Giles finally spoke. "I hate to do this Willow, but we need to ask you some questions. I have some things I would like cleared up so that we might have a chance against him."
She nodded slowly, her eyes cold.
"You said that he found you at the airport and he knew what you were. What did you mean by that?"
Willow looked away. She asked, "Do you have to know? It isn't important."
"Willow...anything might help us." Buffy said.
"He knew I was a vampire's whore, as he called it."
"WHAT?" Several voices spoke at once.
Angel looked at her, "He smelled me?" he asked quietly.
She looked at him, seeing the guilt in his eyes. She nodded. "Yes. It really made his day having two of Angelus's lovers. Me and Dru. What an unlikely pair."
"What did you say?" Buffy said slowly.
Angel looked at the others. "That summer. Willow and I became close...great friends...I slept with her...I did love you, you know?" he said, looking into her eyes again.
"You loved Buffy more" she said quietly. "It's ok. I was caught up in the moment. I wish now that I had just ignored it."
"It's my fault he was attracted to you." Angel said, anger darkening his eyes. "I'll kill the bastard."
"Sorry, mate. Get in line." Spike said, squeezing Willow's hand.
"You slept with her?" Buffy asked Angel.
"You were gone. I didn't know if you were coming back. It only happened once. It was a mistake we both regretted."
"I don't regret it." Willow said, softly. "If I hadn't let you take my virginity, whose to say he still wouldn't have come after me. I would have hated for him to have taken that away from me too. I never let anyone touch me...except Spike."
Buffy looked away from Angel. "I can't believe you never mentioned this. I can't deal with that now. We need to focus on the problem at hand."
Giles nodded in agreement. "Buffy's right. We need to find a way to kill Damien. If he is going to go after Willow, we have to protect her."
Willow almost smiled. They all wanted to protect her. She could take care of herself. It was them that she was worried about. Spike.....Damien would kill him if he knew that she loved him. She would risk anything to protect Spike.
"You said he brought you things...what things?"
Willow shook her head. "No. I'm not discussing it. I will just say that they were not gifts of courtship and leave it at that."
"Oh...right. How long were you there?"
"Little over four months."
"And you survived?" Angel said, surprised.
"Of course I survived. That was a very stupid question." She said evenly.
"Willow, geez. Lighten up. We just found out that you spent four months as a sadistic vampire's sex toy for pete's sake. And you bonded with the vampire that killed Kendra. Its a bit much to take in all at once. Give us some time here."
Willow listened to Xander. She needed to leave. She couldn't stay here right now. Her emotions were up. She felt herself about to lose control. "I'm leaving. You all can discuss. I'll be around."
She got up and turned to leave. Buffy reached for her arm to restrain her. At the contact, Willow swung around, her eyes turning yellow as she felt her demon take control. She jerked her arm away and said slowly, "Don't. Ever. Touch. Me."
She turned and ran from the library. Spike got
up and followed. The others sat in silence, questions racing through their
minds.