The End and Beginning
Chp. 20
Everyone is back on the bus, which is following Angels little black convertible through the streets of L.A.
Buffy and Spike are sitting in the very back of the bus.
Buffy's head is resting on chest as they lounge. Spikes playing with a strand of her hair, and she's grinning.
"Pet, what's the grin all about?" Spike whispers in her ear.
She looks at him and says, "I can hear your heart beating, it's strange and wonderful. I mean last time we were together like this, it was silent, and now it goes thump, thump, thump." Illustrating with her hand against his chest the thump of his heart.
He chuckles catching her hand with his free one and stops the tapping on his chest and looks down at her. "Well, Luv that usually happens when you're alive."
Pulling her hand out from under his, she sits and slap playfully at him. "I know that, it's just, I never thought I'd be here listening to your heart beating like this. It's weird and wonderful and all those 'W' words I can't remember. It's just so cool."
He shakes his head, still contemplating the strand of hair he has been playing with. "Luv, I never thought I'd actually be here for you to hear my heart beating."
The bus lurches in to a turn. Buffy and Spike fall out of their seat, onto the floor along with Kennedy and Willow who were lounging in the seat across from them.
"Bloody hell, Watcher, where'd you learn to drive?" Spike yells, trying to disentangle himself from Buffy on the bus floor.
"Spike you're on my hair, I can't move." Buffy says still penned on the floor, by Spikes hand.
"Sorry, Luv." He says after backing up against the side of the bus, and sliding up it. He looks down and offers Buffy a hand up.
Taking the offer she grabs his hand and he pulls her straight up his body. She leans on him to catch her balance, looking him directly in his eyes.
Unbeknownst to them, Wills and Kennedy have come over to see if they are alright.
"That was HOT."
"Kennedy!" Willow says, totally shocked.
Buffy blushes and hides her face in Spikes chest.
"Now look what you've done. You went and embarrassed my Slayer." Spike snarks.
Which just makes Buffy blush even more, burying her face even more into his chest.
Dawn and Xander come back to see what is going on.
Dawn asks, "What's goin'?" That's as far as she gets when she sees Buffy and Spike all snuggled together. She then squeals, "Isn't that one of the sweetest things you've ever seen?"
Xander looks at her with an 'Are you kidding me look' and then says "Sweet?"
"Yes, sweet you idiot."
"I was thinking hot." Kennedy says.
Xander turns to go back to his seat in the front, shaking his head. *Hot and sweet* He thinks to himself. "Sounds like a Krispy Kreme donut* He chuckles a that thought. "God, I wish Anya was here." Then he drops his head and sighs. Sitting down in his seat he thinks of her and hopes she is in a good place.
"Okay, kiddies." He hears Spike say, "The shows over, go back to your seats, I don't think Buffy can take much more embarrassment." After that Xander tunes them out thinking *I could have been that happy*
Everyone goes back to their seats.
"Buffy, Luv?"
Buffy's head is still buried in his chest.
"Are they gone yet?" She mumbles, not daring to turn around and see if they are.
"Yeah, Pet. They're gone." He says lifting her head off of his chest to make look around, and see he's telling her the truth.
"Thank god, I thought my third death was going to be from embarrassment." She sighs out as she notices everyone is gone.
" I don't think that can happen, Pet. If it could I believe you'd probably be dead right now." He snarks at her.
"Well if I had, I'd have died happily in your arms." She says, leaning up to give him a kiss, which turns into much more than just a simple kiss, like she'd planned.
Willow looks over from her seat beside Kennedy, and jabs her in the ribs.
"Hey!" She shouts
Willow tilts her head towards the other side of the bus. "Now that's HOT." She says, quietly, trying not to disturb the other couple.
Kennedy leans over to get a better view of the other side of the bus.
Kennedy leans back over and whispers "Oh, yeah that's is definitely HOT."
Buffy and Spike are completely into the kiss and oblivious to everything else around them.
Her hands are running up and down his dark blue, too big, shirt clad chest, playing with the buttons on it.
His hand is in her long, blonde hair, holding her mouth to his.
She breaks the kiss long enough to draw in a deep breath, and shove the duster off of his shoulders. Then she returns to his lips with even more vigor than before.
When she returns to his lips, his hands slip up the back of her shirt, painting invisible pictures on her back.
Her hands go around his neck to play with the curls on the back of his neck.
