Family
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the BtVS characters, they belong to Joss and a bunch of other people. But I do own Joyce and William.
SUMMARY: Two special people who are in love bring Buffy and spike back together.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Lets just pretend that when Spike left Sunnydale in season 6 he didn't only get his soul back but he was made human but never went back to Buffy.
This first chapter doesn't concentrate on Buffy and Spike but stick with me because it'll come soon.
~*~
CHAPTER ONE
NEW YORK CITY
Joyce rolled over in bed and sat up, her long curly brown hair a mess and her face free of make up. But she didn't care today was a Sunday so she had no work and she was with the man she loved.
Before walking in the living room she looked back at the man asleep in her bed, they'd only known each other for a month but they were so in love. Her William, she'd met him in a coffee round the corner from her office and it was love at first sight. He was perfect and everything had moved so fast but they didn't care they were just so happy.
Last night all her dreams had come true when he'd asked her if she would marry him, he held the ring out and she said yes within seconds. This morning she was still happy but one thought nagged at her, what her dad would say.
Joy had always been the apple of her fathers eye, he loved her more than anything in the world which was great but when it came to boys it was a little annoying. She hadn't been able to date until she was 18 when she moved to New York to go to college because her dad always scared guys away, but Will was great how could her dad not like him?
"Who you kiddin' dad won't like him because you're sleeping with him." She said to her self as she poured a cup of coffee.
"Your dad?" A voice questioned behind her, she had been so caught up in her own thoughts that she hadn't heard Will get up.
Joy turned and smiled at him, today was meant to be they're happy day, not a day when they worry about their parents reactions.
"Yeah my dad's kinda over protective, after all I'm the only one he's got." Joy told him still maintaining her smile, nothing was going to worry them today.
"It might have helped if he'd met me."
"It's not my fault he lives in North California, but he'll meet you soon enough and he'll love you just like I do." She said leaning up on her tiptoes to plant a kiss on his lips.
"And there's my mom, not too mention Aunty Dawn, Aunty Willow and Aunty Anya I'm their little boy." Will told her trying to comfort her.
Joy was staring out of the window, "I wish I had a big family like you, after my mom 'went' all I had was dad."
Will put his arms round Joy's waist, he felt sorry for her too. Her mom had died when she was only a toddler and neither her mom or dad had any family. Where as Will had more family than he could handle, fussing round him. Will decided to lighten the mood.
"So my Joy are we going to set a date?"
Joy beamed, back to wedding talk, her getting married this was way too perfect. Looking at Will she saw all the love and passion in the world burning just for her, and that was why she wasn't too worried about telling her dad.
Ever since she was little her dad had taught her that love wasn't safe or predictable, love burned and raced and was spontaneous, and that was the sort of love she deserved. She use to laugh at him, but after meeting Will she knew he was right, it just hurt a little to know that it wasn't that kind of love he shared with her mom, he had with someone else, but he never did talk about her.
"Say a month?" Joy asked
"Sound great, now where's that waffles?"
"Oh Will, I think we should go to Sunnydale and have it there."
Will looked back at her, he would love to have the wedding in Sunnydale but what about her dad.
"I'd love that honey but what about your dad?"
"You have lots of family there, my dad can come stay for the wedding." She told him.
Will looked at his love, his perfect Joy, she was so beautiful and her perfect blue eyes could light up a room. He hoped that his mom and the rest of the mother hen's would like her, sure Joyce was stubborn but so was he. Joyce was fiery but so was his mom. Could be a match made in heaven, or could be a living nightmare.
"Shall we go back to bed." Will whispered in Joy's ear.
~*~
Buffy put the phone down, this weeks phone call had gone a little differently than normal. Normally her son Will talked about what was happening at work, but not this week.
Buffy sat on a stool a the breakfast bar in the kitchen, leaning on the side for support, she heard footsteps coming towards the kitchen.
"Hey what did Will have to say for himself?" Her sister Dawn asked as she pulled herself up a seat next to Buffy.
"He's getting married." Buffy said her voice totally void of any emotion.
"He's what?" Dawn shouted having never been the calmer of the two sisters.
"That girl he met last month, Joyce, they're going to get married."
"We haven't even met her." Dawn said still screaming at the thought of some little trashy girl forcing her little Will to marry her.
