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The Hand Rocks the Cradle
Chapter 2
Xander walked into the elementary school, and down the hall to Gwen's classroom. When he got there, she was talking to a brown- eyed, brown- haired, serious- faced little boy. Gwen caught sight of Xander and pulled her new friend with her.
"Xandew! Dis is my new fwiend, Angewus," said Gwen, excitedly.
Xander crouched down to their eye level.
"Hello, Angelus. I'm Xander."
"Hi," Angelus managed to squeak.
Gwen grabbed her things and Xander brought her home. The entire way there Gwen told Xander about all of her new friends: Angelus, Dani, Maple, Alex, Tina and Anna. Xander was surprised how much Gwen reminded him of Buffy.
"And dere's dis weawwy mean bwonde boy, his name's Wiwwiam," said Gwen.
"Really?"
"Yup."
Xander pulled up in front of the Summers household and brought Gwen inside. Buffy came down the stairs and Gwen ran into her outstretched arms. Xander and Buffy talked for a dew minutes before he left.
"How was school?" asked Buffy.
"Fun! I woved it!"
Gwen pulled Buffy into the kitchen, as she launched into her detailed day. Gwen did her homework, ate a snack, then Buffy and Gwen planned Gwen's birthday party.
"What day is your birthday?"
"Octobew firtief."
"That's a Sunday, so we'll have your party next Saturday, okay?"
"Can it be a costume pawty?"
Buffy nodded, and they worked on invitations. The next day, Gwen handed out the invitations to everyone in the class, coming upon William's last. She walked up to him.
"Forgot mine, I suppose?" he drawled, his British accent not revealing anything but hate, and anger.
He reminded her of Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter books.
"Nope, it's right here," she said, handing him the white envelope.
"Oh. I- I- I- I thought--"
"You fought wong. I fink da onwy weason you don't have fwiends is cuz you buwwy evwy one, if you didn't do dat, you'd have wots and wots of fwiends. Why awe you so mean?"
He looked at her and shrugged.
"I don't know."
She smiled at him, and he blushed slightly, without her noticing. Then, she left to go play with her friends. Throughout the week, children's parents called in to RSVP, everyone's but William's. Thursday and Friday, before the party, William wasn't at school, and no one but Gwen seemed worried. That night, Tara was over to watch Gwen as Buffy pattroled, but the phone rang, just as Buffy walked by it.
"Hello?"
Buffy heard the sound of screaming and glass shattering against a wall.
"Hi. Is it too late to call in for the party?" asked the small voice on the phone.
"No, of course not."
"I want to come. This is William."
Buffy heard more screaming, and slapping in the background.
"Great! I'll tell Gwen."
She then heard a man yelling at William to hang up the phone, then the line was disconnected. Buffy panicked, and called the police.
"Gwen? What's William's last name?"
"Willis, why?"
Then Buffy called Xander to ask him to take over patrolling, and he agreed. A few hours later, someone knocked on the door, and Tara opened it, as a police officer walked in. Buffy invited him in the living room to sit down. He did so, taking off his hat in the process.
"Miss Summers. I, as a father, would like to thank you. That man was about to kill his wife and son by the time we got there," said the police officer.
"Oh God, are they okay?" asked Buffy.
"The boy is, but his mom is in a coma, and not expected to wake up. The boy has no relatives, that we know of."
"I'll take 'im," said Spike who had slipped in unnoticed. "I've met 'im. Spittin' image of me."
"I don't know, Spike," said Buffy.
"Why not?"
"Well, for one thing--"
"I know, I'll get better hours."
"Spike!" said Gwen, running to him.
"Hello, Little Bit."
"I've got somefing to show you. Come wif me."
He followed her into the dining room, and just as he walked in Tara began to chant. Spike fell to his knees as Gwen said something of her own. They stopped at the exact same time, and Spike stood up.
"What did you do too me?" he asked.
"Wemenbew when you towd me dat you wanted to be awive? Weww dat's what we did."
"Wha--?"
Gwen took a cross and put it to Spike's skin, noting happened.
"Tawa! We did it!"
Tara nodded, smiling. Spike walked over to Tara, and hugging her, pinning her arms to her sides and spinning her around. Then he went to Gwen, airplane spinning her. Gwen put a cross on a chain, around Spike's neck, and the two went back into the living room.
