The End and Beginning
Chp. 25
(Sorry that this chappy has been so long in coming, my muse decided it was time for a vacation. Maybe she died I don't know, but here it is, hope you guys like it.)
Buffy and Spike are walking down the stairs into the lobby dressed and ready for the day.
Spike in his usual black attire, with some boots, and a blue jeans shirt, instead of the red one he wanted, because Buffy had decided she liked it better on her than on him and took it.
The boots and shirt were courtesy of whoever had stayed in their room last. Plus Buffy said that the blue jean shirt would look good on him, who was he to argue. The boots on the other hand weren't anything special, just some old Dingoes that actually fit. They were better than nothing and well Buffy had liked them also, so of course Spike went along with it.
They are holding hands and looking at each other.
Everyone looks up, and sees who has come down. When they see that it's the blonde duo and they are oblivious to everything around them, they go back to doing what they were. Which seems like the same scene from the night before, except for Xander being the one in the chair spinning around it's Andrew. Other than that it's the same.
"Who's up for shopping?" Buffy says, startling everyone. They all thought that Buffy and Spike hadn't even noticed them.
"Are you serious?" Dawn asks, excitedly.
"Yes, I'm serious." Buffy says, still looking up at Spike. "Everyone needs stuff, and Angel has all kinds of money now. I was going to see if he'd let me borrow some of it. Just to get necessities and that's all."
"There's no need to ask Buffy. I was gonna ask if you needed anything and offer the money, anyway." Angel says as he comes out of the office.
Buffy smiles at him, walking over to him, and gives him a friendly hug. "Thank you, Angel. I'll pay you back, as soon as I can." She says still hugging him.
"There's no need, Buffy. Wolfram and Heart won't miss it and you need it more than I do."
"Thanks, Angel." She replies, raising up to place a soft kiss on his cheek.
Spike growls possessively, and vamps.
Everyone, but Buffy and Faith are taken aback, by this and gasps.
Buffy turns around and Angel sees that the bite on her neck isn't his mark any longer; it's been completely covered by another.
Angel looks from Spike to Buffy, and back again. He's very puzzled by the look on his face.
"Mine." Spike growls out, walking over and jerking Buffy away.
"Neanderthal, much?" Buffy asks.
"Buffy what's goin' on?" Angel asks as he backs away from her. " I don't understand. How come he can vamp, but doesn't have game face? The only other vamp I know of that can do that is Dracula." He is so totally confused now, and has lost the ability to speak.
Buffy turns back around to face Angel. She had been looking Spike in the eyes, after he jerked her away. Spike wraps his arms around her, tightly holding her to him. He buries his face in her hair. "Mine." He states, again.
"Yes, baby." She says in reply.
'We haven't figured that out yet, Angel.' She says as she's rubbing the hands around her waist, soothingly. Spike finally loosens his hold.
She relaxes against him.
"Mine." He whispers in her ear, as he slips his fangs in the bite.
She notices that he isn't drinking, just reaffirming that she is his.
"He's claimed you." Angel says defeated.
Spike removes his fangs from her neck, and looks up at Angel with his human face back on. He smiles and gets that cocky look on his face.
Buffy looks at Angel then at Spike, with a smile on her face.
To Angel she doesn't look as confused as he would like her to be.
"He's claimed you as a mate. Do you have any idea what that means?" He asks, hoping that this will make her more confused, but it doesn't. She's still smiling.
"God Angel! I'm the slayer or one of them any ways. I of course know what it means to be claimed. That's one of the first things Giles taught me when we were together."
"You let him do it? It wasn't a mistake?"
"Angel, if you haven't figured it out yet, I love him. He's everything to me and if he wants me to be his mate then I'm honored. No, actually I'm ecstatic that he would let me be. He could have fallen for anyone, but he picked me."
Angel feels all the hope that when she was finally ready, that she'd pick him and now that hope is completely gone. Drained right from him in a matter of one day. In two days time he had lost the hope of ever having the nice baked cookie goodness, and the love of his life. *What else could go wrong* He thinks with a heavy heart.
Angel looks from Spike, which is still smiling all goofy to Buffy. Who is looking at him, just a little puzzled at his silence after all of what she has just said.
"Alright it's your life, I can't tell you what to do. I was just hoping in the end that you'd want me and well it looks like that's not gonna happen." Angel sighs, after he's said his piece.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to hurt you. I love you, but Spike is my heart, my love, my everything."
