Chapter 10
Where do we go from here?
"Matt Rogers and Sarah Blaney"
"Lauren Rodell and Sammy Hankins"
"Chase Rozack and Zack Hudson"
"Anneliese Satterlee and Roman Kunst"
"Buffy Summers ..."
Snyder drops the papers that he has been holding.
Snyder: Oh, goddammit.
An ocean of giggles and "Gosh he's such a clutz" is heard.
Snyder: Oohh! Stop your snickering you little monkeys!
Buffy's heart skips a beat and she inhales deeply as Willow and Xander are each squeezing one of her hands. "this is it" she thinks to herself. To calm herself down, Buffy thinks about all the wonderful things this person has been for her, and how much gratitude and love she has, yet, to return to him-no matter what he looks like..just... no matter what...
Spike is starting to look bored of all the name-calling. He thinks to himself "When is it gonna be this bloody poof's turn?" The ceiling pattern suddenly becomes quite interesting as he redraws one tile pattern over and over again in head. His eyes start to slowly drift close and his head starts to droop until Snyder announces:
Snyder: Now where was I ...O yea... Buffy Summers and ...Mr. Angel O'Connor.
Spike's eyes shoot open at that exact moment and Buffy's heart stops.
Spike feels like something is caught in his throat. In a voice that is barely audible he whispers, more to himself than to anyone else: Bloody hell. I'm in love with Summers. He cranes his neck to look at Buffy.
Buffy, her eyes wide in shock: Oh my god. It's Angel. I love Angel. I love Angel. I love Angel. I love Angel. I love Angel...
Tears are welling up in her eyes by now. Slowly she rises from her chair on shaky knees and wobbles to the front of the auditorium reciting this like a mantra.
Spike himself is about to get up and receive the forms with her, however Angel beats him to it. Spike is dumbfounded. His head starts to spin when he realizes that it hasn't occurred to Buffy that Angel wasn't the one who was talking to her the whole year. Angel isn't the one in love with Buffy...well actually Spike doesn't know that for sure. For all he knows, the way they were acting around each other, the past few days, Angel could be in love with Buffy...which means she could be in love with him as well. Spike suddenly feels like throwing up...like puking his guts out...no...he feels like he needs a smoke or needs to get drunk. He needs something or anything to get his rage out.
With his jaw and fists clenched tightly Spike watches his best friend claim the girl that he loves, and there is nothing he can do about it. He feels the tears springing to his eyes, but forces them back telling himself that he would NOT cry in public. He has the sudden urge to run up to them and rip them apart from each other, declaring his undying love for Buffy and telling her the truth. But two things change his mind: The first, being that Buffy, never truly said that she was in love with him when he had told her...meaning...she probably isn't. And second, being the happiness in her eyes, now, standing before Angel.
Spike suddenly sharply inhales at the revelation, which greatly surprises himself. Spike realizes that his own true nature is to always set aside one's own image in order to make room for those that one truly loves. Spike has always thought of himself as the role model "bad boy", getting his way no matter what. However, he realizes, now , that he isn't as "rebel" as he had thought he was. He mentally shrugs when he realizes that this most likely is a good thing. "If Buffy is happy with Peaches, then cheers to her and that lucky bloke, otherwise I'll always be here to save her from falling" he promises himself. Mostly satisfied with convincing himself to be happy about this he concentrates on what is going on in the front of the auditorium.
Angel and Buffy meet before Snyder. Buffy seems shy and reluctant to come in eye contact with Angel, but his eyes do not back down as his they explore her curves.
Feeling like his girl is being violated, Spike grips the seat trying to keep himself from pounding Angel into the floor for looking at Buffy that way. However, Spike then relaxes as Angel's face retreats from predatory into a tender look. Spike is chuckling to himself as he realizes that he has claimed Buffy as "his girl" when she has no idea about his love for her.
Snyder announces that Buffy and Angel were the last couple to be announced and that everyone could leave.
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Mostly everyone had left. Willow had signaled to Buffy a double-thumbs up and a gesture that told Buffy that she would call her later. Buffy and Angel are left in the auditorium, with Spike just sitting in a random chair towards the left side.
Spike begins to think "Okay Spike. Pretend that your not listening, but you better eavesdrop bloody damn well. Let's see how peaches handles himself...if he gets into trouble should I help him recover?"
He is still pondering when Angel breaks the record time for silence by speaking first.
Angel: heh...who would've thought that we'd be partners!?
