Disclaimer: Not mine...And sadly I have been told that Spike isn't mine
either. I guess that cardboard cut-out really isn't real...
A/N: This is just a story that I wrote after watching "Something Blue". The idea just came and wouldn't go away. I wrote the Anya moments for my good friend Josh. Love ya! Go on read.it is more entertaining than my babbling anyway.
This had been the most interesting day of Xander Harris' life. And his best friend was nowhere to be found. As much as he loved Willow, he had a feeling this was all her fault. Since she had gotten into working with magic, everything had been different. Xander would never say anything of course, but sometimes he wondered if maybe she should have stayed away from it all together.
None of them had any idea of what kind of spell had been performed. Giles was now blind. Ironically he was the only one who would have wanted to find out what was happening by looking in his books, and he couldn't even see them. So it was up to Xander and Anya to find any information they could. Well, only Xander at this point, Anya fell asleep on the couch.
And what about Buffy you say? The great vampire slayer? Well she was upstairs in the spare room with none other than her brand new husband... Spike. Now you wonder, how did that happen? That's a good question. All afternoon Buffy had sat in his lap, sticking their tongues down each other's throats.
Buffy apparently couldn't wait to be married to him so they called a judge to perform a quick ceremony. Spike didn't want a priest out of fear that somehow he would have to end up touching a cross, or something that would burn him.
Since Buffy didn't know Anya all that well, and Willow was absent, none other than Xander himself had to be the "maid of honor". Spike'll never let him live that one down. They had decided to get it done in the safety of Giles' home, Xander didn't want some demon thinking he'd be fun to play with. Since it seems he attracted demons of all kinds and shapes.
So there he was, sitting there, looking through old dusty books that made him sneeze. Buffy or Spike refused to help. Both of them thought it was crazy to think that a spell had caused this. Because everyday slayers get married to mortal enemy vampires. And don't even ask about how they were able to wed legally. Great, now Giles was snoring. It was even loud enough for Xander to hear over Spike and Buffy's noise. He wondered how Anya slept through it.
*Bang* *Bang* *Crash*
That's it. This can't go on any longer. A picture just fell off the wall and landed on his head. To hell with the demons that are after him. He needed to talk to Willow. Now. Xander cleaned up the mess of glass that surrounded him, grabbed a cross bow and left.
"Xander!!! Don't leave me! For the love of God man, take me with you!!!" Screamed Giles, he woke when he heard the picture fall on Xander's head.
But Xander had already left. Not the he would've been able to hear him any ways.
*****
"Damn it Willow!! Open up! I know that you're in there!" The door opened to reveal a very tired and slightly disheveled Willow.
"Xander, it is three in the morning. Couldn't it wait?"
"What did you do? What kind of spell did you perform?"
"I didn't perform any kind of spell. I have no idea what you are talking about."
"Giles is blind. Demons seem to be attracted to me. And Buffy and Spike just got married. And at least if you had been there I wouldn't have had to wear that dress." *shudder* "It was pink, Willow...pink. And frilly, and poofy. White lace all over it. I'm just lucky that the heels didn't fit."
Willow just stood there kind of dumbfounded. It was too early for this.
"What?" Willow asked, Xander just continued to pace back and forth.
"I tried to be ok with it. I did, I really did. But then a picture fell off the wall. It hit me on the head. They are loud, Willow, very loud. All I hear is banging, for hours and hours."
"Well at least they waited until they got married." Willow said, trying to add some humor. Xander just gave her a look that told her that she was crazy.
"Willow. Did you perform ANY kind of spell." Xander said calmly. Too calmly. That was Willow's cue to wake up and become serious.
"Give me that book lying over there." Xander did as he was told. He sat himself down and watched her read. And read. And read. Before he knew it he was asleep.
****
"Xander....Xander....wake up. I reversed the spell. We can go back to Giles' house and see if it worked."
"What time is it?" Xander asked, groggily.
"Around seven." Xander slowly got out of the bed he was sleeping on. Buffy was going to be so pissed. Though he was unsure who the wrath was going to be centered at. One would hope it would be at Spike, but it wasn't his fault. It had been Willow's fault.
They got into Xander's car and drove back to Giles' house. When they entered they found Anya sitting on the couch, holding a stop watch, looking amazed.
