BTVS/Originals Crossover
Chapter 29
The next few days went by quicker than Buffy wanted them to. She knew she was running out of time to prepare for the beginning of the rest of her life. She only had a few more hours before she had to go pick Talon up, only a few more hours until Willow and Rebekah was going to make an appearance at the compound and request to take Talon home with them. She didn't know if everything would work as perfectly as she hoped it would but she could only wait and see. She and Willow had been texting back and forth all day making sure they have everything set up, she knew Willow was dying to know what was going on and she hated keeping it from her but this was something she needed to do on her own.
She took a deep breath and then sent the last text she would before seeing Klaus.
*Show time
She got a reply back almost immediately.
*Take good care of my brother
*I'll try the best I can
She had to give Elijah a heads up about everything since he also resided at the compound with Klaus and having him hear the conversation that she and Klaus was about to have wasn't something she wanted. She knew they were in the past and they had both moved on but there was history there and she would never want to hurt him, she did still love Elijah it just wasn't the same kind of love anymore. She had begun to love him as family just as she had Rebekah.
When she pulled up at the compound she noticed Will's car immediately and couldn't help but feel like a weight had lifted from her. She just hoped Klaus wouldn't get suspicious about why Willow and Rebekah wanted to visit with Talon. He was a suspicious person by nature.
She walked up to the door, she was about to knock but realized she was shaking. She had to calm herself he was going to know immediately that something was going on if she couldn't get her heart rate back to normal. She cursed herself silently, afraid she was going to ruin this. After standing there for a good 5 minutes she finally knocked. When the door opened she couldn't believe who stood in front of her.
"It's so good to see you, you look wonderful" Buffy was pulled into a huge hug. "Motherhood has really been good for you."
As she pulled back she looked back at the blonde vampire "Why are you here?" She wasn't trying to be mean but this was not something she had expected Harmony had been gone for months, no one had heard a thing from her but here she was standing in front of her on one of the most important days of her life.
Just as Harmony was about to answer Buffy seen Willow.
"Hey I sent you a text, didn't you get it?" Willow said as she walked up behind Harmony.
Buffy looked at Willow obviously aggravated "Nope didn't get it."
"Oh Harmony just got back in town today and came by to pick up the last bit of her things" Willow said knowing exactly what Buffy was thinking.
Buffy sighed in relief, she couldn't help but smile a little "You sticking around New Orleans?" She finally asked looking at Harmony.
She shook her head "Nope going back to LA, that's where I'm meant to be, New Orleans just wasn't the place for me."
"That's sad to hear" Buffy replied obviously it was a lie but she was finally starting to calm and though it be best to play nice.
Harmony gave her a small smile "You don't have to act like you care, I know you don't care for me and you have every right not to."
That threw Buffy she hadn't expected Harmony to say something as open as that "What do you mean?"
"That's all in the past now, let's look forward can we?" Harmony said chipper "I know we will probably never be friends but I hope we can at least get to a place where you don't hate me."
After her small speech Harmony turned and went back into the house leaving Buffy and Willow at the door.
"What the?" Buffy asked her best friend.
"I have no idea." Willow replied before the two of them went inside.
As soon as Talon seen her he got a huge smile on his face. "Mama"
"Hey baby" she said as she swooped down and picked him up kissing him on the cheek.
Once Talon was secure in her arms she turned back and looked at Willow and Rebekah. "What are you two up to?"
Willow looked from Rebekah to Buffy "Well we was actually going to see if you wouldn't mind if Talon came to visit his aunties for a little bit?"
"I don't mind, you could have just called" Buffy said playing the part like she didn't set this up.
"I know but I thought you might of wanted to at least see him for a few minutes" Willow replied.
"Yea I think your right" She said as she kissed her son a few more times. "You want to go see auntie Will and Beks?"
Talon turned and looked at the two women then started reaching out for them. Buffy laughed "I guess that answers that"
Buffy spent about another 5 minutes with Talon before walking with Rebekah and Willow to their car. They stood and talked for a good half hour, Buffy knew she was stalling and by looking at Willow she also knew. She finally took Talon from Buffy and buckled him in his car seat. They said their goodbyes then Buffy went to her car and got in, trying to make it believable that her plan was to leave. Until she realized she left her keys inside. She got back out of the car, acting a little upset yelled a "forgot my keys" to Willow and Rebekah then headed back to the compound.
