Thanks with Tears

Author: Janet Lynn

Parts: 11 - 20

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~Part: 11~

Willow stood staring at the door in front of her.  She couldn't believe she had actually seen what her brain was telling her she saw.  She slowly reopened the connection she had with Spike to see if she could get a glimpse of what he was feeling.  As soon as she did, she was assaulted by the moans and whimpers of the impassioned vampire.

Just as quickly, she closed the link and found herself pressed against the door to her bedroom.  "Wow" she whispered before reached behind her to turn the knob and slide into the safety of her room.

Once inside, she felt her emotions let loose.  At first, she only giggled. Then the giggles turned into laughter, then the laughter turned into hysterics.  She couldn't stay on her feet any more, so she slumped onto the bed and held her sides until she retained some sort of calm.  She wiped the tears that streamed down her face away with the back of her hand.

<That felt good> she thought.  <It's been a long time since I've laughed like that.>

Willow sighed as the last remnants of laughter washed away.  She figured she should probably take a shower and try to sleep.  She got off the bed and walked toward the bathroom.  She reached in and turned the water on and began to remove her clothes.

Stepping under the warm spray, Willow sighed, enjoying the feeling of the warm water against her skin.  She stood for a moment and let her mind wander.  Immediately, her mind wandered to the two vampires fucking in the other room.

The young witch shook her head to rid herself of the memories. <Stop it, Willow> she mentally chided herself.  <Think of something else> she commanded.

She began to think of England and the fog, time she spent with Giles, and how pale Angel's skin had looked as he slowly thrust into. "Stop it!" she said to herself.

As hard as she tried, her mind seemed to want to wander back to the two vampires she was trying so hard to banish from her brain.  She grabbed her shower poof and poured a generous amount of gel onto it.  As she washed herself, trying hard not to think of Angel and Spike, her skin began to tingle.  She quickly finished washing and got out of the shower.  Her attempt at distraction was apparently not working.

After she dried herself with a large bath towel, she padded into the main room and pulled out her night clothes.  Slipping into the silky tank top and tap pants, Willow suddenly felt very sexy.  She sighed.  It had been a long time since she felt sexy, since Tara.

She pulled back the covers and slid between the sheets.  Reaching over to the bedside table, Willow turned off the lamp and settled in to get some sleep.

The harder she tried, the more elusive sleep became.  The familiar warmth she felt between her legs returned as she replayed the erotic scene she had witnessed over and over again.  She wished she could feel like that again.

Lightly, Willow began trailing her fingertips over her sensitive skin, enjoying the little shudders that followed.  She been to imagine herself in the scene she couldn't remove from her brain.

Willow imagined herself lying below the blonde vampire.  Looking up into his crystal blue eyes, she saw nothing but pure passion.

"Willow" he whispered.

"Spike" she moaned back as he pushed into her, filling beyond anything she had ever known.

Willow thrust two fingers deep inside herself, imagining how Spike's large erection would feel there.  With her other hand, she stroked and pinched her erect nipple.

She watched with open eyes as Spike leaned down and took her pert coral nipple between his lips as he suckled and licked the tender bud to tightness.  As the blonde vampire dropped his head, Willow eyes locked with the chocolate brown eyes of the vampire behind him.

"You're beautiful" Angel whispered over Spike's shoulder.

Willow simply blushed and moaned "Angel" as she felt him push deeper into Spike, thus forcing Spike deeper into her.

Willow forced her fingers deeper inside her warm core as she rubbed the heel of her hand against her swollen clit.  She moaned deeper in her throat.  She hadn't felt anything like this since the day Tara had died.  They had spent all day in bed and had just forced themselves to get dressed when the bullet pierced her lover's heart and killed her immediately.  Since then, any feelings like this made her feel guilty.  Now she felt no guilt, just need.

"Please" she whispered to the dark vampire above her.  "More please."

She watched as Angel smiled and complied with her request, thrusting deeper and more forcefully into his childe.

"Yes" Willow cried, pinching the nipple to point of being painful, imagining Spike biting her with blunt teeth.  She was close, she knew it, but she didn't want the feeling to stop.  Thrusting harder against her own hand, Willow felt her climax even nearer.  She imaged looking up into the faces of the two vampires above her as they also reached their breaking point.  In her mind, she wrapped her legs around Spike's waist to dig her heels into Angel's buttocks, pulling him even closer, spurring him on.

"Oh, yes" she moaned once more and imaged the look of ecstasy on her imaginary lovers faces.  Pushing herself farther, Willow finally reached her peak and fell over, crying out, "Spike.Angel."

Slowly, the young witch came down from the high that was the strongest orgasm she had experienced in months.  Her breathing returned to normal and she began to drift off to sleep, her hands still tucked away in her silky shorts.

<How will I look them in the eyes tomorrow?> she wondered.  The thought was quickly passed by as she headed toward the most peaceful sleep she'd had in a while.

~Part: 12~

Willow awoke slowly and moaned softly.  She went to stretch and realized she still had her hand tuck into the bottoms of her pajamas.  She blushed as she slowly remembered what had happened the night before.  She quickly covered her mouth with both her hands to stifle the giggle that threatened to take her over.  Slowly, she got control of herself and she rolled over to see how long she had slept.

"Goodness" she whispered when she looked at the clock.  It was nearly four o'clock in the afternoon.  "Looks like I'm keeping vampire hours now" she said with a sigh as she got up out of the bed and lazily got dressed.

Standing at the door, Willow listened to see if she could hear anyone in the hall.  <Who am I kidding?> she thought.  <I'm trying to avoid Angel and Spike.>  She suddenly realized she was being silly.  Neither one of them knew she had seen them last night, so why should be afraid?  She took a deep breath to steady her nerves and left the safety of her room to head down to the kitchen to find something to eat.

Making her way down to the foyer, Willow looked around to see who has about.  Cordelia was the first to notice the redhead.

"Glad to see your up, Willow" the seer said with a smile.  "I was beginning to wonder if you were ever going to get up."

"Sorry" Willow replied as she headed into the kitchen for something to eat.  "Angel and Spike kind of got into a fight last night, so there was weirdness.  I got to bed pretty late."

"I hope everything is alright" Fred whispered.  No one wanted to see the two powerful vampires in a fight, especially Fred.

"Yeah" Willow replied, trying not to giggle.  "I think they made up just fine."

Both Cordelia and Wesley noticed the tone in the girl's voice and wondered what had actually happened the night before.  Lorne walked into the kitchen behind Willow and looked at the girl trying not to giggle.

"What's so funny, Strawberry?" Lorne asked.

Instantly, Willow froze.  Lorne immediately knew he said something wrong.

"What did I say?"

Willow turned and saw the horrified look on the demon's face.  "Nothing, Lorne" she said with a sigh.  "Just really bad memories.  There was this guy, he used to call me strawberry."

"I'm so sorry, Willow" Lorne cooed, putting his hands reassuringly on her shoulders.  "From now on, no fruit names for you, ok?"

"Ok" Willow replied with a smile on her face.  She turned back to the refrigerator to finish finding something to eat when she asked, "So, anything interesting I can help with today?"

"You bet" Lorne answered happily.  "We had a new client come in today and Cordelia has been cursing over the computer all morning. I'm sure she'd be happy to have a little Willow help."

Willow sighed inside.  <Finally> she thought.  <Something for me to do.>  She quickly finished making herself a sandwich and a glass of milk and made her way over to where Cordelia was sitting.  "Anything I can do?" she asked.

"Oh god please" the former cheerleader said, exasperated.  "I'm going crazy here."

"Tell me what we're looking for" Willow said, plopping down in the newly vacated chair.

Cordelia quickly informed Willow of the things she was looking for and what she had found so far.  Willow nodded every few minutes, taking in all the information she needed to find what they were looking for.  Satisfied that she had all she needed, Willow thanked Cordy for the update and quickly got to work on her own search.

The group worked in silence for almost an hour.  The quiet was disrupted by the sound of bare feet padding down the stairs toward the people downstairs.  Willow tensed as she wondered which vampire was coming down the stairs.  She looked up and realized that it was Spike.  She got up from her seat and met the blonde vampire at the door to the kitchen.

"Hey Spike" she whispered as she placed her hand gently on his shoulder, trying to get him to look at her.  "How are you feeling today?"

"Alright, I suppose" he said quietly.  "Tired, mostly."

"Let me fix you something" Willow said, moving the vampire toward a chair and making him sit down.  She went to the refrigerator and pulled out some blood for him.  Quickly heating it up in a mug, she pulled it out of the microwave and set it in front of her friend.  "I take it you and Angel worked things out last night."

"Yeah" Spike whispered with a small smirk on his face.  "You could say that."

Willow looked at the blonde and returned his smile.  She was glad things were working out between the two vampires.  They obviously needed each other.  As she looked at the vampire, she noticed the fresh bite mark on his neck.

"Spike" she gasped as she reached over to gently finger the mark.  "Did Angel do that?"

"Yeah, luv" he whispered, keeping his eyes on the mug in front of him.  "Last night."

"Restacking his claim, huh?"

Spike looked up at the girl quickly.  He didn't know she knew about that kind of thing.  "How do you know about that?"

"Spike" she giggled at the vampire.  "Do you honestly think I spent all that time with Giles and didn't take a peek at the Watcher's Diaries?  I know all about vampire claims and other things too."

Spike wondered how much of the `other things' she really knew about.  He figured by the look on her face that she knew about the more intimate part of the claim.  "Alright" he said.  "You could say that the Poof and I have made up.  Ok, just leave it at that, pet."

"Ok, Spike" she relented.  "So, tell me honestly, do you feel better?"

Spike and Willow sat in the kitchen talking, not realizing that they were being watched.  Angel watched the two quietly through the door waiting for a good time to interrupt them.  He hated to disturb the conversation, especially when Spike was clearly enjoying himself. Willow made a joke and they were both laughing when Angel decided to make his presence known.

Walking quietly into the kitchen, he said, "Now that's a sound a like to hear."  Both Willow and Spike looked up suddenly and smiled at the dark vampire.  He smiled at them as he walked to where they were sitting.  "You're feeling better today, Will?"

"Yeah" both Willow and Spike answered at the same time.  Willow giggled.

"Oh, you're talking to Spike, right?"  She was embarrassed by the mistake.  "Sorry, Xander always calls me Will."

"It's alright Willow" Angel replied with a smile.  "I always called Spike William or Will.  I always hated the name Spike."  Angel fixed himself some blood and sat at the table with his two friends.  They settled into an easy conversation and simply enjoyed themselves for a while.

After a while, Spike stood up and said, "I gonna grab a fag.  Do you mind?"

Angel looked up at his childe.  "As long as you do it outside.  This is a business and I have to follow the law.  Or you could go upstairs to our.I mean your room if you open the window."

"Alright" Spike smirked at the vampire's slip.  "I think I'll head upstairs.  I need a shower any way."

"Ok" Angel said to the retreating form.  "If you want, when you're done you can help us research on the latest case."

"Yeah" Spike shot over his shoulder.  "'Cause I never got enough of that in Sunnyhell."

Willow giggled at the remark.  "He's right you know" she said to Angel.  "He did his share of research and helping out when we needed him."  She sighed as she watched the blood vampire disappear up the stairs.  "So everything is good between you two now, right?"  She still didn't make eye contact with the dark vampire.

Angel noticed that she was trying not to look at him.  <Should I have some fun with Willow, or just let it go?> he wondered. Normally, he would have just let it go.  Angel wasn't the type of person to tease someone, especially not about something like this. But the idea of finding out what Willow really thought was too much temptation for him.

"I'd say things were quite well between us" Angel whispered seductively, easily slipping back into his Irish brogue.  "Made him mine again, I did."

