Willows wish

Spike and Willow were putting the final touches to the tree, they were waiting for
their friends to arrive.

“Willow luv, can I ask you something?” Spike was getting impatient, he wanted to ask
her to marry him, and in true Spike style he wanted to do it now.

“Yep go ahead, what do you want to know?”

“Sit down luv.”

“Okay.” Willow sat in the chair by the fire.

Spike fiddled with his something in his pocket, he knelt down in front of Willow and
took her small hand in his own.

“Willow, we have been together two years now and I think its time we” Willow didn’t
let him finish. “You want to break up with me because of Buffy don’t you” Spike
looked at her in shock.
“No luv, don’t be silly. Can I finish now?”  “Yes. Go ahead.”  “I dont want to break
up with you at all, I want to bloody well Marry you.” “Pardon?” Spike took the ring
out of his pocket and slipped it on her finger.  “Willow, will you do me the honor of
marrying me?”
Willow started to cry, she couldn’t help it she was just so happy.  She flung her
arms around him and whispered in his ear. “I would love to marry you Spike.” He
pulled her into a tight embrace thanking her silently for being his, and making him
so very happy.

Reluctantly they pulled away from each other when their doorbell rang, announcing the
arrival of their guests. They knew who it was by the argument going on outside.
Cordelia was picking on Angel again for his lack of colours in his wardrobe. As usual
Giles and Wesley were trying to diffuse the quite argument before it turned into a
loud growling/shouting argument.

“Time for the party to begin pet.” Spike opened the door to their guests and watched
as his Sire tried not to shout at Cordelia.

“Spike, Willow how lovely to see you both looking so well.” Giles was the first in
the group to notice that the door had been opened. Cordelia and Angel stopped arguing
the minute they realized that the door was open, both looking a little ashamed of
themselves.

“Come on in we`re just waiting for Joyce, Xander and Anya to get here, then we can
eat.” Spike said as he moved to the side so that they could all enter into the house
that he and Willow had been sharing for the past year and a half.

As he was about to close the door he saw Joyce pull up to the in her car. He went out
to meet her, he didn’t want Joyce to struggle with all the bags he could see in the
back of her car.  She greeted him with a big smile as he walked across the lawn he
returned her smile.

She opened her car door and stepped out, she wore a long black dress and a silver
wrap. She opened the back door so that they could get the bags out of the back.

“Spike you cant carry all those bags in on your own. You`ll hurt yourself. Please let
me help.”

“Are you joking Willow would stake me if she saw you carrying anything.” Joyce
laughed at his comment, knowing full well that there was no force on the planet that
would make Willow hurt Spike, let alone stake him.

“Okay `Mr I am So Not Whipped by my girlfriend` you can take the bags in for me.”
Spike growled which made Joyce laugh even harder.

Willow watched the two of them from her place by the door. She wondered what Spike
had said to Joyce to make her laugh so much.

“Willow you look lovely. You two make quite a stunning pair.”

“Yeah what with all those bags hanging off of him.” Willow said as she surpressed a
giggle that was threatening to burst forth form her lips.

“Ha bloody ha pet.” Spike said dryly as he started to put the bags down. He shut the
door behind him, he didn’t notice the figure walking up to the house until the
doorbell rang once again. It was Anya, Xander and Riley.

“Why aren’t you with the Slayer?” The question was aimed at Riley, Spike didn’t fancy
the Slayer turning up at the family gathering that they had planned.

“Well….We kinda.. I had enough of her treating you both like enemies, so I left her
about an hour ago.”  Willow wasn’t very shocked, she had known for some time that it
wasn’t going to last between them both.

“Welcome to our home Riley, you are more than welcome here, come on in and enjoy the
party.”

“Thank you Willow, Spike. Its nice to know that someone wants me to be around. I dint
know what to bring so I just brought a bottle of wine. Is that alright? I mean I can
go and get some more if you would like me to.”  Riley handed over the bottle of wine
to his friends.

