Old Enemies... (S/X)
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Old Enemies Part 24
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Part 24
Spike growled loudly as they got into the taxi. Two hours to get through customs? Why the fuck had there been so many people trying to enter England, anyway?
Still, he’d managed to NOT go on a bloody rampage in the airport, and he was proud of that. Didn’t mean he wouldn’t go on one now that they were out of it, though.
“How much farther?” he demanded after ten minutes of riding in the back of the cab, pressed far too closely against Elliot and Trevor for his liking.
“Five minutes,” Trevor said soothingly, his voice low and calm. “Come on, Will… you know what they gave him. He’ll still be out like a light.”
The blond grumbled but nodded, forcing himself to relax a little. It wasn’t even ten o’clock. They had plenty of time.
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It was after nine thirty when Harris looked at the clock. He blanched then stood up suddenly, disentangling himself from the affectionate puppy-pile he and the girls had formed. “Sorry,” he said to their unhappy expressions, “But I have a date at ten…”
Willow and Buffy exchanged glances, both of them smiling at this evidence of their old friend’s straight status. The spell had worked!
“One of the potentials?” Willow asked with a smile.
“Oh! I bet it’s that Rhonda,” Buffy added. “That girl is HOT! All legs and tits and tiny waist… what?” she asked seriously, seeing the looks both Xander and Willow were sending her way. “I may not swing like that but I’m still a girl… we appraise each other.”
Harris laughed. “If you say so, Buff. But no. Robert is going to show me around. That’s the date I meant.” He chuckled softly. “And hopefully the town isn’t all he’ll show me.” He grinned at the girls wickedly as he strolled towards the door of the salon. “Don’t wait up, okay? He’s a hot one… might take all night to put out the fire.”
He was entirely unaware of the stunned silence behind him as he left, but even if he had been, he wouldn’t have known its source.
* * * * *
“I thought you said the spell worked…?”
“It DID! You saw the glow… it wouldn’t have done that if it didn’t work, and the memory spell worked, didn’t it? He hasn’t so much as MENTIONED Spike, right?”
“So what are you saying, Will? Xander was already gay? Because I totally remember him being with women!”
“Well, maybe he’s BI, Buffy! I can see how he wouldn’t necessarily want to TELL us that! I remember how long it took for you to accept me and Tara!” Willow paled, thinking about her dead love. “And maybe I was wrong to help you in this… quest to de-gayify Xander! He was so HAPPY when I talked to him! Even if it was an incubus, Xander was HAPPY! And that seems to piss you off more than anything else!”
Willow glared at her best friend other than Dawnie. “Why is that, Buffy? Why does it bother you so much that Xander could be happy? That he could find his fulfillment with a male, even if it’s one who looks like Spike?”
The Slayer shook her head sadly. “It’s not that I don’t want him to be happy, Will! It’s just… if whatever this thing is—incubus, some other kind of demon, whatever—if it made him BELIEVE it’s Spike, then… isn’t Xander’s happiness… a lie?” She sighed. “You know I love Xander. He one of my bestest buds. And if he really IS gay, then I wish him well with that. But I can’t just… let his happiness be based on… trickery.”
Willow’s eyes widened, then narrowed. “You know… maybe the incubus thing really does care about him. Maybe it just… didn’t know who else to look like?” She bit her lip. "Maybe Xander was ALWAYS attracted to Spike. I mean, he did let him live with him and ulllp!
Buffy shrugged. “Either way, whatever it is had to know that lying to Xan was wrong. So I still think we did the right thing. At least now, Xander won’t have to find out that someone he cares about is a big fat liar.”
The redhead frowned deeply. Buffy had a point, but still… wouldn’t it have been better to just TELL Xander what they suspected about his lover? Sure, he might have gotten hurt, but… wasn’t that his right? And he surely never asked them to protect him, and… she would have hated it if someone had done to her what they’d done to Xander. It was… a violation, and she was only now realizing it.
Willow sighed, turning away. “This whole thing is WRONG. And it’s my fault. I never should have taken away Xander’s right to choose. More to the point, I never should have called you after Xander called ME. I should have just kept his secrets.” The redhead sighed again. “I’m breaking the crystal, Buffy. I’m giving him back his memories. He deserves them! Even if it turns out that it was some strange demon, he deserves to know that he was…”
“You can’t,” the Slayer said softly. “You don’t even know where it is.”
“Buffy… what did you do?”
Buffy smiled a little. “I took care of my own. And Xander is definitely one of mine. If he wants to have a boyfriend then that’s fine, Willow, but… not some lying demon-thing, okay?”
She’d started to walk towards the witch when she was blown away from Willow by a sudden explosion of air. “Wha…?” Buffy said dazedly.
Andrew smiled at Willow, completely unashamed by his nakedness.
“I heard there was a crisis, so I got a few shaman friends to help me out with getting home,” he said, grinning. “Is this it? Because two hot chicks in a clench…? That would be number four on my top ten list.”
Willow smiled back and shook her head, pulling at Buffy’s arm to get her back on her feet.. “I’m glad you’re here, Andrew. Maybe YOU can make her understand…”
Andrew looked at the Slayer who was currently climbing to her feet from the foot of the couch and sighed. “Somehow I doubt it, Willow… especially since I know about Harris… and Spike.” He was NOT looking forward to explaining.
