ONE YEAR LATER
Buffy and Spike had fought over the next year quite a lot. They had fought and made up and again and so on. Now they sat at their house celebrating their daughter's first birthday.
"Okay, Charley blow out the candles" Buffy said after they had sang happy birthday. Charley let out a big breath and blew out all the candles. "Yea!"
"All right, who wants cake?" Spike asked.
"Ooh me!" Dawn said.
"Me too" Willow said. Spike cut the cake and passed it out to everyone. After the party was over everyone helped clean up and Joyce and Dawn stayed a little longer talking and what not. After they left Buffy gave Charlotte a bath and put her to bed. After that she got her own self ready for bed.
"So" Spike said seductively. "What should we do now?"
"Go to sleep" Buffy said.
"Oh come on, we haven't. . .you know for like four weeks" Spike complained.
"Oh, you're counting now" Buffy said.
"What's the matter with you?" he asked getting annoyed.
"Nothing, I'm just tired okay, goodnight" Buffy said and turned over in bed.
"You know you're turning out to be a real bint" Spike said.
"Oh thank you honey that's what every girl longs to hear, look just because I don't want to-" Buffy start to say.
"You never want to anymore, I mean we're married we should-"
"Spike, just because we're married doesn't mean that that's what it's all about okay, look I'm sorry, but I'm tried so goodnight" Buffy said and closed her eyes.
"Whatever" Spike said and got up and grabbed his pillow and a blanket.
"Where are you going?" Buffy asked.
"Downstairs to sleep on the sofa, I'll get more action down there watching porn then up here with you" he said and left. Buffy rolled her eyes and went to sleep.
Then next morning Buffy woke at 12:45. She stretched and yawned before she got out of bed. Then she took a shower and dried her hair and got dressed before going downstairs.
Hi" she said happily and gave Spike a kiss on the cheek and then gave Charlotte a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey" he said without a lot of emotion.
"What's the what?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Why are you all bad moody?" she asked.
"Not, just tired that's all" he said.
"It's almost one" she said with a smile.
"Yeah, well. . .whatever, I have to go" he said and grabbed his jacket off the back of the chair.
"Wait, where are you going?" she asked.
"Work" he said and turned to leave.
"Hey!" she whined.
"What?"
"Kiss" she said with an innocent smile. He went over to her and kissed her on the lips lightly and quickly, but that wasn't good enough for her. She grabbed him and kissed him more passionately. "I love you, oh and tonight, I thought we would um. . .catch up" she smiled at him devilishly and he smirked back.
"Really?" he said in a happier tone.
"Mmm hmm, absolutely" she said and he kissed her again.
"I love you too, see you in a bit" he said and left. Buffy had to go also. She wanted to sign up for college and go back to school. She wanted to be writer. She had to drop Charlotte off at Joyce's and then go to Sunnydale University. She got the baby's things together and took her over to Joyce's.
"Hey honey" Joyce said.
"Hey mom, okay, well she's all yours, bye Charley mommy will be back in a while" Buffy said and then left.
Buffy drove to the college and waited until it was her turn. She had to meet with the dean.
"Elizabeth Bryson" the secretary said and Buffy went into his office.
"Hello Mrs. Bryson, I'm dean Carlson, how are you today?" the dean asked.
"I'm good what about you?" Buffy asked.
"Good thank you, okay you want to sign up for late registration is that right?" he asked.
"Yes, I had a baby a year ago and that's why I didn't sign up last year, but. . .I want to be a writer and I want to get a good degree" Buffy said.
"Okay, well we've talked about the price and the student loan over the phone, do you have any questions?" dean Carlson asked.
"Uh, no, just when do I start?" Buffy said with a smile.
"Okay, well you would start on Monday, here is your class schedule and a map of the campus" he said and handed her the materials. "You have four classes like we discussed, two on Monday and two on Thursday, both days are morning classes, and that's it."
"Okay, thank you very much, j appreciate it" Buffy said.
"You're very welcome, and welcome to Sunnydale University" he said.
"Thank you" Buffy said and left. Joyce said that she would keep Charlotte over night so Buffy and Spike could be alone. After meeting with the dean she went home. Spike wasn't home from work yet so she decided to make him dinner to celebrate the good news. She made his favorite, Linguini with clams and banana bunt cake. She set the table and lit some candles. Spike arrived home at 7:55.
