Spike got back to "Eternal Summers" about quarter of an hour later and
knocked on the door very lightly shifting violets weight slightly so that
he could do that without waking her up from the sleep, which she so
desperately needed after the night which she had just had, she looked so
much like Buffy it was eerie.
Willow, Oz and Tara were sitting in the lounge watching the TV, when they heard the knock at the door they all exchanged a quick glance and Oz stood up and walked towards the door, he looked out of the peephole and seeing that it was Spike he opened the door.
Spike walked into the foyer and nodded at him and said "I'm going to go put her in her room a minute tell them not to worry she's ok." He said looking at Willow and Tara who were looking nervously at Violet's unconscious form in his arms.
He walked up the stairs and turned to the second door on the right, this had used to have been Dawn's room, but you wouldn't have known that looking at it now, when dawn had been alive this room had been painted white and had pictures of all her Buffy and her mom and her adopted family willow and xander and the gang, but now it was painted purple and not just any purple it was violet, it was the only thing which he had ever seen in his entire life and known immediately what colour it was.
The bed was massive and had a indigo blue quilt set on it, it had a white metal frame kind of old fashioned looking with hats and scarf's hanging over the bed knobs.
It was cluttered but not messy, he liked it, and he knew that Buffy would have to. He pulled back the duvet and laid her down in the bed he then sat on the edge of it and unzipped the zip's on her boots and slid them off, he pulled off her pink fishnet socks and pulled the bobble out of her hair and undid the braid before pulling the quilt over her and started to walk towards the door before stopping by her desk where he saw the carved wooden music box which played the tune to her song and sat back down on her bed and sang her song to her softly
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 kissed her on the fore head quickly and then walked towards the door turning off the light and shutting the door softly so as not to wake her up again. When he got back down he felt like he was on trial.
Willow was waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs and said to him,
"What's wrong with her what did you do?"
He looked at her for a moment and then walked through to the lounge where Tara and Oz were sitting.
He took a seat on the sofa and took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it before looking up and seeing three expectant faces looking at him.
"She ran to the park on Oak wood, I followed her and we talked she cried we talked so more and then I could tell she was tired so I said we should go home and she collapsed in my arms, there's nothing wrong with her apart from that I swear to you, Willow you know that I would never hurt her."
Willow looked at her for a minute and then said "I know that spike." Then looking at the others she said, "We all know that spike"
He grinned at them and said, "She's amazing isn't she? She's got the same raw passion as Buffy had, she's so perfect I can't believe that there's any of me in there."
"Well you better believe it Mister." Willow said softly before turning to the others and saying "Tara would you like to stay here tonight? It's getting really later after all."
Tara looked hesitant for a minute and then spike said "If you want luv I'll always walk you home keep the baddies at bay and the rest."
"Um. I'd like that please, it's not that I don't want to stay Will it's just Clara is phoning me later to tell me what to get Aria for her birthday and everything."
"Tara you don't need to be worried about upsetting us if you want to go home then you can go home, but always remember that you are more than welcome to stay here if you to need to isn't that right OZ?"
"Absolutely" Oz said grinning.
Tara smiled at them both and said "Thank you I know that."
Spike looked up and said, "Well if your ready pet we'll go now."
"Yeah I'm ready thanks"
She stood up and hugged willow and oz "thanks for inviting me Will, Oz I had a great time."
Spike held the door open for Tara as they the house. The walk home was quiet; it only took a couple of minutes for them to get to Tara's house, as it was only a couple of blocks away.
Spike waited while Tara opened found the keys and unlocked the door and turned the lights on and everything.
Tara turned to spike and was just about to thank him for walking her home when he turned to her suddenly and said.
"Thank you Tara, I know we didn't know each over that well but thank you for all that you have done not for me but for violet."
She looked at him and said "it was nothing Spike I love her like she was mine just like I did dawn." She added sorrowfully.
"Don't blame yourself, it was not your fault, it was no one's fault." Spike said
"She took the book it wasn't like you gave it to her, you weren't to know what she was going to try and do."
"But it was our fault mine and Willow we did it before the last time Buffy died if we hadn't have done that then she would never known that it was possible."
