Moonlight shone through the open curtained bedroom window of 17-year-old
Violet. In the moonlight she looked almost Elvin in appearance with her
silver blonde hair glowing in the light and her petite frame, which was
barely visible underneath her maroon cotton duvet. She was sleeping soundly
but suddenly sat bolt upright in her bed and let out a little cry before
opening her crystal baby blue eyes which were identical to those of her
father, and turned to look at the digital clock on her bedside table and
saw that it was 3:15 am.
She groaned to herself as she saw the time, it was her birthday, she lay back in her bed and stared out the window, she was eighteen, eighteen, God that sounded weird. She decided that there would be no harm in going downstairs to have a cup of tea just to see if it would help her sleep, she wouldn't be getting her presents til later that night any way at her party.
She pulled her white bath robe around her and walked carefully out of the room trying not to make any noise, the house was full of people who had come over for her birthday, Aunt Dawn and uncle Steven with their two kids Hannah and Callum were here and Giles and Clara and Aria were here, Xander, Anya, Angel, Cordelia, Willow, Oz and their twins Seth and Allyson and Tara all the people who loved her were here with her, she had just reached the bottom step when a noise came from the living room, she turned to see who it was and saw he dad walking out of the room where his jeans and carrying Lily in his arms,
"What are you doing up already then birthday Girl?"
"I couldn't sleep, thought I'd get a drink. What about you?"
He grinned at her and nodded towards Violets two year old little sister,
"Well mistress lily here still hasn't got to grips with the whole sleeping thing, God knows where she gets her energy from cause I don't."
Violet smiled and opened her arms up to lily who immediately reached for her and snuggled into her shoulder, Spike smiled and said
"Well what drink would you like then what about some tea, if you sit there with lily I'll go and make it for you."
Violet walked over to the settee and sat with Lily on her lap, gazing lovingly into her little sisters face, it had been a huge shock two years ago when her mom had suddenly announced to everyone that she was pregnant, especially since they had all thought that she was infertile due to an accident which she had had when Violet had been little and a car had hit her.
When Spike re-entered the lounge he found both his daughters asleep, he put the cup of tea on the coffee table and pulled a velvet throw over the two of them, tucking in the corner to make sure they wouldn't catch cold he looked at them for a moment and thought.
He remembered killing Violet remembered the bright light which had hit him and the darkness that had devoured them, he had been so shocked to have woken from the darkness in his own bed with Buffy lying very much alive next to him, he alone had retained all memories of this previous life, things were different now though, Buffy was alive Angkara was destroyed, Dawn was alive and married, Violet was alive and had a promising life as a song writer ahead of her, and his special gift his little baby Lily was still with him, he looked at the clock, he supposed he should be getting back to bed he had a party to organise later that day and a guy to interrogate, from the sound of it this Pete sounded quite nice but he still wanted to check him out before he let him any where near his baby.
He turned and walked up the stairs turning off the lights as he went, when he reached his and Buffy's room he went in, shutting the door behind him and slipped off his jeans sliding into bed next to his love, who groaned at him as he kissed her awake,
"What was that for?" She mumbled
"Cause I love you and I missed you."
Spike whispered back to her as he held her in his arms til she fell asleep.
She groaned to herself as she saw the time, it was her birthday, she lay back in her bed and stared out the window, she was eighteen, eighteen, God that sounded weird. She decided that there would be no harm in going downstairs to have a cup of tea just to see if it would help her sleep, she wouldn't be getting her presents til later that night any way at her party.
She pulled her white bath robe around her and walked carefully out of the room trying not to make any noise, the house was full of people who had come over for her birthday, Aunt Dawn and uncle Steven with their two kids Hannah and Callum were here and Giles and Clara and Aria were here, Xander, Anya, Angel, Cordelia, Willow, Oz and their twins Seth and Allyson and Tara all the people who loved her were here with her, she had just reached the bottom step when a noise came from the living room, she turned to see who it was and saw he dad walking out of the room where his jeans and carrying Lily in his arms,
"What are you doing up already then birthday Girl?"
"I couldn't sleep, thought I'd get a drink. What about you?"
He grinned at her and nodded towards Violets two year old little sister,
"Well mistress lily here still hasn't got to grips with the whole sleeping thing, God knows where she gets her energy from cause I don't."
Violet smiled and opened her arms up to lily who immediately reached for her and snuggled into her shoulder, Spike smiled and said
"Well what drink would you like then what about some tea, if you sit there with lily I'll go and make it for you."
Violet walked over to the settee and sat with Lily on her lap, gazing lovingly into her little sisters face, it had been a huge shock two years ago when her mom had suddenly announced to everyone that she was pregnant, especially since they had all thought that she was infertile due to an accident which she had had when Violet had been little and a car had hit her.
When Spike re-entered the lounge he found both his daughters asleep, he put the cup of tea on the coffee table and pulled a velvet throw over the two of them, tucking in the corner to make sure they wouldn't catch cold he looked at them for a moment and thought.
He remembered killing Violet remembered the bright light which had hit him and the darkness that had devoured them, he had been so shocked to have woken from the darkness in his own bed with Buffy lying very much alive next to him, he alone had retained all memories of this previous life, things were different now though, Buffy was alive Angkara was destroyed, Dawn was alive and married, Violet was alive and had a promising life as a song writer ahead of her, and his special gift his little baby Lily was still with him, he looked at the clock, he supposed he should be getting back to bed he had a party to organise later that day and a guy to interrogate, from the sound of it this Pete sounded quite nice but he still wanted to check him out before he let him any where near his baby.
He turned and walked up the stairs turning off the lights as he went, when he reached his and Buffy's room he went in, shutting the door behind him and slipped off his jeans sliding into bed next to his love, who groaned at him as he kissed her awake,
"What was that for?" She mumbled
"Cause I love you and I missed you."
Spike whispered back to her as he held her in his arms til she fell asleep.