spiceblueeyes | Xander's Apple Part 6

Well, it only took like six months for this part, but hopefully the next one won't take as long. It incorporates the prompt Trap for

tamingthemuse .
Previous parts can be found here.

Title: Xander's Apple Part 6
Rating: PG
Warnings:none
Disclaimer: None of the characters belong to me, it's sad, but true.
Summary: Willow has news.

Xander’s Apple-Part 6

Eight months later, and Willow came through for them. She bounced into their bedroom, wearing the same clothes as the day before, with big circles under her eyes and a grin lighting up her face.

“Hey Wills, isn’t it a bit early for visits?” Xander asked sleepily. It was far too early to be up on a Saturday. He and Spike were still in bed, covered by the blankets thankfully, since they both normally slept naked. Spike was still asleep, and Xander was glad Willow’s entrance into the apartment hadn’t woken him. Vampires were not morning people, really really not, in a broken crockery, dented doors, and shredded couch cushions way. There was no way Xander was going to get a repeat of the pre-noon Spike show.

Right now Willow looked ready to burst into full on babble, which made Xander momentarily regret giving her a key. He made a shushing gesture, but Willow didn’t catch it. “I’m your new favorite person! Well, I mean I was your best friend, so I was already one of your favorite people, but once I tell you what I have to tell you I’ll definitely be at the top of your list.” How she managed to talk while still wearing such a huge smile Xander would never know. “I’ll be at the top of Spike’s list too, which I probably wasn’t before, but I will be now!”

Suddenly a growl filled the room, emanating from the still prone form of Spike lying on his stomach, his head facing away from them. “If you two don’t sodding shut up, I will rip out both of your tongues and shove them down each other’s throats!” Xander and Willow exchanged a glance, and Willow scurried out of the bedroom, shutting the door gently behind her. Xander eased himself out from under the covers and slipped on some sweatpants and a t-shirt. Then he lay back on the bed next to Spike above the blankets and nuzzled his neck.

“Spike,” he whispered, “I think you should get up.” A growl was the only answer he received. He placed a small kiss between Spike’s shoulder blades, “whatever brought Willow here so early might be important.” A louder growl this time. “Please?”

Spike heaved a deep sigh, purely for theatrical effect since he didn’t need to breathe, and lifted his head from the pillow. “You’ll owe me some serious sexual favors for this.” Xander grinned and got up off the bed, tossing Spike some pants.

“You name it, I’ll do it.” He said smiling, as Spike extracted himself from the blankets and pulled on the pants. His hair was mussed and his reluctance was clear in his expression.

“Bloody right you will; it’s soddin’ unnatural for a vamp to be up this early!” Finally decent he stood up and headed to the door, opening it with slightly more force than necessary. “Okay witch, what do you want?” He called out as he walked to the living room, Xander following behind.

Willow walked out of the kitchen; she’d apparently taken it upon herself to make coffee for all of them. She set down three mugs of caffeine goodness on the coffee table and set herself down in the armchair while Spike and Xander took the couch. Being booted from the bedroom hadn’t dampened her mood any, she was still grinning ear to ear.

“Okay you guys, you ready for this?” They both nodded. “I found the answer. I found the right spell! I can do it!” She was practically bouncing in her seat as she told them her news.

“Found, you found a spell? Like what we’ve been looking for?” Xander asked hesitantly, wanting it to be true, but not wanting to get his hopes up.

“Yes, it’s perfect, it will do what you want it to with no nasty side effects or booby-traps like a happiness clause.” She was still grinning, and now Spike and Xander were too.

“Really, you sure?” Spike double checked.

“Yep!” There was literal bouncing now, and she was in danger of falling out of the chair.

“Well, I guess that’s news worth getting up for,” Spike grinned and turned to give an equally smiley-faced Xander a kiss.

“I’m glad you think so,” Willow laughed, “I’m just gonna go, um, somewhere else now.” The two lovebirds were showing no signs of coming up for air anytime soon. “I’ll come by tonight and we can go out and celebrate, and I’ll tell you about the details for the spell.”

Xander pulled away from Spike long enough to say “sounds good Wills, and thanks, for everything.” She nodded and let herself out of the apartment as Spike hauled Xander back to the bedroom for a more immediate and personal celebration.

Part 7