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Cicirossi
Joss Whedon is God and owns all. It's still his world, although we like to sneak in the side door and cover Xander with chocolate sauce and whipped cream when no one's looking.
"Glad to see you're facing up to it, pet."
"Are you? Because if the chocolate goes away..." Xander trailed off, leaving the rest unsaid. Spike smirked at him.
"Oh, I don't know. That might be the original reason, luv, but do you really think you could give it up?"
"I don't mean to interrupt, but well, okay I do." They both looked at Willow. "But you seem a lot more normal now, Xand. Thanks to the chocolate. How long will this last? And you only have six bars left. We need to find a way to fix this before you run out again. Next time there might not be another box in the mail."
That was a nasty thought. But possible. Glancing at Spike out of the corner of his eye, Xander saw the he was frowning too. "It lasts for a while as long as I don't, um, exert myself. Maybe five or six hours? Maybe more. I'm not sure. It makes me really energetic."
"Yeah. Real energetic."
"Shut up, Spike."
Brow furrowed with deep thoughts, Willow pondered. Her pondering look was really cute; he'd always thought so. In a non-sexual way. Which kinda made him a little panicky. If the chocolate made him generally horny (and he still had to fight his endorphin-happy brain to believe it was his beloved chocolate doing this) then shouldn't he be jumping Willow too? Or rather, even more than Spike? But he looked at Willow and saw best friend. He looked at Spike and boing! Instant embarrassing tent in bedcovers. Xander shifted a bit to hide it, and Spike bared his teeth in a feral smile.
"Maybe Little Red here should go talk to Buffy. Slayer needs to know about this. And you don't need to be out amongst 'em, just in case you go loopy." Turning to Willow, Spike nodded seriously. "I'll stay here with him. Make sure he's no danger to himself or anyone else."
Eyes big, Willow looked from Spike to Xander and back again. "Ooh, do you think he might be dangerous? That would be bad. I definitely need to talk to Buffy then. Maybe she's heard something about other weirdness too. And I can take a bar with me, and test it, like Xander said."
"Good idea. You just run on ahead. I'll stay here and protect the boy."
"Right. You'll be okay, right Xand?"
Oh, sure, he wanted to say. Just leave me here with the unbelievably sexy vamp. "Yeah. I'll be fine. Just hurry up and figure it out, 'kay? I'm counting on you guys. Spike and I will stay here and," and here Spike snorted. Shooting him a dark look, Xander ploughed on. "And comb the newspaper for weirdness happenings. Research, and all."
"Okay, I'll go talk to Buffy, and find out. Things. To help you." Bouncing over, Willow hugged him suddenly. Over her shoulder, he saw Spike's lips draw back in a silent snarl. Xander goggled. And gently pushed Willow away.
"Sure, Wills. I know I can depend on you."
"It's nice to hear you say that again. I was afraid you never would."
She sounded so sad, and it made Xander sad too, to think how far they had grown apart in the last few years. "I always knew, Wills," he said gently. "Even when I seemed worried. It's just, like you don't really trust me now, because I'm under the influence, so to speak. It wasn't you we didn't believe in. It was the magic."
"It was still hard." Shaking off the mood, Willow got determined girl look. "Okay, I'll be back as soon as we have something. If things go bad between now and then you'll call right?"
"Right."
Fixing Spike with a deadly look, Willow repeated, "Right?"
"Called you the first time, now didn't I?"
"Yes, you did. Okay, I'll be back." And then Willow was gone. Leaving him with Spike. Who stared at him like a hungry lion stares at a big juicy steak.
"My, my pet. What will we do to amuse ourselves while we wait?"
"Oh, crap."
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