“Riley you shouldn’t have brought anything, thank you.” Willow was trying to put him
at ease, she knew that it must be difficult for him after all that had happened over
the past year.
“Come on in Riley, I promise no one will bite you.” Spike joked as he saw how
uncomfortable Riley was.

“Gee thanks Spike.”

Willow slapped Spike on the arm for his lame attempt at humor. She smiled at Riley as
they walked into the living room where the others were all sitting.

“Before everybody starts talking there is something Willow and I would like to
announce.”

Everyone fell into silence as Spike took hold of Willows hand. He looked at Angel who
had known for a couple of weeks what Spike had been planning. Spikes eyes were
sparkling as he spoke to the group of friends and family.

“I would like to present to you all my future wife.”

Cordelia shot out of her chair and engulfed them both in a hug, she was so very happy
for them both. She had known that there was something was up when Angel started being
secretive.

“Willow, Spike congratulations I am so happy for you both.” Giles was almost in tears
he was so happy.

“I never thought I would say this to you  Spike, but welcome to my family.” No one
had expected Xander to be quite so happy, but for the sake of his friend he could get
used to her being married to Spike of all people, he knew he kept her safe and made
her happy and that was good enough for him.

Anya wasn’t sure what to say, so she whispered the question to Xander.
“Yes well done you two, and I hope you have lots of orgasms for many years.”
She looked perplexed when everyone around her started to laugh. “What? Did I say
something funny?”

Spike hugged her. “No luv, its what I wanted to hear.”

Angel stood up from his position on the couch and walked towards Cordelia, he lowered
his head so that his mouth was level with her ear.  “Shall we tell them our news?”
She looked up at him with shining eyes. “Yes lets, we are amongst our family after
all.” Angel straightened up and put his arm around Cordelias waist.

“This is a very special day for a lot of us, and a very happy day. I think that today
is the best time for me to say what I have to say. After many long months of research
Wesley and Giles found a way to make my soul permanent. They performed the spell to
make it so yesterday morning and well I`m still Angel and not Angelus.”

The Sunnydale group looked at Angel and Cordelia, Anya was the first to speak. “So
you can have lots of orgasms and not go psycho on us. Is that right?”

Angel laughed, “Yes Anya you are correct lots of those and no psycho. Well isnt
anyone else going to say anything?”

They all looked at him in stunned silence. No one could quite get their heads around
it. Spike looked at his Sire and grinned. “So is the cheerleader my `Mum` then?”

Cordelia spun around to face Spike. “Your WHAT!” She thought she had misheard him.

“Calm down Cordy.” Angel tried to placate the enraged former Cheerleader, but she was
having none of it. “Spike as a `Son` does not sit well with me, unless you hadn’t
noticed he looks older than me, and…..and….well his clothes and that hair. Can I just
say Billy Idol wannabe.”

Spike looked at her as if she had gone crazy. “Whats wrong with my hair? And my
clothes? I am NOT a Billy Idol wannabe. If you must know I had the hair long before
him. And I have gone off the idea of having you as a `Mum`.” Angel looked at his
wayward childe and his mate and couldn’t hide a smile, yes things were going to be
very interesting from now on were their `family` was concerned.

“Excuse me everybody, but dinner is ready.” Willow was trying to avert an all out
verbal war between Spike and Cordy. “And just for the record I don’t mind having you
as a `Mom in law` Cordy. Look on the bright side we could go shopping, with Spike and
Angels charge cards.”
Cordelias eyes lit up at that prospect, while the two vampires looked at each other
and groaned.

Xander stood up and began walking to the dinning room. “Well the lady said `Dinner`
so lets go eat, I`m hungry already.”

They all followed him into the other room where Willow had been decorating all day,
the whole room looked like a fairy grotto, the table had tiny twinkling lights all
over it with little place names written in silver and gold ink, it was amazing to see
how much work and love Willow had put into it.

Everyone took their places around the table, and the first Christmas dinner began.

Two hours later they had finished every scrap of food off the table and had drunk the
wine they all moved into the living room for the present giving and receiving.
As they moved past the front door Willow could swear that she saw a blonde haired
girl standing out on the front lawn, but when she turned back again she was gone.

