Title: Green Raven Shantey 6/6
Author: Elisabeth
Email: dragonydreams@yahoo.com
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Willow/Giles, Buffy/Riley, Xander/Anya, slight Willow/Tara
Summary: Giles receives a mysterious brochure to a resort and takes
the gang on vacation.
Disclaimer: I claim no ownership over these characters. I am merely
borrowing them from Joss et al.
Spoilers/Timeline: Day after the episode 'Restless' (end of season 4).
Distribution: WLS, WWW, ODD, anyone else - please ask.
Feedback: Yes please.
Author's Note: Thanks to my wonderful Betas for all of your help.
Giles woke to the sound of the shower running. He blindly reached for Willow before he realized that she must be in the shower. He was smiling as he got out of the bed and headed for the bathroom. He stood in the doorway for a minute to admire Willow through the glass door before opening it to join her.
Willow yelped as cold air rushed at her from the open stall door. She relaxed when she saw Giles step into the stall with her. He slid his arms around her and pulled her into a deep kiss, leaving her breathless. "Good morning darling," he greeted her, stepping under the spray.
Willow stood with a dreamy look on her face for several moments until she realized that she still had shampoo in her hair. Willow circled her arms around Giles and turned him away from the water. "Good morning yourself," she agreed, tilting her head back to finish rinsing her hair. The position also pushed her breasts out and Giles simply couldn't refuse such an appealing invitation.
"Rupert," she gasped, grabbing onto his shoulders as her knees weakened when he took one of her breasts into his mouth.
He pulled back and innocently asked, "What?"
"Oh, you know what," she grinned. "Now can I finish my shower so that we can play?"
"I was rather hoping to play now," Giles grinned back and went about proving his point.
He picked up the washcloth and got it nice and soapy. Then he gently, teasingly, began to wash Willow's body. The roughness of the cloth, combined with the gentle movements aroused her in a way she never thought possible. Willow leaned back against the wall of the shower stall, unable to stand on her own. Giles gently pulled her away from the wall so that he could rinse the soap from her body, allowing her to lean back against him instead.
Giles ran his hands over Willow's torso, helping to remove the suds from her skin. Giles lowered his head an began to kiss his way from behind her ear to her shoulder as his hands came up to cup her breasts and tease her nipples. Willow hands held onto his thighs, keeping him close to her, and needing something to hold on to. She could feel his arousal rubbing enticingly against her buttocks and couldn't help letting an "Mmm" escape her lips.
Giles smiled against her skin and slid his left hand down her belly and between her legs. He ran his fingers through the hair covering her mound and then slowly, gently, parted her lips and slid a finger deep inside her, his thumb massaging her clit. The angle was awkward, but Willow's groan made it worthwhile. She reached back, twisting slightly, so that she could kiss him. Willow was already on edge from her washing, so not surprisingly, it didn't take long for Willow's muscles to clamp down on Giles' fingers. She lightly bit his lower lip as she climaxed, shaking under the onslaught of sensation. Willow was still leaning heavily against Giles as he removed his fingers from inside her.
"Oh, wow," she managed to say. Giles turned her around and kissed her soundly. They both jumped as the water suddenly cooled off and then laughed realizing how long they'd been in there. Giles reached around and shut off the water and took Willow back in his arms.
"I suppose we should get out of here," Willow sighed against him.
"I suppose so," he agreed and opened the door for her.
They took turns drying each other off, Willow paying close attention to Giles' erection.
"Well now, what are we going to do with you?" she playfully asked.
"Whatever you wish," he replied, fully meaning it.
"Well then," Willow backed into the bedroom, pulling Giles with her. She laid him on the bed and fitted him with a condom. She positioned herself over his erection and lowered herself onto him. Giles held onto her hips, helping to guide her movements. They established a quick pace, insistently driving each other towards climax. They called out each other's names as they orgasmed within seconds of each other.
"Do we really have to go home today?" Willow pouted, tracing patterns around his nipples.
"I'm afraid that we do," Giles answered, sounding just as unhappy about it.
"What if... What if..." Willow was afraid to put the question into words.
"What if what?"
"What if everything goes back to the way it was when we get back? What if you don't feel the same way about me when we get back to 'real life'? What if..." Giles cut her off with a kiss.
"Willow, I loved you for a long time before we came here. That is not going to stop because we return to our lives. Yes, this has been a magical weekend, but because of who you are, not where we are."
"I love you so much," Willow declared. "Now that that's settled I should probably go pack."
"Of course, darling," Giles agreed. "Then I suppose we have to meet up with the other to check out."
