What I Want
By
Natalie Elizabeth
Chapter 15
Angel pulled up to a house and Spike looked at it thankful it wasn't as lavish as Buffy's. Angel got out of the car and ran to the front door.
"Will their mum be alright with us being here?" Spike asked.
Buffy nodded. "She should be, she helped me escape"
"Umm ok" Spike got out pf the car and ran to the porch.
Spike waited for Buffy to get out of the car and join him on the porch before he entered the house. Buffy was immediately enveloped in a hug.
"It's so good to see you"
Spike stood back as the brunette lady hugged Buffy.
"Its good to see you to Jenny, thanks for helping out again"
Buffy stepped back from the hug. "Umm this is my best friend Spike, from Sunnydale"
Spike cringed.
"Hi Spike" Jenny said then looked him over. "Would you like a towel?"
Spike looked down at him self; he was completely wet from head to toe.
"Umm yeah that would be great"
"Oh he's English," Jenny, said elbowing Buffy on the way to a cupboard and grabbing some towels.
"Umm yeah all my life," Spike said with a smirk.
"He's funny to" Jenny said handing him a towel. "You know you really should have a jacket on out there"
"I did," he said looking over at Buffy.
Buffy took of the jacket. "You could have kept it on"
"And let you get sick as well as having a bump on your noggin"
Buffy put her hand to her head and felt the bandage.
"Take a seat" Jenny said placing a towel on the couch.
Buffy and Spike sat on the couch. Spike reached around the back of Buffy's head and undid the clip that held the bandage in place. Unraveling the bandage, Spike looked at Buffy's head. Their was a tiny gash but nothing to serious to worry about.
"I don't think we were followed" Angel said coming into the room and sitting on a chair.
"It's not like it was mission impossible Angel," Dru said sitting on the arm of his chair.
"No but we do need to figure out what your going to do Elizabeth, I mean Buffy"
Buffy put her head in her hands. "Grr. I don't know. I don't know"
"Its ok pet, we will figure this out" Spike said rubbing her back.
"How, Spike, how? These are my parents for Christ sake. I thought running from them would solve it but it didn't. Maybe I should just go back there"
"You're not bloody going back their luv"
"And why's that" Buffy snapped at Spike.
"Because if you go back their, your parents will make you marry that Riley wanker."
"And would that be so bad" she asked
"You have got to be kidding right," Spike asked.
"Well"
"No, that is not an option"
"Well what's your big plan then Spike? You just come here and kidnap me back, what's your big plan"
Spike sat there stunned. He was actually having a fight with Buffy, they never fought.
"Well I guess I made the wrong decision coming to get you. Maybe you should marry Riley then."
"She doesn't have to marry Riley" Drusilla interrupted
"Do you have a plan?" Buffy asked Dru.
"Well sort of. You have to get away from your parents; they think they can control you. You could marry Riley or you could marry someone else"
Everyone in the room looked at Drusilla confused.
"I am not crazy; I mean it just might work. If you married someone that's not Riley then your parents would have no control over you. I mean that would be your husbands' right, right."
Buffy nodded at her understanding. "Great plan Dru, but who's going to marry me. I mean am I going need to put desperate for marriage notice up?"
Spike looked over at Angel and saw him moving in his seat about to approach Buffy. Spike put his hand on Buffy's shoulder.
"Buffy I will," he stammered.
"What?" Buffy asked confused.
"Buffy will you marry me" he said grabbing her hand.
Buffy looked at Spike surprised then looked over at Drusilla who was nodding her head at her.
"I umm, I can't deal with this" Buffy said getting up and walking out of the room.
"Buffy" Spike called starting to go after her.
Angel held Spike back. "Don't," Angel said warning him.
Spike looked desperately at Buffy's retreating form then at Angel.
"I didn't mean to scare her"
"Yeah well you did"
Spike slumped back into the couch. "I love her"
"What?" Angel asked shocked.
"Umm, I think I am better go check on her" Dru said leaving the room.
"I better go to," Jenny said following her.
"So let me get this straight," Angel said sitting across from him. "She's your best friend but you love her"
Spike nodded. Angel fell back in his seat.
"Oh god."
