Chapter 6
Buffy walked back into the room with a bath robe on, Angel and Dawn,
both turned to face her.
"Okay whats with the stairing thing?" she asked as she combed
her wet hair.
"Um I'm just going to...leave" Dawn said runing towards the
door, and slaming it behind her.
"Whats her problem?" Buffy asked, sitting down on the other
side of the bed, opposite of Angel.
"Why didn't you tell me?"Angel asked, standing up from the
bed, as soon as she sat down.
"Tell you what?"
"About Spike, Buffy!"
"I didn't know I was supposed!"
"Was this the first time?" He asked, angerly.
"Angel, what are you talking about?" Buffy asked, standing up
"SPIKE TRYING TO RAPE YOU,BUFFY,THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!"
, he yelled.
"Angel, it's not that big of a deal, I took care of it!" , she
said crossing her arms.
"I'd just wish you would of told me instead of finding out
from Dawn".
He was calm again but still had some rage in him still. Buffy walked
over, in front of him.
"Dawn told you?" she asked suprised
"Yeah, listen don't be mad at her she was only-"
"I can't believe she would do something like this!"
"Buffy, I asked and she answerd, thats all she was just being
truthful"
"Sure"
Angel placed his hands on her shoulders then slid them down her arms
to her hands, grasping hers in his.
"Buffy, I still care, thats why i asked. I still and always
will love you"
Buffy looked up into his eyes, wanting to show how much she longed to be
with him, but she couldn't, not again.
She didn't want to get too emotional with him because they both knew it
would lead to things a part of them didn't want happening.Just being
with Angel made Buffy feel alive again, like she could do anything,
which reminded her of Spike and how much faith he had in her.
Buffy pulled her hands out of his and walked slowly back over
to the bed and sat down.
"So... have you got anything on the spell yet?" she asked
quitely.
"I have some people working on it right now" Angel said,
looking down at his ring, messing with it.
"Angel is there something wrong?" she asked
"No, why? should there be?"
"No I was just asking because everytime there is something
wrong you play with your ring"
"I just worry about you thats all"
"I can understand that, I worry about you,too"
There was a ocward silence.
"I should go help-" Angel said
"Yeah.. with the spell and all" Buffy said cutting him off.
Angel turned to leave the room.
"Thanks again for doing this" Buffy said
"Anything for you"
He walked over to the door, turned the door knob and pulled it open. He
turned around slowly, to face her.
"I mean what I said in the card I left you"
Buffy smiled.
"Thanks"
Angel left the room.
*Later on, that day*
Buffy walked down the hall, maybe about 4 or 5 doors down from hers, to
Willow's room. She raised her fist up to the door and knocked on it 3
times.
"Who is it?" called Kennedy's voice
"It's me" Buffy said, leaning her head closer to the door so
she wouldn't have to yell
Buffy waited about 2 minutes before she Willow opened the door.
"Hey Buffy, whats up?", she said leaning her head on the side
of the door.
"Nothing much, just thought I'd check up on you, you know,
make sure everything is okay" Buffy said
"Yeah everything is great"
"Just wanted to make sure," She said backing away from the
door a little, "I'll see you later then"
"Okay, bye"
Willow shut the door, and walked back to Kennedy, sitting on the bed.
"How is she?" Kennedy asked
"Shes okay, hasn't really said anything about Spike, if thats
what you mean"
"No, not really, but yeah. You'd think that all shes been
through she'd be locking herself in her room, crying"
"Well Buffy's really not that type of girl. We all know shes
going through something, but she'll tell us if she wants us to know"
There was another knock at the door. Willow exchanged looks with
Kennedy, then walked over to the door.
It was Buffy again.
"Hi....again, Um I need to talk to you, Xander and Giles in my
room, can you round them up for me?" Buffy asked
"Sure" she smiles "Is everything okay with you, Buffy? you
seem alittle dazed" Willow asked, wondering
"Yeah, I'll you guys when we meet"
"Okay, we'll be there in a few"
"Thanks again Will"
"What are friends for?"
Willow shut the door, leaned up against the back side and looked at
Kennedy, still sitting on the bed.
"See?"
Willow walked into the bathroom to make sure her hair was okay.