"I know, now calm down, they are both coming her at the weekend."
Dawn didn't answer her, William was getting married, it had been hard enough when he'd moved to New York but now he was a real grown up. Buffy sat trying to work out her thought on the situation, her baby all grown up and starting his own family with the woman he loved. She was happy for him, well as long as this 'Joyce' wasn't a bitch.
One good thing was that he was coming home to get married, she would now get to spend some real time with her son for the first time in ages.
"Do you think we should call Michael?" Dawn asked referring to Will's father.
"No Will told me not to bother, doesn't want him here." Buffy said.
Dawn smiled, that was her William. Dawn had never like Mike, but he wasn't around long, he practically ran out of the door when he found out Buffy was pregnant.
"At least we know that we brought Will up to not walk out on his girl, Joyce is a lucky woman." Dawn said trying to lighten up the conversation.
"Well we will have to see when we meet her."
~*~
"Dad calm down and listen to me." Joy said
Will laughed, Joy and her dad had been arguing on the phone for about half an hour, both as stubborn as each other neither one giving way.
"Daddy he's a brilliant man and you'll love him if you..." Joy was cut off by more of her fathers shouts.
She looked over to Will for some support, he came over and hugged her from behind, kissing her neck.
"Shut up and listen to me, I love you and I love Will we're getting married and you will be happy for us." Joy told him in no uncertain terms, her voice with a strict tone.
Joy listened to a few more rants before saying, "Daddy we will come and pick you up when we get into L.A airport on Saturday."
"Yes we're going to meet Will's mom and the rest of his family and you're coming with us."
Will went back over to the sofa smiling at Joy, she handled herself so well sometimes. Getting her point across with shouting, not something he'd seen a lot when he was growing up, his mom and Dawn did a lot of shouting. A lot of the time for no reason. He watched Joy hang up the phone.
"He's coming, he's not happy but he'll calm down." Joy told Will, hoping that her dad would calm down and not rip Will's head off as he'd threatened.
TBC...
A/N: Please tell me what you think I want to know if I should bother continuing. Sorry there wasn't much Buffy & Spike but like I said it will come.
Can you guess who Joy's dad is yet?
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the BtVS characters, they belong to Joss and a bunch of other people. But I do own Joyce and William.
SUMMARY: Two special people who are in love bring Buffy and spike back together.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Lets just pretend that when Spike left Sunnydale in season 6 he didn't only get his soul back but he was made human but never went back to Buffy.
This first chapter doesn't concentrate on Buffy and Spike but stick with me because it'll come soon.
~*~
CHAPTER ONE
NEW YORK CITY
Joyce rolled over in bed and sat up, her long curly brown hair a mess and her face free of make up. But she didn't care today was a Sunday so she had no work and she was with the man she loved.
Before walking in the living room she looked back at the man asleep in her bed, they'd only known each other for a month but they were so in love. Her William, she'd met him in a coffee round the corner from her office and it was love at first sight. He was perfect and everything had moved so fast but they didn't care they were just so happy.
Last night all her dreams had come true when he'd asked her if she would marry him, he held the ring out and she said yes within seconds. This morning she was still happy but one thought nagged at her, what her dad would say.
Joy had always been the apple of her fathers eye, he loved her more than anything in the world which was great but when it came to boys it was a little annoying. She hadn't been able to date until she was 18 when she moved to New York to go to college because her dad always scared guys away, but Will was great how could her dad not like him?
"Who you kiddin' dad won't like him because you're sleeping with him." She said to her self as she poured a cup of coffee.
"Your dad?" A voice questioned behind her, she had been so caught up in her own thoughts that she hadn't heard Will get up.
Joy turned and smiled at him, today was meant to be they're happy day, not a day when they worry about their parents reactions.
"Yeah my dad's kinda over protective, after all I'm the only one he's got." Joy told him still maintaining her smile, nothing was going to worry them today.
"It might have helped if he'd met me."
"It's not my fault he lives in North California, but he'll meet you soon enough and he'll love you just like I do." She said leaning up on her tiptoes to plant a kiss on his lips.
"And there's my mom, not too mention Aunty Dawn, Aunty Willow and Aunty Anya I'm their little boy." Will told her trying to comfort her.
Joy was staring out of the window, "I wish I had a big family like you, after my mom 'went' all I had was dad."
