Tears are Fallen Rose Petals

- Chapter 4 -

Waltz for Faye

By Rachel*

Rated: R

Gender: Etc.

-- UPDATED: 7/20/03 --

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"They're here sir." A man in a black suit walked into a darkened room laced with cigarette smoke. The room was hazed, and dismal.

"Hmm… Perfect. Are they going to the dance?" Vicious turned. His gray-blue eyes were glowing with excitement.

"Uhh, we're still working on that. The chances though are very good." The man smiled brightly.

"I don't want chances! I want them here, even if you have to drag them over!" Vicious shouted, drawing his sward and pointing it against the man's neck. "Do you hear me?" Vicious took a deep breath.

"Yes; yes Vicious. They'll be here." The man backed away, and bowed his head

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Jet walked into the lobby to the Lafitte Hotel and Spa. "Umm… I have a reservation for two rooms under the name Black."

"Hmm… Hello." The man batted his eyes and waved. Jet smiled weakly, as his left eye began to twitch. The man had dark brown hair with the top bleached blonde. He wore a bright yellow shirt and purple sweater vest. "What's your first name?" He bit down on his lower lip and rested his head in his hand as he rested it on the counter.

"Uhh… Heh-heh. Jet…" Jet looked over to Faye and Spike who were holding back spits of laughter. Jet motioned for Faye to help him. Faye sighed, and nodded.

"Honey?" Faye whined, she stood and pouted her lips. "Can we go yet? Tiffany is getting tired baby…" Faye leaned up against Jet and moved her hand onto his chest." She turned towards the lobby guy and smiled, batting her eyelashes. "She fell asleep in Spike's lap baby, come on…"

"Yeah sure, hold on a second sweet heart. I'll be there in a second." Faye smiled, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"You owe me Jet…" She mumbled before walking back letting her right index finger run over his chin line and then over his shoulder.

Spike's mind screamed, as he watched Faye. What was it? Why was he acting like this? Was he jealous of Jet? No, he couldn't be… Could he? Spike grimaced as Faye walked back over a disgusted look on her paling face.

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"How was I?" Faye forced a smile, and waved sheepishly over to Jet.

"You could have fooled me." Spike smiled, moving his legs as Ed sat up.

"That good huh?" She smiled, brightly grabbing the cigarette right out of Spike's mouth and took a puff.

"I was smoking that you know…" He watched her lips mold around the small roll.

"Aw… Is Mr. Cowboy gonna` cry because a girl took his cigarette away?" Faye laughed, as Spike franticly reached for his last course of relief.

"I'll give you something to cry about…" He mumbled, jumping over Ein and falling to the tile floor when he slipped.

"Oh… Is that a threat?" She smiled coyly looking down on her fallen comrade.

"Yes, Faye it was!" She shouted, standing up and pinning her once again between him and the wall. "Don't test me Faye… I've been through enough already!" He grabbed the cigarette from her mouth with one quick movement, and walked down the hall.

"Uh oh… Spike seems mad at Faye-Faye…" Ed frowned as she patted Ein on the head.

"Yeah… He seems mad at Faye-Faye…" Faye almost wanted to cry again. He was that close to hitting her. 'I pushed him too far…'

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The man at the front desk frowned. 'Damn another straight one…' Jet just shrugged his shoulders. "Here are your room keys… Have a nice day Jet." The man waved again. "Oh and if you want to have a fun time you just call number 775 and meet me here…"

"Heh… I'll make sure I remember to write that number down…" Jet walked away, rolling his eyes when suddenly he heard Spike screaming at Faye and then saw him walk away. 'Oh God, what now?' Jet walked over to Faye as tears filled into her eyes. "What happened?"

"Nothing… He just frightened me. Back off and leave me alone Jet. I'll be fine." Faye stood up and walked away whipping away tears from her eyes.

Spike looked down the hall. Faye ran towards a corner and slid down the wall crying. 'Uhh… Faye, what are you doing to me?' Spike closed his eyes and shook his head kicking the wall. 'The woman will be the death of me someday…' Spike chuckled. 'And I thought it would be Julia that I would end up getting killed over.' Then a thought popped into his mind. 'The dance… That'll make her happy if we would go to that.'

"Spike what did you say to Faye?" Jet came over, carrying bag, upon bag in his arms. There was a stern look plastered on his withered face.

"I'll be back in like a half hour tops Jet!" Spike patted him quickly on his bald head and ran out of the hotel.

'You damned love sick puppy…' Jet rolled his eyes again as Ein and Ed trailed behind. "Faye, come on you can cry all you want in your room with Ed and Ein."

"I'm not crying damn it!" She screamed as an old couple walked by, the lady scowled.

"Honestly young women these days Harold… No manners at all." She scuffed.