Willow's eyes shot up from the spot she was staring at on the table to meet the seductive sparkle in the brown eyes looking right into her.  Her mouth went dry and she tried to swallow as she remembered hearing him use that same voice the night before.

"Wha.What?" she finally managed to squeak out.

Angel chuckled and decided to let her off the hook, for now.  She had obviously seen the two of them the night before and, unless his senses were seriously off, she liked what she saw.  The scent of her arousal was quickly filling the room.  "It's alright, Willow" he whispered, reaching over to take her hand reassuringly.  "You were just making sure that Spike was alright.  That's why you came to check on him, right?"

"Yeah" the redhead whispered, suddenly feeling extremely warm at the touch of the cool vampire.  She had the desire to get out of the room quickly before she said or did something she might regret.  "I should get back to the research thing now, you know.  Like on the computer.  Doing research."

Angel squeezed her hand before let it go so the girl could retreat from the room.  He smiled as he watched her leave and wondered what he was going to about this new situation.

~Part: 13~

After Spike had smoked and showered, he went back downstairs to help the Angel Investigations crew.  He couldn't believe he was here again.  First the Scoobies, now the Fang Gang.  He shook his head at the irony.  He was surprised to hear an argument taking place between the normally peaceful group.

"I would do it but they won't listen to me" Wesley was explaining to the obviously upset vampire.

"But I can't do the pronunciations" Angel was glowering back at the former watcher.

Willow was between them with a large book in her hands.  "Maybe I could do a spell."

"No!" both men yelled back at her.  Spike decided he needed to figure out what was going on.

"Oi! What's all the shouting about here?"  All three people turned and stared at Spike for a moment.

<Wow> Willow thought looking at the man standing on the bottom step.  He was dressed in a pair of blue jeans hanging low on his hips, the midnight blue shirt she had bought was hanging open, revealing a vast expanse of pale flesh and his hair was still wet from the shower, tussled and curly.  <He really knows how to make an entrance.>

Wesley was the first to regain the ability to speak.  "We have a case that needs help and we have a sort of predicament" he started to explain.  "The apparent poltergeist case we had is actually a family of Glu'rath demons.  They are a."

"I know what they are" Spike interrupted, not wanting to have everything explained to him.  "They are interdimensional creatures who can't sense the presence of humans and humans can't see them, so they appear like ghosts. Right?"

"Yes, actually" Wesley stumbled, surprised that the blonde vampire knew so much about the demons.  "They can only be spoken to by supernatural creatures in their own tongue.  I can decipher their language but they will not acknowledge me and Angel refuses to try."

"I did not refuse to try" Angel countered.  "I just can't get the pronunciation right and if you say one syllable wrong, you can offend them."

"Yeah" Spike interjected.  "They can be a pretty sensitive bunch. They're normally peaceful, but will put up quite a fight if ya piss them off."

"So we are at an impasse" Wesley sighed.

"I can do it" Spike whispered.

All three people looked sharply at the blonde who was now staring at the floor, ignoring the surprised looks on their faces.

"You know how to talk to them?" Willow asked, awe in her voice.

"Yeah" Spike smirked as he looked at her.  "Do you really think I spent all that time at the watcher's and didn't take a peak at some of his more interesting books?"

Willow giggled at the reminder from earlier.  Spike really was full of surprises.  <I wonder what else he's hiding> she thought.

"Very well, then" Wesley said, straightening himself.  "I say we take the text and head over there straight away.  The sooner we rid the house of these creatures, the sooner we can get paid."

"Just one problem, mate"  Spike said as he walked toward the table and the large book Willow had just lain on the table before them.  "I can speak it, but I can't read it.  You'd have to give me a full translation before we go over there."

"Very well" Wesley replied.  "I'll get to work on it now.  It should only take me a few hours.  We'll plan on going over tomorrow."

Angel looked at his childe concerned.  "Spike" he whispered quietly.  "Are you sure you want to do this?  I mean you've only been here a short time.  I don't want you to do anything that you're not comfortable with.  Are you ready to be around other people?"

"I want to do this, Angel" the blonde replied with a smile.  "I need to be helpful, ok?"

Willow smiled at the surprised look on the older vampire's face.  It was going to take him a while to get used to this new Spike.

"Alright, let's get to work."

The four people set about translating the text for Spike, when Gunn and Fred burst in through the front door.

"Angel, man.  We got trouble." Gunn said.

"What's up?" Angel asked, rising from his seat next to Spike. "Fred and I found a nest of vamps just on the other side of Sunset" the young man explained as he started to pull items out of the weapons cabinet.  "I'd say there were about a dozen or so.  Looks like they are luring kids there saying it's a rave and then slowly draining them."

Angel shook his head.  It never ceased to amaze him the things some evil things did to hurt people.  "Alright, let's load up."

Willow, Spike and Wesley all began to stand from the table.  Angel looked around at them and shook his head.  "Not you two" he said to Willow and  Spike.  I need you two to stay here."

"Why?" Spike began indignantly.  "You don't think I can hold my own?"

Angel reached over and laid his hand on Spike's shoulder, squeezing it reassuringly.  "It's not that Spike, but there will be humans there and you can't fight them with your chip, remember?  Besides, you haven't been in a battle since, you know, the soul.  I think we need to wait until we are sure you are more stable for you to go out, ok?  Besides, I don't want either you or Willow to be alone here.  I want you to look out for each other."

Spike nodded.  What Angel said made sense, but he didn't have to like it.

Satisfied that they were going to stay, Angel turned towards the weapons cabinet and began to pull out what he needed to take on the vampires they were going to encounter.

Turning back to Willow and Spike, he said, "Take care.  We shouldn't be too long."

Spike simply snorted at him as the rest of the group made their way out the door and into the night.

"Well" Willow sighed after she was sure they were gone.  "I guess we should get back to translating this mess."

Spike shifted in his chair.  "What's the point, Red?" he complained.  "I can't read that and the watcher'll just come back and redo the whole thing."

Willow thought for a moment.  Spike was probably right.  Knowing Wesley, he would go through the whole thing and change what she did anyway.  "Ok" she said, squinting at the vampire across the table from her.  "So what did you have in mind?"

Spike smirked and said, "Peaches has a fairly nice set up in his sitting room.  We could have a movie night.  Just you and me."

Interesting, a movie night with Spike.  "Ok, you get the drinks and I'll pop us a mess of popcorn."

"Extra butter" Spike said, jumping up from chair, glad that the redhead had agreed to his distraction.  "How many sodas you want?"

"Two" Willow giggled as they fought their way through the kitchen door.  "Any more than that and I'll never get to sleep."

The two chatted comfortably as they gathered up the supplies they needed for their leisure activities and headed upstairs.  They walked into the vampire's suite and got comfortable.  They had a small spat deciding what movie to watch, but finally they made a decision and settled down for a nice evening.

***

<Four and a half hours> he growled entering the hotel.  <I can't believe it took us four and a half hours to clean out that nest.>

It turned out there were quite a few more than a dozen vampires at the warehouse they were using as a nest and not many of the humans there were happy about the party being broken up.  Angel was really glad that Spike hadn't come with them.  He might have gotten hurt. He had decided since it was so late, he would let the others go home for the night.

Looking around the foyer, the vampire was surprised to find it empty.  He had expected Spike and Willow to still be doing the research thing, but they were no where to be seen.

"Spike?  Willow?" he called out, wondering if they were still downstairs.  Not receiving a response, he reached out with his senses to see if he could locate the two missing people.  He realized they must be upstairs.  Quietly, he made his way to his suite.  He could make out sounds coming from the room, so he gently opened the door and silently made his way into the sitting room.

A huge smile spread across his face at the sight in front of him. Willow was sitting on the couch, her head rolled back as she slept quietly.  Spike lay on the couch with his head in her lap.  Willow's tiny hand was tangled in the curly locks which she would gently tease every few moments.

Angel quietly made his way over to the sleeping duo.  Trying not to wake them, he looked over the destruction they had caused.  Empty soda cans and an empty bowl lay around the couch.  Popcorn was scattered around the floor, obviously left over from a popcorn fight.  On the coffee table, a mug with blood sat with small pieces of popcorn floating in it.

<Spike must still be dipping his popcorn in his blood> Angel shuttered at the thought.

He hated to move them, they looked so peaceful.  But if he didn't move them, they would both be sore in the morning.  He needed to decide what would be the best way to wake them.

He leaned over the back of the couch and gently traced the redhead's ear with his lips before whispering in a perfect imitation of Spike, "Luv, time to wake up."

"Mmm, Spike" Willow whispered at the cold breath on her ear.  She tightened her fingers in the soft hair and moved her head to get better access to those teasing lips on her ear.

"Not quite, pet" Angel whispered with a smirk, enjoying the reaction he was getting from the young girl.  He was surprised by her reaction to his imitation of his childe, but he wasn't going to get into that now.  "Shh, you'll wake me childe now.  Let's not do that."

Willow's eyes shot open as she realized she wasn't dreaming.  She turned her head and looked right into the deep brown eyes of her friend.  "Angel" she whispered, trying not to disturb the vampire in her lap.  "Since when did you become such a tease?"

"Apparently when you showed up" Angel smirked at her.  "So what did you two do while we were gone?"

"Well, we decided to do the movie thing since we weren't invited to play" she pouted for extra emphasis.

"Willow" Angel started seriously.  "It's not that I didn't want you to come with us, it just was better that way.  There were a lot of humans there and Spike could have gotten hurt."

The redhead looked down at the man asleep in her lap and she gently ran her finger through his hair, enjoying the soft curls.  She didn't want him to get hurt either.  He meant a lot to her, for some unknown reason.  "Yeah" she whispered.  "I understand."

"So" Angel said.  "What did you guys watch."

"Well, first we watched `Scooby Doo'" the girl said, trying to hold back the giggle that threatened the escape.  "We decided that we would each pick a movie and we wouldn't complain.  He wasn't really happy with my choice."

Angel snickered under his breath.  He knew that would be something Spike would just hate.  "How did you like it?"

"It was kinda lame" Willow replied.  "But Spike kept going on and on about the girl who played Daphne, so I guess he was alright with it."

"What did Spike pick?" Angel asked curiously.  Spike had an interesting taste in film and he wondered what Willow thought.

"Oddly" she replied, shaking her head.  "He picked `The Age of Innocence'.  I never picked Spike for a romantic."

"It's a throw back to his Victorian days" Angel said, with a smile as he remembered the endless hang-ups the blonde vampire held onto for ages.  "Believe it or not, he always was a softy way down inside.  I think that's why he tried so hard to be the `Big Bad' all the time."

Willow giggled at the tone the dark vampire used calling Spike the `Big Bad' and then tried to stifle the yawn that rose to the surface.  "Guess I'm a little tired."

"I don't blame you" Angel said rising from his spot behind the couch.  "It is really late.  Let me get Spike up and into bed."

With a gentleness Willow never knew existed, Angel knelt down in front of the sleeping vampire and picked him up.  He carried him to the bed in the other room and laid him down before covering him gently with the sheet. Angel turned to Willow and whispered, "You can stay here with us tonight, if you'd like."  The dark vampire indicated the large bed and smiled at the surprised girl.

Willow didn't know what to think.  <Is Angel just being nice or does he really want me to sleep in the same bed as the two of them?>

"The bed is big enough for all of us and I'm sure Spike wouldn't mind."  Angel was surprising himself, being so forward with Willow. It just seemed right her staying with them.

"That's ok, Angel" Willow said, finally able to form actual words.  "My room is just on the other side of the hall.  I think I'll just go in there, ok?"

"Ok" Angel said, as he watched the girl back up towards the sitting room and the door to the hall.  "But tomorrow, you and Spike have to clean up that mess."

Willow giggled as she remember the popcorn fight she and Spike had gotten into.  Spike had told her that Angel was a neat freak and would complain about the mess.  He was right.

