Buffy and Spike

36- Bloody Hell

SPIKE'S POV

We pulled each other along until we reached our house. I quickly unlocked the door, pulled us in, then locked it again.

'You're freaking out aren't you?' Buffy said

'Yes!' I snapped 'Angel made Willow do all those horrible things he must be powerful'

'Angelus' she replied

'Yeah, sorry. Angelus' I mumbled

'I know. I'm sorry. We need to tell Giles right now and find Willow. What if she is still on some kind of spell?' Buffy panicked

'I don't know! I'm not the magic type' I replied.

We reached Willow and Tara's dorm building and found Giles waiting outside.

'What is going on?!' Giles demanded

'Angelus put a spell on Willow to give us the ring and we're thinking to rip the page out as well. He also put a spell on the ring to make it work up until the apocalypse' Buffy blurted out

'We're going to see if Willow is still under the spell.' I told him

'Wow okay. Maybe Tara can help. How is this going to work?'

'I'm going to go in first and take Willow some where okay, you and Spike will go in second and convince Tara' Buffy explained.

'Hey Willow' Buffy smiled at her through the doorway

'Hey Buff what's up?' She replied

'Not much. Do you want to hang out?' I asked

'Actually, I need to study'

'Oh' Buffy frowned 'I wish I could study, I bet you they wouldn't even let me back in' she started crying

'Oh Buffy it's okay' Willow said hugging her 'lets go get coffee and we'll talk about it'

'Okay' Buffy sobbed as they walked off down the hall.

'She's a good actor' Giles laughed

'Ha yeah' Spike scoffed

They knocked on the door and Tara slowly opened it.

'Ah. Hello' Tara whispered 'what's wrong?'

'We need your help Tara' Giles said

'Willow's under a spell' I explained

'No. No. I would be able to sense it, the vibes would be wrong' she mumbled

'I'm sorry Tara' Giles replied 'but it's true and we need your help'

'Okay fine' she replied with a little smile.

Buffy and Willow sat in the empty cafeteria of the college drinking hot coffee.

Tara, Giles and I sat around the corner performing a spell. Tara had a candle and was muttering something under her breath. When she finished she blew out the candle and quickly turned to Willow.

'See, nothing' she whispered

'So she's not under any spells?' I asked

'No she's not'

'Well do you have a spell to make her explain what happened?' Giles asked

'Yes. I do' she mumbled 'but I need to get closer'

'Lets confront her' I said

'Spike no' Giles replied

'It's the only way'

'He's right' Tara whispered

I came out of the corner and Buffy eyes caught mine, I smiled and headed over.

'Hey Spike' she got up and kissed me

'Hi Spike' Willow smiled

'We know what you did Willow' I told her

'Did what?' She asked

'Willow we know you tried to hurt Spike' Buffy said joining in on our plan

'I don't know what you mean' Willow replied, she stopped and stared for a minute until she realised what was going on.

'Tara?' She asked getting up 'what spell are you doing I can here you'

Tara emerged from the darkness still muttering something. Giles stood behind her holding the candle.
Willow froze, then dropped to the floor.

'Oh my god Willow' Buffy panicked 'what did you do?' She snapped

'She's fine' Tara replied 'just wait'

'Ah' Willow shrieked breathing deeply.

'It was a week before everything started happening. Angelus came to me here at school, cast a spell on me, by himself. He handed me the ring, I could feel the magic on it. He told me to tell you a friend from L.A. gave it to me. He also made me rip the last page out of the book so you wouldn't know the ring wouldn't work. I had no idea what was going on at the time' she panted gasping for air as she sat up 'what's going on?!' She yelled

'Sorry Willow' Tara frowned 'we had to know the truth'

'About what?' She asked

'The ring? The book?' Spike said

'What are you on about?' Willow replied

'You have no idea do you?' Buffy asked

'No'

'It's okay Willow, I'll explain later' Tara told her 'bye guys' she waved out us walking off with Willow.