Chapter Eleven: Homecoming Part I
In the darkness on Holt Avenue, Billie and Spike, roamed the street in silence. The faint light from the buoyant lights reflected their shadows and the path before them.
" This is the real world, Billie." Spike said again, hoping that Billie will catch onto the meaning. However, Billie just nodded in response. There was a smile appearing on Billie's face.
~ This is it. ~ she thought. ~ Finally, I'll be able to find out who killed my mother...~ Billie looked to her right and to her left. Still no sign of danger.
Spike was looking at his daughter. ~ Oh, Buffy...ours is a very charming and yet alert one. ~ he thought. The vampire laughed in the darkness, and his chuckle echoed through the street.
" You know Billie....you don't just go to 'find' danger...it's just the other way around." Spike shook his head. " Actually, DANGER finds you."
Billie made a sarcastic grin and walked faster. Her black leather jacket from her birthday was no use to fight the coldness. She shivered in utter stillness wishing that Spike wouldn't see her in this shape.
" Need a coat, love?" Spike took off his black coat and handed it to her. Billie refused it and kept on walking on. " Ha ha ha!" Spike kept up with Billie and stopped her with his strong hands. " Come on, love....it's your first day at work. You need to feel comfortable. I insist, take it." Spike held out his jacket one more time. And before Billie caught hold of it, there was a scream.
In the alley way, a young woman about Billie's age was struggling from a fellow vampire. " Let me go!" The girl said, but the reluctant blood sucker wouldn't let her go. Instead, he threw her against a brick wall, and lunged forward for his meal.
" Please...I beg you, don't hurt me." The lass cried, her blue eyes were drenched with tears for mercy.
" Ha ha! A pretty girl like you shouldn't wander the streets by yourself. Have your mother taught you anything?" The evil vampire laughed.
Right then, the young girl felt someone pull the fiend in front of her and shoved him against the brick wall. The victim got to her feet, and to what she had thought she had seen, the fiend who attacked her, was now laying lifeless.
" Oh my god." The blue-eyed girl gasped. Someone caught her on the arm, and dragged her quickly from the alley way.
" Let go of me! Help!" the helpless girl said. The stranger with her arm stopped and let go of her forearm. Then, whoever it was that had saved her, ran away with someone else.
" What the hell was that?" The girl fell to her knees, which had dirtied her blue skirt.
* * * " What the hell did you think you were doing?" Spike ran in front of Billie. " How many times did I have to tell you? You are not ready for this, but you are able to practice!" Spike was practically out of his breath, since his last kill.
" Then what was I supposed to do? Let that girl suffer?" Billie put her hands on her waist. " Suffering she didn't deserve, but a life she does. So, don't blame it on me! I wasn't the one who wanted all of this!" Billie looked at her hands, and frowned.
" Damn it, I was trying to guide that girl to safety, and guess what she did? She resisted my help, and now look at my red hands!" Billie said.
" It's not my bloody 'ol fault that you got injured on your first day. Well.... you were the one who wanted to come!!" Spike yelled out with some white puffs of air darting forward. " If you wanted to come, you would know what to expect."
" Well, thank you for the information...Spike! But I came here so I can know who the hell killed my mother!" Tears were flowing from Billie's ocean- blue eyes. " Goddamn it Spike!" Billie wiped the tears from her sleeve.
" Come on, love. Come here." Spike opened his arms, and Billie impulsively ran into his arms. " It's alright, pet." He rubbed her back for comfort, and Billie went out of his embrace.
" Thank you." Billie tried to attempt a smile, but it didn't help. She looked in front of her....and there was only one goal she needed to fulfill...
* * *
" So, you don't have a date?" Laurel asked on the phone. Billie nodded at her house, while looking at a full length mirror. " Oh come on Billie. Just because Scorpio won't fall for you, doesn't mean that you can't fall for someone else." Laurel said.
" Look, you should be at least happy that I'm going to the Dance." Billie reminded her. Laurel sighed on the line, and then said goodbye to pick up her dress.
Five minutes later, Willow knocked on the door. " Come in." Billie said as she turned around and looked at the mirror. " Billie?" Willow asked.
" Yeah?"
" Do you have a date to the Homecoming Dance?"
" Nope."
" Well, sweetie....I know that you'll go berserk on me so don't.."
" Oh for goodness' sake! Do you have a date for me, or what?"
" Actually, yes I do...he's downstairs right now."
Billie turned around and looked at Willow's eyes. " You're not joking, are you?" The ocean-blue eyes tried to search a little white lie in Willow, but couldn't find one.
" All right...I'll be downstairs." Billie smiled. Willow smiled back and went downstairs.
Later, Billie went down the stairs and into the living room. She was in her black dress, and her hair was ready....and was about to pin her own corsage on, but when she looked at her date....Billie dropped her flowers.
