Disclaimer: I own nothing beside the story line. The song at the end is sung buy Elvis Presley but other than that Joss is the master, he owns everything. I really wish that I could own Spike, who doesn't he's just so hot! drool
Author's note: this is my first attempt at a Spuffy AU all human story please don't be too mean about it be a nice critic type of mean. And please leave reviews I'd really appreciate that!
Prologue
It was a long sunny afternoon. The blazing hot sun was shining right on her face, but the cool ocean breeze grazing her skin seemed to balance things out a bit. Buffy loved the beach. Somehow it made her feel at peace with the world. Like nothing really mattered. It was a good place to gather her thoughts or even to forget what was happening that day or even past experiences and just loose herself to this sanctuary; her sanctuary. The sun began setting bringing forth a sunset worth painting on a canvas and worth describing in a poem and even they wouldn't do justice to it's beauty.
She sighed. It was hard to believe that she was really here, it seemed as if her life passed by with lightning speed, so much that this even seemed like a dream. She felt that soon she would wake and be a four-year old girl barely beginning to live her life. But as much as it hurt to admit, that wasn't going to happen anytime soon. She was soon going to be twnty-five and as far as she could remember not everything in her life was peachy keen. After today she had lost all hope in men. All they ever did was hurt you and Parker, although she thought otherwise, was no exception. He took what he wanted then left. It didn't hurt as much as she had expected it to but it still hurt most men that came into her life always seemed to hurt her and leave. She cursed herself for bringing that thought into her head she knew she would start reflecting on her love life and the very first man to ever leave her. Her father. Tears sprang in her eyes. The bastard! Left her mom, the sweetest person she ever knew for someone younger. She was left without a father figure at age thirteen. That brought other memories flying back.
After her father had left, she sought refuge in a relationship. Thus, begun her disastrous love life. Liam Angelus was her first love. He seemed perfect, I guess you could say she was naïve at the time but all she could ever see in his eyes was honestly. After a year of dating she gave him her virginity. After that he just avoided her in the school halls. A week after he broke it off. After that weak relationship it seemed like a chain reaction. Even though it had taken her a while to learn to trust again it was like a bomb right after the other. Heartbreak after heartbreak, and after this incident she just couldn't take it anymore. She made a decision then and there the only thing she would see men, was to use them and not be used by them. After all men were like animals, well most men. Buffy smiled to herself content with her decision.
"Buffy!" A voice calling her name broke her train of thought. She turned around not really amazed to be greeted by her long time friend Willow Rosenberg.
Buffy smiled weakly at her, "Hey Wills. What are you doing here?"
"Well your mom said she hadn't heard from you today and was worried beyond belief. So I figured I'd come here. Then if I didn't find you well take drastic measures"
"Oh yeah like what Wills?" she challenged with a sly smirk on her face.
" I don't know just drastic measures I guess. Send a search party"
Buffy laughed the first real genuine laugh she had all day. Then the mischevious glint returned "Hey Wills?"
"Yeah? Let's start walking to my car cause since your car was at your house well I guess you didn't bring it"
"Okay.Lets go to Vegas! I need to get out of here for a while live a little more than I have. We both need to." They started walking at a quickened pace to Willow's car.
Willow just gave Buffy a questioning look before smiling broadly, "Well we still have a month left of summer vacation, Nah but Las Vegas? Wouldn't it be boring? I mean what else could we do there besides go to strip clubs, get drunk, watch the strip lights, go shopping at the Caesar's Palace, and meet total new hotties?!!!" she practically squealed, "I'm so totally in"
They got to the car and they sat inside and started driving after a while Buffy broke the silence." But Really Wills? No bluffing? You'll go with me?" as she was saying this Buffy put the best desperate puppy dog face that she could master.
"Yeah really. Who could say no to that desperate puppy face. You're my best friend who's to say I won't have a good time if I'm with you."
"Aww! Tear" she said tracing a mock tear on her face.
Willow just laughed " 'Sides if anything happens in Vegas…"
"It stays in Vegas!" they both finished and started laughing. Then turned on the radio heading to Buffy's house to tell her mother.
Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire
Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn,
So get those stakes up higher
There's a thousand pretty women waitin' out there
And they're all livin' devil may care
And i'm just the devil with love to spare
Viva las vegas, viva las vegas
How i wish that there were more
Than the twenty-four hours in the day
'cause even if there were forty more
I wouldn't sleep a minute away
Oh, there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel
A fortune won and lost on ev'ry deal
All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel
Viva las vegas, viva las vegas
Viva las vegas with you neon flashin'
And your one armbandits crashin'
All those hopes down the drain
Viva las vegas turnin' day into nighttime
Turnin' night into daytime
If you see it once
You'll never be the same again
I'm gonna keep on the run
I'm gonna have me some fun
If it costs me my very last dime
If i wind up broke up well
I'll always remember that i had a swingin' time
I'm gonna give it ev'rything i've got
Lady luck please let the dice stay hot
Let me shout a seven with ev'ry shot
Viva las vegas, viva las vegas,
Viva, viva las vegas