"What did Gwen want to show you?" asked Buffy.
"She gave me a cross to protect me, she said," said Spike, showing it to Buffy.
The police officer stood up and faced Spike. Buffy's eyes got wide and her jaw dropped.
"Kid must like you. I'll see what I can do about the boy, goodnight folks," he said, putting on his hat, and leaving.
"How?" was all Buffy could say.
"Tara and Gwen turned me human," said Spike.
"Wow. Tara, you really are powerful."
"I couldn't have done it without Gwen," said Tara, shyly.
"Yes you could have. You just don't bewiwve in youwsewf."
Tara smiled, hugged Gwen and left. The next day, Gwen and Buffy went shopping for a costume. They ended up getting matching costumes: Large, white wings; a white dress; and a gold halo. At 3:30, they were setting up for the party. Buffy was an Angel, Joyce was June Cleaver, Giles was himself, Dawn was the Devil, Xander was 'commando guy', Anya was Betty Bo Peep, Willow was a stereotypical witch, and Tara was a hippie. Spike walked up, dressed as a vampire, carrying a huge gift, and the first thing Gwen noticed about him was that he had a bandage on his head.
"What happened?" asked Gwen.
"Got that bloody chip out of my head, finally, that's what," said Spike.
"Coow!"
He laughed and put the large box on the table. Then, Gwen's friends arrived. Alex was an Army action figure, Maple was a sorceress, Angelus was a cowboy, Dani was Satan's wife, Tina was a the lead singer from Sweetwater, the sixties band, and Anna was a Mary, and she had a little lamb. By 4:15, almost everyone was there, all but one. Gwen searched through the crowd of first graders, looking. She found him leaning up against the tree in the corner of the yard.
"Hi Wiwwiam," said Gwen.
"Hullo. Happy Birthday."
"Fanks, come wif me. I want you to meet someone."
He followed her toward the teenagers/ adults section of the party. She stopped next to Spike,
"Who is it?" asked William, trying to follow her.
"Spike, dis is Wiwwiam, Wiwwiam, dis is Spike."
"Hullo."
"Hey. 'Member me, from the other night?"
"Yeah. You saved me from that vampire. I was curious to know. Why save me from your own kind?"
" 'M not a vampire anymore, mate. Gwen, and Tara here, fixed that problem."
"Wow."
"That's what I said. Hi I'm Buffy," said Buffy, getting down to his eye level.
"You're the one who saved me and my mum, well, me at least."
"I try."
William smiled and Gwen pulled him to the party. The children danced, played and giggled until cake and presents. The girls got her the same thing: hair stuff and lotion, and the boy's moms got her the same thing: stuffed animals. Her friends didn't follow that pattern. Alex got her a charm bracelet with a bear, dollars, and a smiley face on it, Maple got her a necklace with an amethyst on the end, Tina got her a lilac scented candle, Anna got her a Harry Potter book, Dani got her a lock diary, and Angelus got her a snowglobe with an Angel inside, that looked exactly like Gwen, black hair and blue eyes. William pulled a small box from his pocket and handed it to Gwen. Alex eyed him carefully, not trusting him. Gwen gave Alex the 'stop that!' look and opened the box, revealing an emerald ring, with the gold on the sides coming up onto it, making some kind of Celtic markings, on a gold chain.
"Wow," said Gwen, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
He blushed and Joyce took a picture of the two. That night Spike convinced them to let Gwen spend the night with him and William.
"Where, Spike? In your crypt?" said Buffy.
"Y'know. You could have asked where I've been all day. I've been busting my butt. I got a job, a house, furniture, and a car. I'm doing all of this for William. I had a bit of money left over from tips and stuff. I bought the house, and the car is a company car. I'm turning into a family man, my God!"
Buffy raised an eye brow at him.
"Really, now?"
He glared at her.
"Yes, really. So, can the little bit stay with us tonight, or do you want me to wake you up really early?"
"I don't see a problem with it. She talks about William all the time, they'll get along great," said Joyce, handing Spike Gwen's bag.