"Good night, Angel" the redhead whispered as she slipped out the door.

"Good night, Willow" the vampire replied after her.  Once she had left the room, he stripped down to his boxers and climbed into his bed, pulling his childe into his embrace before drifting off to sleep.

~Part: 14~

The next afternoon, the entire group sat downstairs trying to finish the translation for Spike to use later that night.  Earlier, Spike and Willow had spent a good hour cleaning the mess they made in Angel's sitting room.  It took them longer than expected because they got into another popcorn fight and made a bigger mess before they had to clean it up.  But at least they had a good time doing it.

They all had a nice day, researching, eating and talking.  As the sun began to go down, the group got ready to go to work.  Angel decided not everyone needed to go on this mission, so Willow, Fred and Cordelia were going to stay at the hotel.  Lorne had taken the night off and was off doing his thing.  Willow was glad to have to some time alone with the girls of the group.  It made for some nice female bonding time.

Angel, Wesley, Gunn and Spike made their way to the where the Glu'rath had taken up residence.  Wesley looked at Spike and asked, "Are you sure you're ready for this?"

"Yeah, mate" Spike replied.  "As long as your translation is correct, we shouldn't have a problem."

"Yes, well, then we won't have any trouble will we?" Wesley shot back, his ego bruised slightly at the accusation that his translation skills might be lacking.

"Ok, boys" Angel scolded.  "If you're done, can we get to work?"

"Let's do it" Spike said, pushing past the former watcher and heading to the front door.

Once inside, the humans went to talk to the owners of the household, while the vampires went in search of the Glu'rath.  They were easy enough to find.  There were two of them roaming around the upstairs bedroom.  They were quite large and slightly transparent.  As soon as Spike spotted them, he moved forward to catch their attention. Immediately, he began to speak to them.

Angel smiled as he watched his childe talking to the Glu'rath.  He was amazing.  He seemed so confident and sure of himself as he explained to the demons that the house was actually occupied and they were scaring the humans who lived here.  The demons apologized for the intrusion but told Spike they had no other place to go.

Spike smiled as he told them he could give them directions to an abandoned warehouse where they could live undisturbed. They thanked Spike and left the house, heading toward the warehouse he had told them about.

Angel let out an unneeded breath he didn't realize he was holding as he watched the two creatures leave.

Spike turned to look at his sire with a smirk on his face.  "Told you I could do it" he said as he walked past him.

"Never doubted you, my boy" Angel answered as he followed him into the room where the humans were waiting.  Angel smiled at his friends and said, "They're gone."  Looking at the relieved clients, he said, "We directed them to another part of town.  They shouldn't come back."

The clients were very grateful and the talk of payment was beginning to be discussed.  Spike was uncomfortable with all the talk about money and such, so he decided he needed to go outside.  He reached in his pocket and pulled out his packet of cigarettes and held them up for Angel to see.  Angel understood the meaning behind the action and he nodded, letting Spike know it was alright.

Spike quickly walked out of the house and sighed.  "So this is what it feels like to be one of the good guys" he smirked.  He knew he had done a good thing.  It just still felt.odd.  He walked down to the sidewalk and leaned against the mailbox as he took out a cigarette and inhaled deeply, enjoying the feeling.

He leaned his head back, looking at the stars.  Lost in his thoughts, Spike never noticed the group of drunk young men heading his way.

The blonde vampire was brought out of his thoughts by a rough voice shouting, "Hey guys.  Look at the pretty boy all alone."

<Shit> Spike thought.  <Humans.>  Knowing he couldn't defend himself against the men, Spike decided to retreat back to the house.  His way was blocked by a rather large, rather drunk man.

"Sod off, you pillocks!" Spike growled at the man in his way.

"Oh, he's got a pretty voice too" the apparent leader crowed.  "I bet your pretty mouth feels great too."

Spike turned quickly to try and catch one of the men off guard, but one of them took a swing at him before he could get past them. Spike shot his hands up the defend himself, but the man was able to connect the punch before his hands were up.  He pushed the man away from him, causing the chip to fire.

"Bloody hell!" Spike yelled as he collapsed to the ground, clutching his head in pain.

"Oh" one of the men teased.  "Looks like the pretty boy can't take a punch.  I wonder what he can take."  The man was leering at him as he began to kick the prone vampire in the ribs.  Even though he had been feeding better, Spike was still not up to full strength and with the first kick, he felt a rib give way.  He rolled with the kick, trying to get away.  With all his strength, he yelled, "Angel!"

"Angel, huh?" another man mocked.  "Maybe that's his girlfriend."

"Or his boyfriend."  All four men laughed at that.  They all were taking turns beating the blonde who was now simply trying to keep from being pummeled.  Between the kicks and the punches, Spike weakly continued to call out for his sire, hoping he would hear him.

"Looks like he misses his boyfriend" the leader shouted.  He then pulled the vampire up and tried to undo his jeans.

"No" Spike protested weakly, trying to keep the man's hands off of him.  Two of the other men grabbed Spike's arms to keep him from fighting.  As the man opened the front of Spike's pants, he cried out weakly trying to block out what was happening.

"I'll bet the pretty boy has a pretty ass" he snickered as he ran his hands around to grab Spike's firm buttocks.  "Don't you pretty boy."

Spike was about to cry out for his sire again, when suddenly the man was gone.  He looked up in time to see the man's neck twist at an unnatural angle.  The man fell to the ground at Spike's feet in a heap and Angel was in front of him.  "Mine" he growled as he launched himself at the other men.

Gunn and Wesley had joined the fight and had beaten the remaining men and watched as they fled down the street.  Angel turned and picked up the broken body of his childe, looking over him to check the damage done.

"Spike" he asked softly.  "Are you okay?  What happened?"

"Jumped by the bloody pillocks" he spit out.  Blood was flowing freely from his split lip and he couldn't see out of his left eye.  "Chip fired and I couldn't."  He trailed off as he began to lose consciousness.

Angel quickly picked up his childe and yelled at his friends, "Get the car! We need to get to him back to the hotel."

Wes and Gunn were off in a second, running to the car and bringing it to where Angel was standing.  Quickly, he yanked open the back door and fell in, cradling the blonde in his lap.  "Spike" Angel whispered, trying to revive the vampire.  "Spike, wake up."

The blonde remained unconscious all the way to the hotel.  Angel was really worried about his childe.  As they stopped in front of the hotel, Angel jumped out of the car and quickly carried the broken vampire inside.  Once he burst through the doors, the three girls turned and let out a collective gasp.

"What happened?" Willow yelled as she jumped up to help Angel bring Spike to the couch.

"He got jumped by some humans" he explained quickly.  "Someone go and heat up some blood.  At least 3 units, now!"

Fred got up and ran into the kitchen to get the blood prepared. Cordelia ran into the office and grabbed the first aid kit they always kept there in case of such emergencies.  Angel and Willow were working quickly to remove some of the clothing so they could see how bad the wounds really were.

Angel gently trailed his finger down the vampire's ribs, finding three of them broken.  His eye was swollen shut and he appeared to have a cracked jaw.  Fred walked in quickly with the heated blood and sat it down next to Angel.  He picked  up the large glass and pressed it to Spike's lips.  Slowly, he poured the warm blood in the blonde vampire's mouth and tried to help him swallow it.

It took a few moments, but then Spike began to swallow the blood instinctively.  Angel sighed in relief as the broken man drank down all the blood.  He then reached over and took the first aid kit out of Cordelia's hands and opened it to take out the supplies he needed.  As he turned to look back at the man on the couch, he was stopped by Wesley.

"Wait" the former watcher said softly.

Angel turned around and saw Willow sitting on the arm of the couch by Spike's head.  Her eyes were closed and she was quietly chanting.  She reached her hand out in front of her and trailed them over Spike's head and chest.  Not getting the reaction she was hoping for, she opened her eyes and looked at Angel.

"Do you want to help him?" she asked.

Angel was frozen for a moment.  Willow's eyes were completely black and her voice sounded an octave too low.  After just a moments pause, he slowly nodded his head.

At the movement from the dark vampire, Willow reached out and grabbed his arm tightly in her hand.  Angel jerked at the feeling of the girl's hand digging into his arm and the feeling of power being sucked out of his body.  Slowly, he watched with awe as the wounds slowly begin to heal.  Once the young witch was satisfied with how the vampire was healed, she let go of Angel's arm and collapsed against the back of the couch.

Angel fell on to the floor on his back, gasping for unneeded breath.  "What the hell was that?"  he asked, looking around to the people watching.

"Apparently, Willow used you as a means to strengthen her power to heal Spike" Wesley explained, looking at the redhead for confirmation.

Willow nodded weakly as she tried to pull herself into a sitting position.  "It's kinda what I do" she stated.  "I needed more power, so I took what I needed.  Sorry, Angel.  I should have warned you."

"It's ok Willow" Angel sighed as he sat up and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to shake off the residual feeling the magic left behind.  "As long as Spike is ok, I'll do whatever I have to."

The dark vampire decided to set about trying to determine how bad the injuries were since Willow had done the spell.  His eye was much better, but still closed.  His jaw was healed and the blood in his mouth had stopped flowing.  As he trailed a finger down the ribs, Spike moaned lightly.

"He had some internal injuries" Willow stated quietly when Angel looked at her with a questioning look in his eyes.  "I thought they were the most important to heal."

"Me too" Angel whispered, reaching up to move a stray piece of hair from her face.  "The blood and some sleep should be able to do the rest.  Thank you Willow."

"We all need some rest" the young redhead said, slowly rising from the couch.

"I agree" Angel said, standing and looking at the others in the room.  "Let's all get some rest.  Gunn, Wes, will you help me get Spike upstairs?"

"No problem, man" Gunn said, quickly coming over with Wesley to pick up the still unconscious vampire and taking him upstairs.  They quickly took him into his room and placed him on the bed.  Angel and Willow followed them into the room and thanked them for all their help before they left.

Angel and Willow silently stripped the blonde vampire and covered him in the sheets of his bed to sleep for the night.  As they stepped out of the room, Willow grabbed Angel's arm.  He looked down at her, wondering what she was thinking.

"Are you sure you're alright?" she asked, fear in her eyes.

"Yeah, little one" Angel whispered, lazily running his fingers through her hair.  "Don't worry about it.  Like I said before, you helped Spike, that's all the matters to me."

She smiled up at the dark vampire, enjoying the feeling of him touching her.  "I'll see you tomorrow?" she asked sleepily.

"Yeah" he whispered.  "See you tomorrow."  He then leaned down and lightly brushed her lips with his own.  They looked at each other for a moment before they turned and walked into their own rooms to get some much needed rest.

~Part: 15~

Angel sat in his office, trying to concentrate on the paperwork in front of him, but it wasn't working.  He was worried about Spike and Willow.  He knew that Spike would physically be alright after his encounter with the group of humans, but Spike had a soul and Angel was worried how he might react to the attack now.  He wanted to be as supportive as possible, but he remembered too well how Spike hated to be treated like a child.  If he tried too hard, he would just push Spike even farther away.

Then there was Willow.  She seemed to have a good handle on her magic, but sometimes she scared him.  She definitely had more power than anyone gave her credit for.  He appreciated the fact she had used her power to help heal Spike, but he didn't want her to become too dependant on it alone.  He wondered if he should talk to her, but what would he say?

Angel heaved a heavy sigh and put his head down on his desk as he racked his brain for a solution.  He was quickly brought out of his mental battery by someone clearing their throat from the door of his office.  Angel brought his head up and growled, "What do you want, Wesley?"

"I just wanted to talk for a moment" the former watcher replied, walking into the office and shutting the door behind him.  "I'd like to speak to you about last night."

"Yeah" Angel sighed.  <I should have known this was coming> he thought.  "It was a little.crazy last night.  I'd like to talk to Willow a little later about everything and I'll be sure to talk to Spike as soon as he wakes up."

