ALL RIGHT. SO, BUFFY AND SPIKE ARE GETTING DIVORCED. . .OH COME ON YOU
GUYS, I'M THE QUEEN OF ANGST. I LOVE PUTTING IN SAD STUFF. I LIKE HAPPY
ENDINGS, BUT I PREFER THE SAD ONES. LIFE ISN'T ALWAYS BUTTERFLIES AND
BUNNIES. ANYWAY HERE'S THE NEXT CHAPTER, PLEASE READ AND REVIEW.
Willow, Buffy, Joyce, Cordelia and Dawn sat in Joyce's home not talking, not watching TV, just sitting in uncomfortable silence. No body wanted to say anything to Buffy. They didn't want to hurt her or make her sad in any way. They sat for more than ten minutes silent before Joyce spoke up.
"So. . ." she said, trying to make some sort of conversation.
"So. . ." Willow said also.
"So" Buffy said.
"Anybody want anything to drink?" Joyce asked.
"Me" Dawn said.
"Me too" Buffy said.
"Ditto" Willow said.
"I can go for something" Cordelia said.
"Okay" Joyce said. "Can someone help me?"
"I will" Willow said and she and Joyce went into the kitchen and returned with four wine coolers and a glass of lemonade.
"Okay, here Dawnie" Joyce said and handed her the lemonade.
"Uh! You guys get wine coolers and I have to drink lemonade?" Dawn asked.
"It's your favorite" Joyce said.
"Yeah well, now I feel out of place, and look you guys have strawberry" Dawn pouted.
"Fine, just pretend that that's a lemon one then" Willow said.
"It isn't fair" Dawn pouted.
"Dawn you are fourteen, you are not getting alcohol" Joyce said.
"The only one old enough to drink in this room is you mom, Buffy, Willow and Cordelia are all twenty" Dawn reminded her.
"Well they'll all be twenty-one soon okay" Joyce said.
"So when I turn twenty I can have alcohol?" Dawn asked hopeful.
"We'll see" Joyce said and Dawn smiled.
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"G've me 'nother one mate" Spike slurred as he put his shot glass down on the bar.
"Okay, but one more and I'm cutting you off" Xander said and poured another shot of whiskey for Spike and he drank it and put it down again. They were both drunk. Spike decided that he needed a drunken fest with his friend. Oz had already passed out from drinking so much and was asleep.
"So. . .what does it f. . .feel like to be a sing-single guy" Spike slurred.
"Feels great man, you'll love. . .wait what was I saying?" Xander asked, drunk out his mind. Spike chuckled at him and took the whiskey bottle and drank from it.
"I don't know" Spike said and took another drink from the bottle.
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"Ha ha ha!" Buffy laughed hysterically at really nothing. After five wine coolers she was now drunk. Everyone else had stopped, but Buffy felt the need to consume even more as she finished the bottle and searched for another. "Hey, where did all the cooler wines go, I just said that wrong didn't I, ha!"
"They're gone, you drank them all" Joyce said.
"Oh. . .well there must be something with alcohol in here" Buffy said searching the cupboards.
"Honey come on" Joyce said pulling her daughter away from the cupboard.
"Mom I'm drowning my sorrows, I can't do that without alcohol" Buffy whined.
"Come on sweetie, let's go sit on the couch and talk" Joyce said and led Buffy to the couch.
"Honey I know you're hurting, but getting drunk is not going to help" Willow told her.
"Yes it will, watch" Buffy said as she tried to go back into the kitchen, but Willow, Cordelia and Dawn stopped her.
"Look, you just need some rest okay, why don't you go upstairs with your children and go to sleep" Joyce said.
"He's going to try to take them from me, he said so" Buffy said.
"Who's going to take who from you?" Willow asked.
"Spike, he's going to try to take my children, but he won't get them, he won't" Buffy said.
"Buffy-" Dawn began.
"No! No I w. . .won't-" Buffy began, but then passed out.
"Come on, let's get her upstairs" Joyce said and Cordelia and Willow picked Buffy up and carried her upstairs and put her in her own bed and Joyce covered her up.
"Is she gonna be okay?" Dawn asked.
"Yeah, she just needs a good sleep" Joyce said and kissed Buffy on the head before they all left and shut off the light.
Spike woke and his head was pounding. He groaned as he got out of bed and went into the kitchen for some coffee.
"Hey man" Xander said grimly. He obviously had a hangover as well.
"Hey" Spike said and poured some coffee and sat in the chair next to Xander.
"God my head" Xander said.
"Exactly how drunk were we last night?" Spike asked.
