I woke up with a massive headache, and was kicking myself for drinking so
much and having bloody dreams where Buffy was back when I sensed someone
breathing in the bed next to me. I thought at first that it was Dawn, she
sometimes snuck into bed with me if she couldn't sleep, but it was Buffy.
It wasn't a dream. I stumbled from the room, the floor slightly tilting as
I tried to find the door. "Lil' Bit! Red! Anyone!" I was screaming into the
empty hallways of the hotel.
"Spike?" Xander was standing facing me from down the corridor. His voice was sleep filled and the buttons on his nightshirt were done-up a little crooked. "What's going on? Go back to sleep Chip boy. You're going to wake everyone up."
"It's her. It's Buffy. She's in my room." I was staggering towards him. His eyes showed it. He didn't believe me.
"Xander? Who's out there?" Anya's voice was coming from the closed door that he was leaning against.
"Go back to sleep. He thinks that Buffy's in his room." The whelp went to reenter his sleeping quarters when her voice again made an appearance.
"Maybe the spell worked. Willow said that if it worked she would appear to the person who." He slammed the door on her.
"What is she bloody talking about?"
"Nothing, come on. Are you sure that you're not just drunk? Cordy told us what you two undeads were going at tonight."
"She's there. She's back. I know."
"We have to wake everyone up."
"I believe that is what you were accusing me of doing before."
"If you're simply being insane though, this is all your idea, not mine."
"Would you shut up. I'm not being insane." I was about to knock on someone else's door, when Willow's voice came from the other end of the hall.
"Would you both please shut up. Some people are trying to get some rest." She'd been crying. I could tell. She felt defeated.
"Red, don't be sad. It worked. It really worked. She's in my room. I swear Red, you did it." She ran to the door that I'd left open and tripping over her slippers in her haste.
"Oh Goddess! Spike, she's, oh, she's." It sounded as though she'd forgotten how to breathe. I knew that feeling.
"Alive?" Xander galloped down to stand next to Red in the archway. "He was right?"
"Thanks for the vote of confidence. Which room is the Niblet in. She has to know." Neither of them responded. They stood there stupefied, not moving further into the room, or backing away from it. "Both of you are tons of help. Lil' Bit!" I was yelling again and I think everyone else in the hotel had come out before Dawn.
"Spike, why are you screaming my name?"
"Niblet, I have to talk to you."
"It's like 4 in the morning. You woke up everyone else who's here. What's so important?"
"Buffy." She slammed the door in my face. So I stood there knocking on it. "Let me in Dawn. I swear. She's in my room. Willow saw her, Xander too. The spell worked, it must have. That's the only way to explain it."
"She came to you first?"
"I'm guessing now Niblet, but yea, she was just there suddenly, in my room. By the window, standing in the moonlight. Come on out and see her."
She opened the door a fraction of an inch. "You're sure that it's her, that it's really Buffy. That the robot didn't find its way back or something equally weird."
"It's her Bit, it's really your Big Sis." She pulled on the knob, revealing herself to me for only a moment before she bounded down the foyer and pushed past the two standing in he archway. They just stood there, completely still and let her.
She was shaking the girl in the bed, a little too roughly for my liking, but I could understand her impatience. "Buffy! Buffy wake up!" Buffy's eyes flickered open sluggishly, but she sat upright in bed with the utmost of speed.
"Dawn! Oh my God Dawn, I missed you so much." She pulled the girl into her arms while Dawn started to sob.
"Buffy, I thought the spell didn't work. I thought that you didn't love me because." Willow ran into the room, suddenly snapped out of her catatonic state by Niblet's words, and put her arms quickly around the other two.
"I'm so happy you're back. It worked, we have Spike and Cordy to thank, their visions helped."
"Can you believe it Buff, those two together are worth a little something in the scheme of things." Xander came and sat down on the bed. My bed. Insults me and then uses my possessions.
"Don't say that, they're important." I smiled at her a little and she didn't glance away. "So where is everybody else? I want to hear about everything that I missed." I drifted away from the room, figured she could use a little time with the others.