Drusilla and Jenny stood in front of Buffy in Drusilla's bedroom.
"What?" she asked looking up at them.
Both Jenny and Dru continued to look at her.
"Was he serious?" Buffy asked them.
Dru sat down on the bed net to Buffy. "I can tell he really cares about you"
"I know he does, he's my best friend."
"I think he cares more than that."
Buffy looked at Jenny. "What should I do?"
Jenny sighed and sat on the other aide of Buffy. "Why do I have to be the parent here?"
"Umm because you are the parent, mom," Drusilla said playfully.
"Can I not be the mom today?"
Buffy looked at her and smiled. "Ok"
"Look Buffy getting married might be the only possible decision"
"This is advice from not the mom Jenny right"
Jenny nodded.
"It's a big thing"
"It doesn't have to be. I mean discuss it with him. For your purpose, it's just a piece of paper to get your parents off your back. That's all it has to be"
Buffy smiled at her. "You think"
"Talk to him"
"Yeah Elizabeth" Dru said egging her on. "I mean how bad can it be being married to Spike, because I can only see good things."
Buffy laughed.
"I'll go get him," Jenny said exiting the room.
"If you decide that you don't want Spike, can I have him?" Dru asked.
"Dru" Buffy wailed.
"Alright" Dru said getting up. "I'll go but no making out on my bed."
Buffy nodded then looked up when she saw the door open and Spike stick his head in.
"Can I come in?" he asked.
"Sure I was just leaving," Dru, said giving Buffy, the thumbs up sign.
"Are you ok?" Spike asked addressing Buffy.
"Umm yeah. Sorry I wigged out there"
Spike walked over to Buffy and sat next to her. "I kinda through that proposal on you huh."
Buffy nodded.
"I didn't mean to scare you. I just don't want you to marry Riley. You belong in Sunnydale. When I saw the poof getting up I knew I had to ask you."
Buffy frowned angrily. "So the only reason you proposed is to me is so that Angel wouldn't"
"No, No Luv that's not what I meant. I mean how would you, marrying him, make your life better. I mean your parents already hate him. Sure they seem to hate me to but hey I am English I think your dad liked that. At least if you marry me you have a reason to stay in Sunnydale right"
Buffy nodded. "I guess"
"Exactly" Spike said smiling. "And who better to get married to then your best friend right"
Buffy smiled. "Yeah your right. I mean we have heaps in common. Most married couples have nothing in common"
Spike nodded in agreement.
"So let's say we do get married, we need some conditions"
"I am all ears luv"
Buffy frowned. "Umm I don't know. You're the one ending your life here its up to you"
Spike laughed. "I don't see how I am ending my life. I mean there are probably some medical benefits to us getting hitched right"
Buffy whacked him in the arm. "You idiot"
"What, singles cover is expensive. There is that add on the telly about couples cover"
"Ok so we get cheap health cover, that's not a condition." Buffy sat there and thought. "Well ok how long are we going to be married for? I mean what if you find someone"
"There is no one"
"What" Buffy asked shocked.
"The one I want, I can't have. So there won't be anyone else. We can be married for as long as it takes for your parents to get off your back"
Buffy nodded. "Umm ok, so umm where supposed to act like a couple in front of my parents right. I mean if we ever see them again, because I can tell you I don't particularly want to see them"
Spike nodded. "Yep for all purposes we will act like a couple, I am fine with that"
Buffy looked at him nervously. "Umm ok so to what extent"
Spike looked at Buffy and smiled. "Don't worry Buffy I don't expect you to perform wifely duties just because we are married"
Buffy looked at him confused.
"Sex" he said seeing her confused look. "Look we will hug and kiss, that she be enough right"
Buffy nodded. "Umm I would take your name too"
"Well that's up to you pet"
Buffy shook her head. "I wasn't asking, I was saying. I am going to take your last name. I know there is all this womens lib and all that, but I have always believed it's disrespectful. When I get married I am going to be Buffy Giles"
Spike looked at her bewildered. "Umm you could always be Buffy Summers- Giles. I mean that way when we get divorced you could just take it off the end"
"We are not even married and you're already thinking of divorce," she asked surprised.