"I just can't figure how all this happened."
"Angel it wasn't just one thing, it was a lot of stuff that you really wouldn't understand. You weren't there to witness it. The short of it is, he has been there all along. Spike stuck through a lot of hell, most of it I put him through. I can't say that he didn't put me through a whole hell of a lot, too. Even when I treated him like some useless, disgusting thing, he was always there. I would ask him to leave or order I should say. He wouldn't go away. He stuck by me when we went up against Glory. He protected and took care of Dawn when I was dead. I came back and he was the only one I could stand to be near. He went and got his soul back for me, because he thought that was what I wanted. He went through torture and went insane because of it. He sacrificed himself to save the world, and me. There's so much he went through just because of me and he earned every bit of the love I feel for him and so much more. He deserves his reward; the only one he ever wanted was me. He stayed and you didn't and I loved you so much and you left me. He loved me more than anything, and I begged him to leave. He wouldn't. He stayed thinking I'd never love him and he didn't care. He stayed, because he loved me and didn't want me to get hurt or dead again." She finishes her speech. Turning around, she smiles at Spike.
He's standing there, mouth hanging open. He finally comes to his senses and says, "Luv, you're not a reward, you're just the icing on the cake."
She laughs turning back to look at Angel, who has been brooding about what she just said.
Angel's heart has just broken into a million pieces again, for the second time in one day. He has contemplated her heart-felt words, trying to get it straight in his head. He was shattered when she said that Spike had stayed and he hadn't.
Hell he had ran, he thought he was doing the right thing. He wanted her to have as normal a life as she could, but him leaving her was the turning point. He never should have left, and then they'd still be together. Spike would just be dust and not another thought would have been thought about him. Now Buffy was in love with Spike and didn't want anything to do with him other than just a friend. From what he understood out of her words, she had put Spike through hell and he had stayed. Angel had only got the heaven of Buffy when they were together, but he had left. The one that had stood by her was Spike, and she had fallen for him and Angel couldn't win back what he had lost a long time ago. Spike had gotten her love fair and square, and he couldn't argue with that.
He has finally come to terms with it, in his head. His heart was another thing. He'd never really be over her he knew. It seems like no one ever was. Even Xander still held to his crush, although, he'd deny it 'til his dying day.
He looks up at Buffy, after she'd been staring at him for the past few minutes.
Saying nothing to Buffy, he looks to Spike. "Boy, you'd better not ever hurt her, if you do."
"Yeah, yeah, I know you'll stake me good and proper." Spike says, in a huff. "I've heard that song and dance before, Peaches. Get a new tune."
Angel looks at him, "I'm not kidding Spike, I won't hesitate to kill you."
Buffy is so stunned; it takes her a few seconds to respond. "Did you just threaten him?" She asks. "My god, I really don't know you at all do I?"
Spike steps in; placing his hands on Buffy's shoulders and says, "Peaches, the one thing I'll never do is hurt one of my girls. I've already lost two of'em. I'm soddin' well not gonna lose another one, and if you count Joyce I've lost three of 'em. I'll protect'em with my life, now that I actually have one. I would and did give up my unlife, for'em. I'll always protect'em all, even the whelp."
Now Buffy is looking over her shoulder, at him stunned. He'll even give his life for Xander? She thinks.
Angel takes his explanation at face value and nods. He knows Spike would give up everything to protect what is his and from what Angel sees Buffy is and the Scooby's are because she is.
He then hands Buffy a checkbook and turns toward the office again, "You'd better boy, you'd better." He mutters closing the door behind him.
Buffy opens up the checkbook and sees that it has her name in it. Then the sum in the balance column catches her eye. Her eyes bug out and she gasps, "That's a lot of zeros!"
Spike grabs it from her and his mouth drops open. " There's no way Angel has that much money, just to give away." He says dumbfounded.
" The law firm does, and I'm giving some to Buffy and Dawn. I don't want them to have to live on that bus any longer than necessary." Angel calls from the office; he has heard Spike through the door.
Buffy walks to the door and opens it. Entering, with Spike right behind her.
"Angel you don't have to do this. It's way to much, but my god that's a lot of zeros."
Dawn comes over from her perch on the couch, and looks over Spikes shoulder at the open checkbook in his hand. She sees how much money, and gasps.
