Hi! Ok a couple of things before I start:
Thanks for the tip about accepting anonymous reviews...I didn't even notice that before :) Keep them coming!
Also, for any of you have been confused, William's brother's name is Daniel...he is actually Oz (you know Daniel Osborne) but I don't think that they went around calling people Oz back then so i just called him Daniel. (Sorry for accidentally typing David a few times...just typos! I mean Daniel)
Also, I have finished writing this out long-hand and I will try to get the rest typed up as fast as possible. It is going to be ten chapters long with an epilouge following. I don't think that this one is calling out for a sequel but I have been working on another period piece (more the 1880s) but this time with sissy-William.
P.S. I felt really bad about making Amy the daughter of Riley and Harmony...that would be a highly unfortunate combination of genes and even in fiction the thought makes me shudder. But I really really really didn't want William to be the father.
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The night passed slowly. The doctor said that they just had to wait for Dawn to wake-up, she had obviously suffered some form of trauma and the only thing that they could do was to make comfortable. Buffy sat staring blankly at the wall while JOyce tried to talk to her and then wake Dawn up in turns. Henry Summers paced the room. As the day began to break, he turned to his wife.
"Where is Willow? It's not like her to disappear at a time like this."
"She's probably looking after the child." Joyce said quietly. Hank looked at her in shock.
"What? Why?" Henry was shocked. "That's ridiculous! Why on earth..."
"Buffy asked her to." Joyce interrupted taking her daughter's hand. Buffy said nothing, she didn't even move. Henry walked over to her and snapped his fingers by her ear. She didn't even flinch.
"Buffy?" He called to her. "Buffy?" Still no reply. "Why do you want to help him after he humiliated you?" Henry grabbed her by the shoulders and began to shake her. "BUFFY!" Joyce stood up and quickly pulled Henry off of Buffy.
"That won't help Henry." She said as she tried to calm him down. "Sit down adn try to rest. The girls will need you strong." Heaving a deep sigh he finally sat down. At that moment Willow rushed into the room. She had hidden Amy in an upper room in the manor and had finally gotten her to go to sleep with one of the Fairfax's most trustworthy maids watching over her.
"Buffy?" Willow asked putting a hand on Buffy's shoulder.
"That won't help." Henry said morosely. "It's like she's not even there." And he buried his face in his hands. BUt Willow didn't give up. She moved in front of Buffy and looked into her unfocused eyes. "I have a message for you. From William." Henry stiffened at that name and looked as though he was about to start yelling again.
"William?" BUffy whispered and her eyes slowly began to focus on Willow. JOyce gasped and grabbed Buffy's hand.
"Mmm Hmm." WIllow smiled and continued. "He said that he loves you BUffy. And if you still want to marry him, then he'll find a way."
"Oh!" Buffy exclaimed and jumped up from her chair to hug Willow but her father's voice stopped her in her tracks.
"No. Buffy no. You will not be marrying him. NO matter what." BUffy turned to him quickly.
"But father..."
"No. There is nothing that you can say-"
"I love him!" The room was silent except for Dawn's labored breaths. Willow quickly moved to Dawn's side to try to help her.
"But what about the child." Henry sputtered astonished at this new revelation.
"If it's his then I'll love her too. Father-"
"No. BUffy. YOu say that now. But once you have children of your own, you'll not feel the same way. I won't let you-"
The door opened and Henry stopped talking not wanting anyone to overhear their conversation. Riley Finn walked in with a bright smile on his face that was very out of place in the room.
"Hello. I came to see if the girl woke up." He said as he moved over to where Buffy was standing, still in her ripped wedding gown and her hair dishevelled. "Perhaps you should go clean up." He said to her and didn't notice the glares he recieved. "Oh, by the way...has anyone seen Amy?"
"Why do you want to know?" Willow asked suspiciously. He glared at her. How dare a servant talk to him that way!
"Oh just curious is all. HArmony was looking for her." Riley tried to say casually. Buffy started at Harmony's name and looked at him in surprise.
"You know Harmony?" She asked. He looked around the room trying to come up with some excuse for his verbal slip-up when a very drunk and messy William fell into the room with an embarassed Lord Fairfax adn irritated doctor close behind.