Spike interrupted her
"Don't ever say that you shouldn't have brought buffy back that time, if you hadn't have brought her back then. then Violet would never have been born. So don't ever regret doing that, I don't and I know Buffy never blamed you and she wouldn't have blamed you for Dawn either. She wasn't strong enough. the power of the forces were to much for her. it was the power which killed her not you."
"I know" Tara said crying
Spike hugged her and said, "Never blame yourself. Please I know it hurts, it has killed me thinking about it for the last 12 years and I've realised that I needn't be worried about any of them any more, there at home, there with Joyce. Joyce. when she died, nothing was the same for them again. Buffy fell apart and Dawn was so upset but they worked through it, and they're together now and they're watching down on us."
Tara looked up at him and said, "Do you really think so?"
"I know so Duck's, so don't ever feel sorry for them again, they're together."
"Are you going to be alright here tonight, now" spike asked as he looked at her, she had stopped crying.
"Yeah I'll be good, you better go back they'll be getting worried about you"
He looked at the clock on the wall it was quarter past three. "Your right I better get going, if you need anything at all ring me I don't mind what time it is ok."
He got up and walked towards the door.
"Get yourself to bed soon Ducks, you look like you need a sleep almost as much as violet."
He turned and walked out towards the door and turned back to wave.
He walked home quickly and unlocked the door with the other key, which was on his chain.
The first thing he saw was like a déjà vu moment it was a blur of blue running towards him from the bottom of the staircase.
It was violet in a blue nightdress she was running towards him.
"Pet what are you doing up now, it's late? And you were dead to the world."
She looked up at him and said, "I know but I woke up and got changed and then I wanted to talk to you but I couldn't find you and you promised me that you'd be here and you weren't"
Tears were welling up in her eyes.
He cocked his head to one side and said "I know pet but I had to walk Tara home it's not safe for young woman to walk home on her own, gentle man should always walk a woman to the door. Remember that Baby when you go out ok."
"Yes dada." She said softly.
"Now I think that it's time for you to go back up to beds don't you baby?"
"Yes dada" she said yawning, she started walking up the stairs again before turning round and saying "I love you Dad."
He looked at her and grinned in a way, which he hadn't done since his, Buffy had died.
And walked towards the couch in the living room to lay down his head for the best night sleep he had for twelve years he was finally happy he was finally home.
Willow, Oz and Tara were sitting in the lounge watching the TV, when they heard the knock at the door they all exchanged a quick glance and Oz stood up and walked towards the door, he looked out of the peephole and seeing that it was Spike he opened the door.
Spike walked into the foyer and nodded at him and said "I'm going to go put her in her room a minute tell them not to worry she's ok." He said looking at Willow and Tara who were looking nervously at Violet's unconscious form in his arms.
He walked up the stairs and turned to the second door on the right, this had used to have been Dawn's room, but you wouldn't have known that looking at it now, when dawn had been alive this room had been painted white and had pictures of all her Buffy and her mom and her adopted family willow and xander and the gang, but now it was painted purple and not just any purple it was violet, it was the only thing which he had ever seen in his entire life and known immediately what colour it was.
The bed was massive and had a indigo blue quilt set on it, it had a white metal frame kind of old fashioned looking with hats and scarf's hanging over the bed knobs.
It was cluttered but not messy, he liked it, and he knew that Buffy would have to. He pulled back the duvet and laid her down in the bed he then sat on the edge of it and unzipped the zip's on her boots and slid them off, he pulled off her pink fishnet socks and pulled the bobble out of her hair and undid the braid before pulling the quilt over her and started to walk towards the door before stopping by her desk where he saw the carved wooden music box which played the tune to her song and sat back down on her bed and sang her song to her softly
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 kissed her on the fore head quickly and then walked towards the door turning off the light and shutting the door softly so as not to wake her up again. When he got back down he felt like he was on trial.
Willow was waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs and said to him,
"What's wrong with her what did you do?"
He looked at her for a moment and then walked through to the lounge where Tara and Oz were sitting.
He took a seat on the sofa and took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it before looking up and seeing three expectant faces looking at him.
"She ran to the park on Oak wood, I followed her and we talked she cried we talked so more and then I could tell she was tired so I said we should go home and she collapsed in my arms, there's nothing wrong with her apart from that I swear to you, Willow you know that I would never hurt her."