"I can't believe it. They beat us Xander...they beat us." She looked down at a piece of paper that she had on a clipboard. Xander didn't want to know what she had put on it.
Xander entered the room in which Spike and Buffy had shared. The room was torn apart. Buffy and Spike were sleeping on separate sides of the bed. Buffy then started to open her eyes and found Xander standing there. He noticed.
"Did it work, Buffy?"
"Did what work?" She said as she rolled over and found Spike just as equally naked as herself. Granted they were both covered by blankets.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" The scream was ear shattering. Buffy was on the other side of the room in ten seconds flat. Only the large comforter from the bed covered her. Spike had woke from the scream. He had a horrified look on his face after the realization set in. He pulled the sheet a little tighter around his body. Anya stumbled in, still clutching her clipboard.
"Was that another one? That's got to be some kind of record." Then she noticed that in fact the vampire and slayer were across the room from each other.
"Ahn, not now." Xander told her, he wanted to see Buffy tear Spike apart. The two just kind of stood there, both had identical looks of embarrassment on their faces.
"Who did this? Who made us like this?" Buffy asked slowly, almost deadly. Xander tried to remember what kind of flowers Willow liked best because he had a feeling that he'd be buying some for her funeral, soon.
"It was Willow. But it was an accident!!"
"I'm gonna kill her." Seethed Buffy. She had gotten to know Spike too much. Now she didn't really know how to feel about him. And that was all Willow's fault.
"Get out Xander, I need to change."
"Pet, your clothes are in shreds." Remarked Spike, it was the first thing he had said since it all happened. Strangely his face held no smirk like usual. Something was way off.
"Then I'll borrow your shirt then."
"You're going to change with Spike in here?"
"Well, it's not like he hasn't seen it all before."
Xander backed out of the room and shut the door. He was scared. Actually, make that terrified. Buffy was way to calm about all this. He wondered if this was a good time to start praying.
Buffy came out a few seconds later wearing Spike's black shirt and a pair of red boxers which Xander assumed were Spike's as well.
"Giles, do you have anything that Spike could wear?" Giles nodded at her question and went to his room to retrieve some clothing. Buffy wouldn't even look in Willow's direction. Giles came back into the room and handed Buffy a pair of gray sweat pants and a dark blue shirt. She went back into the room. The silence among them was almost unbearable.
Finally Buffy and Spike came from the room. Neither one looking at the other. Spike was wearing the clothing that Giles had given him. It was strange to see him in something other than black or red.
"I would like to speak to Willow. Alone." Still with the calmness. Even Spike looked scared for the witch and he was just as pissed as Buffy. A muscle in his jaw was twitching. He had barely said anything. Xander wondered if Buffy and Spike had talked about what happened. It must be strange, one day you are enemies, sworn to kill each other. And then the next day you are getting married and screwing each other's brains out.
Buffy and Willow were in the room together. There wasn't any noise heard, at all. That could be a good sign. But it could also be a bad one. "We might as well get comfy. They're going to be in there for a while." Spike said, breaking the silence. Not one person objected, they all sat down and kept to themselves.
*Tick*
*Tick*
*Tick*
That's it! Thought Xander, the clock has a death wish. He had the urge to just rush in there and tell Buffy to just be over with it. He couldn't stand the waiting.
That's when the door opened. First Willow came out looking drained, figuratively, not literally. She sat down with a guilty look on her face. Then Buffy came out, she looked still slightly annoyed but relieved that the conversation was over. Everyone just kind of sat there in an awkward silence. Buffy then broke it.
"Well, we all might as well go home. Get some rest and try to forget this ever happened. Willow and I had a long talk and I doubt that ours will be the last. I know Giles will want to speak with her also."
With that she left, one last lingering look towards Spike. Something had changed between the two. Obviously. But something even deeper went on between them, for being such a dense guy, even Xander noticed.
Days and weeks passed. That day wasn't to be mentioned ever again. Giles made sure that there would be an annulment for Spike and Buffy. That was the easy part. If only they could forget. They went about their lives like they did before. Buffy was still dating Riley, but it was obvious her heart wasn't in it anymore. Xander didn't think they'd last too much longer. Spike was still chained to Giles' bath tub. On occasion he would patrol with Buffy. Though those "occasions" became more regular. No one could predict what would happen to the two "enemies". That remains to be seen.