Gwen, William and Spike got into his Jeep and Spike drove them a few streets over to a medium sized, white house with green shutters, door, and garage door. It had a long porch and a porch swing at the end. Inside, Gwen and William raced up to his room and the last one there had to change in the bathroom. It was a tie, so they did rock, paper, scissors, but William cheated to let her win. They changed into their pajamas and ran down to the living room to watch the movies Spike had gotten: "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns". When they fell asleep, Spike Carried them up stairs, one at a time, to the bunk beds in William's room. The next morning the two were up and ready by 7:30, waking Spike, who got ready, and got them into the car, they stopped for breakfast, and then Gwen and William fell asleep in the car. At about 9:45, Spike woke them up. William got up right away, but Gwen was a bit more stubborn.
"Open your eyes Little Bit," coaxed Spike, gently.
Gwen opened her eyes, got out of the car, and looked around.
"Disneywand!"
"Say 'l'" She said it. "Now say 'DisneyLand'"
"Disneyland."
"Good, now say 'girl.'"
"Girl."
"Good, let's go."
They went in, Gwen and William had their pictures taken with Disney characters, got their autographs, by the time that was done, it was time for lunch. They ate lunch with the Princes and Princesses, who dressed the two children up as a prince and a princess. Then they walked around riding rides for a few more hours then headed back home. An hour and a half later, Spike pulled up in front of the Summers home. He got Gwen out of the car and up to the door, knocking with his foot. Dawn opened the door. He kicked off his shoes and carried a sleeping Gwen into her room, tucked her in, and kissed her on her forehead. Buffy stood at the door and watched. Spike stood up and Buffy ran to the other end of the hall to act as if she had just come up the stairs, as he came out of Gwen's room.
"She's asleep," said Spike.
"Okay. Good, have fun?"
"Yeah, we all did. I've got to run. I left Will, in the car, asleep. Don't want to leave him there."
He walked around her and out to his Jeep, started it up, and left. Buffy looked into Gwen's room, realizing that Gwen was the only one sleeping that night in the motherless household.
A/N: Review! No flames, PLEASE! I don't like being criticized. If it's constructive criticism, please keep it positive. I hope you like!
The Hand Rocks the Cradle
Chapter 2
Xander walked into the elementary school, and down the hall to Gwen's classroom. When he got there, she was talking to a brown- eyed, brown- haired, serious- faced little boy. Gwen caught sight of Xander and pulled her new friend with her.
"Xandew! Dis is my new fwiend, Angewus," said Gwen, excitedly.
Xander crouched down to their eye level.
"Hello, Angelus. I'm Xander."
"Hi," Angelus managed to squeak.
Gwen grabbed her things and Xander brought her home. The entire way there Gwen told Xander about all of her new friends: Angelus, Dani, Maple, Alex, Tina and Anna. Xander was surprised how much Gwen reminded him of Buffy.
"And dere's dis weawwy mean bwonde boy, his name's Wiwwiam," said Gwen.
"Really?"
"Yup."
Xander pulled up in front of the Summers household and brought Gwen inside. Buffy came down the stairs and Gwen ran into her outstretched arms. Xander and Buffy talked for a dew minutes before he left.
"How was school?" asked Buffy.
"Fun! I woved it!"
Gwen pulled Buffy into the kitchen, as she launched into her detailed day. Gwen did her homework, ate a snack, then Buffy and Gwen planned Gwen's birthday party.
"What day is your birthday?"
"Octobew firtief."
"That's a Sunday, so we'll have your party next Saturday, okay?"
"Can it be a costume pawty?"
Buffy nodded, and they worked on invitations. The next day, Gwen handed out the invitations to everyone in the class, coming upon William's last. She walked up to him.
"Forgot mine, I suppose?" he drawled, his British accent not revealing anything but hate, and anger.
He reminded her of Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter books.
"Nope, it's right here," she said, handing him the white envelope.
"Oh. I- I- I- I thought--"
"You fought wong. I fink da onwy weason you don't have fwiends is cuz you buwwy evwy one, if you didn't do dat, you'd have wots and wots of fwiends. Why awe you so mean?"
He looked at her and shrugged.
"I don't know."