"Are you saying you want to get married, to me, I mean"
Buffy smiled. "Yes. I mean umm yeah I do, I think it's the only way to stay in Sunnydale. In the end it's up to you"
Spike smiled. "It's official, where engaged" Spike frowned. "For the second time"
"Yep I guess so"
"So you wanna go to Vegas then"
Buffy frowned. "Vegas?"
"Well yeah quickest way I know to get married. I mean anywhere around here would call your parents. We go to Vegas it throws them off the trail.
Buffy smiled. "Alright Vegas it is. So umm do we shake on this?"
Spike shook his head. "I think a kiss is in order don't you luv"
Buffy shrugged. "I guess we might a well practice right"
Spike nodded eagerly.
Buffy stood up and pulled Spike with her.
"I now pronounce you man and wife," she said facing Spike causing his heart to flutter.
Spike leaned in and pressed his lips kissing her with such passion that should be shown at a wedding ceremony. Drusilla knocked on the door softly and poked her head in and saw the couple kissing.
"Well at least it's not on my bed"
Spike and Buffy broke apart.
"Oh no don't stop, mom just wanted to know if you had figured out what you were going to do. Just in case the police came looking for you Elizabeth"
Buffy smiled. "Were going to Vegas. Spike and I are getting married"
Dru smiled. "Oh my god this is so great," she said rushing over to Buffy and giving her a tight hug.
"It's just a fake marriage," Buffy said pulling Dru off her.
Spike's heart nearly spilt in to hearing Buffy's omission. Dru came and gave Spike a congratulatory hug. "Don't worry," she whispered. "She will see that you truly love her"
"Thanks" Spike said.
Buffy looked at Spike strangely
"Oh umm Dru said she would drive us to the airport, right"
Drusilla looked at him confused. "Umm yeah right"
Buffy sighed "Umm alright. I guess we better go tell your mom and Angel"
"Oh wait" Drusilla said going through one of her drawers. "Got it" Dru said holding up a camera.
"You're not going to take pictures of us," Buffy complained.
Drusilla shook her head. "Nope, of Angel when you tell him"
Spike snickered. "Can I get copies?"
~TBC~
Chapter 15
Angel pulled up to a house and Spike looked at it thankful it wasn't as lavish as Buffy's. Angel got out of the car and ran to the front door.
"Will their mum be alright with us being here?" Spike asked.
Buffy nodded. "She should be, she helped me escape"
"Umm ok" Spike got out pf the car and ran to the porch.
Spike waited for Buffy to get out of the car and join him on the porch before he entered the house. Buffy was immediately enveloped in a hug.
"It's so good to see you"
Spike stood back as the brunette lady hugged Buffy.
"Its good to see you to Jenny, thanks for helping out again"
Buffy stepped back from the hug. "Umm this is my best friend Spike, from Sunnydale"
Spike cringed.
"Hi Spike" Jenny said then looked him over. "Would you like a towel?"
Spike looked down at him self; he was completely wet from head to toe.
"Umm yeah that would be great"
"Oh he's English," Jenny, said elbowing Buffy on the way to a cupboard and grabbing some towels.
"Umm yeah all my life," Spike said with a smirk.
"He's funny to" Jenny said handing him a towel. "You know you really should have a jacket on out there"
"I did," he said looking over at Buffy.
Buffy took of the jacket. "You could have kept it on"
"And let you get sick as well as having a bump on your noggin"
Buffy put her hand to her head and felt the bandage.
"Take a seat" Jenny said placing a towel on the couch.
Buffy and Spike sat on the couch. Spike reached around the back of Buffy's head and undid the clip that held the bandage in place. Unraveling the bandage, Spike looked at Buffy's head. Their was a tiny gash but nothing to serious to worry about.
"I don't think we were followed" Angel said coming into the room and sitting on a chair.
"It's not like it was mission impossible Angel," Dru said sitting on the arm of his chair.
"No but we do need to figure out what your going to do Elizabeth, I mean Buffy"
Buffy put her head in her hands. "Grr. I don't know. I don't know"
"Its ok pet, we will figure this out" Spike said rubbing her back.
