Willow closed her eyes and leaned her head against Spike's shoulder,
hoping
the cell phone would stop ringing. She was glad when it finally stopped
and
she went to more pleasurable tasks of watching the candlelight flicker
on
his pale skin.
Spike checked the cell phone "Chubs, again."
"I don't want to talk to them."
"You need to talk them sometime, pet."
"How can I tell them what happened? 'Hi guys, I'm a vampire now?' They'll
look disgusted right before they stake me."
"You are not a vampire."
"What do you mean? That vamp drained me and you gave me your blood
making
me a vampire."
Willow shivered thinking about that night. She had been walking
home alone
from a research meeting and was attacked by a group of vampires.
One
drained her to the point of death before Spike staked him and gave
her his
blood. When she woke up, she drank three bags of bittersweet pig's
blood.
She could understand his complaining about the taste now.
Spike sighed. He really didn't want to get into this, but it was looking
like he would have to.
"You are not a vampire. You have a heart beat, a pulse and body
warmth.
You need to breathe too."
"You're right, but what am I?"
"A Nevel Falcon." He brushed aside her silky hair to look at the back
of her
neck. As he thought, on the nape of her neck was the black circle.
"A what? And why did Giles never tell us about them?"
"When most are turned, they become vampires like their Sire. However
there
are certain people are born a Nevel Falcon, but don't actually show
signs
until they are turned. The Watchers don't know because they pass as
human."
Willow stared off into a crack in the wall before asking " Why did Buffy
never sense me?"
"The full change didn't take place until I turned you, and Nevel Falcons
feel the same as a human unless you know what one feels like. They
occasionally need blood, like you did when you first woke up but mainly
exist on normal human food."
"If I went over to Giles' would I feel like a human or something else
to
Buffy?" she asked.
"Human, the Slayer doesn't pay attention"
"I suppose I will have to go over there to get them off my back."