Spike noticed the slight heart rate in Willow and turned to her. “Whats wrong pet?
Did you see something?”

“I`m not sure I could have sworn I saw Buffy standing on the lawn out front, but
whoever it is has gone now.”

“I`ll take Angel, Giles and Wesley out there and take a look, if it is her I don’t
want her in her spoiling things for us.”

“Okay, but make sure you are careful.” Willow knew how sly and cunning the slayer
could be if she wanted to be, and there was no way she was going to loose Spike or
anyone else to her.

“Angel, care to take a walk outside for a spot of fresh air? Giles, Wesley, would you
care to join us as well?”

Angel could sense there was something wrong when he saw the look on Spike and Willows
faces.
Xander noticed his name hadn’t been said. “Hey what about me? What am I, chopped
liver?”

“Sorry mate, I had forgotten you and Riley, why don’t you stay in here and keep the
ladies company?” Xander had heard this tone of voice from Spike before, it screamed
at him to do as was requested by the vampire.

“Okay, why don’t we get the ladies a drink Riley? I know I could do with one.” Riley
agreed with Xander and they made drinks for everyone.

Once outside Spike and Angel looked out into the night, Angel could sense that she
was still close.

“Careful Spike she is still near to us.  Don’t let you guard down.  Giles, Wesley
keep close to the house, if she makes a dash for the door keep her out of there as
long as you can.” The two ex watchers nodded at their friend and boss.

Angel turned to Spike “Is the any other way that she could get into the house?”

“No, we always keep the back door locked and the basement entrance is solid steel and
is locked, the only way in or out is through the front door.”

Angel looked thoughtfully at his Childe, he had made the house virtually impregnable.
He was proud of his boy. “Good, what about protection spells?”

“Willow puts them on every day, its kind of like the barrier we get, its why we
invite people into the house.” He was glad he had insisted that Willow had done this
now.

Angel drew closer to Spike “She’s over there, behind that tree. What do you want to
do? Leave her or confront her?”

“If it wasn’t for the damn chip and Joyce I`d kill the stupid bitch, but I suppose
she will have to stay alive a bit longer.”

“Alright, get Joyce out here, maybe she can talk some sense into her. I`ll keep an
eye on her. Make sure Willow stays inside, you and her are Buffys targets.”

Spike nodded, and left to go and get Joyce. Pausing on his way into the house to talk
to Wesley and Giles about the Slayers presence on the property.

He entered the living room to the sound of Willow crying, she had curled herself into
a tight ball, Cordy was stroking her back whispering comforting words to her. Joyce
was sat on the other side of Willow, Willows head was in Joyce’s lap, her hair being
stoked by the older woman. Xander and Riley were standing nervously by the window.

“Joyce, Angel asked me to take you outside to see if you can talk some sense into The
Slayer.”

Joyce looked up at Spike, she didn’t want to go out there and face Buffy, not
tonight, but she knew that she had to, she had to try and make Buffy see what she was
doing was wrong.
She nodded and lifted Willows head from her lap, Anya took her place and continued
stroking Willows hair.

Spike led Joyce outside to where Angel stood, Buffy had moved out of the shadows, and
was now nearer the house, a fact that Spike didn’t like very much at all.
Joyce moved closer to where her daughter was standing. She could see Buffys face in
the partial light, what she saw frightened her more than any vampire had ever done.
She saw rage, pure rage.

“Buffy, honey please don’t cause any pain tonight. I`ll be home soon and then we can
talk, like we used to.”  Joyce was hoping that Buffy would see sense and wait for at
home.

“I don’t think so, my own Mother siding with Vampires. It just makes me feel so damn
SICK, you don’t deserve me as a daughter. This is between me, Spike and the bitch who
used to be my friend.” Buffy moved to where Joyce and Spike were standing. Spike
pushed Joyce behind him put of Buffys reach.

“Please Buffy listen to reason, she still loves you. We all do, but you are making
life very hard for us all.”  Joyce had to try one more time.

