As I lay me down ch. 7-One by one
All though the rest of the week went slowly, Friday had finally arrived. Cordelia was helping Willow with the finishing touches on her hair while Buffy was still in the bathroom.
"Buffy!"Cordelia heard Joyce called banging on the bathroom door,"Your dates are here." "We'll be down in a minute."Buffy said and then opened the door. Slowly she walked back into her room looking very pale.
"What's wrong?"Willow asked worried. "I don't feel very good."Buffy told her crawling onto her bed, and into the fetal possition. "Up!"Cordelia instructed, "You're going to wrinkle your dress." Buffy groaned while she got up and looked in the mirror. "I look like crap you guys." "You're just scared about going on a date with Spike. It'll be okay."Cordy reasured her. "What if it won't?" "What are you talking about?" "I've got this feeling that something is going to happen and it'll change all of our lives forever."
Cordelia walked over next to Buffy and crossed her arms. "Look, something is going to change, you and Angel aren't together. And that means that he will never go all pycho-killie. Now come on, let's try to make you look less dead, more happy."
Downstairs Spike, Angel and Xander all were seated on the couch trying not to look at each other. They sat twirrling their fingers, until the girls finally came down.
Angel was the first to stand up. Clutching the corsage, that he bought for Cordielia, in his hand he told her, "You look beautiful tonight." "You don't look to bad yourself."She informened him, straitening his tie, "Kinda like the last time we were all dressed up like this." Angel started blushing lightly and Xander asked, "Was I the only one who didn't get that?". The rest of the group shook there heads 'no'. Cordelia looked at the corsage in Angel's hand and asked, "Is that for me?" "Oh yeah." Cordelia held out her wrist and Angel took it out of the box and tied it on. Joyce then came into the living room with a camera and everyone started to groan. "Mom, please."The slayer begged, "Don't do this." "Humor me."
Cautiously the six of them gathered together with the girls in the front, and the guys in the back, in front of the mantleplace. Angel put his head next to Cordelia's, and Xander wrapped his arms around Willow's neck. Spike slid his arms around Buffy's waist and pulled her close. But instead of enjoying the feeling, her whole body stiffened up and she could not wait until her mom was done. Finally Joyce closed the shutter on the camera and told them that she was done. "Thank god."Buffy mumbled under her breath pulling away. "You guys ready to go?" "Sure."They all agreed.
(Later, at the Bronze)
Cordelia sat drinking a diet coke with Angel, watching Buffy and Spike fight over by the refreshment table. "So, what's going on with Buffy?"Angel asked. "You've got me. She wasn't feeling well earlier, I just thought that it was nerves, but the way she's been acting isn't because of nerves. Something else is going on, and I just wish she would let someone know what it is."
Willow and Xander walked up to the table and joined them. "Has Buffy talked to either one of you guys about what's wrong with her?"Cordelia asked, actually very concerned. "No. Actually, she hasn't talked to us very much at all since you and her started becoming bestest, best buddies."Xander told him, with a hint of jelousy in his voice. "Well, something is up. And none of us know's what it is. So I'm going to go see if I can get anyything out of her."Angel said getting up from the table.
Buffy stood up against the wall, on the verge of tears, watching Spike from the other side of the room. If only he knew what was really going on. No one knew; no one could. This was her secret. She placed a hand on her stomach when Angel came up up to her. "Hey." "Hey yourself." "You know what? You should have taped that fight you and Spike just had, and shown it on Pay-Per-View." Buffy stayed quiet not finding the humor in Angel's bad joke but he continued, "So, all of us over there are really worried about you. All week you've been pumped for tonight and now you're in this bad mood. What happened." "I don't want to talk about it." "Well then, if you don't want to talk about it, you're just going to have to dance with me instead."
She looked at him like he was crazy and when she saw that he really ment it, she reluctently agree'd. A new song started just as they got to on to the dance floor. Buffy put her arms around her ex-boyfriend's neck and laid her head on top of his unbeating heart.
*I said I wanna touch the earth I wanna break it in my hands I wanna grow something wild and unruly
I wanna sleep on the hard ground In the comfort of your arms On a pillow of bluebonnets In a blanket made of stars
Oh it sounds good to me I said
Cowboy take me away Fly this girl as high as you can Into the wild blue Set me free, oh, I pray Closer to heaven above And closer to you closer to you*
Cordelia walked over to Spike and handed him a coke, "You look like you need it." "Are woman always that confusing?" "What do you mean?" "I mean yesterday Buffy and I were really close, and now she can't stand for me to even touch her." "Something's wrong with her. Right now Angel's trying to find out what that is."
