A/N : Well there is good news and bad news for you wonderful people reading this fic! Bad news is it will only be five chapters long - sorry. Good news is, I'm updating right now! I wanna thank everyone who has reviewed so far; RougeCrayon, angie, msu, Azrielle, Leanne8582, Shanasher, twisty-treat, tinkerbell42, Tobert, RoboShiflo, SpIkEs AnGeL1 - I'm so glad you're all enjoying this story. I know 'Friends and Lovers' is kind of depressing right now and I promise it will get better, but I think this is a nice little light relief from the angst for the readers and me too! Oh and a quick note to Leanne, Buffy and Spike were not at his crypt, just some random crypt, since this is early season 4 and he hasn't got his crypt yet, hope that made sense.

Here's chapter 2 - everyone enjoy and don't forget to review please! :-)

(For disclaimer, etc. - see chapter 1)

Chapter 3 - Something Important

Buffy and Spike took very little convincing when told by Giles and the Scoobies that their wedding should be sooner rather than later. Buffy was slightly disappointed that she wouldn't be having a bigger ceremony with lots of guests and flowers and such but marrying the man she loved meant it would be a perfect day anyway, apparently.

The town hall was booked, a few flowers ordered and a tiny reception planned back at the Summers house, despite the fact everyone but the happy couple knew it would not be necessary.

Joyce had taken it all rather well. Giles had gone to see her, another trip Willow had insisted on being a part of, and the whole thing was explained to her. She was obviously surprised and shocked, but realised the wedding was necessary and the marriage could always be annulled once the magic ended.

She played the part of a happy but surprised mother when Buffy and Spike arrived on her doorstep that evening, with news that they were to be man and wife as soon as possible. Joyce said she understood why Buffy had asked Giles to give her away, and even accepted the fact that Spike wanted to call her Mum from now on.

Xander hated the idea the most. His Buffster marrying a vampire, especially Spike, was so disgusting to him, at first he refused to be a part of it, saying there must be anther way to break the spell and spending several hours trawling magic books before he conceded that Giles and Willow were right and there really would have to be a wedding.

Anya just seemed to find the whole thing amusing, if not a little strange. She enjoyed learning about all the 'strange and stupid customs' that humans have for their weddings, hinting once or twice, much to Xander's horror, that she may need to know about them one day.

The day of the wedding came fast, just five days after Willow's spell had originally been cast, four since it had been mostly broken. Of course the ceremony was in the evening, Buffy would have liked it earlier but again Spike pointed out to her she'd be marrying a big pile of dust if it was.

In one of the white dresses she'd chosen from the store near to the magic shop, Buffy looked a picture and Giles couldn't help but feel tears in his eyes when he saw her, so proud of the girl he saw as a daughter, even if this wedding was a farce. Joyce was similarly tearful as she got into the car with her daughter and Giles.

The guest list for the wedding was a short one, just Willow, Xander and Anya, as Riley had told Buffy unfortunately he had a prior engagement. She'd been a little hurt by that but nothing could bring her down for long, she was marrying Spike and she was just too excited about that to be worrying about anything else. There had been an argument, just one and it was small, about inviting Angel and Cordelia to the wedding. What the couple getting married didn't know, in fact what no-one at this wedding knew, was that an extra guest would be arriving without an invitation...

A few hours earlier...in LA...

"So, er, Cordelia" Doyle began, somewhat nervously, speaking to the girl behind the desk he was now sitting on as she shuffled papers, "I was thinkin' about maybe going out tonight, for a drink or something..."

"So what's new?" Cordelia interrupted with a smile, "Is there a night that you don't go out for a drink?" with that she got up and headed for the door, papers in her hand.

"You have to let me finish speaking, princess" he called behind her, but she just smiled as she continued to walk away.

"What does it take to get that woman's attention" Doyle muttered to himself before gripping a hand to his head and falling from the desk he was perched on to the floor, a severe pain ripping through his skull. The clatter of him hitting the floor made Cordelia hurry back to the office, kneeling down beside him she tried to help any way she could as the man writhed in pain.

After a minute or so, it was over and Doyle and Cordelia both breathed a sigh of relief as she helped him to sit up a little.

"Well, I just had to ask what would get your attention, didn't I?" he joked, but she didn't laugh.