"Buffy I'm ho-" Spike said, but stopped when he saw the candles and everything. "Uh, wow."
"Hi" Buffy said with a smile.
"Hey, what's up, what's with the. . .uh what's going on?" he asked.
"Well Charley is at my mom's for tonight, we have the whole place to ourselves, just you" she said and kissed him. "And me." She kissed him again.
"Oh, nice" he said with a smile.
"Come on, let's eat" she said. They ate and talked and Buffy told him about the news and he was happy for her.
Monday came along and Buffy was exited to start school. She dropped Charlotte off at Joyce's and went to her first class, which was math. She didn't pass her math placement test so she had to take the class.
"Hello, welcome to trigonometry, I am professor Damon and you are the students, now that we're acquainted we can get started, first I'd like to tell you that you each need a partner so choose now, I'll wait" the professor said. Buffy looked around. She didn't know anybody. Suddenly a guy came up to her.
"Hi, I'm Miller, Miller Banks" he said and Buffy shook his hand.
"Hi, Buffy, Bryson" she said with a smile.
"So, you want to partner up?" he asked.
"Uh, sure" Buffy said. When the class was over Buffy went to her next class and then went home. She really liked Miller. They spent the hour and a half class talking and helping each other with work. The teacher had announced a test and Buffy invited Miller over for dinner and to study with her that Friday.
"Honey? Are you here?" Buffy called to Spike.
"In here baby" Spike said from the kitchen. Buffy went in exited and kissed him on the cheek. "How was class?"
"It was great, I met this guy there and he is so funny and smart, he's my partner in class his name is Miller Banks and I invited him for dinner on Friday and-" Buffy babbled on but Spike stopped her.
"Whoa, wait a minute, you invited him for dinner, you just met him today" Spike said.
"Yeah, I know but he's helping me study for the test next Tuesday so I invited him here" Buffy said.
"Oh" Spike said.
"Anyway the day was great" Buffy said sitting down. "Where's the baby?"
"She's upstairs sleeping" Spike said.
"Oh, well I'm gonna go call my mom and tell her about my day" Buffy said and ran upstairs. Spike smiled at his wife's ambition.
Friday came along and Buffy got everything ready for Miller. She made beef stew and corn bread.
"This is an awful lot just for some wanker that you just met" Spike said putting a spoon in the stew to taste it, but Buffy smacked his hand. "Hey."
"Don't touch, and he's not a wanker, and you better be nice or I'll punish you" she said.
"Promise" he smirked at her and then kissed her. "I'll be good okay."
"Thank you" she said and then the doorbell rang. "Oh, honey can you get that, I'm gonna go get Charlotte." With that she ran upstairs. Spike answered the door.
"Uh, hi, I'm Miller Banks" Miller said.
"Right, hey mate, Spike Bryson" Spike said and shook Miller's hand. "Uh my wife will be right down."
"Thanks" Miller said. "Uh, here I thought I'd bring something, for thanking Buffy for doing the study thing here." He gave Spike a bottle of wine.
"Oh, thanks" Spike said and set the wine on the table. "Buffy, sweetheart, Miller's here."
"Coming" Buffy said and then came down the stairs holding Charlotte. "Hi Miller."
"Hey, oh is this your daughter, she's beautiful" Miller said.
"Yeah, thanks" Buffy said.
"Okay, should we eat or study first?" Miller asked.
"Uh, eat, it's done so. . ." Buffy said.
"All right, fine with me" Miller said. Buffy served the food and they ate. Afterwards Spike took Charlotte up to his room so Buffy and Miller could study alone. They studied for like four hours before Miller went home.
"Okay, thanks for helping me" Buffy said.
"Yeah you too, maybe I can take you out to dinner sometime, say Saturday next week?" Miller asked.
"Uh, sure why not?" Buffy said.
"Do you like French food?" he asked.