"Yes Harriet…" The old man sighed.

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Spike ran down the streets of Mars. This was his home town. He could remember when his father and he would walk down the same street and get breakfast every morning before he would have to go to school. He would always go to the same bakery every morning where the owner would give him an orange juice and an Apple Danish.

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"Dad, do I have to go to school today?" Spike was ten. His father looked almost like him except his hair was blue and his eyes were more of a hazel then brown.

His father's eyes warmed and he messed up Spike's hair with his right hand. "Now, now… You want to get a good education and make your mother proud don't you? You can't do that by staying home. Today's Friday then you've got the whole weekend to look forward to. We'll go see your mother after school when I pick you up, alright?"

Spike frowned, taking a sip of his juice and nodded. "Alright, but don't forget the flowers." Spike smiled winking his eye.

"Your mother would have the devil kill me if I did son…" The man smirked, as they hoped back into their car and drove off to Spike's school.

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Spike walked past where the bakery… He groaned. …Used to be… It was just another bar squeezed between the many other bars all lined up along the street. Then he remembered the flower shop. He had been there once. It was at the end of the road maybe it would still be there! 'I might as well try.'

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"Ready to go Spike?" His father walked out of the flower shop with a bouquet of red and white roses.

"Yeah," Spike smiled slightly. "Let's go." It took about five minutes to reach the grave yard from there. That was the last time he had ever been to his mother's grave also. His father died two days later in a fatal car crash leaving him all alone. There was no one else, and nowhere to go except for the syndicate.

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Spike walked up to the flower shop door… It was still there. It was dark and cold. There was a sign. "Closed thanks to robbery. Will not be open again." Spike groaned again. "My last resort…" Then he looked around making sure no one was near by. Knocking in the window he cursed in pain, and then smiled…

On the ground lay two single red and white roses. Spike picked them up. "Thanks mom…" He flinched when one of the thorns stabbed him in the thumb. "I'll drop you a line later." He ran out and closed the door before heading to a near by department store.

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"Faye-Faye, why are you crying?" Ed tapped Faye on the head as she cried into a pillow.

"Nothing Ed… Just go hang out with Jet. Take Ein with you…" She mumbled, her voice was muffled by the pillow.

"But that's Spike, and Jet's room. They don't want a girlie hanging around with them…" Ed frowned.

"Trust me Ed, they won't mind in the least. Please, I don't mean to sound mean, but just leave me alone." Faye waved her hand away from Ed.

"Okay Faye-Faye." Ed pouted, as she picked up Ein and carried him out with her. "See ya Faye-Faye…"

"Hmm…" Faye mumbled rolling over onto her back whipping the tears away from her eyes. 'Why now? Why do I have to fall in love with you now?'

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Spike ran into the store and looked around the small confined shop for the manager or owner.

"Welcome to Chalet's; may I help you with anything?" A woman with gray-black hair came up from behind Spike, grimacing slightly at the sight of his attire and how he was just carelessly holding two roses in his hand.

"Yes, umm… I need two dresses." Spike smiled brightly proud of himself.

"Yes…" The woman stared at him blankly.

"I said I need two dresses…" Spike stated again.

"I need sizes, what type of occasion, colors, and pictures of the people. Unless you have all of that and can offer to pay for the dresses," the woman looked him over once. "I'm not going to be able to help you at all."

Spike smiled weakly. "Listen lady. I might not look it, but I can pay for two expensive dresses. I have the occasion; I have the colors, sizes, pictures!" Spike pulled out the phone and typed in identify and Faye's name. "Here. See what you can do with this information."

"Alright; give me a few minutes and I'll have the perfect dress." The woman nodded.

"I also have one that I wanted to get for a younger girl. She's around thirteen. I don't know if you have any dresses for anyone that old or not but—"

"No, we do. Just as long as you have her information and stuff also..." She was hopeful.

"Yeah, I do." Spike smiled, sitting into a chair. 'I think you'll like this one mom… I think I caught my fish dad, just have to reel her in.' Spike looked at the roses one more time remembering the day his father was killed. He watched as his father pulled away from the school. The truck hit him dead on. Metal screeched, as rain poured all onto the concrete washing the blood into the sewers. Spike shuttered. 'Geese that was fifteen years ago… Why is it all coming back to me now?'

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"He's coming sir. Apparently he is starting to show feelings for the other woman. Faye Valentine?"

"Really?" Vicious smiled coyly his bird flying off to its perch and onto his shoulder. "Perfect. Just perfect…"

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"Here. How about this?" The dress was satin and red. It was long enough to just brush the floor, with a slit along the left side that would reach up to the middle of Faye's thigh. It had a v-neck a quarter of the way down her sternum, and had thin straps.

