Chapter Two of While I Was Sleeping
Rating:PG
Summary:Buffy has been given the choice of going back to Sunnydale or on to heaven.
Disclaimer:The characters all belong to Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and the rest. I am merely playing with them.
Opening her eyes slowly, Buffy squinted in the sunlight and looked around. From what she could make out she was sitting on a bench in some sort of swing-park where a couple of kids were playing about, muttering out-loud, "Still not seeing my beach in France yet"
Suddenly she felt a small tug on her sleeve and looked down to see a little red-haired girl of about six or seven pointing to her tennis shoe expectantly. For some reason Buffy instantly felt like she knew her and smiled kindly, "Can i help you?"
The little girl nodded shyly, "Shoe-lace"
Looking down at her shoe realisation swept over her and Buffy knelt down next to her to tie the lace, "I'm Buffy, want to tell me your name?"
Admiring Buffy's work she answered quietly, "I'm Willow, my mommy says i'm not s'posed to talk to strangers but there was no-one else here"
Buffy froze as soon as she heard the girl's name, swallowing she stood-up, "Well, that's you all set. You can go play now Willow"
Shyly Willow offered her hand, "You can play too if you like, no-one will find out"
Frowning slightly at Willow's words Buffy took her hand and walked with her towards the group of kids playing in the sandbox. A little dark-haired boy instantly ran over as soon as he saw the pair and looked disapprovingly at Willow, "You know we're not to play with her no more. She left us"
Willow gripped Buffy's hand tighter and shook her head at the boy, "No, she might stay this time Xander. Maybe she didn't means to leave"
Glaring at Willow Xander walked away towards the swing-set and Buffy mused quietly to herself, "Stubborn even as a kid". She smiled a little as Willow instantly took after Xander with child-like worry in her eyes. Kneeling down she looked at the two remaining little girls playing with their dolls and a digger truck in the sand; "Let me guess, you two must be Tara and Anya"
The blonde, whom Buffy guessed to be Tara, looked up and smiled shyly at her before looking back down at her doll. Anya looked at Buffy warily before speaking quietly, "Xander says you don't like us anymore. That you've found new people to play with". Anya's voice dropped even lower as she quietly whispered with scared eyes looking at Buffy, "But they'll come for us anyway, now that you're gone"
"I don't think i know what you mean", Buffy frowned at Anya.
She glanced at Tara who was chanting quietly to her doll in a scared voice, "Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide"
Buffy stood-up completely bewildered and started to walk away from the sandbox to the slide where a small figure sat staring into space with something in it's arms. As she neared the slide Buffy smiled recognising the small boy sitting at the top immediately, "Hey Spike, what you doing"
He looked down at her indignantly answering like a typical six year old, "Nothing, none of your buisness"
Buffy sat down at the bottom of the slide and looked up at him, "Well, what you doing up there by yourself? How come you're not playing with the other kids?"
He looked down at her and shifted the thing in his arms, "Don't like 'em and they don't like me. And i ain't by myself". He proudly shifted the bundle again to let Buffy see what it was.
Buffy looked at him suspicously as soon as she saw it, "Spike, where did you get that baby?"
He grinned at her, "Not tellin' you"
Sighing in frustration she folded her arms deciding to play along considering she had been sent here for a reason, "Fine, want to tell me its name?"
He considered this for a minute and scrunched his face up in child-like concentration finally smiling at her, "All right, if you promise not to tell anyone. She's a secret, they'll come get her if they find out"
Buffy sighed, "Great more riddles, can never get a straight answer out of anyone these days". Raising her voice she replied, "Fine, i promise"
Nodding slightly as if in approval Spike whispered to her, "She's called Dawn"
"Great", Buffy muttered to herself, "Now i have a six year old kid on the top of a slide holding my baby sister as well as having to figure out all the little clues they keep giving me. Could this day get any worse?"
Apparently it could because at that moment Spike decided to hold Dawn dangerously over the side of the slide as a small smile played at his mouth.
