Chapter 2 (final chapter)





Buffy smiled to herself as she puffed up her hair.

It was morning, and Spike had said that he would come as soon as possible. Would that be today?

How is it going to be, she wondered as she applied a small layer of mascara, will it be different? Will he be different? Have I changed much?

She looked at herself in the mirror. Same weight, same face, same hair....same muscles. Unfortunately, Sunnydale had only one vampire that had left to somewhere else two years ago. They had just kept on coming.

Stupid Undeads, she smirked to herself, then smiled. She looked nice. She had bought the pink slip dress a few months before, but hadn't had any occasions to wear it. She didn't think the vamps deserved for her to look so pretty when she killed them.

"Buffy, you look great!" Willow rushed into the room and hugged her.

"Thanks, Will." Buffy smiled, embarrassed. She knew Willow knew how sick she was feeling about seeing Spike again.

"Ooh, he's gonna die!" squealed Willow, and Buffy grinned.

"Yeah, bad pun, I know. But still! He's gonna be even deader! You look hot!"

"Um, Will!"

"Oh. Sorry." Willow smiled sheepishly, "Not hitting on you, Buff. You know that-"

"I know." Buffy smiled.





Buffy bit into her chicken with a sigh. It was eight o clock and he still wasn't there.

"Well, you did have to take about twelve hours away for, well, sunlight." Dawn sat down beside her and patted her back.

"Yeah." said Buffy unenthusiastically. What if he doesn't want to see me? What if he wanted to see me so much that he forgot about the sunlight and when it came up he was driving-

DING.

"Oh, God." Buffy felt her stomach drop.

He's here.

Dawn went to get the door and Buffy ran to the mirror. She fluffed up her hair again and puckered her lips. She still looked good!

She shook her head and walked into the hallway. Dawn stood at the door, in a frozen state. Then she hugged the male-

Brunette?

Her mouth dropped open. He'd lost the bleach?

"Spike!" Dawn squealed, "You undid your hair! And you're here and wow! I haven't seen you in ages!"

"Hey, biblet." he smiled at her when they pulled away, "You were right, you are taller than-"

Then he looked right at Buffy. He hesitated.

"Buffy."

"Hey." she said quietly, and Dawn bit her lip.

"That's my cue." she said brightly, and headed upstairs.

"So, you uh, undid your hair." Buffy said stupidly.

He smiled at her, "Like it?"

He looked hopeful.

She looked him over. Same body, totally different style. His duster was gone, replaced by a short black leather coat, and he wore dark new blue jeans and a -tight- white shirt. His hair was light brown, curly and fluffy.

His eyes were still blue.

"Wow." she whispered, "You've changed."

"I still have all my stuff," he said quickly, but she smiled and stopped him.

"You look great." she gave him a teary smile.

"You do too." he said sincerely.

"Uh, oh. Come on in." she motioned for him to sit in the living room.

"So....what's new?" he said once he had sat down on the couch.

"Nothing much... it's so weird, Willow and I were just talking about you yesterday."

"Oh, yeah?"

"Yeah...."

"Good things?"

"Memories."

"Of good things?"

She laughed, "Yes. Why we, um, why we missed you."

He got a soft look, "I missed you too. All of you. Even the whelp."

"Really?" Buffy raised her eyebrows.

"Only sometimes. When I had nobody to play pool and rant about women with."

"You guys did that? Why didn't we know?"

"Once, it was only once. And, well, you were the women, weren't you?"

They laughed.

Spike watched her for a second.

"You look the same as I remember."

A smile played at her lips, "Is that good or bad?"

"Well, good. You don't have the tears on your face now or anything." he smiled.

She shook her head, "I'm doing my best, Spike. I don't know if I'll be able to hold them off much longer, though."

Spike looked confused, "The vamps? Are they that bad?"

Buffy laughed lowly, "I meant the tears."

He cocked his head as she wiped her eye, "I've been so incredibly lost, Spike. I've messed up. Whenever I'm recovering from something I mess up. Relationships, losses, death. I get over it, but I still cause destruction when it happens, and I just realized that I still haven't gotten used to the fact that you left and if you leave again I'll mess up ten times worse. But....I'm babbling. Never mind. Just...tell me about New York or something."

"Oh, Buffy," he whispered and moved towards her. He put his finger on her cheek and wiped her tear away, "I'm sorry."

She couldn't stop crying now, "I'm sorry," he whispered as she wrapped her arms around him, "I'm sorry...."

She pulled back and sniffed, "This isn't exactly the homecoming you expected, was it?"

He chuckled, "Thing never go as expected in Sunnydale, Buff."

She looked down at her hand and pulled off the ring.

"Here," she looked down, "Take it. I held onto it for you, take it."

He was looking at her intently.

"What would you do if I asked you to keep it? If you remember the story I told you about my Mum?"

Buffy was trying to read his eyes.

Instead, she read his lips.

"Marry me." he whispered, and she exhaled deeply.

"Really?" she breathed, and he nodded.

"In the park? At dusk? With white dresses and flower girls?" her eyes were shining as he laughed, "Yes. Anything."

"Then.....yes."

"You will marry me, then?" he grinned and she kissed him as he slipped the ring back on her finger.

"I missed you," she whispered happily as she pulled back. She laughed out loud as she realized that she was sitting in the chair and he was on his knees.

"I missed you too." he murmured, "I love you, Buffy."

"I love you too, Spike."

They stood up, "It's William now, Sweetheart. I'm getting married as William. To Buffy. Man to woman."

"Man to woman." Buffy repeated and smiled.

"Soul to soul?" she whispered suddenly, and his eyes twinkled.

"Really?" her eyes widened in shock and he nodded.

"I didn't know how to tell you exactly.....but there was a gypsy in a bar, which was strange as it was-" he laughed and she kissed him again.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and he held her around the waist.

He took a shaky breath, "You are....the wind beneath my wings....."

He could feel Buffy laughing, "It might have appeared to go unnoticed, but I've got it all here in my heart....I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it. It would be nothing without you.....

Spike smiled down at her, " Did you ever know that you're my hero...."



You're everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the Wind Beneath My Wings.

Did I ever tell you you're my hero?
You're everything, everything I wish I could be.
Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the Wind Beneath My Wings,
'cause you are the Wind Beneath My Wings.

Oh, the Wind Beneath My Wings.
You, you, you, you are the Wind Beneath My Wings.
Fly, fly, fly away. You let me fly so high.
Oh, you, you, you, the Wind Beneath My Wings.
Oh, you, you, you, the Wind Beneath My Wings.

Fly, fly, fly high against the sky,
so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you,
thank God for you, the Wind Beneath My Wings...





*THERE! It's done, there will be no follow up, no other chapter. FINITO! I just thought it would be cute, and you guys made me do a follow up, so I did, but I am NOT doing another one! LOL but this was fun and cute, and for those of you who don't know the signifigance of wind beneath my wings, it's from SOMETHING BLUE, when Buff and Spike are put under a love spell and they are going to get married. At the end when they come out of the spell Buffy is being mean to Spike and he retorts with "At least I didn't want Wind Beneath My Wings for the first dance.". It was funny. Have fun with this, post it anywhere as long as I get credit, and blah blah blah. Thanks for reading, please review and have a nice and dandy day! :)