The End and Beginning
Chp. 24
(The next morning)
Buffy rolls over, reaching for Spike. She notices that he isn't there. She jerks straight up in the bed and says to herself "It couldn't have been a dream."
Looking around the room, she suddenly hears a chuckle coming from the bathroom doorway. Slowly turning her head and praying that it wasn't her imagination. Her eyes look upon a tight, black jeans clad Spike, leaning against the doorframe, without a shirt on.
She lets out the breath she had been holding, and holds her arms out to him. Inviting him to hug her.
He slowly walks over to her, and envelopes her in his tight embrace.
"I thought I had dreamed it all." She says, with tears in her eyes.
"No, Luv, it wasn't a dream. I'm here like I said I'd be, and I'm not going anywhere. I promise."
She starts to say something, but there's a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" She asks the offending knocker, with venom in her voice.
Spike chuckles as she's answered by Faith.
"It's me, B."
Buffy smiles and says, "Come on in, Faith."
"The doors locked, B. Plus really don't wanna come in if you guys are in bed and indecent." She shouts back through the door.
"It never bothered you before, F." Buffy calls.
"Well I'm a different girl now, B. So put some clothes on then I'll come in." Faith says, laughing at how ridiculous their conversation is.
Spike has been standing in front of Buffy, laughing his ass off at the two of them, too.
"What's so funny, Bleach Boy?"
"I wish you all would quit callin' me that, at least 'til I get bleached again. It's Bloody annoyin'. What's so damned funny is the whole conversation you just had through that bloody door, Luv." He says walking to the door, to let Faith in, and unlock it.
"Well, we can't exactly call you Evil Dead or Dead Boy, anymore." She says as she pulls the shirt that Spike had been wearing the night before on over her naked flesh, and while he unlocks the door to let Faith enter.
"Hey Spike." Faith says walking into the room. She's heard their whole conversation and says to Buffy. "Hey B, you could always call him beefcake or somethin'." As she checks out all the muscley goodness of Spike.
"Oh, bloody soddin' hell." Spike says rolling his eyes and walking out the door.
"Hey where you goin'." Buffy yells after him.
"Goin' to see what the big, brooding, Poof has to eat in this place." He mutters.
"That's what I came up to tell you guys. Angel's crew brought Denny's. Figured you guys would want something, before all the others, smelled and came running and devouring everything. Since you all didn't eat at all yesterday." Faith says, as she watches Spikes back side as he leaves the room.
"Thanks, Faith. I'm a little starved. Haven't eaten anything since I don't know when. I hope they brought bacon and French toast. MMMM! French toast." Buffy says, with a glazed look in her eyes, thinking of the toast smothered in blueberry syrup.
"Come on B, we'd better get down there before everyone and Spike eats it all." Faith says.
Buffy pushes the hair off of her neck revealing the bite mark that's still healing that's there, and totally forgetting about the little memento from the shower.
"Damn, B. Did you go out patrolling last night and get bitten or somethin'? You got one hell of a nasty bite mark there." Faith says, completely confused, because she could have sworn Buffy and Spike had stayed in their room all night.
Buffy reaches up to her neck and smiles remembering how and who had given the bite. Placing her hand on it, she replies. "Uh, no. No patrolling."
"But how?" Faith says even more confused than before. She's fluttering her hand around her neck to get her point across.
"Spike." Buffy states, looking at Faith, like have you gone insano, because of the whole hand fluttery thing.
"I don't get it, B. How did he bite you? He's supposed to be human now."
"Faith you were there last night, didn't you hear anything that Lorne said?"
"Well I was kinda talkin' to Wes, but I did hear a little of it. Yeah I heard that he wasn't completely human, but I didn't think that he'd have fangs."
"Hell Faith, we were just as surprised as you are. We were in the shower and."
Faith cuts her off. "Uh, really don't need to have details, B. Got the picture."
"Anyway, it just came from out of the blue. He didn't even know he'd done it 'til I told him."
Buffy gets up off of the bed and strolls over to the dresser to brush and tie back her hair. She watches Faith in the mirror. She's fidgeting around, and pushing her hair over her shoulder.
She finally says, "B, you know that you're gonna have to tell Giles and Wes about this. It could be dangerous."
Buffy turns from the mirror and walks towards Faith.