"How, Spike, how? These are my parents for Christ sake. I thought running from them would solve it but it didn't. Maybe I should just go back there"
"You're not bloody going back their luv"
"And why's that" Buffy snapped at Spike.
"Because if you go back their, your parents will make you marry that Riley wanker."
"And would that be so bad" she asked
"You have got to be kidding right," Spike asked.
"Well"
"No, that is not an option"
"Well what's your big plan then Spike? You just come here and kidnap me back, what's your big plan"
Spike sat there stunned. He was actually having a fight with Buffy, they never fought.
"Well I guess I made the wrong decision coming to get you. Maybe you should marry Riley then."
"She doesn't have to marry Riley" Drusilla interrupted
"Do you have a plan?" Buffy asked Dru.
"Well sort of. You have to get away from your parents; they think they can control you. You could marry Riley or you could marry someone else"
Everyone in the room looked at Drusilla confused.
"I am not crazy; I mean it just might work. If you married someone that's not Riley then your parents would have no control over you. I mean that would be your husbands' right, right."
Buffy nodded at her understanding. "Great plan Dru, but who's going to marry me. I mean am I going need to put desperate for marriage notice up?"
Spike looked over at Angel and saw him moving in his seat about to approach Buffy. Spike put his hand on Buffy's shoulder.
"Buffy I will," he stammered.
"What?" Buffy asked confused.
"Buffy will you marry me" he said grabbing her hand.
Buffy looked at Spike surprised then looked over at Drusilla who was nodding her head at her.
"I umm, I can't deal with this" Buffy said getting up and walking out of the room.
"Buffy" Spike called starting to go after her.
Angel held Spike back. "Don't," Angel said warning him.
Spike looked desperately at Buffy's retreating form then at Angel.
"I didn't mean to scare her"
"Yeah well you did"
Spike slumped back into the couch. "I love her"
"What?" Angel asked shocked.
"Umm, I think I am better go check on her" Dru said leaving the room.
"I better go to," Jenny said following her.
"So let me get this straight," Angel said sitting across from him. "She's your best friend but you love her"
Spike nodded. Angel fell back in his seat.
"Oh god."
Drusilla and Jenny stood in front of Buffy in Drusilla's bedroom.
"What?" she asked looking up at them.
Both Jenny and Dru continued to look at her.
"Was he serious?" Buffy asked them.
Dru sat down on the bed net to Buffy. "I can tell he really cares about you"
"I know he does, he's my best friend."
"I think he cares more than that."
Buffy looked at Jenny. "What should I do?"
Jenny sighed and sat on the other aide of Buffy. "Why do I have to be the parent here?"
"Umm because you are the parent, mom," Drusilla said playfully.
"Can I not be the mom today?"
Buffy looked at her and smiled. "Ok"
"Look Buffy getting married might be the only possible decision"
"This is advice from not the mom Jenny right"
Jenny nodded.
"It's a big thing"
"It doesn't have to be. I mean discuss it with him. For your purpose, it's just a piece of paper to get your parents off your back. That's all it has to be"
Buffy smiled at her. "You think"
"Talk to him"
"Yeah Elizabeth" Dru said egging her on. "I mean how bad can it be being married to Spike, because I can only see good things."
Buffy laughed.
"I'll go get him," Jenny said exiting the room.
"If you decide that you don't want Spike, can I have him?" Dru asked.
"Dru" Buffy wailed.
"Alright" Dru said getting up. "I'll go but no making out on my bed."
Buffy nodded then looked up when she saw the door open and Spike stick his head in.
"Can I come in?" he asked.
"Sure I was just leaving," Dru, said giving Buffy, the thumbs up sign.
"Are you ok?" Spike asked addressing Buffy.
"Umm yeah. Sorry I wigged out there"
Spike walked over to Buffy and sat next to her. "I kinda through that proposal on you huh."
Buffy nodded.
"I didn't mean to scare you. I just don't want you to marry Riley. You belong in Sunnydale. When I saw the poof getting up I knew I had to ask you."
