Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Joss is the master he owns all.
Summary: Buffy betrays Willow, setting off a chain of events that will forever change her life.
Author's Note: Cordy and Oz are not in this story. Plus I would like to dedicate this story to my best friend Jennifer.
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"I don't see what the big deal is."
"You don't see what the big deal is? The big deal is that you're going out and sleeping with my best friend and you guys couldn't tell me."
"Willow, I was going to tell you, I was but..."
"No Buffy I don't want to hear it."
Willow opened the front door of Buffy's house, sat on the front steps and started to cry. When she found out that Xander and Buffy were going out, she could deal with it, but to also find out that they were sleeping together, Willow felt like she was punched in the stomach.
***
It was just about sundown when Willow left Buffy's house and she didn't care. She walked to the park and just cried. She was to upset to even notice a figure in the shadows.
"Willow?"
She looked up with a tear soaked face at the person that called her name. "Angel?"
"What happened?"
"Buffy...she and Xander...they didn't tell me..." Willow started to cry once more.
"What didn't they tell you?" Angel sat next to Willow on a park swing.
"They lied, they didn't tell me."
"I think that it's time for you to go home." Angel got off the swing and took Willow's hand.
Willow pulled back, "I don't want to go home." Willow went off in the other direction.
***
Buffy opened the door to find Angel there, " Angel, come in." Angel walked in the door and looked at Buffy.
"What's wrong with Willow?"
"She found out that Xander and I are going out."
"You never thought to inform you best friend."
" I didn't think that she would be to happy with the idea that we were going out. I think she's overreacting."
"Overreacting? You two are her best friends in the whole world and you don't think it was good for her to know that you're going out with each other?"
"Well if you put it that way it sounds bad." Buffy put her hand on her hips.
"Buffy, think about what you're saying, your best friend is up set at night alone, she's not thinking straight. Maybe if you would for once stop thinking of yourself, you would think about those things." Angel opened the door and left to find Willow, and left Buffy with a lot of things to think about.
***
Willow walked up to the entrance of the Bronze, "Well I guess that I should have a little fun tonight." Willow walked into the club. She walked up to an empty bar stool, next to a guy. Willow looked up at the guy and back at the bar.
The man looked about nineteen or twenty, dark hair, about six feet tall, well built, and well dressed.
"So what brings you here tonight?"
Willow looked up at the man next to her, "uh, nothing."
"You look unhappy. Can I buy you a drink?"
"Yeah, um, a beer please."
The man looked at the bartender and asked for a beer, "Beer for the lady."
"Right away sir." The bartender came back with a beer in hand. Willow took the beer and drank it like there was no tomorrow.
"Thirsty?"
"Bad day."
"Want to talk about it?" the man waved to the bartender for another beer. The bartender sat the beer next to Willow.
"I don't even know your name."
"Mike."
"Willow."
"Willow, a pretty name, to match a pretty face."
Willow smiled shyly and looked down, "Thank you."
"So you want to talk about what's bothering you?"
***
Willow told Mike everything that happened with Buffy and Xander. By the time that she was done telling him, she was drunk and getting a little hot and heavy with him.
"Willow, I think that we should go."
"Go? Go where?" Willow got off of Mike's lap and kissed him on the lips.
"Home, I'll walk you."
Mike took Willow's hand and walked out of the club, "I don't want to go home, it's still early."
"Willow, it's one a.m., it's time to go home."
Willow put out her bottom lip as if she were five and wanted to stay up past her bedtime, "Fine, see if I care." Then Willow and Mike started walking to Willow's house.
***
"Hey, this isn't the way to my house." Willow said in a drunken manner.
"Your drunk I think I know where we are going more then you do." Mike pulled on Willow's hand and started walking faster.
"Meany head,"Willow whispered.
"What was that bitch?"
"I am not a bitch, You know I don't like you very much." Willow took her hand back and started walking the other way. Before long Willow became the hunted and Mike the hunter. This wasn't a game anymore and it was scaring Willow. She looked up and saw her house and tried to get her house key out. By the time Willow saw the front of her house Mike put his arm around her waist and pulled her around, Willow didn't see the nice face of the man at the bar, but the face of a demon.
"Your...you're a vampire."
"You're a good guesser, Willow. We can to this the easy way or the hard way it's up to you."
Willow turned around and started running.
"I guess it's the hard way." Mike started running after Willow. By the time Willow got to her front door Mike had his arms wrapped around her, and dropped her house keys.