"That's not what I was talking about" Wesley said as he sat down in the chair across from the dark vampire.  "I'm talking about you. taking a human life last night.  You do remember that you killed someone last night, don't you?"

Angel looked at the man across from him in utter shock.  He had killed a human. What shocked him even more was the fact that he hadn't spent all night brooding about it.  Finally, he looked Wesley in the eye and said, "I know, but I had to protect my childe."

"That's a flimsy excuse, Angel and you know it" the Englishman whispered back.  He knew he was on thin ice, but this was something Angel needed to deal with and soon.  "You took a human life."

"Wesley" Angel grated through his teeth.  "I am a vampire.  That piece of shit had the nerve to touch what is mine.  He's lucky all I did break his neck."

Wesley tried not to visibly shutter at the tone in the vampire's voice, but it took everything in him not to do so.  "I understand that your vampire nature allows for such brutality, but now you have a human death on you soul."

"Because I didn't already?" Angel practically shouted.  "Have you forgotten about all those lawyers that I killed when I locked them in with Darla and Druscilla?  Do you know how many rapists and murderers I killed after the curse, because the soul could handle their deaths?  I have plenty of death on my soul, Wesley.  Just because they are human, does not mean they don't deserve to die."

"But it is not your place to decide that, Angel" Wesley said, certain that he shouldn't pursue this, but unable to stop himself.

Angel sighed heavily and threw himself back down in his chair.  He didn't look at the Englishman for a long time.  Finally, he looked Wesley in the eye and said, "You're right, you know.  I probably shouldn't have killed him.  I could have easily knocked him out, but I didn't.  My demon demanded that he die because he dared to touch my childe.  I am a vampire, Wesley.  You may not be able to accept that, but I have to.  I feel bad that he is dead, but I'm not going brood about it.  It's time that I accept who I really am."

Wesley stared at the vampire for a while.  Until his redemption was completed, he was a vampire with a soul.  He couldn't completely deny what he was.  In a way, Wesley understood that.  He had tried to be on his own and not need anyone else, but that wasn't him.  He needed people to help and that was why he was here.  He smiled weakly at Angel and said, "Very well.  I'm glad you are handling the situation so well. Just remember, if you need anything, please let me know."

"I will Wesley. Thank you."

Slowly, the former watcher got up from his chair and made his way out of the vampire's office.  As he headed toward the kitchen, he passed Willow as she made her way downstairs.  They mumbled `good mornings' to each other as they passed.  Willow noticed that Wesley had just come from Angel's office, so she decided to go in and say hi.

"Hey" she said as she poked her head around the door frame, smiling at the dark vampire.

"Hey yourself" he returned with a smile.  "Did you sleep well?"

"Like a rock" she replied as she walked in and sat down.  "A rock with a splitting headache.  I forgot how much doing that kind of a spell will take out of you.  You really are ok with everything, right?'

She had spent the better part of the morning worrying about everyone's reaction to her last night.  She had spent so long in Sunnydale trying to deny herself the power within, that it was now second nature to question what she did.

"Willow" Angel whispered, looking her directly in the eyes.  "I told you before, we can't deny who or what we are.  We just have to learn how to control it.  You did a good thing last night.  You helped Spike.  Without your spell, he would probably still have some serious damage, but between the spell and blood, he is probably completely healed by now."

The redhead simply sighed and smiled at her friend.  He made this so much easier for her.  "Thank you" she whispered with a huge smile on her face.

Angel quickly returned the smile.  <She looks absolutely amazing when she smiles> he thought.  <How could I have missed it before?>

Willow quickly stood and made an excuse that she had probably better take a shower or something.  It was quickly approaching mid- afternoon and she had done exactly nothing so far.  Angel smiled again and told her he would see her later.

As Willow made her way upstairs, she paused as she looked at the door leading to Spike's room.  She hadn't seen him at all today and she was wondering if he was alright.  She put her hands on the door and tried to open the bond between them.  Slowly, she began to get a feeling of sorrow and pain coming from the blonde vampire.  She knew Angel was downstairs, so she figured it would be alright if she snuck in to check on him.

Once inside the room, Willow took a moment to let her eyes adjust to the darkness.  Slowly, she was able to make out the form on the bed was Spike.  He was still asleep and completely tangled in the sheets of the bed.  He was mumbling and whining and thrashing about. Willow knew he was having bad dreams.  She felt bad for him and decided that she needed to wake him up.

Making her way over to the bed, the redhead reached down and touched the sleeping vampire on the shoulder.  Quietly, she whispered, "Spike?"

He tossed slightly at her touch, but did not wake.  He started to mumble again, this time calling "Red?"

Willow thought maybe he was waking up and recognized her voice, so she leaned in further and shook him slightly.

Faster than she could react, she found herself on her back on the bed with a strong, pale hand wrapped around her neck.  Spike towered above her in full game face, growling at her.  It had been a long time since she had been scared of him, but now, she was terrified.

"Spike" she squeaked out.  "You're hurting me."

"Should turn you and leave the whelp" he whispered, not really looking at her.  "Don't need Dru.  You're here and you're warm and you smell good.  Taking, no taking.  I'll take you little red."

Willow's eyes grew large as she realized that he was remembering the time he had kidnapped her and Xander.  He had threatened to take her then, but she had talked him out of it.  Now, she was not so sure she could do it.  When Spike had these visions, it was like he was in his own world and she didn't know how to get him out of it.

"So tired.  So alone."  Spike was mumbling as he looked at her without really seeing her.  Willow's gasped as she realized that Spike was hard and now rubbing his erection into her hip.

The material was causing a wonderful friction for the sleeping vampire and he continued to thrust onto the warm body below him. All he knew was that he needed this now.  He needed her, this girl who confused him.  He continued to talk, although Willow really didn't understand what he was saying.

"Red'll be mine then everything will be alright.  Make `er mine and she'll never leave me.  Mine.mine."

Willow was starting to get a little nervous.  Spike was growling and his thrusting was becoming erratic.  She had a feeling she needed to stop this now.  "Spike" she ground out as loud as she could.  "Spike, stop it."

He seemed not to hear her at all.  He was so close.  Suddenly, he howled loudly as he came over the front of her jeans and he quickly removed his hand and deftly bit into the tender flesh of her neck.

Willow gasped at the sensation.  Initially, it hurt but as he began to drink, Willow felt her entire body begin to feel warm.  She was relieved to feel that he was taking very small swallows of her blood, but she knew if she didn't stop him, he would drain her.  It was what he wanted in his vision.  She put her hands on his shoulders and tried to push him off of her, but he was much too strong for her   She called his name a few more times, but he didn't seem to hear her.  His tongue was gently licking at the bite marks and pulling against her skin with agonizing slowness.  He wound one hand in her red hair and placed the other in the small of her back, gently rubbing himself against her again.

Willow knew she had to do something soon.  She was starting to feel weak and soon she wouldn't want him to stop.  She summoned all her strength and pushed her words through her body and into her blood.

"Spike, I said stop!" she commanded.

The blonde vampire whimpered as he felt a shock hit his fangs and he instantly found himself back in his human guise.  The magic had woken him up and he looked down at the form below him in a daze. Normally red tresses were now black and wrapped around his pale fingers.  Emerald green eyes were now a mass of black.  He could feel the wetness beneath him and when he saw the blood still flowing out of the bite mark on the pale flesh of his friend's neck, he launched himself off the bed in horror.

"No!" he cried, covering his face with his hands.  "Not again.  Hurt the girl!  All I do is hurt the girls.  Don't.  No, don't want to hurt.  I hurt the girls."

Spike kept mumbling as Willow got up off the bed to try and comfort him. As soon as she touched him, he jumped back as though she had shocked him again.

"No!" he screamed as he looked at her with wild eyes.  "Don't deserve."

Willow was stunned as Spike turned and fled from the room as though he were running from the devil himself.  Quickly she realized that he might try to hurt himself and she followed him quickly, holding onto her neck to try to keep the bleeding to a minimum.

***

Angel, Wesley and Cordelia were hard at work when suddenly a very terrified and very naked vampire ran through the office and out the back door.  They all stood for a moment looking at each other in surprise.

"What the hell?" the former cheerleader whispered, confused by the situation.

Soon they heard Willow calling after him.  "Spike, wait!"

As she came down the stairs, she looked at Angel and asked desperately, "Where did he go?"

"He went out the back towards the sewer access" he answered as he closed in on the young girl.  He was amazed at her appearance.  He could see and smell Spike's release on her jeans and the blood flowing from between her fingers.

"What happened?" Wesley asked as he closed in on the redhead.

"He was having a bad dream and I woke him up" she explained.  "I learned a very important lesson today.  Never startle a sleeping vampire."

"Well, let's clean up this bite and then we'll go looking for Spike" Angel said as he went to go and retrieve the first aid kit.

"No!" Willow shouted.  "We have to go and find him right now.  He may be trying to hurt himself.  It is daylight out now.  We can't let him die."  She had tears in her eyes as she thought of her friend as nothing but a pile of dust.

"But we need to take care of that bite" the dark vampire explained.  "I can't take you down in the sewer bleeding like that. Every vampire and blood thirsty demon within a mile would be looking for you.  I can take care of it quickly if you'd like."

Willow wasn't sure what he was getting at, but nodded immediately. Angel walked forward and pulled her head back so he had access to the bite mark.  He lowered his head quickly and snaked out his tongue to lick the wound closed.  The first tentative lick caused him to jerk back a little.  He felt a shock from the residual magic left in her blood.  His second lick was less painful and he began to lave the area with his silky tongue.

Willow gasped at the sensation.  She remembered the feeling of Spike drinking from her and this was almost as heavenly.  Much too soon for her, Angel stopped.  He looked down and noted that the mark was completely closed.  He licked his lips as he raised his head.  He looked into Willow's eyes and whispered, "Vampire saliva.  It has a natural healing agent."

"Oh" the redhead whispered back.  She shook her head to try and clear the haze.  "We need to find Spike."

"Let's go" he answered as he grabbed her arm and pulled her toward the back door.  "Wes, Cordy, you stay here in case he comes back on his own."  The two people nodded as Willow and Angel disappeared through the door Spike had fled through.

***

Roaming through the sewer, Angel had no trouble tracking Spike.  He could smell Willow's blood on him and he could feel his despair thick in the air.

Willow could tell the blonde vampire was extremely distressed and it worried her.  She was afraid he was going to try and hurt himself.  "We need to find him Angel" she whispered desperately.

"I know" the dark vampire whispered back.  "He's close though.  I can smell him."

As they turned another corner, Willow spotted the naked figure huddled in a hole directly below a manhole cover.  He was apparently waiting to gain enough courage to go through the manhole and bathe himself in sunlight one last time.  He was clutching his legs as he rocked himself, completely oblivious to the presence of the other two people.  As he rocked, he occasionally moved into a stream of light, causing smoke to rise from the tender skin.

Willow moved in slowly.  "Spike" she whispered.  "Spike you need to come away from there.  You're going to hurt yourself."

"No" he moaned as if in pain.  "I only hurt.  Hurt the girls.  I should hurt too."

"No" Willow whispered, slowly reaching out to stroke his now damp hair.  "You didn't hurt me.  Look."

Slowly, Spike lifted his eyes and looked at the redhead before him. The bite mark was closed and she didn't seem mad at him.  "But I hurt you."

"Spike" she whispered as she crouched down in front of the shaking vampire.  "I shouldn't have woke you up like that.  I'm sorry, but I'm not mad at you for what you did."

"You're not?" he asked in awe.  <How can she not hate me?>

"No and neither is Angel" she said with a smile.  "He's right here."

Angel stepped out of the shadows and stood behind the redhead and smiled down at his childe.  "Please Spike" he whispered.  "Let's go home."