"Faith, Spike isn't dangerous, if he wanted to last night, he could've sucked me dry and I probably would've let him, but he didn't. He loves me and I trust in that love, like I trust in my undying love for him. More than anything in this world, I trust him with my life and everyone I love lives."
Faith has been standing there listening to her devotion speech. She's so stunned, she's never heard Buffy talk about anything or anyone like that before, not even Angel, and he was supposed to be the love of her life. She's still standing there with her mouth gaped open.
Spike has been leaning on the door facing, listening to the conversation. He speaks up and says, "That's nice to know, Luv." Smiling his Buffy only smile.
He's startled them out of their reverie of him. Sauntering over to the bedside table, he places a tray laden with food on it.
He turns around, "Place is like a madhouse down there, had to basically wrestle the food from those girls and guys down there. It's a wonder I made it out soddin' alive." He says, as he makes his way over to Buffy, placing a hand on her shoulder and looking in her eyes.
'Had to pull the Bit out of the soddin' middle of it all, she could've gotten killed with all that carnage goin'on. Wrestled her some food out of it too. It's a bloody war down there, Pet.' He says smiling and placing a chaste kiss on her lips.
'Figured you'd like some peace and quite, so I brought it up here. I did manage to get a couple pieces of that toast stuff, and some bacon, though. Grabbed what syrup I could, the little hellions, were guardin' it with their lives.' He chuckles, thinking about what he had to go through just to get the meal.
"You fought all those slayers to get me my toast? You're such a sweetie." With a twinkle in her eyes, Buffy smiles up at him.
"Oh hell, no. I fought the Whelp, Angel's crew, and the watcher. Do you actually think I'd fight a bunch of teenage girls and slayers to boot? Don't bloody think so, Luv. I maybe crazy, but no man in his right mind would do that." Spike says, sheepishly, cause he got caught. Well he never could really lie right out to his slayer, now could he.
"Well, B, I'm gonna go fight for me some of that grub, if there's anything left, but scraps." Faith says laughing at Spike.
'Remember you gotta tell Giles and Wesley about.' She flutters her hand again, as she walks towards the door.
"I will Faith, I just want to eat first, I'm starving here."
"Alright, B. I'll see ya guys later." Faith says walking out the door.
"See ya later." They say, walking to the bed, to sit and eat.
"Have a nice talk with Faith did'ya Luv?" Spike asks, as he steals a piece of bacon off of the plate Buffy is eating from.
"Hey, eat your own food, you big pig." She exclaims, smacking his hand and taking a bite of her syrup drenched toast.
'MMMM! Syrupy goodness." She says, blissfully.
"Pet?" Spike says in askance.
"Oh yea, I recon. She noticed the bite and had to ask about it. Then she started giving me advice. Telling me to tell Giles and Wesley. Like I wasn't going to anyway, I mean hello BIG BITE WOUND it's not like they aren't goin' to see it." She rants looking at her plate, and the rapidly disappearing bacon, which has all found it's way to Spikes mouth.
'Don't get me wrong, I'm glad she's showing concern for someone other than herself, but really like I wasn't going to tell Giles. They need to know about this, it's important that we tell them everything that isn't human about you, so they can research and find out what exactly you are.'
Spike has sat and listened to her rant, while stuffing his face with pancakes, sausage, orange juice, and Buffys bacon. He hasn't spoken one word, while listening to her.
Buffy looks over at him, and starts laughing hysterically.
"What?" He asks with syrup dripping down his chin.
"Have you ever heard of a napkin?" She asks through her laughter.
After getting her laughter at least a little under control, she reaches up with her index finger and retrieves the dollop of syrup, and places her finger in her mouth, slowly sucking all of the sticky goodness off.
"Don't bloody do that, Pet, or you won't be eating the rest of that meal." He growls out, getting slightly hard at her actions.
"Maybe I don't wanna finish it, maybe I wanna lick some more syrup off of your Hot, tight, little body." She says chuckling and turning back to her toast. "Then maybe again I do wanna finish it, since I am starving."
He growls again, and goes back to his own meal, thinking *Bloody woman is gonna be the death of me*
(A.N. I don't know what happened last chappy, but it never came up on FF. net as a new chappy. I could go up to my users look up and it was there but it never came up on the new chappy page.)
