Rated: R
Disclaimer: Joss is the master he owns all.
Summary:What happens when two people come back from Willow's past. (Sequel to Bitter Sweet Betrayal)
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Author's Note: Once again I would like to dedicate this to my friend Jennifer a.k.a. Lady Myst writer of Fate, Trails Love (in the works), soon to come, Storm of Fury and Consumed By Darkness
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About a year has passed after Willow and Angel left Sunnydale and moved to New York. Over that year they became the best of friends, both wanted more but never told the other. Willow learned how to control her demon and fight just as well as Angel.
***
"Lets go." Angel said as he and Willow walked into the club.
They looked around for a few minutes before Willow stopped, "Angel, over there," Angel looked over where she was pointing. There was a guy sitting at the bar.
With a smile Angel said, "Show me your stuff."
"Here." She took off her jacket, handed it to Angel and walked up to the bar. <Been here, done this. Should I go with the Buffy act or the sweet and innocent act?>
The guy looked up at Willow, "Hi, the name's Alex."
"Hey, Willow."
"Can I buy you a drink?"
<God, who is this, Mike number two?> "Yeah, Bloody Mary." Willow smiled.
***
Angel stayed close to the door but his eyes never left Willow.
***
"So, you from around here?" Alex asked.
"No, I'm from a little town in Main. But I've always wanted to
live in the
big city."
"Have you seen the city yet?"
"No I wanted to see it tonight, but..."
Alex got up from his chair and put his hand out. "Come on, I'll take you." Willow put her hand in his, got up and walked out of the club, with Angel right behind them.
***
"Yeah the city is beautiful at night."
"Really? That's good because I, myself, am a night person."
"Me too." Just then Alex tightened his hold on Willow's hand and
walked into
an ally.
"Hey, your hurting my hand."
"A few more minutes and the pain will stop."
Willow hit Alex knocking him to the ground. Alex stood up and grabbed Willow by the hair, pulled his fist back and hit her across her jaw, sending her to the ground. She looked up at Alex, holding her jaw. "That will teach you, you bitch."
<That's it! I have been called a bitch too many times.>
Just then Angel walked into both Alex and Willow's view.
"Don't you DARE hit her again." Angel said as he felt his face change.
Alex looked at Angel, let his human face melt away, "She's mine, I found
her first. I'll hit her if I want." He pulled his hand back
and went to hit Willow again. But before he could, Willow grabbed
his arm and twisted it.
He pulled back and went to run.
She got up pulled out a stake and was going to go after him. But she looked up and Angel had him in a headlock.
"Angel."
He looked up.
"Let him go."
Both Angel and Alex were shocked. He let go. Alex looked up at Willow.
She had a big smile on her face. "I will never be your's." Willow took her stake and plunged it into his heart.
Angel ran up to Willow, "Are you OK? I'm sorry I didn't get here in time." He put his hand on her jaw. She put her hand over his. "It's all right, I'm fine...can we go home now?"
<He was just like Mike.>
***
"Here, put this on you jaw." Angel handed Willow some ice.
She put the ice on her face, "Angel...I have this bad felling..I...did you ever get a feeling when Darla was around?"
"What are you saying?"
"I'm just asking."
"Do you think Mike was around?"
"I had this feeling that he might have been there at the club. And that Alex, he acted a lot like him. I felt him."
"The bond between a sire and a childe is strong one. If you felt him, he might have been there."
Willow sat next to Angel, wrapped her arms around his neck and put her head on his shoulder.
"Willow are you..."
"Shhhh, just hold me, please." She closed her eyes.
Angel waited till Willow was asleep before he said what he wanted to tell her, "I'll never let him hurt you again. Where would I be if I didn't have you? I...I love you." He closed his eyes and fell sleep.
***
"Angel, can we go home now?"
"We just got here, and I see a lot of vampires."
"I know, I see them too, but..." Just then Willow looked in one of the corners of the club, and saw the one person she never wanted to see again. He looked deep into her eyes.
Angel noticed Willow staring at someone, "Lets go."
***
"Who were you looking at?"
"Nobody," she started to walk a little faster. <Why does this have to happen to me? Why now?>
"Willow?! Willow!"