"Ugh. The drive home is going to be pure torture if we have to listen to them tell us why we can't be together for two hours."
"Maybe they'll behave themselves," Giles ventured, doubting the words as he spoke them.
"If not, then I could just do a mute spell on them."
"Willow..."
"Just kidding," she grinned.
*****
Everyone was waiting for Willow and Giles when they arrived in the lobby, holding hands. Buffy rolled her eyes at the sight but held her tongue. She really didn't want to get into another fight.
"Hey guys," Willow ventured.
"Good Morning," Riley answered. Buffy glared at him, but he stood his ground. "How was your evening?"
"It was great, how was yours?"
"Horrible!" Anya supplied. The others burst out laughing. "I was nearly trampled to death by two bunnies," she complained.
Giles and Willow couldn't help the burst of laughter that escaped, but quickly sobered.
"That must have been horrible for you," Willow tried to sound sympathetic.
"It was," Anya agreed. "And they just sat around the fire laughing at me."
"I'm sorry," Xander apologized, again. "But the way that you came running out of the woods shrieking to get away from the rabbits was pretty funny."
"So you had a bonfire?" Giles asked, helping to get Anya away from more talk of bunnies.
"Yes," Burry answered coldly. "We were out enjoying nature last night. Do I even want to know what you to did?"
"Probably not," Willow blushed.
Buffy screwed her face up with a look of complete disgust. Xander made gagging noises and choked out, "Very scary visual place."
"You had sex," Anya stated. "Did you have lots of orgasms?"
"Anya," Giles barked and Willow's blush deepened. "That is none of your business."
"Well, good for you," she patted Willow on the shoulder.
"Can we please get out of here?" Buffy sulked.
"Of course." Giles went to the front desk to settle the bill. "Is the proprietor in today?" Giles inquired at the desk. "I would like to compliment him on the resort in person if possible."
"Let me check," the hostess answered. "You're in luck, he just arrived a few minutes ago. Come right this way."
*****
Had Ethan been watching the lobby monitors he would have run and hid. Unfortunately for him, he was busy watching the recordings from Giles' cabin of the previous evening and didn't see what was happening. At the knock on the door he pressed pause and demanded, "Who is it?"
The hostess opened the door a little saying, "I'm sorry to disturb you sir, but one of the guests wished to speak with you."
"Very well," he waved her to allow him in.
Giles walked through the door and stopped in his tracks. He gasped, "Ethan."
After a moment of shock at seeing Giles, Ethan grinned, "Hello Ripper."
Giles took a menacing step towards him. "You own this resort?"
"Actually, yes, I do." Giles noticed the monitor behind Ethan showing him and Willow on his bed. Ethan continued, "And I see that you have thoroughly enjoyed your stay here."
"You..." Giles tried to tamp down the anger building inside of him. "You videotaped us? You were spying on us?" Faster than Ethan had anticipated Giles had him pinned against the wall with his arm against his larynx.
"I can explain," he managed to say. Giles eased up a little, curious at how Ethan was going to try to worm his way out of this one. "The cameras were there before you came. They're for security purposes."
"And why don't I believe you?" Giles sneered.
"Perhaps because you are a very untrusting individual. That always was your problem. Never could take anything at face value." He was cut off by firmer pressure against his throat.
Just then Willow entered the office, curious about what was keeping Giles. She took a second to take in the scene before her. "Oh my gosh, Ethan Rayne." She turned on her heel to get Buffy.
"Now how is your little witch going to feel after seeing you being violent for no reason?" Ethan tried to bait Giles.
"I don't think you have to worry about Willow. She knows that I wouldn't harm you unless you deserved it, which you always do. No doubt she went to inform Buffy and Riley of your presence here." Ethan paled slightly.
Willow dragged a protesting Buffy into the room, "What is it Willow? Why can't you just tell me..." she saw Giles pinning Ethan to the wall. "Ethan," she said with disgust.
Everyone else had followed Buffy and Willow into the room. Riley pushed his way to the front of the crowd.
"How did you get out of military custody?" he demanded.
"Yeah," Buffy agreed, "The last I saw you, you were being taken into custody, hauled off in handcuffs."
"Yes, well, I was able to convince them that it was all a big misunderstanding and they let me go," he smugly replied.
"And what are you doing here?" Giles demanded.
"Conducting a business and having a bit of fun while I'm at it." Ethan simply answered.
"I take it that this is no coincidence that we are at *your* resort is it?" Giles surmised.
"Of course not, you were invited, by me."
"You knew this was Ethan's place?" Buffy accused.
