As I Lay Me Down chapter 20--So What Does It All Mean?
Authors notes: 1) Sorry that this is so short, I wanted to get a new
chapter out before I went on Vacation. 2) I'm almost finished with this
story, so if anyone has anything that they want to appear in upcoming
chapter's or any idea's for baby names you can either e-mail me at:
Goodbye_to_U@hotmail.com or put it in the reply and I'll try my hardest
to put it in an up comming chapter.
"Woah woah, woah."Cordelia said later that night after Buffy had told her,Angel, and Spike everything that Giles had said,"Giles found a way for us to go back? Why are we talking about this, let's go home."
"Cordelia, I doubt it's that simple."Angel said.
"Actually it is that simple Angel."Buffy said with a half smile on her face.
"Then why don't you look happy about it?"he asked.
"Slayer?"Spike looked into her eyes,"What's wrong?"
"I don't know it's just...things are nice here. Great even, I mean don't you guys want to give life a second chance?"
"Oh my god."Cordelia said look at Buffy like she had grown a horn, "Buffy's gone crazy. We need a new leader."
"Cordelia---"
"Seriously Angel, I mean this has been a great trip and all don't get me wrong, but no one in their right mind wants to repeat high school."
"Maybe I am crazy Cordelia. I mean who in their right mind would want to make up for lost time with their dead mother."
"Buffy..."Spike said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't."She said pulling away. "I'm going to go to bed. You guys can stay or you can leave I don't care."
(Angel's apartment,later)
Angel sat on his bed reading a book when Cordelia quietly knocked on his door.
"Can I come in?"she asked
"Sure. What's wrong?"
"I can't sleep."
"You've got to much on my mind?"
"Oh yeah. It's just--I can't figure out why Buffy would want to give up everything that she's got to stay here and go through the terror of high school all over again."
"Maybe she thinks that she can change the future."
"And I saw enough sci-fi movies when I was dating Xander to know that if you change the past, even one tiny moment, then everything that happens in the future may not happen. I mean even you not going evil is going to screw something up."
"Come here."Angel said moving over
Cordelia crawled in next to him and layed her head on his chest, "I'm sorry for keeping you up with my ranting."she told him.
"I like hearing you rant."
(Buffy's house, later)
Buffy sat in the kitchen at the counter eating ice-cream straight from the carton when her mother walked into the room.
"Ahh, eating ice-cream alone, this is never a good thing."Joyce said taking a seat next to her, "Did you and Spike have a fight?"
"Spike and I, Cordelia and I. I don't think I'm on speaking terms with anyone at the moment."
"What happened?"
"It's just,this isn't how I imagined my life at sixteen. This isn't how I imagined my life ever, you know. I never thought that I'd be pregnant, I never thought I'd die a virgin---"Buffy stop mid sentence, realizing what she had just said.
"Buffy you're pregnant, how can you die a...Buffy what happened?"
"It was only for a few minutes."
"Oh my god. How did it happen?"
'Think of something good Buffy.'She thought to herself.
"I was at a party after the dance last year, and I had to much to drink and I kinda drowned in the pool."
"You drowned?"
"Xander pulled me out and did CPR, and I swear to you mom, I will never drink to much ever again."
(Angel's apartment, a week later)
"Ugh!"Cordelia exclaimed throwing down her math book, "This is so frustrating!"
"You ever think that the reason that it's frustrating, is because you're frustrated?"Angel asked, "Have you talked to Buffy yet?"
"Not yet."
"Have you at least thought about what you're going to say to her? You do go back to school tomorrow."
"Don't remind me. But yeah, I've given it a little thought."
"No matter what happens, you do know that I'll still be by your side. You know that right?"
"I know, and I love you for it."
(Buffy's house)
"Hey."Spike said walking into Buffy's room, "What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to decide whether or not I should go back or not."
"What have you got so far?"
"Well, there's the ovious; my mom's here, but then again Dawn's back there."
"Is that it?"
"Yeah, that's all I got so far."
"They're both very hard to choose between."
"Woah woah, woah."Cordelia said later that night after Buffy had told her,Angel, and Spike everything that Giles had said,"Giles found a way for us to go back? Why are we talking about this, let's go home."
"Cordelia, I doubt it's that simple."Angel said.
"Actually it is that simple Angel."Buffy said with a half smile on her face.
"Then why don't you look happy about it?"he asked.
"Slayer?"Spike looked into her eyes,"What's wrong?"
"I don't know it's just...things are nice here. Great even, I mean don't you guys want to give life a second chance?"
"Oh my god."Cordelia said look at Buffy like she had grown a horn, "Buffy's gone crazy. We need a new leader."
"Cordelia---"
"Seriously Angel, I mean this has been a great trip and all don't get me wrong, but no one in their right mind wants to repeat high school."
"Maybe I am crazy Cordelia. I mean who in their right mind would want to make up for lost time with their dead mother."
"Buffy..."Spike said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't."She said pulling away. "I'm going to go to bed. You guys can stay or you can leave I don't care."
(Angel's apartment,later)
Angel sat on his bed reading a book when Cordelia quietly knocked on his door.
"Can I come in?"she asked
"Sure. What's wrong?"
"I can't sleep."
"You've got to much on my mind?"
"Oh yeah. It's just--I can't figure out why Buffy would want to give up everything that she's got to stay here and go through the terror of high school all over again."
"Maybe she thinks that she can change the future."
"And I saw enough sci-fi movies when I was dating Xander to know that if you change the past, even one tiny moment, then everything that happens in the future may not happen. I mean even you not going evil is going to screw something up."
"Come here."Angel said moving over
Cordelia crawled in next to him and layed her head on his chest, "I'm sorry for keeping you up with my ranting."she told him.
"I like hearing you rant."
(Buffy's house, later)
Buffy sat in the kitchen at the counter eating ice-cream straight from the carton when her mother walked into the room.
"Ahh, eating ice-cream alone, this is never a good thing."Joyce said taking a seat next to her, "Did you and Spike have a fight?"
"Spike and I, Cordelia and I. I don't think I'm on speaking terms with anyone at the moment."
"What happened?"
"It's just,this isn't how I imagined my life at sixteen. This isn't how I imagined my life ever, you know. I never thought that I'd be pregnant, I never thought I'd die a virgin---"Buffy stop mid sentence, realizing what she had just said.
"Buffy you're pregnant, how can you die a...Buffy what happened?"
"It was only for a few minutes."
"Oh my god. How did it happen?"
'Think of something good Buffy.'She thought to herself.
"I was at a party after the dance last year, and I had to much to drink and I kinda drowned in the pool."
"You drowned?"
"Xander pulled me out and did CPR, and I swear to you mom, I will never drink to much ever again."
(Angel's apartment, a week later)
"Ugh!"Cordelia exclaimed throwing down her math book, "This is so frustrating!"
"You ever think that the reason that it's frustrating, is because you're frustrated?"Angel asked, "Have you talked to Buffy yet?"
"Not yet."
"Have you at least thought about what you're going to say to her? You do go back to school tomorrow."
"Don't remind me. But yeah, I've given it a little thought."
"No matter what happens, you do know that I'll still be by your side. You know that right?"
"I know, and I love you for it."
(Buffy's house)
"Hey."Spike said walking into Buffy's room, "What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to decide whether or not I should go back or not."
"What have you got so far?"
"Well, there's the ovious; my mom's here, but then again Dawn's back there."
"Is that it?"
"Yeah, that's all I got so far."
"They're both very hard to choose between."