Both Willow and Angel turned at the sound of the male voice.
Willow dropped her head, "Mike."
At the sound of Willow's sire's name, Angel felt guilt, hurt, and anger. He knew what Willow was going through. He knew how hard it was to be excepted by your sire, and with a soul it's ever harder.
"Come on, let's go." Angel took her arm and started to pull a little bit.
"Wait, I want to talk to you." Mike said.
Both Willow and Angel stopped, "What do you want, Mike?" Willow asked.
"I want to know how you've been. I haven't heard from you in a year or so. What happened to you? What have you been doing with you life?"
Willow looked up at Angel and back at Mike. Mike could see the sadness in her eyes and didn't understand. Before she could answer, he went off with a set of questions. He looked up at Angel, "Who are you?"
Angel didn't say anything. Mike looked back at Willow, "You poor excuse for a vampire. I thought you were going to be different, be the best of the best, a killing machine. I picked you, to be that vampire. But now all you are, is the same little girl I found at the bar."
By the time Mike was done telling Willow what he had to say, she lost it, tears running down her face. Mike walked up to her and slapped her across the face so hard it sent her to the ground.
"Is there any bit of the vampire I made?"
That's when Angel stepped in, "Don't hit her again."
"I can do anything I want with her she's mine." Mike said as he put his ‘game face' on.
"I don't really care who's she is, you don't hit her." Angel put his ‘game face' on and punched Mike in the stomach, slamming him into a wall.
Angel went to Willow, "Are you alright?" He put his hand out.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She took his hand, got up and hugged him.
Angel hugged back, "I think you've been hit in the face one to many times this week."
Willow looked over Angel's shoulder at Mike. He got up, found a piece of wood, in the shape of a stake and ran up to Angel. Willow pushed Angel out of the way and with her vampire speed turned the stake around and stuck it into Mike's chest. Before he turned to dust Willow said, "I'm not your's anymore." And then he was gone.
Angel ran up to Willow, she hugged him as soon as she could, "Are you OK, god...I almost lost you." Then out of no where, "I love you, I never want you to leave me."
Angel couldn't believe what he just heard. <She loves me?!...Wait a minute Angel, she means friends, only friends. Well, you know what, I'm going to tell her my feelings, she needs to know.> He told himself.
Angel let go of Willow and looked right in her eyes. "Are you ok?"
"Now that I know you're ok."
She looked up at Angel and they started to walk home.
***
Willow called Angel into the living room, "Angel!"
"Yeah?"
"Can you come in here for a minute?"
Angel walked into the room and sat next to Willow on the couch.
"We need to talk."
"I need to tell you something."
"Let me go first, please." He just looked at her and signaled for her to go on. "I almost lost you tonight and I don't want to lose you ever, but I know that I might not get my way on that. So I wanted to tell you...I love...I mean I have feelings for you, more than friends.
Angel's head shoot up and looked at Willow with eyes bight as the night stars.
"I know you must think that I'm crazy or that you only want to be friends."
In between Willow's rambling, Angel try to get in a few words, "I feel the same way."
She didn't hear Angel and kept on talking, "I mean that, I had to get my feelings..."
She was cut off by Angel's lips on hers. It was a short and sweet kiss. They pulled away in a daze, and looked into each other's eyes.
"Was that to shut me up or do you have the same feelings?"
"Let me show you." Angel put his hand on the back of Willow's head, he put his lips on too her's. This time it was deeper and harder, Angel slid his tongue into her mouth, opening it. As their tongues danced, Willow put her arms around Angel's neck. They stopped kissing, Angel put his forehead on Willow's. He looked into her eyes and saw hope, love, and happiness.
"I never thought that I could love anybody as much as I love you."
If Willow could, she would be glowing a bight red. She looked down at her hands that were intertwined with Angel's, "I love you too."
She looked up at Angel and smiled.
"Do you want to watch a movie?"
She nodded.
***
About twenty minutes into the movies Willow was close to falling asleep, her head on Angel's shoulder.
"You tired?"
"Mmhhh?" Willow said as her eyes lazily closed.