The first thing out of her mouth is "Buffy we'll be virtually rich, if you'll just except it. We'll be able to do what ever we want."
Buffy turns to her sister. "Dawn, if I take it we aren't gonna just go spend it all."
"It'll take quite awhile for us to spend all of this, Buffy."
"Buffy it's yours do what you want with it." Angel states, looking at her back. He's not gonna take the money back. She needs it and he has more than enough, now.
Buffy hears this in his voice and says "Fine, we'll take it, but half of it is going towards college for you." She looks pointedly at Dawn.
"That's a pretty great idea, Luv." Spike says, looking at his mate with love in his eyes.
She looks at Spike and smiles, "I was thinking maybe I'd take some correspondence classes myself, at least then I'd have something to do. I would like to finish that college stuff I started when Glory decided to show up."
Spike smiles back at her, "I think that would be good for you, Luv."
He takes the few steps that separates them and puts a kiss on top of her head.
"Is that all I get?" She huffs. She was expecting him to give her a kiss.
He looks down at her pouting little lower lip, and can't resist. He kisses her, long and hard. Plunging his tongue into her open mouth, and plundering it, 'til Dawn decides she's had enough of the display and says, " I'm glad that you are going to take classes Buffy, and at home too. Then you can have more time with us."
Buffy turns from Spike, also breaking the kiss, to talk to Dawn. "Well, first things first. We need to go shopping. Spikes hair needs help." She says, turning to Spike and smiling, letting him know that she's just joking. She grabs Spikes hand and wraps an arm around Dawns shoulders, and walks out of the office.
"Thanks again, Angel." She says over her shoulder, as they walk out.
Back in the lobby, she shouts, "Everyone get on the bus, we're going shopping."
Andrew walks by, saying excitedly, " Are we going to Wal-Mart? I really want to get that new Lord of the Rings video game. Oh, and something to play it on, cause what's the use of having the game if you don't have the console."
Dawn slaps him in the head.
"Ow, what was that for?"
She laughs at him and says, "I barely touched you, and it couldn't have hurt. Buffy also said that it was just the necessities, not an all out shopping spree."
"Let the mini-whelp have his geek machine, Nibblet. Hell you all can afford it, plus it'll keep him from whinin' 'bout it, 'cause we wouldn't let him have it." Spike says, as he walks beside his girls.
They get out the door and he stops.
Buffy turns to look at him, "What's wrong, honey?" She asks, with a concerned look on her face.
"It's just that the soddin' suns shinin', Luv." He says staring out past the shadow that he's standing in. He hasn't noticed that there's a beam of sunlight shining on his face.
"Spike, there's sun on the side of you face, I think it's safe to say it's not going to harm you."
"Well Luv, I didn't want to burn to a crisp right in front of you. Don't think you'd let me burn but still don't particularly like the thought of it."
Willow, Xander and Kennedy come rushing past them.
Xander pushes Spike off of the stoop, and says, "Come on, Spike, Mr. Suns not gonna hurt you. See." Then he proceeds to push him the rest of the way out into the sun.
Spike stands there for a few minutes, breathing in the fresh air and just generally feeling the warmth of the sun on him.
He turns to Buffy wrapping an arm around her, and walks over to the bus. He looks down at her before stepping onto the bus.
"Been a long time since I've been in the sun, Luv. Think I'll freckle?"
"I don't know, baby, but it sure looks good on you." She says, leaning up for a brief kiss.
"Never thought I'd ever get to see you in it, Sweet' art." He whispers into her hair. "You look even better in the sunlight than in the candle light, and that's just a real accomplishment. You're bloody beautiful."
They turn walking onto the bus, noticing their seat has been left open. They head for it, and sit down.
Willow and Kennedy are in the same seat also. They are laughing at a joke that one of the other slayers told them. They're happy, and so are Spike and Buffy.
Xander is in the driver's seat, since Giles is with Wesley researching.
He turns around, and shouts, "Sit down and shut up." Just like the bus driver from South Park. "I always wanted to say that." He chuckles turning back around, and starts the bus.
"Did I just tell Angelus that I'd give my life for him, Luv?"
"Yep, you sure did."
"Can I take it back?"
"Nope, you promised and you never go back on your promises. Do you?"
"Bloody Hell, you got me there, Pet." He laughs.
"You have to keep it."
"Bugger."
(Okay I hope that was as good as the rest, if not sorry, it had to be done.)
