Title: Amends
Author: Faith
Part: 10/10
Rating: PG-13 for series
Disclaimer: I own only the whacked out ideas in my head. Not Spike, but I can
dream.
Distribution: Send it, just let me know where it's going.
Feedback: Of course. Babydevil1317328@aol.com or at
spikesslaves@yahoogroups.com
In the hospital, Buffy and Faith were rcovering remarkably. Dawn, on the
other hand, was in a coma.
As the Scoobies surrounded Dawn in her hospital bed, Spike and Angel were in
the Slayer's hospital room. Spike near Buffy's bedside again, and Angel near
Faith's. As the Slayers' were resting, Angle and his Childe were talking.
"You love her?" Angel stated this not as a question, but as a fact. He looked
his Childe in the face, and saw hints of emotion that as Angelous, he would
have beaten Spike for. He knew his face mirrored that of his Childe's.
Spike peered at Angel through heavy lids and nodded in consent. He knew that
he would have been beaten had Angel not had his soul. He took a closer look
at the man he had come to known as his father. He saw hints of emotion that
he had seen before, but only when he had looked at Buffy. He glanced down at
Faith's peaceful form and saw the object of his Sire's affection. He let out
a low chuckle. Angel glanced at him and chuckled along with his Childe.
"You know," Spike began, "that Buffy will not take this thing lying down."
"She has no choice." With that statement, the humor was gone from Angel's
face. "Spike, I want to..."
Spike cut him off. "I know. You don't need to embarress me in front of her,
do ya?" He took a hard look at Angel, and silently rebuked himself. "I
forgive you, you big poof. Now let us never speak of this again."
He turned to look at Buffy and stroke her hair. Angel looked at Faith with a
half smile on his face. He knew William would do Buffy really good, and he
had been forgiven by one of the three people who he had made lives a living
hell. But it was too late to make amends with Darla...
His train of thought was interrupted by Faith and Buffy's simultanieos
groaning.The two Slayer's looked at the vampire's above their bedsides. They
looked at eachother, nodded, and grabbed the vamps by the side of the head
and kissed them square on the lips.
Spike was taken aback by this sudden display of affection. Buffy broke the
kiss, looked at him with her expressive blue eyes,and softly said "Forgive
me?" He looked down at her, nodded, and kissed her lightly on the lips.
Suddenly, she remebered Dawn. She broke the kiss and leaped out of the bed.
"Where's Dawn's room?" she exclaimed. She saw Angel and Faith break lip lock
and Faith quickly joined her by the door.
"420" was the reply the two confused vamp gave them.
Quickly, the two Slayers ran out of the room to see Dawn.
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In Dawn's room, Tara gazed down at the still form, staring helplessly at the
girl's unmoving body. She knew she had to help. Buffy had already lost her
mom, Tara wasn't about to let her lose her sister.
Ever since she had awaken from the catonic state that her, Willow, Anya, and
Xander had been in, she had felt a new power inside of herself that she felt
could help Dawn.
"Willow?" Tara called softly to her lover. "Can you take everyone out of the
room so I can have a few minutes with Dawn? I was thinking that we can all
get something to eat, but I don't want to leave Dawn alone..."
Willow gazed up at Tara, her red hair glowing brightly under the flourescent
lights, and nodded her consent. She turned to the others, her brave face on,
and smiled brightly. "Who's hungry?"
Xander and Anya both threw their hands up, but Xander quickly put his down.
"Who's gonna watch Dawn?"
Tara meekly raised her hand. With that, Xander walked out the door, followed
closely by Anya. Willow turned to Tara and tentatively asked, "You want
anything?" When she nodded her head no, Willow left.
Tara watched her leave. A single tear ran down her cheek. She didn't want to
hurt Willow, so she had to this alone. She bent down and touched the sleeping
girl's forehead tenderly. Then, she repeated an incantation.
Illnes comes and illness goes,
Unto healthy heroes and healthy foes,
Let this girl's fate rest with me,
Let me sleep as long as she.
Suddenly, the room filled with an eerie bright light. Before the spell could
take effect, she wrote a couple sentences on a peice of paper.
Then, as if there was a vaccum in the room, Tara felt Dawn's catonic state
lift and settle in her. She smiled briefly as her world turned black.
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Buffy and Faith rushed into the room as Tara slumped foreward. Faith saw this
and hit the emergency buzzer that was attached to the wall in Dawn's room.
Buffy kneeled over Dawn's bed. She was watching her sister wake up from a
sleep that the doctor's thought would kill her. They were wrong. She hadn't
seen Tara slump foreward or the peice of paper on the nightstand near Dawn's
bed. All Buffy was concentrating on was her sister.
Buffy had been informed of Dawn's progress daily while they had been in the
hospital. But now her sister was waking up, and the gang was alright, and...
She saw Tara's lifeless form on the floor next to Dawn's bed. She also saw
the paper on the stand.
It read:
Dear Will,
I am so sorry. I love you, but I had to do this for Buffy and Dawn.
Please don't cry. I promise to come back to you.
