He was being taken back, by the touch of her hand. suddenly he found himself back over one hundred fifty years ago, right before he'd been changed into a vampire by Angel.
"see.." she whispered, stroking his cheek, urging him into the memories.
and he saw. Saw the village where he had lived, where they both had lived. and saw her, walking down the cobblestone street towards him. in that pretty blue dress that she always wore, the one he liked. the one he had asked her to marry him in.
She was upset when she reached him in the square where he was waiting for her. He took her in his arms and kissed the top of her head.
"whats the matter, love?" he asked. She drew back from him with tears in her eyes.
"i've seen evil things about, William. evil things. they are going to take you away." she sobbed, tears slipping down her face.
"shhh.." he comforted. "nobody's going to take me away, love. nobody. no evil things."
She looked up at him, the tears still streaming down her face. "evil..."
and he was jolted back to the present. he realized that Jacynth had had her hands on either side of his head and had taken him back.
he pushed her away, roughly. she didn't stumble back, only stepped back with his force. she took a chair and pulled it up about a foot away from the bed, and rested her chin on her hands.
He looked at her, looking at him. he still couldn't believe that she was here, and how could she be?
"i can tell you that," she said, answering his thoughts.
"Don't tell me that you can read my bloody thoughts now.." he sneered at her.
"it's part of the gift, William." she said quietly.
He stood up angrily. "DON'T call me William. nobody calls me that anymore."
"ah, yes. i know. it's 'Spike' now, isn't it? and before that you were William the Bloody." she replied calmly.
He paced. "how do you know that? what are you now, some sort of witch?"
"maybe if you calmed down i could tell you." Jacynth rose out of the chair and stood in front of him.
He glowered at her. "How am i supposed to bloody calm down, Jacynth! you know i assumed you were dead. i saw you... saw your body..."
Jacynth stepped up to him and eased him gently into a chair. "Calm..." she whispered into his ear. "Calm now... i'll tell you everything."
"see.." she whispered, stroking his cheek, urging him into the memories.
and he saw. Saw the village where he had lived, where they both had lived. and saw her, walking down the cobblestone street towards him. in that pretty blue dress that she always wore, the one he liked. the one he had asked her to marry him in.
She was upset when she reached him in the square where he was waiting for her. He took her in his arms and kissed the top of her head.
"whats the matter, love?" he asked. She drew back from him with tears in her eyes.
"i've seen evil things about, William. evil things. they are going to take you away." she sobbed, tears slipping down her face.
"shhh.." he comforted. "nobody's going to take me away, love. nobody. no evil things."
She looked up at him, the tears still streaming down her face. "evil..."
and he was jolted back to the present. he realized that Jacynth had had her hands on either side of his head and had taken him back.
he pushed her away, roughly. she didn't stumble back, only stepped back with his force. she took a chair and pulled it up about a foot away from the bed, and rested her chin on her hands.
He looked at her, looking at him. he still couldn't believe that she was here, and how could she be?
"i can tell you that," she said, answering his thoughts.
"Don't tell me that you can read my bloody thoughts now.." he sneered at her.
"it's part of the gift, William." she said quietly.
He stood up angrily. "DON'T call me William. nobody calls me that anymore."
"ah, yes. i know. it's 'Spike' now, isn't it? and before that you were William the Bloody." she replied calmly.
He paced. "how do you know that? what are you now, some sort of witch?"
"maybe if you calmed down i could tell you." Jacynth rose out of the chair and stood in front of him.
He glowered at her. "How am i supposed to bloody calm down, Jacynth! you know i assumed you were dead. i saw you... saw your body..."
Jacynth stepped up to him and eased him gently into a chair. "Calm..." she whispered into his ear. "Calm now... i'll tell you everything."