Rating:PG
Summary:Buffy has been given the choice of going back to Sunnydale or on to heaven.
Disclaimer:The characters all belong to Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and the rest. I am merely playing with them.
Opening her eyes slowly, Buffy squinted in the sunlight and looked around. From what she could make out she was sitting on a bench in some sort of swing-park where a couple of kids were playing about, muttering out-loud, "Still not seeing my beach in France yet"
Suddenly she felt a small tug on her sleeve and looked down to see a little red-haired girl of about six or seven pointing to her tennis shoe expectantly. For some reason Buffy instantly felt like she knew her and smiled kindly, "Can i help you?"
The little girl nodded shyly, "Shoe-lace"
Looking down at her shoe realisation swept over her and Buffy knelt down next to her to tie the lace, "I'm Buffy, want to tell me your name?"
Admiring Buffy's work she answered quietly, "I'm Willow, my mommy says i'm not s'posed to talk to strangers but there was no-one else here"
Buffy froze as soon as she heard the girl's name, swallowing she stood-up, "Well, that's you all set. You can go play now Willow"
Shyly Willow offered her hand, "You can play too if you like, no-one will find out"
Frowning slightly at Willow's words Buffy took her hand and walked with her towards the group of kids playing in the sandbox. A little dark-haired boy instantly ran over as soon as he saw the pair and looked disapprovingly at Willow, "You know we're not to play with her no more. She left us"
Willow gripped Buffy's hand tighter and shook her head at the boy, "No, she might stay this time Xander. Maybe she didn't means to leave"
Glaring at Willow Xander walked away towards the swing-set and Buffy mused quietly to herself, "Stubborn even as a kid". She smiled a little as Willow instantly took after Xander with child-like worry in her eyes. Kneeling down she looked at the two remaining little girls playing with their dolls and a digger truck in the sand; "Let me guess, you two must be Tara and Anya"
The blonde, whom Buffy guessed to be Tara, looked up and smiled shyly at her before looking back down at her doll. Anya looked at Buffy warily before speaking quietly, "Xander says you don't like us anymore. That you've found new people to play with". Anya's voice dropped even lower as she quietly whispered with scared eyes looking at Buffy, "But they'll come for us anyway, now that you're gone"
"I don't think i know what you mean", Buffy frowned at Anya.
She glanced at Tara who was chanting quietly to her doll in a scared voice, "Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide"
Buffy stood-up completely bewildered and started to walk away from the sandbox to the slide where a small figure sat staring into space with something in it's arms. As she neared the slide Buffy smiled recognising the small boy sitting at the top immediately, "Hey Spike, what you doing"
He looked down at her indignantly answering like a typical six year old, "Nothing, none of your buisness"
Buffy sat down at the bottom of the slide and looked up at him, "Well, what you doing up there by yourself? How come you're not playing with the other kids?"
He looked down at her and shifted the thing in his arms, "Don't like 'em and they don't like me. And i ain't by myself". He proudly shifted the bundle again to let Buffy see what it was.
Buffy looked at him suspicously as soon as she saw it, "Spike, where did you get that baby?"
He grinned at her, "Not tellin' you"
Sighing in frustration she folded her arms deciding to play along considering she had been sent here for a reason, "Fine, want to tell me its name?"
He considered this for a minute and scrunched his face up in child-like concentration finally smiling at her, "All right, if you promise not to tell anyone. She's a secret, they'll come get her if they find out"
Buffy sighed, "Great more riddles, can never get a straight answer out of anyone these days". Raising her voice she replied, "Fine, i promise"
Nodding slightly as if in approval Spike whispered to her, "She's called Dawn"
"Great", Buffy muttered to herself, "Now i have a six year old kid on the top of a slide holding my baby sister as well as having to figure out all the little clues they keep giving me. Could this day get any worse?"
Apparently it could because at that moment Spike decided to hold Dawn dangerously over the side of the slide as a small smile played at his mouth.