A/N I am a total Spuffy shipper. No disrespect to B/A shippers cos
everyone has their thing. I am feeling a little bummed by episode 22 right
now, I knew Spike was going to die for weeks, but I still cried my eyes out
when it happened, I thought the final moments between Buffy and Spike were
heartbreaking. Spike is going to AtS as you probably all know, but it still
stung to watch the finale. For me the funniest bit of eps 22 was Spike
using a punch bag with a hand drawn pic of Angel taped to it.
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Chapter 3
Must you be going so soon?
Angel stood in the doorway, looking at Buffy.
"You gonna invite me in then?" he asked.
"Didn't think it applied to crypts," she answered,
"It doesn't, was just being polite," Angel replied.
Buffy hesitated, she finally relented.
"Come in Angel," she said flatly.
"Took awhile to find you, went to the house first, no one was in, so I had to use my keen sense of smell," he smiled.
Buffy didn't return the smile, she stood there with her arms folded, Angel walked towards her, he held out his arms to embrace her, he drew back, as something occurred to him.
"What are you doing in a crypt, are you patrolling?" he asked.
"No I live here," she replied.
"Had a falling out with your mom again?" he asked
"I live here by choice, with my husband," she finished awkwardly.
Angel gawped at her.
"Is it that guy I saw you taking to outside the Espresso Pump, last time I was here?" he asked.
"You mean when you decided to drop in with out so much as a hello, were you spying on me?" she asked indignantly.
"No, I was watching out for you," he replied.
"Well I don't need anyone to watch my back thanks, and I don't think you should be here," she replied.
"Who is your husband Buffy?" Angel persisted.
Buffy's hands balled up at her sides in resentment, she really didn't need this right now.
"Spike," she answered.
Angel threw his head back and laughed.
"Very amusing, who is it really?"
Buffy looked him in the eyes,
"It's Spike, choose not to believe me I don't care, we've been together for ten months, four of those months we have been married," she said angrily.
There was something in her expression and her tone of voice, which convinced Angel that she was being deadly serious.
"And there's more," she continued.
"You've just told me that you are married to Spike, I am still trying to take that in," he said
Buffy sighed.
"I'll always care for you Angel, but it's Spike I love, he is the other half of me, with him I have discovered the meaning of real love, I couldn't bear a life that didn't have him in it, I am sorry if that hurts you, it wasn't my intention," Buffy said.
Angel nodded slowly in acceptance of Buffy's words.
"Why did you really come here Angel?" she asked
"Almost forgot, with all the happy news and soul bearing, ok, a friend of mine saw a vision, it was sketchy to say the least, but I came to warn you Buffy, you are in danger," he replied.
"Did this friend say whom I am in danger from?" she asked frowning.
"Sorry can't be more help, are you sure it's not Spike?" he asked.
"No, he couldn't hurt me if he wanted to, he has a government chip in his head, if he even tries to hurt someone, he gets blinding pain in his head, but I trust him, if the chip was to come out tomorrow, I truly believe he wouldn't hurt me," she said.
"You really have it bad Buffy, don't you?" asked Angel.
"You'd better go, I don't think it would be good for Spike to see you, he still has issues, I will be telling him I bumped into you though, I owe him that much," Buffy said.
"Hope this works out for you Buffy, I truly do, I only ever wanted for you to be happy, must admit would of thought you would have settled down with someone else besides "William the Bloody" Guess I'd better be off then, working on a big case back home, they'll fall apart without me there," he sighed.
"Take care Angel, hope you find the same happiness I have," she said giving him a quick platonic hug, Buffy and Angel still in each other's arms turned as the crypt door opened, Spike stood there staring at the couple,
"Forgot my keys, what's your excuse Buffy?" he asked accusingly.
"Hey this is not how it looks," said Angel
"Get your hands off my wife," said Spike with quiet menace in his voice.
Angel's hands immediately dropped to his sides and he moved away from Buffy.
"Nice to see you too Spike, last time we met you had me at a disadvantage, if I remember rightly," snarled Angel.
"That was then," said Spike.
Angel turned to Buffy,
"As we seem to be getting things off our chest, last time Spike and I met, he nearly had me tortured to death, all over that gem of Amara, and you tell me you think he's not dangerous," said Angel.
