Chapter Two: Bus
Spike stepped on to the bus still holding Buffy in his arms and watched as Willow, Xander, Dawn, Giles, Faith, Wood, Andrew, Kennedy, Vi, Rona and some other potentials that managed to survive the big fight looked up at the man that they all thought had died staring at them with Buffy clutching to his chest with her legs around his waist.
"Hi all" he said with a smile. Everyone on the bus was silent until Dawn broke the silence.
"Its the First."
"With A Buffy attached to its chest." Xander said sarcastically.
"Err Buffy..."Spike said realising that everyone was confused that Buffy was fully attached to his chest and not letting go.
"Ok fine." Buffy said jumping down off Spike but immediately taking his hand before looking at the staring faces.
"Buffy, What's going on?" Dawn asked her sister standing at the front of the bus.
"You'd better ask Spike here." Buffy said with a smile looking up at Spike still holding on to his hand.
"Ok I think I got a bit of explaining to do." He said as he lead Buffy to the back of the bus and took a seat in the corner as he had spent the last few minutes carrying Buffy and his legs were kind of tired so he sat next to the window and Buffy snuggled into his chest.
"Ok when I was down in the hellmouth the last thing I remember from being down there is telling Buffy to go then I felt lets just say very flammable with the sun pouring down on my head and everything, so then all of a sudden I was in a place where I remember being very happy with a person I trusted, I was in the kitchen at Revello Drive drinking hot chocolate with the little marshmallows in it with ..." He paused to look down at Buffy and across at Dawn. "...Joyce." he finally said.
"Mom." Dawn said with emotion in her voice.
Buffy sat up from his chest to look at him "You spoke to my Mom, what did she say." Buffy said with tears coming to her eyes.
"Buffy, I'm not quite sure it was her she said that she was the Powers That Be and that she was there to offer me a sort of reward she said that as I died to save the world and I used my soul to do so I can go back as a, human but I would be able to keep the perks I had as a vampire like vampire strength, vampire hearing and so on but I had to keep fighting evil along with you horrible lot so here I am." he said holding Buffy closer to him as she smiled and looked around at the still confused faces all staring at Spike. Spike looked around confused himself that everyone was still confused.
"Err ok questions anyone." Every one looked around at each other and then back at Spike in complete silence then finally Giles broke the silence by first taking off his glasses and cleaning them and putting them back on and turning to Spike
"Err well first of all how exactly did you save the world with your soul?" Spike reach down in to his pocket and pulled out the amulet and held it up and gave it to Giles
"I was down there fightin' for my life when all of a sudden I was thrown back in to the corner and I felt something go through me I could feel my soul for the first time the first time I felt it was really there, well my soul must have activated it somehow and it blasted through the ceiling and all of a sudden I was bein' showered in sun light, well then the sunlight went through the amulet which whipped out all the uber vamps and caved in the town of Sunnydale."
"Wow," Everyone turned to look at Andrew who was sitting at the front of the bus looking at Spike. "You like destroyed the whole town that's so cool."
"Spike" Everyone turned to a sad looking Dawn "Why did they use mom?"
Buffy saw the pain and confusion in her sisters eyes and reached over and grabbed her hand making sure though she did not lose contact with Spike.
"Umn I don't know Nibblet, maybe its because I liked your mum and I trusted her she was an amazing lady so maybe they needed to show me someone they knew I would believe."
Spike looked down at Buffy who had tears coming from her eyes and he gave her a quick kiss on her head to which she looked up and smiled Xander looked horrified at what he had just saw it just hit him what had happened before that, Spike had come in caring Buffy and then they were holding hands and the had been ever since and she was snuggling up to him.
"Err I got a question for ya and it's a gooden, why have you and Buffy been all snugly every since you walked on to this bus?
Everyone finally realised that Spike and Buffy were holding hands and that Buffy was leaning on Spikes chest. Buffy looked up at a grinning Spike
"Do you want me to take this one, baby?" She asked him
"Be my guest pet."
