"I'm worried about Buffy." Xander said for the fiftieth time that day. He was getting worse then Angel with it.

"Yes Xander we know that already!" Willow and Giles said together.

Xander was pacing now, back and forth, back and forth. "I mean who knows what Spike's doing to her now! I can't believe that she would run off with a soulless vampire. That's not like her."

"Ah huh Xander whatever you say." Cordelia said in a bored voice, "Buffy never does anything spontaneously. Always follows the rules, that girl does."

Xander stopped pacing, "That's it he has her in his thrall, like Dracula does in all those movies of his. That way she can't fight him when he tries to kill her. That's what he did!"

Angel who was getting fed up with Xander along with the others, "No he wouldn't. Spike likes a fair fight, never one for using powers of the mind, if he has any even. That was Dru who put people into thralls. Spike finds that kind of thing boring."

Xander just stared for a moment then shook his head, "Even so, Buffy would never run off…"

Willow had had enough, "Xander, yes she would. Buffy says that she is in love with him, she would do anything for the person she loves. So would Spike. You agree with us about that before. Deal with it, she is never going to love you like she loved Angel or like she loves Spike!"

Xander bravo shattered, he had wanted so badly for this not to be like Buffy. He was hoping that she would give him a chance for one. But Willow had forced him to see that it wasn't in the cards. It wasn't meant to be. Though he still prayed that Spike had forced her to leave and do those things to Parker that Spike and her did. Even if the bastard desired it.

"I know, I just never thought she would or could act the way she is." Xander said softly,

"She's suppose to be the good guy, never one to hurt people. To be the Slayer and always fighting for the good guys, isn't she?"

Giles took off his glasses and rubbed them clean on his shirt. "Yes Xander, she is. But Buffy is also a human being, not just the Slayer. Human beings are flawed. Especially when it comes to emotions. She's in love. Buffy may have made some choices that aren't the best, but they are her choices."

Giles put his glasses, "As for her hurting people, though it is wrong, I would have loved to wring that boys neck as well. Spike and Buffy just beat me to it." That silenced everyone.

"So everything goes as we planned it before. Nothings different, we'll deal with stuff as it happens pantura" Spike whispered to her as they walked to the tower to prepare for the battle.

Buffy took a breath, "Si mi amor. Yes my love, I think that is the only way that we will be able to fight this fight."

Spike smiled and took her hand, "Mi diosa este es el climax de su vieja vida. Solamente una mas batalla despues de esta. (My goddess, this is the climax of your old life. Only one more battle after this.) We will be alright."

Buffy smiled at him talking to her mostly in Spanish, she had learned so much in such a little time.

"No tenemos mas del dolor de esta vida vieja, ya estamos en la neuva. Ellos YA han perdido, nosotros son juntos. Ahora mismo seguimos el camino de la vieja (vida). Lo seguiremos hasta que se acabamos este curso." (No more pain of this old life, we are already in the new one. They have already lost, we are together. Right now it the new life follows the path of the old. We will follow it the old life 'til this course is finished.)

Then they turned on the road to the Tower, each one praying that their love would survive this fight.

Dia wandered the streets until it was time to join Buffy and Spike. As she was walking by a store that sold shoes by the tower she noticed a girl walking out of the store. Dia watched the girl with surprise and disbelief as the girl walked towards the Tower.

The fact that she was walking towards the tower wasn't what surprised Dia, many people visited the tower each day. Some even went there, though illegal, in the middle of the night in hopes of seeing one of the legendary ghost who supposedly haunted the place. No that wasn't what caught her attention.

It wasn't the fact that the girl was a vampire either. There were plenty of those in London. It was just the simple fact that the girl looked exactly like her.

TCB

Sorry this took so long to come out. Had major writer's block on this story, so please forgive me. I sorry if it sounds a little corny at the end or doesn't make sense in some parts. You'll find out what those parts mean later on in the story though. Stay tuned!