Title: Is True Love Forever?

Summary: Buffy's back in lovely Edmonton and is happy to be reunited with her love, William. But, things have changed since she left last summer, things like Will. Sequel to True Love!

Disclaimer: Don't own any of them. Well, actually I do. You know, the people that aren't from BtVS, like Becky. Meh. They belong to Joss :P

.:A/N:. Here's the sequel to True Love you guys have been asking for =P lol. I had it written up already, so I thought that I should be nice and put it up. However, I'm back to starting stories and not finishing them before I start another, so I cant promise updates real soon.

~*~

Buffy climbed out of the back seat of the Sebring. The trip she had been waiting for all year was finally here and she couldn't stop smiling. She was going to see Will again and she couldn't be happier. She removed her bag from the trunk and quickly ran up and threw it on her bed.

"Mom, I'm going out, I'll be home in awhile!" she yelled, out the door.

"Okay Buffy, be safe," her mother said.

~*~

Buffy called a cab and headed into town. When she got there, she paid the driver and jumped out. She walked into the Teen Bean, remembering memories of her and Will there together. Music filled her ears and she walked around, frantically in search of her love. She was close to giving up when she saw him. He looked different, unrecognizable even, but the eyes were a dead give away. No one could forget those intense, blue eyes. She walked over to him.

"Will!" she yelled.

He turned around and looked her over. "Well well, what do we have here?"

"Will?" she asked, confused, he didn't seem to recognize her.

"Its Spike luv . . . Do I know you?" he asked.

His words felt like a knife was piercing her heart. Tears started streaming down her cheeks uncontrollably and she ran out of the hang out. 'How could he not know who I was?' she thought to herself. She ran in the direction of the secret place Spike had shown her. She sat down and cried herself to sleep.

~*~

Buffy woke up to a bang. She quickly opened her eyes and saw Will staring back at her, shocked.

"Who the bloody hell are you?" he asked, angrily.

"You really don't know?" she asked, hurt in her voice.

He thought for a minute and sat next to her. Studying her features, a shocked, saddened look appeared on his face. "Buffy?"

She nodded. "You've changed," she said.

"Yeah, you haven't."

"Kind of," she said.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, pure coldness in his voice.

"I come here every year. What'd you get amnesia too?"

He was speechless and right now, Buffy didn't want to be around him. 'Do I tell him about Alexandra?' she thought. He should know . . .

"Buffy, if you came looking for a relationship, just go back to where you came from."

Buffy felt more tears forming, but swallowed them back. How could he be so cruel? Did he just not care anymore? Had last summer meant nothing to him?

"Fuck you," she said quietly.

"Buffy . . . I'm in love with someone else. Its harsh reality, move on. Last summer was great, but did you really think it would last pet?"

Buffy could not believe what she was hearing. She just wanted to punch him, kill him even.

"There's something I have to . . ." Someone yelling for Spike cut her off.

"Hold on Dawn!" he yelled and looked back at Buffy. "I don't love you anymore."

A brown haired girl appeared. She was dressed in a red sundress and was obviously pregnant. Was this some sick joke? All a big lie?

"Spike . . . Who's she?" Dawn asked.

"No one luv. Part of my past." Spike said and stood up, wrapping an arm around Dawn. "We're having a baby."

'We already have one,' Buffy thought, but she just stared off into space. When he didn't get a reply he nodded and left.

~*~

Buffy sat there, crying for an hour before deciding to head back to the cottage. She needed her friend, Willow. She took a cab back and arrived home in ten minutes. She paid the driver with what little money she had left and ran inside. Her parents were snuggled on the sofa, asleep. Buffy thought back to all the times her and Will fell asleep in each other's arms there, but she shook them away. They only brought pain, something she had too much of. She ran into her room and looked to the baby lying in the crib. She walked over to her and planted a kiss on her forehead.

"Hi Lexi, mommy's home," she said and walked over to her bed.

She picked up the phone and quickly dialed Willow's number.

'Hello.'

"Willow? Can you talk?" Buffy asked.

'Buffy? Of course, what's wrong? Is Lexi okay? Hey, have you met up with Will?' Willow asked.

