A Rainbow Affair
Author: Nikki
SUMMARY: Giles has broken his leg
Giles shifted in his seat. The heavy plaster on his leg was giving him no end of trouble! He lay his head back to see an upside down version of Willow coming in with his tea. He righted the world and took the mug she offered.
"Thanks love," he looked at the tray in dismay. "Where are the biscuits? You know I can't drink tea without them... I like to dunk!" Willow fixed a smile to her face and stalked back to the kitchen muttering under her breath. ‘I'll bloody well give him dunk, orderin' me about...' She was back again in a moment and smashed the open packet on the tray.
"On a plate? Oh dear. Willow, won't they be broken now? Can you find me some whole ones?" He smiled sweetly at her. Willow glared at him.
"What!?" she announced patiently. "I've been here an hour Giles, I have a party to plan. Am I not going to have any peace?" Giles swallowed, he allowed his lip to quiver and he heaved a sobbing sigh. Willow kissed him her resolve had melted. She fetched a plate and a new packet of biscuits. Rupert grinned wickedly, worked every time!
Willow heaved the sealed box onto the coffee table and opened it. Giles craned his neck to see inside. Willow thrust her head into the box and began to bring out odd items. Giles noted that for some strange reason the box imparted a curious glow to her skin. All different colours. He dunked his biscuit the same time she dunked her head into the box, one particular dunk stayed his hand and his biscuit dropped into his tea, vanishing without trace. He stared open mouthed as Willow placed a dozen or so condoms on his coffee table.
"Uhm, Willow. I've heard of buying in bulk, but I don't think we could get through that many...Be fun to try!" He smirked.
"These aren't for us, silly! They're for my party..."
"Pardon?" Giles wasn't sure he was up for an orgy at the moment.
"I'm going to sell them, its my part-time job, I told you about it ages ago! Don't you remember? Before you fell off the swing..." Giles frowned at her.
"You said you wouldn't mention that again! He dared me to jump, I jumped!" He picked up a spoon to try to rescue the soggy mass at the bottom of his mug.
"Vampires don't usually break anything when they jump, do they?" She murmured. She was going to say more when the lights went out. They were in pitch-blackness.
"What's that?" Willow asked
"Power cut, used to happen all the time in the seventies..." Giles had pinched three biscuits at once, and was gobbling them quickly before Willow noticed.
"Yeah, I know it's a power outage, Giles. I meant what's that?" She pointed at the eerie glowing circles on the coffee table.
"Good Lord! They glow in the dark! That's bloody useful!" Giles reached out to pick up one of the circles. He opened the packet and rolled the condom onto his fingers. Willow gulped as the glowing sheath danced in mid air. Giles opened more packets and soon had a handful of multicoloured glowing digits, which he proceeded to dance about the table, much to Willow's amusement. She laughed so loud and so long that she found herself in urgent need of the bathroom.
"Giles, where's the flash light? Quickly!"
"What do you need a flashlight for, you forgotten where it is?" He asked amused. He passed his fingers over his face, making it glow with a clown like quality. Willow giggled even more.
"Surely there's a candle of sorts... in the box?" He asked slyly. "You've looked already haven't you? Naughty willow! Can't use it now, the wick will be soggy..."
"Giles!" She wailed. He ripped one of the condoms from his fingers and rolled it onto the candle. Perfect.
"Illumination! Hurry up, I don't want a puddle on my floor!" Willow would be a very long time in the bathroom. Did he have time?
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Willow was just finishing when she heard a strange noise approaching the bathroom door. A sort clunk-thud noise. The door opened and she stared in horror as the glowing clunk-thud monster entered the room moaning and groaning. She squealed and ran at it.
"OOOOph, Willow steady! Only me. So you want to hide Mr. Glowy?" Willow smiled in the darkness.
"Oh yeah! Hey, should you be standing up?"
"Willow, the Giles' have a proud family tradition of being erect at all times!"
He laughed. Waving Mr. Glowy to get her attention.
"Well, shall we go for the Rainbow then, Mr. Glowy?" She kissed him.
Mr. Glowy nodded, then disappeared, then reappeared and disappeared....
The End.