"BABY!!" Xander shouted
"Buffy are you and Spike back together?" Dawn asked
"Yes we are, but it's not like last time?" Buffy tried to explain
"Oh what you haven't had the chance to keep it a secret this time?" Xander digged
"Xander" Willow said trying to calm him down
"No Will if she says its different she best explain..."
"Because I'm in love with him." Buffy blurted out.
"What!!!" Xander, Dawn, Willow, Giles and Wood all said in unison.
Buffy turned around and sat in Spikes lap and started stroking his face. "I'm in love with him," she said softly looking into his eyes.
"But she can't" Wood whispered to himself but Faith had heard him
Faith looked over at Buffy and Spike and then back at Wood in confusion "Why the hell not they look happy why cant they?" Faith asked Wood.
"Because he is a filthy, disgusting murderer." Wood said to Faith as everyone had gone back to talking about Buffy and Spike.
"But he has changed." Faith tried to explain
"No he hasn't, no matter what front he tries to put on he'll always be the murdering rat he always was." Wood said to Faith while trying to put his hand in her hair but she just flinched away, if Wood felt this way about Spike he probably felt that way about her, as Faith was a murderer was she a rat in his eyes, when she thought that she got up and ran of the bus.
"Faith where are you going what's wrong."
"You know what just Fuck off Robin!!" Faith screamed behind her.
"FAITH!!" He said getting up and trying his best to go after her as he did have a stab wound.
Everyone looked across at the couple running off the bus. "Huh, wonder what's going on there." Buffy said watching the bus door then looking back at Spike as she was still sitting on his lap.
"I dunno hey Spike tell us the story again." Andrew said excitedly
"Ok, Well I was in there fightin for my life...." Spike started as everyone except for Andrew and a few potentials made their way to the back of the bus to hear Spike story while Buffy snuggled back in to his chest listening to the sound of his voice and the new sound of his heart beat.
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"Faith, Faith what's wrong what did I say." Wood said frantically as Faith leaned on the side of the bus with her arms crossed.
"It doesn't matter ok just piss off I know how you feel now." Faith spat out at him with venom in her voice.
"How I feel about what Faith."
"Well you feel that way about Spike you must feel the same way about me, that I am murdering rat that will never change," Faith said turning to look at Wood with her voice full of emotion and tears coming to her eyes and as she felt a tear run down her face she turned away from Wood as she didn't want him to see her crying.
"Oh Faith I'm sorry I didn't mean you, your different."
"Oh what just because we screwed each others brains out means that..."
"He killed my mother." Wood interrupted Faiths shot round to look at him
"What?"
"Spike killed my mother when I was a little boy, that's why I feel that way about him." Wood said with tears coming to his eyes.
Faith moved closer to him and looked up into his eyes "Robin, do you remember when I told you that the First came to me as my boss,"
"Yeah that was just before we..."
"Yeah." Faith said with a grin, "Well I loved him like the father I never had and he looked after me too and do you know what happened to him," Wood shook his head. "Buffy had to kill him," Wood looked up at the bus in the direction that Buffy was sitting and then back at Faith who was still looking in his eyes.
"Yeah I got out of my coma expecting to see him but I woke up to find he was gone and the only thing I had on my mind was to find Buffy and kill her for taking him away from me, and I tried but then I realised if I did it wouldn't help."
"Wow Faith I'm sorry I didn't ..."Wood said shaking his head
"Its ok he was a giant snake at the time and was going to destroy the town but I still loved him but the point I'm trying to make is that you hating Spike wont make your mom come back and that the person that killed your mother doesn't exist any more I mean look at them." Faith turned Wood around to look at Buffy and Spike In the corner of the bus
"What can you see?" Faith asked him, Wood looked up at Buffy and Spike who were hugging and stroking each other.
"Happiness." Wood said looking at them
"Exactly and does it look like B thinks he is going to hurt any one?"
"Ok Faith I see what you are saying." Wood said turning back to her
"Good so shall we get back on this bus?" She said smiling at him
"Sure." He said walking behind her
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As Faith and Wood got back on the bus they heard Andrew getting excited about Spike story again.
