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It had been three days since Spike had made his announcement. Buffy didn't exactly know what it meant. Did he want to get a divorce? Or did he just need some time? She didn't know. She hadn't seen him since that night. She hadn't said anything to him after his final line. She just walked out, not knowing what to do with it. Was her marriage ending? She lay there now, in their bed facing Spike's side. Seeing the emptiness of it. Searching desperately for an answer. She felt alone. Burdened by her own thoughts and blemished by those words "we're better off apart." He couldn't mean it, could he?
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Spike sat in Xander's apartment sulking. Did he mean what he said? Or did he just say it out of spite? He really didn't know himself. He did love Buffy, more than life. But he just. . .they had been fighting so regularly lately that it seemed like a routine thing.
"Hey man, you need to get out of the house, you're turning into a hermit" Xander said walking into the spare bedroom carrying Gracie.
"What in the bloody hell did I tell her we were better off apart?" he asked, mainly to himself.
"I don't know, did you mean it?" Xander asked.
"That's the thing, I'm not sure, I mean. . .bollocks I don't know" he said in frustration.
"Call her" Xander suggested.
"I can't" Spike said taking a drink of the beer that he was holding.
"Man" Xander said taking the beer away. "Look, do you want to lose her?"
"I don't know, I mean I do love her, her and-and the kids mean everything to me, but. . .it just seems like we're struggling to meet the surface, and we just get pushed under every time" Spike said.
"Remember when we were talking about me and Cordelia, and you said that it was about differentiating, to decide what was more important, well I'm giving you the same advice" Xander said.
"You can't give me hand-me-down advice, you're the best friend" Spike said.
"Well technically it's not hand-me-down, it's, hand-me-up" Xander said. Suddenly there was a knock at the door and Xander gave Gracie to Spike and answered it.
"Hey man" Oz said, holding Taylor.
"Hey, get stuck babysitting?" Xander asked.
"No, I wanted to spend some time with my daughter, some quality time" Oz said.
"So you came over here to. . .?" Xander asked.
"Because I have to idea what I'm doing" Oz said, Xander smiled and let him in.
"We have sort of a crisis here" Xander said.
"What's wrong?" Oz asked.
"Spike and Buffy are. . .well kind of, broken up right now" Xander said.
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Buffy pulled up to her mother's house and walked in.
"Hey mom" she said and sat next to her and set Charlotte and Robbie on the floor.
"How did you carry both of them?" Joyce asked.
"Easy, I'm used to it now" Buffy said. Dawn came into the room with some friends.
"Oh, Buffy, hi" Dawn said happily and Buffy got up and hugged her.
"Hey sweetie" Buffy said.
"So, what are you doing here?" Dawn asked.
"I'm gonna stay here with you and mom for a while, since Spike left. . .the house has been sort of, empty" Buffy said.
"Cool, are you okay" Dawn said.
"Yeah, I'm fine" Buffy said. "Good" Dawn said. Joyce cleared her throat, meaning that Dawn forgot to introduce her friends to Buffy. "Oh, uh, Ellie, Lil, Erika, Shawna, this is my big sister Buffy, Buffy these are my friends."
"Hi" Buffy said.
"Hey, Dawn talks about you all the time" the girl named Erika said.
"Good things I hope" Buffy joked.
"Yeah, she tells us about your children, are these them?" Ellie asked.
"Uh, yeah, this is Charlotte and Robbie" Buffy said.
"Can we hold them?" Lil asked.
"Sure" Buffy said and picked up Robbie and gave him to Lil and picked up Charlotte and gave her to Ellie.
"Buffy can we take them upstairs?" Dawn asked.
"Sure sweetie go ahead" Buffy said. Dawn and her friends went upstairs with the babies.
"So, do you want to talk about you and Spike?" Joyce asked.
"I think he wants a divorce" Buffy said.
"What? Oh my god sweetie" Joyce said.
"Mom. . .I'm scared" Buffy said.
"Well of course you are you might lose you-" Joyce began.
"No, I'm scared because. . .I think I want one too" Buffy said.