She smiled at him, and he blushed slightly, without her noticing. Then, she left to go play with her friends. Throughout the week, children's parents called in to RSVP, everyone's but William's. Thursday and Friday, before the party, William wasn't at school, and no one but Gwen seemed worried. That night, Tara was over to watch Gwen as Buffy pattroled, but the phone rang, just as Buffy walked by it.
"Hello?"
Buffy heard the sound of screaming and glass shattering against a wall.
"Hi. Is it too late to call in for the party?" asked the small voice on the phone.
"No, of course not."
"I want to come. This is William."
Buffy heard more screaming, and slapping in the background.
"Great! I'll tell Gwen."
She then heard a man yelling at William to hang up the phone, then the line was disconnected. Buffy panicked, and called the police.
"Gwen? What's William's last name?"
"Willis, why?"
Then Buffy called Xander to ask him to take over patrolling, and he agreed. A few hours later, someone knocked on the door, and Tara opened it, as a police officer walked in. Buffy invited him in the living room to sit down. He did so, taking off his hat in the process.
"Miss Summers. I, as a father, would like to thank you. That man was about to kill his wife and son by the time we got there," said the police officer.
"Oh God, are they okay?" asked Buffy.
"The boy is, but his mom is in a coma, and not expected to wake up. The boy has no relatives, that we know of."
"I'll take 'im," said Spike who had slipped in unnoticed. "I've met 'im. Spittin' image of me."
"I don't know, Spike," said Buffy.
"Why not?"
"Well, for one thing--"
"I know, I'll get better hours."
"Spike!" said Gwen, running to him.
"Hello, Little Bit."
"I've got somefing to show you. Come wif me."
He followed her into the dining room, and just as he walked in Tara began to chant. Spike fell to his knees as Gwen said something of her own. They stopped at the exact same time, and Spike stood up.
"What did you do too me?" he asked.
"Wemenbew when you towd me dat you wanted to be awive? Weww dat's what we did."
"Wha--?"
Gwen took a cross and put it to Spike's skin, noting happened.
"Tawa! We did it!"
Tara nodded, smiling. Spike walked over to Tara, and hugging her, pinning her arms to her sides and spinning her around. Then he went to Gwen, airplane spinning her. Gwen put a cross on a chain, around Spike's neck, and the two went back into the living room.
"What did Gwen want to show you?" asked Buffy.
"She gave me a cross to protect me, she said," said Spike, showing it to Buffy.
The police officer stood up and faced Spike. Buffy's eyes got wide and her jaw dropped.
"Kid must like you. I'll see what I can do about the boy, goodnight folks," he said, putting on his hat, and leaving.
"How?" was all Buffy could say.
"Tara and Gwen turned me human," said Spike.
"Wow. Tara, you really are powerful."
"I couldn't have done it without Gwen," said Tara, shyly.
"Yes you could have. You just don't bewiwve in youwsewf."
Tara smiled, hugged Gwen and left. The next day, Gwen and Buffy went shopping for a costume. They ended up getting matching costumes: Large, white wings; a white dress; and a gold halo. At 3:30, they were setting up for the party. Buffy was an Angel, Joyce was June Cleaver, Giles was himself, Dawn was the Devil, Xander was 'commando guy', Anya was Betty Bo Peep, Willow was a stereotypical witch, and Tara was a hippie. Spike walked up, dressed as a vampire, carrying a huge gift, and the first thing Gwen noticed about him was that he had a bandage on his head.
"What happened?" asked Gwen.
"Got that bloody chip out of my head, finally, that's what," said Spike.
"Coow!"
He laughed and put the large box on the table. Then, Gwen's friends arrived. Alex was an Army action figure, Maple was a sorceress, Angelus was a cowboy, Dani was Satan's wife, Tina was a the lead singer from Sweetwater, the sixties band, and Anna was a Mary, and she had a little lamb. By 4:15, almost everyone was there, all but one. Gwen searched through the crowd of first graders, looking. She found him leaning up against the tree in the corner of the yard.
"Hi Wiwwiam," said Gwen.
"Hullo. Happy Birthday."
"Fanks, come wif me. I want you to meet someone."
He followed her toward the teenagers/ adults section of the party. She stopped next to Spike,
"Who is it?" asked William, trying to follow her.
