Buffy left the babies with Joyce and Dawn and went over to Xander's.
She had been thinking about the whole situation with her and Spike for a
while. She had come to a decision and had to talk to talk to Spike. She
arrived and didn't even knock, just walked in.
"Buffy, what-" Xander began.
"Xander, where's Spike?" Buffy asked.
"He's, Spike!" Xander called and Spike emerged from the bathroom.
"What do you-" he began and then saw Buffy. "Hey."
"Hi, we have to talk" Buffy said. Her and Spike left the apartment and went onto the roof.
"What do we need to talk about?" Spike asked.
"Spike I think you were right" Buffy said.
"About what?" Spike asked.
"I think that. . .we'd be better off apart" Buffy stated.
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Meanwhile at Joyce's house Dawn was getting the wiggins about the happy couple herself.
'Mom" she said when she went into the kitchen. Her friends had left and Robbie and Charlotte were asleep.
"What is it honey?" Joyce asked.
"Do you think that Buffy and Spike will be okay?" Dawn asked.
"Honestly sweetie, I don't know" Joyce said. Dawn sighed, trying to hold back tears of frustration and sadness. She loved her sister, she loved Spike and she loved her niece and nephew. She didn't want them to break up.
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"This is. . .I don't know how we got here" Spike said, leaning against the railing of the roof.
"Me either, but. . .somewhere along, everything, we did" Buffy said. "Please don't get me wrong, I love you, so much, I do, it's just, all this time. . .I was searching for an answer, but maybe I should have been searching for the reason behind the questioning in the first place, Spike something brought us here, and it doesn't matter if we can't see it, or just don't want to, it's there. . .and I think. . .it always has been, we might not of seen it, it hid itself pretty well, we were happy, but I just. . ." Buffy said. "But there's I mean, nothing that can't be fixed right?" Spike asked. :That's what scares me, I don't know.we're.we're growing apart, but that's to be expected I mean we really didn't take the time to know each other, we sort of.rushed into things" Buffy said and began to cry. "And I'm afraid that it's all gonna turn out badly, that when this is all over, we're gonna be lost, we're just gonna feel empty and I can't handle that. . .I can't think of you as the bad guy I've done it once before, I can't go there again." "So what now?" Spike asked. "I think we'd better end it before we start to hate each other" Buffy said reluctantly. "Yeah. . .I think you're right" Spike said, with the same feeling. "It doesn't change anything, Charley is still your daughter, and Robbie is still your son, and I know that you will always love them and you can see them every weekend and-" Buffy began. " Why do you get custody of them?" Spike asked. "B-because I'm their mother, they needs me" Buffy said. "And I'm her father" Spike said. "Spike, don't you even try to take my babies from me okay, I'm not telling you that you can't see them" Buffy said. "Look luv, I'm not trying to take anything from you all right, if that's how you feel then why don't we let the judge decide" Spike said. You're taking me to court?" Buffy asked, angry and surprised. "If you want to play, you're going to lose" he said. "What is the matter with you, I'm not playing, I told you that you could see them, I never said you couldn't" Buffy said. "I don't want to go to court all right, but I can't live without my children. . .you know, I figured that, because Robbie wasn't mine, I'd have no, or minimal love for him. . .but I don't, I love him as much as I love Charlotte, he is my son" Spike said. "I know. . .what are we gonna do?" Buffy asked.
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"I wonder what they're gonna do" Xander said to Cordelia, Willow and Oz. After Buffy and Spike went up to the roof Xander called them.
"I don't know, I just hope that. . .they'll be okay, I mean they are. . .the glue, Buffy and Spike, they just. . ." Willow said choking up. She was trying not to cry, but it was so hard. The fear that her two best friends would break up was heartbreaking.
"I'm sure they'll be fine" Oz said, comforting Willow.
"I don't know you guys, they have been fighting a lot" Cordelia said.
"But this is Buffy and Spike, I mean they're like. . .like. . ." Willow said.
"Sunny and Cher? Ike and Tina?" Xander asked.
"No, their marriage was happy- is, is happy, isn't it?" Willow asked.
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"There's only one thing to do" Spike said. Buffy could feel the tears surfacing and held them back. "Where did we go wrong?"
"You know. . .I think that. . .we didn't see it coming, because we refused to look, we were so strung up on what our marriage could be, that we didn't see what it'd become, it's our fault" Buffy said.
"Yeah" Spike said.
"We're getting divorced aren't we?" Buffy asked rhetorically.
"It's the. . .the best thing to do" Spike said. Buffy began to cry a little and Spike hugged her.
"I'm so sorry" she whispered.
"No, don't be, it's no one's fault" he said and gave her a light kiss on the lips.
"Bye" she said quietly.
"Bye" he said.