A/N: This is just a story that I wrote after watching "Something Blue". The idea just came and wouldn't go away. I wrote the Anya moments for my good friend Josh. Love ya! Go on read.it is more entertaining than my babbling anyway.
This had been the most interesting day of Xander Harris' life. And his best friend was nowhere to be found. As much as he loved Willow, he had a feeling this was all her fault. Since she had gotten into working with magic, everything had been different. Xander would never say anything of course, but sometimes he wondered if maybe she should have stayed away from it all together.
None of them had any idea of what kind of spell had been performed. Giles was now blind. Ironically he was the only one who would have wanted to find out what was happening by looking in his books, and he couldn't even see them. So it was up to Xander and Anya to find any information they could. Well, only Xander at this point, Anya fell asleep on the couch.
And what about Buffy you say? The great vampire slayer? Well she was upstairs in the spare room with none other than her brand new husband... Spike. Now you wonder, how did that happen? That's a good question. All afternoon Buffy had sat in his lap, sticking their tongues down each other's throats.
Buffy apparently couldn't wait to be married to him so they called a judge to perform a quick ceremony. Spike didn't want a priest out of fear that somehow he would have to end up touching a cross, or something that would burn him.
Since Buffy didn't know Anya all that well, and Willow was absent, none other than Xander himself had to be the "maid of honor". Spike'll never let him live that one down. They had decided to get it done in the safety of Giles' home, Xander didn't want some demon thinking he'd be fun to play with. Since it seems he attracted demons of all kinds and shapes.
So there he was, sitting there, looking through old dusty books that made him sneeze. Buffy or Spike refused to help. Both of them thought it was crazy to think that a spell had caused this. Because everyday slayers get married to mortal enemy vampires. And don't even ask about how they were able to wed legally. Great, now Giles was snoring. It was even loud enough for Xander to hear over Spike and Buffy's noise. He wondered how Anya slept through it.
*Bang* *Bang* *Crash*
That's it. This can't go on any longer. A picture just fell off the wall and landed on his head. To hell with the demons that are after him. He needed to talk to Willow. Now. Xander cleaned up the mess of glass that surrounded him, grabbed a cross bow and left.
"Xander!!! Don't leave me! For the love of God man, take me with you!!!" Screamed Giles, he woke when he heard the picture fall on Xander's head.
But Xander had already left. Not the he would've been able to hear him any ways.
*****
"Damn it Willow!! Open up! I know that you're in there!" The door opened to reveal a very tired and slightly disheveled Willow.
"Xander, it is three in the morning. Couldn't it wait?"
"What did you do? What kind of spell did you perform?"
"I didn't perform any kind of spell. I have no idea what you are talking about."
"Giles is blind. Demons seem to be attracted to me. And Buffy and Spike just got married. And at least if you had been there I wouldn't have had to wear that dress." *shudder* "It was pink, Willow...pink. And frilly, and poofy. White lace all over it. I'm just lucky that the heels didn't fit."
Willow just stood there kind of dumbfounded. It was too early for this.
"What?" Willow asked, Xander just continued to pace back and forth.
"I tried to be ok with it. I did, I really did. But then a picture fell off the wall. It hit me on the head. They are loud, Willow, very loud. All I hear is banging, for hours and hours."
"Well at least they waited until they got married." Willow said, trying to add some humor. Xander just gave her a look that told her that she was crazy.
"Willow. Did you perform ANY kind of spell." Xander said calmly. Too calmly. That was Willow's cue to wake up and become serious.
"Give me that book lying over there." Xander did as he was told. He sat himself down and watched her read. And read. And read. Before he knew it he was asleep.
****
"Xander....Xander....wake up. I reversed the spell. We can go back to Giles' house and see if it worked."
"What time is it?" Xander asked, groggily.
"Around seven." Xander slowly got out of the bed he was sleeping on. Buffy was going to be so pissed. Though he was unsure who the wrath was going to be centered at. One would hope it would be at Spike, but it wasn't his fault. It had been Willow's fault.
They got into Xander's car and drove back to Giles' house. When they entered they found Anya sitting on the couch, holding a stop watch, looking amazed.