In the darkness on Holt Avenue, Billie and Spike, roamed the street in silence. The faint light from the buoyant lights reflected their shadows and the path before them.
" This is the real world, Billie." Spike said again, hoping that Billie will catch onto the meaning. However, Billie just nodded in response. There was a smile appearing on Billie's face.
~ This is it. ~ she thought. ~ Finally, I'll be able to find out who killed my mother...~ Billie looked to her right and to her left. Still no sign of danger.
Spike was looking at his daughter. ~ Oh, Buffy...ours is a very charming and yet alert one. ~ he thought. The vampire laughed in the darkness, and his chuckle echoed through the street.
" You know Billie....you don't just go to 'find' danger...it's just the other way around." Spike shook his head. " Actually, DANGER finds you."
Billie made a sarcastic grin and walked faster. Her black leather jacket from her birthday was no use to fight the coldness. She shivered in utter stillness wishing that Spike wouldn't see her in this shape.
" Need a coat, love?" Spike took off his black coat and handed it to her. Billie refused it and kept on walking on. " Ha ha ha!" Spike kept up with Billie and stopped her with his strong hands. " Come on, love....it's your first day at work. You need to feel comfortable. I insist, take it." Spike held out his jacket one more time. And before Billie caught hold of it, there was a scream.
In the alley way, a young woman about Billie's age was struggling from a fellow vampire. " Let me go!" The girl said, but the reluctant blood sucker wouldn't let her go. Instead, he threw her against a brick wall, and lunged forward for his meal.
" Please...I beg you, don't hurt me." The lass cried, her blue eyes were drenched with tears for mercy.
" Ha ha! A pretty girl like you shouldn't wander the streets by yourself. Have your mother taught you anything?" The evil vampire laughed.
Right then, the young girl felt someone pull the fiend in front of her and shoved him against the brick wall. The victim got to her feet, and to what she had thought she had seen, the fiend who attacked her, was now laying lifeless.
" Oh my god." The blue-eyed girl gasped. Someone caught her on the arm, and dragged her quickly from the alley way.
" Let go of me! Help!" the helpless girl said. The stranger with her arm stopped and let go of her forearm. Then, whoever it was that had saved her, ran away with someone else.
" What the hell was that?" The girl fell to her knees, which had dirtied her blue skirt.
* * * " What the hell did you think you were doing?" Spike ran in front of Billie. " How many times did I have to tell you? You are not ready for this, but you are able to practice!" Spike was practically out of his breath, since his last kill.
" Then what was I supposed to do? Let that girl suffer?" Billie put her hands on her waist. " Suffering she didn't deserve, but a life she does. So, don't blame it on me! I wasn't the one who wanted all of this!" Billie looked at her hands, and frowned.
" Damn it, I was trying to guide that girl to safety, and guess what she did? She resisted my help, and now look at my red hands!" Billie said.
" It's not my bloody 'ol fault that you got injured on your first day. Well.... you were the one who wanted to come!!" Spike yelled out with some white puffs of air darting forward. " If you wanted to come, you would know what to expect."
" Well, thank you for the information...Spike! But I came here so I can know who the hell killed my mother!" Tears were flowing from Billie's ocean- blue eyes. " Goddamn it Spike!" Billie wiped the tears from her sleeve.
" Come on, love. Come here." Spike opened his arms, and Billie impulsively ran into his arms. " It's alright, pet." He rubbed her back for comfort, and Billie went out of his embrace.
" Thank you." Billie tried to attempt a smile, but it didn't help. She looked in front of her....and there was only one goal she needed to fulfill...
* * *
" So, you don't have a date?" Laurel asked on the phone. Billie nodded at her house, while looking at a full length mirror. " Oh come on Billie. Just because Scorpio won't fall for you, doesn't mean that you can't fall for someone else." Laurel said.
" Look, you should be at least happy that I'm going to the Dance." Billie reminded her. Laurel sighed on the line, and then said goodbye to pick up her dress.
Five minutes later, Willow knocked on the door. " Come in." Billie said as she turned around and looked at the mirror. " Billie?" Willow asked.
" Yeah?"
" Do you have a date to the Homecoming Dance?"
" Nope."
" Well, sweetie....I know that you'll go berserk on me so don't.."
" Oh for goodness' sake! Do you have a date for me, or what?"
" Actually, yes I do...he's downstairs right now."
Billie turned around and looked at Willow's eyes. " You're not joking, are you?" The ocean-blue eyes tried to search a little white lie in Willow, but couldn't find one.
" All right...I'll be downstairs." Billie smiled. Willow smiled back and went downstairs.
Later, Billie went down the stairs and into the living room. She was in her black dress, and her hair was ready....and was about to pin her own corsage on, but when she looked at her date....Billie dropped her flowers.