Once again I am sorry for the long delays. But work and the holiday season has been keeping me REALLY busy for the past few weeks. I have also been working on getting some outlines done for "Of Vampires and Men." Which i dont think will be up until next year. But here you go! Almost done with this one...PLEASE REVIEW!!!
Chapter 4
The door to the magic box slammed open and Willow, Tara, Alex, and Dawn looked up from the research table in surprise. Giles and Anya came running out of the back room adjusting their clothes. Alex groaned when he realized that it was Buffy and Spike. Buffy giggled and looked over at the group excitedly.
"Spike and I are getting married!" She exclaimed happily.
"Congratulations!" Dawn said and ran over to hug her sister and future brother-in-law.
"I am feeling a strong sense of de ja vous." Giles mumbled absentmindedly while rubbing his eyes.
"How? What? How?" Alex sputtered but was generally ignored as Willow and Tara's soon joined Dawn and Buffy's chatter.
"Wait a minute! You can't get married!" Anya interrupted. "My wedding is next week! You're stealing my thunder! You can't do that to me! It's just not fair." Spike and Buffy exchanged a glance, having already expected this.
"Anya, you know that we are not going to get married before you guys. We still have lots of planning to do." Giles suppressed a shudder at the mention of wedding plans and Buffy looked towards Spike for support since Anya still looked unhappy.
"Uh, and yeah. Technically you'll be the mother of the groom so you'll get to have a part in the festivities." Spike added shrugging his shoulders.
"Well…" Anya said picturing herself in a nice gown in all of the wedding pictures. Dawn jumped over and hugged Anya.
"And you were saying just yesterday that you were disappointed that all the planning would end once you and Mr. Giles got married. Now you can help Buffy and Will plan their wedding!" Dawn was met with an excited look of glee from Anya, a smirk from Giles, and looks of abject horror from Buffy and Spike.
"Dawnie! You are just the smartest little girl! That is so exciting. We can start planning as soon as my Rupes and I get back from our honeymoon!" And Anya went over to a very amused Giles and dragged him to the back room.
"I think that we're all being a little hasty about this." Xander said before the couple could make it to the back room. The group all looked at him confused. "I mean…he's a vampire. Don't think that it is a little weird to marry a vampire?" Spike growled at Xander and Buffy quickly took his hand in hers.
"I would never hurt her you ponce." He hissed.
"Maybe not. But what kind of life could she even have. No children. No summer fun in the sun. I mean, there's so many normal things that you guys could never have."
"So what if I fell in love with a guy who was infertile or had a sun allergy? I shouldn't marry him either?" Buffy said and stared hard at Xander. "No Alex. I love Will and he loves me. So our lives won't be normal. But we'll be happy and together." Buffy said sincerely and she tugged on Spike's hand and they left the magic box with Dawn following after them.
"Don't worry Alex. I mean, have you seen them together? He'll make sure she's always happy." Willow said taking his hand in hers. He leaned in to kiss her and they both frowned a little pulling away, but trying to hide their reaction from each other. **Why can't you make me happy like that but Tara can?** Willow thought forlornly.
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The wedding was not a large affair. It was really just the Scoobies and some of the other business owners in the area. Giles and Anya really weren't sure whom else to invite. They decided to have the ceremony at the lodge and then have the reception their afterwards. It would be easier for Spike that was since it was a bright sunny day outside. The ceremony was short and to the point with the couple reciting their own vows. Giles' vows had touched them all and Anya's had made them blush as she began to describe the "very satisfying orgasms" that "Rupes" provided until Spike interrupted her and the very flustered priest had finished the ceremony.
Xander smiled at the happy couple feeling glad and strangely free in their happiness. He walked over to offer them his congratulations.
"And his tongue is also very pleasurable…" Anya continued ignoring Giles' red face and her audience's embarrassed glances. Xander quickly turned and walked away from the happy couple feeling like he suddenly needed to get some air. The sight in the parking lot made him stop in shock. Willow and Tara. Kissing.
"What's going on here?" He asked shocked.
"Alex!" Willow exclaimed guiltily. "I-I we…it was."
"Stop." He interrupted her. "I now I should be upset, but it just feels like this is the way that it should be." He gestured between the two of them. "You and me, we feel like friends."
