"Rose petal's fall
In Fairy land
falling into a river there The roses love is spread around
Along the land although she's no longer there
So catch your petal with both hands
And never let it go
Live your dreams with love not fear
I'll be there watching you from the castle in the sky"
Spike was humming to himself while he was getting dressed after his shower, it was the song which Buffy used to sing to Violet when she was little, and they were putting her to bed just before they went out patrolling together, he always used to worry about leaving her at night to go out with Buffy no matter if Willow, Oz, Tara and Dawn were all in, but he wouldn't have let Buffy go out on her own, she had to much to live for now that he couldn't let anything happen to her.
Buffy had loved it really, no matter how much she had complained about how she was a big girl or that she was the slayer or the threats which had normally followed including "You want a tan?" and "Don't say it unless you want a stake in your chest." She had wanted to company and he knew that she also knew that he only did it to try and protect her, she knew she had to live for violet and dawn, she had even started to go back to college in the day time the scobies helped her out a lot when it came to violet's pre school time table.
That night, it had been his fault.. If only he hadn't have gone back to check on Violet early that night, it had been a really quiet night a quiet week in fact no sign of a demon or even a new born vamp it was beginning to become boring, quick five minute patrol and then off to get ice cream of to see Willow or Xander or whoever.
Violet had been ill nothing serious normal kiddy stuff a ear ache and head aches because she hadn't been able to sleep properly at night, and he didn't like to leave her for long she got nervous when Mommy and Dada weren't there.
He didn't like it when his baby was nervous or scared he would do anything for her, she was his soul incarnate, his world, his everything. Sometimes he thought that the one reason which he had be turned was so that he would live long enough to meet Buffy and have a child with her because everything about their family (he always felt a rush of pride and love when he said that, he had never in his long un dead life thought that he would have a blood tie a child born through his flesh not his blood.)
Buffy had noticed him twitching and glancing at his watch ever since they had left the house she had had enough, she turned round and stood right in front of him her black leather calf length coat swishing in the wind
"For god's sake spike goes home go check on her,"
"I can't leave you here on your own pet."
"Go!! Please the sooner you leave the quicker I'll be your making me nervous looking at you watch every other minute,"
He had smiled and said
"Are you sure love? You don't mind doing this on your own tonight?"
"Spike honey I promise I'll be home soon but please just go will you before you make me kill you!"
He had smirked and pulled her into a strong bear hug kissed her lightly on the lips and said
"Be careful pet I love you. God you make me sound like peaches I can't believe I get this worried about you but I do so please don't stay out that long?"
She had smile back at him and kissed him lightly on the cheek before saying
"I promise."
He had taken one last look at her before he had turned for home, not knowing then that that was to be the last time he would ever have seen her alive.
He had gone home the short way, through west field cemetery; he had walked through the front door only to be accosted by a small white haired creature in a blue nightdress running towards him and wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Dada! Where have you been where's mommy?"
He bent down and picked up his beautiful little girl
"What are you doing up at this time pet it's well past your bed time you know, and I've told you before that you've got nothing to be worried about if Mommy and Dada are out cause Aunty Willow, Aunty Dawn, Aunty Tara and Uncle Oz are home."
"I know," she said snuggling into his chest "But I wanted you."
He smiled at this "Well I'm here now pet so what say's we go back upstairs to your room and get you back into your warm cosy bed before you catch cold?"
She nodded into his chest before saying, "Why are you always so cold dada?"
He looked at her for a moment before saying "because I never listened to my Mommy and Dada when they told me to stay in bed in the warm."
He walked up the stairs and met willow at the top who looked at him and said
"Oh sorry Spike I didn't realise that she had gotten up again, would you like me to put her back to bed?"
"No s'alrght pet you need some rest yourself go lie down with wolfie I'm sure he's waiting for you, me and my baby will be fine won't we pet?"
Willow had smiled as she had seen violet nodding and then said
"Night Night Violet, sleep tight, night Spike"
And then she had walked to the room, which she and Oz shared.
He had taken her into her room which was a small room opposite Dawn's, it was painted a beautiful yellow colour and was decorated with little butterflies on the wall which Willow had enchanted to fly around the room like tiny little lights at night to help violet sleep cause she didn't like the dark did his baby.
He laid he down in her bed and pulled the patchwork blanket which dawn had made her over her and placed Mr Gordo on the pillow next to her before sitting on the chair next to the window and winding up the Wooden Music box which played the tune to Violet's song.
"Rose petal's fall
In Fairy land
falling into a river there The roses love is spread around
Along the land although she's no longer there
So catch your petal with both hands
And never let it go
Live your dreams with love not fear
I'll be there watching you from the castle in the sky"
He had fallen asleep in the chair that night watching her sleep the next thing he knew he was being shaken awake at half past 6 in the morning by willow who was crying her eye's out, Buffy had been hit by a car just after he had left her she had died on impact the car had been going about 80m.p.h when it had her, she had had no chance.
It had taken them so long to contact them because she had had not Id on her when she had been found. The only thing she had had as a marker was a silver id bracelet which spike had given her with her name "BUFFY" inscribed on it.
He hadn't known what to say what to do he had just fallen to his knees and wept into willow's arms.
