Heh. It's been like what? Close to 3 weeks that I haven't updated?
Wowie..sorry people. My procrastination problem is getting worse and worse.
By the minute I suppose. Oh well, I'm updating now aren't I? I think that's
pretty good..
In reply to some reviews...
Queen Boadicea- No, the attempted rape doesn't happen. I didn't like that idea so I changed it. Though it isn't actually mentioned in my story. All that happens in that scene is that Buffy kicks Spike out of the bathroom and he just leaves in a huff. I hope that clears things up for you.
Unknown- Neither of them are actually evil, like Willow was in the show. They're just using the magic to a dangerous extent. Tara and Willow are both just furious with what has happened and feel the need to seek our revenge. I do know about Amber wanted to leave a good memory of Tara, but in my opinion, this only deeps the character and shows a different side of her. Just wait and read the story. You'll see. Sorry that you didn't like the idea of having a dark Tara. It isn't really the first thing on my list either. I just thought it might change the story a little bit more.
Devil's Advocate- In responce to your advise, I think that would work out extremly well. Though I never had intentions to have Willow and Tara try and end the world. It's a definate possibility that the ideas you've suggested will come to play in the story, if you were wondering ; ).
Also, I'd like to give a great big thank you to all the people who have been reviewing. I love getting them and I hope to get all your opinions! It helps to know what you like and don't like. Just so I can write the story and have the possibility of most of the people liking it.
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Mistaken
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Chapter Five
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It's been about an hour since Spike heard the news about Buffy's death. Ever since he had heard the words, they kept replaying in his mind. They way both Anya and Xander looked, how sad they were. He had half a mind to just leave and burst into tears once he got back to his crypt. His original plans for comming over to the house was to apologize for what had happened only a few days ago. Though nothing got as far as he had thought it would. She looked extremly pissed off when she was kicking him out of the house..he immagined her angered face in his mind, and immediatly wanting to cry because the last thing he had done when he saw her was to make her angry with him. Get in a bad mood because of him. Again. The whelp and demon girl had told him everything about what happened. After he was insisted on knowing. Yet aftering hearing it, he took back what he said in didn't want to know. Since he had heard about what happened to the Slayer, he had sat down in one of the arm chairs, thinking everything over. Trying to remember a time when she was happy. His thoughts were interupted by the front door opening and a teenage girl walking into the house. The mere thought of why The Bit had gotten home so late only crossed his mind, but he hadn't dared voice it.
"Buffy? You home?"
* * *
Xander was still in the same place as he had been since he had sat down in the living room. Anya still by his side and Spike over in one of the other chairs. His mind wandered to all the time he had had with Buffy. At first she was the love of his life, though she never saw him that way. Always had to be those stupid vampires with her. Execpt for Riley, and he wasn't that great of a catch either. Then she had turned into one of his best friends. It was like they had known each other for a lot longer than the actual five years that they had known each other. But now she was gone. He would never see her smiling face again. He shook his head, wanting so badly for her to come in the house so he could see her again. So he could hear her voice..and be with her. Of course, in the back of his head a voice was there saying:
"Get over it. She's dead. Move on. Look whose sitting right next to you. If it wasn't for Buffy then you two would have been married..."
The brunette mentally started to cry then. Knowing that not all the things this voice was telling him was true, but he wanted it to be true..he wanted a normal life. But ever since she had stepped into the picture, it was anything but normal. The front door opens, and he looks up, hoping that it'll be his best friend walking in. Alas, his wish doesn't come true. As it's only her kid sister. He looks back down, concentrating on the floor, trying to think of something else other than the blonde slayer.
"Buffy? You home?"
* * *
The ex demon kept her position next to Xander, her arm still wrapping around his shoulders. Doing the best she can to comfort him. Though it was obvious that whatever she said or did wouldn't really have helped. He would said thanks and that he feels better, but she knew that he would secretly still be hurting. And consitering their previous relationship, involving him leaving her at the alter, she should be grinning like an idiot right now since he was in pain. Just what she's wanted since that day when he left her. But she didn't want to be in pain herself. She didn't want to have to sacrafice one of her..friends to make him hurt like this. If only he had died or something..then she would have felt better about being happy about it. Since that was her wish..a few weeks ago. At first when she heard his voice over the phone, he sounded hurt and she couldn't help but smile a little. But then, finding out why he was hurt didn't really make her as happy as she wanted to be. It wasn't like she and Buffy were best friends or anything, but she assumed they were on friendship terms.
'What am I talking about? I should be happy that Xander's sad! Who cares if Buffy's dead? That just means that things won't be comming after us anymore! Thats a good thing...right?'
