Note: At last - the final chapter! Which, you can all note, is chapter 7,
and, if my theory is correct - number 7 on any CD is usually a great song!
Go check! (Then come back and read this, of course :) ) Anyhoo, thats my
Number 7 theory, so hopefully it also applies to fan-fiction. Enjoy!
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"Vampires are weird," stated Buffy as she walked in the park with Willow. Things were slowly beginning to go back to normal and Buffy felt her life was getting easier and, more importantly, happier. And it was all thanks to Spike.
Willow smiled at Buffy. "You think vamps are weird? Wan't me to tell Spike you said that?"
Buffy grinned, "I've called him worse than that. No, I mean, look at Spike."
"He's not here."
"I mean as an example of weirdo vamps. First he hated me, then he loved me. First he was a fighter against good, now he's a fighter against evil."
"Well, you obviously have a lot to do with that," said Willow, "Him being all goody-two-shoes."
"Don't let him here you calling him that," laughed Buffy, "He still likes to think of himself as the Big Bad."
"That's for damn sure," grinned Willow, "Last week he was all offended when some woman thanked him for killing a vampire who was attacking her. All scowls and muttered "Bloody hell's!" It was cute."
Buffy smiled. She loved that about Spike - that whole "I'm not good!" attitude he had. Willow was right - it was cute. Sometimes he reminded her of a character in the book Watership Down - Bigwig, the tough rabbit with an attitude.
"He's like Bigwig!" Buffy stated.
"Huh?" asked Willow, confused.
"You know that book Watership Down? About the rabbits? Well he's like Bigwig - all tough, yet slowly changing at the end."
"And you thought Spike would get offended by me calling him a goody-two- shoes? You just compared him to a cute 'lil bunny!"
Buffy laughed. "Yeah, but in a good way." She smiled and looked about. It was a lovely day - the birds were singing and there was a heady scent of perfume from nearby flowers. She had the afternoon off from work and, since Dawn was at school, had decided to spend some quality time with Willow. She hadn't seen nearly enough of her lately, and had been feeling guilty. She had been trying to make it up to everyone. She had went with Xander to see some band the other night, dragging Dawn along too. Now that her and Spike were out in the open she didn't need to sneak out and see him at difficult times anymore - giving her spare time to hang around with everyone else too. A couple of times since the skateboarding demon incident at the Bronze, Spike and her had hung out with the rest of the scoobs as a couple. It was still strange, but so far had been going quite well.
"So," broke in Willow, interrupting her flow of thoughts, "Whatcha up to tonight? Patrolling?"
"What else do I do?" laughed Buffy, "Yeah, patrolling. But with two people patrolling it never takes long - so I think I'll settle in and watch TV."
Willow smiled, "Interview with the Vampire is on tonight! You gotta get Spike to watch it."
"Ooooh! Is it?" Buffy giggled, "Spike hates vampire movies! He says they're so stupid it makes him ill - especially if the vampires turn into bats and fly and stuff."
Willow laughed, "Yeah, I can see that pissing him off. It pisses me off and I'm not a vampire. Six years fighting the forces of evil will do that to you."
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Buffy whistled a merry tune as she put some freshly made pop-corn into a huge bowl. She opened up some cupboards, grabbing a packet of cookies and some chips. The microwave pinged and she took out a plate full of spicy Buffallo Wings - one of Spike's favourite foods, aside from blood, obviously.
She balanced all of the food and made her way into the living -room, arranging it all onto the table. She turned the TV on and sat on the couch, glancing at her watch - it was nearly 9.00pm and she didn't want to miss the beginning of the movie. Where the hell was that vampire?
Suddenly the door rang. Buffy went and opened it, to reveal Spike standing on the doorstep with a grin on his face.
"What took you?" Buffy asked, gesturing for him to come in.
"I couldn't resist," Spike sniggered, "Just saw the nibblet with some guy and had to go talk to her."
"Oh no," grinned Buffy, "What did you do?"
Spike walked into the living-room, nodded his head in approval of the snacks and settled down onto the couch.
"Nothing much," he said with and evil glint in his eye, " 'Cept the little lads probably a bit scared of me." He grinned, "A lot scared of me actually."
Buffy grinned and shook her head. "You love playing the Big Bad role, don't you?"
"Whatd'ya mean playing?" Spike asked indignantly, "That's who I am, baby."
Buffy rolled her eyes and sat on the couch, giving Spike a kiss on the head.
"You're cute." She said with a smile.
Spike raised his eyebrows. "I'm cute?"
"Yup", said Buffy ,"That's what me and Will were saying earlier."
"Red thinks I'm cute?" Spike was surprised, "I thought she was gay."