"Yeah, I love it" Buffy said. "Okay there's this great place called duvet François de nourriture, it has a long name, but it's a great place, we could go there" Miller said. "Sound's great" Buffy said. "Okay, good, see you next Saturday" Miller said and left. Buffy went upstairs to check on Charlotte and Spike. She found them both asleep in her and Spike's bedroom. She smiled and picked up Charlotte and took her to her own room. She came back and covered Spike with a blanket and got her books and began studying again. She finally went to sleep at about 3:30 in the morning. "Buffy, sweetheart come on wake up" Spike said and shook Buffy the next morning. "Hmmm" Buffy said, still half asleep. "Come on lamb, we have plans remember" Spike said. Buffy opened her eyes. "What plans?" Buffy asked. "The whole day we had planned today, you know, breakfast, and stuff" Spike said. "Oh, right" Buffy said. "Well honey I was gonna go to the library to study today." "Oh come on it's Saturday, you can go to the library tomorrow, it will be fun, you me, Charley, come on baby" Spike said. "Okay, fine" Buffy said and got up. She got dressed and then got Charley dressed and then they left. They went to breakfast, then to the park and to the mall. Finally at about 6:00 they came home. They spent the rest of the night just hanging out at home. The next morning Buffy got a call. "Hello?" Spike answered Buffy's cell phone. "Hi, is Buffy there?" Miller asked. "Oh yeah, who's calling?" Spike asked "Uh, Miller Banks" Miller said. "Right, hold on" Spike said. "Buffy?"
"Yeah?" Buffy asked coming down the stairs.
"It's for you, Miller Banks" Spike said.
"Oh, thanks" Buffy said and took the phone. "Hey. . .yeah, sure, okay, right now? All right, sure, bye." She hung up the phone and headed back up the stairs.
"What was that about?" Spike asked.
"Oh, Miller and I are gonna study at the library" Buffy said.
"Oh" Spike said. Buffy got ready to go and then came back down stairs. She was wearing a red skirt and a royal blue long sleeved top with a red heart in the middle. She had on royal blue heeled sandals to match. Her hair was put in low pig tail braids, she looked cute.
"Okay, got to motor" Buffy said.
"Wait, who are you trying to impress?" Spike said.
"No one, jealous?" Buffy said, smiling.
"Damn right, you wear something like that to the library, where is this library, Hollywood?" Spike said.
"Honey relax, make sure Charley gets a bath okay, bye I love you" Buffy said and kissed Spike before getting her book bag and leaving.
Buffy drove to the library and Miller was already there.
"Hey Buffy, wow you look nice" Miller said.
"Thank you" Buffy said. "So, where do you want to sit?"
"Uh, anywhere" Miller said.
"Okay" Buffy said. They sat down in the back of the library.
"So, how long have you known Spike?" Miller asked.
"Uh, we've been married for a year. . .uh a year and five months" Buffy said.
"Oh" Miller said.
"So, what about you? Do you have a girlfriend or wife?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, no, my girlfriend broke up with me a couple months ago" Miller said.
"Oh, I'm sorry" Buffy said.
"Yeah, well if she didn't break up with me I would of broken up with her, it just wasn't working out" Miller said.
"What was her name?" Buffy asked.
"Harmony" Miller said.
"H-Harmony? Uh blonde hair, really ditzy?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, y-yeah why?" Miller asked.
"She's Spike's ex too" Buffy said.
"Oh, was she unfaithful to him?" Miller asked.
"Yeah, wow, small world huh?" Buffy chuckled.
'Yeah, I guess so" Miller smiled. "Hey do you want to go to my place for a drink or something?"
"Uh, sure why not" Buffy said.
"Okay, then we could study there" Miller said.
"Okay" Buffy said. They packed up their stuff and Buffy followed Miller to his place.
"All right so, what's your poison?" Miller asked.
"Uh, scotch on the rocks, uh and with a twist please" Buffy said.
"Okay, coming right up" Miller said and poured her drink. "Here ya go."
"Thank you" Buffy said and they sat and drank.
"Uh, you know Buffy, you're really pretty, and sexy and beautiful and you deserve to be with someone, who can take care of you and who will treat you right" Miller said.
"Uh, I have someone like that, Spike" Buffy said.
"Well it just seems that he's a little. . .I don't know wound tight or something, look don't get me wrong" Miller said.
"No, he's-" Buffy began, but before she could finish she felt Miller's lips on hers.