The blonde asked herself, but she wasn't really able to answer it. Finding both acceptable arguments for both sides. She heard the door open, but she didn't look over to it to find out who is was. She only kept her thoughts going on what happened.
"Buffy? You home?"
* * *
She turned to her left and saw her three friends sitting in the living room, Anya looking up at her and Xander on the verge of teers. Seeing them and noticing the heavy silentence that hung over them, she furrowed her brow in worry.
"Guys...what's going on?"
The teen asked, a little hesitently, since she knew it would be bad.
No one answered her. All trying to think of a way to tell her as easily as they could.
Dawn looked at Spike, and saw the pain in his eyes. "Spike?"
She walked over to him and looked down at him, trying to get an answer.
"Spike, tell me what happened? Is it Buffy?"
The vampire pretended not to hear her. He didn't want to have to tell her.
He look a shakey breath, out of habit, of course and willed himself to look up at her. Stealing a glance over to the other two adults in the room. Finding that their watching the teen and himself.
'Ugh. Bloody hell.' He told himself.
"Look, Bit. Something's happened to big sis."
He told her, trying to sound as nice as possible. Though his attempt failed since he words came out more harshly than he had wanted.
Tears started to swell in the girls eyes. She wanted to know, but then she couldn't bare loosing her sister. Not after her mother died.
She swollowed and caught his gaze. "What happened?"
Spike looked up at her, and watched her for a moment. 'If the whelp, demon girl and me aren't taking this so well, then how's the Bit going to take it?' He asked himself before once again looking back at Xander and Anya.
"Just tell me." Damn demanded, her voice hinting that she doesn't want to wait any longer.
"The slayer's dead. She was shot this morning."
He told her. As soon as he did so, he tore is gaze from her's and starred down at the floor. He hadn't thought of being the messenger for this news, and he bloody well hadn't been planning on being on.
Hearing this, she shook her head and watched the vampire. Just waiting for him to look back up at her, his infamous smirk on his face and telling her they were just kidding. Though if they were she would have been even more angry. They knew not to joke about death like this. She waited. A moment passed and she continued to wait. Finally, she just let the tears flow, not being able to hold back.
Xander looked up at that moment. Hearing her sobs. He stood, and put on a reassuring face. "Aw, Dawnie. It's going to be ok. I know it's hard.." He cooed, wrapping his arms around her in comfort.
Dawn cringed at his touch and moved away from him. She looked at all three of them shaking her head in disbelief. "No..you're lieing!" She screamed, tears still streaming down her face. She couldn't help but look down at Spike again. Only to find that he wasn't returning the gaze. He was just sitting there. Not even trying to help.
"No. Dawn. It's true..we wouldn't lie to you. Ever.." Anya chimed in, turning her gaze and attention to the crying teen.
Again Xander attempted to hug her, try to calm her down. He had had all afternoon to think about how he was going to break the news to her. But he hadn't said anything when she asked. He couldn't have, he still hadn't admitted to himself that it was true. How could he tell her?
Once more, Dawn stepped away from his grasp. Not wanted anyone but her mother or Buffy to hug her. To take care of her. To be there for her. Now...now she didn't have a family. Not a real one. These thoughts couldn't help but come into her mind. They couldn't help but haunt her.
"No..Buffy isn't dead..she's strong. She'll fight it.." She murmured, going back to shaking her head.
At this the up-to-now-silent vampire looked up at her. Gold flashing in his usually clear blue orbs.
"Buffy's dead Dawn. She was shot, and the bloody doctors couldn't help her in time." He spat, not being able to control his tone.
Her eyes went wide and she looked down at Spike. She watched him, then looked from Xander to Anya. Who was still sitting in her place on the couch.
"I hate you! I hate you all! Just leave me alone!" She screamed again, before running up the stairs and into her room, slamming the door behind her.
An angered Xander looked over at the bleeched wonder. "Why the hell did you do that? You just got her even more angrier. Now it'll take even more time for her to calm down. And god knows what she'll do if she's left alone."
"Oh shut up. It's not like you two actually helped. Left all the bleeding telling to me. You were supposed to tell her you bloody sod!" Spike retorted, gold flashing in his eyes once more.
Not wanting to bicker with the vampire, Xander looked back towards Anya and just resumed his place next to her on the couch. Shaking his head.
"What're we going to do?" The blonde asked, shifting her gaze from one man to the other.
Neither of them answered her. Both having no idea how to handle this. A heavy silence hung over the three of them, all going back to their own thoughts.