Willow looked at her for a minute and then said "I know that spike." Then looking at the others she said, "We all know that spike"
He grinned at them and said, "She's amazing isn't she? She's got the same raw passion as Buffy had, she's so perfect I can't believe that there's any of me in there."
"Well you better believe it Mister." Willow said softly before turning to the others and saying "Tara would you like to stay here tonight? It's getting really later after all."
Tara looked hesitant for a minute and then spike said "If you want luv I'll always walk you home keep the baddies at bay and the rest."
"Um. I'd like that please, it's not that I don't want to stay Will it's just Clara is phoning me later to tell me what to get Aria for her birthday and everything."
"Tara you don't need to be worried about upsetting us if you want to go home then you can go home, but always remember that you are more than welcome to stay here if you to need to isn't that right OZ?"
"Absolutely" Oz said grinning.
Tara smiled at them both and said "Thank you I know that."
Spike looked up and said, "Well if your ready pet we'll go now."
"Yeah I'm ready thanks"
She stood up and hugged willow and oz "thanks for inviting me Will, Oz I had a great time."
Spike held the door open for Tara as they the house. The walk home was quiet; it only took a couple of minutes for them to get to Tara's house, as it was only a couple of blocks away.
Spike waited while Tara opened found the keys and unlocked the door and turned the lights on and everything.
Tara turned to spike and was just about to thank him for walking her home when he turned to her suddenly and said.
"Thank you Tara, I know we didn't know each over that well but thank you for all that you have done not for me but for violet."
She looked at him and said "it was nothing Spike I love her like she was mine just like I did dawn." She added sorrowfully.
"Don't blame yourself, it was not your fault, it was no one's fault." Spike said
"She took the book it wasn't like you gave it to her, you weren't to know what she was going to try and do."
"But it was our fault mine and Willow we did it before the last time Buffy died if we hadn't have done that then she would never known that it was possible."
Spike interrupted her
"Don't ever say that you shouldn't have brought buffy back that time, if you hadn't have brought her back then. then Violet would never have been born. So don't ever regret doing that, I don't and I know Buffy never blamed you and she wouldn't have blamed you for Dawn either. She wasn't strong enough. the power of the forces were to much for her. it was the power which killed her not you."
"I know" Tara said crying
Spike hugged her and said, "Never blame yourself. Please I know it hurts, it has killed me thinking about it for the last 12 years and I've realised that I needn't be worried about any of them any more, there at home, there with Joyce. Joyce. when she died, nothing was the same for them again. Buffy fell apart and Dawn was so upset but they worked through it, and they're together now and they're watching down on us."
Tara looked up at him and said, "Do you really think so?"
"I know so Duck's, so don't ever feel sorry for them again, they're together."
"Are you going to be alright here tonight, now" spike asked as he looked at her, she had stopped crying.
"Yeah I'll be good, you better go back they'll be getting worried about you"
He looked at the clock on the wall it was quarter past three. "Your right I better get going, if you need anything at all ring me I don't mind what time it is ok."
He got up and walked towards the door.
"Get yourself to bed soon Ducks, you look like you need a sleep almost as much as violet."
He turned and walked out towards the door and turned back to wave.
He walked home quickly and unlocked the door with the other key, which was on his chain.
The first thing he saw was like a déjà vu moment it was a blur of blue running towards him from the bottom of the staircase.
It was violet in a blue nightdress she was running towards him.
"Pet what are you doing up now, it's late? And you were dead to the world."
She looked up at him and said, "I know but I woke up and got changed and then I wanted to talk to you but I couldn't find you and you promised me that you'd be here and you weren't"
Tears were welling up in her eyes.
He cocked his head to one side and said "I know pet but I had to walk Tara home it's not safe for young woman to walk home on her own, gentle man should always walk a woman to the door. Remember that Baby when you go out ok."
"Yes dada." She said softly.
"Now I think that it's time for you to go back up to beds don't you baby?"
"Yes dada" she said yawning, she started walking up the stairs again before turning round and saying "I love you Dad."
He looked at her and grinned in a way, which he hadn't done since his, Buffy had died.
And walked towards the couch in the living room to lay down his head for the best night sleep he had for twelve years he was finally happy he was finally home.