TITLE: "Reprise"
AUTHOR: Doctor Strangelove (strangelove317@hotmail.com)
RATING: PG, right now. It'll probably go up to PG-13 before it's over.
PAIRINGS: Spike/Buffy in this part.
SPOILERS: Up to the end of Season 6. Takes place about a month after that.
FEEDBACK: I'd love it.
DISCLAIMER: Joss owns all the Buffy characters. I own the songs they sing.
"Reprise"
Written by: Doctor Strangelove
INT. THE SUMMERS HOUSEHOLD - MORNING.
[As an overture plays we open with a similar montage to that of "Once More With Feeling". Buffy, looking slightly perturbed and still with her short hair, hits an alarm clock and slowly gets out of bed. Dawn, looking very perky, bounces down the hall and into the bathroom. As she opens the door we change scene and see the gang [Buffy, Dawn, Xander, Willow, Giles, and Anya] gathered around the Magic Box [it's been rebuilt since the big fight in "Grave"]. Anya is helping customers, Giles is talking to Willow, who is shaking and much more timid than the last time we saw her, Xander and Dawn are looking at some comic books, and Buffy is staring off into space. She looks out a window and notices that the sun is starting to go down. Slaying time. CUT TO:]
EXT. THE GRAVEYARD - NIGHT.
[Buffy walks along not really seeing any monsters. And as she walks she begins to sing.]
BUFFY
Things aren't as bad as they were before,
We've all moved on, opened up new doors.
Things have opened up, there's nothing left to hide,
[She gets a sad look on her face and looks around aimlessly.]
So why do I feel so empty inside?
It's great to be back, I love being alive,
I'm my old self, I've gotten back my drive.
I've got no reason to bitch, no reason to moan.
Then why do I feel so alooooone?
All my friends are here, we're back together.
Could it be I'm missing Spike? [looks horrified at the though] No, never!
He's a soulless fiend that tried to rape me,
Tried to kiss, bang, kill, and date me.
[Buffy has moved into a clearing in the graveyard and begins to spin in a circle as she continues to sing.]
So, whyyyyyyyyyy,
Can't I get him out of my head?
[Buffy grabs her head and spins in tighter circle]
Whyyyyyyyyyy,
Couldn't Warren have shot him instead?
Whyyyyyyyyyy,
Do I feel so lonely?
Whyyyyyyyyyy,
Can't he come back to bone me?
[Buffy, now even sadder, sits down on a stone bench, holding her chin in her hands.]
All my lovers leave, why should I be surprised?
Hell I wanted to kick his ass, leave him out to die.
It wasn't love, my attraction is purely chemical.
So why do I feel so miserable?
Spike has finally left town and I should be happy,
Instead I'm here whining and starting to sound sappy.
I never loved him, though I'm sure that he loved me,
Then why won't my conscience let me be?
[Buffy stands up and starts to spend some more. It's a wonder she's not dizzy.]
So, whyyyyyyyyyy,
Can't I find a normal guy to like?
Whyyyyyyyyyy,
Am I moping over Spike?
Whyyyyyyyyyy,
Do I feel so lonely?
Whyyyyyyyyyy,
Can't he come back and bone me?
[At that her hands move down her waist as if she's about to start something that would bring the rating of this fic up in a hurry. But instead she throws them up in frustration and starts to walk toward a crypt.]
Whyyyyyyyyyy,
Is it so complicated?
[Buffy reaches the crypt and bangs on the door.]
Whyyyyyyyyyy,
Did it have to become tainted?
[She bangs on the door again, merely our of frustration, she
knows that there's no one inside to answer.]
Whyyyyyyyyyy,
Won't my pain ever end?
[Buffy leans back against the crypt door when something suddenly
dawns on her.]
And whyyyyyyyyyy,
[She moves off of the crypt and walks out looking up at the sky.]
Am I singing agaaaaaain?
[We pan up from Buffy and slowly black out.]
END OF TEASER