"Good friends." Willow interjected and he smiled. Tara smiled hesitantly at the two of them and Willow took her hand. Xander came over and hugged both of them.
"How about a threesome just for old times sake though?" He asked half hopefully.
"Well…" Willow started.
"No." Tara said firmly causing the other two to look at her in surprise. She promptly blushed. "It-it's just that…"
"We understand." Xander said and smiled at her. They walked back into the reception with a feeling of relief that none of them had felt ever since losing their memories.
Spike pulled Buffy closer as he watched Xander, Willow, and Tara come in from the parking lot. He felt so thankful to have her in his arms for some odd reason. Buffy looked up at him smiling.
"I can't wait until our wedding Will. We don't have to have a big one. I just want to be Mrs. William Giles." He smiled down at her and kissed her.
"You just want to get out of planning with Anya, luv." She pouted at him and he couldn't help but laugh.
"Well…yeah." She couldn't help but giggle too. "C'mon. Like you aren't dreading it." He was just about to answer when Dawn came over.
"You will not believe it!" Dawn exclaimed.
"What?" Buffy asked pulling slightly away from Spike.
"Willow and Tara just got together."
"But I thought that Willow and that Alex git were together." Spike asked confused.
"Well, things change." Dawn replied. "Apparently Alex saw them kissing in the parking lot."
"Well, maybe they're the lesbian birds who were living in our house?" Spike asked Buffy.
"Maybe. I mean that make sense. They wouldn't just disappear." She paused and looked over Spike's shoulder to where Xander was sitting watching all the couples dance. "I'm going to go and see if Alex is ok sweetie." Spike nodded at her and gave her a quick kiss.
"I suppose I should go talk to the old man and my new "mum"." He sighed and looked at Dawn hopefully. "What say you go with me pet? That way maybe Anya won't talk about her and Da doing the nasty." Dawn wrinkled her nose at him as Buffy walked over to where Alex was sitting.
"Ewwww. No way! I mean I like Anya and all, but no way in hell am I going to hear about THAT!" Spike chuckled and grabbed her in a mock chokehold and began to drag her over to the couple ignoring her protests. "What! Will! No! C'mon!" Buffy turned around and smiled at their antics. She was so lucky to have such a great family.
Buffy smiled at Xander as she sat down next to him. He gave her a sheepish grin back.
"I heard about you and Willow." She blurted out and he looked at her in surprise.
"Wow. I guess news really does travel fast around here." She opened her mouth to say more but he interrupts her. "No. It's ok. I mean I love Willow, but it's more like a sister. I mean things started to get weird between us anyway. I'm just glad that she's happy. Besides, there's someone else that I've been feeling drawn to" Buffy smiled at him and took his hand.
"You're a great guy Alex. Any woman would be happy to have you." She smiled and moved to take her hand back but he gripped it a little firmer.
"I'm glad that you feel that way." He said and leaned and kissed her. Buffy jumped back shocked and pushed Xander away.
"What are you doing Alex?! I would never do that to William!"
Spike looked over to see Buffy and Xander talking. He excused himself from his father and Anya and decided to join her instead. It was just too much listening to his stepmother goes on about his father's sexual prowess. Shudder. He smiled as he walked over to his fiancé, glad that his dad was happy, but what he saw next froze him in his steps. Alex was kissing Buffy. HIS Buffy.
He can feel his heart breaking. It feels familiar, this type of betrayal. But then she pushes him away and Spike can feel his anger refocus on Xander. He stalks over, unaware that his game face has come forward. He can hear Buffy yelling at the git but doesn't really hear what she says. Alex gets up and reaches for her and…
Spike punches Xander in the face
And grabs his head in pain.
"Will! Will! What's wrong?" Buffy cries as her fiancé clutches his head in pain. He looks up at her and whimpers.
"I don't know pet. I feel like my bloody head is going to explode." Buffy rushes over to him and helps him to his feet and begins to lead him into the back office so he can lie down on the couch in there. Xander tries to follow them.
"Stay here Alex. We don't need any of your help." Buffy tells him coldly and slams the door in his face.
"Don't worry Alex. They just need some time." Dawn says to him and pulls him away by his elbow. Some of the other guests present decide that it's time for them to go leaving only the Scoobies behind.
