Buffy walked her mother into the living room and had her sit down. Buffy was about to sit down also when she noticed Spike and Jackie standing in the doorway of the room. Buffy couldn't help but become speechless. They looked so similar, it was amazing. *Wow. This is kinda scary....* She snapped herself out of the trance.
"You two can sit down too." She said pointing at the chairs in the room. Spike said nothing and sat down in the same chair he did when he and Buffy agreed to work together to fight Angel. Jackie was about to sit down when she became sidetracked by the many pictures sitting on the mantelpiece. She carefully pick up one with Buffy and Joyce. In the background was trees and sunlight. It was a more recent picture. She absent minding-ly traced her fingers over the glass and smiled.
"Um, excuse me, but who are you?" Joyce asked the strange girl in her living room. Jackie looked up at her from the picture.
"Mom, this is my-, I mean this is Jacquelyn." Buffy introduced. Jackie walked over to her grandmother and shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you." Jackie said, smiling.
"Nice to meet you too. How do you know my daughter?" Joyce asked.
"Oh, we go far back." Jackie, Spike, and Buffy couldn't help but chuckle at her choice of words.
"I don't see what's so funny." Joyce said.
"I guess I'll tell the story again, I've already done it two times anyway." With that said, Jackie sat in a near by chair and told the story of her life to her grandmother.
~~~~~~~~A While Later, After The Story~~~~~~~
"And then we came here and told you the story." Jackie finished. Buffy turned to her mom, searching for any sign of emotion. Joyce shook her head.
"I'm sorry, but this is a little hard to believe. I thought vampire's couldn't have children." Joyce said. Buffy and Spike looked at each other then at their daughter.
"Oh, they can't." Jackie nodded and smiled.
"Wait a sec here luv. How is it that you are here then?" Spike asked leaning in towards Jackie.
"Willow does a spell, that accidentally, turns you human." Jackie explained. Spike raised an eyebrow.
"A Spell?" He asked.
"Well, sorta, its kind of a resurrection spell. Its in the same book I used to get here. Although that to got kinda mess up." She added.
"I still can't believe this." Joyce said. Jackie hung her head. She couldn't think of a way to make her or, her parents truly believe her. She looked back at the picture, then remembered something.
"OF COURSE!" She hit her head with her hand in realization. Everyone stared at her. She got up from the chair and walked over to Joyce and Buffy.
"I totally forgot!" The young girl reached in her back pocket for something, and pulled out a small purple wallet. "I have pictures." She carefully opened the wallet, as Spike got up off of his chair and sat on the couch. Next to Buffy. Jackie took out a small bunch of pictures and placed the wallet down on the table. She then started to show them the pictures of her time. The first was of the entire Scooby gang, in the magic box.
"Who are all these people?" Buffy asked.
"Well that's Aunt Anya, she's a bit out spoken, but really cool. Just don't take her to a pet shore with rabbits. And that's Aunt Tara, I probably shouldn't tell you much about her. And that's my actual Aunt Dawn-and I can't say much about her either." Jackie explained giving Buffy the picture. The next picture was self explanatory. It had Spike and Buffy with Jackie in between them. They looked very happy. Joyce took the picture and studied it. The next one was Jackie at age 4 being thrown in the air by Spike. Buffy again took the picture. Looking at it and smiling. She didn't see the last picture because Spike grabbed it before she could.
"Tell me, what am I like in your world?" Joyce questioned. Jackie looked over at her.
"I don't know. You died before my mom and dad even got together. This is my first time meeting you." She admitted. Joyce was silent for a few seconds then she stood up.
"Do you always greet your loved ones with a hand shake?" She asked before standing up and hugging Jackie for a long while.
"What's that one?" Buffy asked Spike in a small voice. Spike showed her the picture in his hand. Buffy looked at it. It was of them sharing a passionate kiss. Buffy looked back up at Spike.
"What do you think about all this?" She asked, sure that he'd say something about not wanting to be human, or spend the rest of his life with her.
"I don't know. But if this is how happy we are, then, well I guess I'd say I could live." His answer shocked even himself. Then he turned his attention back to Joyce and Jackie. He then noticed that Jackie was crying. Buffy noticed too, she got up and walked over to her daughter and hugged her. *This feels so.........right.* Buffy thought as she held Jackie. Joyce looked at Spike.