"Please, I'm sorry. Let me go, please."
"Sorry Willow."
"Please, I don't want to die." Willow started to cry.
"Oh, Willow, your not going to die."
"I'm not?" Willow had a little hope that Mike would let her go.
"No, your going to live forever." Willow lost all hope that Mike would let her go, and put up the fight of her life.
"Sssshhh, Willow don't fight me, don't fight it. I'll make you strong and powerful." Mike bent down to kiss and lick Willow's neck, then he carefully pressed his fangs into her skin, and started to drink. He didn't drink for long, he pulled back and layed Willow on the ground, cut his wrist and held it up to her mouth. A few seconds passed before she started drinking. Mike let her drink for a few minutes before the pain got to great and he had to pull back. After that Willow fell sleep, but the next time she woke up she would be a new person.
Mike picked up her body and walked in to the night. < the world has no idea what's in store for them >
***
Angel wanted to stop by Willow's house to see if she was all right, before he went home. But when he got there he didn't like what he saw. There was a set of keys on the ground next to a small pool of blood. Angel bent down touched the blood and smelt it. It was human and it was Willow's. Angel looked around the house and found no sign of her. So he went to the school knowing that Giles would be there.
***
Giles looked up at the sound of the double doors opening, to find Angel walking through.
"Giles we have a problem. It's Willow I can't find her."
"Maybe, she's at Buffy's."
"No, they got into a fight and Willow ran out of Buffy's house, I found her in the park. She was crying, I wanted to take her home but she ran off. I decided that I should go to her house to see if she was o.k., but when I got there her keys where on the ground next to some of her blood."
"I'll call everybody and we'll go out and look for her."
***
A few weeks passed and still no sign of Willow. Everybody was beginning to lose hope. But one night Xander went to the Bronze, he saw a red head dressed in black jeans and a blood red shirt kissing a guy. Then he looked again and knew that it was Willow.
He followed the two outside and what he saw glued him to the spot.
***
"Kiss me." Willow said and the guy obeyed, then Willow moved down to the guy's neck and bite it.
"Hey, that hurt." the guy touched his neck.
"Sorry, come here." Willow returned to the spot on the boy's neck and licked up the blood. "Better?"
"I guess."
"Good," then Willow changed into her ‘Game face' and bit into the guy's neck once more, fed off of him, and walked away.
***
Xander couldn't believe his eyes. He had to get to the school, tell everybody about what he saw, and fast. Xander ran to the library as if his life depended on it.
***
"Giles! Giles!"
"Xander, how many bloody times have I told you not to run through those doors?"
"Giles, now is not the time. I found Willow." "Where is she?"
"Listen to me we need to get everybody here now!"
"Xander what is it?"
***
"Xander what is it?" Buffy asked, "I have to study tonight."
Both Xander and Angel looked at the slayer with puzzled faces. "What? I have better things to do then sit here and listen to all of you tonight."
"I saw Willow."
"You what? You saw Willow? Is she alright?" Angel asked
"I don't know how to say this but..." Xnader looked at his feet, not wanting to go on.
"Xander?" Giles said.
"She's not...she's a a...she's a vampire."
"WHAT!?!?!" Giles was in shock
"No, no, no. Are you sure?" Angel didn't want to believe it.
"Yeah right, Willow a vampire, and I'm a stupid blond." Buffy being a stupid blond
"We need to find her before she can do anymore harm."
"Angel's right, Xander and Buffy you go one way, Angel you go the other. I'll stay here and look up that damn soul spell."
***
Angel was only looking for Willow about twenty minutes when he heard screaming, he went around the corner and found Willow feeding off a girl that looked about sixteen years old.
"Willow!" Angel yelled
She looked up at the call of her name, and dropped the girl as soon as she saw Angel.
"Angel, how nice of you to come and see me."
"I wish I could say the same."
"Oh, Angel, that hurt my feelings." Willow said in a baby voice.
Before Angel could say anything Willow was running away, and Angel was not to far behind. He caught her with no problem.
"Let me go."
"No, Willow I can't. We're going to get you some help."
"And turn me into you? I don't think so. I'd rather gouge my eyes out than be a little weakling like you!" Willow put up another fight and lost fast.
Angel slammed her head into a wall, and carried her to the library.
***
Giles took his nose out of the book he was looking at to find Angel carrying Willow in his arms.
"Oh, thank God, you found her."
