Chapter 2: Coming Home
(This is a very short chapter….just letting you know)
Buffy pulled up to her house. At first she was reluctant to go in and stared at herself in the rear view mirror.
"What did you do you slut." she said not at all pleasantly to the image. "You don't even know who the father is. What kind of mother are you gonna be?"
She finally stepped out of the car and up to the walk. She tried to shake it all from her mind. Just cool down, Buffy, you're gonna go take a long refreshing bath. She pulled out her keys and unlocked the door.
She placed the keys on the side table. A black trench coat hung over the railing heading up the stairs. Music fell to her ears. Oh no. A song from the television was playing. It was 'If I Loved You" from Carousel. Buffy peered over into the family room.
And there he sat with a bowl of popcorn in his lap staring intently at the new widescreen TV Buffy had purchased earlier that month. Not again.
"Gotta say," Spike said, not even turning his head from television, "Defiantly better in widescreen."
Be nice, Buffy. "Spike, what the…..how long have you been here?"
"Long enough to see Billy die." he tossed a handful of popcorn into his mouth. He extended his arm and the bowl towards her. She shook her head and walked towards the stairs.
"Dawn will be home soon. I'm going to take a nap. Please try and not be here when I wake up." Buffy walked up the stairs.
Welp, there goes my bath. She took a glance back at the vampire on her sofa, popcorn now running down his tight, black shirt. Remote in hand, raising the volume. The notes and voices of the song 'If I Loved You' filled the air, even upstairs as the slayer head to her room.
Buffy lay her head down upon her goose-feather pillows and fell asleep to the beauty of the love song.