In Fairy land
falling into a river there The roses love is spread around
Along the land although she's no longer there
So catch your petal with both hands
And never let it go
Live your dreams with love not fear
I'll be there watching you from the castle in the sky"
Spike was humming to himself while he was getting dressed after his shower, it was the song which Buffy used to sing to Violet when she was little, and they were putting her to bed just before they went out patrolling together, he always used to worry about leaving her at night to go out with Buffy no matter if Willow, Oz, Tara and Dawn were all in, but he wouldn't have let Buffy go out on her own, she had to much to live for now that he couldn't let anything happen to her.
Buffy had loved it really, no matter how much she had complained about how she was a big girl or that she was the slayer or the threats which had normally followed including "You want a tan?" and "Don't say it unless you want a stake in your chest." She had wanted to company and he knew that she also knew that he only did it to try and protect her, she knew she had to live for violet and dawn, she had even started to go back to college in the day time the scobies helped her out a lot when it came to violet's pre school time table.
That night, it had been his fault.. If only he hadn't have gone back to check on Violet early that night, it had been a really quiet night a quiet week in fact no sign of a demon or even a new born vamp it was beginning to become boring, quick five minute patrol and then off to get ice cream of to see Willow or Xander or whoever.
Violet had been ill nothing serious normal kiddy stuff a ear ache and head aches because she hadn't been able to sleep properly at night, and he didn't like to leave her for long she got nervous when Mommy and Dada weren't there.
He didn't like it when his baby was nervous or scared he would do anything for her, she was his soul incarnate, his world, his everything. Sometimes he thought that the one reason which he had be turned was so that he would live long enough to meet Buffy and have a child with her because everything about their family (he always felt a rush of pride and love when he said that, he had never in his long un dead life thought that he would have a blood tie a child born through his flesh not his blood.)
Buffy had noticed him twitching and glancing at his watch ever since they had left the house she had had enough, she turned round and stood right in front of him her black leather calf length coat swishing in the wind
"For god's sake spike goes home go check on her,"
"I can't leave you here on your own pet."
"Go!! Please the sooner you leave the quicker I'll be your making me nervous looking at you watch every other minute,"
He had smiled and said
"Are you sure love? You don't mind doing this on your own tonight?"
"Spike honey I promise I'll be home soon but please just go will you before you make me kill you!"
He had smirked and pulled her into a strong bear hug kissed her lightly on the lips and said
"Be careful pet I love you. God you make me sound like peaches I can't believe I get this worried about you but I do so please don't stay out that long?"
She had smile back at him and kissed him lightly on the cheek before saying
"I promise."
He had taken one last look at her before he had turned for home, not knowing then that that was to be the last time he would ever have seen her alive.
He had gone home the short way, through west field cemetery; he had walked through the front door only to be accosted by a small white haired creature in a blue nightdress running towards him and wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Dada! Where have you been where's mommy?"
He bent down and picked up his beautiful little girl
"What are you doing up at this time pet it's well past your bed time you know, and I've told you before that you've got nothing to be worried about if Mommy and Dada are out cause Aunty Willow, Aunty Dawn, Aunty Tara and Uncle Oz are home."
"I know," she said snuggling into his chest "But I wanted you."
He smiled at this "Well I'm here now pet so what say's we go back upstairs to your room and get you back into your warm cosy bed before you catch cold?"
She nodded into his chest before saying, "Why are you always so cold dada?"
He looked at her for a moment before saying "because I never listened to my Mommy and Dada when they told me to stay in bed in the warm."
He walked up the stairs and met willow at the top who looked at him and said
"Oh sorry Spike I didn't realise that she had gotten up again, would you like me to put her back to bed?"
"No s'alrght pet you need some rest yourself go lie down with wolfie I'm sure he's waiting for you, me and my baby will be fine won't we pet?"
Willow had smiled as she had seen violet nodding and then said
"Night Night Violet, sleep tight, night Spike"
And then she had walked to the room, which she and Oz shared.
He had taken her into her room which was a small room opposite Dawn's, it was painted a beautiful yellow colour and was decorated with little butterflies on the wall which Willow had enchanted to fly around the room like tiny little lights at night to help violet sleep cause she didn't like the dark did his baby.
He laid he down in her bed and pulled the patchwork blanket which dawn had made her over her and placed Mr Gordo on the pillow next to her before sitting on the chair next to the window and winding up the Wooden Music box which played the tune to Violet's song.
"Rose petal's fall
In Fairy land
falling into a river there The roses love is spread around
Along the land although she's no longer there
So catch your petal with both hands
And never let it go
Live your dreams with love not fear
I'll be there watching you from the castle in the sky"
He had fallen asleep in the chair that night watching her sleep the next thing he knew he was being shaken awake at half past 6 in the morning by willow who was crying her eye's out, Buffy had been hit by a car just after he had left her she had died on impact the car had been going about 80m.p.h when it had her, she had had no chance.
It had taken them so long to contact them because she had had not Id on her when she had been found. The only thing she had had as a marker was a silver id bracelet which spike had given her with her name "BUFFY" inscribed on it.
He hadn't known what to say what to do he had just fallen to his knees and wept into willow's arms.