"Well?" She put her hands on her hips and looked at him questionable. Spike gave a heavy sigh.
"Fine." He got up and walked over to the two women then gently pulled Jackie away from Buffy and hugged her. Strangely he had no urge to bit her. He just stood there. And held her. *This is to odd. But right, well almost right...I'm so pathetic...* Spike gave another heavy sigh.
"Bloody Hell..." Spike exclaimed before grabbing the now crying Buffy and pulling her into their embrace.
~~~~The next morning~~~~~
Buffy and Jackie walked quickly to the Library. Buffy was trying her hardest not to fall on the floor and pass out from the tiredness she felt. She looked over at her daughter who seemed more alive then ever.
"How can you be so awake when we both got about 2 hours of sleep?!" She exclaimed. Jackie smiled over at her mother and pushed open the doors to the Library.
"I don't know, my sleeping pattern is all mess up. Some days I want to sleep at night and others at day. Go figure." Jackie smiled.
"Good morning Giles." Buffy greeted as she set her backpack down on the table and began to warm-up for their morning excurses. Jackie took a seat next to Willow who was on her laptop researching something. Xander handed her a donut and returned to sit next to Cordilla who was fixing her make-up. Giles began to go over some basic training with Buffy.
"So where are you going to go today? I mean since you don't have classes or anything." Willow asked Jackie who was watching the slayer practice.
"I don't know, I might stay or go back and see Joyce." Willow looked a little confused but decided not to ask how she knew the Joyce of this time.
"Sorry about yesterday, we didn't mean to-" Willow began.
"Don't worry about it. It actually worked out ok, mom, dad, grandma Joyce and I had a discussion about it." Jackie explained. Willow nodded, but didn't understand how this girl managed to get Buffy and Spike to talk to each other.
"How are you going to get back? I mean are you going to do a reverse spell or something?" The future witch asked. Jackie hung her head.
"I don't know the name of the spell and with out something to go on, I couldn't even begin to search for the book." Jackie stated. Willow tried her best to think of another way to send her back, but she couldn't come up with a thing.
"I'm sorry. I'll try to do some research on it." She reassured. Jackie smiled at her.
"Thanks."
~~~~~~~Later that night~~~~~~
"Ready to go?" Buffy asked the blonde girl sitting on the table reading a book on the history of the slayers. Jackie looked up.
"Yeah, I'm sooooo hungry." She complained. Buffy could hear her own stomach talking.
"I know what you mean." They where about to exit the Library when Giles stopped them.
"Buffy, I want you to do a quick patrol before you turn in." Giles looked at Buffy with a serious face when she started to pout.
"Ohhh.......do I hafta?" She complained. Jackie looked a little confused, she couldn't understand why the slayer wouldn't want to patrol.
"We'll go with you Buffy!" Willow added glancing at Xander. Xander looked up from the book he was trying to read without success. There where to many big words.
"We will?" He asked.
"I'll go to." Jackie joined. Everyone looked at her. "What?" she questioned.
"You know how to defeat vampires?" Giles asked, concerned that Buffy would let her human daughter fight the forces of evil.
"Oh yeah! I've been doing it since I was 10! Spike taught me how to fight without Buffy knowing, and then when she found out she started teaching me too." Jackie stated as if it was really nothing at all. Giles began to clean his glasses.
"Perhaps I will go with you. I'm quite curious as to how you might defend yourself." Giles stated towards Jackie. She nodded.
"Oh, great we'll have a slay-party!" Willow announced joyfully.
~~~~~~~A While later~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I don't think there are any badies out tonight." Buffy stated as she and her friends walked through the cemetery. They had only been there a few short minutes, but usually if things where going to attack they did it fast and quick.
"No it doesn't look like there are any vampires in sight." Xander added. Buffy stopped where she was walking.
"Oh, I wouldn't say that." She said as Spike walked up to them. He raised his hands in the air to show that he wasn't there to fight.
"What do you want Spike?" Giles asked getting annoyed with the vampire already. Spike didn't even look at him though. He scanned the group searching for his daughter.
"Where's Jacquelyn?" He asked Buffy who was shifting nervously.
