Spike was sitting on the edge of the bed on Buffy's side. He was
waiting for her to wake up. Today was their anniversary and he had been
waiting since six and it was now nine-thirty. Finally he became impatient
and leaned over and kissed her on her lips.
"Mmm" she said sleepily and slowly opened her eyes. "Hi" she smiled.
"Hey baby" he said also smiling. "Happy anniversary."
"Happy anniversary to you too" she said.
"You know you're a late sleeper," Spike said as she sat up and looked at the clock.
"Sweetie it's only nine-thirty," she said.
"Well I've been waiting since six," he said.
"Oh, well what do you want to do today?" she asked.
"I have some things in mind" he smiled.
"Really? Well I can get my mom to watch Charlotte and Robbie, and we can do. . .whatever it is you have planned" Buffy said and got out of bed and picked up the phone. It had been almost a year since Robbie's birth. Charlotte was almost two.
"Do you think she'll watch them?" Spike asked.
"Of course, I mean why would she have plans?" Buffy said and dialed her mom's number.
"Hello?" Joyce answered.
"Hi mom, can you watch Robbie and Charley for me today, Spike and I want to-" she began and then stopped when she felt Spike kissing her shoulder. "Uh, g-go out for ou-our anniversary." Spike now moved to her neck. She closed her eyes and moaned slightly in relaxation.
"Oh I'm sorry honey I can't I have to work" Joyce said.
"What? Oh" Buffy said, disappointed. "What about Dawn?"
"She's spending the weekend with her friend" Joyce said.
"Oh, okay, well thanks anyway, love you" Buffy said.
"Love you to honey, bye" Joyce said and they hung up.
"Frittle-fudge cakes" Buffy pouted.
"She couldn't do it?" Spike asked, brushing the hair away from her face.
"No" Buffy whined. "Maybe Willow could do it, or Xander, o-or Cordy."
"Call" Spike said and Buffy tried Xander first.
"Hello?" Xander answered.
"Hey Xand, you doing anything today?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, yeah actually, I have to work" Xander said.
"Crap" Buffy said.
'Why?" Xander asked.
"I need someone to watch Robbie and Charlotte today" Buffy said.
"Oh, the anniversary, I'm sorry, try Cordy, she has Gracie today, maybe she could watch them
"Kay, I will, bye" Buffy said and made a friendly kissing sound into the phone and hung it up and tried Cordy's.
"Hello" Cordy answered.
"Hey sweetie, listen, can you watch the kids for me today?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, sure" Cordy said and Buffy's eyes lit up.
"Really, that's great" Buffy said happily. "First I tried my mom, and then Xander, thank you so much, I love you."
"Love you too, you can bring them over anytime" Cordy said.
"All right, I'll bring them in about an hour okay" Buffy said.
"Okay, bye" Cordelia said and they hung up.
Buffy and Spike dropped Charlotte and Robbie off at Cordelia's and then Spike drove for a while. After about ten minutes he stopped and put a blindfold on her.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Do you trust me?" he asked her.
"Of course I do" she said.
"Then trust me" he said and began driving again. He drove for another ten minutes and then stopped. He got out of the car and then helped her out.
"Okay, baby what are we doing?" Buffy asked.
"Just come on luv, you'll see" he said and helped her into somewhere. He sat her in a chair, she put her hands down and it felt like she was sitting at a desk. "Okay, you can take off the blindfold."
"Okay" she said and did so. Her moth dropped in awe as she looked around her. She recognized the place right away. It was her high school. The very room that she and Spike met. The very seat she sat in. she looked over and Spike was sitting in his seat. Buffy's eyes welled up with tears as she smiled.
"So. . ." he said.
"This is, so, so amazing" Buffy said.
"I thought it would be romantic to bring you back to the place we first met" Spike smiled. "And that happened to be school."
"It is romantic, it's amazing" Buffy said, also smiling. He got up and took her hand.
"That's not all" he said and she got up as well and he led her down the hall to the cafeteria. "The first place we dined together" he said. She chuckled and they sat at the table they first sat at together.
*Buffy's flashback* Spike: "All right, these are all my friends, this is Cordelia, Xander, Willow and Oz"
*End of Buffy's flashback*
"I. . ." Buffy tired to say, but her thoughts took her over.
