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Well here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy it. Disclaimer is still in
chapter 1. As a side note, today airs the last episode of Angel. Don't
forget to watch. I will be sitting in front of my TV tonight with a bowl
of popcorn and a big box of Kleenex I'm sure.
Buffy held her hand over Spike's beating heart, tears forming in her eyes. "How is this possible?" she asked.
Spike didn't have any answers. He didn't know any more than Buffy why he was suddenly immune to sunlight or why he now found himself human. All he knew was that this was what he had dreamed almost every night, even though he had considered it impossible. He and Buffy, standing in a beautiful valley, looking into one another's eyes, the sunlight shining down upon them...
"A dream," he mumbled. The truth hit him like a brick wall. "Buffy... I don't think this is real luv. Somehow we stumbled inside my dreams" His newly beating heart sank as he realized that all they were experiencing was only an illusion. For a moment he had thought... hoped it could be true. As he looked down at Buffy and saw the disappointment in her face, he was comforted with the knowledge that at least one thing was still real, the most important thing. Buffy still loved him.
Buffy knew that Spike was right and for a moment she was overcome with sadness. To have him become alive before her eyes, and then take that all away from him... it wasn't fair. Then it hit her. He was still alive. Maybe not in reality and maybe not for very long, but at this moment, in this place, she and Spike were just two normal people who had fallen in love.
Spike seemed to be reading her thoughts. He pulled her close once again and she found herself lost in the warmth of his embrace. She could feel the beating of his heart against her chest and the warmth of his fingertips as he gently stroked her hair. 'This isn't just a dream,' she thought as they fell upon the soft blanket of grass among the purple lilies. Spike gazed into Buffy's soft green eyes, amazed that in the light of the sun they were even more beautiful than he had thought possible. Buffy smiled up at him, comparing the blueness of his eyes to that of the sky above them. 'No. This had to be heaven.'
Xander continued pacing the room and Dawn soon became dizzy from watching him.
"What's taking so long?" he asked impatiently. "I hope Spike's not screwing up again."
"It was never his fault," Willow reminded him. "Hmmph," replied Xander ignoring her comment. "It wouldn't be the first time Captain Peroxide made a mess of things."
"That's not true," Dawn responded. "Remember the time Glory tortured him but he refused to tell her that I was the key?
"Or the time he helped us when we did that spell to destroy Adam," Willow piped in. "Or then there was that time he..."
"Alright already!" exclaimed Xander. "You think your own buddies would take your side," he mumbled under his breath.
"Spike..." murmured Buffy.
Dawn jumped in surprise. "Did you guys hear that? Buffy just said something!"
The three friends rushed over the couch where Buffy and Spike lay. After the spell Spike's body had fallen limp and he now lay with his head resting on Buffy's shoulder.
"I think she said 'Spike,' Dawn said excitedly. "He must have found her!"
Willow put up her hand. "Shh... she's saying something else."
They watched as a small smile spread across Buffy's lips. "I...love you Spike."
Dawn, Xander, and Willow stared at each other speechless. Did they just hear that right?
"I knew it!" shouted a furious Xander. "He's done something to her. He must have put her under some kind of spell. I knew that fangy creep couldn't be trusted. When I get my hands on him..."
Willow put her hand on Xander's shoulder to calm him down. "Xander. Don't get so upset. We may have heard her wrong... or maybe she was just really happy to see a familiar face."
Xander didn't appear too convinced by Willow's words, but he at least stopped attacking the TV set with his imaginary stake.
"At least they're both ok," said Dawn. "Now they just have to get out of there and that shouldn't be too hard, right?"
Buffy held her hand over Spike's beating heart, tears forming in her eyes. "How is this possible?" she asked.
Spike didn't have any answers. He didn't know any more than Buffy why he was suddenly immune to sunlight or why he now found himself human. All he knew was that this was what he had dreamed almost every night, even though he had considered it impossible. He and Buffy, standing in a beautiful valley, looking into one another's eyes, the sunlight shining down upon them...
"A dream," he mumbled. The truth hit him like a brick wall. "Buffy... I don't think this is real luv. Somehow we stumbled inside my dreams" His newly beating heart sank as he realized that all they were experiencing was only an illusion. For a moment he had thought... hoped it could be true. As he looked down at Buffy and saw the disappointment in her face, he was comforted with the knowledge that at least one thing was still real, the most important thing. Buffy still loved him.
Buffy knew that Spike was right and for a moment she was overcome with sadness. To have him become alive before her eyes, and then take that all away from him... it wasn't fair. Then it hit her. He was still alive. Maybe not in reality and maybe not for very long, but at this moment, in this place, she and Spike were just two normal people who had fallen in love.
Spike seemed to be reading her thoughts. He pulled her close once again and she found herself lost in the warmth of his embrace. She could feel the beating of his heart against her chest and the warmth of his fingertips as he gently stroked her hair. 'This isn't just a dream,' she thought as they fell upon the soft blanket of grass among the purple lilies. Spike gazed into Buffy's soft green eyes, amazed that in the light of the sun they were even more beautiful than he had thought possible. Buffy smiled up at him, comparing the blueness of his eyes to that of the sky above them. 'No. This had to be heaven.'
Xander continued pacing the room and Dawn soon became dizzy from watching him.
"What's taking so long?" he asked impatiently. "I hope Spike's not screwing up again."
"It was never his fault," Willow reminded him. "Hmmph," replied Xander ignoring her comment. "It wouldn't be the first time Captain Peroxide made a mess of things."
"That's not true," Dawn responded. "Remember the time Glory tortured him but he refused to tell her that I was the key?
"Or the time he helped us when we did that spell to destroy Adam," Willow piped in. "Or then there was that time he..."
"Alright already!" exclaimed Xander. "You think your own buddies would take your side," he mumbled under his breath.
"Spike..." murmured Buffy.
Dawn jumped in surprise. "Did you guys hear that? Buffy just said something!"
The three friends rushed over the couch where Buffy and Spike lay. After the spell Spike's body had fallen limp and he now lay with his head resting on Buffy's shoulder.
"I think she said 'Spike,' Dawn said excitedly. "He must have found her!"
Willow put up her hand. "Shh... she's saying something else."
They watched as a small smile spread across Buffy's lips. "I...love you Spike."
Dawn, Xander, and Willow stared at each other speechless. Did they just hear that right?
"I knew it!" shouted a furious Xander. "He's done something to her. He must have put her under some kind of spell. I knew that fangy creep couldn't be trusted. When I get my hands on him..."
Willow put her hand on Xander's shoulder to calm him down. "Xander. Don't get so upset. We may have heard her wrong... or maybe she was just really happy to see a familiar face."
Xander didn't appear too convinced by Willow's words, but he at least stopped attacking the TV set with his imaginary stake.
"At least they're both ok," said Dawn. "Now they just have to get out of there and that shouldn't be too hard, right?"