Will put his arms round Joy's waist, he felt sorry for her too. Her mom had died when she was only a toddler and neither her mom or dad had any family. Where as Will had more family than he could handle, fussing round him. Will decided to lighten the mood.
"So my Joy are we going to set a date?"
Joy beamed, back to wedding talk, her getting married this was way too perfect. Looking at Will she saw all the love and passion in the world burning just for her, and that was why she wasn't too worried about telling her dad.
Ever since she was little her dad had taught her that love wasn't safe or predictable, love burned and raced and was spontaneous, and that was the sort of love she deserved. She use to laugh at him, but after meeting Will she knew he was right, it just hurt a little to know that it wasn't that kind of love he shared with her mom, he had with someone else, but he never did talk about her.
"Say a month?" Joy asked
"Sound great, now where's that waffles?"
"Oh Will, I think we should go to Sunnydale and have it there."
Will looked back at her, he would love to have the wedding in Sunnydale but what about her dad.
"I'd love that honey but what about your dad?"
"You have lots of family there, my dad can come stay for the wedding." She told him.
Will looked at his love, his perfect Joy, she was so beautiful and her perfect blue eyes could light up a room. He hoped that his mom and the rest of the mother hen's would like her, sure Joyce was stubborn but so was he. Joyce was fiery but so was his mom. Could be a match made in heaven, or could be a living nightmare.
"Shall we go back to bed." Will whispered in Joy's ear.
~*~
Buffy put the phone down, this weeks phone call had gone a little differently than normal. Normally her son Will talked about what was happening at work, but not this week.
Buffy sat on a stool a the breakfast bar in the kitchen, leaning on the side for support, she heard footsteps coming towards the kitchen.
"Hey what did Will have to say for himself?" Her sister Dawn asked as she pulled herself up a seat next to Buffy.
"He's getting married." Buffy said her voice totally void of any emotion.
"He's what?" Dawn shouted having never been the calmer of the two sisters.
"That girl he met last month, Joyce, they're going to get married."
"We haven't even met her." Dawn said still screaming at the thought of some little trashy girl forcing her little Will to marry her.
"I know, now calm down, they are both coming her at the weekend."
Dawn didn't answer her, William was getting married, it had been hard enough when he'd moved to New York but now he was a real grown up. Buffy sat trying to work out her thought on the situation, her baby all grown up and starting his own family with the woman he loved. She was happy for him, well as long as this 'Joyce' wasn't a bitch.
One good thing was that he was coming home to get married, she would now get to spend some real time with her son for the first time in ages.
"Do you think we should call Michael?" Dawn asked referring to Will's father.
"No Will told me not to bother, doesn't want him here." Buffy said.
Dawn smiled, that was her William. Dawn had never like Mike, but he wasn't around long, he practically ran out of the door when he found out Buffy was pregnant.
"At least we know that we brought Will up to not walk out on his girl, Joyce is a lucky woman." Dawn said trying to lighten up the conversation.
"Well we will have to see when we meet her."
~*~
"Dad calm down and listen to me." Joy said
Will laughed, Joy and her dad had been arguing on the phone for about half an hour, both as stubborn as each other neither one giving way.
"Daddy he's a brilliant man and you'll love him if you..." Joy was cut off by more of her fathers shouts.
She looked over to Will for some support, he came over and hugged her from behind, kissing her neck.
"Shut up and listen to me, I love you and I love Will we're getting married and you will be happy for us." Joy told him in no uncertain terms, her voice with a strict tone.
Joy listened to a few more rants before saying, "Daddy we will come and pick you up when we get into L.A airport on Saturday."
"Yes we're going to meet Will's mom and the rest of his family and you're coming with us."
Will went back over to the sofa smiling at Joy, she handled herself so well sometimes. Getting her point across with shouting, not something he'd seen a lot when he was growing up, his mom and Dawn did a lot of shouting. A lot of the time for no reason. He watched Joy hang up the phone.
"He's coming, he's not happy but he'll calm down." Joy told Will, hoping that her dad would calm down and not rip Will's head off as he'd threatened.
TBC...
A/N: Please tell me what you think I want to know if I should bother continuing. Sorry there wasn't much Buffy & Spike but like I said it will come.
Can you guess who Joy's dad is yet?