"No" Spike shouted, scooting further back into the hole.  "Belong here, always been here.  Nobody wants me."

"You're wrong about that" Willow said with a smile.  "If I remember correctly, someone claimed you not too long ago.  That usually means that they want you doesn't it?"

"But now."

"No" Angel interrupted.  "You are my childe. My favored childe Spike.  I need you."

Spike was still in shock from the reaction of his sire.  <Even after I hurt Willow, he still wants me?>

Willow smiled at the look on the blonde's face.  Slowly they were getting through to him.  She reached over and grabbed his face with both her hands and forced him to look her in the eye.  "Spike" she said forcefully.  "I'm not mad at you.  You are my friend and I feel closer to you than I do most other people because we need each other.  I need you Spike.  Don't leave me."

He was in stunned.  <Willow needs me?> he wondered.  She was smiling at him with those beautiful green eyes and he knew he couldn't leave her.  He smiled as he let her take his hand and helped him out of the hole he was hiding in.

When he stood up, Willow grabbed him by the back of the neck and pulled him toward her and pressed his forehead to hers.  "We'll do this together" she whispered, enjoying the contact.

"Together" Spike sighed, feeling tears threaten to fall again.

Angel shifted slightly, suddenly feeling left out.

As if she had read his mind, Willow reached out and grabbed Angel the same way and pressed his forehead against hers and Spikes so that they formed a small triangle of flesh.

"Together" Willow said again.

Angel sighed and put his arms around the two lovely creatures.  "Together" he said as he took comfort in the embrace.

They stood like that for a long time, until they felt Spike begin to shiver.  They had forgotten that he was naked, so they decided they needed to get him inside and get him warm.

"Let's go home" Angel said, as he wrapped his arms around the other two and directed them back towards the hotel.

~Part: 16~

The three paused outside the entrance to the Hyperion, trying to decide what to do.  Spike was still naked and he really didn't like the idea of walking in with the rest of the Angel Investigations crew staring at him.  Willow decided to goes in first and get the people out of the foyer and away from where Spike was going to be walking.  Then Angel took off his shirt and gave it to Spike to wear.  The shirt was big on Spike so as to cover any important parts.

"I'll come up as soon as I explain everything to them, ok?" Willow asked just before she opened the door.

"Ok, Willow" Angel said, smiling at the girl.

"Thanks Red" Spike whispered hoarsely.  He wanted to show his gratitude to the girl who helped saved his unlife, but he didn't think that words were enough.  He reached over and took her face in his hands.  For just a few moments he did nothing but stare into her eyes, trying to let her know just how much he felt for her.  He felt her start to open her mouth as if she were going to say something, but before she could; he lowered his lips to hers and brushed them gently with his own.

Willow gasped slightly at the feel of the vampires soft lips.  His kiss was so tender, not unlike the kiss from Angel before.  But Spike's mouth was completely undemanding.  It was like he wanted nothing from the kiss, only to convey through the intimate touch what he was feeling.

Much too soon, the kiss had ended and Willow stood for a few moments trying to remember to continue to breathe.

"Willow, luv" Spike whispered.  "You ok?"

"Yeah, I'm good" Willow whispered back, eyes still closed.

Angel and Spike looked at each other for a moment and laughed.  She looked like a woman who had been ravished by her lover and was waiting for his return.  Slowly, the redhead opened her eyes. Shyly, she blinked once, twice and then she blushed the most remarkable shade of red.  She looked from one vampire to the other before they all burst into laughter.  It felt good.

"Ok" Willow sighed, putting her hand back on the doorknob.  "Here we go."

Willow walked into the main room of the hotel and immediately the two nervous people jumped to their feet to find out what happened. The redhead quickly headed them off and ushered them into the kitchen.  "Let's talk in here" Willow said as they followed her before hitting her with questions.

Once they made themselves comfortable, Willow began to explain the situation to the two waiting people.  As she explained the situation, the two vampires snuck in through the door and went straight upstairs to the suite.

Spike sighed as they entered the suite.  He was relieved that they were able to make it upstairs without anyone spotting them.

"Are you going to be alright?" Angel asked quietly after they walked into room.  He was worried about his childe and he wanted to make sure he was feeling better after the last episode.

Spike simply nodded and began to remove the shirt.  As he walked into the bedroom, he dropped the shirt onto the bed on his way to the bathroom.  "Mind if I take a shower, mate?" he asked without turning to face the man watching him quietly.

"No, Will" Angel whispered quietly, suddenly aroused by the naked vampire.  "Willow will be up soon.  I'll bring you some clothes."

"Great" the naked vampire said as he walked into the bathroom and got ready to climb into a warm shower.

Angel stood for a moment watching his childe as he disappeared into the bathroom.  He sighed as he looked down to see the erection that was beginning to tent the front of his pants.  He wanted his childe so badly, but he didn't want to seem like some horny kid or that he just took Spike in to have his way with him, but it was so hard not to give into temptation.

Slowly, he sighed and went to grab Spike some clothes.  He pulled out a clean pair of pants and a T-shirt and headed toward the bathroom.  On his way, he noticed his own shirt sitting of the bed. He wondered briefly if he should put it on before going into the bathroom.  With a smirk, he decided against it.

Walking into the bathroom, Angel stopped with a start.  He could just barely make out the outline of his childe's body through the shower door being covered in sheets of warm water.  The tent in his pants got even bigger as he stood and watched pale hands wandering over wet flesh.  He was so lost in the mental evaluation of the naked body in front of him; he was startled when his childe spoke.

"So, Peaches, are you going to stand there all day staring or are you going to join me?" the blonde vampire asked.

Angel stood perfectly still for a moment, debating his choices. Finally he squeaked out, "Willow should be up any minute."

Spike chuckled and replied, "I'm sure there's more than enough room for her too."

That really sent Angel's mind into overdrive.  The thought of both Spike and Willow in the warm water, pressing against his tortured body with their own was enough to make the dark vampire moan out loud.

Spike chuckled again at his sire.  He couldn't believe he was making the older vampire squirm.  Just to see how far he could push this, the blonde pulled back the shower door just enough so that his head and chest were exposed when he leaned back and said, "Well, luv. I'm waiting."

***

Finally, the Wesley and Cordelia were satisfied with Willow's explanation and she quickly excused herself to head upstairs to check on her friends.  She knew that Spike was having a hard time dealing with the soul and she wanted him to know that she was not going to hold what happened between them against him.  In fact, she wanted to talk to him about the whole bite thing.  It confused her. Sure it hurt, but it felt good too.  Maybe the vampires could shine some light on what she was feeling.

She stood outside the door for a moment and decided it would probably be best if she checked to make sure they weren't otherwise. occupied before she just came into the room.  Quietly, she knocked and waited for a response.  Not receiving one, she slowly opened the door and peered in.

"Angel?  Spike?" she called into the room.  She didn't see either vampire around so she walked in and listened intently for any sign that she shouldn't be there.  Soon she realized that the water was running in the shower and Spike must be in there, but she didn't see Angel.

She walked toward the bedroom to see if Angel was possibly around the corner, but he was no where to be seen.  She called out louder, "Angel?"

The dark vampire jumped when he heard his name called.  He had been staring at the beautiful hard body in front of him so intently; he had missed when she called his name the first few times.  Spike chuckled at him and motioned with his head toward the door.

"Guess you better go and talk to Red before she comes in here looking for you and finding you ogling me."

"I am not ogling" Angel replied sheepishly.  "I was just bringing you some clothes."

"Yeah, right" Spike shot back as he closed the door and finished taking his shower.

Angel took an unnecessary deep breath before turning around to go and talk to Willow.  As he stepped out of the bathroom, the dark vampire became painfully aware of the erection that was pushing against his pants.  He placed his hands in front of himself and quickly made his way over to the bed to grab his shirt and put it back on.

Willow smiled as she saw Angel walk out of the bathroom shyly and head over to the bed and pull his shirt on.  "Is everything alright?" she asked.  She noticed that the dark vampire was refusing to meet her eyes and wondered what was wrong.

"Yeah" Angel replied quietly as he began to button up the shirt and leaving it untucked so that it would cover the front of him sufficiently.  "I was just taking Spike some clothes for him to change into after his shower."

Angel continued to look at the floor, unable to meet Willow's eyes. She was nervous.  She wanted to talk about the bite, but didn't know how to ask.  Finally, she decided they were both adults and she should come right out and ask.

"Angel" she started.  "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure, Willow" he answered, glad for some sort of distraction from the erotic thoughts still invading his brain.  "Do you want to go and sit in the other room?"

"That would be good" the redhead replied and let the man lead her into the sitting room.  They sat next to each other on the couch and waited for the other to start.  Willow finally decided that she had better just come out with it before she chickened out.

"Ok, here's the thing" she started.  "I'm kind of confused.  See, when Spike bit me earlier, it didn't hurt.  Ok, it did hurt at first, but not like I thought it would.  And then when Spike started to, you know, start drinking, it felt really good.  It was like there was this fire inside that was going through my blood and it made me all hot.but in a good way.  It wasn't anything like I expected.  I always thought, you know, biting bad, but it wasn't bad at all.  Is that what it's like?  Is that why some people don't mind getting bit? And I'll shut up now so you could talk."

Angel just smiled at her.  It was good to get glimpses of the old Willow even after everything she had been through.  He leaned over and gently traced the bite mark on her neck.  She shuttered gently at the touch and sighed when Angel took his fingers away.

"I guess it's part of the lure of the vampire, Willow" he started to explain. "Some people who have been bitten will tell you that it was the same for them as it was for you.  It depends on the vampire most of the time.  Spike is old enough that he knows how to bite properly.  Angelus made sure to teach him that.  A lot of minions don't learn properly and just bite to feed, but most vampire bite for pleasure."

The last part confused Willow.  "They bite for pleasure?" she asked.

"It's easy to just bite and drain someone" Angel continued to explain.  "But if you want to savor the person you are feeding from, it takes a special technique.  If you do it right, it should be a mutually pleasurable experience for both parties."

The young witch was surprised at the explanation.  No one ever described to her what it was like to be bit, so once she was, she understood the lure of it.

"Buffy never explained it to you?" Angel asked quietly.

"No" Willow said.  "And I never asked."  She was surprised to realize she was blushing at the thought of Angel biting Buffy.  "It still feels.sensitive." She reached up and played with the bite mark lightly.

"What did it feel like when I licked it?" Angel asked, his voice trembling lightly.

"It felt.good" Willow answered, looking down at her hands in her lap.  "Vampire's tongues feel different, I think."  She shuttered remembering when Angel had licked her neck.

"Yeah" the dark vampire whispered, staring at the mark on her tender flesh.  "Plus vampire salvia has healing abilities and seems to help take away some of the pain.  Did you like it?"

"What?" the nervous redhead asked, suddenly lifting her head to look into the chocolate eyes of her friend.

"Did you like it when I licked you?" he asked quietly.  He could tell that her heart rate and breathing had increased and she was blushing brightly.  "I did" he said as he looked down at the floor.

Willow was surprised.  <Angel liked licking me?> This was definitely an interesting development.  She smiled despite herself.  "Yeah" she whispered.

Angel smiled and said, "You know, I could still taste the magic in your blood."

"You could taste it?" she asked, surprised since she didn't tell him that she had used her magic to make Spike stop.  "I didn't hurt you, did I?"

"No.  It was just like a little sting, but it was delicious."

She had never been told she was delicious before.  Somehow, from somewhere Willow didn't know about, a very naughty idea came to her mind.  "You know" she started shyly.  "It still hurts, just a little."

Angel was in shock.  <She didn't just offer for me to lick her again, did she?> he wondered.  He couldn't let this invitation go and offered, "I could lick it again for you, if you'd like."

"Ok" Willow replied, her voice now low and husky.  "If you think it would help."

