Willow had been driving for 12 hours and she was exhausted! All she wanted to do was crawl into a nice comfy bed. So she pulled over into the parking lot of the Lythian Motel it was in a little town on the way to L.A. She booked in and then went to crash in her room. She had been trying not to think about Angelus, and the others. By now they would all have gotten her letters and know that she had gone. Would they care? Would they try to find her? She knew that Angelus would probably just go kill something and forget about her. Well she had left for that very reason hadnt she. She couldnt get hurt again and she felt sure that she would end up broken hearted if she stayed. She couldnt help but wonder what would have been if she had stayed and faced them all. She knew she loved him. With all her heart, but she still couldnt bring herself to believe his words!
<Come on Rosenbourg, get with it, you made your bed now lie in it>
After she`d finished berateing herself she decided to check her mails. She had thought about e-mailing the scoobies, but without her there they had no one computer savvy enough to even turn the machine on, so she had decided against it. Maybe there would be a mail from Amy, she already missed being able to talk to her. She suposed there was no reason she couldnt keep mailing her. Its not like they could trace her through them, after all she had a laptop, not a fixed machine.
It was five pm and she knew Angelus was currently reading her letter, she hoped she had made it clear she loved him, but she just couldnt stay. She decided to get a few hours sleep and head off again. She couldnt stay to long in one place and the quicker she got the farther away from Sunnydale the better. That way she would be tempted to just turn round and go home.
She settled down and fell into a fitfull sleep....
After Willow woke up at about 11:30pm she decided to get back on the road. She packed up her laptop and headed out to the car.She couldnt help but wonder what her friends were doing at the moment. She had to admit she missed them.
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Buffy had gone indoors to go to bed, but try as she might, sleep would not come. This was so like her best friend, put everyone else in front of her own happiness. She should have stayed and talked to them, but she could understand why she had gone. Willow was in love with the master vampire that had been trying to kill the entire gang, includeing her best friend who was in turn the skayer, and until rescently had been dateing said master vampire with a soul. It made her head hurt just thinking about it for 10 minutes. If she thought about it for too long she`d pull a Dru and go insane!
She didnt have a clue how to approach Xand and Giles. Cordy would probably just carry on buffing her nails and not really care. Xander would scream and shout and then realise Spike and Angel were there best chance of finding Willow. Giles on the other hand had, had trouble trusting Angel when he was souled, he had only worked with him for Buffy and the groups sake. Now he was Angelus he would probably shoot the idea down straight away. Wills had to be found though, and if Angelus loved her as much as Spike had said then he may just be the gangs only hope.
She didnt know how she felt about Wills and Angelus being together. She knew she loved Angel, but he wasnt Angel. If Willow had fallen for him, he had to have some good qualitys. She knew Angel was never coming back, didnt make it any easier to think of Willow and Angelus together though, But if it meant Wills being happy, then she could deal with it. For her friends sake, she hoped Angelus was sincere.
Spike had been back at the factory an hour when he decided to broach the subject of the slayer with his grandsire.
"Angelus?"
"Yes Spike"
"Umm, you know that business I had to take care of well, ummm, I dont know how to say this sire, and please dont dust me, just hear me out...."
"You went to the Slayer didnt you?"
"Yeah, how did you..."
"I first of all can smell her on you, second of all, who else manages to beat the crap out of you like that apart from me?"
"oh"
"So, what did she say boy?"
Well, he wasnt dust as of yet, might aswell tell him, or he`d probably go carzy with curiosity anyway, and Spike could not handle a male Drusilla.
"I asked about the witch, they know she`s gone, they just didnt know why."
"Oh"
"The Slayer knows why she`s gone now, and surprisingly she isnt out for your blood, she was very, ummm, understanding. They all got letters but she just said she had fallen in love with the wrong person and needed to leave so as not to hurt anyone."
"I see" "Thankyou William"
"HUH?"
"Thankyou, I wouldnt have been able to go to her, it would have gone against my nature too much, but we need there help. EUUK, did I just say that out loud?"
Spike chuckled.
"yes sire you did"
"So whats the silly bint gonna do then."
"Well she`s gotta convince the Watcher boy and the Whelp, but she says we have to try and find her, and sire, she is really scared for Willow"
"Right looks like a visit to the watcher tomorrow then"
"Right oh ducks"
Spike was still trying to get over the fact that Angelus hadnt beaten him to dust, but on the plus side, they may find the witch after all!
To Be Continued....