Paradise
By
Natalie Elizabeth
Chapter 23
Spike was wearing a hole in the carpet of his bedroom. He had been pacing for a few hours now while the others we down stairs setting up for his wedding. Not a good idea. He had angel and Xander who hated him just as much as they hated each other and Cordy who hated Xander and would continue to storm off. Luckily he had Jessica down there to stop the arguments, a five year old. She seemed to be the only one who wanted this marriage to happen. Sure the others were setting up but it wasn't for him it was for Buffy and he knew it.
Balloons and multicolored chairs where his problem really. He wanted thousands of flowers and all white chairs. Ok so the balloons weren't that bad and the chairs weren't exactly multicolored. The balloons were pale blue and white and were helium thank god and were being attached to ever second chair. Every second chair however wasn't going to white like he wanted, They were black. Sure black was his favorite colour but he didn't want it at his wedding, but it would have to do. Cordy had done a great and supervising angel and Xander setting them up so they looked like a checkered flag. The few chairs that were blue red and yellow were placed at the front for the bridal party because they were special and needed special seats. Or so he was told.
Cordy had done up the arch with flowers and a ton of ribbon which was now been twisted around everything. Very girly but Cordy assured him that Buffy would like it. Even little Jessica was helping out and not just to break up the fights, she would run up and down the isle picking up stick and stones and anything that might get in her auntie Buffys way.
Knock.
Spike looked at the door strangely everyone was supposed to be down stairs setting up not up here bothering him. Spike opened the door and his worried frown turned in to a happy smile.
"Lil Bit" he said throwing his arms around Dawn.
"Hey Spike I am guessing you missed me"
Spike nodded but still held on.
"Are you ok" Dawn asked
Spike shock his head. "I have made a big mistake"
Dawn pulled Spike off her.
"What?" she asked angrily.
"I made a mistake I shouldn't have tried to plan this Buffys going to kill me"
Dawn sighed in relief. She thought he was backing out of the wedding and that would be worse than death
"Spike everything is going to be fine"
"How can it be fine?" he said sitting on his bed holding his head in his hands. "We have balloons every where in stead of flowers, black and white bloody chairs, you were late everything is going wrong"
Dawn sat down next to him. "Spike it looks beautiful out there, shes going to love it, I was late cause I went to pick up the cake"
"Is the cake alright I didn't think of cake"
"Yeah well willow did and she rang to ask me which one Buffy liked when we were picking one for me. Trust me Spike shes going to love everything because she loves you ok"
"Ok" Spike, said before lying back on his bed. "Now I know why I didn't want Buffy to plan this, its too much stress"
"Hey Spike you ready for your wedding, wow what happened to this room"
Dawn looked to the doorway and saw Lucas standing there.
"Hey honey, Spikes having a little crisis, and I think Buffy did it"
"Wow its dark, is there were you and Buffy will be staying"
Spike sat up "umm I don't know, we slept in separate room last night we didn't discuss it"
"Did you guys have a fight" Dawn asked worried.
"No she just sorta wanted to wait until we were married till we move in together"
"To late for that" Dawn snickered
"You know what I mean bit"
"Yeah ok, look this is the biggest room and Buffy did go to all the trouble to paint it"
"Yeah she did' Spike said looking around the room
"So you guys will move in here"
"But it's to dark for her"
"Then we will brighten it up. Look everything is done down stairs, its all set up, they are just cleaning up. Cordy and I will quickly go to the store and pick up some stuff for the room ok. You and Lucas can mellow out for a while ok"
Spike nodded.
"Alright ill be back in an hour ok" Dawn quickly ran out the room and spike heard her feet hitting the stairs as she down them.
"Oh shit"
"What' Lucas asked
Spike pointed to his wrinkled black suit in the corner. Lucas shook his head and went over and picked it up.
"Come on Spike ill show you how to iron"
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An hour and a half later.
"Are you sure shes going to like it I mean it's a bit dark" Spike said looking at the new cover adorning the bed.
"Really" Cordelia asked. "I thought it might be a bit girly for you"
Spike scrutinized the cover. It was blue all over with black streaks going through it. The only thing that seemed girly was the gold swirls and hearts.