"I really messed up." Xander sighs.
"Yeah. But the only way to fix it is time." Dawn tells him and then turns to a worried looking Giles. "Don't worry Mr. Giles, Buffy will take care of him."
"Ah yes. Dawn. Very good. But I suppose Anya and I should stay around until he- err emerges?"
"Of course Rupes. He is your son after all." Anya says as she takes his arm. Then she looks around at the empty hall. "But we should get the coats so we can leave for the honeymoon as soon as possible." He smiles at her and Dawn rushes off to grab their coats.
Buffy carefully lays Spike down on the couch in the office. He pulls away from her tender touch.
"Go help Alex." He mutters and flinches as he sees the hurt that springs up in her eyes.
"Stop being a big baby." She snaps at him and sits on the floor facing him. "I didn't do anything." Spike sighs.
"I know pet. It just feels so familiar. I guess…" Spike sighed again. "I guess that this has happened to me before."
"Will…you know I would never do anything like that to you? You're the only one for me. I love you so much I can hardly…" Buffy broke off and put her hand to her head as a sudden wave of dizziness hit her.
Meanwhile:
Dawn returned to the newly weds with her coat and Giles' tuxedo jacket. Anya begins to tear up as she looks over all the left over food from the reception and the disposable cameras that the guests took pictures on. She sniffles as her gaze lands on the cake.
"Do you have a tissue Rupes? I'm just so happy…" She smiles blearily at him and he grins at her.
"Me too dear. Here, let me look." Dawn rolls her eyes at the two of them and reaches into her jacket pocket and pulls out a tissue. Unnoticed by the group a small black crystal falls out of the pocket of her coat onto the floor. The same coat that she was wearing the day that they all lost their memories. Anya merely smiled at Dawn and stepped forward to take the tissue.
"Thanks Dawn. I very much appreciate…" Her words are cut off though as her heal crushes the crystal. Anya sways and Giles automatically reaches out to steady her. The group blinks at each other in surprise. They remember.
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Only one more chapter to go. I have it planned out so it all comes down to whether or not i can get my work done or if I am going to have to go in this weekend. Blah to deadlines! I know i said it at the beginning but...review? please? I love hearing what you all have to think!
Chapter 4
The door to the magic box slammed open and Willow, Tara, Alex, and Dawn looked up from the research table in surprise. Giles and Anya came running out of the back room adjusting their clothes. Alex groaned when he realized that it was Buffy and Spike. Buffy giggled and looked over at the group excitedly.
"Spike and I are getting married!" She exclaimed happily.
"Congratulations!" Dawn said and ran over to hug her sister and future brother-in-law.
"I am feeling a strong sense of de ja vous." Giles mumbled absentmindedly while rubbing his eyes.
"How? What? How?" Alex sputtered but was generally ignored as Willow and Tara's soon joined Dawn and Buffy's chatter.
"Wait a minute! You can't get married!" Anya interrupted. "My wedding is next week! You're stealing my thunder! You can't do that to me! It's just not fair." Spike and Buffy exchanged a glance, having already expected this.
"Anya, you know that we are not going to get married before you guys. We still have lots of planning to do." Giles suppressed a shudder at the mention of wedding plans and Buffy looked towards Spike for support since Anya still looked unhappy.
"Uh, and yeah. Technically you'll be the mother of the groom so you'll get to have a part in the festivities." Spike added shrugging his shoulders.
"Well…" Anya said picturing herself in a nice gown in all of the wedding pictures. Dawn jumped over and hugged Anya.
"And you were saying just yesterday that you were disappointed that all the planning would end once you and Mr. Giles got married. Now you can help Buffy and Will plan their wedding!" Dawn was met with an excited look of glee from Anya, a smirk from Giles, and looks of abject horror from Buffy and Spike.
"Dawnie! You are just the smartest little girl! That is so exciting. We can start planning as soon as my Rupes and I get back from our honeymoon!" And Anya went over to a very amused Giles and dragged him to the back room.
"I think that we're all being a little hasty about this." Xander said before the couple could make it to the back room. The group all looked at him confused. "I mean…he's a vampire. Don't think that it is a little weird to marry a vampire?" Spike growled at Xander and Buffy quickly took his hand in hers.