"She went to check out the other side of the cemetery. She thought it would be quicker that way." She explained. Spike looked at Buffy in what could have been shock, but it turned to anger.
"And you let her?! Are you completely insane?! You don't let a little girl walk around in the cemetery alone at night!" Spike exclaimed quickly turning to find Jackie.
"Why do you care what happens to her?" Xander questioned. He was confused as to why the same vampire who kidnapped him and willow a month ago would want to save this girl.
"Well you know she is my daughter." Spike said sarcastically. "And there's something about her that I really like, and I don't what anything to happen to her." He concluded. Buffy stared at him in deep concentration. He glared down at her, then softened his expression when he saw her smile. Then her face turned to one of fear.
"LOOK OUT!" She yelled. Spike turned around in time to see another vampire about to attack, then all of the sudden it was on the ground after being punched square across the face.
"Sorry, I was fighting a bunch of them and this one ran." Jackie explained after she punched the vampire. The girl from the future picked up the vampire, and began to punch and kick the demon until it could barely move. Then she walked over to her mother.
"Can I barrow that?" She asked pointing to the stake in her mother's hand. Buffy handed her the stake.
"Thanks." Jackie said before turning and imbedding the wood through the vampires heart. He quickly turned to dust and Jackie handed Buffy back her stake.
"Sorry for the interruption." Jackie said to the group. "That was fun! They're aren't very many vampires in the Sunndydale I live in anymore, or at least not as many as there are in this Sunnydale." She explained.
"Well, I think we have all put in a good nights work! How about we go get some ice cream or something?" Willow suggested. Xander looked very excited at the suggestion.
"Oh yes, all this standing around doing nothing has gotten me in the mood for ice cream!" He exclaimed. Willow smiled then looked at her other friends.
"What about you guys?" She questioned.
"I'll go!" Jackie announced.
"What about you G-man?" Xander asked Giles who began to clean his glasses.
"I rather think not. I'll see you all at school tomorrow." He said before turning and walking back to his car.
"Bye Giles!" Buffy yelled as her watcher left. Willow turned to Buffy.
"Are you in Buffy?" She asked her friend. Buffy shook her head no.
"No thanks Will. I think I'll finish patrolling and go home." Buffy explained looking a little tired, maybe more so then that morning.
"Ok, but you don't know what your missing." Xander said as they began to walk away.
"See you later." Jackie said before following them. Buffy smiled and waved to them. Once they where out of sight she turned around and stared at Spike. He only stared back.
"Do you want to come?" She asked. *Oh yea, that's how I want to spend my night! Slaying with my mortal enemy....She's out of her bloody mind!* Spike thought. Although no matter how hard he tried the words never reached his mouth.
"Fine." He agreed. They began to walk through the cemetery together, although they never came across anything evil. Unless you count squirrels. Buffy grew more and more tried by the minute. She could barely keep her eyes open, yet alone fight. Spike noticed this.
"If you where planning on attacking me, now might be a good time since I'm half way to dreamland." The slayer joked. Spike strangely hadn't fought of attacking or killing her the entire night, he began to think he was going crazy. *Stupid Slayer! Look at what she's done to me! Turned me all soft and poof-like, she's turned me into bloody Angel! Damn her!* Spike looked over to see that Buffy had closed her eyes and was still walking, he was about to say something to make her open her eyes but before he could she ran straight into a large oak tree. Buffy held her head in pain.
"oww..." She complained then looked over at her undead companion. At the very sight of her Spike fell on the ground laughing.
"Good job slaying the big bad tree luv." Spike said. Buffy glared at him and tried to keep a straight face, but she could barely hold back her own laughter.
"Slut up Spike." Buffy said before helping him back on his feet. They began to walk again and Buffy still had trouble keeping her eyes open. Then she felt Spike's arm around her waist pulling her to him. She was a little shocked at first, then she slowly put one arm around his waist and leaned against his chest.
"This way you won't have to worry about the killer trees pet." Spike said smiling down at the blonde head.
"Haha, very funny Spike." Buffy stated very softly. She was almost completely asleep when she felt Spike suddenly stop and take a deep unneeded breath. She looked up at him and saw him staring at something.
"What's wrong Spike?" She asked.