Mwaha! I finished it! -looks it over- Well, I think it's a bit longer than usual..which is good..and em, well..most likely written a bit better..well, let's hope so ; D. Keep reviewing! I love hearing from you!
In reply to some reviews...
Queen Boadicea- No, the attempted rape doesn't happen. I didn't like that idea so I changed it. Though it isn't actually mentioned in my story. All that happens in that scene is that Buffy kicks Spike out of the bathroom and he just leaves in a huff. I hope that clears things up for you.
Unknown- Neither of them are actually evil, like Willow was in the show. They're just using the magic to a dangerous extent. Tara and Willow are both just furious with what has happened and feel the need to seek our revenge. I do know about Amber wanted to leave a good memory of Tara, but in my opinion, this only deeps the character and shows a different side of her. Just wait and read the story. You'll see. Sorry that you didn't like the idea of having a dark Tara. It isn't really the first thing on my list either. I just thought it might change the story a little bit more.
Devil's Advocate- In responce to your advise, I think that would work out extremly well. Though I never had intentions to have Willow and Tara try and end the world. It's a definate possibility that the ideas you've suggested will come to play in the story, if you were wondering ; ).
Also, I'd like to give a great big thank you to all the people who have been reviewing. I love getting them and I hope to get all your opinions! It helps to know what you like and don't like. Just so I can write the story and have the possibility of most of the people liking it.
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Mistaken
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Chapter Five
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It's been about an hour since Spike heard the news about Buffy's death. Ever since he had heard the words, they kept replaying in his mind. They way both Anya and Xander looked, how sad they were. He had half a mind to just leave and burst into tears once he got back to his crypt. His original plans for comming over to the house was to apologize for what had happened only a few days ago. Though nothing got as far as he had thought it would. She looked extremly pissed off when she was kicking him out of the house..he immagined her angered face in his mind, and immediatly wanting to cry because the last thing he had done when he saw her was to make her angry with him. Get in a bad mood because of him. Again. The whelp and demon girl had told him everything about what happened. After he was insisted on knowing. Yet aftering hearing it, he took back what he said in didn't want to know. Since he had heard about what happened to the Slayer, he had sat down in one of the arm chairs, thinking everything over. Trying to remember a time when she was happy. His thoughts were interupted by the front door opening and a teenage girl walking into the house. The mere thought of why The Bit had gotten home so late only crossed his mind, but he hadn't dared voice it.
"Buffy? You home?"
* * *
Xander was still in the same place as he had been since he had sat down in the living room. Anya still by his side and Spike over in one of the other chairs. His mind wandered to all the time he had had with Buffy. At first she was the love of his life, though she never saw him that way. Always had to be those stupid vampires with her. Execpt for Riley, and he wasn't that great of a catch either. Then she had turned into one of his best friends. It was like they had known each other for a lot longer than the actual five years that they had known each other. But now she was gone. He would never see her smiling face again. He shook his head, wanting so badly for her to come in the house so he could see her again. So he could hear her voice..and be with her. Of course, in the back of his head a voice was there saying:
"Get over it. She's dead. Move on. Look whose sitting right next to you. If it wasn't for Buffy then you two would have been married..."
The brunette mentally started to cry then. Knowing that not all the things this voice was telling him was true, but he wanted it to be true..he wanted a normal life. But ever since she had stepped into the picture, it was anything but normal. The front door opens, and he looks up, hoping that it'll be his best friend walking in. Alas, his wish doesn't come true. As it's only her kid sister. He looks back down, concentrating on the floor, trying to think of something else other than the blonde slayer.
"Buffy? You home?"
* * *
The ex demon kept her position next to Xander, her arm still wrapping around his shoulders. Doing the best she can to comfort him. Though it was obvious that whatever she said or did wouldn't really have helped. He would said thanks and that he feels better, but she knew that he would secretly still be hurting. And consitering their previous relationship, involving him leaving her at the alter, she should be grinning like an idiot right now since he was in pain. Just what she's wanted since that day when he left her. But she didn't want to be in pain herself. She didn't want to have to sacrafice one of her..friends to make him hurt like this. If only he had died or something..then she would have felt better about being happy about it. Since that was her wish..a few weeks ago. At first when she heard his voice over the phone, he sounded hurt and she couldn't help but smile a little. But then, finding out why he was hurt didn't really make her as happy as she wanted to be. It wasn't like she and Buffy were best friends or anything, but she assumed they were on friendship terms.
'What am I talking about? I should be happy that Xander's sad! Who cares if Buffy's dead? That just means that things won't be comming after us anymore! Thats a good thing...right?'