It had been three days since Spike had made his announcement. Buffy didn't exactly know what it meant. Did he want to get a divorce? Or did he just need some time? She didn't know. She hadn't seen him since that night. She hadn't said anything to him after his final line. She just walked out, not knowing what to do with it. Was her marriage ending? She lay there now, in their bed facing Spike's side. Seeing the emptiness of it. Searching desperately for an answer. She felt alone. Burdened by her own thoughts and blemished by those words "we're better off apart." He couldn't mean it, could he?
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Spike sat in Xander's apartment sulking. Did he mean what he said? Or did he just say it out of spite? He really didn't know himself. He did love Buffy, more than life. But he just. . .they had been fighting so regularly lately that it seemed like a routine thing.
"Hey man, you need to get out of the house, you're turning into a hermit" Xander said walking into the spare bedroom carrying Gracie.
"What in the bloody hell did I tell her we were better off apart?" he asked, mainly to himself.
"I don't know, did you mean it?" Xander asked.
"That's the thing, I'm not sure, I mean. . .bollocks I don't know" he said in frustration.
"Call her" Xander suggested.
"I can't" Spike said taking a drink of the beer that he was holding.
"Man" Xander said taking the beer away. "Look, do you want to lose her?"
"I don't know, I mean I do love her, her and-and the kids mean everything to me, but. . .it just seems like we're struggling to meet the surface, and we just get pushed under every time" Spike said.
"Remember when we were talking about me and Cordelia, and you said that it was about differentiating, to decide what was more important, well I'm giving you the same advice" Xander said.
"You can't give me hand-me-down advice, you're the best friend" Spike said.
"Well technically it's not hand-me-down, it's, hand-me-up" Xander said. Suddenly there was a knock at the door and Xander gave Gracie to Spike and answered it.
"Hey man" Oz said, holding Taylor.
"Hey, get stuck babysitting?" Xander asked.
"No, I wanted to spend some time with my daughter, some quality time" Oz said.
"So you came over here to. . .?" Xander asked.
"Because I have to idea what I'm doing" Oz said, Xander smiled and let him in.
"We have sort of a crisis here" Xander said.
"What's wrong?" Oz asked.
"Spike and Buffy are. . .well kind of, broken up right now" Xander said.
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Buffy pulled up to her mother's house and walked in.
"Hey mom" she said and sat next to her and set Charlotte and Robbie on the floor.
"How did you carry both of them?" Joyce asked.
"Easy, I'm used to it now" Buffy said. Dawn came into the room with some friends.
"Oh, Buffy, hi" Dawn said happily and Buffy got up and hugged her.
"Hey sweetie" Buffy said.
"So, what are you doing here?" Dawn asked.
"I'm gonna stay here with you and mom for a while, since Spike left. . .the house has been sort of, empty" Buffy said.
"Cool, are you okay" Dawn said.
"Yeah, I'm fine" Buffy said. "Good" Dawn said. Joyce cleared her throat, meaning that Dawn forgot to introduce her friends to Buffy. "Oh, uh, Ellie, Lil, Erika, Shawna, this is my big sister Buffy, Buffy these are my friends."
"Hi" Buffy said.
"Hey, Dawn talks about you all the time" the girl named Erika said.
"Good things I hope" Buffy joked.
"Yeah, she tells us about your children, are these them?" Ellie asked.
"Uh, yeah, this is Charlotte and Robbie" Buffy said.
"Can we hold them?" Lil asked.
"Sure" Buffy said and picked up Robbie and gave him to Lil and picked up Charlotte and gave her to Ellie.
"Buffy can we take them upstairs?" Dawn asked.
"Sure sweetie go ahead" Buffy said. Dawn and her friends went upstairs with the babies.
"So, do you want to talk about you and Spike?" Joyce asked.
"I think he wants a divorce" Buffy said.
"What? Oh my god sweetie" Joyce said.
"Mom. . .I'm scared" Buffy said.
"Well of course you are you might lose you-" Joyce began.
"No, I'm scared because. . .I think I want one too" Buffy said.