Buffy told Willow everything, which led her to tears. Willow even shed a few herself. Alexandra started crying so Buffy ended the conversation and picked up her daughter.

"Hey baby, SHH don't cry. We'll be okay; we don't need your daddy," she said, stroking what little bit of blonde hair the baby had. "He wasn't there through my pregnancy, and he wasn't there when you were born, he doesn't need to be there while you grow up. We can be strong together. I promise you I'll find you a good daddy, one that loves you as much as I do, if that's possible," she told her daughter.

Alexandra finally stopped crying and Buffy took her downstairs into the kitchen. She sat her on her lap and fed her, her bottle. The phone rang and Buffy balanced Dawn on her knee to answer it.

"Hello."

'Buffy? Hello, Its Becky, Will's sister, remember?'

"Oh yeah, hey."

'Hi, how are things?'

"Oh, um, they're okay I guess."

'That's good. Remember how I told you you'd always have a place at my salon? Well I was wondering if you wanted a job for this summer.'

"Oh, thank you, but I'll have to get back to you, is that okay?"

'Yes, that's fine. Say, have you run into William?'

"Um, no. I guess I'll see him around, he's probably changed a lot though."

'Yeah, he got really depressed when you left Buffy. Everyone told him to move on, that he shouldn't concentrate on one girl, but he loved you too much. Then he met Dawn and things just . . . Went crazy.'

'Depressed? Poor Will, I mean Spike. Still, if he loved me, he wouldn't have even thought of another girl, I know I didn't. Another guy I mean, not a girl,' Buffy thought. "Thanks Becky, I'll call you when I decide."

'Okay Buffy, it was nice to talk to you again,' she said and the line went flat.

Buffy hung up the phone and put Alexandra's bottle in the sink. She walked out to the living room, where her parents were still asleep on the sofa. She found her dad's keys, wrote a note to her parents and headed outside. She had gotten her drivers license two months ago, but had driven for almost a year before. She stuck Alexandra in the car seat in the back and drove away from the cottage.

"Lexi, how about we go for a drive around the good old town of Edmonton? You know, come to think of it, we need a stroller. We forgot it in Sunnydale, fuck. Shit, I mean, don't ever say those words," Buffy said.

~*~

They pulled into the mall parking lot. Buffy got out and un-strapped Lexi from the car seat.

"Now if you're good, I promise I'll buy you something a little extra okay?" She didn't really expect an answer from a two-month-old baby.

Buffy carried Lexi into the mall and headed for the baby store. She walked in and was surrounded by miniature stuff. Mini clothes, mini shoes, mini brushes, mini everything. She walked over to the stroller section and an older lady with grayish hair walked over to her.

"May I help you with something?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm looking for a cheap stroller. One for her," she said, motioning to the baby in her arms.

"I see. Well, this stroller is a nice one, and it's not too expensive."

It was a smaller, single blue umbrella stroller, nothing special but good enough to last until they got home.

"How much?"

"Around twenty-five."

"I'll take it," Buffy said.

Ten minutes later Buffy wheeled Lexi out of the baby store. It felt good to not be carrying the weight. She pushed her into a clothes store for herself, "Stitches". She felt the clerks' eyes on her and the stroller but ignored them. She did a quick browse, seeing nothing she wanted and left.

"Want to get something to eat?" she asked Lexi. "Oops, that's right, baby food only and you were already fed. Sorry baby."

When Buffy finished eating she decided to head into "Toys R Us". Lexi had been good, and like Buffy promised, if she were good she'd get something. She strolled through the isles until she came upon a small pink pig, much like hers.

"Do you want a Mrs. Gordo?" Buffy asked.

Alexandra laughed and Buffy took that as a yes. She handed the toy to her daughter and strolled up to the check out. She paid for the pig, after prying it from Lexi's little hands and they were on their way out.

~*~

"Buffy!"

Buffy jumped out of bed, startled. Her mother stood there, looking angry.

"Mom? What?" Buffy asked.

"Where were you yesterday?"

"What do you mean?" Buffy asked, rubbing her eyes.

"You took the car and left. Did you go meet Will?"