Slowly, Willow tilted her head to the side, exposing her tender neck to the panting vampire.  Angel slowly leaned in and took a deep breath to inhale her scent.  She was definitely aroused and waiting for him to touch her.  The dark vampire practically moaned as he snaked out his tongue and gently licked the mark tentatively.

Willow gasped at the feeling of the velvet tongue against her skin. She felt her skin start to tingle at the first touch.  Soon Angel was lost in the sensations of the girl's delicate skin.  No longer just licking, the vampire began to place gentle kisses and tender nips along the exposed flesh.

They were both thrown out of their passionate experiment when they heard from the bedroom doorway, "Well, nice to see you waited for me."

~Part: 17~

Willow and Angel shot apart from each other as though they had been electrocuted.  Neither of them had heard the blonde sneak up on them to watch the intimate display.  They turned to look at the man who interrupted them.  Spike was standing leaning against the doorway, dressed in the clothes Angel had brought him in the bathroom; hair still wet curling in its natural waves around his face.

Both Angel and Willow smiled at his appearance.  Willow thought the more natural hair color made him look less severe and it reminded Angel of when Spike was still his William.

After a few moments of staring, Spike decided maybe he should say something.  "Whatcha doin', Peaches?  Making an oral map of Red's neck in case you get lost?"

Willow was the first to start to giggle.  She looked at Angel and he couldn't help himself but join in the girl's infectious laughter. Soon Spike had joined them and they all loosened up a little.

"Sorry, Spike" Willow said.  "I was just asking Angel about the whole biting thing and then we starting talking about the licking thing and then."  She trailed off when she saw the look on Spike's face.

"Red" he whispered, pain filling his voice.  "I'm so sorry.  I never wanted to.I didn't try to."

Willow jumped to her feet and practically ran over to Spike and wrapped her arms around him.  "No" she insisted.  "That's not what I meant.  I told Angel I liked it and wanted to know why."

The blonde was in shock for a moment.  He looked down at the redhead and when she pulled back to look at his face, he asked her, "You liked it?"

"Yeah" she whispered as she smiled up at him.

"But.I." he stammered.

"Come and sit" Angel said to the two people standing in the doorway.  "We need to talk about this."

Willow took the blonde's hand and walked him over to the couch, sitting him on the end opposite of his sire and taking the place in the middle of the couch.  She took a deep breath and looked at Spike.  "Angel and I were talking about when you bit me because I was confused about my reaction to it.  I did like it, Spike and it confused me."

"But I hurt you" Spike whispered, staring intently at the mark still on the girl's delicate neck.

"It hurt at first but then it started to feel good" Willow explained, still a little embarrassed by her reaction to the vampire's bite.  "Even now, it's still sensitive."

"So why was Angel making you a snack?" the confused vampire asked.

"Before we came to find you, I licked the mark closed so that she didn't attract any unwanted visitors while we came looking for you" Angel answered.

"And, what?" the blonde vampire asked.  "You were sitting here talking and you realized you missed a spot?"

Angel looked down at his hands, slightly embarrassed.  "No.  She just mentioned that the bite was still sensitive, so I offered to lick it again to see if that would help."

"Does it still hurt, ducks?" Spike asked, gently moving her hair to the side to look over the mark.  His mark.  Suddenly, for some reason, Spike had an overwhelming feeling of possession roll over him.  He hadn't meant to hurt Willow or bite her even, but now, looking at the mar on her flesh, he felt like it was a piece of him on her.

"Maybe just a little" the redhead whispered as she felt the cool breath of the vampire brushing over the skin of her neck.  He was so close to her, she was sure he was going to reach out lick her at any moment.  It made her feel weak just to have him so close.

Angel noted the interaction between his childe and the witch.  Her heart rate had increased and Spike seemed lost in her.  <Why doesn't that bother me?> he wondered.

"Excuse me, children" Angel said, interrupting the moment between the two.

Willow slowly opened her eyes and smiled shyly at the dark vampire in front of her.

"What's the matter, Peaches?" Spike asked with a smile as he leaned down to bury his nose in the red tresses in front of him.  "Feeling a little left out?"

Angel thought that over for a moment.  He couldn't tell if he really was feeling left out or if he was just confused by the situation. Smirking slowly, Angel decided on what his next move would be.  He leaned over and pressed his body up against the young witch and pushed her against the blonde behind her.  He opened his mouth seductively and ran just his bottom lip over her collarbone and up her neck.  Pausing just for a moment at the bite mark, the dark vampire snaked out his tongue to taste the damaged flesh.

Willow moaned at the feeling of the velvet tongue against the bite. Angel chuckled as he continued his trek up the girl's neck, pausing again to take the tender earlobe between his teeth and bite gently. Willow tilted her head slightly to give Angel better access when suddenly he was gone.  The redhead whimpered at the loss of the feel of the mouth on her skin until he pressed into her even more.

Suddenly, Angel reached out and grabbed Spike by the back of the neck and pulled him in for a breathtaking kiss.  Willow gasped as she turned her head to see the two vampires' fight for dominance with tongues and teeth.  She could feel them growl low in the chests as they pressed her tighter between them.

At the sound of Willow's gasp, Angel slowly pulled away and looked her in the eye.  The young witch was amazed to see the sparks of gold in the dark vampires normally deep brown eyes.  He was close to losing his famous control and it made her smile to think that she may have had something to do with that.

"Wow" she whispered when she finally felt like she had enough breath to do so.

"I think wow is an understatement, luv" Spike whispered in her ear.  "I think we should move this to the other room."

"What?" Willow gasped.  "But we can't"

"Why not?" the blonde vampire asked, clearly upset by the girls reluctance.

"Well, Angel's soul.remember?"  She was surprised that she was the only one who remembered that particular piece of information.

"You sure are presumptuous, aren't you pet?" Spike smirked at her.

Willow blushed at the thought that maybe she had misunderstood the vampires' intention.  She felt that was direction this was going. She felt silly bringing it up.

Angel felt sympathy for the girl and decided to let her off the hook.  He cupped her face with a gentle hand and looked in her emerald eyes with a gentle smile and said, "You're concerned about me losing my soul by having sex, is that correct?"

Willow nodded and tried to avoid the dark vampire's gaze, but he wouldn't let her.

He chuckled lightly.  "Now, you know that I've had sex recently and my soul is still very much intact, right?"

"Yeah" she answered, feeling the tale tell warmth of her blush spreading over her face and neck.

"You enjoyed your little trip into voyeurism, didn't you little one?"

The redhead suddenly felt the warmth on her face slowly travel down her chest and settle down in her belly.  She couldn't believe Angel was bringing this up now.

"She saw us?" Spike asked, pressing himself closer into the redhead, enjoying her warmth.

"Yeah" Angel whispered huskily.  "She was coming to check on you and saw me claim you."

"But" the young witch started.  "I don't understand.  How can you. you know, and not lose you soul?"

"I think it has to do something with the fact that it wasn't the actual sex that caused me to lose my soul before."

"What?" Willow asked confused.

"I didn't lose my soul when I had sex with Buffy" the dark vampire explained.  "It was after, when I was holding her.  For the first time, I didn't feel guilty for being with someone I cared about.  I loved Buffy, but it was the satisfaction that I felt after.  For once, I felt like a man.  I think that's why I lost my soul."

"And that sure as hell won't happen with me" Spike chuckled.  "Bring out the demon too much for him to think he's a man."

"Besides" Angel said with a smirk, "There are plenty of things to do that don't involve actually intercourse."

Willow blushed at this again.  Of course she knew that.  <Hello, gay here.>  She knew all about non-traditional sex.

"I think the chit needs a little more persuasion, don't ya' think, luv?"  the blonde whispered as he leaned into the redhead and began to nuzzle his mark again.

"You might be right, childe" the dark vampire replied as leaned in to gently kiss the girl.

Willow felt like her head was swimming.  The older vampire was gently licking and kissing her parted lips and the younger was licking and teasing the still sensitive bite mark on her neck. Pressed between the two hard bodies, she felt as though her body was growing hotter than she ever remembered.  Angel had his hand firmly tangled in her hair and tilted her head to get better access to her sweet mouth and give his childe more access to her neck.

Angel pulled back to let the girl breathe and smiled at the look on her face.  She looked purely wanton with her lips parted and her breathes coming in short pants.  Slowly, she opened her eyes and looked at the dark vampire staring at her.

"Angel?" she asked, wondering why he had stopped.

"Hey, little one" he whispered back.  "How are you feeling?"

"Feeling?" she asked.

Angel chuckled at the beautiful girl in front of him.

"Yes, luv.feeling" Spike added in between kisses and nips.

"I'm feeling maybe we need to move this into the other room" the young girl replied, with a delicious smirk on her face.

Both men looked at each other and smiled.

~Part: 18~

Once the words were out of Willow's mouth, Angel had her in his arms and in the bedroom.  Spike followed his sire, quickly losing his shirt on the way.  He started to remove his pants, but was stopped with a look from the older vampire.  Angel didn't want to scare Willow off again by moving too fast.

Laying the redhead down in the center of the bed, the two vampires were amazed at the beauty of the woman before them.  Her red tresses were spread out around her head like a mane and made her look like she was on fire.

Spike could not wait any longer to taste her.   He knelt on the bed beside her and gently stroked her cheek before leaning down to claim her lips with his own.  He licked her lips tenderly, gently asking permission to explore the inner recesses of her warm mouth.  The redhead quickly responded and moaned as the cool tongue entered and plundered her mouth.

Angel gasped as he looked down at the two people in front of him. They were both so beautiful.  He removed his shirt and thought for a moment.  He decided since his childe had started at one end, he would start at the other.  He knelt at the end of bed and began to remove the girl's shoes and socks.  Slowly, he started to rub her feet and ankles.

Willow's mind was on overdrive.  Spike was kissing her gently, yet passionately and Angel was rubbing and tickling her feet.  She gasped as the dark vampire leaned down and took one of the toes into his mouth and sucked gently.  No one had ever done that to her before, and though it seemed strange, it was also extremely sexy.

Angel made his way from her toes to circle her ankles with tongue. He loved the way she moaned and mewed at the simple teasing.  He wanted to hear more.

Spike decided that Willow was definitely over dressed.  With deft and gentle fingers, he began to undo the buttons of her shirt, quickly revealing a vast expanse of pale flesh.  The blonde vampire pulled away from the kiss to look at the creamy skin offered before him.  He gasped as he pulled open the fabric to discover that she was not wearing a bra.

"My, my, but aren't we a brave one, luv" he whispered as he saw her uncovered breasts.

Willow tried to cover her nakedness with her arms, suddenly embarrassed by her modest size.

"None of that, pet" Spike whispered, gently pulling her arms down to her sides.  "No need to hide."

He coaxed her to raise up slightly so that he could slip the material off her shoulders.  Once the shirt was completely gone, he began to trail delicate patterns over her heated flesh with his fingertips.

"Cor, luv" he whispered huskily.  "You are amazing."  He wondered if he had ever seen a more beautiful sight.  "Angel, luv.  You have to see this."

Angel moved away from his work on Willow's delicate feet to kneel at her side on the opposite side of his childe.  "Willow" he gasped.  "I could spend hours sketching you.  You are amazing."

The dark vampire quickly leaned down to take a coral nipple in his mouth and circle it with his tongue.  Willow gasped in surprise at the action and then moaned wantonly when the blonde vampire leaned down to do the same with the other.  Spike slowly made his way from her breast down to her navel, circling it slowly with the very tip of his tongue.

As Spike made his way down, Angel slowly made his way up to lick and suckle her neck and making his way up to her ear.  Nibbling and sucked the tender lobe, he growled low in his throat and asked, "Are you alright, little one?"

"Mmm" was all that Willow could reply.  She was dead.  She had to be.  She had died and gone to heaven.  That was the only explanation she could come up with.  These two gorgeous vampires were loving her in a way she had never have believed possible before.

