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Willow woke up with a start, her mind trying to figure out where she was. She blinked, the sunlight from the day streaming into her room and on her face. She closed her eyes and sighed. Her eyes flew back open when she realized she was in the hospital, and that she had a body in bed with her. She relaxed when she realized it was Xander. He was spooning her, his chest pressed against her back. His arm was around her protectively, pulling her to him. His hand rested on her breast, which made her blush slightly. She could feel his soft breath on the back of her neck, and she giggled softly, wiggling in his arms.

He tightened his hold on her and mumbled, "Don't go yet, Wills. Not ready to let you go."

She smiled. She knew he was dreaming, she had spent plenty of nights with him growing up to know when he was talking in his sleep. She wiggled again. "Have to, Xander, have to walk around."

He growled, low and dangerous. Her eyebrow rose. < Must have learned that neat trick from Spike. > "Don't go." He pulled her closer and buried his face in her hair.

She gasped and her eyes flew open when she realized that the hardness she felt against her ass was in fact, Xander's cock. "Oh, goddess," she breathed. She was still for a moment, then slowly tried to pull herself out of his arms. She just wanted to stretch her legs.

There was another growl and she felt his cock surge against her. She froze, and then suddenly, the hard body against her rolled away. She breathed a sigh of relief and started to get out of bed. A hand shot out and wrapped around her forearm, pulling her back down with a squeal. She was on her back, blinking rapidly in shock.

Xander rolled over, laying his body on hers, holding her wrists above her head. He used his knee and nudged her legs apart, settling his body there. He looked down at her sleepily, his eyes barely opened. "Do you have to go to the little girl's room, or do something important that requires you to get out of bed?" he asked in his husky sleepy voice.

"No," she said softly. "Why?"

"Then I'm going back to sleep. Not ready to let you go," he said, burying his face in her neck. "Love you," he said against her skin, running his lips along her neck. She shuddered softly, realizing just how close her and Xander were to being in the position of intercourse. She sighed softly, closing her eyes to fall back asleep.

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Xander walked into his apartment, trying to hide his huge grin. No one knew Willow was awake yet. She wanted to make it a surprise for everyone. The hospital had been surprised, but Willow was completely healed. Xander explained later to her that he, Giles, and Angel had performed a healing spell on her as soon as her blood transfusion had taken place.

Spike glanced up. "Pet!" he exclaimed. "How are you? It's been, what, two days since I've seen you?"

Xander smiled. "Yea, I think. So. . .normal Friday Scooby Get Together?" he asked. The Scooby Gang had started getting together on Friday nights to have a stress free night.

"Yea, you joining tonight?"

Xander nodded his head. "I have an announcement."

Spike frowned. "Ok, sit down," he said. "Guys!" he yelled through the house. "Xander's here!"

Buffy and Riley walked out of the kitchen, and Graham and Melynda walked out of her bedroom. "Hey, Xand!" Buffy said, bouncing to the man. He hugged her tightly. "What's up? How's Willow? She still moving her fingers? I'm going to see her tomorrow. I wanted to come last night, but patrol was harsh, there were many vamps out last night."

"Willow?" Xander asked. "Oh, right, Willow. Yea, she's ok, I guess." He shrugged, trying to hide the grin that wanted to form over his features.

Melynda frowned, leaning forward. "You guess?" she asked.

"Xander. . ." Spike said threateningly.

"Guys. . .I. . .I met someone!" Xander blurted out.

The whole group stared at him in shock. "You *met* someone?" Buffy said, her voice raising. "What do you mean, you *met* someone! How can you meet someone when you are in love with Willow? That is not fair to Willow!" She was screaming now, tears filling her eyes. "Damn it, Xander! I thought you 'd grown up! You are hurting her yet again!"

Riley put his hand on Buffy's shoulder. "It's ok," Riley said softly. "Angel will kick his ass, and I'm sure Graham, Spike, and I will help. You can even have a punch in."

"But you guys will like her. She's precious," Xander said, backing up. Maybe his plan of surprising his friends wasn't as good of an idea as he thought. They all looked as if they wanted him dead.

"I don't care," Spike growled. "You are still going to suffer. Endlessly."

"Uh. . .honey!?" Xander said weakly. "I think the vamp is going to kill me."

Willow walked in, giggling. "There will be no killing tonight, you guys."

Everyone turned to Willow, mouths gaping. Buffy was the first to recover. "Wills!" She bounced to her best friend and hugged her tightly. She pulled away suddenly, worried that she'd hurt the frail woman. "Oh, my god, did I hurt you?"

"No," Willow said, laughing. "I'm fine. I'm not breakable. The doctor's can't explain it, but I know it's because of the healing spell they did."

"I was so for them doing that spell," Buffy nodded. She hugged Willow again. "Oh, god, it's so good to see you smiling again. I was so scared."

"I was too," Willow said softly, hugging Buffy tighter than before.

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