Chp. 25
(Sorry that this chappy has been so long in coming, my muse decided it was time for a vacation. Maybe she died I don't know, but here it is, hope you guys like it.)
Buffy and Spike are walking down the stairs into the lobby dressed and ready for the day.
Spike in his usual black attire, with some boots, and a blue jeans shirt, instead of the red one he wanted, because Buffy had decided she liked it better on her than on him and took it.
The boots and shirt were courtesy of whoever had stayed in their room last. Plus Buffy said that the blue jean shirt would look good on him, who was he to argue. The boots on the other hand weren't anything special, just some old Dingoes that actually fit. They were better than nothing and well Buffy had liked them also, so of course Spike went along with it.
They are holding hands and looking at each other.
Everyone looks up, and sees who has come down. When they see that it's the blonde duo and they are oblivious to everything around them, they go back to doing what they were. Which seems like the same scene from the night before, except for Xander being the one in the chair spinning around it's Andrew. Other than that it's the same.
"Who's up for shopping?" Buffy says, startling everyone. They all thought that Buffy and Spike hadn't even noticed them.
"Are you serious?" Dawn asks, excitedly.
"Yes, I'm serious." Buffy says, still looking up at Spike. "Everyone needs stuff, and Angel has all kinds of money now. I was going to see if he'd let me borrow some of it. Just to get necessities and that's all."
"There's no need to ask Buffy. I was gonna ask if you needed anything and offer the money, anyway." Angel says as he comes out of the office.
Buffy smiles at him, walking over to him, and gives him a friendly hug. "Thank you, Angel. I'll pay you back, as soon as I can." She says still hugging him.
"There's no need, Buffy. Wolfram and Heart won't miss it and you need it more than I do."
"Thanks, Angel." She replies, raising up to place a soft kiss on his cheek.
Spike growls possessively, and vamps.
Everyone, but Buffy and Faith are taken aback, by this and gasps.
Buffy turns around and Angel sees that the bite on her neck isn't his mark any longer; it's been completely covered by another.
Angel looks from Spike to Buffy, and back again. He's very puzzled by the look on his face.
"Mine." Spike growls out, walking over and jerking Buffy away.
"Neanderthal, much?" Buffy asks.
"Buffy what's goin' on?" Angel asks as he backs away from her. " I don't understand. How come he can vamp, but doesn't have game face? The only other vamp I know of that can do that is Dracula." He is so totally confused now, and has lost the ability to speak.
Buffy turns back around to face Angel. She had been looking Spike in the eyes, after he jerked her away. Spike wraps his arms around her, tightly holding her to him. He buries his face in her hair. "Mine." He states, again.
"Yes, baby." She says in reply.
'We haven't figured that out yet, Angel.' She says as she's rubbing the hands around her waist, soothingly. Spike finally loosens his hold.
She relaxes against him.
"Mine." He whispers in her ear, as he slips his fangs in the bite.
She notices that he isn't drinking, just reaffirming that she is his.
"He's claimed you." Angel says defeated.
Spike removes his fangs from her neck, and looks up at Angel with his human face back on. He smiles and gets that cocky look on his face.
Buffy looks at Angel then at Spike, with a smile on her face.
To Angel she doesn't look as confused as he would like her to be.
"He's claimed you as a mate. Do you have any idea what that means?" He asks, hoping that this will make her more confused, but it doesn't. She's still smiling.
"God Angel! I'm the slayer or one of them any ways. I of course know what it means to be claimed. That's one of the first things Giles taught me when we were together."
"You let him do it? It wasn't a mistake?"
"Angel, if you haven't figured it out yet, I love him. He's everything to me and if he wants me to be his mate then I'm honored. No, actually I'm ecstatic that he would let me be. He could have fallen for anyone, but he picked me."
Angel feels all the hope that when she was finally ready, that she'd pick him and now that hope is completely gone. Drained right from him in a matter of one day. In two days time he had lost the hope of ever having the nice baked cookie goodness, and the love of his life. *What else could go wrong* He thinks with a heavy heart.
Angel looks from Spike, which is still smiling all goofy to Buffy. Who is looking at him, just a little puzzled at his silence after all of what she has just said.
"Alright it's your life, I can't tell you what to do. I was just hoping in the end that you'd want me and well it looks like that's not gonna happen." Angel sighs, after he's said his piece.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to hurt you. I love you, but Spike is my heart, my love, my everything."