"You look fine", called Kennedy, from the bedroom
Willow stuck her head out from the bathroom and said:
"I know I do", she laughed, "I'll be back in about an hour"
"Do you think it'll take that long?" asked Kennedy, standing
up
"It might" She smiled, blew her a kiss, and left out of the
room towards Xander's room.
She stopped in front of a door much similar to her's and Kennedy's.
Willow knocked three times. When Xander opened the door, Willow was
suprised by the way he looked.
"Whoa!"
"Yeah didn't sleep well last night", Xander said running his
hands through his un-combed hair.
Willow looked around Xander, into his room and saw a broken lamp on the
ground. Willow looked back at Xander, who ignored her look. She felt
bad, like she couldn't do anything for him.
"Buffy wants to see us in her room"
"Alright I'll be there in a minute"
"You going to be okay?" Willow asked with her puppy eyes
"I wish I could say"
*5 minutes later*
Giles, Willow and Xander sat on Buffy's bed looking up at her, wondering
what she wanted to talk to them about.
"I know I haven't been talk-a-tive girl lately, but i've been
busy"
"Thats understandable Buffy, you've been through a lot with-"
Giles said
Buffy raised her hand up to stop him, she didn't want to go through the
pain right now, not in front of them.
"When I went to go see Angel, in his office, I told him about
Spike, and how I wanted to bring him back"
Everyone was silent. Xander let out a deep breath, while Giles and
Willow looked at each other.
"I know you guys think I 'm being selfish but think of what
he's done for all of us"
"Buffy, are you sure you want to do this?" Willow asked
" I'm sure, I've never been more sure in my life"
Xander was still quite.
"Well...um we should get everything together" said Giles,
standing up from the bed
"Angel has people already working on it" Buffy said ,some what
smiling
"When are we going to do it?" asked Xander
"Tonight"
After about ten more minutes of taking about what they were going to do
that night, Xander bursted out:
"Buffy can I talk to you for a minute.. alone?" He said
standing up from the bed.
Buffy looked at Willow and Giles then said "Yeah", got up and walked
into the bathroom, behind Xander
Buffy walked back into the room with a bath robe on, Angel and Dawn,
both turned to face her.
"Okay whats with the stairing thing?" she asked as she combed
her wet hair.
"Um I'm just going to...leave" Dawn said runing towards the
door, and slaming it behind her.
"Whats her problem?" Buffy asked, sitting down on the other
side of the bed, opposite of Angel.
"Why didn't you tell me?"Angel asked, standing up from the
bed, as soon as she sat down.
"Tell you what?"
"About Spike, Buffy!"
"I didn't know I was supposed!"
"Was this the first time?" He asked, angerly.
"Angel, what are you talking about?" Buffy asked, standing up
"SPIKE TRYING TO RAPE YOU,BUFFY,THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!"
, he yelled.
"Angel, it's not that big of a deal, I took care of it!" , she
said crossing her arms.
"I'd just wish you would of told me instead of finding out
from Dawn".
He was calm again but still had some rage in him still. Buffy walked
over, in front of him.
"Dawn told you?" she asked suprised
"Yeah, listen don't be mad at her she was only-"
"I can't believe she would do something like this!"
"Buffy, I asked and she answerd, thats all she was just being
truthful"
"Sure"
Angel placed his hands on her shoulders then slid them down her arms
to her hands, grasping hers in his.
"Buffy, I still care, thats why i asked. I still and always
will love you"
Buffy looked up into his eyes, wanting to show how much she longed to be
with him, but she couldn't, not again.
She didn't want to get too emotional with him because they both knew it
would lead to things a part of them didn't want happening.Just being
with Angel made Buffy feel alive again, like she could do anything,
which reminded her of Spike and how much faith he had in her.
Buffy pulled her hands out of his and walked slowly back over
to the bed and sat down.
"So... have you got anything on the spell yet?" she asked
quitely.
"I have some people working on it right now" Angel said,
looking down at his ring, messing with it.
"Angel is there something wrong?" she asked
"No, why? should there be?"
"No I was just asking because everytime there is something
wrong you play with your ring"
"I just worry about you thats all"
"I can understand that, I worry about you,too"
There was a ocward silence.
