Chapter 27: Discoveries


Buffy awoke the next time with the feeling of being carried from the car and William placing kisses on her face.

She opened her eyes and smiled at him and asked, "Where are we?"

William whispered, "This is one of my two homes. I have one here in Fresno and one in Sunnyhell. I have been living here lately."

Buffy felt William unlock the door carefully balancing her in his arms still and then entered the door moving in to set her down on the sofa.

She looked around the house and saw she was in the living room.

There was a sofa, with two chairs all facing a television stand with a nice size television inside and surrounded by books.

Along the walls held one picture which was of William and Buffy in Smile town in front of the diner where Buffy worked.

She stood up to wander into the kitchen and found a simple black and white style kitchen that had plenty of counter and cabinet space. It also had a nice size oven that looked very clean and lots of equipment which some she didn't even recognize and along the back wall a large refridgator and freezer.

She felt William's presence behind her and she took his hand and lead him into the next room which was the dining room.

It had an elegant oak table with 6 place settings and a roll away counter in the corner which she figured was used in the summer table if he used the barbeque grill which sat on the deck over looking a beautiful pool.

She smiled at him and he lead her through the dining room back through the living room and into the hallway.

There appeared to be four rooms but there was really five.

The first room was just a spare room. It had really nothing in it save a few empty boxes but the walls had been freshly painted to a light pink.

Buffy smiled remembering her light pink room with silver walls from when she was younger.

The second room had a blue base paint but again it was empty.

So he lead her further down the hallway and lead her into a larger bedroom which was definitely lived in.

Two dressers side by side, a tall bookcase filled with books, a large bed with a canopy that had been lined with red silk sheets that matched the red walls that were wallpapered and a closet full of clothes.

She found it odd that one dresser looked full of items and the other looked empty and the second side of the closet was empty as well.

There were pictures on both nightstands though, both of Buffy and William together.

She looked at William in confusion traced with a bit of fear as he whispered, "I set up the room for double in case I ever found you. I've been looking for the two years. Turning over every stone. I had no idea you'd be back in L.A. I didn't have connections in L.A. until Xander moved there just two weeks ago with his new wife, Anya."

Buffy looked teary eyed and whispered, "The extra items in here are for me?"

William nodded and Buffy kissed him hard and William said, "You still have two more rooms to view."

Buffy nodded letting him lead the way.

He lead her into the last room she could see. It was a study with two desks complete with computers. Again one was littered with papers of some sort and the second looked mostly empty minus a few writing utensils in a pink cup, a pink mouse pad, mouse and keyboard and pink wrist rests.