"Of course not," Giles insisted. "Do you really think that I would have come here willingly if I had?"
"Who knows? You're doing all kinds of strange things lately," Buffy retorted.
"Hey," Willow exclaimed. "Standing right here."
"No offense Will," Buffy apologized.
"Whatever." Willow's face lit up, "That's it!"
Everyone turned to stare at her. "What's it?" Xander asked.
"Green Raven Shantey," Willow said, waiting for someone else to get the clue. "Something bothered me about the name from the moment I saw it." More blank stares met her, except for Ethan of course. "It's an anagram. If you mix up the letters is spells Ethan Rayne's Revenge."
"Well done," Ethan congratulated her. "I didn't think any of you would catch that. Quite genius of me if I do say so myself. You certainly picked a smart one, Ripper."
"Oh do shut up." Giles released Ethan and sat him in the chair, knowing that he wouldn't get far if he tried to escape. "So what have you done to this place?"
"It's harmless really," Ethan drawled. "Just a simple inhibition reducer/emotion enhancer spell surrounding the property and mixed in with the food."
"You played with our emotions?" Willow accused.
"You mean they're not really in love?" Buffy asked, the hope obvious in her voice.
"On the contrary, they are very much in love," Ethan countered. "The spells surrounding this place only made them realize it. It is also why the rest of you reacted so strongly. Pity though, Willow isn't the one I thought Ripper was going to bed." He stared pointedly at Buffy as he spoke.
"Ew, ew, ew and ew." Buffy shivered at the idea. "You wanted me and Giles to... to... I can't even say it."
"Have sex," Anya was happy to finish for her.
"Could you please stop saying that?" Buffy whined. "Xander, don't you have anything to say?"
Xander's eyes had been glued to the monitor Ethan had paused earlier. He had a slightly horrified, slightly curious look on his face. "What? Sorry," he blushed. "Don't look over at the monitors if you want to keep your breakfast."
All eyes immediately turned to look at the monitor and Giles quickly moved to try to shut it off.
"You were watching us?" Willow asked Ethan. At his smug look she slapped him. "You had no right to invade our privacy like that."
"Who knew Giles had such a good body?" Anya muttered. She turned to Xander, "Do you think you'll look that good at his age?"
Xander blushed and quietly reprimanded, "Anya."
"Hand over the recordings," Giles demanded. "All of them, and from all of our cabins." The others paled, realizing that they had been watched too.
"Oh come on," Ethan pleaded. "Can't a guy have some fun?"
"No," they all answered.
Ethan retrieved several CD-ROMs and handed them to Giles, inwardly grinning at the knowledge of back-up copies. "Very well."
"Can we have ours?" Anya asked. "I'd like to see how we looked," she innocently whispered to Xander.
"Please, take them," Giles handed her a couple of the disks.
"What are we going to do with him?" Willow asked.
"Beat the crap out of him?" Buffy tried.
"I would like nothing better," Giles agreed. "However, I think we should just let him be. He hasn't really done us any lasting harm. I believe allowing him to fester with the knowledge that he hasn't hurt us will be punishment enough."
"Oh yes," Ethan was quick to agree. "I have certainly learned my lesson."
"Yeah, right," Willow said sarcastically.
"Come along Willow," Giles entreated, "Let's get out of here." He slid his arm around her shoulders and turned to leave. He called back over his shoulder, "If any of the rest of you have anything to say to Ethan, I suggest you do it now and we'll meet you at the car."
Anya and Xander left quietly, holding close the recordings from their room, trying to figure out the best way to watch them.
"Oh, I have a few things to say to you," Buffy said with a feral grin. She punched him once, but it was enough to knock him out. She took Riley's hand and joined the rest outside.
*****
Once they were on the road Willow turned in her seat to speak to Buffy. "So are we going to be okay? I mean, now that you know that we really do love each other."
"I don't know. It still doesn't feel right to me, but maybe with time..." Buffy trailed off.
"Oh thank you Buffy," Willow squeezed Buffy's hand since she couldn't hug her from the front seat. "What about you Xander?"
"Like Buffy said, maybe with time... I mean part of me was afraid that he was just taking advantage of you. But if Ethan was right, and the place enhanced your emotions, then I guess that I could probably accept you as a couple."
"As much as it pains me to admit," Giles added, "Ethan was telling the truth. And I owe him a debt of gratitude that his spell, as wrong as it was, allowed us to finally admit our feelings."
"I told you they were meant for each other," Riley quietly said.
"Thank you Riley," Willow told him.
Willow turned back to Giles and rested her hand on top of his. "Let's go home."
The End