Hearing It
"I just don't see why everyone was so upset," Anya announced and Buffy paused on the other side of the kitchen door, wondering if she were in the mood for another of Anya's unique situations. Buffy was already sure sex was somehow involved in this.
"I offered to let them join us," Anya continued. "I mean our clothes were already mostly off before we realized they were sleeping there and having to get dressed again and go look for another room really breaks the mood. Do you think they said no because I'm pregnant?"
"No," Xander said. "I'm sure that was the last thing on their minds."
Buffy opened the door and walked in. "What did you two do? Try to borrow the bridal suit?"
"Oh no, the room we found was being used by Angel and Fred," Angel relied without guile.
"Oh…" Buffy said sounding more than a little off.
"He shouldn't have slept with her," Dawn interjected angrily. "I told him he shouldn't be with her that very day and he still slept with her!"
"Dawn, enough," Spike ordered.
"We don't actually know if they're having sex or not," Willow told Buffy, trying to sound comforting. "They could have just been sleeping together, literally sleeping I mean."
"Of course they're having sex," Anya said. "They would have been given separate rooms if they weren't involved. It was a castle; that means lots of rooms. It isn't like they needed people to double up to save space."
"Thank you Anh," Xander said. "That was exactly the right thing to say."
"You're being sarcastic," Anya said frowning. "I don't like it when you do that."
"I'm sorry Anh, but please don't try to help," Xander requested.
Buffy smiled weakly. "He's happy, that's what I wanted. That's why I didn't tell him I was back. This is a good thing, I'm glad to hear it… I'll talk to you guys later okay?"
The rest of the Scoobies looked after Buffy's retreating form unhappily.
"I'm going to fix this," Spike said firmly. "Do what she should of done two years ago. Xander give me you car keys."
"What? No! Why?" Xander exclaimed.
"I'll just hot wire it if you don't hand 'em over," Spike said simply.
"You're going back to LA," Willow realized. "To tell Angel. Will, you didn't have a soul when Buffy first came back remember? She didn't trust you then, she had you swear a magic oath not to tell. You can't break that promise without consequences, you know that."
Spike smiled. "She made me swear on my hope of ever getting rid of the chip. I'm not the same person who swore that. I'll keep the chip if it means she's happy. The chip's just not that important to me anymore."
