Part 16B

Part 16B

Buffy heard the doorbell ring and reluctantly walked to answer it. Today had not been a good day so far. Not only did she have to wear that hot pink dress, but also things with her and Spike were not good. And on top of that, Dawn ran out of the house, probably on her way to Spike's crypt to tell him god knows what.

"Maybe we could've had something," Buffy thought. "Too late now, I guess. He must hate me."

She opened the door and was greeted with the excited faces of her three best friends, and Maria of course.

"Hola Buffy! We are here to get ready! Today is my wedding, in case you forgot!" Anya beamed.

"No Anya, how could I have forgotten, I'm only the maid of honour," Buffy said sarcastically.

"Yeah, you get to wear the pink dress," Willow said quietly to Buffy. "Lucky you."

"Well Senoritas! We're all here, so let's get started," Anya said.

"Wait, where's Dawnie?" Tara asked.

At that second Dawn came running through the back door, dressed in her pajamas and a can of whipped cream in hand.

"Dawnie, what are you doing?" Willow asked.

"I ummm…"

"Wow, our little Dawnie sure has grown up," Anya announced.

"What are you talking about?" Buffy asked.

"I know what you were doing with that whipped cream, sneaking into the house in your pj's…me and Xander do it all the time..don't worry, your secret is safe with me."

Everyone, including Dawn, just stared at Anya with looks of disbelief on their faces.

"What?" Anya asked.

"Anya, she doesn't even have a boyfriend, and she's fifteen..don't go there," Buffy said.

"Okay, well, that was interesting, but if we want to be at the church by 11:00, we better get moving, because it's 9:30 now," Willow announced trying to change the subject.

"Oh my god, it's 9:30!" Anya shouted. "Well, c'mon then, let's get a move on! Up, go up!" she yelled as she pushed everyone up the stairs.

Everyone climbed the stairs, dresses in hand, ready for the day of their lives.

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"Bloody hell! Why do I have to wear this?" Spike said as he tried to fix his bow tie.

"Listen Spike, it wasn't my idea to have everyone wear bright fluorescent colors, okay," Xander said as he fiddled with his bright blue bow tie.

"Bugger this! I'm getting a clip on!"

"We really should get a move on," Giles announced. "We have to be there in an hour, and the two if you can't even dress yourselves without arguing."

"Sorry Watcher, but if it wasn't for Buffy, I wouldn't even be going to this stupid affair."

"Hey! This is not some stupid affair! This is my wedding!" Xander announced proudly. "This is supposed to be the best day of my life."

"Oh yeah, and what a life it's been…laid some bricks, laid some bricks, got shagged, laid some bricks," Spike joked.

"Hey! You can make that got shagged lots!" Xander said.

"We really must get a move on, did you forget that we have to pick up Barbie in a half an hour," Giles said.

"Score one for the G-Man!" Xander announced as he gave him a thumbs up.

"Xander, you don't have to be so immature about it, she's a very lovely woman, who I find attractive and happen to enjoy spending time with."

"Yeah, if you call humping on the Hooters restroom floor spending time," Xander said sarcastically.

Giles turned ten shades of red. "Well, um..we really should get going."

"Yeah, let's, the faster we go, the less time I have till I see Buffy," Spike said as he pulled the blanket over his head. "And the less time I have to spend in this suit.

They walked to the bright pink limo with sun-proof windows that Maria had gotten them, and piled in reluctantly. They were halfway to Barbie's house, when the chauffeur decided to open the sunroof, giving Spike a nice surprise sunburn.

"Bloody hell!"

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"Buffy, what's wrong?" Willow asked as she finished curling the last part of Buffy's hair.

"It's nothing Will, really, I'm okay."

"Oh, you just seem kinda down," Willow replied.

"What? Buffy can't be down, we need her to be up!" Anya exclaimed. "I need a happy maid of honour, not a broody one."

"Anya, you're not helping," Tara said, as she purposely let the curling iron burn her head a little.

"Oww!" Anya exclaimed.

"Is it Spike?" Willow asked. "Did something happen with Spike?"

"Well, besides the fact that he hates me, then no, everything's fine," Buffy replied sarcastically.

"Oh Buffy, what happened?" Willow asked.

"Well, I went to Spike's last night, to invite him to Anya's wedding since he wasn't invited, but then.." Buffy was about to finish, but was rudely cut off by Anya.

"Spike? Oh, you shouldn't have asked him to come to the wedding, since he's invited already, duh!" Anya said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Spike's what?" Buffy asked.

"Spike's invited to the wedding, he has been all along..in fact, he's the best man. We had this plan all along that you weren't supposed to know about until.. Owww!" Anya tried to finish but was being burned by Tara and the curling iron.

"What was that for?" Anya asked Tara.

"Anya, we know you're all excited about your wedding, but did you lose a few brain cells over night or something?" Dawn asked as she finished applying her lipstick. "You just ruined the whole plan."

"Oh….oh!" Anya said as she realized what she had done. "Oops?"

"So wait a second….Spike's been invited the whole time? You all knew about this?" Buffy asked as she tried to piece everything together.

"Yeah, it's true, all of it," Willow said.

"So Dawn going to Spike's today was.."

"So that I could convince him to still go to the wedding," Dawn answered.

"And him being by Hooters as Xander's party was going on?"

"Yup, that too..he was at the bachelor party," Tara answered.

"And I thought he had really lost it when I saw him dancing the Macarena in his crypt with a sombrero on," Buffy joked. "I can't believe I've been so blind, it was all there right in front of me, I just didn't realize it until now."

"And you have me to thank for that," Anya said. "But can we please continue, I need help applying my fuschia lip gloss."

"This might of come as a shocker to you, but he really loves you Buffy, and we only kept it a secret to that we could make you happy," Dawn said.

"Oh, you guys!" Buffy said as she stood up for her friends and gave them all, even Maria a hug. "I don't know what to say..I thought Spike hated me, but now I know the truth," Buffy said as she tried to hold back tears. "Thank you."

"Oh Buffy, we love you, we just want you to be happy," Willow said.

"Yeah, we love you Buffy, just don't cry because then your mascara will run, and I can't have my maid of honour looking like a slob," Anya said.

"De nada Buffy," Maria said. "That Spike really loves you, and tonight at the Fiesta, you two will danza!"

"Yes, we will dance..we will dance."

And with that, they finished getting ready, and the six of them walked out to the limo. Before they left though, Buffy ran back into her house to get something.

"Might need this for later," she said with a devilish smile on her face as she grabbed the can of whipped cream out of the fridge and stuck it in her bag. "You know, in case we dance."

End Part 16B