Buffy and Spike had fought over the next year quite a lot. They had fought and made up and again and so on. Now they sat at their house celebrating their daughter's first birthday.
"Okay, Charley blow out the candles" Buffy said after they had sang happy birthday. Charley let out a big breath and blew out all the candles. "Yea!"
"All right, who wants cake?" Spike asked.
"Ooh me!" Dawn said.
"Me too" Willow said. Spike cut the cake and passed it out to everyone. After the party was over everyone helped clean up and Joyce and Dawn stayed a little longer talking and what not. After they left Buffy gave Charlotte a bath and put her to bed. After that she got her own self ready for bed.
"So" Spike said seductively. "What should we do now?"
"Go to sleep" Buffy said.
"Oh come on, we haven't. . .you know for like four weeks" Spike complained.
"Oh, you're counting now" Buffy said.
"What's the matter with you?" he asked getting annoyed.
"Nothing, I'm just tired okay, goodnight" Buffy said and turned over in bed.
"You know you're turning out to be a real bint" Spike said.
"Oh thank you honey that's what every girl longs to hear, look just because I don't want to-" Buffy start to say.
"You never want to anymore, I mean we're married we should-"
"Spike, just because we're married doesn't mean that that's what it's all about okay, look I'm sorry, but I'm tried so goodnight" Buffy said and closed her eyes.
"Whatever" Spike said and got up and grabbed his pillow and a blanket.
"Where are you going?" Buffy asked.
"Downstairs to sleep on the sofa, I'll get more action down there watching porn then up here with you" he said and left. Buffy rolled her eyes and went to sleep.
Then next morning Buffy woke at 12:45. She stretched and yawned before she got out of bed. Then she took a shower and dried her hair and got dressed before going downstairs.
Hi" she said happily and gave Spike a kiss on the cheek and then gave Charlotte a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey" he said without a lot of emotion.
"What's the what?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"Why are you all bad moody?" she asked.
"Not, just tired that's all" he said.
"It's almost one" she said with a smile.
"Yeah, well. . .whatever, I have to go" he said and grabbed his jacket off the back of the chair.
"Wait, where are you going?" she asked.
"Work" he said and turned to leave.
"Hey!" she whined.
"What?"
"Kiss" she said with an innocent smile. He went over to her and kissed her on the lips lightly and quickly, but that wasn't good enough for her. She grabbed him and kissed him more passionately. "I love you, oh and tonight, I thought we would um. . .catch up" she smiled at him devilishly and he smirked back.
"Really?" he said in a happier tone.
"Mmm hmm, absolutely" she said and he kissed her again.
"I love you too, see you in a bit" he said and left. Buffy had to go also. She wanted to sign up for college and go back to school. She wanted to be writer. She had to drop Charlotte off at Joyce's and then go to Sunnydale University. She got the baby's things together and took her over to Joyce's.
"Hey honey" Joyce said.
"Hey mom, okay, well she's all yours, bye Charley mommy will be back in a while" Buffy said and then left.
Buffy drove to the college and waited until it was her turn. She had to meet with the dean.
"Elizabeth Bryson" the secretary said and Buffy went into his office.
"Hello Mrs. Bryson, I'm dean Carlson, how are you today?" the dean asked.
"I'm good what about you?" Buffy asked.
"Good thank you, okay you want to sign up for late registration is that right?" he asked.
"Yes, I had a baby a year ago and that's why I didn't sign up last year, but. . .I want to be a writer and I want to get a good degree" Buffy said.
"Okay, well we've talked about the price and the student loan over the phone, do you have any questions?" dean Carlson asked.
"Uh, no, just when do I start?" Buffy said with a smile.
"Okay, well you would start on Monday, here is your class schedule and a map of the campus" he said and handed her the materials. "You have four classes like we discussed, two on Monday and two on Thursday, both days are morning classes, and that's it."
"Okay, thank you very much, j appreciate it" Buffy said.
"You're very welcome, and welcome to Sunnydale University" he said.
"Thank you" Buffy said and left. Joyce said that she would keep Charlotte over night so Buffy and Spike could be alone. After meeting with the dean she went home. Spike wasn't home from work yet so she decided to make him dinner to celebrate the good news. She made his favorite, Linguini with clams and banana bunt cake. She set the table and lit some candles. Spike arrived home at 7:55.