"By the looks of it, everything." The voice Buffy heard wasn't Spikes. It came from in front of them. Buffy recognized the voice right away.
"Angel."
"You two can sit down too." She said pointing at the chairs in the room. Spike said nothing and sat down in the same chair he did when he and Buffy agreed to work together to fight Angel. Jackie was about to sit down when she became sidetracked by the many pictures sitting on the mantelpiece. She carefully pick up one with Buffy and Joyce. In the background was trees and sunlight. It was a more recent picture. She absent minding-ly traced her fingers over the glass and smiled.
"Um, excuse me, but who are you?" Joyce asked the strange girl in her living room. Jackie looked up at her from the picture.
"Mom, this is my-, I mean this is Jacquelyn." Buffy introduced. Jackie walked over to her grandmother and shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you." Jackie said, smiling.
"Nice to meet you too. How do you know my daughter?" Joyce asked.
"Oh, we go far back." Jackie, Spike, and Buffy couldn't help but chuckle at her choice of words.
"I don't see what's so funny." Joyce said.
"I guess I'll tell the story again, I've already done it two times anyway." With that said, Jackie sat in a near by chair and told the story of her life to her grandmother.
~~~~~~~~A While Later, After The Story~~~~~~~
"And then we came here and told you the story." Jackie finished. Buffy turned to her mom, searching for any sign of emotion. Joyce shook her head.
"I'm sorry, but this is a little hard to believe. I thought vampire's couldn't have children." Joyce said. Buffy and Spike looked at each other then at their daughter.
"Oh, they can't." Jackie nodded and smiled.
"Wait a sec here luv. How is it that you are here then?" Spike asked leaning in towards Jackie.
"Willow does a spell, that accidentally, turns you human." Jackie explained. Spike raised an eyebrow.
"A Spell?" He asked.
"Well, sorta, its kind of a resurrection spell. Its in the same book I used to get here. Although that to got kinda mess up." She added.
"I still can't believe this." Joyce said. Jackie hung her head. She couldn't think of a way to make her or, her parents truly believe her. She looked back at the picture, then remembered something.
"OF COURSE!" She hit her head with her hand in realization. Everyone stared at her. She got up from the chair and walked over to Joyce and Buffy.
"I totally forgot!" The young girl reached in her back pocket for something, and pulled out a small purple wallet. "I have pictures." She carefully opened the wallet, as Spike got up off of his chair and sat on the couch. Next to Buffy. Jackie took out a small bunch of pictures and placed the wallet down on the table. She then started to show them the pictures of her time. The first was of the entire Scooby gang, in the magic box.
"Who are all these people?" Buffy asked.
"Well that's Aunt Anya, she's a bit out spoken, but really cool. Just don't take her to a pet shore with rabbits. And that's Aunt Tara, I probably shouldn't tell you much about her. And that's my actual Aunt Dawn-and I can't say much about her either." Jackie explained giving Buffy the picture. The next picture was self explanatory. It had Spike and Buffy with Jackie in between them. They looked very happy. Joyce took the picture and studied it. The next one was Jackie at age 4 being thrown in the air by Spike. Buffy again took the picture. Looking at it and smiling. She didn't see the last picture because Spike grabbed it before she could.
"Tell me, what am I like in your world?" Joyce questioned. Jackie looked over at her.
"I don't know. You died before my mom and dad even got together. This is my first time meeting you." She admitted. Joyce was silent for a few seconds then she stood up.
"Do you always greet your loved ones with a hand shake?" She asked before standing up and hugging Jackie for a long while.
"What's that one?" Buffy asked Spike in a small voice. Spike showed her the picture in his hand. Buffy looked at it. It was of them sharing a passionate kiss. Buffy looked back up at Spike.
"What do you think about all this?" She asked, sure that he'd say something about not wanting to be human, or spend the rest of his life with her.
"I don't know. But if this is how happy we are, then, well I guess I'd say I could live." His answer shocked even himself. Then he turned his attention back to Joyce and Jackie. He then noticed that Jackie was crying. Buffy noticed too, she got up and walked over to her daughter and hugged her. *This feels so.........right.* Buffy thought as she held Jackie. Joyce looked at Spike.
