Chapter 19: Happy
Buffy stopped at Giles' to check on Riley. Riley was feeling his way through the kitchen, attempting to make a cup of tea.
"Whoa, Seabiscuit! Let me help you."
"Buffy?"
"Yeah. I came by for a quick visit. How are you?"
"Okay, considering."
His eyes were glazed over and a milky-white color. As if he could feel her staring, he pulled out a pair of tinted glasses. Buffy stopped him.
"You don't have to." She insisted.
"I makes some people uncomfortable."
"I don't."
"Well, I do."
He felt around for the pantry and the teabags.
"Let me help-"
"No."
"Okay..."
His forehead creased with exhaustion. He sighed and sat on the couch. Buffy busied herself with visually exploring Giles' new apartment. The shrill whistle of the kettle interrupted her thoughts.
"Riley, I thought you should know...Spike is human now."
"Great." He said flatly.
"I need you to be happy for me. Just like I was for you and
Sam. That night you left for South America, I tried to catch up,
But you couldn't hear me. I loved you Riley, I will always love
You. But Spike is all I've ever wanted, I'm happy. So, even if
You have to lie to me... at least pretend to be happy for me."
Riley touched her face, stroking the raised scars. He was going to question them, so Buffy turned away. Instead he said,
"I'm happy if you are."
"I really, really am."
His hand dropped to his side, and Buffy cleared her throat.
"Thanks, I appreciate it."
She extended onto her tip-toes and kissed his forehead.
"See you around."
* * *
No girl came home without at least three bags. They all had a system of borrowing clothes. After dinner, Kennedy led the girls in meditation. Arrian seemed to be consumed in their way of life. She even took notes in a journal she had bought at the mall styled after a spell book. She was asking hundreds of questions, but the other girls loved her to death. Faith and her boy-toy Robin showed up after a doctor visit. She announced the news that after Robins last operation, they were getting married. Buffy congratulated Faith then made way of the stampede of potentials coming to inspect her ring. Robin was glowing. Buffy climbed the stairs and entered her bedroom. Spike, naked from the waist up, was lying in the bed. She climbed next to him, snuggling next to his chest. She laid her ear onto his heart. She imitated the heart's beat. He stroked her hair until he heard her breathing slow, then knowing she was asleep, drifted off.
Buffy stopped at Giles' to check on Riley. Riley was feeling his way through the kitchen, attempting to make a cup of tea.
"Whoa, Seabiscuit! Let me help you."
"Buffy?"
"Yeah. I came by for a quick visit. How are you?"
"Okay, considering."
His eyes were glazed over and a milky-white color. As if he could feel her staring, he pulled out a pair of tinted glasses. Buffy stopped him.
"You don't have to." She insisted.
"I makes some people uncomfortable."
"I don't."
"Well, I do."
He felt around for the pantry and the teabags.
"Let me help-"
"No."
"Okay..."
His forehead creased with exhaustion. He sighed and sat on the couch. Buffy busied herself with visually exploring Giles' new apartment. The shrill whistle of the kettle interrupted her thoughts.
"Riley, I thought you should know...Spike is human now."
"Great." He said flatly.
"I need you to be happy for me. Just like I was for you and
Sam. That night you left for South America, I tried to catch up,
But you couldn't hear me. I loved you Riley, I will always love
You. But Spike is all I've ever wanted, I'm happy. So, even if
You have to lie to me... at least pretend to be happy for me."
Riley touched her face, stroking the raised scars. He was going to question them, so Buffy turned away. Instead he said,
"I'm happy if you are."
"I really, really am."
His hand dropped to his side, and Buffy cleared her throat.
"Thanks, I appreciate it."
She extended onto her tip-toes and kissed his forehead.
"See you around."
* * *
No girl came home without at least three bags. They all had a system of borrowing clothes. After dinner, Kennedy led the girls in meditation. Arrian seemed to be consumed in their way of life. She even took notes in a journal she had bought at the mall styled after a spell book. She was asking hundreds of questions, but the other girls loved her to death. Faith and her boy-toy Robin showed up after a doctor visit. She announced the news that after Robins last operation, they were getting married. Buffy congratulated Faith then made way of the stampede of potentials coming to inspect her ring. Robin was glowing. Buffy climbed the stairs and entered her bedroom. Spike, naked from the waist up, was lying in the bed. She climbed next to him, snuggling next to his chest. She laid her ear onto his heart. She imitated the heart's beat. He stroked her hair until he heard her breathing slow, then knowing she was asleep, drifted off.