Spike vamped out and went for Angel, taking him off guard; he punched him hard in the face, knocking him to the ground. Angel kicked Spike's feet out from under him, they both rolled around on the floor trying to get in punches.
"Stop it! Stop it!" screamed Buffy.
Neither of the vampires seemed to hear her, she went over to the weapons chest and took out a pair of stakes; the duelling pair had managed to get to their feet. Buffy stepped in between them both, her stakes raised at both their chests. They stopped perfectly still.
"Unless you want my rug to get very dusty, you two will pack it in now," she yelled.
Spike was instantly contrite.
"Sorry Buffy, didn't mean to upset you, didn't think, it's not good for the baby either," he said softly.
Angel looked from Buffy to Spike.
"Baby? Who's having a baby?" asked Angel.
"Its Buffy, who'd you bloody think it was? Me? You great poof" Asked Spike sarcastically.
"Buffy?" said Angel.
"It's true, Spike's the father, it's a long story," Admitted Buffy.
"I love long stories," said Angel.
"Well what a pity you won't get to hear this one," said Spike.
"I should just leave you two alone to get on with it, if I didn't want a home to come back to," she glared at them both.
Spike folded his arms and looked at Angel,
"Don't have a problem with that, if Buffy wants to step out for awhile," said Spike.
Buffy threw her stakes on the floor.
"I am going to bed, you know where to find me Spike, bye Angel thanks for the warning," she said.
Buffy walked over to the ladder and descended to the lower level.
"I don't want to fight you Spike," said Angel.
"Why? Afraid I'll ruin your fetching hair style?" asked Spike.
"I don't have time for this, I have to get back to L.A. tonight," Angel replied.
"Don't let me stop you," said Spike.
Angel looked at Spike.
"If you hurt her," said Angel.
"She's not your concern mate, what's all this talk about Buffy being in danger?" asked Spike.
"Go ask her yourself," said Angel disobligingly.
"Well you'll be on your merry way then, must need to hurry before that smashing hair goes flat," said Spike.
"How'd you do it Spike?" asked Angel.
"If you mean how did I knock up Buffy, well lots of unbridled sex of course and a nifty little wedding gift from my bride on our wedding night," said Spike smugly, he lifted the pendant from beneath his black shirt and showed it to Angel.
"A spell?" asked Angel.
"Not so much a spell as a fertility goddess, maybe I could lend it to you, with you firing blanks and all," said Spike.
"Bye Spike, have a nice unlife," said Angel
"Don't worry I will thanks granddad," said Spike, shutting the crypt door in Angel's face.
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Buffy lay on the bed, not feeling at all sleepy, she heard the crypt door close above, then total silence, Spike climbed down the ladder, he walked over to Buffy laying next to her on the bed.
"Sorry pet, you ok?" asked Spike.
"Fine, just got a lot on my mind right now, Angel told me I am in danger, can't think where, the rest of the gang aren't researching any big bads right now," said Buffy anxiously.
"I am sure peaches is brooding over nothing as usual, but it wouldn't hurt to be cautious Buffy, if anything ever happened to you and the baby, I'd take up sunbathing," said Spike.
"I'm scared Spike, it's not just me I have to worry about, it's our child too, which reminds me, doctors appointment tomorrow, we can find out if the baby is a boy or girl, do you want to know?" asked Buffy.
"Already know it's going to be a boy, can take him to football games," he grinned.
"Better hope there's a lot of night games then," giggled Buffy.
"Seriously, I don't care either way, just as long as it's healthy, if the baby takes after it's mother, then it will be beautiful," he smiled at her tenderly.
"Have you looked in the mirror lately Spike? Oops, sorry guess not, but my point is, you're pretty hot yourself," she replied.
"Only pretty hot?" he asked pretending to sound offended.
"One day we'll have to take time to consider some names," said Buffy.
"Well I can tell you now, Liam and Angel are out," he said.
Buffy sighed.
"It wasn't me who brought it up, grow up Spike," she said
"Bit hard pet, I'm kind of frozen in time in the maturity stakes," he reminded her.
"Spike stay with me tonight, I don't want to be alone," she begged.
"Of course I will love, Willie can go get shagged, might be his first time, any way the little weasel has a spare set of keys, if he don't like it, I'll just vamp out, that usually scares the crap out of him," said Spike.
Buffy put his hand on her swelling tummy.