"Well?" She put her hands on her hips and looked at him questionable. Spike gave a heavy sigh.
"Fine." He got up and walked over to the two women then gently pulled Jackie away from Buffy and hugged her. Strangely he had no urge to bit her. He just stood there. And held her. *This is to odd. But right, well almost right...I'm so pathetic...* Spike gave another heavy sigh.
"Bloody Hell..." Spike exclaimed before grabbing the now crying Buffy and pulling her into their embrace.
~~~~The next morning~~~~~
Buffy and Jackie walked quickly to the Library. Buffy was trying her hardest not to fall on the floor and pass out from the tiredness she felt. She looked over at her daughter who seemed more alive then ever.
"How can you be so awake when we both got about 2 hours of sleep?!" She exclaimed. Jackie smiled over at her mother and pushed open the doors to the Library.
"I don't know, my sleeping pattern is all mess up. Some days I want to sleep at night and others at day. Go figure." Jackie smiled.
"Good morning Giles." Buffy greeted as she set her backpack down on the table and began to warm-up for their morning excurses. Jackie took a seat next to Willow who was on her laptop researching something. Xander handed her a donut and returned to sit next to Cordilla who was fixing her make-up. Giles began to go over some basic training with Buffy.
"So where are you going to go today? I mean since you don't have classes or anything." Willow asked Jackie who was watching the slayer practice.
"I don't know, I might stay or go back and see Joyce." Willow looked a little confused but decided not to ask how she knew the Joyce of this time.
"Sorry about yesterday, we didn't mean to-" Willow began.
"Don't worry about it. It actually worked out ok, mom, dad, grandma Joyce and I had a discussion about it." Jackie explained. Willow nodded, but didn't understand how this girl managed to get Buffy and Spike to talk to each other.
"How are you going to get back? I mean are you going to do a reverse spell or something?" The future witch asked. Jackie hung her head.
"I don't know the name of the spell and with out something to go on, I couldn't even begin to search for the book." Jackie stated. Willow tried her best to think of another way to send her back, but she couldn't come up with a thing.
"I'm sorry. I'll try to do some research on it." She reassured. Jackie smiled at her.
"Thanks."
~~~~~~~Later that night~~~~~~
"Ready to go?" Buffy asked the blonde girl sitting on the table reading a book on the history of the slayers. Jackie looked up.
"Yeah, I'm sooooo hungry." She complained. Buffy could hear her own stomach talking.
"I know what you mean." They where about to exit the Library when Giles stopped them.
"Buffy, I want you to do a quick patrol before you turn in." Giles looked at Buffy with a serious face when she started to pout.
"Ohhh.......do I hafta?" She complained. Jackie looked a little confused, she couldn't understand why the slayer wouldn't want to patrol.
"We'll go with you Buffy!" Willow added glancing at Xander. Xander looked up from the book he was trying to read without success. There where to many big words.
"We will?" He asked.
"I'll go to." Jackie joined. Everyone looked at her. "What?" she questioned.
"You know how to defeat vampires?" Giles asked, concerned that Buffy would let her human daughter fight the forces of evil.
"Oh yeah! I've been doing it since I was 10! Spike taught me how to fight without Buffy knowing, and then when she found out she started teaching me too." Jackie stated as if it was really nothing at all. Giles began to clean his glasses.
"Perhaps I will go with you. I'm quite curious as to how you might defend yourself." Giles stated towards Jackie. She nodded.
"Oh, great we'll have a slay-party!" Willow announced joyfully.
~~~~~~~A While later~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I don't think there are any badies out tonight." Buffy stated as she and her friends walked through the cemetery. They had only been there a few short minutes, but usually if things where going to attack they did it fast and quick.
"No it doesn't look like there are any vampires in sight." Xander added. Buffy stopped where she was walking.
"Oh, I wouldn't say that." She said as Spike walked up to them. He raised his hands in the air to show that he wasn't there to fight.
"What do you want Spike?" Giles asked getting annoyed with the vampire already. Spike didn't even look at him though. He scanned the group searching for his daughter.
"Where's Jacquelyn?" He asked Buffy who was shifting nervously.
"She went to check out the other side of the cemetery. She thought it would be quicker that way." She explained. Spike looked at Buffy in what could have been shock, but it turned to anger.