"Help me get her in the book cage."
Giles got up from where he was sitting and opened the door. Angel put Willow in the cage and locked the door behind him.
"Angel, can you help me with the spell?"
"Yeah." Angel sat on the end of the table, opened a book, waited for Willow to wake up and for Buffy and Xander to come back.
***
"No luck, Giles." Xander said in a disappointed voice, not even looking at the cage to his left.
Before Angel or Giles could respond Willow started to wake up, all eyes on her.
Willow got up and looked at everybody with a pissed off face.
"Hey, Wills." Buffy said and walked up to the cage.
"Stay away from me, you bitch" Willow backed up and sat down on the floor.
"Don't worry Will, we're going to make it better." Buffy tried to talk to her friend.
Willow looked up from where she was sitting, "I don't think you heard what I said, stay...away...from...me...bitch. It's your fault that I'm the demon I am today."
"Willow, don't say that!" Xander said.
"Why not it's the truth, if she had told me the truth that you two were going out I wouldn't have met Mike, got drunk, and well you know the rest. I would still be the same old Willow. So Xnader, was Buffy wroth it? Was she worth losing your best friend over a few rounds in bed?"
"We aren't going to lose you, Willow." Giles said.
"Think about it, you all ready did!"
"We're going to give you you're..." Xander was cut off by Willow.
"My soul? Please think about what it well do to her."
"We're going to help you." Angel said.
Willow looked at Angel, "Angel, I thought that you of all people would understand. If you give me a soul, do you think that she, sweet little innocent Willow, could deal with the memories, the lives that I took. I know her better then all of you put together and you know what? She would most likely stake herself."
Everybody in the room listened to what Willow said and thought about it overnight.
***
The next day everybody came in the library to find Willow looking around the cage like an animal.
Giles walked up to the cage and handed Willow a bag of blood through the book return. Willow took it, bit the bag.
Xander, Buffy, and Giles got all the stuff for the spell ready and when Angel came over they would do it.
***
< There's one thing that your not counting on, at sundown I'm out of here >
***
It was just about sundown and Willow was plotting the last of her plans to get out of the book cage. < When all their backs are turned to do the spell I'm out the window.>
The sun just went down and everybody went in Giles' office to get the last thing for the spell. Willow turned around and climbed out the top window, and into the night.
***
Everybody came into the main part of the library to find an empty book cage and an open window.
"Damn." Giles said.
"Giles, what should we do?" Buffy asked.
"I think that we should wait for Angel and hear what he has to say."
They didn't have to wait long, Angel walked into the library ready to do the spell. He looked at his friends and asked what happened, then looked at the cage and saw that Willow had escaped.
"How did she get out?"
"The window." Xander said.
"Angel, what should we do?" Giles asked.
Before he could answer Buffy said, "I think that we should just do the spell and she'll come back."
Nobody really payed attention to Buffy and waited for Angel to answer, "We need to find her before we do anything. If we do the spell and don't know where she is she could do something to herself."
Everybody besides Buffy agreed with Angel's plan and went out to look for Willow.
***
A week passed and there was no sign of Willow. Everybody was once again losing hope to find their friend. Angel and Xander were the only ones still looking for her.
What the two didn't know was that Buffy was planning to do the spell without them knowing it.
"Giles, we need to do the spell before anymore people get hurt." "Buffy, I think Angel is right about this if Willow does get her soul back what would she do to herself?"
"Giles, this is something that we have to do for the good of the world, isn't that what your job is about? Help the world, good vs. evil.
"Well, yes, but..."
"Good now get the stuff, we have a spell to do."
***
That night Buffy and Giles did the spell.
"Got everything?"
"Yes."
"Good, now lets get started."
Giles started to do the spell.
***
"...I don't think this is a good idea." The girl said
"Come on it's just a little walk." Willow said
"Yeah through a graveyard."
"Where's your sense of adventure?"
"Back at home."
"Come on." Willow took the girls hand and guided her to the graveyard. "See this isn't to bad."
"I guess."
Willow stopped and looked around.
"What? What is it?"
"Nothing, I'm just a little hungry." Willow turned around with her demon face on and sank her fangs in the girl's jugular. A few seconds of feeding Willow pulled back and the girl started to run and scream. Willow dropped to her hands and knees in pain. After a minute the pain stopped, as she looked up her eyes glowed a pale yellow. Willow looked around, "What have I done?"
***
"Do you think it worked?"