"I just can't figure how all this happened."
"Angel it wasn't just one thing, it was a lot of stuff that you really wouldn't understand. You weren't there to witness it. The short of it is, he has been there all along. Spike stuck through a lot of hell, most of it I put him through. I can't say that he didn't put me through a whole hell of a lot, too. Even when I treated him like some useless, disgusting thing, he was always there. I would ask him to leave or order I should say. He wouldn't go away. He stuck by me when we went up against Glory. He protected and took care of Dawn when I was dead. I came back and he was the only one I could stand to be near. He went and got his soul back for me, because he thought that was what I wanted. He went through torture and went insane because of it. He sacrificed himself to save the world, and me. There's so much he went through just because of me and he earned every bit of the love I feel for him and so much more. He deserves his reward; the only one he ever wanted was me. He stayed and you didn't and I loved you so much and you left me. He loved me more than anything, and I begged him to leave. He wouldn't. He stayed thinking I'd never love him and he didn't care. He stayed, because he loved me and didn't want me to get hurt or dead again." She finishes her speech. Turning around, she smiles at Spike.
He's standing there, mouth hanging open. He finally comes to his senses and says, "Luv, you're not a reward, you're just the icing on the cake."
She laughs turning back to look at Angel, who has been brooding about what she just said.
Angel's heart has just broken into a million pieces again, for the second time in one day. He has contemplated her heart-felt words, trying to get it straight in his head. He was shattered when she said that Spike had stayed and he hadn't.
Hell he had ran, he thought he was doing the right thing. He wanted her to have as normal a life as she could, but him leaving her was the turning point. He never should have left, and then they'd still be together. Spike would just be dust and not another thought would have been thought about him. Now Buffy was in love with Spike and didn't want anything to do with him other than just a friend. From what he understood out of her words, she had put Spike through hell and he had stayed. Angel had only got the heaven of Buffy when they were together, but he had left. The one that had stood by her was Spike, and she had fallen for him and Angel couldn't win back what he had lost a long time ago. Spike had gotten her love fair and square, and he couldn't argue with that.
He has finally come to terms with it, in his head. His heart was another thing. He'd never really be over her he knew. It seems like no one ever was. Even Xander still held to his crush, although, he'd deny it 'til his dying day.
He looks up at Buffy, after she'd been staring at him for the past few minutes.
Saying nothing to Buffy, he looks to Spike. "Boy, you'd better not ever hurt her, if you do."
"Yeah, yeah, I know you'll stake me good and proper." Spike says, in a huff. "I've heard that song and dance before, Peaches. Get a new tune."
Angel looks at him, "I'm not kidding Spike, I won't hesitate to kill you."
Buffy is so stunned; it takes her a few seconds to respond. "Did you just threaten him?" She asks. "My god, I really don't know you at all do I?"
Spike steps in; placing his hands on Buffy's shoulders and says, "Peaches, the one thing I'll never do is hurt one of my girls. I've already lost two of'em. I'm soddin' well not gonna lose another one, and if you count Joyce I've lost three of 'em. I'll protect'em with my life, now that I actually have one. I would and did give up my unlife, for'em. I'll always protect'em all, even the whelp."
Now Buffy is looking over her shoulder, at him stunned. He'll even give his life for Xander? She thinks.
Angel takes his explanation at face value and nods. He knows Spike would give up everything to protect what is his and from what Angel sees Buffy is and the Scooby's are because she is.
He then hands Buffy a checkbook and turns toward the office again, "You'd better boy, you'd better." He mutters closing the door behind him.
Buffy opens up the checkbook and sees that it has her name in it. Then the sum in the balance column catches her eye. Her eyes bug out and she gasps, "That's a lot of zeros!"
Spike grabs it from her and his mouth drops open. " There's no way Angel has that much money, just to give away." He says dumbfounded.
" The law firm does, and I'm giving some to Buffy and Dawn. I don't want them to have to live on that bus any longer than necessary." Angel calls from the office; he has heard Spike through the door.
Buffy walks to the door and opens it. Entering, with Spike right behind her.
"Angel you don't have to do this. It's way to much, but my god that's a lot of zeros."
Dawn comes over from her perch on the couch, and looks over Spikes shoulder at the open checkbook in his hand. She sees how much money, and gasps.