"Nah if you think Buffy would like it then its ok but a bed cover and a rug on the floor doesn't brighten the room up"
Cordy handed Spike a large bag. Spike looked at her curiously then looked in the bag.
"Candles"
"Well yeah you wanted to brighten the room up right" Dawn snickered.
"Yeah with a Spike burning" he said still looking at the contents of the bag.
"Here" Cordy said taking the bag off of him. Cordy then began to place candles around the room. "They will look beautiful tonight Spike, one of us will come up and light them for you"
"Ok" he said unconvinced.
Ring ring, ring ring.
"I'll get it" Dawn said rushing out of the room
"No" Spike yelled chasing after her.
Dawn stopped halfway down the stairs and looked at him strangely.
"It might be Buffy" he explained.
Dawn nodded and watched Spike run around the house trying to find the phone.
"Hello"
"Hey Spike its willow"
"Hey red"
"Is everything going ok there"
"Well they tell me it is I am not to sure"
"Well it better be were going to be home in 20 minutes"
"What already, I thought you guys took hours to shop"
"We do and we did Spike, look Buffy has her dress and we got everything were going to need, so get everything ready and out of site ok"
"Alright and thanks red"
Spike hanged up the phone then looked nervously at Dawn and Cordy.
"We have half an hour," he said quickly.
Spike then began to pace again. " I need to change and theres so much stuff I need to do there isn't enough time"
Dawn came down the stairs and put her hands on Spikes arms.
"Spike calm down, you can't change until Buffys in her room, everything has been done, theres food in the kitchen, the music is all set up. Outside is all set up theres nothing for you to do except wait"
"I have to take a shower," he said running up the stairs.
Cordy looked at Dawn confused. "He ahs to shower" she asked
Dawn shrugged then followed Spike up the stairs to finish off the room.
~TBC~
Authors Note: wow I didn't realize that I had so much to put into these chapters. I told you guys it was going to be like 1 or 2 chapters till the end but I have already put them up haven't i. Well sorry I didn't realize it was going to be so long. So I am now saying there is likely to be 2 more chapters after this one, maybe three depends on how my ideas in my head pan out. Thank you to all those supportive reviews. I love you guys. (In the non sexual way ()
Chapter 23
Spike was wearing a hole in the carpet of his bedroom. He had been pacing for a few hours now while the others we down stairs setting up for his wedding. Not a good idea. He had angel and Xander who hated him just as much as they hated each other and Cordy who hated Xander and would continue to storm off. Luckily he had Jessica down there to stop the arguments, a five year old. She seemed to be the only one who wanted this marriage to happen. Sure the others were setting up but it wasn't for him it was for Buffy and he knew it.
Balloons and multicolored chairs where his problem really. He wanted thousands of flowers and all white chairs. Ok so the balloons weren't that bad and the chairs weren't exactly multicolored. The balloons were pale blue and white and were helium thank god and were being attached to ever second chair. Every second chair however wasn't going to white like he wanted, They were black. Sure black was his favorite colour but he didn't want it at his wedding, but it would have to do. Cordy had done a great and supervising angel and Xander setting them up so they looked like a checkered flag. The few chairs that were blue red and yellow were placed at the front for the bridal party because they were special and needed special seats. Or so he was told.
Cordy had done up the arch with flowers and a ton of ribbon which was now been twisted around everything. Very girly but Cordy assured him that Buffy would like it. Even little Jessica was helping out and not just to break up the fights, she would run up and down the isle picking up stick and stones and anything that might get in her auntie Buffys way.
Knock.
Spike looked at the door strangely everyone was supposed to be down stairs setting up not up here bothering him. Spike opened the door and his worried frown turned in to a happy smile.
"Lil Bit" he said throwing his arms around Dawn.
"Hey Spike I am guessing you missed me"
Spike nodded but still held on.
"Are you ok" Dawn asked
Spike shock his head. "I have made a big mistake"
Dawn pulled Spike off her.
"What?" she asked angrily.