Love always,
Tara
Buffy stood staring back and forth between Tara and the note. Suddenly, she
heard a scream. She looked behind her to see Willow.
So much for her wishful thinking.
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Faith and Buffy stood in the little apartment that Giles called home. Buffy
was making sure that Dawn was okay, then she was going to Spike's crypt,
where her and Faith were staying with Spike and Angel.
Buffy sat down. Faith sat next to her.
"Uh, B?" Faith looked around the place uncomfortably. "I just wanted to say
that I am sorry for everything. Riley, trying to kill you, killing the deputy
mayor..." She trailed off.
Buffy looked at Faith. The other Slayer was crying. She leaned over and gave
her a big hug. "It's alright, don't cry. I forgive you. It was all a
mistake..." Buffy was still soothing Faith when Dawn walked in.
"Buffy?" Dawn took a deep breath and started. "I'm sorry for helping Glory
and trying to bring the world to an end and saying all those mean things
about you and conjuring up Faith, Angel, and Riley and lending my strength to
Glory when you guys were fighting. I'm sorry."
With that said, she walked over to her sister, who was still trying to
comfort Faith, and sat down on the other side of her. Instantly, Buffy put
her arm around her and Dawn started crying. Now Buffy had two people to
comfort.
She smiled with the thought.
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After accepting both her sister and Faith's apoligies, Buffy made her own.
After things were set right, Buffy tucked Dawn in and left with Faith in tow.
They headed to the crypt in companionable silence.
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Willow sat in the hospital room where Tara was taking up residence. She was
stroking the soft honey-blonde hair on Tara's head. She was also whispering
how sorry she was.
Suddenly, Tara's eye's opened and she let out a soft moan. She looked at
Willow with a happy smile. "Told you I wouldn't leave you."
Willow burst out in tears and threw her arms around Tara, whispering how much
she loved her and how sorry she was that she had been brought into this.
"This isn't your fault Will," Tara began softly. "I wanted to do this.
Forgive me?"
"Only if you forgive me." Willow stubbornly replied.
Tara smiled at the sight of Willow and the relief on her face. "I forgive
you."
"And I forgive you." With that, Willow knelt down and kissed Tara on the
lips.
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Everyone slept peacefully that night, knowing that everyone had forgiven
everyone. Buffy lay curled up against Spike's handsome chest and knew
everything was as it was supposed to be. She looked over at Angel and Faith,
each asleep with a look of contentment on their faces. She would have to ask
Will to put a binding spell on Angel's soul in the morning...
But that was far away. She settled into Spike's cold embrace and fell asleep
with a smile on her face.
Author: Faith
Part: 10/10
Rating: PG-13 for series
Disclaimer: I own only the whacked out ideas in my head. Not Spike, but I can
dream.
Distribution: Send it, just let me know where it's going.
Feedback: Of course. Babydevil1317328@aol.com or at
spikesslaves@yahoogroups.com
In the hospital, Buffy and Faith were rcovering remarkably. Dawn, on the
other hand, was in a coma.
As the Scoobies surrounded Dawn in her hospital bed, Spike and Angel were in
the Slayer's hospital room. Spike near Buffy's bedside again, and Angel near
Faith's. As the Slayers' were resting, Angle and his Childe were talking.
"You love her?" Angel stated this not as a question, but as a fact. He looked
his Childe in the face, and saw hints of emotion that as Angelous, he would
have beaten Spike for. He knew his face mirrored that of his Childe's.
Spike peered at Angel through heavy lids and nodded in consent. He knew that
he would have been beaten had Angel not had his soul. He took a closer look
at the man he had come to known as his father. He saw hints of emotion that
he had seen before, but only when he had looked at Buffy. He glanced down at
Faith's peaceful form and saw the object of his Sire's affection. He let out
a low chuckle. Angel glanced at him and chuckled along with his Childe.
"You know," Spike began, "that Buffy will not take this thing lying down."
"She has no choice." With that statement, the humor was gone from Angel's
face. "Spike, I want to..."
Spike cut him off. "I know. You don't need to embarress me in front of her,
do ya?" He took a hard look at Angel, and silently rebuked himself. "I
forgive you, you big poof. Now let us never speak of this again."
He turned to look at Buffy and stroke her hair. Angel looked at Faith with a
half smile on his face. He knew William would do Buffy really good, and he
had been forgiven by one of the three people who he had made lives a living
hell. But it was too late to make amends with Darla...
His train of thought was interrupted by Faith and Buffy's simultanieos
groaning.The two Slayer's looked at the vampire's above their bedsides. They
looked at eachother, nodded, and grabbed the vamps by the side of the head
and kissed them square on the lips.
Spike was taken aback by this sudden display of affection. Buffy broke the
kiss, looked at him with her expressive blue eyes,and softly said "Forgive
me?" He looked down at her, nodded, and kissed her lightly on the lips.
Suddenly, she remebered Dawn. She broke the kiss and leaped out of the bed.
"Where's Dawn's room?" she exclaimed. She saw Angel and Faith break lip lock
and Faith quickly joined her by the door.
"420" was the reply the two confused vamp gave them.
