', Magic using mama' Willow, things happen. Riley leads Buffy to Angel.
Feedback: Yepper... Please.
Note: This is just a short one so don't get your undies in a bunch. I said undies ... when did I become two years old again?

'It's been a month, a month and a few long days. A month since all hell broke loss. All the evil that was shown in that one pure and innocent face. The face of my best friend.

My Willow.

She was my confidante, my best friend. The one person that I would entrust the world in. Hell, I would entrust the very fabric of my being in her, even now.

I love her. I hate her. I feel so intensely for her. Because at times I think I am her. We are one with the guilt and hatred for the world and what it has thrown in our paths.

"Please Willow," I begged as Giles loaded her onto a plane jetting away to England and God knows where else. "Please ... stay on the straight and narrow. If not for you, for me and Xander and for all of us. For Tara and for Oz, they wouldn't want you to..." I had to stop before I fell over with grief and lack of nutrition. "Just be our Willow. Be yourself..." I sniffled, not hiding my cries from the passersby. "We love you no matter what's not or what is."

She nodded, showing that somewhere inside of her she understood even if she didn't want to show it. Somewhere under her broken heart was my Willow.

I understand her so completely and someday, maybe today she understands that, her Buffy is under this shroud of a person they call Buffy, under the many walls I put up somewhere along the road.

Somewhere after My Angel.'

Buffy sighed, walking in the door holding a hand full of letters, bills and whatever someone was trying to sell to her. She stumbled over some of Dawn's soccer equipment as she walked in the threshold and moseyed on over to the kitchen.

"Bills, bills, bills. Maybe I can resell the paper to a company to pay the bills...Blah," She talked to herself as she sat down at the kitchen table. Wafting a hand threw her blond tresses she looked up from the table and caught a shimmering light of a pale silver.

Her eyes caught hold of the object, not wanting to let go of what she was seeing. Buffy looked absently at the object until her vision cleared.

It was Willow's Computer.

Her compact computer hadn't been used for sometime, not since Dawny was out of school as were Tara and Willow herself.

"Tara." Buffy eyes began to water as she thought of her dear friend who was now dead. Buffy replayed it over and over in her head. She should have died. Not dear, sweet, fun loving Tara. It was an injustice to have had that much light taken from the earth. Buffy abruptly stopped thinking and went back to thinking about the computer ... it was easier that way.

"I should check her e-mail ... it must be overflowing." Buffy told her self as she strolled over and booted up the computer.

Waiting as numerous screen passed in front of her, she clicked away getting onto the Internet. Right Before checking the e-mail she got an IM.

Solider_382: Hey. WillowTree: Ah'. Hey, you...

Buffy hostilely typed. What was she supposed to say? 'Ah' Hey Willow went physco and is now gone for a bit ... what can I do for you?'

Solider_382: Willow you there?

Willowtree: NO, Ah Willow ain't here ... right now. Can I -ah-Take a message?

Solider_382: Is this Tara? or Dawn? Where is Willow? I need to talk to her.

Willowtree: This is Buffy... Do I know you? Can I tell her something ... she is really busy and all so... Yeah.

Solider_382: Buffy? You never use computers. You said you would get a freaky boyfriend or something. Which never really did make sense but...

Willowtree: I don't know who you are, but you're freaking me out ... which leads to the question. Who are you?

Solider_382: Riley Finn... You do remember me when your not tramping around with your vampires.

Buffy stopped dead in her tracks. It was Riley, her Riley... Needing Willow. For what? Did he just say that? How could he say something like that after what he did to her? With the vampire whores ... and the lying and everything he had done to her. Sure she slept with Spike, but that was different. She needed someone to connect with on the most basic level and Spike volunteered. He had what she needed for the time being.

Lust with no emotional connection.

Solider_382: Where is Willow?

Willowtree: She is gone ... to England.

Solider_382: Without her computer?

Willowtree: She didn't have time to pack ... it was just a rush hour thing. Solider_382: I don't get it ... spell it out for me.

Willowtree: Willow tried to kill all humanity ... she went off the hanger. She wasn't Willow at all.

Solider_382: She what?

Solider_382: Why? how?

Willowtree: Tara was shot... The bullet was ment for yours truly, I also was shot and ... Tara died. Willow saved my life with dark magic and then she killed Warren.

Solider_382: Warren?

Willowtree: robot guy ... and she tried to kill his guys.

Solider_382: Not getting it.

Willowtree: Do you know how to read? ... read the screen.

Willowtree: Sorry ... it is hard to talk about. Anyway we saved Jonathan and Andrew but she kinda was beating the shit out of me. So yeah, Xander saved the earth. All is good... lalala little dancing ferrets.

Solider_382: Okay and so ... wow. What else has happened?

Willowtree: Ohh I don't know. I was shot, Spike tried to rape me, Xander and Anya didn't get married, she's a demon again. Giles came back and was like Super Wicked Powerful. I'm not sure if I made up this world or not... That's about it. Other than the Willow stuff it was the same old same old.

Solider_382: Wow. I'm Flabbergasted.

Willowtree: No I think that's Xander's. You said you wanted something. Could I help? Or tell Willow ... or something?

Solider_382: Oh...Umm there was a body in the ocean off the coast of LA.

Willowtree: And you tell Will about all your murder cases? Icky.

Solider_382: He wasn't dead...

Willowtree: Yay! That's great ... give him my regards.

Solider_382: That's kinda the point ... He was a vampire. One with a soul ... basically a walking (or not so much walking but laying) skeleton.

Willowtree: Angel? It's Angel?

Solider_382: Basically. A cranky and not too movable Angel...

Willowtree: Where is he at... Where are you?

Solider_382: LA, the coroners office @ Bradberry hospital.

Buffy didn't even say good-bye, she grabbed her jacket, scribbled down a note to Dawn or Xander or Anya and was out of there. She was going to LA for her Angel.

'YOU ARE NOW LEAVING SUNNYDALE, CA.'

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