"I should go help-" Angel said
"Yeah.. with the spell and all" Buffy said cutting him off.
Angel turned to leave the room.
"Thanks again for doing this" Buffy said
"Anything for you"
He walked over to the door, turned the door knob and pulled it open. He
turned around slowly, to face her.
"I mean what I said in the card I left you"
Buffy smiled.
"Thanks"
Angel left the room.
*Later on, that day*
Buffy walked down the hall, maybe about 4 or 5 doors down from hers, to
Willow's room. She raised her fist up to the door and knocked on it 3
times.
"Who is it?" called Kennedy's voice
"It's me" Buffy said, leaning her head closer to the door so
she wouldn't have to yell
Buffy waited about 2 minutes before she Willow opened the door.
"Hey Buffy, whats up?", she said leaning her head on the side
of the door.
"Nothing much, just thought I'd check up on you, you know,
make sure everything is okay" Buffy said
"Yeah everything is great"
"Just wanted to make sure," She said backing away from the
door a little, "I'll see you later then"
"Okay, bye"
Willow shut the door, and walked back to Kennedy, sitting on the bed.
"How is she?" Kennedy asked
"Shes okay, hasn't really said anything about Spike, if thats
what you mean"
"No, not really, but yeah. You'd think that all shes been
through she'd be locking herself in her room, crying"
"Well Buffy's really not that type of girl. We all know shes
going through something, but she'll tell us if she wants us to know"
There was another knock at the door. Willow exchanged looks with
Kennedy, then walked over to the door.
It was Buffy again.
"Hi....again, Um I need to talk to you, Xander and Giles in my
room, can you round them up for me?" Buffy asked
"Sure" she smiles "Is everything okay with you, Buffy? you
seem alittle dazed" Willow asked, wondering
"Yeah, I'll you guys when we meet"
"Okay, we'll be there in a few"
"Thanks again Will"
"What are friends for?"
Willow shut the door, leaned up against the back side and looked at
Kennedy, still sitting on the bed.
"See?"
Willow walked into the bathroom to make sure her hair was okay.
"You look fine", called Kennedy, from the bedroom
Willow stuck her head out from the bathroom and said:
"I know I do", she laughed, "I'll be back in about an hour"
"Do you think it'll take that long?" asked Kennedy, standing
up
"It might" She smiled, blew her a kiss, and left out of the
room towards Xander's room.
She stopped in front of a door much similar to her's and Kennedy's.
Willow knocked three times. When Xander opened the door, Willow was
suprised by the way he looked.
"Whoa!"
"Yeah didn't sleep well last night", Xander said running his
hands through his un-combed hair.
Willow looked around Xander, into his room and saw a broken lamp on the
ground. Willow looked back at Xander, who ignored her look. She felt
bad, like she couldn't do anything for him.
"Buffy wants to see us in her room"
"Alright I'll be there in a minute"
"You going to be okay?" Willow asked with her puppy eyes
"I wish I could say"
*5 minutes later*
Giles, Willow and Xander sat on Buffy's bed looking up at her, wondering
what she wanted to talk to them about.
"I know I haven't been talk-a-tive girl lately, but i've been
busy"
"Thats understandable Buffy, you've been through a lot with-"
Giles said
Buffy raised her hand up to stop him, she didn't want to go through the
pain right now, not in front of them.
"When I went to go see Angel, in his office, I told him about
Spike, and how I wanted to bring him back"
Everyone was silent. Xander let out a deep breath, while Giles and
Willow looked at each other.
"I know you guys think I 'm being selfish but think of what
he's done for all of us"
"Buffy, are you sure you want to do this?" Willow asked
" I'm sure, I've never been more sure in my life"
Xander was still quite.
"Well...um we should get everything together" said Giles,
standing up from the bed
"Angel has people already working on it" Buffy said ,some what
smiling
"When are we going to do it?" asked Xander
"Tonight"
After about ten more minutes of taking about what they were going to do
that night, Xander bursted out:
"Buffy can I talk to you for a minute.. alone?" He said
standing up from the bed.
Buffy looked at Willow and Giles then said "Yeah", got up and walked
into the bathroom, behind Xander