Quickly, the two Slayers ran out of the room to see Dawn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In Dawn's room, Tara gazed down at the still form, staring helplessly at the
girl's unmoving body. She knew she had to help. Buffy had already lost her
mom, Tara wasn't about to let her lose her sister.
Ever since she had awaken from the catonic state that her, Willow, Anya, and
Xander had been in, she had felt a new power inside of herself that she felt
could help Dawn.
"Willow?" Tara called softly to her lover. "Can you take everyone out of the
room so I can have a few minutes with Dawn? I was thinking that we can all
get something to eat, but I don't want to leave Dawn alone..."
Willow gazed up at Tara, her red hair glowing brightly under the flourescent
lights, and nodded her consent. She turned to the others, her brave face on,
and smiled brightly. "Who's hungry?"
Xander and Anya both threw their hands up, but Xander quickly put his down.
"Who's gonna watch Dawn?"
Tara meekly raised her hand. With that, Xander walked out the door, followed
closely by Anya. Willow turned to Tara and tentatively asked, "You want
anything?" When she nodded her head no, Willow left.
Tara watched her leave. A single tear ran down her cheek. She didn't want to
hurt Willow, so she had to this alone. She bent down and touched the sleeping
girl's forehead tenderly. Then, she repeated an incantation.
Illnes comes and illness goes,
Unto healthy heroes and healthy foes,
Let this girl's fate rest with me,
Let me sleep as long as she.
Suddenly, the room filled with an eerie bright light. Before the spell could
take effect, she wrote a couple sentences on a peice of paper.
Then, as if there was a vaccum in the room, Tara felt Dawn's catonic state
lift and settle in her. She smiled briefly as her world turned black.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Buffy and Faith rushed into the room as Tara slumped foreward. Faith saw this
and hit the emergency buzzer that was attached to the wall in Dawn's room.
Buffy kneeled over Dawn's bed. She was watching her sister wake up from a
sleep that the doctor's thought would kill her. They were wrong. She hadn't
seen Tara slump foreward or the peice of paper on the nightstand near Dawn's
bed. All Buffy was concentrating on was her sister.
Buffy had been informed of Dawn's progress daily while they had been in the
hospital. But now her sister was waking up, and the gang was alright, and...
She saw Tara's lifeless form on the floor next to Dawn's bed. She also saw
the paper on the stand.
It read:
Dear Will,
I am so sorry. I love you, but I had to do this for Buffy and Dawn.
Please don't cry. I promise to come back to you.
Love always,
Tara
Buffy stood staring back and forth between Tara and the note. Suddenly, she
heard a scream. She looked behind her to see Willow.
So much for her wishful thinking.
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Faith and Buffy stood in the little apartment that Giles called home. Buffy
was making sure that Dawn was okay, then she was going to Spike's crypt,
where her and Faith were staying with Spike and Angel.
Buffy sat down. Faith sat next to her.
"Uh, B?" Faith looked around the place uncomfortably. "I just wanted to say
that I am sorry for everything. Riley, trying to kill you, killing the deputy
mayor..." She trailed off.
Buffy looked at Faith. The other Slayer was crying. She leaned over and gave
her a big hug. "It's alright, don't cry. I forgive you. It was all a
mistake..." Buffy was still soothing Faith when Dawn walked in.
"Buffy?" Dawn took a deep breath and started. "I'm sorry for helping Glory
and trying to bring the world to an end and saying all those mean things
about you and conjuring up Faith, Angel, and Riley and lending my strength to
Glory when you guys were fighting. I'm sorry."
With that said, she walked over to her sister, who was still trying to
comfort Faith, and sat down on the other side of her. Instantly, Buffy put
her arm around her and Dawn started crying. Now Buffy had two people to
comfort.
She smiled with the thought.
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After accepting both her sister and Faith's apoligies, Buffy made her own.
After things were set right, Buffy tucked Dawn in and left with Faith in tow.
They headed to the crypt in companionable silence.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~********************************~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Willow sat in the hospital room where Tara was taking up residence. She was
stroking the soft honey-blonde hair on Tara's head. She was also whispering
how sorry she was.
Suddenly, Tara's eye's opened and she let out a soft moan. She looked at
Willow with a happy smile. "Told you I wouldn't leave you."
Willow burst out in tears and threw her arms around Tara, whispering how much
she loved her and how sorry she was that she had been brought into this.
"This isn't your fault Will," Tara began softly. "I wanted to do this.
Forgive me?"
"Only if you forgive me." Willow stubbornly replied.
Tara smiled at the sight of Willow and the relief on her face. "I forgive
you."
"And I forgive you." With that, Willow knelt down and kissed Tara on the
lips.
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Everyone slept peacefully that night, knowing that everyone had forgiven
everyone. Buffy lay curled up against Spike's handsome chest and knew
everything was as it was supposed to be. She looked over at Angel and Faith,
each asleep with a look of contentment on their faces. She would have to ask
Will to put a binding spell on Angel's soul in the morning...
But that was far away. She settled into Spike's cold embrace and fell asleep
with a smile on her face.