*I wanna walk and not run I wanna skip and not fall I wanna look at the horizon And not see a building standing tall
I wanna be the only one For miles and miles Except for maybe you and Your simple smile
Oh it sounds good to me Yes it sounds so good to me*
Xander, Willow, and Giles watched Buffy and Angel dancing together, and Spike and Cordelia having a conversation. "So, Buffy and Spike had a fight, and now Cordelia and Angel are trying to get them to talk to each other again?"Giles asked utterly confused. "Not exactly."Willow told him, "Angel wants to find out why Buffy is acting so weird, and Cordy is trying to play matchmaker and get them back together." "Back together? They were together?"Xander asked.
*Cowboy take me away Fly this girl as high as you can Into the wild blue Set me free oh I pray Closer to Heaven above and Closer to you closer to you
I said I wanna touch the earth I wanna break it in my hands I wanna grow something wild and unruly Oh it sounds so good to me Cowboy take me away Fly this girl as high as you can Into the wild blue Set me free oh I pray Closer to heaven above and Closer to you closer to you Closer to you Cowboy take me away, Closer to you.*
The song ended and Angel asked, "That wasn't so bad was it?" Buffy looked up at him with tears streaming down her face, "What's wrong?" "I wished to come back because everthing was so much easier, I didn't have to take care of anyone but myself and now, all of that's gone down hill." "What do you mean?" "Never mind." "Buffy, something is wrong. Now if you don't want to tell me, then you can tell Giles, Willow, Xander, Cordelia. You could even tell Spike." "Tell Spike what?"Cordelia asked from behind them with Spike next to her. "That I'm sorry for fighting with you. I really am."Buffy told him. It wasn't exactly like she had lied. She was sorry for fighting with him, but she couldn't let him know what was going on. Not yet. "I'm sorry too."Spike said looking at his feet. Buffy leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek and put her arms around his waist.
Cautiously the rest of the gang came over to them. "So, are you guys speaking again?"Willow asked. "Yes, we are."Buffy told her.
As I lay me down to sleep ch. 8- Anything goes
A couple weeks later Cordelia and Angel sat on her couch watching a Real World marathon. "So,"Angel asked "has Buffy told you anything yet?" "Not a word. She is still acting strange however. I wish she would tell someone what's wrong." "She's not going to. I know what it's like to have a secret that you think you can't tell anyone. And she will keep it to herself untill she has to tell someone."
(Cut to a cemetary)
Buffy and Giles sat waiting for a newly-sired vampire to rise. "How much longer is this going to take?"Buffy asked twirling her stake. "These things are not on a time schedual Buffy, you just need to be patient."Giles told her taking a sip of tea. "You try being patient when you're tired,starving, and you have a Math test that you need to study for."Buffy snapped "Here,"Her watcher said pouring some tea into an extra cup that he had brought, "drink this." "Thank you. I'm sorry I snapped at you."she told him, greatfully excepting the drink. "No problem. You do know that if there is anything going on that you need to talk about..." "I know Giles. I know."
(The Bronze)
Spike sat at the bar nursing his sixth bottle of beer.
"Hey,"The bartender said putting another beer on the table,"where's that blonde babe you're always here with?" "I dunno. And you know what? I don't really care. Lately that bird has been so bloody moody. I mean one minute she's so sweet, and I think that she loves me, you know, and then the next minute she wants me as far away from her as possible. What's up with that?" "Chicks man. Nobody ever understand's them."
(Cordy's house)
"I am so bored."Cordelia said throwing her homework on the floor, "Why do I need to study? I've already graduated." "I know you've already graduated, but do your time travel credit's count?" Cordelia groaned and then reached for her book and paper. "I hate when your right; you know that." "I know."
Angel got up and started looking around at the pictures on the wall. He started to say something but he was interupted by a knock at the door.
"Who could that be?"he asked
Cordelia shrugged her shoulders and got. She walked over to the door and slightly opened it.
"Oh my god!"She exclaimed covering her mouth.
(The Cemetary)
Buffy blocked a punch and kicked the vampire in the stomach and fell to the ground. She grabbed stake from the ground and plunged it into his heart and he turned into dust. She then elbowed a second one in the mouth. He staggered backwards.
"Don't tell me you're worn out. I'm just getting started."
He lunged at her and she did a Cartweel, barly missing getting hit by him.
"You're going to die, slayer."the Vampire said putting on his game face. "Oh my god, you guys have got to come up with some new material. I mean seriously."
Buffy went to punch him in the face but she was to slow. He grabed her and threw her down on the ground. She landed face first, her stomach on a rock.
"Oh god."She cried out not moving "Well, well, well. Looks like you're dead, bitch." "Not if I have anything to say about it."Giles said plunging the stake into his heart.
The Vampire turned to dust and Giles got down next to her. "Are you all right?"he asked She shook her head no, crying through the pain that she was feeling. "What's wrong?" "My baby. Giles, something's wrong with my baby."
