Divine Intervention

by The Resident Vampyr

When Buffy kissed Spike, she never dreamed it would end like this. A post-Intervention B/S fic.

2. Pure and Precious

Title: Pure and Precious
Synopsis: Can Buffy's friends accept Spike into their circle once again?
Note: A continuation of Divine Intervention. I write immediately after an episode airs. I don't read spoilers nor early bird reviews, so all my post-episode fictions are pure speculations :)
Rating: PG
Date Written: Friday, 27 April, 2001 : 10:26 PM
Author: The Resident Web Vampyr © 2001.
Credits: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a property by Joss Whedon and the powers that be. Click here for more.
Characters in play: Buffy Willow Xander Anya Dawn Tara Giles Spike



part four.

Anya looked pensive as she searched her end table. She opened each drawer, browsed through its contents, and closed it in frustration. She moved to the bed and scrambled the sheets and pillows, tossing them around.

"Xander, have you seen my earrings?" she said finally.

"What?" replied Xander, preoccupied with getting his shirt on. Buffy called them to her house to have an emergency meeting about a certain exiled god who's currently in town.

"My earrings! I put them here yesterday," said Anya, starting to get whiny.

"Just look for them later okay? We don't want to be late again," he said waiting at the door.

Anya finally gave up. She'd looked for them everywhere but somehow they had just...disappeared. She grabbed her coat and walked towards the door.

"Don't worry, they'll will turn up somewhere," reassured Xander as he closed the door behind them.


***

Dawn slipped Anya's earrings in her drawers. She marvelled that she got away with it easily, without anybody noticing it. A pair of earrings...what's next? she thought. She was getting used to it lately, first breaking and entering at the Magic Box, then borrowing books from Willow & Tara, and now this. The world may surprise us yet... Dawn smiled.




part five.

Giles sat comfortably on the chair waiting for everybody to settle down. Tara and Willow sat side by side near the fireplace, while Xander and Anya, who came late, sat on far end of the couch. All of them were confused at the urgency of the call and wanted to know the reason behind it.

Buffy was the first one to speak. "About yesterday, when we discovered Glory's apartment, we were'nt actually sure whether she knows about the key or not."

"Yes, I was worried about that," said Giles. "We didn't get any answers from Spike. Did he tell you anything?"

"That's why we're here, I just want to let you know that there's nothing to worry about. The Key's identity is safe. Glory doesn't know who it is," said Buffy in a calm voice.

"So, that old rascal didn't spill the beans after all?" said Xander in disbelief. He had to agree, Spike did suffer a hell of a beating from Glory, but he was willing to bet the vampire only did it to impress Buffy in his own twisted way.

"Did he ask you for money?" asked Anya.

"Money?" said Buffy.

"You know, a reward for not telling Glory who the Key is?"

"No," Buffy chuckled, shaking her head.

"How about sexual favors?" Anya asked again.

"No!" Buffy answered flatly.

"What Anya was trying to say is," Willow started to speak, "Spike is acting weird lately. You know, his obsession and stuffs, plus the stalking..."

"We can't trust him," Tara blurted out.

Buffy didn't express the same opinion as the rest of her friends about Spike, and her face showed the dissent. She was confused about whether to tell them what happened yesterday at Spike's crypt. "Look guys, there is one more thing I have to tell you," Buffy considered this for a minute. "Spike-"

There was a knock on the door.




part six.

Giles started to wonder what other significant thing Buffy wanted to say was. The Key was safe. Spike didn't tell Glory about it. He didn't ask for any money or...favors. What was missing? They heard Buffy open the door and say, almost in a whisper, "Come on in...". They wondered who Buffy's visitor was that she had to invite in during an important meeting. The mystery was soon solved.

Buffy returned with a concerned look on her face. She didn't say anything, only stood there looking at everyone. Her friends and Giles waited for her to speak. Finally, Buffy's visitor walked carefully behind her. His left eye still completely swollen shut, several small cuts on his face, and still nursing a broken rib.

"What the hell are you doing here?" said Xander angrily and started to stand up, Giles not far behind.

"Careful mate," said Spike, "you don't want to further damage the goods, do you?"

"You have a hell of a lot of nerve to show up here," said Giles indignantly.

"Giles, Xander," said Buffy, "Let me explain."

Spike smirked. Willow approached Giles to calm him down. Anya clutched Xander's arm and pulled him back down to the couch. Buffy paused, finding this is harder than she thought it would be. She didn't expect that strong a reaction from her friends. Well, that wasn't quite true. She knew they wouldn't understand Spike's presence in her house, or in their lives.

Spike was their enemy. He still was and always would be. He'd done too much damage to even consider him otherwise. True, he helped them out last year but that's because of the chip, or a monetary reward, not because of his good nature.

"Spike, for reasons I am not going to get in to right now, can be trusted," said Buffy carefully.

"Reasons you can't get in to?" asked Willow, not sure whether she followed Buffy. Confusion was evident in the faces of all Buffy's friends.

"Trust me on this," said Buffy. She could not fully explain what happened. She didn't know if it was becuase she didn't want to share their moment yesterday, or if she was afraid that if she did, they wouldn't understand. All she knew was that Spike had shown compassion and deserved a second chance.

Spike moved beside Buffy and stopped. "Look, I came here because I wanted to help," he said sincerely.

Giles and the rest did not say anything. It was a matter of trust. Trust Buffy's judgement. Trust that she was doing this because of some reason. But trust Spike? They knew Buffy wouldn't do anything that might jeopardize their safety. But what could have caused that change in Spike's status, they weren't sure.

"Glory's precious sidekicks abducted me because they thought I was the Key," Spike started to speak. "But Glory knew otherwise. She knew that I wasn't. She knew because I was a vampire. The Key has to be pure. And I'm not."

"Hmp. Now you're talking," said Xander sarcastically.

Spike shot a glance at Xander and continued talking, "I think it's a matter of time before she finds out who the Key is."

"The Key has to be pure..." whispered Giles.

***

Also by The Resident Web Vampyr Against One, Stronger than Desire, Sweetness Follows, Glorious, No More, An Ode to Spike and Buffy, Checkpoint, Blood Lies, Crushed/I was made to crush you, I was made to love you too, The Bloody/Misere Mani, Forevermore/The Gnosis, Divine Intervention/Pure&Precious. Visit www.vampyrslayer.cjb.net for more.