"Pretty drunk" Xander said.
"Hey where's Oz, he was here last night wasn't he?" Spike asked.
"Uh, yeah he went home" Xander said.
"God my head" Spike said.
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Buffy was waking up also in the same state as Spike and Xander. She groaned as she got out of bed and went into the bathroom. After washing up she went downstairs to find everyone watching TV.
"Hey honey" Joyce said.
"Hi" Buffy said quietly.
"How are you feeling?" Dawn asked.
"Like a cartoon road runner drop an anvil on my head" Buffy said and sat in the lazy-boy chair.
"Do you want some aspirin?" Joyce asked.
"Please" Buffy said laying her head on the arm of the chair and shutting her eyes. Joyce got up and went upstairs.
"Mama" Charlotte said, coming over to her.
"Hey baby" Buffy said quietly, opening her eyes to look at the little girl.
"Mama you sick?" Charley asked.
"Yeah sweetie mommy's sick" Buffy said.
"Ca' I sit on your lap mama?" Charlotte asked.
"Sure honey come on" Buffy said and picked her up and set her on her lap.
"Do you still feel the same way? I mean do you still want a divorce?" Willow asked.
"Yeah" Buffy said aversely.
"Here you go" Joyce said, coming back down the stairs and giving her the medicine and a glass of water.
"Thanks mom" Buffy said and took the aspirin.
"Mama where daddy at?" Charlotte asked.
"Daddy's at uncle Xander's baby" Buffy said.
"Why he not here wit you and me and Robbie?" the little girl asked.
"Because. . .because he. . ." Buffy tried to explain.
"He was helping uncle Xander with a project, they were building something" Cordelia came to Buff's rescue. Buffy mouthed 'thank you' to Cordelia and she mouthed 'your welcome' back.
"I should go home and. . .get some stuff" Buffy said, getting up and putting Charlotte on the chair. "Will you watch them for me?"
"Of course" Joyce said.
"Thanks" Buffy said.
"Um, I should go to" Cordelia said.
"Ditto, Oz is probably waiting" Willow said.
"Thanks you guys, for being there for me" Buffy said and hugged Cordy, then Willow.
"Your welcome sweetie" Willow said.
"Yeah any time" Cordelia said. They all left at the same time.
Buffy arrived home shortly after. She walked in the house and was surprised to find things missing. She walked upstairs to what was once her and Spike's bedroom and all of Spike's things were gone. Buffy looked around realizing that he wasn't coming back.
"It's really over" Buffy whispered to herself as a single tear slid down her cheek and she began packing some of her stuff.
Willow, Buffy, Joyce, Cordelia and Dawn sat in Joyce's home not talking, not watching TV, just sitting in uncomfortable silence. No body wanted to say anything to Buffy. They didn't want to hurt her or make her sad in any way. They sat for more than ten minutes silent before Joyce spoke up.
"So. . ." she said, trying to make some sort of conversation.
"So. . ." Willow said also.
"So" Buffy said.
"Anybody want anything to drink?" Joyce asked.
"Me" Dawn said.
"Me too" Buffy said.
"Ditto" Willow said.
"I can go for something" Cordelia said.
"Okay" Joyce said. "Can someone help me?"
"I will" Willow said and she and Joyce went into the kitchen and returned with four wine coolers and a glass of lemonade.
"Okay, here Dawnie" Joyce said and handed her the lemonade.
"Uh! You guys get wine coolers and I have to drink lemonade?" Dawn asked.
"It's your favorite" Joyce said.
"Yeah well, now I feel out of place, and look you guys have strawberry" Dawn pouted.
"Fine, just pretend that that's a lemon one then" Willow said.
"It isn't fair" Dawn pouted.
"Dawn you are fourteen, you are not getting alcohol" Joyce said.
"The only one old enough to drink in this room is you mom, Buffy, Willow and Cordelia are all twenty" Dawn reminded her.
"Well they'll all be twenty-one soon okay" Joyce said.
"So when I turn twenty I can have alcohol?" Dawn asked hopeful.
"We'll see" Joyce said and Dawn smiled.
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"G've me 'nother one mate" Spike slurred as he put his shot glass down on the bar.
"Okay, but one more and I'm cutting you off" Xander said and poured another shot of whiskey for Spike and he drank it and put it down again. They were both drunk. Spike decided that he needed a drunken fest with his friend. Oz had already passed out from drinking so much and was asleep.
"So. . .what does it f. . .feel like to be a sing-single guy" Spike slurred.
"Feels great man, you'll love. . .wait what was I saying?" Xander asked, drunk out his mind. Spike chuckled at him and took the whiskey bottle and drank from it.