I found myself in front of Angel's doorway, and knocked softly. "Mate, go down to room 153, I think you left something there." I drifted down the steps and onto the dark streets of LA. I had time before the sun rose. And anyway, she was going to be there when I got back.
"Spike?" Xander was standing facing me from down the corridor. His voice was sleep filled and the buttons on his nightshirt were done-up a little crooked. "What's going on? Go back to sleep Chip boy. You're going to wake everyone up."
"It's her. It's Buffy. She's in my room." I was staggering towards him. His eyes showed it. He didn't believe me.
"Xander? Who's out there?" Anya's voice was coming from the closed door that he was leaning against.
"Go back to sleep. He thinks that Buffy's in his room." The whelp went to reenter his sleeping quarters when her voice again made an appearance.
"Maybe the spell worked. Willow said that if it worked she would appear to the person who." He slammed the door on her.
"What is she bloody talking about?"
"Nothing, come on. Are you sure that you're not just drunk? Cordy told us what you two undeads were going at tonight."
"She's there. She's back. I know."
"We have to wake everyone up."
"I believe that is what you were accusing me of doing before."
"If you're simply being insane though, this is all your idea, not mine."
"Would you shut up. I'm not being insane." I was about to knock on someone else's door, when Willow's voice came from the other end of the hall.
"Would you both please shut up. Some people are trying to get some rest." She'd been crying. I could tell. She felt defeated.
"Red, don't be sad. It worked. It really worked. She's in my room. I swear Red, you did it." She ran to the door that I'd left open and tripping over her slippers in her haste.
"Oh Goddess! Spike, she's, oh, she's." It sounded as though she'd forgotten how to breathe. I knew that feeling.
"Alive?" Xander galloped down to stand next to Red in the archway. "He was right?"
"Thanks for the vote of confidence. Which room is the Niblet in. She has to know." Neither of them responded. They stood there stupefied, not moving further into the room, or backing away from it. "Both of you are tons of help. Lil' Bit!" I was yelling again and I think everyone else in the hotel had come out before Dawn.
"Spike, why are you screaming my name?"
"Niblet, I have to talk to you."
"It's like 4 in the morning. You woke up everyone else who's here. What's so important?"
"Buffy." She slammed the door in my face. So I stood there knocking on it. "Let me in Dawn. I swear. She's in my room. Willow saw her, Xander too. The spell worked, it must have. That's the only way to explain it."
"She came to you first?"
"I'm guessing now Niblet, but yea, she was just there suddenly, in my room. By the window, standing in the moonlight. Come on out and see her."
She opened the door a fraction of an inch. "You're sure that it's her, that it's really Buffy. That the robot didn't find its way back or something equally weird."
"It's her Bit, it's really your Big Sis." She pulled on the knob, revealing herself to me for only a moment before she bounded down the foyer and pushed past the two standing in he archway. They just stood there, completely still and let her.
She was shaking the girl in the bed, a little too roughly for my liking, but I could understand her impatience. "Buffy! Buffy wake up!" Buffy's eyes flickered open sluggishly, but she sat upright in bed with the utmost of speed.
"Dawn! Oh my God Dawn, I missed you so much." She pulled the girl into her arms while Dawn started to sob.
"Buffy, I thought the spell didn't work. I thought that you didn't love me because." Willow ran into the room, suddenly snapped out of her catatonic state by Niblet's words, and put her arms quickly around the other two.
"I'm so happy you're back. It worked, we have Spike and Cordy to thank, their visions helped."
"Can you believe it Buff, those two together are worth a little something in the scheme of things." Xander came and sat down on the bed. My bed. Insults me and then uses my possessions.
"Don't say that, they're important." I smiled at her a little and she didn't glance away. "So where is everybody else? I want to hear about everything that I missed." I drifted away from the room, figured she could use a little time with the others.
I found myself in front of Angel's doorway, and knocked softly. "Mate, go down to room 153, I think you left something there." I drifted down the steps and onto the dark streets of LA. I had time before the sun rose. And anyway, she was going to be there when I got back.