Buffy, partly surprised because he is no longer mad at her from their last conversation online and is the first to start the conversation responds with a hint of curiosity: Yeah..who would've thought...
She ends her sentence by meeting his eyes with hers...for the first time after the assembly. But suddenly they both look away.
Angel, understanding that he has no idea what to say to her, how to make a conversation, or what to talk about, thinks of the first thing that would allow him to know more about her, without giving away that he never talked to her online.
Angel: Hey..umm...Buffy? Do you think...maybe we could forget about the past months...and......umm maybe...just...
Buffy (with a tiny frown and furrowed brows,): start ALL over?
Spike scoffs, and suddenly the couple turns and looks at him.
Spike: Oh. I'm sorry (sarcastically) It's really bleedin' dusty in here.
Buffy, a little more harshly than she intended to, retorts: Then why are you in here SPIKE?
The first words she had spoken to him in a long time had come out incredibly hurtful, as even Buffy notices the hurt look on Spike's face, and mumbles a 'sorry'.
Spike lets it pass, assuming that she didn't really mean to be THAT cruel.
Angel, thinking more about how to make a conversation with Buffy and how to fix the mistakes he is already making, realizes that maybe she and Spike have had conversations that she wouldn't want to forget, and tries to correct his mistake. But also, he knows that Spike was recently pissed off about some conversation with Buffy the other night.
Angel: no! nooo! Of course not starting ALL over!...(laughs really fake) ha ha ha..i mean just the bad times we had..can we forget about those...and restart..?
Buffy gives him a confused look.
Angel: . . . . luv?
Spike chokes for real this time. All eyes turn towards him once again.
Spike( nodding at them once more to ignore him and continue): Just..the bloody dust.
Spike thinks "Okay. Word of advice tonight for the Poofter. Don't try to imitate me. First, he can never be me. Secondly, when he says 'love' or 'pet' he sounds like such a pansy...not like he needs to say those words to sound like a pansy, but that's a whole other story. And Lastly, he can't say those words because...they're copyrighted to me."
At this point, Spike realizes that he is going to actually stay behind Angel on this. He isn't going to sabotage Angel's chance with her to gain Buffy's love for himself. After all, what he wants is BUFFY's happiness.
Spike sighs semi-loudly and thinks in his head "God, I am such a bloody wanker...runnin' around putting ma' friends and loved ones before myself. He rolls his eyes and stands up. "I rreallly need a smoke now to regain ma' composure."
Spike: When you guys are finished with your *conversation*, Angel, you can meet me outside.
Buffy and Angel look after Spike, but Angel turns back to look at her.
Buffy faces Angel once more and gives him a tiny but sufficient smile.
Buffy: Yeah...actually...we could forget some parts...and start them over
Buffy suddenly looks away and inhales sharply.
Buffy: So..umm...I'll catch you later then?
Angel: umm...sure?
Buffy: Alright, then..umm bye.
Buffy exits the auditorium with a grin wider than she ever knew she possessed. Buffy looks within herself to find a confident young woman, who is capable of taking care of herself and making the right choices. She thought to herself "I can do this...I can trust him...he loves me...he would never hurt me...I can take care of me" She sees Spike smoking on her right. She stops, walks over to him and stands in front of him with her hands on her hips. Spike, a little startled and unsure of her next move stares at her, eyes open. Buffy chuckles and plucks Spike's cigarette and stubs it out before he can make a move.
Spike: Ey! What do you think you're doing!?
Buffy: Spike, pay a little more attention in class! Smoking will kill you! Well maybe that's not such a bad thing now that I think about it...
Spike gives a mock-hurt look.
Buffy: AWW...did I burst someone's bubble? Well, tonight I have no room for sympathy. I've promised myself some quality time with the TV and popcorn! It's just gonna be me and Buffy movie night. I'm too happy to have to worry about anything else. Anyway...(pausing)...I'll see ya?
Spike: uhm. Sure.
Spike stares after the woman he loves hop away. He closes his eyes and inhales her lingering scent. 'Oh Buffy... that look on your face...that smile...I won't let that smile fade away...'
Angel is still standing in the auditorium a good 5 minutes after Buffy has left. He takes a deep breath and walks out, unsure of what lay ahead of him...with Buffy nor Spike nor anyone else.
Hey guys! Im sorry I haven't been posting sooner! I hope you like this. I spent a lot of time on it!! REVIEW plz!