"THis is highly inappropriate behavior for the sick room!" The doctor admonished them and glared at William.
"Yes, yes. Come William. YOu're not in a state to see anyone right now..." Lord Fairfax said. "Where the devil is Daniel? He always knows what to do..."
"Buffy!" William said disentangling himself from his father and stumbling towards her. "My darling." he slurred and slumped to the his knees just as she reached him. He grabbed her clumsily around the waist and rested his head on her stomach. "What're you doing inthe sick room precious? Did you fall in the lake again?" BUffy sighed slightly amused by his drunken babbling. He nuzzled her stomach with his head.
"William, Dawn was attacked after the wedding. Did anyone tell you?" She told him patiently waving off Lord Fairfax who was approaching behind William.
"Dawnie?" He looked at her confused. "No...you saved her. I remember. Was watching you from the window." He frowned suddenly. "There was something I was supposed to tell you. Something I had to say."
"THis is ridiculous! Get him out of here!" Henry interrupted. His yelling caused both William and Buffy to panic. William tried to stand up and protect her from what he thought was a threat and she had moved to try to stop her father from hitting him and the end result that Buffy fell hard on the ground.
"Buffy!" Riley shouted trying to be gallant.
"My darling." William slurred and tried to hug her to him. But Riley and Mr. Summers began to pull William up to his feet and moved him out of the room. When William realized that he was moving away from Buffy he began to struggle in their grip. "No! NO! I remembered! I'm sorry Buffy! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you again! I love you!"
Buffy quickly scrambled to her feet in her cumbersome gown and tried to go to him but Joyce held her back. The doctor and Lord Fairfax looked on in shock but soon a moan from the bed caused all their arguements to cease.
"Dawn's waking up!" Willow cried out relieved. Henry released William as he, Joyce and Buffy all quickly went to Dawn's side. William was still struggling drunkenly in Riley's grip to get to Buffy.
"Mom?" Dawn asked. Her voice was weak and raspy and Willow quickly handed her some water.
"Dawn? Sweetie. Who attacked you?" Henry asked. Whoever had dared to attack his baby would pay. He would make sure of that.
"It was Riley Finn daddy. He's Amy's father. Not William...I heard..." And the doctor pushed them away from the bed as Dawn seemed to loose her energy. He needed to treat her while she was still conscious.
"Let me go you git!" William shouted at Riley. Dawn's words hadn't fully registered within William's alcohol ladden brain.
"YOU!" Henry Summers was in a rage. Riley paled and tried to back away but William's unsteadiness tripped him up.
"It's not true!" Riley said getting up from the floor and moving slightly away from the others. "Anyway, the girl has no proof!"
"Get off my property!" Lord Fairfax yelled. William sat on the floor near Riley holding his head in his hands. All this yelling was definately not doing him any good right. Buffy moved over to try to help him and as she reached his side, Riley grabbed her arm and yanked her to him.
"I'll go. But I'm not leaving empty handed!" Riley said maliciously to the two men.
Release me you idiot!" Buffy yelled angrily. She couldn't even kick him the way he had grabbed her.
William looked up and saw a blurry Riley trying to drag a blurry Buffy from the room. Henry Summers was yelling something but William couldn't catch what he was saying. Getting shakily to his feet, he grabbed Buffy's hand and tried to pull her out of Riley's grip.
"Let go of her you great prancing git! You can't have her!" William said petulantly. THe room was starting to spin. Buffy was looking at him afraid and he smiled at her to try to reassure her. She was yelling something at him but he couldn't understand what it was that was working her up so much. He saw a glint of light above his head and looking up he saw Riley's arm raised with a knife in his hand. Buffy was screaming his name in terror and then...
A hand knocked the knife out of Riley's hand and it clattered to the ground. Riley's grip on her broken, Buffy turned slightly and kicked him hard, falling into William's arms and touching his face carefully to make sure that he was alright. He grinned goofily at her antics still not fully aware of what had almost happened.
Everyone looked at the doorway where their unknown saviour was. It was Daniel and a beautiful dark-haired woman none of them had ever seen before. None of them except for Riley.
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Wahaha! I love Druken Spike and so happy to write this part :) I hope that you liked reading it as much as I liked writing it!