"I don't know" Spike said and took another drink from the bottle.
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"Ha ha ha!" Buffy laughed hysterically at really nothing. After five wine coolers she was now drunk. Everyone else had stopped, but Buffy felt the need to consume even more as she finished the bottle and searched for another. "Hey, where did all the cooler wines go, I just said that wrong didn't I, ha!"
"They're gone, you drank them all" Joyce said.
"Oh. . .well there must be something with alcohol in here" Buffy said searching the cupboards.
"Honey come on" Joyce said pulling her daughter away from the cupboard.
"Mom I'm drowning my sorrows, I can't do that without alcohol" Buffy whined.
"Come on sweetie, let's go sit on the couch and talk" Joyce said and led Buffy to the couch.
"Honey I know you're hurting, but getting drunk is not going to help" Willow told her.
"Yes it will, watch" Buffy said as she tried to go back into the kitchen, but Willow, Cordelia and Dawn stopped her.
"Look, you just need some rest okay, why don't you go upstairs with your children and go to sleep" Joyce said.
"He's going to try to take them from me, he said so" Buffy said.
"Who's going to take who from you?" Willow asked.
"Spike, he's going to try to take my children, but he won't get them, he won't" Buffy said.
"Buffy-" Dawn began.
"No! No I w. . .won't-" Buffy began, but then passed out.
"Come on, let's get her upstairs" Joyce said and Cordelia and Willow picked Buffy up and carried her upstairs and put her in her own bed and Joyce covered her up.
"Is she gonna be okay?" Dawn asked.
"Yeah, she just needs a good sleep" Joyce said and kissed Buffy on the head before they all left and shut off the light.
Spike woke and his head was pounding. He groaned as he got out of bed and went into the kitchen for some coffee.
"Hey man" Xander said grimly. He obviously had a hangover as well.
"Hey" Spike said and poured some coffee and sat in the chair next to Xander.
"God my head" Xander said.
"Exactly how drunk were we last night?" Spike asked.
"Pretty drunk" Xander said.
"Hey where's Oz, he was here last night wasn't he?" Spike asked.
"Uh, yeah he went home" Xander said.
"God my head" Spike said.
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Buffy was waking up also in the same state as Spike and Xander. She groaned as she got out of bed and went into the bathroom. After washing up she went downstairs to find everyone watching TV.
"Hey honey" Joyce said.
"Hi" Buffy said quietly.
"How are you feeling?" Dawn asked.
"Like a cartoon road runner drop an anvil on my head" Buffy said and sat in the lazy-boy chair.
"Do you want some aspirin?" Joyce asked.
"Please" Buffy said laying her head on the arm of the chair and shutting her eyes. Joyce got up and went upstairs.
"Mama" Charlotte said, coming over to her.
"Hey baby" Buffy said quietly, opening her eyes to look at the little girl.
"Mama you sick?" Charley asked.
"Yeah sweetie mommy's sick" Buffy said.
"Ca' I sit on your lap mama?" Charlotte asked.
"Sure honey come on" Buffy said and picked her up and set her on her lap.
"Do you still feel the same way? I mean do you still want a divorce?" Willow asked.
"Yeah" Buffy said aversely.
"Here you go" Joyce said, coming back down the stairs and giving her the medicine and a glass of water.
"Thanks mom" Buffy said and took the aspirin.
"Mama where daddy at?" Charlotte asked.
"Daddy's at uncle Xander's baby" Buffy said.
"Why he not here wit you and me and Robbie?" the little girl asked.
"Because. . .because he. . ." Buffy tried to explain.
"He was helping uncle Xander with a project, they were building something" Cordelia came to Buff's rescue. Buffy mouthed 'thank you' to Cordelia and she mouthed 'your welcome' back.
"I should go home and. . .get some stuff" Buffy said, getting up and putting Charlotte on the chair. "Will you watch them for me?"
"Of course" Joyce said.
"Thanks" Buffy said.
"Um, I should go to" Cordelia said.
"Ditto, Oz is probably waiting" Willow said.
"Thanks you guys, for being there for me" Buffy said and hugged Cordy, then Willow.
"Your welcome sweetie" Willow said.
"Yeah any time" Cordelia said. They all left at the same time.
Buffy arrived home shortly after. She walked in the house and was surprised to find things missing. She walked upstairs to what was once her and Spike's bedroom and all of Spike's things were gone. Buffy looked around realizing that he wasn't coming back.
"It's really over" Buffy whispered to herself as a single tear slid down her cheek and she began packing some of her stuff.