"We have to work out everything, who gets the house, the kids, everything" Buffy said.
"I know, we will" he said. She turned around and left.
"Buffy, what-" Xander began.
"Xander, where's Spike?" Buffy asked.
"He's, Spike!" Xander called and Spike emerged from the bathroom.
"What do you-" he began and then saw Buffy. "Hey."
"Hi, we have to talk" Buffy said. Her and Spike left the apartment and went onto the roof.
"What do we need to talk about?" Spike asked.
"Spike I think you were right" Buffy said.
"About what?" Spike asked.
"I think that. . .we'd be better off apart" Buffy stated.
**********************
Meanwhile at Joyce's house Dawn was getting the wiggins about the happy couple herself.
'Mom" she said when she went into the kitchen. Her friends had left and Robbie and Charlotte were asleep.
"What is it honey?" Joyce asked.
"Do you think that Buffy and Spike will be okay?" Dawn asked.
"Honestly sweetie, I don't know" Joyce said. Dawn sighed, trying to hold back tears of frustration and sadness. She loved her sister, she loved Spike and she loved her niece and nephew. She didn't want them to break up.
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"This is. . .I don't know how we got here" Spike said, leaning against the railing of the roof.
"Me either, but. . .somewhere along, everything, we did" Buffy said. "Please don't get me wrong, I love you, so much, I do, it's just, all this time. . .I was searching for an answer, but maybe I should have been searching for the reason behind the questioning in the first place, Spike something brought us here, and it doesn't matter if we can't see it, or just don't want to, it's there. . .and I think. . .it always has been, we might not of seen it, it hid itself pretty well, we were happy, but I just. . ." Buffy said. "But there's I mean, nothing that can't be fixed right?" Spike asked. :That's what scares me, I don't know.we're.we're growing apart, but that's to be expected I mean we really didn't take the time to know each other, we sort of.rushed into things" Buffy said and began to cry. "And I'm afraid that it's all gonna turn out badly, that when this is all over, we're gonna be lost, we're just gonna feel empty and I can't handle that. . .I can't think of you as the bad guy I've done it once before, I can't go there again." "So what now?" Spike asked. "I think we'd better end it before we start to hate each other" Buffy said reluctantly. "Yeah. . .I think you're right" Spike said, with the same feeling. "It doesn't change anything, Charley is still your daughter, and Robbie is still your son, and I know that you will always love them and you can see them every weekend and-" Buffy began. " Why do you get custody of them?" Spike asked. "B-because I'm their mother, they needs me" Buffy said. "And I'm her father" Spike said. "Spike, don't you even try to take my babies from me okay, I'm not telling you that you can't see them" Buffy said. "Look luv, I'm not trying to take anything from you all right, if that's how you feel then why don't we let the judge decide" Spike said. You're taking me to court?" Buffy asked, angry and surprised. "If you want to play, you're going to lose" he said. "What is the matter with you, I'm not playing, I told you that you could see them, I never said you couldn't" Buffy said. "I don't want to go to court all right, but I can't live without my children. . .you know, I figured that, because Robbie wasn't mine, I'd have no, or minimal love for him. . .but I don't, I love him as much as I love Charlotte, he is my son" Spike said. "I know. . .what are we gonna do?" Buffy asked.
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"I wonder what they're gonna do" Xander said to Cordelia, Willow and Oz. After Buffy and Spike went up to the roof Xander called them.
"I don't know, I just hope that. . .they'll be okay, I mean they are. . .the glue, Buffy and Spike, they just. . ." Willow said choking up. She was trying not to cry, but it was so hard. The fear that her two best friends would break up was heartbreaking.
"I'm sure they'll be fine" Oz said, comforting Willow.
"I don't know you guys, they have been fighting a lot" Cordelia said.
"But this is Buffy and Spike, I mean they're like. . .like. . ." Willow said.
"Sunny and Cher? Ike and Tina?" Xander asked.
"No, their marriage was happy- is, is happy, isn't it?" Willow asked.
**********************
"There's only one thing to do" Spike said. Buffy could feel the tears surfacing and held them back. "Where did we go wrong?"
"You know. . .I think that. . .we didn't see it coming, because we refused to look, we were so strung up on what our marriage could be, that we didn't see what it'd become, it's our fault" Buffy said.
"Yeah" Spike said.
"We're getting divorced aren't we?" Buffy asked rhetorically.
"It's the. . .the best thing to do" Spike said. Buffy began to cry a little and Spike hugged her.
"I'm so sorry" she whispered.
"No, don't be, it's no one's fault" he said and gave her a light kiss on the lips.
"Bye" she said quietly.
"Bye" he said.
"We have to work out everything, who gets the house, the kids, everything" Buffy said.
"I know, we will" he said. She turned around and left.