The blonde asked herself, but she wasn't really able to answer it. Finding both acceptable arguments for both sides. She heard the door open, but she didn't look over to it to find out who is was. She only kept her thoughts going on what happened.
"Buffy? You home?"
* * *
She turned to her left and saw her three friends sitting in the living room, Anya looking up at her and Xander on the verge of teers. Seeing them and noticing the heavy silentence that hung over them, she furrowed her brow in worry.
"Guys...what's going on?"
The teen asked, a little hesitently, since she knew it would be bad.
No one answered her. All trying to think of a way to tell her as easily as they could.
Dawn looked at Spike, and saw the pain in his eyes. "Spike?"
She walked over to him and looked down at him, trying to get an answer.
"Spike, tell me what happened? Is it Buffy?"
The vampire pretended not to hear her. He didn't want to have to tell her.
He look a shakey breath, out of habit, of course and willed himself to look up at her. Stealing a glance over to the other two adults in the room. Finding that their watching the teen and himself.
'Ugh. Bloody hell.' He told himself.
"Look, Bit. Something's happened to big sis."
He told her, trying to sound as nice as possible. Though his attempt failed since he words came out more harshly than he had wanted.
Tears started to swell in the girls eyes. She wanted to know, but then she couldn't bare loosing her sister. Not after her mother died.
She swollowed and caught his gaze. "What happened?"
Spike looked up at her, and watched her for a moment. 'If the whelp, demon girl and me aren't taking this so well, then how's the Bit going to take it?' He asked himself before once again looking back at Xander and Anya.
"Just tell me." Damn demanded, her voice hinting that she doesn't want to wait any longer.
"The slayer's dead. She was shot this morning."
He told her. As soon as he did so, he tore is gaze from her's and starred down at the floor. He hadn't thought of being the messenger for this news, and he bloody well hadn't been planning on being on.
Hearing this, she shook her head and watched the vampire. Just waiting for him to look back up at her, his infamous smirk on his face and telling her they were just kidding. Though if they were she would have been even more angry. They knew not to joke about death like this. She waited. A moment passed and she continued to wait. Finally, she just let the tears flow, not being able to hold back.
Xander looked up at that moment. Hearing her sobs. He stood, and put on a reassuring face. "Aw, Dawnie. It's going to be ok. I know it's hard.." He cooed, wrapping his arms around her in comfort.
Dawn cringed at his touch and moved away from him. She looked at all three of them shaking her head in disbelief. "No..you're lieing!" She screamed, tears still streaming down her face. She couldn't help but look down at Spike again. Only to find that he wasn't returning the gaze. He was just sitting there. Not even trying to help.
"No. Dawn. It's true..we wouldn't lie to you. Ever.." Anya chimed in, turning her gaze and attention to the crying teen.
Again Xander attempted to hug her, try to calm her down. He had had all afternoon to think about how he was going to break the news to her. But he hadn't said anything when she asked. He couldn't have, he still hadn't admitted to himself that it was true. How could he tell her?
Once more, Dawn stepped away from his grasp. Not wanted anyone but her mother or Buffy to hug her. To take care of her. To be there for her. Now...now she didn't have a family. Not a real one. These thoughts couldn't help but come into her mind. They couldn't help but haunt her.
"No..Buffy isn't dead..she's strong. She'll fight it.." She murmured, going back to shaking her head.
At this the up-to-now-silent vampire looked up at her. Gold flashing in his usually clear blue orbs.
"Buffy's dead Dawn. She was shot, and the bloody doctors couldn't help her in time." He spat, not being able to control his tone.
Her eyes went wide and she looked down at Spike. She watched him, then looked from Xander to Anya. Who was still sitting in her place on the couch.
"I hate you! I hate you all! Just leave me alone!" She screamed again, before running up the stairs and into her room, slamming the door behind her.
An angered Xander looked over at the bleeched wonder. "Why the hell did you do that? You just got her even more angrier. Now it'll take even more time for her to calm down. And god knows what she'll do if she's left alone."
"Oh shut up. It's not like you two actually helped. Left all the bleeding telling to me. You were supposed to tell her you bloody sod!" Spike retorted, gold flashing in his eyes once more.
Not wanting to bicker with the vampire, Xander looked back towards Anya and just resumed his place next to her on the couch. Shaking his head.
"What're we going to do?" The blonde asked, shifting her gaze from one man to the other.
Neither of them answered her. Both having no idea how to handle this. A heavy silence hung over the three of them, all going back to their own thoughts.
Mwaha! I finished it! -looks it over- Well, I think it's a bit longer than usual..which is good..and em, well..most likely written a bit better..well, let's hope so ; D. Keep reviewing! I love hearing from you!