Re: *hug*

["sochankitsune" <annelise@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Would I settle??? Me-no-thinks-it's-settling!!!

 Willow lay awake in her bed, her eyes red-raw from crying. Outside 
the stillness of late night remained undisturbed in counterpoint to 
the turmoil within her heart. Idly, her fingers roamed over her naked 
flesh, and upon her dresser still smouldered the remains of a failed 
spell.
 So many works, so much effort contrived from ancient runes, so much 
soul poured into the cantrips of love potions, and yet nothing in her 
research had led her to discover the opposite: the death of feeling, 
the loss of true love.
 After the destruction of Sunnydale, she had parted from Buffy and 
they'd both set off on separate paths, resolute in their 
determination to be lost within this savage garden. Yet Willow was 
unable to let go of her feelings, her needs. And despite her best 
efforts, some of which were even now melting the plastic veneer of 
her cheap furniture and setting fire to the tissues left behind from 
previous sobbing, she still felt as strongly about Buffy as ever she 
had before.

*

 The phone rang loudly on a bedside table strewn with reference 
works. A hand emerged from the ruffled duvet and groped about for the 
merciless source of sleep deprivation.
"Rupert Giles," he informed the caller as he pushed himself into an 
upright position. "Oh. Hello Willow."
 Giles listened for awhile, before announcing his advice. "Bloody 
hell!"

*

"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" Giles asked as they sat 
facing each other on the bare wooden floor of the new Watchers' 
Council building.
 Willow chewed her lip. "I'm sure. Its in my training schedule you 
drew up for me anyway. I'm just a little early."
"Five years or more early!" Giles exploded. "You may be powerful, 
Willow. But that's not the same as prepared. Plus, you remember what 
happened to poor Toby when he tried to help you in advanced..."
"I didn't mean it." Willow pouted.
"You set his head on fire," Giles pointed out. "Whether or not you 
meant it is irrelevant."
 Willow sighed. "It was only his hair. You men are too excitable."
"Nonetheless, if I feel that you're in over your head, we'll stop 
this experiment."
"Okay, Giles." Willow fervently agreed. After all, she had no wish 
to inflict third degree burns on poor Giles.

*

 Willow opened her eyes and immediately felt dazed and confused.
"Its okay, Willow. Take your time."
"Was I gone long, Giles?"
"Not long at all, really." Giles fiddled with his glasses. "Less 
than a week, which is impressive for a novice, I must say."
 Willow bolted upright. "A week!"
 Giles nodded. "How about we find you something to eat? You must be 
sore and hungry."
"Yes, I am hungry." Willow sighed. "I have to go to her, Giles. She 
needs me."
 Giles gave her a blank look. "Actually, I had a call from Angel 
while you were... away. He needs your help too. Why don't you tell me 
more about your excursion over tea and scones, hmm?"

*

 Buffy awoke with a scream, but there was nobody there to hear. For 
a long time now she'd been secluding herself from friends, family; 
everyone. She was sick of the fight and there were no shortages of 
champions now to pick up the mantle and run with it.
 She shook her muzzy head and tried to remember what it was that had 
woken her, for long ago she'd learned to trust her instincts and try 
and interpret the imagery in her dreams, for they were tools to be 
used.
 Willow's face. In her dream she'd been with Willow, had talked for 
what seemed like hours, about everything. Everything! Buffy blushed 
at some of the things she'd told Willow in her dream, things she 
never could've said to her friend in person. Her real feelings.
 But something had been wrong, something had caused her pain, to 
scream... Something that had hurt her in her dreams...
 Something that had wanted to hurt Willow.

*

End part 1.




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