Thanks for the tip about accepting anonymous reviews...I didn't even notice that before :) Keep them coming!
Also, for any of you have been confused, William's brother's name is Daniel...he is actually Oz (you know Daniel Osborne) but I don't think that they went around calling people Oz back then so i just called him Daniel. (Sorry for accidentally typing David a few times...just typos! I mean Daniel)
Also, I have finished writing this out long-hand and I will try to get the rest typed up as fast as possible. It is going to be ten chapters long with an epilouge following. I don't think that this one is calling out for a sequel but I have been working on another period piece (more the 1880s) but this time with sissy-William.
P.S. I felt really bad about making Amy the daughter of Riley and Harmony...that would be a highly unfortunate combination of genes and even in fiction the thought makes me shudder. But I really really really didn't want William to be the father.
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The night passed slowly. The doctor said that they just had to wait for Dawn to wake-up, she had obviously suffered some form of trauma and the only thing that they could do was to make comfortable. Buffy sat staring blankly at the wall while JOyce tried to talk to her and then wake Dawn up in turns. Henry Summers paced the room. As the day began to break, he turned to his wife.
"Where is Willow? It's not like her to disappear at a time like this."
"She's probably looking after the child." Joyce said quietly. Hank looked at her in shock.
"What? Why?" Henry was shocked. "That's ridiculous! Why on earth..."
"Buffy asked her to." Joyce interrupted taking her daughter's hand. Buffy said nothing, she didn't even move. Henry walked over to her and snapped his fingers by her ear. She didn't even flinch.
"Buffy?" He called to her. "Buffy?" Still no reply. "Why do you want to help him after he humiliated you?" Henry grabbed her by the shoulders and began to shake her. "BUFFY!" Joyce stood up and quickly pulled Henry off of Buffy.
"That won't help Henry." She said as she tried to calm him down. "Sit down adn try to rest. The girls will need you strong." Heaving a deep sigh he finally sat down. At that moment Willow rushed into the room. She had hidden Amy in an upper room in the manor and had finally gotten her to go to sleep with one of the Fairfax's most trustworthy maids watching over her.
"Buffy?" Willow asked putting a hand on Buffy's shoulder.
"That won't help." Henry said morosely. "It's like she's not even there." And he buried his face in his hands. BUt Willow didn't give up. She moved in front of Buffy and looked into her unfocused eyes. "I have a message for you. From William." Henry stiffened at that name and looked as though he was about to start yelling again.
"William?" BUffy whispered and her eyes slowly began to focus on Willow. JOyce gasped and grabbed Buffy's hand.
"Mmm Hmm." WIllow smiled and continued. "He said that he loves you BUffy. And if you still want to marry him, then he'll find a way."
"Oh!" Buffy exclaimed and jumped up from her chair to hug Willow but her father's voice stopped her in her tracks.
"No. Buffy no. You will not be marrying him. NO matter what." BUffy turned to him quickly.
"But father..."
"No. There is nothing that you can say-"
"I love him!" The room was silent except for Dawn's labored breaths. Willow quickly moved to Dawn's side to try to help her.
"But what about the child." Henry sputtered astonished at this new revelation.
"If it's his then I'll love her too. Father-"
"No. BUffy. YOu say that now. But once you have children of your own, you'll not feel the same way. I won't let you-"
The door opened and Henry stopped talking not wanting anyone to overhear their conversation. Riley Finn walked in with a bright smile on his face that was very out of place in the room.
"Hello. I came to see if the girl woke up." He said as he moved over to where Buffy was standing, still in her ripped wedding gown and her hair dishevelled. "Perhaps you should go clean up." He said to her and didn't notice the glares he recieved. "Oh, by the way...has anyone seen Amy?"
"Why do you want to know?" Willow asked suspiciously. He glared at her. How dare a servant talk to him that way!
"Oh just curious is all. HArmony was looking for her." Riley tried to say casually. Buffy started at Harmony's name and looked at him in surprise.
"You know Harmony?" She asked. He looked around the room trying to come up with some excuse for his verbal slip-up when a very drunk and messy William fell into the room with an embarassed Lord Fairfax adn irritated doctor close behind.