"Willow?" Angel asked looking down at the now sleeping girl.
He picked up her up and walked to his bedroom. He put her in the bed and covered her with a blanket. Then he turned and started to walk into the other room, when he heard Willow start to wake up.
"Angel?" Willow said is a sleepy voice.
"Yeah?"
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to clean up. Then go to bed, in the living room. Don't worry about it, go to sleep."
"Come here." Willow said.
Angel walked to the bed, "What is it?" He said in a whisper.
"Lay down with me."
"Are you su..."
"I'm sure."
Angel walked over on the other side of the bed took off his shirt, and climbed into it. < Should I be doing this? > He was on the very edge of the bed and very tense.
Willow looked over and saw that there was a gap between herself and Angel that they could fit another person. She moved to fill the space, she laid her head on his chest and closed her eyes.
"Willow?"
"Yeah?"
"This feels nice, being in your arms." As he put his arms around her body. Then they were asleep.
***
The two slept till nightfall in each other's arms and they woke up the same way they feel asleep.
"Morning."
"It's night."
"You know what I mean." Willow hit his arm playfully.
"Hey." He took her hand and kissed it.
Willow took her hand and looked at Angel, "Why does this feel so right?"
"Because," He kissed the top of her head. "That's all we need to know."
Willow lowered her head and let her lips meet Angel's. It was a slow and innocent kiss, then they pulled away from each other. She put her head on Angel's shoulder. "I think this is the start of a great life."
***
A few months later...
"What to you want to do tonight?"
"If I'm with you, I don't care what we do." Angel said with a smile.
"You know I hate it when you don't answer my question." Willow put her lower lip out as if she were a little kid.
"Come here."
She walked over and sat on Angel's lap, "What do you want to do?" Angel asked.
Willow knew what she wanted to do. She bent down and kissed Angel's waiting lips. As they pulled away, Angel asked in a low voice, "I take it you want to say home?"
She nodded her head ‘yes' and kissed the man she loved, again.
***
"Angel lets go out tonight." Willow walked over to him and sat on his lap.
Angel put out bottom lip. "But I want to stay home tonight."
Willow smiled, "Look at that lip, I'm gonna get it." She bent down and playfully bit his lip.
Willow pulled away from Angel's lip. "Please."
"Come on lets get ready."
***
Angel and Willow walked into the mass of people and sat at an open table.
Before long a slow song came on.
"May I have this dance M'lady?" Angel put out his hand for Willow to take.
"Why yes M'lord." She put her hand in his and got up to walk to the dance floor.
They turned around to face each other, Angel put his hand on the small of her back. Willow put her arms around Angel's neck, her head on his chest and started to dance.
"Well, isn't this a pretty picture."
Both Willow and Angel looked at the person from their past.
"Buffy!" Willow said.
"What are you doing here?" Angel asked.
‘Well, I'd like to ask you the same thing."
Angel and Willow just looked at Buffy.
"If you must know, I'm here about the number of vampires. The Council called Giles saying the amount was to high."
"Oh." Was all Willow said.
"And do you know what I find when I get here? My slut of an exbest friend, with my boyfriend."
"I am not your boyfriend." Angel snapped, "And Willow is not, has never, nor will ever be a slut."
"Angel lets just go." Willow said.
Angel and Willow turned and walked out of the club.
***
"Are you ok?" Angel asked.
"I'm fine."
Angel put his hand on Willow's cheek and went to kiss her.
"I knew she was a slut."
Willow pulled away from Angel. "Buffy please..."
"Just leave." Angle said.
"See I can't, I came here to do my job. You remember I'm the VAMPIRE SLAYER, I kill VAMPIRES. And I see two that need killing." Just then Buffy pulled out her stake.
"Buffy put the stake away." Willow said.
"Way should I? It's my job to kill your KIND." With that Buffy when to stake Willow, but Angel pushed Willow behind him shielding her with his body.
Buffy staked Angel three inches from his heart sending him to the ground, he hit the back of his head and it knocked him unconscious.
Willow ran to Angel close to tears, " Angel, come on wake up! Come on, honey."
"Damn I missed.