"Spike, dis is Wiwwiam, Wiwwiam, dis is Spike."
"Hullo."
"Hey. 'Member me, from the other night?"
"Yeah. You saved me from that vampire. I was curious to know. Why save me from your own kind?"
" 'M not a vampire anymore, mate. Gwen, and Tara here, fixed that problem."
"Wow."
"That's what I said. Hi I'm Buffy," said Buffy, getting down to his eye level.
"You're the one who saved me and my mum, well, me at least."
"I try."
William smiled and Gwen pulled him to the party. The children danced, played and giggled until cake and presents. The girls got her the same thing: hair stuff and lotion, and the boy's moms got her the same thing: stuffed animals. Her friends didn't follow that pattern. Alex got her a charm bracelet with a bear, dollars, and a smiley face on it, Maple got her a necklace with an amethyst on the end, Tina got her a lilac scented candle, Anna got her a Harry Potter book, Dani got her a lock diary, and Angelus got her a snowglobe with an Angel inside, that looked exactly like Gwen, black hair and blue eyes. William pulled a small box from his pocket and handed it to Gwen. Alex eyed him carefully, not trusting him. Gwen gave Alex the 'stop that!' look and opened the box, revealing an emerald ring, with the gold on the sides coming up onto it, making some kind of Celtic markings, on a gold chain.
"Wow," said Gwen, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
He blushed and Joyce took a picture of the two. That night Spike convinced them to let Gwen spend the night with him and William.
"Where, Spike? In your crypt?" said Buffy.
"Y'know. You could have asked where I've been all day. I've been busting my butt. I got a job, a house, furniture, and a car. I'm doing all of this for William. I had a bit of money left over from tips and stuff. I bought the house, and the car is a company car. I'm turning into a family man, my God!"
Buffy raised an eye brow at him.
"Really, now?"
He glared at her.
"Yes, really. So, can the little bit stay with us tonight, or do you want me to wake you up really early?"
"I don't see a problem with it. She talks about William all the time, they'll get along great," said Joyce, handing Spike Gwen's bag.
Gwen, William and Spike got into his Jeep and Spike drove them a few streets over to a medium sized, white house with green shutters, door, and garage door. It had a long porch and a porch swing at the end. Inside, Gwen and William raced up to his room and the last one there had to change in the bathroom. It was a tie, so they did rock, paper, scissors, but William cheated to let her win. They changed into their pajamas and ran down to the living room to watch the movies Spike had gotten: "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns". When they fell asleep, Spike Carried them up stairs, one at a time, to the bunk beds in William's room. The next morning the two were up and ready by 7:30, waking Spike, who got ready, and got them into the car, they stopped for breakfast, and then Gwen and William fell asleep in the car. At about 9:45, Spike woke them up. William got up right away, but Gwen was a bit more stubborn.
"Open your eyes Little Bit," coaxed Spike, gently.
Gwen opened her eyes, got out of the car, and looked around.
"Disneywand!"
"Say 'l'" She said it. "Now say 'DisneyLand'"
"Disneyland."
"Good, now say 'girl.'"
"Girl."
"Good, let's go."
They went in, Gwen and William had their pictures taken with Disney characters, got their autographs, by the time that was done, it was time for lunch. They ate lunch with the Princes and Princesses, who dressed the two children up as a prince and a princess. Then they walked around riding rides for a few more hours then headed back home. An hour and a half later, Spike pulled up in front of the Summers home. He got Gwen out of the car and up to the door, knocking with his foot. Dawn opened the door. He kicked off his shoes and carried a sleeping Gwen into her room, tucked her in, and kissed her on her forehead. Buffy stood at the door and watched. Spike stood up and Buffy ran to the other end of the hall to act as if she had just come up the stairs, as he came out of Gwen's room.
"She's asleep," said Spike.
"Okay. Good, have fun?"
"Yeah, we all did. I've got to run. I left Will, in the car, asleep. Don't want to leave him there."
He walked around her and out to his Jeep, started it up, and left. Buffy looked into Gwen's room, realizing that Gwen was the only one sleeping that night in the motherless household.
A/N: Review! No flames, PLEASE! I don't like being criticized. If it's constructive criticism, please keep it positive. I hope you like!