All though the rest of the week went slowly, Friday had finally arrived. Cordelia was helping Willow with the finishing touches on her hair while Buffy was still in the bathroom.
"Buffy!"Cordelia heard Joyce called banging on the bathroom door,"Your dates are here." "We'll be down in a minute."Buffy said and then opened the door. Slowly she walked back into her room looking very pale.
"What's wrong?"Willow asked worried. "I don't feel very good."Buffy told her crawling onto her bed, and into the fetal possition. "Up!"Cordelia instructed, "You're going to wrinkle your dress." Buffy groaned while she got up and looked in the mirror. "I look like crap you guys." "You're just scared about going on a date with Spike. It'll be okay."Cordy reasured her. "What if it won't?" "What are you talking about?" "I've got this feeling that something is going to happen and it'll change all of our lives forever."
Cordelia walked over next to Buffy and crossed her arms. "Look, something is going to change, you and Angel aren't together. And that means that he will never go all pycho-killie. Now come on, let's try to make you look less dead, more happy."
Downstairs Spike, Angel and Xander all were seated on the couch trying not to look at each other. They sat twirrling their fingers, until the girls finally came down.
Angel was the first to stand up. Clutching the corsage, that he bought for Cordielia, in his hand he told her, "You look beautiful tonight." "You don't look to bad yourself."She informened him, straitening his tie, "Kinda like the last time we were all dressed up like this." Angel started blushing lightly and Xander asked, "Was I the only one who didn't get that?". The rest of the group shook there heads 'no'. Cordelia looked at the corsage in Angel's hand and asked, "Is that for me?" "Oh yeah." Cordelia held out her wrist and Angel took it out of the box and tied it on. Joyce then came into the living room with a camera and everyone started to groan. "Mom, please."The slayer begged, "Don't do this." "Humor me."
Cautiously the six of them gathered together with the girls in the front, and the guys in the back, in front of the mantleplace. Angel put his head next to Cordelia's, and Xander wrapped his arms around Willow's neck. Spike slid his arms around Buffy's waist and pulled her close. But instead of enjoying the feeling, her whole body stiffened up and she could not wait until her mom was done. Finally Joyce closed the shutter on the camera and told them that she was done. "Thank god."Buffy mumbled under her breath pulling away. "You guys ready to go?" "Sure."They all agreed.
(Later, at the Bronze)
Cordelia sat drinking a diet coke with Angel, watching Buffy and Spike fight over by the refreshment table. "So, what's going on with Buffy?"Angel asked. "You've got me. She wasn't feeling well earlier, I just thought that it was nerves, but the way she's been acting isn't because of nerves. Something else is going on, and I just wish she would let someone know what it is."
Willow and Xander walked up to the table and joined them. "Has Buffy talked to either one of you guys about what's wrong with her?"Cordelia asked, actually very concerned. "No. Actually, she hasn't talked to us very much at all since you and her started becoming bestest, best buddies."Xander told him, with a hint of jelousy in his voice. "Well, something is up. And none of us know's what it is. So I'm going to go see if I can get anyything out of her."Angel said getting up from the table.
Buffy stood up against the wall, on the verge of tears, watching Spike from the other side of the room. If only he knew what was really going on. No one knew; no one could. This was her secret. She placed a hand on her stomach when Angel came up up to her. "Hey." "Hey yourself." "You know what? You should have taped that fight you and Spike just had, and shown it on Pay-Per-View." Buffy stayed quiet not finding the humor in Angel's bad joke but he continued, "So, all of us over there are really worried about you. All week you've been pumped for tonight and now you're in this bad mood. What happened." "I don't want to talk about it." "Well then, if you don't want to talk about it, you're just going to have to dance with me instead."
She looked at him like he was crazy and when she saw that he really ment it, she reluctently agree'd. A new song started just as they got to on to the dance floor. Buffy put her arms around her ex-boyfriend's neck and laid her head on top of his unbeating heart.
*I said I wanna touch the earth I wanna break it in my hands I wanna grow something wild and unruly
I wanna sleep on the hard ground In the comfort of your arms On a pillow of bluebonnets In a blanket made of stars
Oh it sounds good to me I said
Cowboy take me away Fly this girl as high as you can Into the wild blue Set me free, oh, I pray Closer to heaven above And closer to you closer to you*
Cordelia walked over to Spike and handed him a coke, "You look like you need it." "Are woman always that confusing?" "What do you mean?" "I mean yesterday Buffy and I were really close, and now she can't stand for me to even touch her." "Something's wrong with her. Right now Angel's trying to find out what that is."