Willow turned very slowly, ‘game face' on, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"My job. I do have to say that I'm doing horribly." Buffy walked up to Willow and punched her across the face.
Willow recovered fast and punched Buffy in the same fashion. Then she kicked Buffy's feet out from under her, sending her to the ground.
Buffy got up and delivered a roundhouse kick to Willow's stomach knocking her to the ground. Willow recovered quickly and they found themselves in a standoff. "Why do you think he would want you when he can have me?! Your nothing but a little slut! He'll get tired of you and he'll come crawling back to me. I mean can you blame him? Just look at you! Can you saw limited assets?"
At the time Angel began to wake up as Buffy and Willow's fight became out of hand.
This pissed Willow off more. She ran up to Buffy, grabbed her neck and ran her in a wall. Buffy's head slammed into it. Willow let go of Buffy, they looked at each other.
Buffy then ran to punch Willow, but she moved to the side. Buffy landed on the ground. Willow walked over to the fallen slayer, pulled her up by the hair and was about to brake her neck, when Angel said something.
"Willow!"
She looked up from what she was doing.
"Don't do this. Don't be lower then her. If you kill her, what will that prove? You'll only be hurting yourself."
Willow looked down at Buffy, than let her go.
Buffy fell to the ground and looked up at Willow.
Willow's face changed back to human form, and walked over to Angel.
"Are you ok?"
Willow laughed at that, "You're the one that got staked but I'm fine."
Willow picked up Angel and started to walk away but a sound stopped them.
Buffy started to move around on the ground.
"We can't leave her." Willow said.
Angel looked down at her in shock, "What?!"
"No matter how much I don't like her, we can't leave her here to die."
Willow walked back and picked Buffy up and walked home with Angel.
***
Buffy woke up on a black leather couch. <Where am I?>
Just then the front door opened. She looked at Willow walked into the living room.
"What am I doing here?"
"You're here because I didn't want to leave you half died in a New York alley."
"Why not, you're the one who put me there."
"Buffy you wanted to kill us, what was I supposed to do?"
Buffy couldn't answer her, because she knew it was true.
"I do have to say, I was out of control, and I'm sorry about it. Now we can get you cleaned up and you can be on your way." Willow said.
Willow went to get the first aid kit from one of the bathrooms. That's when Buffy looked around the apartment. She got up and waked to an end table and stopped. She looked down and saw a picture of herself, Willow, Xander, taken two summers ago.
She turned around when she heard Willow come back into the room.
"Willow stop with the innocent act, you and me both know you're nothing bet a heartless demon."
"Buffy I just wanted to help you..." Willow looked at her former friend and found nothing but hatred.
"No Willow you're EVIL, you will always be evil. It will never change."
Willow looked down at the floor, tears in her eyes. She looked up as they rolled down her face.
"Stop crying, I know it's an act."
Just then Angel walked into the room to see what was going on.
"What the HELL is going on?"
"Nothing I was just leaving." Buffy got up from the couch and walked out of the house.
Angel walked over to Willow.
Willow looked at Angel's now shirtless chest and the gaping wound to close to his to his heart for her, "Look at you. Look what that BITCH did to you!!" That's when she lost it fully. She fell on the couch where Buffy sat only seconds ago.
"Willow, I'm fine." Angel sat next to her and held her in his arms.
***
Buffy sat outside of the door of the house and thought about what just happened.
"I was right. None of this would have happened if it wasn't for Willow."
Buffy got up and started to walk with no remorse of what had happened.
***
"We're never going to hear the end of it are we?" Willow looked up with question felled eyes.
"I don't know but we have to get away. We have to disappear and never talk to anyone from our past. We deserve a peaceful life."
***
The next night Angel and Willow moved away, never to be heard from again. Buffy thought she was right till the day she died. When she returned from New York she told everybody that she found Willow and Angel and killed them. After that everybody she had ever loved walked away from her friendship. She died a lonely middle aged woman with no friends.
After her death Giles returned to England, Xander grew up, got married to a nice girl and had two kids.
Xander and Giles knew that their friends were watching them, where ever they where. But they just didn't know how far away they really where.
The End