"Hey, Buffy. Hey, Giles. It's nice to see you two together again. Whatcha Do'n?" her eyes sparkled with knowing laughter as she watched the two of them give up on detaching themselves and turn their attentions on her.
"Willow, what did you do?" Buffy asked the witch as she held up her
wrist with Giles hand attached to it.
"Me? Nothing" She shakes her head in denial "I don't know what
you're talking about."
"Willow, I really don't believe that this is a time for jokes" Giles
inserted.
"Know what? You're right, it's not, it's a time of evil-that-wants- to-devour-us-from-below. Ya know what else? It's also not a time for the two of you to be fighting like a couple of high school kids either." As she spoke Willow finished her walk down the stairs and came to rest in front of the "newly bond" Slayer and Watcher, her face was frozen in a disapproving grimace.
"Willow Rosenberg!" Buffy was yelling again "What. Did. You. Do?"
Willow grinned an evil little grin and looked from Buffy to Giles, returning her eyes to Buffy she exclaimed. "Just think of it as- Wicca Superglue, bonds instantly to skin and holds like nothing else; only body oils won't wear it away in a few hours." As Willow looks back up to Buffy Xander enters the hallway.
"Hey guys, what's all the yelling about? You're giving the girls the wiggies," he looks from face to face with quizzical eyes.
"Xander, get them all together and meet me out front, no one stays behind, I'll explain it all later" when Xander just stares at her she waves her hand at him indicating that he should move now "Go, go" he turns around after shaking his head and heads out to follow his instructions. Willow turns back to the others who are now looking at one another. "You two," she points at them "have things that you need to work out"
"But-" Buffy begins to interrupt but Willow won't have it.
"And unless you want to be stuck together forever I suggest you get crack'n, the only way to end the spell is to work it out" She hesitates "Or cut my head off."
"Don't tempt me" Buffy scowls at her.
"Xander, Andrew, Anya and I will take Dawn and the Potentials to a nice hotel for the night so that you can scream and holler all you want without worrying about being over heard…not that you were before, but really not the point. So get to it." Willow starts for the front door ignoring the Protests of Buffy behind her. She reaches the door swings it open and yanks it shut behind her.
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Giles stands there looking at Willow as she speaks, he wants to chide her, to tell her she shouldn't be playing with such things again, but she was right, he and Buffy did have things to work out, he had to admit that, even if she did go about it in the wrong way. He watched her walk out the door, without saying a single word. He turned to his Slayer, at least he thinks she's still his Slayer, and she looks up at him and deep scowl scaring her forehead.
"I suppose you're enjoying this." She bit out.
"Oh quite, I always enjoy being glued to someone who hates me, always such fun." He spit back. He regretted it immediately and added in a softer tone. "She's right however, there are things that we need to work out, and if this is the only way to get you to listen, then so be it." She glared at him her mouth tight; the angry was seeping over her again. Suddenly her face changed, he wasn't sure what it had changed to but it changed none the less.
"Oh, great! This is the worst thing that could ever happen." She said to her feet.
Giles was hurt he knew that it wasn't the best situation that they could be in but was it really that bad, did she really hate him that much that it was the worst thing that ever happened to her?
"Buffy I really don't see-" she cut him off.
"I have to go to the bathroom" she huffed and then blushed a bit.
"Oh well- yes: I mean..well." he stammered.
Buffy growled then yanked him towards the stairs and started to climb.
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