*Another Buffy flashback*
Spike: "So, do you want to go out with me this weekend? I know we just met, but do you?" Buffy: "Sure"
*End Flashback*
"Buffy? Sweetheart? Are you all right?" Spike asked. Buffy was starring into Spike.
"Yeah" she said, still with the dreamy look on her face.
*Another Flashback*
Buffy: "I'm pregnant"
*Later*
Spike: "Will you marry me?"
*The thoughts and voices become faster and faster*
Minister: "I now pronounce you husband and wife"
*Later, at their honeymoon*
Spike: "Buffy this is Drusilla" Drusilla: "An old girlfriend actually"
*Giving birth to Charlotte*
Dr. Helen: "Here we go, a beautiful baby girl:
*Buffy and Spike naming her*
Buffy: "Charlotte Joyce Bryson
*When Buffy was raped*
Buffy: "I was raped"
*The birth of Robbie*
Dr. Helen: "A handsome baby boy"
*Buffy naming him*
Buffy: "Robbie, Robert William Bryson"
*End of final Flashback, the thoughts become speeding in her head until Spike snaps her out of it*
"Buffy, Baby what's wrong?" Spike asked, getting worried.
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry, uh, nothing's wrong, I was just remembering everything we've been through together" Buffy said.
"Oh, good things?" Spike asked.
"Very good things, and some bad, we haven't had a perfect marriage, but we've had, close to that, we have something that not many people find, and luckily Willow and Oz found it too. . .we have something that people dream about, I know I did, we survived, some horrible times together, we're still standing, that definitely means something" Buffy said. Spike kissed her.
"I know baby" he said. They sat down and ate. Afterward Spike took her to the beach. They sat in the sand like they had before. When he first told her he loved her. They sat, Spike behind Buffy and she laid her head on his chest.
"Do you think this is a bad omen?" Buffy asked.
"What, the beach?" Spike asked, confused.
"Not just the beach, being here, I mean, this is the place where, well you know" Buffy said.
"Yeah I do, this is the place where our lives started, it's the place that planted the seed for everything that was to come, it's our destiny, our past, our future, and our eternal life, it's everything" Spike said.
"I guess I never thought of it that way" Buffy said. They continued to watch the waves crash against the rocks and sand. They were married for two years, they had two beautiful children, and everything was. . .not what it seemed.
"Mmm" she said sleepily and slowly opened her eyes. "Hi" she smiled.
"Hey baby" he said also smiling. "Happy anniversary."
"Happy anniversary to you too" she said.
"You know you're a late sleeper," Spike said as she sat up and looked at the clock.
"Sweetie it's only nine-thirty," she said.
"Well I've been waiting since six," he said.
"Oh, well what do you want to do today?" she asked.
"I have some things in mind" he smiled.
"Really? Well I can get my mom to watch Charlotte and Robbie, and we can do. . .whatever it is you have planned" Buffy said and got out of bed and picked up the phone. It had been almost a year since Robbie's birth. Charlotte was almost two.
"Do you think she'll watch them?" Spike asked.
"Of course, I mean why would she have plans?" Buffy said and dialed her mom's number.
"Hello?" Joyce answered.
"Hi mom, can you watch Robbie and Charley for me today, Spike and I want to-" she began and then stopped when she felt Spike kissing her shoulder. "Uh, g-go out for ou-our anniversary." Spike now moved to her neck. She closed her eyes and moaned slightly in relaxation.
"Oh I'm sorry honey I can't I have to work" Joyce said.
"What? Oh" Buffy said, disappointed. "What about Dawn?"
"She's spending the weekend with her friend" Joyce said.
"Oh, okay, well thanks anyway, love you" Buffy said.
"Love you to honey, bye" Joyce said and they hung up.
"Frittle-fudge cakes" Buffy pouted.
"She couldn't do it?" Spike asked, brushing the hair away from her face.
"No" Buffy whined. "Maybe Willow could do it, or Xander, o-or Cordy."
"Call" Spike said and Buffy tried Xander first.
"Hello?" Xander answered.
"Hey Xand, you doing anything today?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, yeah actually, I have to work" Xander said.
"Crap" Buffy said.
'Why?" Xander asked.
"I need someone to watch Robbie and Charlotte today" Buffy said.