"Buffy I'm ho-" Spike said, but stopped when he saw the candles and everything. "Uh, wow."
"Hi" Buffy said with a smile.
"Hey, what's up, what's with the. . .uh what's going on?" he asked.
"Well Charley is at my mom's for tonight, we have the whole place to ourselves, just you" she said and kissed him. "And me." She kissed him again.
"Oh, nice" he said with a smile.
"Come on, let's eat" she said. They ate and talked and Buffy told him about the news and he was happy for her.
Monday came along and Buffy was exited to start school. She dropped Charlotte off at Joyce's and went to her first class, which was math. She didn't pass her math placement test so she had to take the class.
"Hello, welcome to trigonometry, I am professor Damon and you are the students, now that we're acquainted we can get started, first I'd like to tell you that you each need a partner so choose now, I'll wait" the professor said. Buffy looked around. She didn't know anybody. Suddenly a guy came up to her.
"Hi, I'm Miller, Miller Banks" he said and Buffy shook his hand.
"Hi, Buffy, Bryson" she said with a smile.
"So, you want to partner up?" he asked.
"Uh, sure" Buffy said. When the class was over Buffy went to her next class and then went home. She really liked Miller. They spent the hour and a half class talking and helping each other with work. The teacher had announced a test and Buffy invited Miller over for dinner and to study with her that Friday.
"Honey? Are you here?" Buffy called to Spike.
"In here baby" Spike said from the kitchen. Buffy went in exited and kissed him on the cheek. "How was class?"
"It was great, I met this guy there and he is so funny and smart, he's my partner in class his name is Miller Banks and I invited him for dinner on Friday and-" Buffy babbled on but Spike stopped her.
"Whoa, wait a minute, you invited him for dinner, you just met him today" Spike said.
"Yeah, I know but he's helping me study for the test next Tuesday so I invited him here" Buffy said.
"Oh" Spike said.
"Anyway the day was great" Buffy said sitting down. "Where's the baby?"
"She's upstairs sleeping" Spike said.
"Oh, well I'm gonna go call my mom and tell her about my day" Buffy said and ran upstairs. Spike smiled at his wife's ambition.
Friday came along and Buffy got everything ready for Miller. She made beef stew and corn bread.
"This is an awful lot just for some wanker that you just met" Spike said putting a spoon in the stew to taste it, but Buffy smacked his hand. "Hey."
"Don't touch, and he's not a wanker, and you better be nice or I'll punish you" she said.
"Promise" he smirked at her and then kissed her. "I'll be good okay."
"Thank you" she said and then the doorbell rang. "Oh, honey can you get that, I'm gonna go get Charlotte." With that she ran upstairs. Spike answered the door.
"Uh, hi, I'm Miller Banks" Miller said.
"Right, hey mate, Spike Bryson" Spike said and shook Miller's hand. "Uh my wife will be right down."
"Thanks" Miller said. "Uh, here I thought I'd bring something, for thanking Buffy for doing the study thing here." He gave Spike a bottle of wine.
"Oh, thanks" Spike said and set the wine on the table. "Buffy, sweetheart, Miller's here."
"Coming" Buffy said and then came down the stairs holding Charlotte. "Hi Miller."
"Hey, oh is this your daughter, she's beautiful" Miller said.
"Yeah, thanks" Buffy said.
"Okay, should we eat or study first?" Miller asked.
"Uh, eat, it's done so. . ." Buffy said.
"All right, fine with me" Miller said. Buffy served the food and they ate. Afterwards Spike took Charlotte up to his room so Buffy and Miller could study alone. They studied for like four hours before Miller went home.
"Okay, thanks for helping me" Buffy said.
"Yeah you too, maybe I can take you out to dinner sometime, say Saturday next week?" Miller asked.
"Uh, sure why not?" Buffy said.
"Do you like French food?" he asked.