The first thing out of her mouth is "Buffy we'll be virtually rich, if you'll just except it. We'll be able to do what ever we want."
Buffy turns to her sister. "Dawn, if I take it we aren't gonna just go spend it all."
"It'll take quite awhile for us to spend all of this, Buffy."
"Buffy it's yours do what you want with it." Angel states, looking at her back. He's not gonna take the money back. She needs it and he has more than enough, now.
Buffy hears this in his voice and says "Fine, we'll take it, but half of it is going towards college for you." She looks pointedly at Dawn.
"That's a pretty great idea, Luv." Spike says, looking at his mate with love in his eyes.
She looks at Spike and smiles, "I was thinking maybe I'd take some correspondence classes myself, at least then I'd have something to do. I would like to finish that college stuff I started when Glory decided to show up."
Spike smiles back at her, "I think that would be good for you, Luv."
He takes the few steps that separates them and puts a kiss on top of her head.
"Is that all I get?" She huffs. She was expecting him to give her a kiss.
He looks down at her pouting little lower lip, and can't resist. He kisses her, long and hard. Plunging his tongue into her open mouth, and plundering it, 'til Dawn decides she's had enough of the display and says, " I'm glad that you are going to take classes Buffy, and at home too. Then you can have more time with us."
Buffy turns from Spike, also breaking the kiss, to talk to Dawn. "Well, first things first. We need to go shopping. Spikes hair needs help." She says, turning to Spike and smiling, letting him know that she's just joking. She grabs Spikes hand and wraps an arm around Dawns shoulders, and walks out of the office.
"Thanks again, Angel." She says over her shoulder, as they walk out.
Back in the lobby, she shouts, "Everyone get on the bus, we're going shopping."
Andrew walks by, saying excitedly, " Are we going to Wal-Mart? I really want to get that new Lord of the Rings video game. Oh, and something to play it on, cause what's the use of having the game if you don't have the console."
Dawn slaps him in the head.
"Ow, what was that for?"
She laughs at him and says, "I barely touched you, and it couldn't have hurt. Buffy also said that it was just the necessities, not an all out shopping spree."
"Let the mini-whelp have his geek machine, Nibblet. Hell you all can afford it, plus it'll keep him from whinin' 'bout it, 'cause we wouldn't let him have it." Spike says, as he walks beside his girls.
They get out the door and he stops.
Buffy turns to look at him, "What's wrong, honey?" She asks, with a concerned look on her face.
"It's just that the soddin' suns shinin', Luv." He says staring out past the shadow that he's standing in. He hasn't noticed that there's a beam of sunlight shining on his face.
"Spike, there's sun on the side of you face, I think it's safe to say it's not going to harm you."
"Well Luv, I didn't want to burn to a crisp right in front of you. Don't think you'd let me burn but still don't particularly like the thought of it."
Willow, Xander and Kennedy come rushing past them.
Xander pushes Spike off of the stoop, and says, "Come on, Spike, Mr. Suns not gonna hurt you. See." Then he proceeds to push him the rest of the way out into the sun.
Spike stands there for a few minutes, breathing in the fresh air and just generally feeling the warmth of the sun on him.
He turns to Buffy wrapping an arm around her, and walks over to the bus. He looks down at her before stepping onto the bus.
"Been a long time since I've been in the sun, Luv. Think I'll freckle?"
"I don't know, baby, but it sure looks good on you." She says, leaning up for a brief kiss.
"Never thought I'd ever get to see you in it, Sweet' art." He whispers into her hair. "You look even better in the sunlight than in the candle light, and that's just a real accomplishment. You're bloody beautiful."
They turn walking onto the bus, noticing their seat has been left open. They head for it, and sit down.
Willow and Kennedy are in the same seat also. They are laughing at a joke that one of the other slayers told them. They're happy, and so are Spike and Buffy.
Xander is in the driver's seat, since Giles is with Wesley researching.
He turns around, and shouts, "Sit down and shut up." Just like the bus driver from South Park. "I always wanted to say that." He chuckles turning back around, and starts the bus.
"Did I just tell Angelus that I'd give my life for him, Luv?"
"Yep, you sure did."
"Can I take it back?"
"Nope, you promised and you never go back on your promises. Do you?"
"Bloody Hell, you got me there, Pet." He laughs.
"You have to keep it."
"Bugger."
(Okay I hope that was as good as the rest, if not sorry, it had to be done.)