“No Mother it is you and them making life so hard. Why should I listen to you? You
never wanted to listen to what I had to say. You were never on my side, and now you
have shown me just how little you think of me. You traitor.” Buffy was edging further
towards her mother and the two vampires. It was making all three of the
uncomfortable.

“Buffy please don’t do anything you might regret. Just go home please.”

“Like HELL mother. I`m not going anywhere. I have to make Willow see what a heartless
monster she is involved with. Where is she? To scared to come and face me? Afraid
I`ll hurt her or one of her little friends? COME OUT WILLOW, YOU VAMPIRE`S WHORE.”

Willow had heard Buffy yelling on the front lawn, and the last comment had pushed her
way past being pissed off, she was now ready to draw blood from the Slayer.  She had
insulted everyone Willow cared about and that was not on, especially on Christmas
Eve.  She got up from her seat on the couch and walked towards the front door.

“Yes Buffy, what do you want? If you are going to insult your Mom, or any of my
friends don’t bother. We are or rather were trying to have a meal and quiet evening
together, but as usual you think that the whole bloody world revolves around you.
Well I have got a surprise for you Buffy Dearest It DOESN’T revolve around you
anymore. And if you don’t like it, well TOUGH. Just leave, and if you want to come
back here try and do it quietly.” Willow turned on her heal and walked back to the
house, before she entered the house she turned around. “Oh and Buffy I thought that
you would like to know one more thing.”  “What?”  “I so don’t like you anymore, so as
Spike would say SOD OFF.”

Buffy stood on the lawn not knowing what to do, she hadn’t wanted it to go like this,
she had wanted to try and make things better, but as usual things had gone so very
wrong. She turned to face her Mother who was still standing on the lawn between Spike
and Angel. She lowered her head a little so that no one would be able to see the
tears that were coursing down her face.

“I`m sorry Mom, Angel. I suppose my biggest apology should go to you and Willow,
please try and forgive me, I hate being like this, the only thing I can do is say how
very I am for ruining your evening. I`ll see you later Mom, maybe we can talk?”  “Of
course honey, I`ll be coming home in an hour or so. Will you be there waiting for
me?”  “Yeah I`ll be there.”  Spike and Angel stood there with their mouths wide open,
neither of them quite sure of what had just happened.
Joyce walked away from the two vampires to tell Willow and the others what had just
happened, no matter how much she loved Buffy there was still a small doubt about the
safety of the group.

“Angel mate, what the hell just happened?”

“I have no idea, don’t let your guard down with her though, she has a habit of being
pathetic and then attacking you. Just tell Willow not to let Buffy into the house,
and don’t let her be on her own with her, ever.” Angel wasn’t going to take any
chances with any of his friends and family, he just couldn’t even think of what would
happen if anything happened to any of them.

“Right, so no Buffy in the house and no leaving Willow with her, how long does this
have to go on?”

“I don’t know Spike I really don’t know, I just wish there was something we could do
to help her with whatever she is going through.  She is hurting and I want it to stop
for everyone’s sake.  Will you help me Spike?”

Spike looked at his Sire. He didn’t want to help the slayer, but he knew that if his
Sire, Willow and Joyce asked there was no way that he could say no. All he wanted was
a quiet life with no slayer worries. After a moment of thought he turned to the house
and saw Willow in the window, and knew what she would say to him, and for that matter
do to him if he refused his Sire. So he decided to help with the Slayer and whatever
was getting her so angry. “Alright I`ll help you out, but if anything happens to
Willow I swear I will kill the Slayer, chip or no bloody chip. Is that clear.”

“Clear, nothing will happen to her.”

“And if anything should happen to me, well take care of her for me and take her away
from this place.”  Spike was under no illusion as to what Buffy could do to him if
she so wished, he wasn’t afraid for himself, but he was afraid for his little Willow.

“I think we had better go on back inside and finish of our evening together as one
big family, what do you say Spike?”

“Right, go inside and have the present giving thing. I`ll let Willow know whats going
on when everyone has gone home. I think it would be better if we were on our own.”

With that they walked back to the house, neither of them knew what was going to
happen and they knew it would be had going but in the end it would be worth it.

End.

back