"I don't know." Giles said, answering Buffy's question.
"Well I have to go. See ya."
Giles started to clean up and said to himself, "I hope we did the right thing."
***
Buffy was walking down the school hall when she noticed a figure in the shadows.
"Buffy what are you doing here?"
"Angel, I think the question is, what are you doing here?"
"I was going to see Giles about Willow."
"Why is it that you're so concerned about finding Willow, everyone is so concerned about finding Willow. I mean what about me?"
Angel just looked at Buffy and wondered what had happened to the girl he had fallen in love with.
"Did you ever think about what I'm going through? I lost me best friend."
"Yeah, Buffy, you lost your best friend, but did you ever go out and look for her? Or that little fact that your not the only one who lost a best friend? Did you ever think about what Xander is feeling? He lost a best friend. What about Giles is going through, hell even me! No, You know what the difference between you and the three of us is? It's the fact that we tried and you sat on your ass and did nothing to find her."
Before Angel could go on Buffy said, "See that's were you're wrong. Cause I did do something, I gave Willow her soul back."
Angel stopped dead in his tracks, turned to look at Buffy, and said between clenched teeth, "Do you have any idea what you've just done?!?!" Then he was gone.
***
"Giles! Giles!"
"Angel?"
"Giles, tell me you didn't do that spell. Tell me!"
"I'm sorry..."
Before Giles could go on anymore Angel ran out of the library in search of Willow.
***
Willow sat there as memories of what she had done came back to her. The last of her memories hit her like a cannonball slamming against a brick wall, she broke down into a stream of tears. Willow started to walk, she didn't know where she was going and didn't care. But the pain inside hurt so bad she thought of the only person that knew what it felt like, Angel.
***
Angel looked everywhere but there was no sign of Willow. He knew that he had to find her before it was to late.
***
Willow walked up to the front of the mansion, and opened the door. She walked into the livingroom before sliding down the wall, heart wrenching sobs broke free and echoed off the walls making her feel as hollow as the house in which she sat.
***
Angel had been looking all around town for the little red head, and still no sign. Sunrise forced him to end his search, he prayed that wherever willow was that she would be alright.
***
Angel walked into his house when he noticed someone in the livingroom. He walked in the room and saw the unexpected. Willow was in a corner, she was staring out in space, curled up in a ball, rocking back and forth. The look in her eyes must have been a reflection of his own, the guilt and sorrow he saw there was all too familiar.
"Willow?"
No answer.
"Willow?!"
Still, no answer.
Angel walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder. No response.
Angel took Willow into his arms and carried her to his room He changed her clothes, put her in one of his T- shirts, then put her into his bed.
Before he left he heard a sob escape from Willow's mouth. He turned around and walked over to the bed side. She sobbed once more then the tears came freely. Angel sat next to her, pulled her up into his arms and held her. They stayed like that till Willow fell asleep.
***
Angel didn't get any sleep that night, he stayed up all night so that if Willow woke up, he would be there.
Willow was plagued by many dreams that night. The dreams were filled with many faces, faces that would haunt Willow for the rest of eternity
***
The next morning Angel thought that he should call Giles, tell him that he has Willow and she's safe.
"Ello?"
"Giles?"
"Angel?"
"I found Willow."
"Really? Did the spell work?"
"Yes. I don't want Buffy, Xander, or you coming over."
"But why? I think..."
"Forget what you think. Willow needs help and it wont do any good if you three get into it right now. The only thing you can do is tell Xander and Buffy that she's safe."
"If that's what you think is best."
"It is."
"Well then, I guess that will be it."
"Bye, Giles."
"Bye, Angel."
***
When Angel went back to his room it was to find Willow having another nightmare. When Angel went to wake Willow, she jumped out of bed into Angel's strong arms, and said something for the first time.
"I...I...did it." said Willow in between sobs
"Willow, what did you do?"
"I...I killed...them."
"Willow..."
Willow looked straight into Angel's eyes, "I'm a monster."
"Willow you're not a monster."
Willow didn't say anything, just cried.
***
Later that day Willow stopped crying long enough to take a shower. When she walked into the living room and up to Angel. With her head down she whispered, "I'm...uh...hungry."
Angel went into the kitchen and got Willow some blood. He walked back into the living room.
"Here you go." He handed Willow the coffee cup, full of the blood.