"Oh, the anniversary, I'm sorry, try Cordy, she has Gracie today, maybe she could watch them
"Kay, I will, bye" Buffy said and made a friendly kissing sound into the phone and hung it up and tried Cordy's.
"Hello" Cordy answered.
"Hey sweetie, listen, can you watch the kids for me today?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, sure" Cordy said and Buffy's eyes lit up.
"Really, that's great" Buffy said happily. "First I tried my mom, and then Xander, thank you so much, I love you."
"Love you too, you can bring them over anytime" Cordy said.
"All right, I'll bring them in about an hour okay" Buffy said.
"Okay, bye" Cordelia said and they hung up.
Buffy and Spike dropped Charlotte and Robbie off at Cordelia's and then Spike drove for a while. After about ten minutes he stopped and put a blindfold on her.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Do you trust me?" he asked her.
"Of course I do" she said.
"Then trust me" he said and began driving again. He drove for another ten minutes and then stopped. He got out of the car and then helped her out.
"Okay, baby what are we doing?" Buffy asked.
"Just come on luv, you'll see" he said and helped her into somewhere. He sat her in a chair, she put her hands down and it felt like she was sitting at a desk. "Okay, you can take off the blindfold."
"Okay" she said and did so. Her moth dropped in awe as she looked around her. She recognized the place right away. It was her high school. The very room that she and Spike met. The very seat she sat in. she looked over and Spike was sitting in his seat. Buffy's eyes welled up with tears as she smiled.
"So. . ." he said.
"This is, so, so amazing" Buffy said.
"I thought it would be romantic to bring you back to the place we first met" Spike smiled. "And that happened to be school."
"It is romantic, it's amazing" Buffy said, also smiling. He got up and took her hand.
"That's not all" he said and she got up as well and he led her down the hall to the cafeteria. "The first place we dined together" he said. She chuckled and they sat at the table they first sat at together.
*Buffy's flashback* Spike: "All right, these are all my friends, this is Cordelia, Xander, Willow and Oz"
*End of Buffy's flashback*
"I. . ." Buffy tired to say, but her thoughts took her over.
*Another Buffy flashback*
Spike: "So, do you want to go out with me this weekend? I know we just met, but do you?" Buffy: "Sure"
*End Flashback*
"Buffy? Sweetheart? Are you all right?" Spike asked. Buffy was starring into Spike.
"Yeah" she said, still with the dreamy look on her face.
*Another Flashback*
Buffy: "I'm pregnant"
*Later*
Spike: "Will you marry me?"
*The thoughts and voices become faster and faster*
Minister: "I now pronounce you husband and wife"
*Later, at their honeymoon*
Spike: "Buffy this is Drusilla" Drusilla: "An old girlfriend actually"
*Giving birth to Charlotte*
Dr. Helen: "Here we go, a beautiful baby girl:
*Buffy and Spike naming her*
Buffy: "Charlotte Joyce Bryson
*When Buffy was raped*
Buffy: "I was raped"
*The birth of Robbie*
Dr. Helen: "A handsome baby boy"
*Buffy naming him*
Buffy: "Robbie, Robert William Bryson"
*End of final Flashback, the thoughts become speeding in her head until Spike snaps her out of it*
"Buffy, Baby what's wrong?" Spike asked, getting worried.
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry, uh, nothing's wrong, I was just remembering everything we've been through together" Buffy said.
"Oh, good things?" Spike asked.
"Very good things, and some bad, we haven't had a perfect marriage, but we've had, close to that, we have something that not many people find, and luckily Willow and Oz found it too. . .we have something that people dream about, I know I did, we survived, some horrible times together, we're still standing, that definitely means something" Buffy said. Spike kissed her.
"I know baby" he said. They sat down and ate. Afterward Spike took her to the beach. They sat in the sand like they had before. When he first told her he loved her. They sat, Spike behind Buffy and she laid her head on his chest.
"Do you think this is a bad omen?" Buffy asked.
"What, the beach?" Spike asked, confused.
"Not just the beach, being here, I mean, this is the place where, well you know" Buffy said.
"Yeah I do, this is the place where our lives started, it's the place that planted the seed for everything that was to come, it's our destiny, our past, our future, and our eternal life, it's everything" Spike said.
"I guess I never thought of it that way" Buffy said. They continued to watch the waves crash against the rocks and sand. They were married for two years, they had two beautiful children, and everything was. . .not what it seemed.