Author's Note: Why wasn't fanfiction.net working? I couldn't log-in or change settings, etc. and it's annoying! This chapter was written off the top of my head. Oh, and this chapter has more Willow/Tara in it.
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~Explanation Part 2~
Spike watched everyone with curiosity, especially Buffy. It hurt to move, but he wanted to know what was going on. "Well, pet? What *is* going on?" he finally asked.
She looked at him and said softly, "I'm sorry. For the alley... for everything."
The vampire was shocked, he'd never heard her say those words to him. He just expected her to treat him like dirt until she realized how she felt. He thought she would just use him and then, she would actually be... what kind? Civil? He was very deep in thought, but she brought him out of it with her words, "I told them about... us.... Xander wasn't very happy."
Anya chirped in now, "He's unconscious. He fainted when she said that you were her-"
"Ahn." Xander was starting to wake up now.
Anya smiled brightly. "Good, you're awake. Can we go home now?"
"Wait... I have to explain what happened," Buffy said before Xander could answer.
"Okay, Buff. But, you have a *lot* of explaining to do," he said bitterly.
The slayer waited until everyone was quiet. They all stared at her expectantly. Xander looked pissed. Anya looked like she always did when people spoke about their sex lives, excited. Tara looked nervously back and forth between Buffy and Willow. Dawn pulled off looking angry, excited, freaked out, but mostly happy. Willow was playing with her hands and, like Tara, looking alternately between Buffy and her ex-girlfriend. Spike looked like he would burst out of surprise, and Buffy watched him mostly, sometimes glancing at her friends and sister.
She was about to start speaking when the phone rang. She stood up quickly and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Hello, Buffy," said a familiar english voice.
"Giles!"
"Yes. I just wanted to check on you and Dawn. How have you been?"
"Okay, I guess," she was done lying to him. After all, he was more of a father than Hank Summers had ever been.
"Oh, did something happen?"
'It's now or never,' she thought to herself. "I want to tell you a few things, Giles. Okay?"
The Scoobies watched her closely and Spike desperately tried to stay conscious.
"Yes, Buffy. Of course I'll always listen," Giles said reassuringly over the phone.
"It's about Spike... and me... and us."
"'Us'?"
"Yeah, I've been... sleeping with him," she glanced over toward the vampire to see him look flabbergasted, hopeful, and so loving toward her. That gave her the strength to tell them everything. "Giles Spike and I have been... together... since a while after I got back."
Xander looked disgusted. Tara felt like she should leave, then Willow sat down and pt her hand on Tara's. The blonde-brown haired witch looked at her shyly. Then, leaned over and kissed Willow lightly on the lips.
They smiled at each other.
The slayer ignored Giles raving and hung up the phone.
As she looked around, Buffy saw them and knew that some people were meant to be. Were she and Spike?
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Author's Note 2: Another short chapter. Sorry to anyone who reads this! The next one is "Explanation Part 3"
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~Explanation Part 2~
Spike watched everyone with curiosity, especially Buffy. It hurt to move, but he wanted to know what was going on. "Well, pet? What *is* going on?" he finally asked.
She looked at him and said softly, "I'm sorry. For the alley... for everything."
The vampire was shocked, he'd never heard her say those words to him. He just expected her to treat him like dirt until she realized how she felt. He thought she would just use him and then, she would actually be... what kind? Civil? He was very deep in thought, but she brought him out of it with her words, "I told them about... us.... Xander wasn't very happy."
Anya chirped in now, "He's unconscious. He fainted when she said that you were her-"
"Ahn." Xander was starting to wake up now.
Anya smiled brightly. "Good, you're awake. Can we go home now?"
"Wait... I have to explain what happened," Buffy said before Xander could answer.
"Okay, Buff. But, you have a *lot* of explaining to do," he said bitterly.
The slayer waited until everyone was quiet. They all stared at her expectantly. Xander looked pissed. Anya looked like she always did when people spoke about their sex lives, excited. Tara looked nervously back and forth between Buffy and Willow. Dawn pulled off looking angry, excited, freaked out, but mostly happy. Willow was playing with her hands and, like Tara, looking alternately between Buffy and her ex-girlfriend. Spike looked like he would burst out of surprise, and Buffy watched him mostly, sometimes glancing at her friends and sister.
She was about to start speaking when the phone rang. She stood up quickly and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Hello, Buffy," said a familiar english voice.
"Giles!"
"Yes. I just wanted to check on you and Dawn. How have you been?"
"Okay, I guess," she was done lying to him. After all, he was more of a father than Hank Summers had ever been.
"Oh, did something happen?"
'It's now or never,' she thought to herself. "I want to tell you a few things, Giles. Okay?"
The Scoobies watched her closely and Spike desperately tried to stay conscious.
"Yes, Buffy. Of course I'll always listen," Giles said reassuringly over the phone.
"It's about Spike... and me... and us."
"'Us'?"
"Yeah, I've been... sleeping with him," she glanced over toward the vampire to see him look flabbergasted, hopeful, and so loving toward her. That gave her the strength to tell them everything. "Giles Spike and I have been... together... since a while after I got back."
Xander looked disgusted. Tara felt like she should leave, then Willow sat down and pt her hand on Tara's. The blonde-brown haired witch looked at her shyly. Then, leaned over and kissed Willow lightly on the lips.
They smiled at each other.
The slayer ignored Giles raving and hung up the phone.
As she looked around, Buffy saw them and knew that some people were meant to be. Were she and Spike?
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Author's Note 2: Another short chapter. Sorry to anyone who reads this! The next one is "Explanation Part 3"