Willow took the cup, slipped into her true face and drank the blood quickly, Angel was intrigued by her beauty. <What am I thinking? This is Willow we're talking about. You're tying to help her.>
Before Angel knew it Willow was done, she then looked up at him with watery eyes, "here,"she handed Angel the empty cup. Angel put it on the coffee table and pulled Willow down on the couch next to him.
"Willow, you know it helps to cry."
Willow looked up at Angel as tears made their way down her face. Angel pulled Willow closer to him and wrapped his arms around her tiny frame. "You always have a shoulder to cry on, I'm here if you need to talk about anything."
Willow held Angel as tightly as she could, " I just...I don't think, I can do this. The things I've done are..."
"Ssshhh, it's alright."
"No, it's not, it's never going to be alright, I'm not the same person I was a few months ago. I don't think I can deal with being a vampire. I'm not Buffy , I'm not strong."
"No, you listen to me, you're not the same person you were a few months ago, that will never change, but you're smart, witty, kind, and most of all I think you're the strongest person I've met, a lot stronger then Buffy will ever be," Angel pulled Willow's face up so that she could look into his eyes.
"I just want the pain to end, I want my life to end." By that time Angel was close to tears.
"Willow, please don't say that. You're the only real friend I've got. "
"Angel, does it ever get easier?"
"It takes time." Angel kissed the top of Willow's head.
They stayed that way for a few more minutes before they got up.
***
Later that night Willow told Angel, that she didn't want to see her friends until she could deal with her demon, she said that she would be judged. Angel felt that it would be the best thing to do, if it was make Willow happy. He also told her, her friends would never treat her any differently.
***
A week passed and Willow was doing great with her demon, but Angel and Willow knew that there was a long road ahead
***
The next night Angel went to Willy's to get some more blood. After Angel left Willow sat down to reading a book. After a half an hour of reading Willow was getting pretty hungry, and wanted Angel to get home soon. Just then, she heard someone in the garden.
"Hello?"
Willow knew that, that wasn't Angel. That was Buffy came through the door.
"Hello? Is anybody here?" Buffy started walking around to see if anybody was there.
Buffy walked into the room where Willow was in.
"Willow."
"Buffy."
Buffy was walking up to Willow and with every step she took, Willow would back away.
"Willow, what's wrong?"
"I just.."
"Come on Will, can I have a hug?"
Before Willow could answer Buffy grabbed Willow and gave her a hug. Buffy thought about how good it was to see her best friend. Willow was another story, all she could think about was the fact that there was a human in her arms and she was hungry. Willow put her demon face on and bit Buffy. As soon as Buffy felt the pain she pulled back.
Buffy put her hand on her neck and asked in a small yell "What the hell are you doing?"
"Buffy, I'm..." Willow put her human mask back on and started to apologize, but was cut off.
"What do you think you're doing, Bitch?" A little louder that time.
Willow looked up at Buffy, her demon took over, ‘game face' on and she yelled back, "Don't call me a Bitch."
"You bit me."
"I was hungry."
Buffy walked up to Willow and slapped her in the face. At that point Angel walked in with a paper bag filled with blood bags. Angel put the bag on a chair and ran up to the two girls.
"What the Hell is going on here?"
"Willow bit me."
Angel looked at Buffy then at Willow, "Why did you do it?"
Willow looked up at Angel ready to cry, "She came in and...I was hungry...I...I tried to stay away, but...she came up and...she hugged me...it was so hard, I tried, I really tried."
"Oh, poor Willow." Said Buffy , still holding her neck. "What about my neck."
"Buffy, I'm sor..." Willow said as she started to cry.
"Don't talk to me. Angel..."
Buffy was cut off by Willow running out the door.
"Angel, you look..."
"Get out. " Angel said in a low voice.
"But Angel..."
"I can't believe what you just did. Willow was apologizing and all you can do is yell at her. She only did what came natural to her, and you, her best friend treated her like dirt. I don't want you coming around here anymore for any propose. Good bye, Buffy." Angel ran out after Willow.
***
Angel ran down the street trying to find Willow. He didn't have to look for long, Willow was sitting down on a curb, crying her eyes out. Angel walked up to Willow and sat next to her. Willow cried on his shoulder.
"Oh, Willow." Angel rubbed her back.
"I didn't want to...I just..." Willow sobbed
"I know." Angel picked up Willow and carried her back to the house.
***
By the time they got home Willow fell asleep. Angel didn't want Willow to go to bed with an empty stomach.