"I would never hurt her you ponce." He hissed.
"Maybe not. But what kind of life could she even have. No children. No summer fun in the sun. I mean, there's so many normal things that you guys could never have."
"So what if I fell in love with a guy who was infertile or had a sun allergy? I shouldn't marry him either?" Buffy said and stared hard at Xander. "No Alex. I love Will and he loves me. So our lives won't be normal. But we'll be happy and together." Buffy said sincerely and she tugged on Spike's hand and they left the magic box with Dawn following after them.
"Don't worry Alex. I mean, have you seen them together? He'll make sure she's always happy." Willow said taking his hand in hers. He leaned in to kiss her and they both frowned a little pulling away, but trying to hide their reaction from each other. **Why can't you make me happy like that but Tara can?** Willow thought forlornly.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The wedding was not a large affair. It was really just the Scoobies and some of the other business owners in the area. Giles and Anya really weren't sure whom else to invite. They decided to have the ceremony at the lodge and then have the reception their afterwards. It would be easier for Spike that was since it was a bright sunny day outside. The ceremony was short and to the point with the couple reciting their own vows. Giles' vows had touched them all and Anya's had made them blush as she began to describe the "very satisfying orgasms" that "Rupes" provided until Spike interrupted her and the very flustered priest had finished the ceremony.
Xander smiled at the happy couple feeling glad and strangely free in their happiness. He walked over to offer them his congratulations.
"And his tongue is also very pleasurable…" Anya continued ignoring Giles' red face and her audience's embarrassed glances. Xander quickly turned and walked away from the happy couple feeling like he suddenly needed to get some air. The sight in the parking lot made him stop in shock. Willow and Tara. Kissing.
"What's going on here?" He asked shocked.
"Alex!" Willow exclaimed guiltily. "I-I we…it was."
"Stop." He interrupted her. "I now I should be upset, but it just feels like this is the way that it should be." He gestured between the two of them. "You and me, we feel like friends."
"Good friends." Willow interjected and he smiled. Tara smiled hesitantly at the two of them and Willow took her hand. Xander came over and hugged both of them.
"How about a threesome just for old times sake though?" He asked half hopefully.
"Well…" Willow started.
"No." Tara said firmly causing the other two to look at her in surprise. She promptly blushed. "It-it's just that…"
"We understand." Xander said and smiled at her. They walked back into the reception with a feeling of relief that none of them had felt ever since losing their memories.
Spike pulled Buffy closer as he watched Xander, Willow, and Tara come in from the parking lot. He felt so thankful to have her in his arms for some odd reason. Buffy looked up at him smiling.
"I can't wait until our wedding Will. We don't have to have a big one. I just want to be Mrs. William Giles." He smiled down at her and kissed her.
"You just want to get out of planning with Anya, luv." She pouted at him and he couldn't help but laugh.
"Well…yeah." She couldn't help but giggle too. "C'mon. Like you aren't dreading it." He was just about to answer when Dawn came over.
"You will not believe it!" Dawn exclaimed.
"What?" Buffy asked pulling slightly away from Spike.
"Willow and Tara just got together."
"But I thought that Willow and that Alex git were together." Spike asked confused.
"Well, things change." Dawn replied. "Apparently Alex saw them kissing in the parking lot."
"Well, maybe they're the lesbian birds who were living in our house?" Spike asked Buffy.
"Maybe. I mean that make sense. They wouldn't just disappear." She paused and looked over Spike's shoulder to where Xander was sitting watching all the couples dance. "I'm going to go and see if Alex is ok sweetie." Spike nodded at her and gave her a quick kiss.
"I suppose I should go talk to the old man and my new "mum"." He sighed and looked at Dawn hopefully. "What say you go with me pet? That way maybe Anya won't talk about her and Da doing the nasty." Dawn wrinkled her nose at him as Buffy walked over to where Alex was sitting.
"Ewwww. No way! I mean I like Anya and all, but no way in hell am I going to hear about THAT!" Spike chuckled and grabbed her in a mock chokehold and began to drag her over to the couple ignoring her protests. "What! Will! No! C'mon!" Buffy turned around and smiled at their antics. She was so lucky to have such a great family.