"I made a mistake I shouldn't have tried to plan this Buffys going to kill me"
Dawn sighed in relief. She thought he was backing out of the wedding and that would be worse than death
"Spike everything is going to be fine"
"How can it be fine?" he said sitting on his bed holding his head in his hands. "We have balloons every where in stead of flowers, black and white bloody chairs, you were late everything is going wrong"
Dawn sat down next to him. "Spike it looks beautiful out there, shes going to love it, I was late cause I went to pick up the cake"
"Is the cake alright I didn't think of cake"
"Yeah well willow did and she rang to ask me which one Buffy liked when we were picking one for me. Trust me Spike shes going to love everything because she loves you ok"
"Ok" Spike, said before lying back on his bed. "Now I know why I didn't want Buffy to plan this, its too much stress"
"Hey Spike you ready for your wedding, wow what happened to this room"
Dawn looked to the doorway and saw Lucas standing there.
"Hey honey, Spikes having a little crisis, and I think Buffy did it"
"Wow its dark, is there were you and Buffy will be staying"
Spike sat up "umm I don't know, we slept in separate room last night we didn't discuss it"
"Did you guys have a fight" Dawn asked worried.
"No she just sorta wanted to wait until we were married till we move in together"
"To late for that" Dawn snickered
"You know what I mean bit"
"Yeah ok, look this is the biggest room and Buffy did go to all the trouble to paint it"
"Yeah she did' Spike said looking around the room
"So you guys will move in here"
"But it's to dark for her"
"Then we will brighten it up. Look everything is done down stairs, its all set up, they are just cleaning up. Cordy and I will quickly go to the store and pick up some stuff for the room ok. You and Lucas can mellow out for a while ok"
Spike nodded.
"Alright ill be back in an hour ok" Dawn quickly ran out the room and spike heard her feet hitting the stairs as she down them.
"Oh shit"
"What' Lucas asked
Spike pointed to his wrinkled black suit in the corner. Lucas shook his head and went over and picked it up.
"Come on Spike ill show you how to iron"
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An hour and a half later.
"Are you sure shes going to like it I mean it's a bit dark" Spike said looking at the new cover adorning the bed.
"Really" Cordelia asked. "I thought it might be a bit girly for you"
Spike scrutinized the cover. It was blue all over with black streaks going through it. The only thing that seemed girly was the gold swirls and hearts.
"Nah if you think Buffy would like it then its ok but a bed cover and a rug on the floor doesn't brighten the room up"
Cordy handed Spike a large bag. Spike looked at her curiously then looked in the bag.
"Candles"
"Well yeah you wanted to brighten the room up right" Dawn snickered.
"Yeah with a Spike burning" he said still looking at the contents of the bag.
"Here" Cordy said taking the bag off of him. Cordy then began to place candles around the room. "They will look beautiful tonight Spike, one of us will come up and light them for you"
"Ok" he said unconvinced.
Ring ring, ring ring.
"I'll get it" Dawn said rushing out of the room
"No" Spike yelled chasing after her.
Dawn stopped halfway down the stairs and looked at him strangely.
"It might be Buffy" he explained.
Dawn nodded and watched Spike run around the house trying to find the phone.
"Hello"
"Hey Spike its willow"
"Hey red"
"Is everything going ok there"
"Well they tell me it is I am not to sure"
"Well it better be were going to be home in 20 minutes"
"What already, I thought you guys took hours to shop"
"We do and we did Spike, look Buffy has her dress and we got everything were going to need, so get everything ready and out of site ok"
"Alright and thanks red"
Spike hanged up the phone then looked nervously at Dawn and Cordy.
"We have half an hour," he said quickly.
Spike then began to pace again. " I need to change and theres so much stuff I need to do there isn't enough time"
Dawn came down the stairs and put her hands on Spikes arms.
"Spike calm down, you can't change until Buffys in her room, everything has been done, theres food in the kitchen, the music is all set up. Outside is all set up theres nothing for you to do except wait"
"I have to take a shower," he said running up the stairs.
Cordy looked at Dawn confused. "He ahs to shower" she asked
Dawn shrugged then followed Spike up the stairs to finish off the room.
~TBC~
Authors Note: wow I didn't realize that I had so much to put into these chapters. I told you guys it was going to be like 1 or 2 chapters till the end but I have already put them up haven't i. Well sorry I didn't realize it was going to be so long. So I am now saying there is likely to be 2 more chapters after this one, maybe three depends on how my ideas in my head pan out. Thank you to all those supportive reviews. I love you guys. (In the non sexual way ()