"Hold us, when I am in your arms the rest of the world goes away," she sighed sleepily.
Spike held his precious family in his arms, stroking her soft hair, he could feel the life they had created together stir beneath his hand. He smiled contentedly and closed his eyes.
TBC
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Chapter 3
Must you be going so soon?
Angel stood in the doorway, looking at Buffy.
"You gonna invite me in then?" he asked.
"Didn't think it applied to crypts," she answered,
"It doesn't, was just being polite," Angel replied.
Buffy hesitated, she finally relented.
"Come in Angel," she said flatly.
"Took awhile to find you, went to the house first, no one was in, so I had to use my keen sense of smell," he smiled.
Buffy didn't return the smile, she stood there with her arms folded, Angel walked towards her, he held out his arms to embrace her, he drew back, as something occurred to him.
"What are you doing in a crypt, are you patrolling?" he asked.
"No I live here," she replied.
"Had a falling out with your mom again?" he asked
"I live here by choice, with my husband," she finished awkwardly.
Angel gawped at her.
"Is it that guy I saw you taking to outside the Espresso Pump, last time I was here?" he asked.
"You mean when you decided to drop in with out so much as a hello, were you spying on me?" she asked indignantly.
"No, I was watching out for you," he replied.
"Well I don't need anyone to watch my back thanks, and I don't think you should be here," she replied.
"Who is your husband Buffy?" Angel persisted.
Buffy's hands balled up at her sides in resentment, she really didn't need this right now.
"Spike," she answered.
Angel threw his head back and laughed.
"Very amusing, who is it really?"
Buffy looked him in the eyes,
"It's Spike, choose not to believe me I don't care, we've been together for ten months, four of those months we have been married," she said angrily.
There was something in her expression and her tone of voice, which convinced Angel that she was being deadly serious.
"And there's more," she continued.
"You've just told me that you are married to Spike, I am still trying to take that in," he said
Buffy sighed.
"I'll always care for you Angel, but it's Spike I love, he is the other half of me, with him I have discovered the meaning of real love, I couldn't bear a life that didn't have him in it, I am sorry if that hurts you, it wasn't my intention," Buffy said.
Angel nodded slowly in acceptance of Buffy's words.
"Why did you really come here Angel?" she asked
"Almost forgot, with all the happy news and soul bearing, ok, a friend of mine saw a vision, it was sketchy to say the least, but I came to warn you Buffy, you are in danger," he replied.
"Did this friend say whom I am in danger from?" she asked frowning.
"Sorry can't be more help, are you sure it's not Spike?" he asked.
"No, he couldn't hurt me if he wanted to, he has a government chip in his head, if he even tries to hurt someone, he gets blinding pain in his head, but I trust him, if the chip was to come out tomorrow, I truly believe he wouldn't hurt me," she said.
"You really have it bad Buffy, don't you?" asked Angel.
"You'd better go, I don't think it would be good for Spike to see you, he still has issues, I will be telling him I bumped into you though, I owe him that much," Buffy said.
"Hope this works out for you Buffy, I truly do, I only ever wanted for you to be happy, must admit would of thought you would have settled down with someone else besides "William the Bloody" Guess I'd better be off then, working on a big case back home, they'll fall apart without me there," he sighed.
"Take care Angel, hope you find the same happiness I have," she said giving him a quick platonic hug, Buffy and Angel still in each other's arms turned as the crypt door opened, Spike stood there staring at the couple,
"Forgot my keys, what's your excuse Buffy?" he asked accusingly.
"Hey this is not how it looks," said Angel
"Get your hands off my wife," said Spike with quiet menace in his voice.
Angel's hands immediately dropped to his sides and he moved away from Buffy.
"Nice to see you too Spike, last time we met you had me at a disadvantage, if I remember rightly," snarled Angel.
"That was then," said Spike.
Angel turned to Buffy,
"As we seem to be getting things off our chest, last time Spike and I met, he nearly had me tortured to death, all over that gem of Amara, and you tell me you think he's not dangerous," said Angel.
Spike vamped out and went for Angel, taking him off guard; he punched him hard in the face, knocking him to the ground. Angel kicked Spike's feet out from under him, they both rolled around on the floor trying to get in punches.
"Stop it! Stop it!" screamed Buffy.