"Not cute in that way, doofus!" Buffy said, hitting his arm, "In that you're moaning about still being evil is cute."
"I am still evil." said Spike, not really meaning it. He gave Buffy his cutest expression - pouting his lip, all Bambi eyes. Buffy burst out laughing. Spike smiled - he loved seeing Buffy happy, and lately he had seen a lot of happy Buffy.
"So, what we watching?", asked Spike, "Something with blood, violence and carnage I hope."
"Yep, yep and yep."
"What is it?"
"Interview with the Vampire."
"What?!" Spike exclaimed, "Are you kidding? I'm not watching that! It's all rubbish!"
"Yeah", said Buffy, "That's the fun. We can snigger at the vampires when they start walking on walls and such."
"Well - that's not rubbish."
"What?"
"The walking on walls. That they got right."
"Huh? Since when have vampires walked up walls?"
"Since the dawn of time, luv. Call yourself a vampire Slayer? I thought you of all people would know that."
Buffy was gobsmacked. How come she had never known that? Sure, Dracula had been able to do that stuff - but all vampires? She glanced at Spike, who had the faintest traces of a grin on his face.
"Liar." Buffy smacked his arm.
"I can't believe you fell for that," laughed Spike, "Don't you think if that had been true then you'd have seen one of us do it by now?"
"Yeah, yeah." Buffy stuck her tongue out at Spike, then grabbed the remote and turned the volume up.
"Good - it's starting."
Spike sighed and sank into the couch. Buffy smiled at him and curled up next to him. She felt so comfortable. Her life felt comfortable. When had she ever felt like this before, she wondered. Not with Riley, that's for sure. And, no, not even with Angel. With Spike it was completely different. It was better. What did that mean? Buffy pondered. She had thought that she had, at one point, loved the last two men in her life, but she felt happier when she was with Spike than she ever had felt with either of them. Did that mean she loved Spike? She looked at him - he really was beautiful, the light of the TV was flickering over his face, accentuating the structure of his face, those amazing cheekbones. Suddenly she knew that she did. *And I have for a long time.* She realised, amazed. She had never told him that she loved him. Did he know? *I don't think he does* she thought, * He might never believe it* she remembered his words to her on the night she died.
"I know you'll never love me. I know that I'm a monster, but you treat me like a man and that's..."
*And that's what?* she wondered. She suddenly felt that she needed to tell him. He needed to know - she wanted to make him happy. But how to do it? She shifted nervously.
"What's with you?" Spike asked suddenly, breaking into her thoughts.
"Huh?" Buffy squeaked.
Spike just looked at her.
"You okay?" He sounded a little worried. Buffy smiled at him.
"Oh! Yes...yes...I'm fine. Really." She said reassuringly. She picked up the remote and turned off the TV. He looked at her in surprise.
"I was just getting into that you know."
"Don't lie," she said, "Anyway - I want to tell you something."
"Okay. Shoot."
Buffy took a deep breath. "Okay. Um, do you remember the night I died?"
"Of course." Spike remembered the pain and sorrow of that night. Of course he bloody remembered - would never forget.
"Well, you said something to me that night. You said that I treated you like a man and that...and that you knew I could never love you."
Spike started to feel worried. He looked down, unsure of what was going to happen - he didn't really want to hear Buffy telling him that she could never love him - it had hurt the last time she'd said it, and he'd thought everything had been going great lately. Hello to the pain, he thought.
Buffy saw his expression. *He thinks I'm going to tell him I can't love him* she realised. She placed her hand on his leg and looked into his eyes.
"Well," she said, "You were wrong."
Spike was confused. Wrong about what? He tried to regain his senses and put together what she meant. Suddenly he realised what she meant. *Is that what she means?!* He looked at her, eyes wide in shock. He cleared his throat.
"What do you mean?"
Buffy smiled at him. "I love you."
Again, Spike was speechless. He hadn't believed that she would ever love him - he had been rejected by the women he loved so many times that he couldn't believe it was true. But she had said it! She meant it! Suddenly he had the biggest smile on his face that Buffy had ever seen. He pulled her into a passionate kiss.
"I love you." he said when they finally pulled apart, "I love you, I love you, I love you!"
Buffy giggled and hugged him. God, it felt so great to get that out into the open. Admitting that she loved Spike had made them both happy. It also felt familiar - why? Then she remembered the spell that Willow had put on them, when they had been engaged. That had been two years ago - and this had been how it felt. But there was no spell this time. This was a Magic Free Zone. All of this was their own feelings - they had made they're own magic. *That was a corny thing to think* Buffy thought with a grin, *But it's true!* She looked at her boyfriend and grinned.