He growls into the kiss, and his too big gray slacks become a bit tighter. He leans up against the window of the bus, trying to relieve some of the pressure in his groin.
She follows him, rubbing her body against his, making the pressure greater instead of relieving it.
He groans and pulls away from her mouth. Running his hand through his hair and making it stand up all over his head.
She stands back away from him, with glassy eyes and panting. " Wow, I haven't been kissed like that since. Well you know the last time I was kissed like that, you were there."
"Yeah, I was." He says hanging his head, turning away from her, and looking out of the window.
She puts her hand on his shoulder, making him turn around to face her.
"Hey, what's wrong? I give you a compliment and you get all broody?"
"I wasn't brooding, just rememberin' the last time you were kissed like that."
"HUH?" She asks totally confused.
"Angelus." Is all he says in explanation.
"Oh, baby, I wasn't even goin' there. I was talking about the night we 'literally' brought the house down." She explains, smirking.
He lifts his head up, looks her in the eyes and says, "Really? That was the last time you were kissed like that? Angelus didn't even rate?"
"Well there were a few other times I can recall, but the one that stuck out was in the house that night, and no Angel didn't rate as a kiss as hot as that." She says smiling at him.
He smiles a real smile and grabs her. Kissing her again. When they break apart, he's bouncing on the balls of his feet. Still smiling that smile, with a glint in his eyes. "Pet, you just made my bloody day. Angelus didn't rate, wait 'til I tell him that piece of information."
Buffy just rolls her eyes at the grown man acting like a thirteen- year-old. Then she giggles and smiles at him.
"God Spike do you think you could quit bouncing, PLEASE?"
He quits and sits down on the edge of the bus seat, dragging her down onto his lap in the process. He takes a deep breath, breathing in her scent, as he buries his face in her soft, hair. He discovers that he smells something other than her shampoo and perfume this time.
"Pet, I think I've discovered something."
"What's that, baby?"
"I think I retained my sense of smell."
"Why do you think that?"
"Luv, I can smell your, uh."
"Huh, what do you smell?"
He looks down at her lap, and rubs the inside of her thigh."
She groans out a "UNG." sound.
Then he nuzzles the back of her neck. "Get my point, Pet?" He whispers, against her neck and nips it slightly.
Kennedy notices them, as the bus comes to a stop, outside a huge hotel.
Getting up to exit the bus she says to Willow in a low voice. "Do they ever stop?"
"They're in love, Kennedy. They have been for a while. She died and he counted the days 'til she was returned. Then he died and she would have brought hell to earth to get him back, if that was what it took. She had to bring him back, so he would believe her, all she wanted was for him to believe that she loved him. She couldn't bear him thinking she hated him. We brought him back and she happier than I've ever seen her. They just love each other so much it aches for them to be apart." She finally finishes her little babble, thinking *I used to love someone that much, two someone's to be exact*
"It's more than just a physical thing with them, it's so much more than that. They're so miserable without each other, it's like they're missing apart of themselves, when the other isn't around. Especially Spike he's so miserable without her it's not funny. I think that it's like that now with Buffy. You might not have been able to tell, but I could the past few days, she was the most miserable person around, but she acted like it didn't bother her, but I could tell she was just putting up a front to be able to cope without him."
She adds on "I don't know if they are soul mates, but I'd say without a doubt that they are pretty darned close to it." Willow finally completes the thoughts that are on her mind.
"Wills that was. Well I don't know what that was, but it pretty much describes Buffy and Spike." Dawn says walking up behind them.
"That's what I mean, Buffy once told me that all she and Spike ever done was dance, and if you look at how they have been and are around each other, that's exactly what all of this was, one big dance. Since he first came to town, they've danced. I think maybe it's finally over or just really starting, all I really know is that they really do belong together. Even if I was kinda harsh when I found out about them sleeping together a few years ago, I knew that it would end up like this. To tell the truth I'm happy Buffy finally found her happiness."
Spike and Buffy leave the bus last, following the trio. Arms wrapped tightly around each other.
Buffy looks up at him and says, " Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, Luv heard the whole thing. Red's good people, I always did like her." He smiles down on her beaming face.
(A.N. Every one who wants to know why Spike was in hell, you'll just have to wait a little longer for the explanation, sorry but it will be rectified. To who ever wanted to know where Wood is, he went to Cleveland, to the other hell mouth. Sorry if you like him but I have other plans for Faith, right now. Everyone else thanks for the reviews and a Spike kiss to each, again.)