Where do we go from here?
"Matt Rogers and Sarah Blaney"
"Lauren Rodell and Sammy Hankins"
"Chase Rozack and Zack Hudson"
"Anneliese Satterlee and Roman Kunst"
"Buffy Summers ..."
Snyder drops the papers that he has been holding.
Snyder: Oh, goddammit.
An ocean of giggles and "Gosh he's such a clutz" is heard.
Snyder: Oohh! Stop your snickering you little monkeys!
Buffy's heart skips a beat and she inhales deeply as Willow and Xander are each squeezing one of her hands. "this is it" she thinks to herself. To calm herself down, Buffy thinks about all the wonderful things this person has been for her, and how much gratitude and love she has, yet, to return to him-no matter what he looks like..just... no matter what...
Spike is starting to look bored of all the name-calling. He thinks to himself "When is it gonna be this bloody poof's turn?" The ceiling pattern suddenly becomes quite interesting as he redraws one tile pattern over and over again in head. His eyes start to slowly drift close and his head starts to droop until Snyder announces:
Snyder: Now where was I ...O yea... Buffy Summers and ...Mr. Angel O'Connor.
Spike's eyes shoot open at that exact moment and Buffy's heart stops.
Spike feels like something is caught in his throat. In a voice that is barely audible he whispers, more to himself than to anyone else: Bloody hell. I'm in love with Summers. He cranes his neck to look at Buffy.
Buffy, her eyes wide in shock: Oh my god. It's Angel. I love Angel. I love Angel. I love Angel. I love Angel. I love Angel...
Tears are welling up in her eyes by now. Slowly she rises from her chair on shaky knees and wobbles to the front of the auditorium reciting this like a mantra.
Spike himself is about to get up and receive the forms with her, however Angel beats him to it. Spike is dumbfounded. His head starts to spin when he realizes that it hasn't occurred to Buffy that Angel wasn't the one who was talking to her the whole year. Angel isn't the one in love with Buffy...well actually Spike doesn't know that for sure. For all he knows, the way they were acting around each other, the past few days, Angel could be in love with Buffy...which means she could be in love with him as well. Spike suddenly feels like throwing up...like puking his guts out...no...he feels like he needs a smoke or needs to get drunk. He needs something or anything to get his rage out.
With his jaw and fists clenched tightly Spike watches his best friend claim the girl that he loves, and there is nothing he can do about it. He feels the tears springing to his eyes, but forces them back telling himself that he would NOT cry in public. He has the sudden urge to run up to them and rip them apart from each other, declaring his undying love for Buffy and telling her the truth. But two things change his mind: The first, being that Buffy, never truly said that she was in love with him when he had told her...meaning...she probably isn't. And second, being the happiness in her eyes, now, standing before Angel.
Spike suddenly sharply inhales at the revelation, which greatly surprises himself. Spike realizes that his own true nature is to always set aside one's own image in order to make room for those that one truly loves. Spike has always thought of himself as the role model "bad boy", getting his way no matter what. However, he realizes, now , that he isn't as "rebel" as he had thought he was. He mentally shrugs when he realizes that this most likely is a good thing. "If Buffy is happy with Peaches, then cheers to her and that lucky bloke, otherwise I'll always be here to save her from falling" he promises himself. Mostly satisfied with convincing himself to be happy about this he concentrates on what is going on in the front of the auditorium.
Angel and Buffy meet before Snyder. Buffy seems shy and reluctant to come in eye contact with Angel, but his eyes do not back down as his they explore her curves.
Feeling like his girl is being violated, Spike grips the seat trying to keep himself from pounding Angel into the floor for looking at Buffy that way. However, Spike then relaxes as Angel's face retreats from predatory into a tender look. Spike is chuckling to himself as he realizes that he has claimed Buffy as "his girl" when she has no idea about his love for her.
Snyder announces that Buffy and Angel were the last couple to be announced and that everyone could leave.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mostly everyone had left. Willow had signaled to Buffy a double-thumbs up and a gesture that told Buffy that she would call her later. Buffy and Angel are left in the auditorium, with Spike just sitting in a random chair towards the left side.
Spike begins to think "Okay Spike. Pretend that your not listening, but you better eavesdrop bloody damn well. Let's see how peaches handles himself...if he gets into trouble should I help him recover?"
He is still pondering when Angel breaks the record time for silence by speaking first.
Angel: heh...who would've thought that we'd be partners!?