Once she got back to the door she got nervous again not sure if she should knock again or just go in. Eventually she just knocked. When no one came to the door she just let herself in. She was starting to think that Klaus wasn't there until she physically ran right into him.
"What are you doing in my house?" Klaus pretty much shouted.
"Forgot my keys" was all she could get out.
She looked at him dumbfounded not being able to produce any other words.
"Sorry thought you were someone else" he said a little more lightly.
Buffy couldn't help but laugh knowing who he must be talking about.
"That is not funny" Klaus said laughing a little himself now. "Alright maybe it is a little."
"It's nice to hear you laugh, it's been awhile" Buffy said testing the water.
"There hasn't been much to laugh about lately" Klaus replied not making eye contact with Buffy.
"Really with an almost 1 year old running around, I find sometimes it's hard to not laugh when he's around" Buffy said with a smile.
"But it's not often enough" He had obvious hurt in his voice.
"Then lets change that" Buffy said a little too quickly before thinking about what she was actually saying.
That got Klaus's attention, he was staring right at her willing her to continue but having him staring at her the way he was made everything she had been going over just vanish. She couldn't remember a single word that she was going to say to him except that she wanted him.
After way to much silence he finally spoke again "What did you mean by that?"
She took a deep breath "Move in with me."
She couldn't believe what she had just blurted out and by his face neither could he.
"Why would I do that?" He asked cautiously.
"To be with your son everyday…. And me if you'd have me…"
"You know we can't…."
"What if we could?" Buffy interrupted him. "Tell me would you want to be with me if it were possible?"
She felt like she waited forever for his answer. After so much silence it started getting to her. She honestly thought he would have answered yes and right away, in her mind this was something they had both wanted equally as much. But it was starting to seem like she may have been wrong. She couldn't wait anymore, she finally broke the eye contact that they had been sharing the entire uncomfortable time and went to grab her keys.
"Where are you going? Klaus finally spoke.
"You made it very obvious what your answer was, I'm sorry I assumed it wasn't just me." Buffy said trying to get out of the house as quickly as she could.
"Stop" Klaus shouted.
She was almost to the door when she felt his hands on her, he turned her around and as soon as he seen she had started crying his face soften. He took his hand and wiped the tears from her cheeks. Then placing his hand under her chin he made her look at him and as soon as their eyes met this time Buffy knew she had been wrong. She knew the look that she was seeing, it was the same look that she seen in the mirror every day.
Without thinking about what she did next she raised her lips to his, as soon as they touched it felt like nothing she had ever felt before, human or vampire. She felt him stiffen against her lips at first but that didn't last long, she knew he felt exactly what she was feeling. There was no denying what was between them was real. She was starting to think it was always there, just pushed so far down it was hidden until she became what she is now. After a very long and very satisfying kiss he finally pulled back.
"That shouldn't have happened" he finally said after he finally pulled himself back together.
Buffy wasn't sure if it was because of the kiss or what but she couldn't help but smile.
"What's happened to you? I thought this was something we agreed upon together." Klaus asked seriously.
"Well things have changed" Buffy finally said. "It looks like after all this time things are finally looking up for us."
Klaus looked at her oddly "How do you mean?"
"You may want to sit" Buffy took his hand and sat side by side with him on the couch.
She slowly got into everything about her and Elijah's conversation, she didn't leave out anything that he said, she needed him to know that this was truly his idea that they are in no way going behind his back. She then went into how she attempted to plan the whole thing and how they ended up getting to where they were at that moment. They sat and talked for hours but never did anymore. Finally when it was starting to get late Klaus stood, so she followed suit.
Klaus took a deep breath then looked at Buffy "I'm going to ask you to go home, I'd like to speak with my brother and formally get his blessing I wouldn't feel right any other way."
Buffy smiled up at him "Come see me after, will you?"
"You know I will" Klaus shared her smile.
Not wanting to she pushed herself to leave the compound. Once she got to the door she looked back at a smiling Klaus one more time before heading to her car. As soon as she sat down she sent a text to Elijah telling him that his brother needed to talk to him.