"What? No, mom I took Alexandra to the mall. I got a stroller cause I forgot the one at home and I got her a toy. I didn't go anywhere else. I left you a note."

Joyce didn't know that Will was the father, but she had a pretty good idea. Buffy hadn't been too detailed, she just said she was pregnant and the father didn't want anything to do with the baby. Of course they were upset, but they helped her take care of Alexander when she needed a break, or had to work.

"Okay, get dressed, you have work," Joyce said.

"What? I don't have a job," Buffy said.

"Yes, you are going to work at the salon, you need the money to take care of Alexandra."

Buffy just nodded and watched her mother take Lexi and leave the room. She got up and sleepily got into the shower, almost falling a couple of times, Lexi had kept her up most of the night. When she was finished showering, she put her wet hair back into a ponytail and pulled on a pair of cotton shorts with CUTE on the butt and a sky blue tank top to match. She ran down the stairs and out the door. Her mother had called a taxi, so it was waiting for her.

~*~

"Buffy, hey, its so good to see you again," Will's mother said, pulling Buffy into a hug.

"Its good to see you Mrs. Ramsden," Buffy said.

"Oh please, call me Darla," she said.

Buffy smiled and walked over to the counter that Becky sat behind.

"You can have half of my appointments, okay?" Becky said.

"Thanks."

"Your mom told us," Becky said.

Buffy didn't understand. "Told you . . . Oh."

"Is it Will?" Becky asked.

"Y-No, no its not," Buffy said, swallowing a lump in her throat.

"Do you have any pictures?" Darla asked.

"Yeah," Buffy said and took out her wallet. "There, that's my Lexi," she said.

Alexandra was in a purple dress with little pink roses around the waist area. It was her baby picture, taken maybe a month or so ago.

"She's beautiful Buffy," Becky said.

"I agree," Darla said.

"Thanks, I think."

"You know . . ." Becky was cut off when Spike and Dawn stormed in.

"Mum, I need some . . . Buffy?" Spike asked, looking over the blonde girl.

"Yeah, I work here, or did you forget that too?"

Spike shook off her comment and returned to what he was saying to his mum.

"I need some cash," he said, looking over the counter.

Accidentally he caught a glimpse of the baby picture. He knew his mother didn't have any other kids except for him and Becky, and Becky didn't have any so then it had to be . . . 'No, it couldn't be Buffy's,' he thought. It was a friend of Becky's.

"Why should I give you any money William?"

"Its Spike," he said through clenched teeth.

"Doesn't your girlfriend get enough money for the two of you? How much do you get a night? Or does it all depend on what they want?" Buffy asked.

"Jealous luv?" Spike asked.

"Hardly William."

"Its Spike!" he yelled.

"You really aren't as bad as you seem, some of us know who you really are," Buffy said, changing her tone of voice from anger, to sadness.

"Care to test that theory pet?"

"Ouuu, what's Spike going to do? Knock me up . . . Little late . . ." she finished quietly.

"What?" Spike asked.

"Nothing."

"So mum . . ."

"No, go get a job."

"But it's for a bloody good cause!"

"And what might that be?" Becky asked.

"Dawn, she needs to get some baby stuff," he said quietly.

"How far are you?" Buffy asked.

"Six months," Dawn answered.

"Its hard, huh? But trust me, its all worth it at the end, if you keep it . . ." Buffy realized what she was saying. She was speaking from experience and she didn't want Spike to know that. But it was a little late for that too.

"What do you mean, trust me?" Spike asked.

"I . . . I . . . I . . ." Buffy stammered.

"You what luv?" Spike asked, impatient.

"I was pregnant alright?"

"What?" A mixture of emotions showed on Spike's face.

"You heard me. But don't worry, she's not yours and if she were she'd have nothing to do with you. She'd just be part of your past, she wouldn't exist to you and that's the way it is. Because she isn't yours," Buffy said, a tear falling from the corner of her eye.

"What is she talking about Spikey?" Dawn asked.

"Nothing Dawn, lets get out of here," he said and left.

"I'm sorry, but can I not work today?" Buffy asked.

"Its okay Buffy, you go on." Becky said and Buffy grabbed her picture before leaving.