"I can't believe it. They beat us Xander...they beat us." She looked down at a piece of paper that she had on a clipboard. Xander didn't want to know what she had put on it.
Xander entered the room in which Spike and Buffy had shared. The room was torn apart. Buffy and Spike were sleeping on separate sides of the bed. Buffy then started to open her eyes and found Xander standing there. He noticed.
"Did it work, Buffy?"
"Did what work?" She said as she rolled over and found Spike just as equally naked as herself. Granted they were both covered by blankets.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" The scream was ear shattering. Buffy was on the other side of the room in ten seconds flat. Only the large comforter from the bed covered her. Spike had woke from the scream. He had a horrified look on his face after the realization set in. He pulled the sheet a little tighter around his body. Anya stumbled in, still clutching her clipboard.
"Was that another one? That's got to be some kind of record." Then she noticed that in fact the vampire and slayer were across the room from each other.
"Ahn, not now." Xander told her, he wanted to see Buffy tear Spike apart. The two just kind of stood there, both had identical looks of embarrassment on their faces.
"Who did this? Who made us like this?" Buffy asked slowly, almost deadly. Xander tried to remember what kind of flowers Willow liked best because he had a feeling that he'd be buying some for her funeral, soon.
"It was Willow. But it was an accident!!"
"I'm gonna kill her." Seethed Buffy. She had gotten to know Spike too much. Now she didn't really know how to feel about him. And that was all Willow's fault.
"Get out Xander, I need to change."
"Pet, your clothes are in shreds." Remarked Spike, it was the first thing he had said since it all happened. Strangely his face held no smirk like usual. Something was way off.
"Then I'll borrow your shirt then."
"You're going to change with Spike in here?"
"Well, it's not like he hasn't seen it all before."
Xander backed out of the room and shut the door. He was scared. Actually, make that terrified. Buffy was way to calm about all this. He wondered if this was a good time to start praying.
Buffy came out a few seconds later wearing Spike's black shirt and a pair of red boxers which Xander assumed were Spike's as well.
"Giles, do you have anything that Spike could wear?" Giles nodded at her question and went to his room to retrieve some clothing. Buffy wouldn't even look in Willow's direction. Giles came back into the room and handed Buffy a pair of gray sweat pants and a dark blue shirt. She went back into the room. The silence among them was almost unbearable.
Finally Buffy and Spike came from the room. Neither one looking at the other. Spike was wearing the clothing that Giles had given him. It was strange to see him in something other than black or red.
"I would like to speak to Willow. Alone." Still with the calmness. Even Spike looked scared for the witch and he was just as pissed as Buffy. A muscle in his jaw was twitching. He had barely said anything. Xander wondered if Buffy and Spike had talked about what happened. It must be strange, one day you are enemies, sworn to kill each other. And then the next day you are getting married and screwing each other's brains out.
Buffy and Willow were in the room together. There wasn't any noise heard, at all. That could be a good sign. But it could also be a bad one. "We might as well get comfy. They're going to be in there for a while." Spike said, breaking the silence. Not one person objected, they all sat down and kept to themselves.
*Tick*
*Tick*
*Tick*
That's it! Thought Xander, the clock has a death wish. He had the urge to just rush in there and tell Buffy to just be over with it. He couldn't stand the waiting.
That's when the door opened. First Willow came out looking drained, figuratively, not literally. She sat down with a guilty look on her face. Then Buffy came out, she looked still slightly annoyed but relieved that the conversation was over. Everyone just kind of sat there in an awkward silence. Buffy then broke it.
"Well, we all might as well go home. Get some rest and try to forget this ever happened. Willow and I had a long talk and I doubt that ours will be the last. I know Giles will want to speak with her also."
With that she left, one last lingering look towards Spike. Something had changed between the two. Obviously. But something even deeper went on between them, for being such a dense guy, even Xander noticed.
Days and weeks passed. That day wasn't to be mentioned ever again. Giles made sure that there would be an annulment for Spike and Buffy. That was the easy part. If only they could forget. They went about their lives like they did before. Buffy was still dating Riley, but it was obvious her heart wasn't in it anymore. Xander didn't think they'd last too much longer. Spike was still chained to Giles' bath tub. On occasion he would patrol with Buffy. Though those "occasions" became more regular. No one could predict what would happen to the two "enemies". That remains to be seen.