Disclaimer: Dear Joss,
After careful consideration, and much debate, I will have to respectfully disincline to acquiesce your request, to become your new sex goddess. In other words, NO! While I do fancy you and your lovely Buffyverse, I'm afraid my heart lies with Spike and Spike alone. Now please stop sending me letters, calling me, and leaving flowers on my front stoop. Got it!? On second thought you can keep bringing me chocolate.
Sincerely, Finn
A/N: Ok everyone, this is a short little blurb of a chapter, and I apologize for that, but the next few weeks are going to be hectic with me going back to school and all that jazz. So keep on reading and reviewing, I really love to read the reviews, so feel free to say whatever you like, constructive criticism is just as good as praise. That's all for now, enjoy Chapter 9 my friends!
Better Man
Chapter 9
Into the Light
Am I ready for forever?
Oh, God, show me a sign
'Cause if we're to be together
Then it's got to be divine
Buffy looked around the long narrow corridor she was standing in, and felt lost. Everything around her was a pristine shade of white, as if it had never been touched before. She stepped up to the door closest to her and tried to open it, noticing that there was no doorknob. She peered at the rest of the doors in the hall, about 15 on one side and 15 on the other, until the walls met at the end with another identical door.
Time seemed to stand still as Buffy flowed down the hallway. The air around her was cool and soothing. There was no fear, no pain, only tranquility. She heard soft, faint voices whispering her name from the different doors, each one getting stronger the farther she got.
As she reached the last door, she saw a line of light shine through the slit below. She slowly felt the knob turn under her grasp, could feel how close she was to finding what was on the other side as the door creaked open.
Buffy squeezed her eyes shut, momentarily blinded from the brightness of the light. As her eyes adjusted, she saw a white marble desk sitting in the middle of the room, a white barrister chair facing the opposite wall. She gingerly stepped up to the desk, trying to look around the chair, trying to speak, but no words would come. Before she could move around the desk, the still chair slowly began to turn.
Just before she saw who the occupant of the room was, she felt someone shake her. Then heard Dawn's distinct voice coming at her from the background.
"Buffy, wake up......hey, Buffy, time to get up, you don't want to be late for your Saturday morning class," she said, as shook her shoulder.
Buffy flickered her eyes open, watching her sister stand over her.
"I'm up, I'm up," she groaned, waving Dawn away.
" Well that must have been some dream you were having," Dawn inquired, stepping back from the bed, and moving to open the window shades.
Buffy sat up right on the bed, rubbing the corner of her eyes with her knuckles, "What do you mean?"
"I haven't seen you that deep in sleep for years, so I'm thinking that must've been one hell of dream," Dawn smirked, tracing out of the room.
"It was something like that," she whispered to herself, as she grabbed her robe and headed off towards the bathroom.
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The rest of the day passed so fast, that Buffy didn't realize it was night, until she stepped outside. Her entire day had consisted of teaching classes at her school, and then preparing for the next class in between breaks.When she finally closed the store at 7:30, to go home, the sky around her was dark shade of misty black. The deserted streets were silent as she walked home.
Buffy let her bags fall off her shoulder once she closed the front door. The sounds of Dawn's footsteps, trumping down the stairs were heard a second later.
"Where is everyone," Buffy asked as Dawn stepped onto the foyer.
"Around," she answered, agitated.
Buffy looked down at the ground, hopelessly trying to avoid eye contact at all costs. "So ...umm.....where's ....Spike?"
Dawn stared at her with conviction, holding her breath, before speaking. "You better find him, and talk to him Buffy, and I mean now."
A/N: And yet another cliffhanger to sink your teeth into. You want to start throwing tomato's at me now? I don't blame you. But no worries, things are about to get very interesting. More Spuffiness lies ahead, I cross my heart!!