"You still got that engagement ring?"
THE END
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Well - did you all like? Should I write another? Give me feedback please! Bigwig rocks!
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"Vampires are weird," stated Buffy as she walked in the park with Willow. Things were slowly beginning to go back to normal and Buffy felt her life was getting easier and, more importantly, happier. And it was all thanks to Spike.
Willow smiled at Buffy. "You think vamps are weird? Wan't me to tell Spike you said that?"
Buffy grinned, "I've called him worse than that. No, I mean, look at Spike."
"He's not here."
"I mean as an example of weirdo vamps. First he hated me, then he loved me. First he was a fighter against good, now he's a fighter against evil."
"Well, you obviously have a lot to do with that," said Willow, "Him being all goody-two-shoes."
"Don't let him here you calling him that," laughed Buffy, "He still likes to think of himself as the Big Bad."
"That's for damn sure," grinned Willow, "Last week he was all offended when some woman thanked him for killing a vampire who was attacking her. All scowls and muttered "Bloody hell's!" It was cute."
Buffy smiled. She loved that about Spike - that whole "I'm not good!" attitude he had. Willow was right - it was cute. Sometimes he reminded her of a character in the book Watership Down - Bigwig, the tough rabbit with an attitude.
"He's like Bigwig!" Buffy stated.
"Huh?" asked Willow, confused.
"You know that book Watership Down? About the rabbits? Well he's like Bigwig - all tough, yet slowly changing at the end."
"And you thought Spike would get offended by me calling him a goody-two- shoes? You just compared him to a cute 'lil bunny!"
Buffy laughed. "Yeah, but in a good way." She smiled and looked about. It was a lovely day - the birds were singing and there was a heady scent of perfume from nearby flowers. She had the afternoon off from work and, since Dawn was at school, had decided to spend some quality time with Willow. She hadn't seen nearly enough of her lately, and had been feeling guilty. She had been trying to make it up to everyone. She had went with Xander to see some band the other night, dragging Dawn along too. Now that her and Spike were out in the open she didn't need to sneak out and see him at difficult times anymore - giving her spare time to hang around with everyone else too. A couple of times since the skateboarding demon incident at the Bronze, Spike and her had hung out with the rest of the scoobs as a couple. It was still strange, but so far had been going quite well.
"So," broke in Willow, interrupting her flow of thoughts, "Whatcha up to tonight? Patrolling?"
"What else do I do?" laughed Buffy, "Yeah, patrolling. But with two people patrolling it never takes long - so I think I'll settle in and watch TV."
Willow smiled, "Interview with the Vampire is on tonight! You gotta get Spike to watch it."
"Ooooh! Is it?" Buffy giggled, "Spike hates vampire movies! He says they're so stupid it makes him ill - especially if the vampires turn into bats and fly and stuff."
Willow laughed, "Yeah, I can see that pissing him off. It pisses me off and I'm not a vampire. Six years fighting the forces of evil will do that to you."
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Buffy whistled a merry tune as she put some freshly made pop-corn into a huge bowl. She opened up some cupboards, grabbing a packet of cookies and some chips. The microwave pinged and she took out a plate full of spicy Buffallo Wings - one of Spike's favourite foods, aside from blood, obviously.
She balanced all of the food and made her way into the living -room, arranging it all onto the table. She turned the TV on and sat on the couch, glancing at her watch - it was nearly 9.00pm and she didn't want to miss the beginning of the movie. Where the hell was that vampire?
Suddenly the door rang. Buffy went and opened it, to reveal Spike standing on the doorstep with a grin on his face.
"What took you?" Buffy asked, gesturing for him to come in.
"I couldn't resist," Spike sniggered, "Just saw the nibblet with some guy and had to go talk to her."
"Oh no," grinned Buffy, "What did you do?"
Spike walked into the living-room, nodded his head in approval of the snacks and settled down onto the couch.
"Nothing much," he said with and evil glint in his eye, " 'Cept the little lads probably a bit scared of me." He grinned, "A lot scared of me actually."
Buffy grinned and shook her head. "You love playing the Big Bad role, don't you?"
"Whatd'ya mean playing?" Spike asked indignantly, "That's who I am, baby."
Buffy rolled her eyes and sat on the couch, giving Spike a kiss on the head.
"You're cute." She said with a smile.
Spike raised his eyebrows. "I'm cute?"
"Yup", said Buffy ,"That's what me and Will were saying earlier."
"Red thinks I'm cute?" Spike was surprised, "I thought she was gay."
"Not cute in that way, doofus!" Buffy said, hitting his arm, "In that you're moaning about still being evil is cute."