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(A/N: See? Didn't make Buffy mean OR a bitch. So there. Nyah! :P)
Part 24
Spike growled loudly as they got into the taxi. Two hours to get through customs? Why the fuck had there been so many people trying to enter England, anyway?
Still, he’d managed to NOT go on a bloody rampage in the airport, and he was proud of that. Didn’t mean he wouldn’t go on one now that they were out of it, though.
“How much farther?” he demanded after ten minutes of riding in the back of the cab, pressed far too closely against Elliot and Trevor for his liking.
“Five minutes,” Trevor said soothingly, his voice low and calm. “Come on, Will… you know what they gave him. He’ll still be out like a light.”
The blond grumbled but nodded, forcing himself to relax a little. It wasn’t even ten o’clock. They had plenty of time.
* * * * *
It was after nine thirty when Harris looked at the clock. He blanched then stood up suddenly, disentangling himself from the affectionate puppy-pile he and the girls had formed. “Sorry,” he said to their unhappy expressions, “But I have a date at ten…”
Willow and Buffy exchanged glances, both of them smiling at this evidence of their old friend’s straight status. The spell had worked!
“One of the potentials?” Willow asked with a smile.
“Oh! I bet it’s that Rhonda,” Buffy added. “That girl is HOT! All legs and tits and tiny waist… what?” she asked seriously, seeing the looks both Xander and Willow were sending her way. “I may not swing like that but I’m still a girl… we appraise each other.”
Harris laughed. “If you say so, Buff. But no. Robert is going to show me around. That’s the date I meant.” He chuckled softly. “And hopefully the town isn’t all he’ll show me.” He grinned at the girls wickedly as he strolled towards the door of the salon. “Don’t wait up, okay? He’s a hot one… might take all night to put out the fire.”
He was entirely unaware of the stunned silence behind him as he left, but even if he had been, he wouldn’t have known its source.
* * * * *
“I thought you said the spell worked…?”
“It DID! You saw the glow… it wouldn’t have done that if it didn’t work, and the memory spell worked, didn’t it? He hasn’t so much as MENTIONED Spike, right?”
“So what are you saying, Will? Xander was already gay? Because I totally remember him being with women!”
“Well, maybe he’s BI, Buffy! I can see how he wouldn’t necessarily want to TELL us that! I remember how long it took for you to accept me and Tara!” Willow paled, thinking about her dead love. “And maybe I was wrong to help you in this… quest to de-gayify Xander! He was so HAPPY when I talked to him! Even if it was an incubus, Xander was HAPPY! And that seems to piss you off more than anything else!”
Willow glared at her best friend other than Dawnie. “Why is that, Buffy? Why does it bother you so much that Xander could be happy? That he could find his fulfillment with a male, even if it’s one who looks like Spike?”
The Slayer shook her head sadly. “It’s not that I don’t want him to be happy, Will! It’s just… if whatever this thing is—incubus, some other kind of demon, whatever—if it made him BELIEVE it’s Spike, then… isn’t Xander’s happiness… a lie?” She sighed. “You know I love Xander. He one of my bestest buds. And if he really IS gay, then I wish him well with that. But I can’t just… let his happiness be based on… trickery.”
Willow’s eyes widened, then narrowed. “You know… maybe the incubus thing really does care about him. Maybe it just… didn’t know who else to look like?” She bit her lip. "Maybe Xander was ALWAYS attracted to Spike. I mean, he did let him live with him and ulllp!
Buffy shrugged. “Either way, whatever it is had to know that lying to Xan was wrong. So I still think we did the right thing. At least now, Xander won’t have to find out that someone he cares about is a big fat liar.”
The redhead frowned deeply. Buffy had a point, but still… wouldn’t it have been better to just TELL Xander what they suspected about his lover? Sure, he might have gotten hurt, but… wasn’t that his right? And he surely never asked them to protect him, and… she would have hated it if someone had done to her what they’d done to Xander. It was… a violation, and she was only now realizing it.
Willow sighed, turning away. “This whole thing is WRONG. And it’s my fault. I never should have taken away Xander’s right to choose. More to the point, I never should have called you after Xander called ME. I should have just kept his secrets.” The redhead sighed again. “I’m breaking the crystal, Buffy. I’m giving him back his memories. He deserves them! Even if it turns out that it was some strange demon, he deserves to know that he was…”
“You can’t,” the Slayer said softly. “You don’t even know where it is.”
“Buffy… what did you do?”
Buffy smiled a little. “I took care of my own. And Xander is definitely one of mine. If he wants to have a boyfriend then that’s fine, Willow, but… not some lying demon-thing, okay?”
She’d started to walk towards the witch when she was blown away from Willow by a sudden explosion of air. “Wha…?” Buffy said dazedly.
Andrew smiled at Willow, completely unashamed by his nakedness.
“I heard there was a crisis, so I got a few shaman friends to help me out with getting home,” he said, grinning. “Is this it? Because two hot chicks in a clench…? That would be number four on my top ten list.”
Willow smiled back and shook her head, pulling at Buffy’s arm to get her back on her feet.. “I’m glad you’re here, Andrew. Maybe YOU can make her understand…”
Andrew looked at the Slayer who was currently climbing to her feet from the foot of the couch and sighed. “Somehow I doubt it, Willow… especially since I know about Harris… and Spike.” He was NOT looking forward to explaining.
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(A/N: See? Didn't make Buffy mean OR a bitch. So there. Nyah! :P)