"Spike you are like the coolest guy ever." Andrew said with eyes wide with excitement.
"Hey Andy wanna give them a little space while we get on our way." Faith said walking to the back of the bus with Robin. Andrew smiled at Spike nodded and went back to the front.
"Err I'm happy for you both really." Faith said at the couple.
"Umn yeah umn me too." Wood said looking at his feet.
"Thank you I am happy for me too, I am very happy." Buffy said looking at Spike and smiling.
"So are we gonna stay on this bus forever or are we going some where." Spike said looking around and then back at Buffy who was still on his lap. Willow turned round to look at Buffy, Spike, Wood and Faith at the back of the bus
"I just called LA, we can stay at Angels for a while he said we can come straight away." Willow explained
"Who's Angel?" Kennedy asked
"A poof" Spike spat out
"Spike," Buffy said looking at Spike then turning back to everyone else, "Angel is my ex, he is a vampire with a soul."
"Oh so he was like Spike." Rona said starting to understand
"No we are nothing alike I'm nothing like him he is nothing like me ok." Spike said to everyone.
Buffy turned round to look at Spike "Except for the fact that he is you grand-sire." Buffy said smiling knowing that she had caught him out.
"Oh yeah except for that." He said smiling back at Buffy and winking at her.
"Grand-sire?" Vi asked
"Yeah I was sired by my ex and he sired her so that makes him my grand-sire but that's the only connection." Spike tried to explain as quickly as possible not wanting to keep on the topic of Angel and Drusilla for too long.
"Ok nuff talking bout the ex's and let's go too mine, who's drivin'?" Buffy asked looking around.
"I got it, Buffy you get some rest." Wood said as he got up and moved to the drivers seat.
"Thanks Robin." Buffy said as she snuggled down into Spike embrace and softly kissed his neck.
"Love you Spike," she said softly
"Love you Buffy." He said back as she fell in to a deep sleep in his arms He stayed up and watched her sleep for a little while before falling asleep himself.
The bus fell silent as one by one everyone on the bus fell asleep except Wood and Faith who decided to stay up and keep Robin company.
Spike stepped on to the bus still holding Buffy in his arms and watched as Willow, Xander, Dawn, Giles, Faith, Wood, Andrew, Kennedy, Vi, Rona and some other potentials that managed to survive the big fight looked up at the man that they all thought had died staring at them with Buffy clutching to his chest with her legs around his waist.
"Hi all" he said with a smile. Everyone on the bus was silent until Dawn broke the silence.
"Its the First."
"With A Buffy attached to its chest." Xander said sarcastically.
"Err Buffy..."Spike said realising that everyone was confused that Buffy was fully attached to his chest and not letting go.
"Ok fine." Buffy said jumping down off Spike but immediately taking his hand before looking at the staring faces.
"Buffy, What's going on?" Dawn asked her sister standing at the front of the bus.
"You'd better ask Spike here." Buffy said with a smile looking up at Spike still holding on to his hand.
"Ok I think I got a bit of explaining to do." He said as he lead Buffy to the back of the bus and took a seat in the corner as he had spent the last few minutes carrying Buffy and his legs were kind of tired so he sat next to the window and Buffy snuggled into his chest.
"Ok when I was down in the hellmouth the last thing I remember from being down there is telling Buffy to go then I felt lets just say very flammable with the sun pouring down on my head and everything, so then all of a sudden I was in a place where I remember being very happy with a person I trusted, I was in the kitchen at Revello Drive drinking hot chocolate with the little marshmallows in it with ..." He paused to look down at Buffy and across at Dawn. "...Joyce." he finally said.
"Mom." Dawn said with emotion in her voice.
Buffy sat up from his chest to look at him "You spoke to my Mom, what did she say." Buffy said with tears coming to her eyes.
"Buffy, I'm not quite sure it was her she said that she was the Powers That Be and that she was there to offer me a sort of reward she said that as I died to save the world and I used my soul to do so I can go back as a, human but I would be able to keep the perks I had as a vampire like vampire strength, vampire hearing and so on but I had to keep fighting evil along with you horrible lot so here I am." he said holding Buffy closer to him as she smiled and looked around at the still confused faces all staring at Spike. Spike looked around confused himself that everyone was still confused.