Buffy frowned angrily. "So the only reason you proposed is to me is so that Angel wouldn't"
"No, No Luv that's not what I meant. I mean how would you, marrying him, make your life better. I mean your parents already hate him. Sure they seem to hate me to but hey I am English I think your dad liked that. At least if you marry me you have a reason to stay in Sunnydale right"
Buffy nodded. "I guess"
"Exactly" Spike said smiling. "And who better to get married to then your best friend right"
Buffy smiled. "Yeah your right. I mean we have heaps in common. Most married couples have nothing in common"
Spike nodded in agreement.
"So let's say we do get married, we need some conditions"
"I am all ears luv"
Buffy frowned. "Umm I don't know. You're the one ending your life here its up to you"
Spike laughed. "I don't see how I am ending my life. I mean there are probably some medical benefits to us getting hitched right"
Buffy whacked him in the arm. "You idiot"
"What, singles cover is expensive. There is that add on the telly about couples cover"
"Ok so we get cheap health cover, that's not a condition." Buffy sat there and thought. "Well ok how long are we going to be married for? I mean what if you find someone"
"There is no one"
"What" Buffy asked shocked.
"The one I want, I can't have. So there won't be anyone else. We can be married for as long as it takes for your parents to get off your back"
Buffy nodded. "Umm ok, so umm where supposed to act like a couple in front of my parents right. I mean if we ever see them again, because I can tell you I don't particularly want to see them"
Spike nodded. "Yep for all purposes we will act like a couple, I am fine with that"
Buffy looked at him nervously. "Umm ok so to what extent"
Spike looked at Buffy and smiled. "Don't worry Buffy I don't expect you to perform wifely duties just because we are married"
Buffy looked at him confused.
"Sex" he said seeing her confused look. "Look we will hug and kiss, that she be enough right"
Buffy nodded. "Umm I would take your name too"
"Well that's up to you pet"
Buffy shook her head. "I wasn't asking, I was saying. I am going to take your last name. I know there is all this womens lib and all that, but I have always believed it's disrespectful. When I get married I am going to be Buffy Giles"
Spike looked at her bewildered. "Umm you could always be Buffy Summers- Giles. I mean that way when we get divorced you could just take it off the end"
"We are not even married and you're already thinking of divorce," she asked surprised.
"Are you saying you want to get married, to me, I mean"
Buffy smiled. "Yes. I mean umm yeah I do, I think it's the only way to stay in Sunnydale. In the end it's up to you"
Spike smiled. "It's official, where engaged" Spike frowned. "For the second time"
"Yep I guess so"
"So you wanna go to Vegas then"
Buffy frowned. "Vegas?"
"Well yeah quickest way I know to get married. I mean anywhere around here would call your parents. We go to Vegas it throws them off the trail.
Buffy smiled. "Alright Vegas it is. So umm do we shake on this?"
Spike shook his head. "I think a kiss is in order don't you luv"
Buffy shrugged. "I guess we might a well practice right"
Spike nodded eagerly.
Buffy stood up and pulled Spike with her.
"I now pronounce you man and wife," she said facing Spike causing his heart to flutter.
Spike leaned in and pressed his lips kissing her with such passion that should be shown at a wedding ceremony. Drusilla knocked on the door softly and poked her head in and saw the couple kissing.
"Well at least it's not on my bed"
Spike and Buffy broke apart.
"Oh no don't stop, mom just wanted to know if you had figured out what you were going to do. Just in case the police came looking for you Elizabeth"
Buffy smiled. "Were going to Vegas. Spike and I are getting married"
Dru smiled. "Oh my god this is so great," she said rushing over to Buffy and giving her a tight hug.
"It's just a fake marriage," Buffy said pulling Dru off her.
Spike's heart nearly spilt in to hearing Buffy's omission. Dru came and gave Spike a congratulatory hug. "Don't worry," she whispered. "She will see that you truly love her"
"Thanks" Spike said.
Buffy looked at Spike strangely
"Oh umm Dru said she would drive us to the airport, right"
Drusilla looked at him confused. "Umm yeah right"
Buffy sighed "Umm alright. I guess we better go tell your mom and Angel"
"Oh wait" Drusilla said going through one of her drawers. "Got it" Dru said holding up a camera.
"You're not going to take pictures of us," Buffy complained.
Drusilla shook her head. "Nope, of Angel when you tell him"
Spike snickered. "Can I get copies?"
~TBC~