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Part 16
“You’re coming with us, Willow.” Buffy stated stubbornly.
“No, I’m not.” Willow stared back, determination burning in her eyes. “Resolve face.”
“Yes you are. You died yesterday.”
“Only for a little while.”
“The queen’s getting trickier. Next time, we may not be able to save you.”
“So we just won’t let there be a next time.”
“Exactly. You come with us to the palace, and she won’t be able to hurt you.”
“And if I just happen to bump into Prince William…?”
“Well, there are worse ways to spend an afternoon.”
“Buffy! We discussed this. I don’t want to get involved with anyone right now. And he’s made it clear that he doesn’t want to have anything to do with me. I thought you were going to stop interfering.”
“I am. And it’s not you personally. It’s more of he doesn’t want to have anything to do with anyone female. He won’t even talk to me. What did that girl do to him to turn him away from love?”
“His heart is broken. That takes a while to mend.”
“True. Wait a minute… How did you know that he didn’t want to see you? No one ever told you that.”
“Well, Cordy did, but more importantly, you and King Angelus have said that he was disappointed in not being able to meet with me. If that were true, he would have found a way to have done so. He would have stopped by or met me while I was there or done something to tell me that he wished to meet. A letter or word through someone other than you or his father would have been enough. But it doesn’t matter now. What does matter is that you are holding the others up, and you’re all going to be late.”
“No I’m not.”
“Well then *you’re* going to be late.”
“They will be too, but it’s not my fault. I’m not the one keeping them.”
“What do you mean?”
“They aren’t leaving without you.”
Willow sighed. “But I have so much work left to be done. The vegetables will rot or be stolen if I leave them here. And the flower bulbs need to be dug up and preserved for replanting. And…”
“And you’re making us even later. Just come with us today. We can discuss the future tonight.”
“Fine. But only because I don’t want you to get in trouble on my behalf.” Willow followed the girl down the road toward where the others were waiting.
“Not a problem. If anyone says anything, I’ll just tell them that we were tending to the princess of Rosenberg, who is a visiting dignitary. No one would deny you anything. Especially if they think that the Prince is courting you.”
“But he’s not…”
“They don’t know that.”
“Buffy…”
“I love you too, Will.” She chirped as they
joined their friends and continued to the palace.
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