"Err ok questions anyone." Every one looked around at each other and then back at Spike in complete silence then finally Giles broke the silence by first taking off his glasses and cleaning them and putting them back on and turning to Spike
"Err well first of all how exactly did you save the world with your soul?" Spike reach down in to his pocket and pulled out the amulet and held it up and gave it to Giles
"I was down there fightin' for my life when all of a sudden I was thrown back in to the corner and I felt something go through me I could feel my soul for the first time the first time I felt it was really there, well my soul must have activated it somehow and it blasted through the ceiling and all of a sudden I was bein' showered in sun light, well then the sunlight went through the amulet which whipped out all the uber vamps and caved in the town of Sunnydale."
"Wow," Everyone turned to look at Andrew who was sitting at the front of the bus looking at Spike. "You like destroyed the whole town that's so cool."
"Spike" Everyone turned to a sad looking Dawn "Why did they use mom?"
Buffy saw the pain and confusion in her sisters eyes and reached over and grabbed her hand making sure though she did not lose contact with Spike.
"Umn I don't know Nibblet, maybe its because I liked your mum and I trusted her she was an amazing lady so maybe they needed to show me someone they knew I would believe."
Spike looked down at Buffy who had tears coming from her eyes and he gave her a quick kiss on her head to which she looked up and smiled Xander looked horrified at what he had just saw it just hit him what had happened before that, Spike had come in caring Buffy and then they were holding hands and the had been ever since and she was snuggling up to him.
"Err I got a question for ya and it's a gooden, why have you and Buffy been all snugly every since you walked on to this bus?
Everyone finally realised that Spike and Buffy were holding hands and that Buffy was leaning on Spikes chest. Buffy looked up at a grinning Spike
"Do you want me to take this one, baby?" She asked him
"Be my guest pet."
"BABY!!" Xander shouted
"Buffy are you and Spike back together?" Dawn asked
"Yes we are, but it's not like last time?" Buffy tried to explain
"Oh what you haven't had the chance to keep it a secret this time?" Xander digged
"Xander" Willow said trying to calm him down
"No Will if she says its different she best explain..."
"Because I'm in love with him." Buffy blurted out.
"What!!!" Xander, Dawn, Willow, Giles and Wood all said in unison.
Buffy turned around and sat in Spikes lap and started stroking his face. "I'm in love with him," she said softly looking into his eyes.
"But she can't" Wood whispered to himself but Faith had heard him
Faith looked over at Buffy and Spike and then back at Wood in confusion "Why the hell not they look happy why cant they?" Faith asked Wood.
"Because he is a filthy, disgusting murderer." Wood said to Faith as everyone had gone back to talking about Buffy and Spike.
"But he has changed." Faith tried to explain
"No he hasn't, no matter what front he tries to put on he'll always be the murdering rat he always was." Wood said to Faith while trying to put his hand in her hair but she just flinched away, if Wood felt this way about Spike he probably felt that way about her, as Faith was a murderer was she a rat in his eyes, when she thought that she got up and ran of the bus.
"Faith where are you going what's wrong."
"You know what just Fuck off Robin!!" Faith screamed behind her.
"FAITH!!" He said getting up and trying his best to go after her as he did have a stab wound.
Everyone looked across at the couple running off the bus. "Huh, wonder what's going on there." Buffy said watching the bus door then looking back at Spike as she was still sitting on his lap.
"I dunno hey Spike tell us the story again." Andrew said excitedly
"Ok, Well I was in there fightin for my life...." Spike started as everyone except for Andrew and a few potentials made their way to the back of the bus to hear Spike story while Buffy snuggled back in to his chest listening to the sound of his voice and the new sound of his heart beat.
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"Faith, Faith what's wrong what did I say." Wood said frantically as Faith leaned on the side of the bus with her arms crossed.
"It doesn't matter ok just piss off I know how you feel now." Faith spat out at him with venom in her voice.
"How I feel about what Faith."