*I wanna walk and not run I wanna skip and not fall I wanna look at the horizon And not see a building standing tall
I wanna be the only one For miles and miles Except for maybe you and Your simple smile
Oh it sounds good to me Yes it sounds so good to me*
Xander, Willow, and Giles watched Buffy and Angel dancing together, and Spike and Cordelia having a conversation. "So, Buffy and Spike had a fight, and now Cordelia and Angel are trying to get them to talk to each other again?"Giles asked utterly confused. "Not exactly."Willow told him, "Angel wants to find out why Buffy is acting so weird, and Cordy is trying to play matchmaker and get them back together." "Back together? They were together?"Xander asked.
*Cowboy take me away Fly this girl as high as you can Into the wild blue Set me free oh I pray Closer to Heaven above and Closer to you closer to you
I said I wanna touch the earth I wanna break it in my hands I wanna grow something wild and unruly Oh it sounds so good to me Cowboy take me away Fly this girl as high as you can Into the wild blue Set me free oh I pray Closer to heaven above and Closer to you closer to you Closer to you Cowboy take me away, Closer to you.*
The song ended and Angel asked, "That wasn't so bad was it?" Buffy looked up at him with tears streaming down her face, "What's wrong?" "I wished to come back because everthing was so much easier, I didn't have to take care of anyone but myself and now, all of that's gone down hill." "What do you mean?" "Never mind." "Buffy, something is wrong. Now if you don't want to tell me, then you can tell Giles, Willow, Xander, Cordelia. You could even tell Spike." "Tell Spike what?"Cordelia asked from behind them with Spike next to her. "That I'm sorry for fighting with you. I really am."Buffy told him. It wasn't exactly like she had lied. She was sorry for fighting with him, but she couldn't let him know what was going on. Not yet. "I'm sorry too."Spike said looking at his feet. Buffy leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek and put her arms around his waist.
Cautiously the rest of the gang came over to them. "So, are you guys speaking again?"Willow asked. "Yes, we are."Buffy told her.
As I lay me down to sleep ch. 8- Anything goes
A couple weeks later Cordelia and Angel sat on her couch watching a Real World marathon. "So,"Angel asked "has Buffy told you anything yet?" "Not a word. She is still acting strange however. I wish she would tell someone what's wrong." "She's not going to. I know what it's like to have a secret that you think you can't tell anyone. And she will keep it to herself untill she has to tell someone."
(Cut to a cemetary)
Buffy and Giles sat waiting for a newly-sired vampire to rise. "How much longer is this going to take?"Buffy asked twirling her stake. "These things are not on a time schedual Buffy, you just need to be patient."Giles told her taking a sip of tea. "You try being patient when you're tired,starving, and you have a Math test that you need to study for."Buffy snapped "Here,"Her watcher said pouring some tea into an extra cup that he had brought, "drink this." "Thank you. I'm sorry I snapped at you."she told him, greatfully excepting the drink. "No problem. You do know that if there is anything going on that you need to talk about..." "I know Giles. I know."
(The Bronze)
Spike sat at the bar nursing his sixth bottle of beer.
"Hey,"The bartender said putting another beer on the table,"where's that blonde babe you're always here with?" "I dunno. And you know what? I don't really care. Lately that bird has been so bloody moody. I mean one minute she's so sweet, and I think that she loves me, you know, and then the next minute she wants me as far away from her as possible. What's up with that?" "Chicks man. Nobody ever understand's them."
(Cordy's house)
"I am so bored."Cordelia said throwing her homework on the floor, "Why do I need to study? I've already graduated." "I know you've already graduated, but do your time travel credit's count?" Cordelia groaned and then reached for her book and paper. "I hate when your right; you know that." "I know."
Angel got up and started looking around at the pictures on the wall. He started to say something but he was interupted by a knock at the door.
"Who could that be?"he asked
Cordelia shrugged her shoulders and got. She walked over to the door and slightly opened it.
"Oh my god!"She exclaimed covering her mouth.
(The Cemetary)
Buffy blocked a punch and kicked the vampire in the stomach and fell to the ground. She grabbed stake from the ground and plunged it into his heart and he turned into dust. She then elbowed a second one in the mouth. He staggered backwards.
"Don't tell me you're worn out. I'm just getting started."
He lunged at her and she did a Cartweel, barly missing getting hit by him.
"You're going to die, slayer."the Vampire said putting on his game face. "Oh my god, you guys have got to come up with some new material. I mean seriously."
Buffy went to punch him in the face but she was to slow. He grabed her and threw her down on the ground. She landed face first, her stomach on a rock.
"Oh god."She cried out not moving "Well, well, well. Looks like you're dead, bitch." "Not if I have anything to say about it."Giles said plunging the stake into his heart.
The Vampire turned to dust and Giles got down next to her. "Are you all right?"he asked She shook her head no, crying through the pain that she was feeling. "What's wrong?" "My baby. Giles, something's wrong with my baby."