"What did you see?" she asked instead, "in the vision"

"A girl" he told her, "blonde, beautiful actually, in a wedding dress...not sure what the dangers all about though, I didn't see a demon or anything"

"Well, that's weird" Cordelia frowned, getting up to fetch painkillers and water for her friend, who looked confused, "You sure there wasn't anything bad there?"

"Just this girl and her fella getting hitched" he told her with a slight shake of his head. In all honesty he knew why he'd had the vision because he knew who the girl was, but how could he tell Angel that Buffy was getting married...?

"Hey guys" Angel greeted as he came into the office, "Doyle, did you have a vision?" he asked, noticing the man's condition and the pills Cordelia was putting into his hand.

"Yeah, strange it was, it was a wedding" the Irishman told him before gulping his tablets down with the water Cordelia had fetched for him.

"But there wasn't any danger there?" the girl piped up.

"Well, there has to be a reason why you saw it" the vampire said, sitting down on the chair near Doyle, "did you get a name? A location? Anything?"

The Irishman sighed heavily, realising the truth would come out soon enough so it might as well be now.

"Angel, I'm sorry, the girl was Buffy" he said carefully.

There was silence from Angel but Cordelia was so shocked she practically exploded.

"Buffy?! Sweet little Slayer girl is getting herself married? To who? And why wasn't I invited? And, my God, who the hell is she marrying?"

"One question at a time sweetheart" Doyle told her, before glancing worriedly at the silent Angel beside him.

"Answer that last question first" he said in a low voice finally turning from the floor to look at Doyle again, "Who is she marrying?"

"You're not gonna believe me" the half-demon told him but the looks both Angel and Cordy gave him told him he should tell them anyway, "It's your friend Spike" the Irishman said seriously.

To both Cordelia's and Doyle's shock, Angel began to laugh, something he rarely if ever did, but then the concept did seem somewhat surreal, the Slayer marrying an evil vampire, it was ridiculous...but the vision couldn't be wrong as Cordelia pointed out, stopping the nicer vampires giggling immediately.

"This can't for real" he said flatly, "Buffy and Spike? It's insane"

"Well, she does have a thing for the undead..." Cordelia reasoned making Angel even more worried. He glanced between his two friends before making a move for the door.

"I have to go to Sunnydale" he called over his shoulder as he left the room, there was no way he could let his Buffy marry his evil childe.

Back to the present...in Sunnydale...

"Are you ready for this?" Willow asked Spike, not so sure that she herself was ready, especially for the bride and come to that the grooms reaction when the spell was broken, but maybe she wouldn't have to worry about that if a theory she had was correct...

"Ready as I'll ever be" the bleached blond vampire beside her nodded.

Willow couldn't believe how different he looked in his suit, how smart and just...normal he looked. It was almost as strange as the fact that she was both maid of honour for Buffy and best-woman for Spike. Despite their differences, everyone had assumed Xander would be best-man given that he was the only male in the Scoobies, other than Giles who was taking the role of bride's father, but Spike didn't like the whelp and he didn't trust him, so he asked Willow to do it.

"You're the Slayer's best mate and you treat me decent enough even after what I tried to do to you" he'd told her, "You're the only one out of this lot, other than my Slayer, that I trust, and I love Buffy too much for this wedding to get ballsed up"

There was just something in his eyes, Willow so completely believed what he was saying, but then the spell meant that he believed it himself and would therefore be perfectly convincing...

The music began to play and the doors opened. Joyce hurried in and took a seat with Xander and Anya, as Giles then entered with the literally blushing bride on his arm. They made it up the short aisle and Giles somewhat reluctantly handed over his Slayer to the vampire who waited to become her husband. The ex-Watcher was sure this was the worst torture he'd ever been through, including the pain Angelus had inflicted upon him all those months ago...speaking of whom...

"Stop the wedding!!!"

To Be Continued...

A/N2 : Before anyone says Doyle should be dead by now, (because he died in Hero which aired at the same-ish time as Something Blue and this is after Something Blue) this is an AU Buffyverse and therefore an AU Angelverse too, okay? ;-) Oh, and anyone waiting for me to update Friends and Lovers will not have to wait long...should be Sunday or Monday