"Willow?" came the question she barely registered through her haze of desire.  "Red? Need to taste you."

Willow understood that Spike was asking her a question, but she was having a hard time getting her brain to break through the haze of passion.  All she was able to get out was a weak "Please".

Spike quickly unbuttoned her soiled jeans and began to tug on the offending material hiding his prize.  Willow lifted her hips slightly to help the blonde vampire remove the clothes from her body.  The vampire was so impatient he just grabbed both her jeans and her panties and quickly stripped her of both pieces of clothing.

Spike marveled as he looked over the goddess before him.  She was all pale flesh with a patch of cinnamon colored curls.  A smile of pure joy graced his face before he knelt between her knees and gently nudged apart her silky thighs.  Leaning down, he ran his nose through the bunch of curls and inhaled the girl's arousal.  He moaned at the scent and tenderly snaked out his tongue to taste her heavenly juices.

At the first touch of the blonde vampire's tongue, Willow thought she was going to go insane.  The cool flesh against her warmth was amazing.  "Spike" she moaned as she arched her hips to get more of the infuriating touch.

Spike decided to have mercy on the woman before him and dove in to taste her fully.

Willow gasped and arched her back at the feeling of the vampire lapping at her core.  Angel chuckled at her response, knowing how talented his childe was with his tongue.  The dark vampire moved from the girl's ear to claim her mouth as she moaned and writhed against him.  He reached down to pinch and tease her nipples that were now in hard peaks.

Spike was enjoying himself, but he could smell his sire's arousal and knew that he needed some relief as well.  He raised his head to look at him and enjoy the sight of him before softly saying, "Come here, Sire.  You must taste her."

Angel slowly broke the kiss with the redhead and looked down at his childe.  He looked amazing.  His cerulean blue eyes shown with passion and mischief and his chin was slick with the young witch's juices.  With a predatory growl, the dark vampire reached out and grabbed the blonde by the hair and attacked his face and mouth with tongue and teeth.

Watching the erotic display, Willow began to rub her thighs together to try and get some much needed friction.

Breaking the heated kiss, Angel quickly switched positions with the blonde and began to take in the beauty of the girl before him.  He leaned down and began to lick and nibble at her warm core.  Slowly, he eased a finger into her tight warmth.

Willow was quickly becoming frustrated by the gentle treatment.  She growled as she grabbed the blonde vampire who was kissing her and pulled him away violently.  "Please" she begged.  "You're killing me here."

Spike chuckled and said, "Well, Peaches, think maybe we should have mercy on her?"

"Mercy?" Angel asked with an evil smirk on his face.  "What's that?"

"Argh" Willow cried.  "You're going to kill me!"

"Well, we can't have that now, can we" the dark vampire replied before plunging two fingers inside her  and curling them upwards to gently stroke the tender spot inside her.

"Yes!" she cried.

Angel chuckled as he leaned back down to suck her tender clit into his mouth.  She gasped as he licked and pulled at the tender bundle of nerves until she felt the familiar knot in her stomach to let her know that she was close.

Spike was teasing her sore nipples when he felt her body tighten, signaling her impending orgasm.  He leaned up quickly and kissed her passionately, swallowing her scream of release.

Angel continued to lick at her core, instantly addicted to the taste of her release.  He looked up at his two lovers as they lost themselves in each other.  He smiled at them and whispered, "Spike, me boy.  Take her, now."

Spike's head shot up and he looked at Angel.  He was surprised at his sire's command.  Angelus never let Spike have any of their conquests before him, but now he was offering Willow to him.  He wasn't about to pass this up.

Spike stood and quickly divested himself of his jeans and quickly knelt between her creamy thighs.  He began to explore her depths with his cool fingers as he looked at the dark vampire.  "You seem to be a might bit overdress, Sire" Spike asked, smirking happily.

Angel simply smiled and stood to remove his slacks.  Willow gasped looking at the two beautiful men before her.  She had never thought men were beautiful before, but these two creatures personified beauty.  They were all hard muscle and skin like silk.  Angel smiled down at the redhead on the bed and asked, "Like what you see, little one?"

"Yeah" Willow whispered.  She was amazed at his body.  She had only even seen Oz naked before and, in comparison, these two vampires were huge.  She sighed in anticipation of having them inside her. She wasn't disappointed as she felt Spike slide down to run the head of his hard cock against her warm opening.

Angel moaned as he saw his childe lean over to gently press against the woman before him.  He reached down and began to stroke his erection.

"Angel" Willow whispered motioning for the dark vampire to join them on the bed.  He lay on his side next to the couple and began to run his fingers over Willow's tender breasts as he continued to stroke himself.

Spike didn't think he would be able to last long at all.  Watching his sire stroking himself and the witch's warmth, he knew he was done for.  As he pressed his hardness into her core, he moaned at how tight she was.  "Oh, luv" he cried.  "So tight, Willow."

Willow was quickly becoming frustrated again.  Spike was just not moving fast enough for her and Angel was still teasing her.  She couldn't contain herself any longer.  "Spike" she cried out. "Please fuck me."

Not needing any more of an invitation, the blonde plunged all the way into her clenching warmth.  He cried out the wonderful feeling and froze, knowing that if he moved, he would cum instantly. As he entered her, Willow cried out with him.  He was so large and filled her so completely she could do nothing but pant.

After a few moments, Spike thought maybe he could try to move without shooting like a teenager.  Slowly, he began to thrust into the woman below him.  He set a slow, steady rhythm that was driving both people crazy.

"Spike, please" Willow cried, clutching at the blonde's shoulders.  "You're not going to break me."

His thrusts increased and the redhead lifted her hips to meet every one with an equal passion.  Between the motion of the blonde vampire and the gentle teasing of dark vampire's fingers and hands, Willow felt herself rushing to the edge of another amazing orgasm.

She began to chant their names, begging them to take her over the edge.

Angel was lost in the perfection of the two people making love in front of him.  They were perfect together.  He looked at the childe and knew that he was close.  The blonde was fighting to remain in his human guise and eyes were flashing gold with desire.  The older vampire reached between the two writhing bodies and lightly ran his fingertips over Willow's oversensitive clit.  She cried out and bucked against the fingers.

Spike gasped at the sensation of the girl clenching him as she bucked against his sire's fingers.  Angel continued teasing her sensitive nub, until she heard her begin to whimper.  Suddenly, he twisted the sweet bundle of nerves and Willow cried out as her orgasm washed over her.

As Willow cried out and jerked against him, Spike felt like he was going to die.  He thrust into her again and felt his balls begin to tighten, signaling his orgasm.  He gasped as he looked down and realized his sire was waiting below him, offering his neck to him. Immediately, Spike dove down into the offered flesh and pierced the tender flesh of his sire.  As soon as the rich blood hit his tongue, Spike came with a shout, spilling his cool seed deep inside the young redhead.

After a few moments, the blonde realized that his sire was still hard and had not had any release because he had turned all of his attention to his two lovers.  Spike reached over and quickly flipped Angel over onto his back.  With Spike still deep inside the redhead, he leaned over and quickly engulfed Angel's hard cock in his mouth all the way to the root.

Angel cried out at the feeling of his childe's mouth on the shaft. Spike immediately began to suckle and lick his sire, wanting him to join them.  Not wanting to be left out, Willow leaned over and began to lick and bite the dark vampire's hard, brown nipple.

With both his lover's mouths on him, Angel was quickly brought to the edge.  He began to pant and moan as he felt himself get closer and closer to the brink.  Knowing he was close, Willow bit down on the vampire's nipple hard enough to break skin.

The pain was too much for Angel and he cried out as he shot his load deep inside his childe's mouth.  He cried out as Spike continued to suckle him and Willow licked away the faint traces of blood she caused from her bite.

Slowly, he came down off his high and he began to laugh.  Spike pulled out of the redhead and lay next to her and cuddled into her side.  Angel curled around her other side and gathered both his lovers in his arms.  As his laughter trailed off, he sighed as he looked at Spike and Willow.  He leaned over and gently kissed both of them on the forehead before they all drifted off to sleep.

~Part: 19~

The three lovers lay sleeping in the bed, enjoying the warmth of each other after their evening of passion.  That was soon disturbed.

One figure sat up with a start, gasping at the sudden pain tearing through their chest.

"No" came the startled cry.  The other two people missed the cry as the figure began to shake uncontrollably.

The weeping figure quickly made their way off the bed to leave their lovers undisturbed.  Rushing into the bathroom, the lone lover locked the door and leaned against it heavily before sliding down the wooden surface to weep uncontrollably against the hands that covered their face.

"No.  What have I done?  I'm so sorry" came the cries that quickly went from quiet pleas to heart wrenching sobs.

In the bed, Spike rolled over, missing the body that had been next to his that was now suddenly gone.

"What's going on?" the blonde whispered as he wrapped himself around his remaining lover.

"I don't know" came the reply.  But as he wrapped his arms around Spike, Angel was suddenly very worried.

***

Twenty minutes after Willow had left their bed, Angel was beginning to seriously worry about his redheaded friend.  He knew something was wrong, but he was unsure what it could be.  He and Spike had been careful to make sure that their actions were wanted by the lovely young witch.  Was it really so bad that she was regretting their time together?

The dark vampire decided he could not wait any longer to discover the answer.

"Spike" he whispered as he nudged the sleepy vampire next to him.  "We need to find out what's wrong with Willow."

"Willow?" the blonde asked, now suddenly awake.  "Where is she?"

"She's in the bathroom" Angel answered, rising from the bed to slip on a pair of silk boxers before handing a similar pair to his childe.  Spike looked at the offered material and frowned.  The dark vampire just gave him a look and Spike grudgingly pulled on the boxers.

The two vampires slowly made their way over to the locked door of the bathroom, listening to the weeping coming from within.  Angel placed his hands on the door and called out to the woman inside.  "Willow?  What are you doing?"

They received no answer, just a sobbing and whispered mumble.

"Red?' Spike tried.  "Why don't you come out here and tell us what's going on inside that big ol' brain of yours?"

Through another choked cry, they were able to make out, "Go 'way."

The two men sighed and looked at each other.  They were very confused. She had seemed ok with the situation the night before and for days they had both sensed a mutual attraction.  They didn't understand her sudden extreme reaction.

Angel leaned against the door and tried again.  "Come on, Willow.  Let us in.  We're not going to hurt you.  We just want to talk to you."

Spike had decided he had enough.  "Hey, Red, two big vampires out here, remember?" he said, half joking.  "We could easily talk this door down."

Again they received no response.  Spike decided he was going to take some action.  He reached back and let right fist crash through the wooden barrier separating them from the weeping witch.  Angel shook his head at his childe's rash actions, but at the same he wanted to help the redhead as well, so this time he would let it go.

The blonde vampire began to pull broken pieces of the wood away to get into the bathroom, but was surprised when he found he could not reach past the entrance of the door.  It was as if there were another barrier keeping him out.  He looked questioningly to his sire for an answer.

Angel reached through the hole in the door and encounter the same barrier as Spike.  He sighed heavily as he realized that Willow had erected an invisible barrier to keep them out.  He began to pull away pieces of the door and Spike happily joined in, quickly leaving a space big enough of them to get through.

The dark vampire knelt down and put his hands against the invisible spell that kept him from helping the crying girl curled up next to the tub.  "Willow" he called out quietly.  "Talk to us, little one.  We can't do anything to help if you don't tell us what's wrong."

Without looking at the kneeling man and cried, "Leave me alone."

Spike peered over his sire's shoulder and whispered, "Please let us in, baby."

Willow's head shot up and she stared at the blonde with ink black eyes. The venom in her voice made him take a step back as she hissed, "I am not your baby."