"THis is highly inappropriate behavior for the sick room!" The doctor admonished them and glared at William.
"Yes, yes. Come William. YOu're not in a state to see anyone right now..." Lord Fairfax said. "Where the devil is Daniel? He always knows what to do..."
"Buffy!" William said disentangling himself from his father and stumbling towards her. "My darling." he slurred and slumped to the his knees just as she reached him. He grabbed her clumsily around the waist and rested his head on her stomach. "What're you doing inthe sick room precious? Did you fall in the lake again?" BUffy sighed slightly amused by his drunken babbling. He nuzzled her stomach with his head.
"William, Dawn was attacked after the wedding. Did anyone tell you?" She told him patiently waving off Lord Fairfax who was approaching behind William.
"Dawnie?" He looked at her confused. "No...you saved her. I remember. Was watching you from the window." He frowned suddenly. "There was something I was supposed to tell you. Something I had to say."
"THis is ridiculous! Get him out of here!" Henry interrupted. His yelling caused both William and Buffy to panic. William tried to stand up and protect her from what he thought was a threat and she had moved to try to stop her father from hitting him and the end result that Buffy fell hard on the ground.
"Buffy!" Riley shouted trying to be gallant.
"My darling." William slurred and tried to hug her to him. But Riley and Mr. Summers began to pull William up to his feet and moved him out of the room. When William realized that he was moving away from Buffy he began to struggle in their grip. "No! NO! I remembered! I'm sorry Buffy! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you again! I love you!"
Buffy quickly scrambled to her feet in her cumbersome gown and tried to go to him but Joyce held her back. The doctor and Lord Fairfax looked on in shock but soon a moan from the bed caused all their arguements to cease.
"Dawn's waking up!" Willow cried out relieved. Henry released William as he, Joyce and Buffy all quickly went to Dawn's side. William was still struggling drunkenly in Riley's grip to get to Buffy.
"Mom?" Dawn asked. Her voice was weak and raspy and Willow quickly handed her some water.
"Dawn? Sweetie. Who attacked you?" Henry asked. Whoever had dared to attack his baby would pay. He would make sure of that.
"It was Riley Finn daddy. He's Amy's father. Not William...I heard..." And the doctor pushed them away from the bed as Dawn seemed to loose her energy. He needed to treat her while she was still conscious.
"Let me go you git!" William shouted at Riley. Dawn's words hadn't fully registered within William's alcohol ladden brain.
"YOU!" Henry Summers was in a rage. Riley paled and tried to back away but William's unsteadiness tripped him up.
"It's not true!" Riley said getting up from the floor and moving slightly away from the others. "Anyway, the girl has no proof!"
"Get off my property!" Lord Fairfax yelled. William sat on the floor near Riley holding his head in his hands. All this yelling was definately not doing him any good right. Buffy moved over to try to help him and as she reached his side, Riley grabbed her arm and yanked her to him.
"I'll go. But I'm not leaving empty handed!" Riley said maliciously to the two men.
Release me you idiot!" Buffy yelled angrily. She couldn't even kick him the way he had grabbed her.
William looked up and saw a blurry Riley trying to drag a blurry Buffy from the room. Henry Summers was yelling something but William couldn't catch what he was saying. Getting shakily to his feet, he grabbed Buffy's hand and tried to pull her out of Riley's grip.
"Let go of her you great prancing git! You can't have her!" William said petulantly. THe room was starting to spin. Buffy was looking at him afraid and he smiled at her to try to reassure her. She was yelling something at him but he couldn't understand what it was that was working her up so much. He saw a glint of light above his head and looking up he saw Riley's arm raised with a knife in his hand. Buffy was screaming his name in terror and then...
A hand knocked the knife out of Riley's hand and it clattered to the ground. Riley's grip on her broken, Buffy turned slightly and kicked him hard, falling into William's arms and touching his face carefully to make sure that he was alright. He grinned goofily at her antics still not fully aware of what had almost happened.
Everyone looked at the doorway where their unknown saviour was. It was Daniel and a beautiful dark-haired woman none of them had ever seen before. None of them except for Riley.
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Wahaha! I love Druken Spike and so happy to write this part :) I hope that you liked reading it as much as I liked writing it!