"Willow, we're home." Angel whispered
Willow's eyes opened half way, "Mmmm."
"Here drink this." Angel handed her a cup and she drank deeply. Willow handed the cup back to Angel and closed her eyes again. <God, she looks so beautiful when she sleeps> Angel picked up Willow, walked to his room and put her in his bed. After Angel got Willow into bed, he layed on the bed and pulled her in to his arms.
***
Willow woke up the next day still in Angel's arms. < This feels nice. What? What am I thinking this is Angel. He's your friend. But it feels right. Shut up. Friend. He's the only one you've got right now, don't mess it up.>
Willow didn't notice that Angel was awake.
< God, you're so beautiful. I like it when you're in my arms. I want us to stay like this forever.>
Angel looked down at Willow and saw that she was awake.
"Hungry?" <Please say no.>
<He wants me to get off of him.> With disappointment Willow answered, "A little."
<Damn, now we have to get up.>
Willow got off of Angel's chest and out of bed, and went into the living room. Angel walked in the kitchen to get something to eat. He walked in the room that Willow was in and handed her a cup. They both ate fast then each took a shower
*** After Willow was done, Angel got into the shower, leaving Willow with her thoughts.
<Willow, what the hell are you going to do? Your friends hate you, well there's always Angel. You have to stop thinking like that. Angel is a friend. FRIEND. But...no. No but's aloud.> Willow broke away from her thoughts when the phone rang. She didn't know if she should answer it or not.
"Hello?"
"Willow?"
"Xander, what are you doing calling here?"
"Well, Buffy said that some things happened last night. Giles and I wanted to know if you were alright."
After hearing what Xander just said, Willow started to cry, "Xander, I'm fine, now that you've called."
"Willow, are you crying? I didn't mean to make you cry."
"Xander, it's o.k Thank you."
"For what?"
"For calling me. It really means a lot."
By then Angel walked into the room where he saw Willow with tears in her eyes.
"Willow, what's wrong? Who's on the phone?" Angel took the phone from Willow
Xander heard the concern in Angel's voice.
"Hello?"
"Angel, it's me."
"What's wrong with Willow?"
Before Xander could answer, Willow answered for him, "I was crying because Xander called me."
***
"Angel?"
"Mmmm."
"I want to move."
"What!?!" Angel asked.
"I want to move. I don't want to live here where my old life is. I mean, the things that happened with Buffy. Also I was wondering if you wanted to...um...maybe come with me? I want to learn from you. Help the world."
Angel stared at Willow in stunned disbelief < She wants me to come with her.>
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
"I'm more then sure. I've thought about it for awhile now and I'm going to do this...whether you want to go with me or not. But I would like it if you came with me."
"I need time to think about it. It's a big step and I'm not sure that we're ready for it." <Yes, yes I'll go with you. I don't what to leave you, ever.>
"I am Angel, I'm more then ready. I need to move on, start over, and I can't do that here."
***
Angel felt like a teenager, he was waiting for Willow to come home so that he could tell her that answer he wanted to tell her for weeks.
"Angel?"
"I'm in here, Willow."
Willow walked into the living room to find Angel looking at her.
"Angel, what's wrong?"
"Come here I need to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"I have an answer to that question you asked a few weeks ago."
Angel looked at Willow taking her hands in his. "I've decided to move with you."
Willow took her hands from Angel and wrapped her arms around him, "Thank you, you don't know how good this makes me feel."
< I'll bet.>
***
"Do you have everything?" Angel asked
"Yes, everything is in the back." Willow said
"Good."
"Come on I said we would be there in ten minutes."
Angel and Willow got in the car and drove to the library.
***
Giles and Xander looked up at the sound of the doors opening.
"Hello." Giles said as he got out of his chair to give Willow a hug.
"Hi Giles."
"So when are you two leaving?" Xander asked.
"As soon as we leave here." Angel answered
"Where are you going?" Giles asked
"L.A., maybe New York." Angel said.
Xander got up from his chair and over to Willow, he pulled her into a hug, "I'm going to miss you."
As they pulled away Willow said, "Me too."
Giles shook Angel's hand and said their good-byes. Xander then looked at Angel, "You better take good care of my best friend." Then winked at him.
"I will. Don't worry." Angel smiled
Willow hugged each of her friends one more time, then she and Angel left.
***
"You, o.k.?" Angel asked.
"Yeah, it's just a little harder then I thought."
They got in the car and drove off into the night.
The End
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