~*~

{The waves crashed against the shore as Buffy walked along the beach. She could feel the cool water over her feet and the sand in-between her toes. Ahead of her Alexandra was playing in the sand, building a sand castle.

"Buffy!"

She hears her name being called and turns to face him. The one that showed so much love, so much passion, the man of her dreams.

"Will, where did you go?" she asks, concern and anger mixed with confusion in her voice.

"Sorry luv, I had to stop somewhere."

He pulls out something from behind his back, revealing a white and red rose, the stems intertwined together.

"Oh Will," she says and throws herself into his arms. "They're beautiful."

"Where's bit?" he asks, looking over her shoulder.

"She's building a sand castle," Buffy explains and the two join hands as they walk over to their daughter.

"Daddy!" she screams and jumps into his strong arms. "Will you come build with me?"

"Sure pet. Go run along and I'll be right there," he says and sets her on the ground, watching as she runs off.

"Will, I'm so glad we worked everything out, she loves you so much," Buffy says, wrapping her arms around his torso.

"Me too. I love both of you with all my heart and soul, you're my two girls," he says and kisses her forehead}

Buffy sat up, sweat pouring down her face. It was a dream, only a dream. A tear joined in and she laid back down. It wasn't real, they weren't together anymore, he didn't love her, and he never did. A screeching baby caused Buffy to yet again sit up. She climbed out of bed and lifted the little baby from her sleeping area.

"SHH Alexandra, SHH. We'll find ourselves a good man, a daddy for you and a husband for me. I promise you. We wont settle for someone like Wi - Spike. He never loved me, he never cared."

~*~

"Buffy Summers reporting for duty," Buffy said, walking into the Salon.

"Buffy, glad to see you're okay," Becky said. "I hope you're okay with dealing with the phone. I didn't know if you were coming, so I . . ."

"Its fine. Phones are good," Buffy said, jumping onto the seat behind the desk.

"Someone's in a good mood."

"Yeah well I just figure I've been depressing lately, and the last thing I want to do is make you all depressed. And the second last thing I want to do is be depressed. So happiness all around."

"Glad to hear it."

The phone rang and Buffy smiled at her friend before answering. "Becky's Beauty Salon, how can I help you?"

'Becky?'

"No, this is Buffy."

'Can I speak to my mum pet?'

"Oh," Buffy said, realizing who it was. She put the phone down and walked over to Becky. "Where's y our mom at?"

"Back, why?"

"Her son's on the phone," Buffy said. "I'll go tell her." Buffy walked down the short hallway and opened the door. She saw Darla sitting in a chair, reading a book. "Darla? Will's on the phone."

"Did he say what he needed?"

"No, he didn't. Do you want me to ask?"

"No, its fine sweetheart. Can you ask him to call my cell phone? I don't want him to be hogging the line."

"Of course," Buffy said, before leaving. Sitting back in her chair, Buffy picked up the phone. "You still there?"

'Where's my mum?'

"She asked me to ask you to call her cell phone."

'Oh, alright.'

"Bye now," Buffy said, hanging up. She looked up to see Becky staring back at her. "What? So I'm not the kindest to him. He didn't give me a reason to be . . . Can I ask you something?"

"Shoot."

"Would it be okay if Alexandra came in at lunch time. My mom usually looks after her, but she has to be elsewhere and my dad's busy."

"Not a problem."

"Thanks. I'd say she was an angel, but I'd obviously be lying. She won't cry a lot though, as long as she has her Mrs. Gordo."

Becky raised an eyebrow and Buffy laughed.

~*~

Joyce walked into the Salon, Alexandra in baby seat (.:a/n:. you know what I mean, lol). Buffy stood from her seat behind the desk and took the baby from her mother. She placed the carrier on the desk and picked Alexandra up.

"Lexi, meet Becky," Buffy said, bringing her over to her older friend.

"She's even more adorable in person."

"You wont be saying that when she stops smiling and starts screaming."

"Probably not," Becky laughed.

"And who's this?" Darla asked, coming out from the back.

"This is my little girl, Alexandra."

"Isn't she something," Darla said. "She's got gorgeous blue eyes."

"Like her father," Buffy sighed.