Chp. 24
(The next morning)
Buffy rolls over, reaching for Spike. She notices that he isn't there. She jerks straight up in the bed and says to herself "It couldn't have been a dream."
Looking around the room, she suddenly hears a chuckle coming from the bathroom doorway. Slowly turning her head and praying that it wasn't her imagination. Her eyes look upon a tight, black jeans clad Spike, leaning against the doorframe, without a shirt on.
She lets out the breath she had been holding, and holds her arms out to him. Inviting him to hug her.
He slowly walks over to her, and envelopes her in his tight embrace.
"I thought I had dreamed it all." She says, with tears in her eyes.
"No, Luv, it wasn't a dream. I'm here like I said I'd be, and I'm not going anywhere. I promise."
She starts to say something, but there's a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" She asks the offending knocker, with venom in her voice.
Spike chuckles as she's answered by Faith.
"It's me, B."
Buffy smiles and says, "Come on in, Faith."
"The doors locked, B. Plus really don't wanna come in if you guys are in bed and indecent." She shouts back through the door.
"It never bothered you before, F." Buffy calls.
"Well I'm a different girl now, B. So put some clothes on then I'll come in." Faith says, laughing at how ridiculous their conversation is.
Spike has been standing in front of Buffy, laughing his ass off at the two of them, too.
"What's so funny, Bleach Boy?"
"I wish you all would quit callin' me that, at least 'til I get bleached again. It's Bloody annoyin'. What's so damned funny is the whole conversation you just had through that bloody door, Luv." He says walking to the door, to let Faith in, and unlock it.
"Well, we can't exactly call you Evil Dead or Dead Boy, anymore." She says as she pulls the shirt that Spike had been wearing the night before on over her naked flesh, and while he unlocks the door to let Faith enter.
"Hey Spike." Faith says walking into the room. She's heard their whole conversation and says to Buffy. "Hey B, you could always call him beefcake or somethin'." As she checks out all the muscley goodness of Spike.
"Oh, bloody soddin' hell." Spike says rolling his eyes and walking out the door.
"Hey where you goin'." Buffy yells after him.
"Goin' to see what the big, brooding, Poof has to eat in this place." He mutters.
"That's what I came up to tell you guys. Angel's crew brought Denny's. Figured you guys would want something, before all the others, smelled and came running and devouring everything. Since you all didn't eat at all yesterday." Faith says, as she watches Spikes back side as he leaves the room.
"Thanks, Faith. I'm a little starved. Haven't eaten anything since I don't know when. I hope they brought bacon and French toast. MMMM! French toast." Buffy says, with a glazed look in her eyes, thinking of the toast smothered in blueberry syrup.
"Come on B, we'd better get down there before everyone and Spike eats it all." Faith says.
Buffy pushes the hair off of her neck revealing the bite mark that's still healing that's there, and totally forgetting about the little memento from the shower.
"Damn, B. Did you go out patrolling last night and get bitten or somethin'? You got one hell of a nasty bite mark there." Faith says, completely confused, because she could have sworn Buffy and Spike had stayed in their room all night.
Buffy reaches up to her neck and smiles remembering how and who had given the bite. Placing her hand on it, she replies. "Uh, no. No patrolling."
"But how?" Faith says even more confused than before. She's fluttering her hand around her neck to get her point across.
"Spike." Buffy states, looking at Faith, like have you gone insano, because of the whole hand fluttery thing.
"I don't get it, B. How did he bite you? He's supposed to be human now."
"Faith you were there last night, didn't you hear anything that Lorne said?"
"Well I was kinda talkin' to Wes, but I did hear a little of it. Yeah I heard that he wasn't completely human, but I didn't think that he'd have fangs."
"Hell Faith, we were just as surprised as you are. We were in the shower and."
Faith cuts her off. "Uh, really don't need to have details, B. Got the picture."
"Anyway, it just came from out of the blue. He didn't even know he'd done it 'til I told him."
Buffy gets up off of the bed and strolls over to the dresser to brush and tie back her hair. She watches Faith in the mirror. She's fidgeting around, and pushing her hair over her shoulder.
She finally says, "B, you know that you're gonna have to tell Giles and Wes about this. It could be dangerous."
Buffy turns from the mirror and walks towards Faith.