Chp. 20
Everyone is back on the bus, which is following Angels little black convertible through the streets of L.A.
Buffy and Spike are sitting in the very back of the bus.
Buffy's head is resting on chest as they lounge. Spikes playing with a strand of her hair, and she's grinning.
"Pet, what's the grin all about?" Spike whispers in her ear.
She looks at him and says, "I can hear your heart beating, it's strange and wonderful. I mean last time we were together like this, it was silent, and now it goes thump, thump, thump." Illustrating with her hand against his chest the thump of his heart.
He chuckles catching her hand with his free one and stops the tapping on his chest and looks down at her. "Well, Luv that usually happens when you're alive."
Pulling her hand out from under his, she sits and slap playfully at him. "I know that, it's just, I never thought I'd be here listening to your heart beating like this. It's weird and wonderful and all those 'W' words I can't remember. It's just so cool."
He shakes his head, still contemplating the strand of hair he has been playing with. "Luv, I never thought I'd actually be here for you to hear my heart beating."
The bus lurches in to a turn. Buffy and Spike fall out of their seat, onto the floor along with Kennedy and Willow who were lounging in the seat across from them.
"Bloody hell, Watcher, where'd you learn to drive?" Spike yells, trying to disentangle himself from Buffy on the bus floor.
"Spike you're on my hair, I can't move." Buffy says still penned on the floor, by Spikes hand.
"Sorry, Luv." He says after backing up against the side of the bus, and sliding up it. He looks down and offers Buffy a hand up.
Taking the offer she grabs his hand and he pulls her straight up his body. She leans on him to catch her balance, looking him directly in his eyes.
Unbeknownst to them, Wills and Kennedy have come over to see if they are alright.
"That was HOT."
"Kennedy!" Willow says, totally shocked.
Buffy blushes and hides her face in Spikes chest.
"Now look what you've done. You went and embarrassed my Slayer." Spike snarks.
Which just makes Buffy blush even more, burying her face even more into his chest.
Dawn and Xander come back to see what is going on.
Dawn asks, "What's goin'?" That's as far as she gets when she sees Buffy and Spike all snuggled together. She then squeals, "Isn't that one of the sweetest things you've ever seen?"
Xander looks at her with an 'Are you kidding me look' and then says "Sweet?"
"Yes, sweet you idiot."
"I was thinking hot." Kennedy says.
Xander turns to go back to his seat in the front, shaking his head. *Hot and sweet* He thinks to himself. "Sounds like a Krispy Kreme donut* He chuckles a that thought. "God, I wish Anya was here." Then he drops his head and sighs. Sitting down in his seat he thinks of her and hopes she is in a good place.
"Okay, kiddies." He hears Spike say, "The shows over, go back to your seats, I don't think Buffy can take much more embarrassment." After that Xander tunes them out thinking *I could have been that happy*
Everyone goes back to their seats.
"Buffy, Luv?"
Buffy's head is still buried in his chest.
"Are they gone yet?" She mumbles, not daring to turn around and see if they are.
"Yeah, Pet. They're gone." He says lifting her head off of his chest to make look around, and see he's telling her the truth.
"Thank god, I thought my third death was going to be from embarrassment." She sighs out as she notices everyone is gone.
" I don't think that can happen, Pet. If it could I believe you'd probably be dead right now." He snarks at her.
"Well if I had, I'd have died happily in your arms." She says, leaning up to give him a kiss, which turns into much more than just a simple kiss, like she'd planned.
Willow looks over from her seat beside Kennedy, and jabs her in the ribs.
"Hey!" She shouts
Willow tilts her head towards the other side of the bus. "Now that's HOT." She says, quietly, trying not to disturb the other couple.
Kennedy leans over to get a better view of the other side of the bus.
Kennedy leans back over and whispers "Oh, yeah that's is definitely HOT."
Buffy and Spike are completely into the kiss and oblivious to everything else around them.
Her hands are running up and down his dark blue, too big, shirt clad chest, playing with the buttons on it.
His hand is in her long, blonde hair, holding her mouth to his.
She breaks the kiss long enough to draw in a deep breath, and shove the duster off of his shoulders. Then she returns to his lips with even more vigor than before.
When she returns to his lips, his hands slip up the back of her shirt, painting invisible pictures on her back.
Her hands go around his neck to play with the curls on the back of his neck.