"And you let her?! Are you completely insane?! You don't let a little girl walk around in the cemetery alone at night!" Spike exclaimed quickly turning to find Jackie.
"Why do you care what happens to her?" Xander questioned. He was confused as to why the same vampire who kidnapped him and willow a month ago would want to save this girl.
"Well you know she is my daughter." Spike said sarcastically. "And there's something about her that I really like, and I don't what anything to happen to her." He concluded. Buffy stared at him in deep concentration. He glared down at her, then softened his expression when he saw her smile. Then her face turned to one of fear.
"LOOK OUT!" She yelled. Spike turned around in time to see another vampire about to attack, then all of the sudden it was on the ground after being punched square across the face.
"Sorry, I was fighting a bunch of them and this one ran." Jackie explained after she punched the vampire. The girl from the future picked up the vampire, and began to punch and kick the demon until it could barely move. Then she walked over to her mother.
"Can I barrow that?" She asked pointing to the stake in her mother's hand. Buffy handed her the stake.
"Thanks." Jackie said before turning and imbedding the wood through the vampires heart. He quickly turned to dust and Jackie handed Buffy back her stake.
"Sorry for the interruption." Jackie said to the group. "That was fun! They're aren't very many vampires in the Sunndydale I live in anymore, or at least not as many as there are in this Sunnydale." She explained.
"Well, I think we have all put in a good nights work! How about we go get some ice cream or something?" Willow suggested. Xander looked very excited at the suggestion.
"Oh yes, all this standing around doing nothing has gotten me in the mood for ice cream!" He exclaimed. Willow smiled then looked at her other friends.
"What about you guys?" She questioned.
"I'll go!" Jackie announced.
"What about you G-man?" Xander asked Giles who began to clean his glasses.
"I rather think not. I'll see you all at school tomorrow." He said before turning and walking back to his car.
"Bye Giles!" Buffy yelled as her watcher left. Willow turned to Buffy.
"Are you in Buffy?" She asked her friend. Buffy shook her head no.
"No thanks Will. I think I'll finish patrolling and go home." Buffy explained looking a little tired, maybe more so then that morning.
"Ok, but you don't know what your missing." Xander said as they began to walk away.
"See you later." Jackie said before following them. Buffy smiled and waved to them. Once they where out of sight she turned around and stared at Spike. He only stared back.
"Do you want to come?" She asked. *Oh yea, that's how I want to spend my night! Slaying with my mortal enemy....She's out of her bloody mind!* Spike thought. Although no matter how hard he tried the words never reached his mouth.
"Fine." He agreed. They began to walk through the cemetery together, although they never came across anything evil. Unless you count squirrels. Buffy grew more and more tried by the minute. She could barely keep her eyes open, yet alone fight. Spike noticed this.
"If you where planning on attacking me, now might be a good time since I'm half way to dreamland." The slayer joked. Spike strangely hadn't fought of attacking or killing her the entire night, he began to think he was going crazy. *Stupid Slayer! Look at what she's done to me! Turned me all soft and poof-like, she's turned me into bloody Angel! Damn her!* Spike looked over to see that Buffy had closed her eyes and was still walking, he was about to say something to make her open her eyes but before he could she ran straight into a large oak tree. Buffy held her head in pain.
"oww..." She complained then looked over at her undead companion. At the very sight of her Spike fell on the ground laughing.
"Good job slaying the big bad tree luv." Spike said. Buffy glared at him and tried to keep a straight face, but she could barely hold back her own laughter.
"Slut up Spike." Buffy said before helping him back on his feet. They began to walk again and Buffy still had trouble keeping her eyes open. Then she felt Spike's arm around her waist pulling her to him. She was a little shocked at first, then she slowly put one arm around his waist and leaned against his chest.
"This way you won't have to worry about the killer trees pet." Spike said smiling down at the blonde head.
"Haha, very funny Spike." Buffy stated very softly. She was almost completely asleep when she felt Spike suddenly stop and take a deep unneeded breath. She looked up at him and saw him staring at something.
"What's wrong Spike?" She asked.
"By the looks of it, everything." The voice Buffy heard wasn't Spikes. It came from in front of them. Buffy recognized the voice right away.
"Angel."