Paradise By Natalie Elizabeth

Chapter 22

Spike woke up to the sound of banging. This was strange the hotel was usually quite. Spike then realized that he wasn't in the hotel and Buffy wasn't lying next to him. He was home and today was his wedding day. The banging sound came again and Spike realized that someone was banging on the door. Spike scrambled out of bed realizing that it was 9:30 and the gang would be here soon. Spike tore out of his room and began to run down the stairs. After only making it down the first two he tripped over his feet and fell the rest of the way down. Limping to the door and rubbing his head Spike opened the door and hid behind it. Xander walked in with Anya and Jessica following. Anya shut the door then looked at Spike.

"You know your not supposed to have sex the night before the wedding"

Spike continued to rub his head. "I didn't, I fell down the stairs"

"Stuffs going to be here soon, you not even dressed"

"What?" Spike asked. "But Buffys still here"

"What, where's willow"

"Here I am," she said running through the door with a comb in her hand.

Tara ran in the door behind her.

"Sorry Spike we really are had a bit of trouble with some of the plans but everything ok now"

"What plans, what's wrong" Spike asked now doubting planning the wedding with out Buffy.

"Don't worry Xander will tell you, where's Buffy is she ready"

"I'm up here" Buffy called standing at the top of the stairs. "Why is everyone here"

Spike Xander, Anya, Willow and Tara looked up at Buffy surprised. How much had she heard?

"Silly auntie Buffy" Jessica said "were cause we are planning your wedmmmmm"

Xander had covered his daughters mouth.

"Umm the girls are here to take you on a umm, pre wedding shopping thingy" Xander said trying to cover.

"Yep" willow said running up the stairs and grabbing Buffys hand. "Come on we have to go shopping theres a wedding dress out there with your name on it"

"But I am not dressed" Buffy exclaimed stumbling down the stairs.

Tara turned around and grabbed a coat off the rack. Anya turned around and grabbed some shoes.

"Lets go Buffy" Anya said ushering her out the door. "Wedding dresses hello"

Buffy was out the door before Spike could even kiss her goodbye.

"Alright Spike" Xander said patting him on the back. "Let's set up this place"

"Yeah, like that's going to happen I cant go out side and this place cant get set up until Buffys in her room, what did red mean about plans what's wrong"

"Nothing, nothing just a few minor details"

"Daddy can I get my dress now"

Xander looked down at his daughter. "In a minute dear"

Spike looked confused.

"She wants to be the flower girl so she made me bring her favorite dress, I said she would have to ask her uncle Spike"

"Can I pleasssse"

Spike crouched down to her level. "Well auntie Buffy doesn't know that we are having this so you wont get to walk down the isle but you can stand with the girls if you like"

"Yeah, two flower girls two flower girl, I am going got be two flower girls"

Spike looked back to Xander. "Ok so some things aren't going to be right, why aren't you happy about that"

"Anya warned me"

"What?" Spike asked shocked.

"Anya and Jessica sat me down, you asked me to be best man so I have to be nice to you. Never been a best man gotta do a good job"

"You sure" spike asked suspiciously.

"Yep ok, now it wasn't easy to plan this wedding, especially seeing how Buffys my best friend and how well we don't like each other to much"

"Yeah get on with it what's wrong"

"Well we got flowers, but not a lot, just enough for the girls to hold and a few over the wedding arch"

"Wedding arch" Spike asked

"Well yeah it was my idea, its what you stand in front of instead of an Alta, you know bad memories and all"

Spike nodded "so what do we have instead"

"Balloons" Xander said cringing

"Bloody balloons"

"Yeah 200"

"200 bloody balloons, whos going to blow them up, I cant"

Ding-dong

"That's the door," Xander said running to the door. Spike wasn't looking happy and he hadn't even told him about the multicolored chairs.

"CORDY" Xander yelled opening the door and seeing who was behind it. "You made it," he said forcing a smile. "Oh and of course you brought you husband Angel, that's just great, SPIKE"

Spike was now pacing back and forth with Jessica following behind. He waved his hand at them and continued pacing.

"Spike I know you wear black to a wedding but really just boxers"

Spike turned around and looked at angel then looked down at him self.

"Shit" Spike then tore up the stairs.

"Lets get started" Cordy said walking towards the back door.

~TBC ~

Authors Notes: ok so maybe there will be a little more and wont be finished as soon as I thought.