"Yeah, I love it" Buffy said. "Okay there's this great place called duvet François de nourriture, it has a long name, but it's a great place, we could go there" Miller said. "Sound's great" Buffy said. "Okay, good, see you next Saturday" Miller said and left. Buffy went upstairs to check on Charlotte and Spike. She found them both asleep in her and Spike's bedroom. She smiled and picked up Charlotte and took her to her own room. She came back and covered Spike with a blanket and got her books and began studying again. She finally went to sleep at about 3:30 in the morning. "Buffy, sweetheart come on wake up" Spike said and shook Buffy the next morning. "Hmmm" Buffy said, still half asleep. "Come on lamb, we have plans remember" Spike said. Buffy opened her eyes. "What plans?" Buffy asked. "The whole day we had planned today, you know, breakfast, and stuff" Spike said. "Oh, right" Buffy said. "Well honey I was gonna go to the library to study today." "Oh come on it's Saturday, you can go to the library tomorrow, it will be fun, you me, Charley, come on baby" Spike said. "Okay, fine" Buffy said and got up. She got dressed and then got Charley dressed and then they left. They went to breakfast, then to the park and to the mall. Finally at about 6:00 they came home. They spent the rest of the night just hanging out at home. The next morning Buffy got a call. "Hello?" Spike answered Buffy's cell phone. "Hi, is Buffy there?" Miller asked. "Oh yeah, who's calling?" Spike asked "Uh, Miller Banks" Miller said. "Right, hold on" Spike said. "Buffy?"
"Yeah?" Buffy asked coming down the stairs.
"It's for you, Miller Banks" Spike said.
"Oh, thanks" Buffy said and took the phone. "Hey. . .yeah, sure, okay, right now? All right, sure, bye." She hung up the phone and headed back up the stairs.
"What was that about?" Spike asked.
"Oh, Miller and I are gonna study at the library" Buffy said.
"Oh" Spike said. Buffy got ready to go and then came back down stairs. She was wearing a red skirt and a royal blue long sleeved top with a red heart in the middle. She had on royal blue heeled sandals to match. Her hair was put in low pig tail braids, she looked cute.
"Okay, got to motor" Buffy said.
"Wait, who are you trying to impress?" Spike said.
"No one, jealous?" Buffy said, smiling.
"Damn right, you wear something like that to the library, where is this library, Hollywood?" Spike said.
"Honey relax, make sure Charley gets a bath okay, bye I love you" Buffy said and kissed Spike before getting her book bag and leaving.
Buffy drove to the library and Miller was already there.
"Hey Buffy, wow you look nice" Miller said.
"Thank you" Buffy said. "So, where do you want to sit?"
"Uh, anywhere" Miller said.
"Okay" Buffy said. They sat down in the back of the library.
"So, how long have you known Spike?" Miller asked.
"Uh, we've been married for a year. . .uh a year and five months" Buffy said.
"Oh" Miller said.
"So, what about you? Do you have a girlfriend or wife?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, no, my girlfriend broke up with me a couple months ago" Miller said.
"Oh, I'm sorry" Buffy said.
"Yeah, well if she didn't break up with me I would of broken up with her, it just wasn't working out" Miller said.
"What was her name?" Buffy asked.
"Harmony" Miller said.
"H-Harmony? Uh blonde hair, really ditzy?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, y-yeah why?" Miller asked.
"She's Spike's ex too" Buffy said.
"Oh, was she unfaithful to him?" Miller asked.
"Yeah, wow, small world huh?" Buffy chuckled.
'Yeah, I guess so" Miller smiled. "Hey do you want to go to my place for a drink or something?"
"Uh, sure why not" Buffy said.
"Okay, then we could study there" Miller said.
"Okay" Buffy said. They packed up their stuff and Buffy followed Miller to his place.
"All right so, what's your poison?" Miller asked.
"Uh, scotch on the rocks, uh and with a twist please" Buffy said.
"Okay, coming right up" Miller said and poured her drink. "Here ya go."
"Thank you" Buffy said and they sat and drank.
"Uh, you know Buffy, you're really pretty, and sexy and beautiful and you deserve to be with someone, who can take care of you and who will treat you right" Miller said.
"Uh, I have someone like that, Spike" Buffy said.
"Well it just seems that he's a little. . .I don't know wound tight or something, look don't get me wrong" Miller said.
"No, he's-" Buffy began, but before she could finish she felt Miller's lips on hers.