"I am still evil." said Spike, not really meaning it. He gave Buffy his cutest expression - pouting his lip, all Bambi eyes. Buffy burst out laughing. Spike smiled - he loved seeing Buffy happy, and lately he had seen a lot of happy Buffy.
"So, what we watching?", asked Spike, "Something with blood, violence and carnage I hope."
"Yep, yep and yep."
"What is it?"
"Interview with the Vampire."
"What?!" Spike exclaimed, "Are you kidding? I'm not watching that! It's all rubbish!"
"Yeah", said Buffy, "That's the fun. We can snigger at the vampires when they start walking on walls and such."
"Well - that's not rubbish."
"What?"
"The walking on walls. That they got right."
"Huh? Since when have vampires walked up walls?"
"Since the dawn of time, luv. Call yourself a vampire Slayer? I thought you of all people would know that."
Buffy was gobsmacked. How come she had never known that? Sure, Dracula had been able to do that stuff - but all vampires? She glanced at Spike, who had the faintest traces of a grin on his face.
"Liar." Buffy smacked his arm.
"I can't believe you fell for that," laughed Spike, "Don't you think if that had been true then you'd have seen one of us do it by now?"
"Yeah, yeah." Buffy stuck her tongue out at Spike, then grabbed the remote and turned the volume up.
"Good - it's starting."
Spike sighed and sank into the couch. Buffy smiled at him and curled up next to him. She felt so comfortable. Her life felt comfortable. When had she ever felt like this before, she wondered. Not with Riley, that's for sure. And, no, not even with Angel. With Spike it was completely different. It was better. What did that mean? Buffy pondered. She had thought that she had, at one point, loved the last two men in her life, but she felt happier when she was with Spike than she ever had felt with either of them. Did that mean she loved Spike? She looked at him - he really was beautiful, the light of the TV was flickering over his face, accentuating the structure of his face, those amazing cheekbones. Suddenly she knew that she did. *And I have for a long time.* She realised, amazed. She had never told him that she loved him. Did he know? *I don't think he does* she thought, * He might never believe it* she remembered his words to her on the night she died.
"I know you'll never love me. I know that I'm a monster, but you treat me like a man and that's..."
*And that's what?* she wondered. She suddenly felt that she needed to tell him. He needed to know - she wanted to make him happy. But how to do it? She shifted nervously.
"What's with you?" Spike asked suddenly, breaking into her thoughts.
"Huh?" Buffy squeaked.
Spike just looked at her.
"You okay?" He sounded a little worried. Buffy smiled at him.
"Oh! Yes...yes...I'm fine. Really." She said reassuringly. She picked up the remote and turned off the TV. He looked at her in surprise.
"I was just getting into that you know."
"Don't lie," she said, "Anyway - I want to tell you something."
"Okay. Shoot."
Buffy took a deep breath. "Okay. Um, do you remember the night I died?"
"Of course." Spike remembered the pain and sorrow of that night. Of course he bloody remembered - would never forget.
"Well, you said something to me that night. You said that I treated you like a man and that...and that you knew I could never love you."
Spike started to feel worried. He looked down, unsure of what was going to happen - he didn't really want to hear Buffy telling him that she could never love him - it had hurt the last time she'd said it, and he'd thought everything had been going great lately. Hello to the pain, he thought.
Buffy saw his expression. *He thinks I'm going to tell him I can't love him* she realised. She placed her hand on his leg and looked into his eyes.
"Well," she said, "You were wrong."
Spike was confused. Wrong about what? He tried to regain his senses and put together what she meant. Suddenly he realised what she meant. *Is that what she means?!* He looked at her, eyes wide in shock. He cleared his throat.
"What do you mean?"
Buffy smiled at him. "I love you."
Again, Spike was speechless. He hadn't believed that she would ever love him - he had been rejected by the women he loved so many times that he couldn't believe it was true. But she had said it! She meant it! Suddenly he had the biggest smile on his face that Buffy had ever seen. He pulled her into a passionate kiss.
"I love you." he said when they finally pulled apart, "I love you, I love you, I love you!"
Buffy giggled and hugged him. God, it felt so great to get that out into the open. Admitting that she loved Spike had made them both happy. It also felt familiar - why? Then she remembered the spell that Willow had put on them, when they had been engaged. That had been two years ago - and this had been how it felt. But there was no spell this time. This was a Magic Free Zone. All of this was their own feelings - they had made they're own magic. *That was a corny thing to think* Buffy thought with a grin, *But it's true!* She looked at her boyfriend and grinned.
"You still got that engagement ring?"
THE END
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Well - did you all like? Should I write another? Give me feedback please! Bigwig rocks!