Spike nodded when he pictured Faye in it…after removing the other thoughts that rang through his mind. "It's good…"

"Yes and here is the one for the little girl." It was a long fluffy orange dress that seemed just perfect for Ed.

"Heh," Spike smiled. "Yeah, it's perfect."

"Alright then, are you ready for the dollar signs?" The woman smiled.

"Well, not just yet. I'd like that necklace over there. Could I get that also?" Spike pointed down at it.

"Uh… Oh, sure hang on a second." The woman walked over and grabbed the gold chain with a demand heart pendent on it.

"I'll take it…" Spike smiled again as she closed the box and walked over to the check out table.

"Alright that will be… $6789." The woman smiled with satisfaction.

"Okay, here we go…" Spike handed her a credit card Jet said was only for emergencies… But in this case Spike thought it counted.

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"Daddy, is mommy going to be alright?" Spike was five. He was short, but still had the bushy blob of green hair. His father's eyes grew dark a weary.

"I… Spike, I don't know if mommy will be able to come home or not. She's very sick, you know that. Even if she does, you're going to have to let her rest."

"I want to see mommy…" Spike's eyes filled with tears.

"I do too Spike… I do too…"Spike's father picked him up and hugged him. The doctor came from the opposite direction so Spike wouldn't see him. His father looked up hopefully. But the doctor shook his head.

"You can see her if you wish, but I don't know how the boy is going to react…" The doctor mouthed low enough that Spike couldn't her him.

"Spike you sit here for a second, alright? You don't move from that chair you hearing me?" His father's voice was stern.

"I'm hearing ya!" Spike laughed as he took a sip from his little plastic cup with a yellow smiley face on it. His father laughed. He never knew where he got his personality from.

"We did all we could to save her… The cancer was too far along Jack. She's not going to make it through the night… I doubt she'll even wake up so you can say goodbye." Jack fell to his knees. "I've known her for as long as you have, it's going to be hard without her. I can tell Spike if you want.

"Ro… Rosalie. No, why?!" He screamed as tears fell from his eyes. Spike came up from behind.

"Daddy… Mommy isn't coming home is she?" The doctor closed his eyes. "Uncle Steve. Is mommy okay?" Spike stared up at his uncle in a white long jacket. He didn't understand why all doctors wore them.

"No—"

"She's fine Spike… She just won't be coming back to us anymore is all… She's sleeping with grandma." Spike's sippy cup fell to the ground breaking open, the juice spilled all over.

"Daddy!" Spike ran over and cried into his father's flannel shirt.

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The door to Faye's room opened slowly. "I said leave me alone Ed!" Faye groaned hitting something. Spike flinched in pain. She had whaled him in the stomach. He smiled slightly, and placed the box on the ground by her feet, and tip toed out of the room. "See you Cinderella…" Spike smiled, and closed the door quickly as Faye sat up in a split second.

"Spike?!" She growled, stepping lightly on a red box with wrapping paper and a white little bow. 'What the hell is this?'

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"Yeah! Ed's going to a party! Ed's going to a party!" Ed laughed, looking down at the beautiful dress. "Thankie, Thankie Spike!"

"Yeah, you can have Faye help you with makeup and hair if you want that done…if she's going. And you've got a date too Ed!" Spike laughed, into Ed's ear pointing over to Jet.

"No way in Hell Spike, I'm not being the frog prince!" Jet shouted.

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Faye opened a card that was on the front...

Dear Cinderella,

I'm sorry for before, and now want you to go to the ball tonight. I would be honored to have you as… As my date. I'll meat you at your door, at eight o'clock sharp. The frog prince and princess will also be joining us. (Jet and Ed… Yes, I even got Ed something. ^_^)

Love

Yours always,

Spike (Prince charming)

PS: Ed might need help with her hair and makeup… I told her you could help. Hope you don't mind… ¬_¬' Jet and I have no clue…

'Was he going to put love there?! Is that what he crossed out?' Faye's mouth went dry and she looked down at the box. She ripped off the wrapping paper and opened it up. Faye's mouth hung agape. "Oh my god…" She looked into the box and first noticed the necklace and then the dress. Tears edged her eyes again before there was a knock on the door and Ed came prancing in.

"Faye-Faye, Spike said that you need to help the frog princess do her hair and makeup!" Ed waved her dress in the air and Faye smiled.

'So he does have a heart.' Faye laughed slightly. "He did, did he? Hmmm…Let's see what we can do." Faye stood up and placed her dress and necklace down and gave Ed a once over. "You'll need some work, but I think we can do it." Ed jumped up and down.

"Yeah, Ed is going to be pretty!" She laughed jumping into the air.

+ NOTE: where spike is writing the letter to Faye, I have it where word crosses out Love! If it does on fanfic.net I'm sorry!! +