He growls into the kiss, and his too big gray slacks become a bit tighter. He leans up against the window of the bus, trying to relieve some of the pressure in his groin.
She follows him, rubbing her body against his, making the pressure greater instead of relieving it.
He groans and pulls away from her mouth. Running his hand through his hair and making it stand up all over his head.
She stands back away from him, with glassy eyes and panting. " Wow, I haven't been kissed like that since. Well you know the last time I was kissed like that, you were there."
"Yeah, I was." He says hanging his head, turning away from her, and looking out of the window.
She puts her hand on his shoulder, making him turn around to face her.
"Hey, what's wrong? I give you a compliment and you get all broody?"
"I wasn't brooding, just rememberin' the last time you were kissed like that."
"HUH?" She asks totally confused.
"Angelus." Is all he says in explanation.
"Oh, baby, I wasn't even goin' there. I was talking about the night we 'literally' brought the house down." She explains, smirking.
He lifts his head up, looks her in the eyes and says, "Really? That was the last time you were kissed like that? Angelus didn't even rate?"
"Well there were a few other times I can recall, but the one that stuck out was in the house that night, and no Angel didn't rate as a kiss as hot as that." She says smiling at him.
He smiles a real smile and grabs her. Kissing her again. When they break apart, he's bouncing on the balls of his feet. Still smiling that smile, with a glint in his eyes. "Pet, you just made my bloody day. Angelus didn't rate, wait 'til I tell him that piece of information."
Buffy just rolls her eyes at the grown man acting like a thirteen- year-old. Then she giggles and smiles at him.
"God Spike do you think you could quit bouncing, PLEASE?"
He quits and sits down on the edge of the bus seat, dragging her down onto his lap in the process. He takes a deep breath, breathing in her scent, as he buries his face in her soft, hair. He discovers that he smells something other than her shampoo and perfume this time.
"Pet, I think I've discovered something."
"What's that, baby?"
"I think I retained my sense of smell."
"Why do you think that?"
"Luv, I can smell your, uh."
"Huh, what do you smell?"
He looks down at her lap, and rubs the inside of her thigh."
She groans out a "UNG." sound.
Then he nuzzles the back of her neck. "Get my point, Pet?" He whispers, against her neck and nips it slightly.
Kennedy notices them, as the bus comes to a stop, outside a huge hotel.
Getting up to exit the bus she says to Willow in a low voice. "Do they ever stop?"
"They're in love, Kennedy. They have been for a while. She died and he counted the days 'til she was returned. Then he died and she would have brought hell to earth to get him back, if that was what it took. She had to bring him back, so he would believe her, all she wanted was for him to believe that she loved him. She couldn't bear him thinking she hated him. We brought him back and she happier than I've ever seen her. They just love each other so much it aches for them to be apart." She finally finishes her little babble, thinking *I used to love someone that much, two someone's to be exact*
"It's more than just a physical thing with them, it's so much more than that. They're so miserable without each other, it's like they're missing apart of themselves, when the other isn't around. Especially Spike he's so miserable without her it's not funny. I think that it's like that now with Buffy. You might not have been able to tell, but I could the past few days, she was the most miserable person around, but she acted like it didn't bother her, but I could tell she was just putting up a front to be able to cope without him."
She adds on "I don't know if they are soul mates, but I'd say without a doubt that they are pretty darned close to it." Willow finally completes the thoughts that are on her mind.
"Wills that was. Well I don't know what that was, but it pretty much describes Buffy and Spike." Dawn says walking up behind them.
"That's what I mean, Buffy once told me that all she and Spike ever done was dance, and if you look at how they have been and are around each other, that's exactly what all of this was, one big dance. Since he first came to town, they've danced. I think maybe it's finally over or just really starting, all I really know is that they really do belong together. Even if I was kinda harsh when I found out about them sleeping together a few years ago, I knew that it would end up like this. To tell the truth I'm happy Buffy finally found her happiness."
Spike and Buffy leave the bus last, following the trio. Arms wrapped tightly around each other.
Buffy looks up at him and says, " Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, Luv heard the whole thing. Red's good people, I always did like her." He smiles down on her beaming face.
(A.N. Every one who wants to know why Spike was in hell, you'll just have to wait a little longer for the explanation, sorry but it will be rectified. To who ever wanted to know where Wood is, he went to Cleveland, to the other hell mouth. Sorry if you like him but I have other plans for Faith, right now. Everyone else thanks for the reviews and a Spike kiss to each, again.)