Chapter 8 The decision
The war had started; Buffy heard Spike yell her name and she turned around to see a briliant flash of light and as her eyes adjusted she saw Spike there at the sorce of the light. Everyone around her fleed as the vamps dusted from the light. Buffy ran up beside him. "I can feel it, Buffy!" Spike said when she reached him. "What?" she asked terrified. "My soul. It's really there.kinda stings." he said. The began to cave in around them. "Go on, then." He said looking at her. "No, no you've done enough! You could still." she started but he cut her off. "No, you've beaten them back," he said, "best for me to do the clean-up." She heard Faith yell for her to come on but ignored her. "Gotta run, lamb. Guess it's safe to say, school's out for the bloody summer," he joked. "Spike!" she said in terror. "I mean it," he said seriously, "I gotta do this." Buffy reached for his outstretched hands and laced her finger's in his. "I love you." she said, tears in her eyes. "No you don't.but thanks for sayin' it." he replied and the ground beneath them shook, "Now go!" She let his hand go. "I choose him!" she yelled looking up, "I choose Spike!" Buffy awoke in a bus, "Where.where am I?" she asked touching her throbbing head. "You're on the bus.you got a pretty bad hit on the noggin' down there," she heard Xander's voice say. "Spike!" she said sitting up, "did he make it???" Xander stepped to the side to show an unconsious Spike laying behind him, "He should come to sometime soon.but, Buffy, there's something weird about him, now.he's not cold.he's hot." "It worked," she whispered. Xander looked confused but just then Spike started coughing. Xander walked over to him and Buffy looked up toward the ceiling, "Thank you." she whispered, "Thank you so much." "Buffy," she heard Spike whisper in a horse voice. She stood up and walked over to him, "I'm here.I'll always be here." He smiled, still keeping his eyes closed, "So, you really were listening." "Yeah, you gave me strength that night." she said, "Spike, I have to tell you something." "I'm listening." he said, his voice improving. "You're human." she said as a tear fell down her face. "What?" he said opening his eyes to see the room flooded with light, including him. "You're human, now." she explained, "there were these god's that gave me a choice, they said I had to chose which souled-vampire would become human.and I chose you." "I realized something.I realized I really do love you.and I want to be more than your friend." "We could never be more than friends, Buffy, you know that." he said. "No," she said, "I think we could.and I'm intend on finding out if I'm right." She leaned in and kissed him. Xander looked at them but didn't say anything. He walked out of the bus to give them some alone time. "Xander, what's going on???" Giles said seeing the two through the window of the bus from outside. "Buffy's getting something she's needed for a long time." he answered, ".someone who loves and understands her."
The war had started; Buffy heard Spike yell her name and she turned around to see a briliant flash of light and as her eyes adjusted she saw Spike there at the sorce of the light. Everyone around her fleed as the vamps dusted from the light. Buffy ran up beside him. "I can feel it, Buffy!" Spike said when she reached him. "What?" she asked terrified. "My soul. It's really there.kinda stings." he said. The began to cave in around them. "Go on, then." He said looking at her. "No, no you've done enough! You could still." she started but he cut her off. "No, you've beaten them back," he said, "best for me to do the clean-up." She heard Faith yell for her to come on but ignored her. "Gotta run, lamb. Guess it's safe to say, school's out for the bloody summer," he joked. "Spike!" she said in terror. "I mean it," he said seriously, "I gotta do this." Buffy reached for his outstretched hands and laced her finger's in his. "I love you." she said, tears in her eyes. "No you don't.but thanks for sayin' it." he replied and the ground beneath them shook, "Now go!" She let his hand go. "I choose him!" she yelled looking up, "I choose Spike!" Buffy awoke in a bus, "Where.where am I?" she asked touching her throbbing head. "You're on the bus.you got a pretty bad hit on the noggin' down there," she heard Xander's voice say. "Spike!" she said sitting up, "did he make it???" Xander stepped to the side to show an unconsious Spike laying behind him, "He should come to sometime soon.but, Buffy, there's something weird about him, now.he's not cold.he's hot." "It worked," she whispered. Xander looked confused but just then Spike started coughing. Xander walked over to him and Buffy looked up toward the ceiling, "Thank you." she whispered, "Thank you so much." "Buffy," she heard Spike whisper in a horse voice. She stood up and walked over to him, "I'm here.I'll always be here." He smiled, still keeping his eyes closed, "So, you really were listening." "Yeah, you gave me strength that night." she said, "Spike, I have to tell you something." "I'm listening." he said, his voice improving. "You're human." she said as a tear fell down her face. "What?" he said opening his eyes to see the room flooded with light, including him. "You're human, now." she explained, "there were these god's that gave me a choice, they said I had to chose which souled-vampire would become human.and I chose you." "I realized something.I realized I really do love you.and I want to be more than your friend." "We could never be more than friends, Buffy, you know that." he said. "No," she said, "I think we could.and I'm intend on finding out if I'm right." She leaned in and kissed him. Xander looked at them but didn't say anything. He walked out of the bus to give them some alone time. "Xander, what's going on???" Giles said seeing the two through the window of the bus from outside. "Buffy's getting something she's needed for a long time." he answered, ".someone who loves and understands her."