"Faith, Spike isn't dangerous, if he wanted to last night, he could've sucked me dry and I probably would've let him, but he didn't. He loves me and I trust in that love, like I trust in my undying love for him. More than anything in this world, I trust him with my life and everyone I love lives."
Faith has been standing there listening to her devotion speech. She's so stunned, she's never heard Buffy talk about anything or anyone like that before, not even Angel, and he was supposed to be the love of her life. She's still standing there with her mouth gaped open.
Spike has been leaning on the door facing, listening to the conversation. He speaks up and says, "That's nice to know, Luv." Smiling his Buffy only smile.
He's startled them out of their reverie of him. Sauntering over to the bedside table, he places a tray laden with food on it.
He turns around, "Place is like a madhouse down there, had to basically wrestle the food from those girls and guys down there. It's a wonder I made it out soddin' alive." He says, as he makes his way over to Buffy, placing a hand on her shoulder and looking in her eyes.
'Had to pull the Bit out of the soddin' middle of it all, she could've gotten killed with all that carnage goin'on. Wrestled her some food out of it too. It's a bloody war down there, Pet.' He says smiling and placing a chaste kiss on her lips.
'Figured you'd like some peace and quite, so I brought it up here. I did manage to get a couple pieces of that toast stuff, and some bacon, though. Grabbed what syrup I could, the little hellions, were guardin' it with their lives.' He chuckles, thinking about what he had to go through just to get the meal.
"You fought all those slayers to get me my toast? You're such a sweetie." With a twinkle in her eyes, Buffy smiles up at him.
"Oh hell, no. I fought the Whelp, Angel's crew, and the watcher. Do you actually think I'd fight a bunch of teenage girls and slayers to boot? Don't bloody think so, Luv. I maybe crazy, but no man in his right mind would do that." Spike says, sheepishly, cause he got caught. Well he never could really lie right out to his slayer, now could he.
"Well, B, I'm gonna go fight for me some of that grub, if there's anything left, but scraps." Faith says laughing at Spike.
'Remember you gotta tell Giles and Wesley about.' She flutters her hand again, as she walks towards the door.
"I will Faith, I just want to eat first, I'm starving here."
"Alright, B. I'll see ya guys later." Faith says walking out the door.
"See ya later." They say, walking to the bed, to sit and eat.
"Have a nice talk with Faith did'ya Luv?" Spike asks, as he steals a piece of bacon off of the plate Buffy is eating from.
"Hey, eat your own food, you big pig." She exclaims, smacking his hand and taking a bite of her syrup drenched toast.
'MMMM! Syrupy goodness." She says, blissfully.
"Pet?" Spike says in askance.
"Oh yea, I recon. She noticed the bite and had to ask about it. Then she started giving me advice. Telling me to tell Giles and Wesley. Like I wasn't going to anyway, I mean hello BIG BITE WOUND it's not like they aren't goin' to see it." She rants looking at her plate, and the rapidly disappearing bacon, which has all found it's way to Spikes mouth.
'Don't get me wrong, I'm glad she's showing concern for someone other than herself, but really like I wasn't going to tell Giles. They need to know about this, it's important that we tell them everything that isn't human about you, so they can research and find out what exactly you are.'
Spike has sat and listened to her rant, while stuffing his face with pancakes, sausage, orange juice, and Buffys bacon. He hasn't spoken one word, while listening to her.
Buffy looks over at him, and starts laughing hysterically.
"What?" He asks with syrup dripping down his chin.
"Have you ever heard of a napkin?" She asks through her laughter.
After getting her laughter at least a little under control, she reaches up with her index finger and retrieves the dollop of syrup, and places her finger in her mouth, slowly sucking all of the sticky goodness off.
"Don't bloody do that, Pet, or you won't be eating the rest of that meal." He growls out, getting slightly hard at her actions.
"Maybe I don't wanna finish it, maybe I wanna lick some more syrup off of your Hot, tight, little body." She says chuckling and turning back to her toast. "Then maybe again I do wanna finish it, since I am starving."
He growls again, and goes back to his own meal, thinking *Bloody woman is gonna be the death of me*
(A.N. I don't know what happened last chappy, but it never came up on FF. net as a new chappy. I could go up to my users look up and it was there but it never came up on the new chappy page.)