Buffy smiled at Xander as she sat down next to him. He gave her a sheepish grin back.
"I heard about you and Willow." She blurted out and he looked at her in surprise.
"Wow. I guess news really does travel fast around here." She opened her mouth to say more but he interrupts her. "No. It's ok. I mean I love Willow, but it's more like a sister. I mean things started to get weird between us anyway. I'm just glad that she's happy. Besides, there's someone else that I've been feeling drawn to" Buffy smiled at him and took his hand.
"You're a great guy Alex. Any woman would be happy to have you." She smiled and moved to take her hand back but he gripped it a little firmer.
"I'm glad that you feel that way." He said and leaned and kissed her. Buffy jumped back shocked and pushed Xander away.
"What are you doing Alex?! I would never do that to William!"
Spike looked over to see Buffy and Xander talking. He excused himself from his father and Anya and decided to join her instead. It was just too much listening to his stepmother goes on about his father's sexual prowess. Shudder. He smiled as he walked over to his fiancé, glad that his dad was happy, but what he saw next froze him in his steps. Alex was kissing Buffy. HIS Buffy.
He can feel his heart breaking. It feels familiar, this type of betrayal. But then she pushes him away and Spike can feel his anger refocus on Xander. He stalks over, unaware that his game face has come forward. He can hear Buffy yelling at the git but doesn't really hear what she says. Alex gets up and reaches for her and…
Spike punches Xander in the face
And grabs his head in pain.
"Will! Will! What's wrong?" Buffy cries as her fiancé clutches his head in pain. He looks up at her and whimpers.
"I don't know pet. I feel like my bloody head is going to explode." Buffy rushes over to him and helps him to his feet and begins to lead him into the back office so he can lie down on the couch in there. Xander tries to follow them.
"Stay here Alex. We don't need any of your help." Buffy tells him coldly and slams the door in his face.
"Don't worry Alex. They just need some time." Dawn says to him and pulls him away by his elbow. Some of the other guests present decide that it's time for them to go leaving only the Scoobies behind.
"I really messed up." Xander sighs.
"Yeah. But the only way to fix it is time." Dawn tells him and then turns to a worried looking Giles. "Don't worry Mr. Giles, Buffy will take care of him."
"Ah yes. Dawn. Very good. But I suppose Anya and I should stay around until he- err emerges?"
"Of course Rupes. He is your son after all." Anya says as she takes his arm. Then she looks around at the empty hall. "But we should get the coats so we can leave for the honeymoon as soon as possible." He smiles at her and Dawn rushes off to grab their coats.
Buffy carefully lays Spike down on the couch in the office. He pulls away from her tender touch.
"Go help Alex." He mutters and flinches as he sees the hurt that springs up in her eyes.
"Stop being a big baby." She snaps at him and sits on the floor facing him. "I didn't do anything." Spike sighs.
"I know pet. It just feels so familiar. I guess…" Spike sighed again. "I guess that this has happened to me before."
"Will…you know I would never do anything like that to you? You're the only one for me. I love you so much I can hardly…" Buffy broke off and put her hand to her head as a sudden wave of dizziness hit her.
Meanwhile:
Dawn returned to the newly weds with her coat and Giles' tuxedo jacket. Anya begins to tear up as she looks over all the left over food from the reception and the disposable cameras that the guests took pictures on. She sniffles as her gaze lands on the cake.
"Do you have a tissue Rupes? I'm just so happy…" She smiles blearily at him and he grins at her.
"Me too dear. Here, let me look." Dawn rolls her eyes at the two of them and reaches into her jacket pocket and pulls out a tissue. Unnoticed by the group a small black crystal falls out of the pocket of her coat onto the floor. The same coat that she was wearing the day that they all lost their memories. Anya merely smiled at Dawn and stepped forward to take the tissue.
"Thanks Dawn. I very much appreciate…" Her words are cut off though as her heal crushes the crystal. Anya sways and Giles automatically reaches out to steady her. The group blinks at each other in surprise. They remember.
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Only one more chapter to go. I have it planned out so it all comes down to whether or not i can get my work done or if I am going to have to go in this weekend. Blah to deadlines! I know i said it at the beginning but...review? please? I love hearing what you all have to think!