FIC: Is This Really Happening?

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Sorry it's been so long.
Author: Montevallo
Title: Is This Really Happening? (formerly: fic, because I can't make 
up a title.)
Disclaimers: I do not own Buffy:( Joss does.
Notes: This is part three in my little series, if you would like to 
read the beginning of it the posts are: 6097,6282,and 6346.
RECAP: Willow accidently kissed Buffy, then ran off into the night. 
Which, of course, lead to her being attacked by vampires. Buffy finds 
her, but Willow gets knocked unconscious and Buffy get badly cut with 
a REALLY big knife. 
[ ] thoughts
" " words

Buffy stumbled into the dorm room while protectively holding her 
precious load. [She has to wake up.] Buffy set her red haired friend 
down on her bed and began to shake the unconscious girl. "Willow. 
Wills, you have to wake up." Buffy looked down at the girl who held 
her heart, covered in blood, but didn't notice, only taking stock of 
Willow's prone state. "Willow! Willow baby please wake up!" [No it 
can't end like this.] "God, I don't care what happens to me just..." 
[Please] "Willow, baby this isn't funny. Please wake up!" Buffy 
started crying partly from the pain in her stomach, but mostly 
because of Willow. "Please." "Buffy? Wha? Buffy don't cry." The 
blonde's head jerked up. "Willow! Oh, Wills. I don't know what I 
would have done if you had-" With that said Buffy passed out on the 
floor. "Buffy!" Willow looked down at her friend covered in blood. 
[Where is it coming from?] Buffy's shirt was so bloody that Willow 
wouldn't have known what color her friends shirt had been if she 
hadn't seen when Buffy had out it on earlier that morning. "What 
happened to her during that fight?" Willow pulled the shirt up, and 
gasped when it the bunch in her hand came away from the rest of the 
shirt. "Oh my God!" Willow ripped the rest of the shirt off to see 
better. [I can't fix this. Giles.] Willow called Giles and told him 
Buffy was seriously hurt. "I have to calm down. Buffy needs me to be 
calm right now. What do I do? Think! Okay, okay. Stop the bleeding." 
Willow grabbed one of her towels and held it to Buffy's wound. The 
blonde whimpered as the towel was pressed into her stomach a 
bit. "Oh, Buffy. I'm so sorry." [Giles hurry!] "Buffy please don't 
die. I would never forgive myself. Not yet, please." Willow looked 
down at the ashen face of her best friend," Buffy you can't die, not 
now. I need you. I- I love you." Whispered Willow 
brokenly,crying. "How long has she been bleeding?" Giles's closed the 
open door. "About, I don't know, 15 minutes." "let me have a look." 
Willow removed the, now red, towel from Buffy's stomach. "From the 
looks of it and from what you've told me, we can assume she has lost 
a lot of blood. The first thing we must do is stitch it up. Go into 
my bag and get the thread and needle out." Willow did as told and 
practically flew to the bag, gathering the materials, and was back at 
Buffy's side in an instant. Willow sat, holding Buffy's hand, as 
Giles stitch up the large wound, wincing each time the needle pierced 
the skin. Giles looked at Willow,"Are you all right?" "Yes. Fine." 
Giles looked over Willow, eyeing the wound on her head. "Yes, yes 
ofcourse. We need to move her, make sure she doesn't start bleeding 
again." Carefully they lifted the battered slayeronto a bed. "She 
should be fine in a few days. I'll stop by tomorrow to check in her." 
Giles left.[I hope they will be all right.] 

Willow sat by Buffy the whole night, just watching her breathe, until 
she fell asleep early in the morning. Her dreams were plagued with 
scenes of Buffy pushing her out of the way, and Buffy dying in her 
arms. When she woke up she immediately noticed the blue eyes staring 
into hers. "Buffy! How are you feeling? I was so worried..." "It's 
all right Wills, I'll be fine. Feeling a little like a human 
shishkabob, but other than that I'm great." Willow started 
crying. "Willow don't cry. I didn't mean it. I was trying to joke." 
Willow shook her head. "It doesn't matter you wouldn't be a human 
shishkabob if it weren't for me." Buffy shifted to where she was in a 
sitting position and motioned Willow to come closer, emcompassing her 
in a hug. "Its all right baby, its okay. I'll be okay. Please stop 
crying." Willow stopped as she realized what her friend had said. "Do 
you mean that?" "Ofcourse I do. I'll be okay in a couple of 
days." "That isn't what I meant Buffy. Not that I don't want you to 
get better, I mean the umm... what you said." "I do." "Really?" Buffy 
pulled back from Willow and looked into her eyes. "I do, really. I 
love you." She pulled Willow back to her and kissed the red head's 
hair she often dreamed about. "I love you more than anything. I would 
do anything for you. Even if I had known that I would have died out 
their tonight, I still would have gone to save you." "Buffy, you know 
that I love you too." Buffy looked at Willow, her eyes shining with 
tears, asking silent permission, which Willow shook her head yes. At 
first the kiss was sweet and simple, niether girl pushing the other, 
afraid yet thrilled of this new experience with each other. They 
kissed again, this time with an all consuming passion, that had been 
there for years. When they pulled away, from lack of oxygen, "That 
was..." "Amazing." finished Willow. "I knew it would be incredible, 
but that was just." "Buffy?" "Yeah Wills?" "Shouldn't you be lying 
down?" "Only if you lay down with me." Buffy moved so Willow could 
get on the bed, but immediately put her arms back around Willow once 
she was settled. "What if someone comes in?" "I don't care." [No one 
that matters would care either.] said Buffy. "I waited for this 
moment for years, and now that it's here I'm not going another minute 
without you in my arms."

KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Rise and shine my friends!" 

Buffy and Willow looked at one another, eachin thinking the same 
thing. [Oh Crap!]