Neither of the vampires seemed to hear her, she went over to the weapons chest and took out a pair of stakes; the duelling pair had managed to get to their feet. Buffy stepped in between them both, her stakes raised at both their chests. They stopped perfectly still.
"Unless you want my rug to get very dusty, you two will pack it in now," she yelled.
Spike was instantly contrite.
"Sorry Buffy, didn't mean to upset you, didn't think, it's not good for the baby either," he said softly.
Angel looked from Buffy to Spike.
"Baby? Who's having a baby?" asked Angel.
"Its Buffy, who'd you bloody think it was? Me? You great poof" Asked Spike sarcastically.
"Buffy?" said Angel.
"It's true, Spike's the father, it's a long story," Admitted Buffy.
"I love long stories," said Angel.
"Well what a pity you won't get to hear this one," said Spike.
"I should just leave you two alone to get on with it, if I didn't want a home to come back to," she glared at them both.
Spike folded his arms and looked at Angel,
"Don't have a problem with that, if Buffy wants to step out for awhile," said Spike.
Buffy threw her stakes on the floor.
"I am going to bed, you know where to find me Spike, bye Angel thanks for the warning," she said.
Buffy walked over to the ladder and descended to the lower level.
"I don't want to fight you Spike," said Angel.
"Why? Afraid I'll ruin your fetching hair style?" asked Spike.
"I don't have time for this, I have to get back to L.A. tonight," Angel replied.
"Don't let me stop you," said Spike.
Angel looked at Spike.
"If you hurt her," said Angel.
"She's not your concern mate, what's all this talk about Buffy being in danger?" asked Spike.
"Go ask her yourself," said Angel disobligingly.
"Well you'll be on your merry way then, must need to hurry before that smashing hair goes flat," said Spike.
"How'd you do it Spike?" asked Angel.
"If you mean how did I knock up Buffy, well lots of unbridled sex of course and a nifty little wedding gift from my bride on our wedding night," said Spike smugly, he lifted the pendant from beneath his black shirt and showed it to Angel.
"A spell?" asked Angel.
"Not so much a spell as a fertility goddess, maybe I could lend it to you, with you firing blanks and all," said Spike.
"Bye Spike, have a nice unlife," said Angel
"Don't worry I will thanks granddad," said Spike, shutting the crypt door in Angel's face.
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Buffy lay on the bed, not feeling at all sleepy, she heard the crypt door close above, then total silence, Spike climbed down the ladder, he walked over to Buffy laying next to her on the bed.
"Sorry pet, you ok?" asked Spike.
"Fine, just got a lot on my mind right now, Angel told me I am in danger, can't think where, the rest of the gang aren't researching any big bads right now," said Buffy anxiously.
"I am sure peaches is brooding over nothing as usual, but it wouldn't hurt to be cautious Buffy, if anything ever happened to you and the baby, I'd take up sunbathing," said Spike.
"I'm scared Spike, it's not just me I have to worry about, it's our child too, which reminds me, doctors appointment tomorrow, we can find out if the baby is a boy or girl, do you want to know?" asked Buffy.
"Already know it's going to be a boy, can take him to football games," he grinned.
"Better hope there's a lot of night games then," giggled Buffy.
"Seriously, I don't care either way, just as long as it's healthy, if the baby takes after it's mother, then it will be beautiful," he smiled at her tenderly.
"Have you looked in the mirror lately Spike? Oops, sorry guess not, but my point is, you're pretty hot yourself," she replied.
"Only pretty hot?" he asked pretending to sound offended.
"One day we'll have to take time to consider some names," said Buffy.
"Well I can tell you now, Liam and Angel are out," he said.
Buffy sighed.
"It wasn't me who brought it up, grow up Spike," she said
"Bit hard pet, I'm kind of frozen in time in the maturity stakes," he reminded her.
"Spike stay with me tonight, I don't want to be alone," she begged.
"Of course I will love, Willie can go get shagged, might be his first time, any way the little weasel has a spare set of keys, if he don't like it, I'll just vamp out, that usually scares the crap out of him," said Spike.
Buffy put his hand on her swelling tummy.
"Hold us, when I am in your arms the rest of the world goes away," she sighed sleepily.
Spike held his precious family in his arms, stroking her soft hair, he could feel the life they had created together stir beneath his hand. He smiled contentedly and closed his eyes.
TBC