Buffy, partly surprised because he is no longer mad at her from their last conversation online and is the first to start the conversation responds with a hint of curiosity: Yeah..who would've thought...
She ends her sentence by meeting his eyes with hers...for the first time after the assembly. But suddenly they both look away.
Angel, understanding that he has no idea what to say to her, how to make a conversation, or what to talk about, thinks of the first thing that would allow him to know more about her, without giving away that he never talked to her online.
Angel: Hey..umm...Buffy? Do you think...maybe we could forget about the past months...and......umm maybe...just...
Buffy (with a tiny frown and furrowed brows,): start ALL over?
Spike scoffs, and suddenly the couple turns and looks at him.
Spike: Oh. I'm sorry (sarcastically) It's really bleedin' dusty in here.
Buffy, a little more harshly than she intended to, retorts: Then why are you in here SPIKE?
The first words she had spoken to him in a long time had come out incredibly hurtful, as even Buffy notices the hurt look on Spike's face, and mumbles a 'sorry'.
Spike lets it pass, assuming that she didn't really mean to be THAT cruel.
Angel, thinking more about how to make a conversation with Buffy and how to fix the mistakes he is already making, realizes that maybe she and Spike have had conversations that she wouldn't want to forget, and tries to correct his mistake. But also, he knows that Spike was recently pissed off about some conversation with Buffy the other night.
Angel: no! nooo! Of course not starting ALL over!...(laughs really fake) ha ha ha..i mean just the bad times we had..can we forget about those...and restart..?
Buffy gives him a confused look.
Angel: . . . . luv?
Spike chokes for real this time. All eyes turn towards him once again.
Spike( nodding at them once more to ignore him and continue): Just..the bloody dust.
Spike thinks "Okay. Word of advice tonight for the Poofter. Don't try to imitate me. First, he can never be me. Secondly, when he says 'love' or 'pet' he sounds like such a pansy...not like he needs to say those words to sound like a pansy, but that's a whole other story. And Lastly, he can't say those words because...they're copyrighted to me."
At this point, Spike realizes that he is going to actually stay behind Angel on this. He isn't going to sabotage Angel's chance with her to gain Buffy's love for himself. After all, what he wants is BUFFY's happiness.
Spike sighs semi-loudly and thinks in his head "God, I am such a bloody wanker...runnin' around putting ma' friends and loved ones before myself. He rolls his eyes and stands up. "I rreallly need a smoke now to regain ma' composure."
Spike: When you guys are finished with your *conversation*, Angel, you can meet me outside.
Buffy and Angel look after Spike, but Angel turns back to look at her.
Buffy faces Angel once more and gives him a tiny but sufficient smile.
Buffy: Yeah...actually...we could forget some parts...and start them over
Buffy suddenly looks away and inhales sharply.
Buffy: So..umm...I'll catch you later then?
Angel: umm...sure?
Buffy: Alright, then..umm bye.
Buffy exits the auditorium with a grin wider than she ever knew she possessed. Buffy looks within herself to find a confident young woman, who is capable of taking care of herself and making the right choices. She thought to herself "I can do this...I can trust him...he loves me...he would never hurt me...I can take care of me" She sees Spike smoking on her right. She stops, walks over to him and stands in front of him with her hands on her hips. Spike, a little startled and unsure of her next move stares at her, eyes open. Buffy chuckles and plucks Spike's cigarette and stubs it out before he can make a move.
Spike: Ey! What do you think you're doing!?
Buffy: Spike, pay a little more attention in class! Smoking will kill you! Well maybe that's not such a bad thing now that I think about it...
Spike gives a mock-hurt look.
Buffy: AWW...did I burst someone's bubble? Well, tonight I have no room for sympathy. I've promised myself some quality time with the TV and popcorn! It's just gonna be me and Buffy movie night. I'm too happy to have to worry about anything else. Anyway...(pausing)...I'll see ya?
Spike: uhm. Sure.
Spike stares after the woman he loves hop away. He closes his eyes and inhales her lingering scent. 'Oh Buffy... that look on your face...that smile...I won't let that smile fade away...'
Angel is still standing in the auditorium a good 5 minutes after Buffy has left. He takes a deep breath and walks out, unsure of what lay ahead of him...with Buffy nor Spike nor anyone else.
Hey guys! Im sorry I haven't been posting sooner! I hope you like this. I spent a lot of time on it!! REVIEW plz!