"Well you feel that way about Spike you must feel the same way about me, that I am murdering rat that will never change," Faith said turning to look at Wood with her voice full of emotion and tears coming to her eyes and as she felt a tear run down her face she turned away from Wood as she didn't want him to see her crying.
"Oh Faith I'm sorry I didn't mean you, your different."
"Oh what just because we screwed each others brains out means that..."
"He killed my mother." Wood interrupted Faiths shot round to look at him
"What?"
"Spike killed my mother when I was a little boy, that's why I feel that way about him." Wood said with tears coming to his eyes.
Faith moved closer to him and looked up into his eyes "Robin, do you remember when I told you that the First came to me as my boss,"
"Yeah that was just before we..."
"Yeah." Faith said with a grin, "Well I loved him like the father I never had and he looked after me too and do you know what happened to him," Wood shook his head. "Buffy had to kill him," Wood looked up at the bus in the direction that Buffy was sitting and then back at Faith who was still looking in his eyes.
"Yeah I got out of my coma expecting to see him but I woke up to find he was gone and the only thing I had on my mind was to find Buffy and kill her for taking him away from me, and I tried but then I realised if I did it wouldn't help."
"Wow Faith I'm sorry I didn't ..."Wood said shaking his head
"Its ok he was a giant snake at the time and was going to destroy the town but I still loved him but the point I'm trying to make is that you hating Spike wont make your mom come back and that the person that killed your mother doesn't exist any more I mean look at them." Faith turned Wood around to look at Buffy and Spike In the corner of the bus
"What can you see?" Faith asked him, Wood looked up at Buffy and Spike who were hugging and stroking each other.
"Happiness." Wood said looking at them
"Exactly and does it look like B thinks he is going to hurt any one?"
"Ok Faith I see what you are saying." Wood said turning back to her
"Good so shall we get back on this bus?" She said smiling at him
"Sure." He said walking behind her
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As Faith and Wood got back on the bus they heard Andrew getting excited about Spike story again.
"Spike you are like the coolest guy ever." Andrew said with eyes wide with excitement.
"Hey Andy wanna give them a little space while we get on our way." Faith said walking to the back of the bus with Robin. Andrew smiled at Spike nodded and went back to the front.
"Err I'm happy for you both really." Faith said at the couple.
"Umn yeah umn me too." Wood said looking at his feet.
"Thank you I am happy for me too, I am very happy." Buffy said looking at Spike and smiling.
"So are we gonna stay on this bus forever or are we going some where." Spike said looking around and then back at Buffy who was still on his lap. Willow turned round to look at Buffy, Spike, Wood and Faith at the back of the bus
"I just called LA, we can stay at Angels for a while he said we can come straight away." Willow explained
"Who's Angel?" Kennedy asked
"A poof" Spike spat out
"Spike," Buffy said looking at Spike then turning back to everyone else, "Angel is my ex, he is a vampire with a soul."
"Oh so he was like Spike." Rona said starting to understand
"No we are nothing alike I'm nothing like him he is nothing like me ok." Spike said to everyone.
Buffy turned round to look at Spike "Except for the fact that he is you grand-sire." Buffy said smiling knowing that she had caught him out.
"Oh yeah except for that." He said smiling back at Buffy and winking at her.
"Grand-sire?" Vi asked
"Yeah I was sired by my ex and he sired her so that makes him my grand-sire but that's the only connection." Spike tried to explain as quickly as possible not wanting to keep on the topic of Angel and Drusilla for too long.
"Ok nuff talking bout the ex's and let's go too mine, who's drivin'?" Buffy asked looking around.
"I got it, Buffy you get some rest." Wood said as he got up and moved to the drivers seat.
"Thanks Robin." Buffy said as she snuggled down into Spike embrace and softly kissed his neck.
"Love you Spike," she said softly
"Love you Buffy." He said back as she fell in to a deep sleep in his arms He stayed up and watched her sleep for a little while before falling asleep himself.
The bus fell silent as one by one everyone on the bus fell asleep except Wood and Faith who decided to stay up and keep Robin company.