Angel had an idea what this might be about and gently whispered, "Willow, we never meant to hurt you.  Just because we were together doesn't mean you don't still love Tara."

Spike's eyes grew wide as he realized what was happening.  He had forgotten about the girl's former lover.  He sighed as he realized that maybe they rushed things for the grieving girl.

Willow practically growled at the mention of her girlfriend's name. "You don't have any right to say her name" she spat at the dark vampire. "You know nothing about her."

"Your right" he whispered back, trying to comfort her.  "Why don't you come out here and tell me all about her.  If you cared about her, then I'm sure she was a wonderful person."

"That's right, luv" Spike interjected, trying to help.  "She was a right fine girl, that witch of yours was.  Even nice to me when I didn't deserve it."

Willow's anger began to wane, hearing the two men talk about the lover she felt she betrayed.  "I can't believe." she started, but couldn't continue.  She felt as though her heart were breaking.  "She hasn't been gone four months and here I am fucking not one but two vampires."

Angel sighed as he watched Willow practically collapse on the floor.  He knew that she was draining herself trying to keep up the barrier.  The added emotional toll was almost too much.

"Willow, please" he called.  "I know you're hurting right now.  You're putting too much strain on yourself and you might hurt yourself if you try to keep up this strong a spell.  Please, just come out and talk to us."

The pleading in the dark vampire's voice reached out to Willow, but she felt too much grief to just let it go.  It wasn't until she heard the strained voice of the younger vampire that her resolve crumbled.

"Willow" Spike called, almost too quietly for her to hear.  "You forgave me.  Why can't you forgive yourself?  You said we'd do this together, remember?"

She raised her head and looked into the tear filled eyes of her friends and they watched in awe as the black bled from her eyes and green shown out from underneath.  "Ok" she whispered as the barrier fell and both vampires tumbled into the room to retrieve the girl.

Spike was the first to reach the redhead and he deftly picked her up in the arms and cradled her like a small child.  She clung to him and wept into his chest.  Spike turned as he felt a cool hand on his shoulder. He smiled lightly at his sire and stood to carry the weeping girl back into the bedroom.

After Spike laid her gently down on the bed, Angel reached down and pulled up the sheet and blanket to cover the girl's nakedness.  Then he and Spike cuddled around her on top of the blankets.  Spike was not too happy about the arrangement.  He wanted to be next to his redhead to comfort her and enjoy her warmth, but Angel thought it would be best at this point to try and keep their distance until she felt comfortable.

Angel gently stroked Willow's red tresses as Spike took her trembling hand in his own and traced delicate patterns on her palm.  Slowly, she began to calm down and felt like she could talk.  She sighed as she tried to put into words what was happening.

"I don't know exactly what happened" she started.  "I woke up and you both were here and all that kept running through my mind was that Tara was dead and I didn't care.  How could I?  She hasn't been gone that long and I forgot her."

"But you haven't forgot her, have you luv?" Spike asked.  "You still love her."

Willow took a moment to think about that.  "No" she answered shakily. "I guess I haven't forgotten about her.  But I did last night."

"And because you love her, you have to think about her every minute?" Angel asked quietly.

Again, Willow paused.  "No, not every minute" she whispered.  "But I slept with you both.  That makes me some kind of.slut, doesn't it?"

Spike chuckled at that remark.  "I don't think so."

Angel gently cupped her face and looked into her eyes.  "Did you want both of us last night?"

"Yes" she whispered softly.

"And did you enjoy what happened?"

"Yes"

"Then there was nothing wrong with it" he said with a smile before leaning down to gently place a tender kiss on her lips.  After he pulled away, he said, "You didn't betray Tara by being with us.  Tara would want you to be happy.  Right now, the three of us need each other, for strength and comfort.  Is this what you want?"

"Yes" she whispered again as tears began to flow down her flushed cheeks.  Angel quickly brushed them away with his thumb and smiled at her gently.

"Ok" he whispered as he pulled away slightly.  "I'm going to go down and get something for us all to eat, and then we can have a talk about Tara, ok?"

Willow nodded and smiled gratefully at the retreating vampire.

Angel looked at the two remaining lovers on his bed.  "Why don't you stay here, Spike? Maybe you two can get a little more rest before I come back."

"Excellent idea, mate" Spike responded before he turned expectantly to the young witch.  "Mind if I join you under there, Red?  It's a might cold out here."

Willow simply smiled and lifted the blankets to allow the blonde vampire to snuggle in next to her.  He quickly gathered her in his arms and pulled her against his chest.  Angel smiled at the couple before leaving the suite to get them all some much needed nourishment.

~Part: 20~

I'm sorry it's been so long since I've posted anything for this.  Just not really motivated, I guess.  But I had to put something up with happy Spike and Angel after watching tonight episode.  I was so mad at Buffy for hurting my Spike.  I just wanted to spit, or something equally gross like that.

A huge thank you to everyone who gave me such a huge amount of wonderful feedback.  You are all wonderful and make me smile.  This is dedicated to all of you who let me know what you think.  I hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 20

Angel stood at the end of the bed staring at the two lovers curled around each other, sleeping.  They were beautiful together like that. Angel sighed as he put down the tray at the end of the bed to appreciate the captivating creatures before him.  one was soft and delicate with hair like flames; the other was hard and angular with hair like snow.

He wondered if he should wake them or just let them sleep.  They had all had a rough night, physically and emotionally, and he did have some work to catch up on.  With a sigh, the dark vampire walked across the room and began to pull out clothes to get dressed for the day.

"And just what do you think you're doing?" came the sleep heavy baritone voice from the bed.

Angel turned around to see his childe now awake and laying on his side smiling at him.  "I figured I'd let you and Willow get some sleep and go get some work done" he replied.

"Not a chance" Willow's sleepy voice answered as she rolled over, careful not to disturb the tray by her feet.  "I thought we were going to eat and talk.  You're not trying to get out of that now, are you?"

"No" Angel laughed.  "You both just looking so peaceful, I hated to wake you."

"Well" Spike countered.  "If you hadn't taken so bloody long in the kitchen, we probably would have been awake.  What did you do?  Wait for the chicken to lay all those eggs?"

Willow giggled as she looked at the plate on the tray before her.  She had never seen an omelet so big in all her life.  "Angel" she started. "There is no way I am going to be able to eat all that."

"I figured maybe you might like to share" Angel smiled at her.

"You seem to be good that now, don't ya' luv" Spike teased.

Willow turned as red as her hair at the remark and slapped the blonde vampire on the arm playfully.  "Stop that" she said with a giggle as she pulled herself into a sitting position against the headboard.

Angel smiled at the playful display and walked around the bed to climb in next to Willow.  She smiled at him as he reached down to pull the tray up and place it in her lap.  Both Angel and Spike grabbed the mugs of warmed blood and sipped them as Willow tore into the food before her. She didn't realize how hungry she actually was until she started to eat.

Once her immediate hunger was appeased, she looked at Angel and asked, "So, did you really want to hear about Tara?"

"Of course" Angel replied.  "I want to hear anything you want to tell me about yourself and your life."

The redhead smiled at the dark vampire, slightly embarrassed by his words, but quickly began to tell him the story of how she and her lover had met.  At first it was hard to talk about.  This was the first time she had really talked to anyone about Tara since her death and the pain was very fresh, but as she remembered their time together, she couldn't help but smile.  There were some really great times.

She talked about how they met at Wicca group and when the Gentlemen came.  Spike made sure to throw in his two cents any time he had some commentary about the blonde witch.

When Willow talked about the time Tara put a spell on the gang because she thought she was half demon, Spike happily added, "I proved she wasn't a demon."

"Yeah, by punching her in the nose" Willow squealed as she punched his shoulder lightly, causing the blood in his mug to threaten to spill.

"Worked, didn't it?" Spike replied, grinning wildly.

Willow tried to look upset, but was failing miserably.  Her grief was lifting the more she remembered about her time with the timid witch she called lover.  The more she talked, the more she realized how lucky she was to have had such an extraordinary woman in her life, even if it was just for a short time.

Angel smiled as he heard the young witch talk about her lover.  It was obvious that Willow truly loved her and they had a strong bond.  He felt bad that they had only had a short time together.  He knew that by talking about her lover, Willow could begin to heal.  She had been denying herself the chance to grieve because she was afraid of the pain.

Spike had taken to feeding Willow bites of food while she talked since she had gotten so into her tales that she had forgotten about it.  Angel smiled as he watched his childe taking such good care of the redhead. He always was at his best when he had someone to take care of.  It was one of the things Angel loved about Spike.

Soon, the food was all finished and the tales were all told.  With the last of her stories done, Willow took a deep breath.  She always had a tendency to babble, but she had talked about her lover with love and adoration.  She would miss her, but she knew she couldn't bring her back.  This was a new chapter in her life; it was time for her to make the best of it.

Angel sighed as he looked at the clock.  They had been eating and talking for almost two hours.  He was sure that the rest of the crew had shown up by now and he really should be getting to work.

"Well, as much as I'd love to stay in bed all day" he started as he climbed out of the bed.  "I really should be getting some work done sometime today."

Spike snorted and yawned widely, stretching his arms high about his head.  "Cant' believe your getting up now" he complained as he snuggled back down into the pillows.  "We're bloody vampires, remember?  Sleeping during the day, staying up at night.sound familiar, Peaches?"

Willow giggled at the two vampires.  <They are so cute when they bicker> she thought.  "I should get up too" she sighed.  "I told Cordy I would get some work done on the filing system today.  I have no idea how she ever found anything before."

Angel chuckled at her statement.  He loved Cordelia, but she was the worst secretary he had ever heard of.

"I don't want to sleep alone" Spike pouted as he crossed his arms across his chest.

Willow and Angel just laughed at the blonde vampire's tantrum which only caused him to pout more.  Angel walked over and placed a gentle kiss on the pouting vampire's lips.  "Some of us have work to do, Spike" he said gently as he ran his finger through the blonde curls.

"I'm going to go and change" Willow said as she leaned over and kissed first Spike and then Angel before climbing out of the bed and rummaging around for her clothes.  She quietly pulled on her discarded clothing as she kept her back to them.  Even after all they had been through, she was still a little embarrassed about them seeing her naked. Turning around, she smiled as she realized both vampires were watching her dress.

"See something you like?" she asked seductively.

"If you want to get out of this room, Red, you'd better do it now" Spike replied huskily as he leered at her.

Willow giggled as she quickly got to her feet and picked up her shoes. Before she left the suite, she turned around and asked, "Do you want me to come and wake you up later, Spike?"

"Depends on how you are planning on waking me, Red" he said, waggling his eyebrows at her.

Willow giggled and shook her head as she left the room without replying. Angel chuckled as he watched the young witch leave.  "It's nice to see you still have a way with the ladies, Will" he said, pulling his head back and reclaiming his lips.

Spike reluctantly pushed his sire away after a few minutes of the intimate contact.  "If you are planning on leaving any time soon, you better do it now, mate" Spike whispered against the soft lips.  "Or I might just have to tie you to the bed, work or no work."

Angel straitened up and sighed as he looked down at the tempting man in his bed.  "I have to go Spike, but you know where I am if you need me."

"Sure enough, Peaches" Spike sighed as he watched his sire turn and start to get dressed.  He was quite a sight.  Disappointed as inch after inch of tempting pale flesh was covered, Spike settled back down under the sheets, ready to go back to sleep for the day.

As he turned to leave the room, Angel turned around and smiled at the form completely covered in the silk sheets.  The only part of his childe showing was the top of his pale head.  "Spike" he called quietly.  When the blonde peaked out from under the sheets, Angel continued.  "I'm really glad you're here."

Spike just smiled at the dark vampire.  Angel smiled back, realizing that this was the first real smile he had seen from Spike in years. Without another word, Spike snuggled into the bed and Angel turned to head downstairs to see what the day would bring.

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