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Chapter Forty-One: Park
Buffy set Alex down in the sandbox, and moved away to sit on a near- by bench. Smiling at another mother, she struck up a friendly conversation with a lovely dark-haired woman beside her.
"Hello," said the graceful lady in a smooth British accent. "I'm Lydia Elliot."
"Hi. I'm Buffy Crawford have I seen you here before?"
"Oh, no... We just moved here. I'm trying to get Emma - my little girl- to make some friends here. She's the little blonde in the sand box."
"I have a little terror. His name is Alex. He's light brown hair and blue eyes. He turns five in a few months, and is letting us all know how grown up he is." The women shared a smile,
"Emma's four"
"So where you from?" Buffy asked
"London" Lydia said
"Oh, my husbands from there" Buffy said
"Really, the name Crawford doesn't come to mind" Lydia said
"Oh, it wouldn't, he's been in America for quiet I while"
Buffy smiled and began to tell Lydia about Alex, Spike and herself
Emma sat, content in her new play place and her ballerina Barbie. She was going to be Barbie one day. She piled the sand, tossing the occasional handful in the air and giggling.
A shadow fell over her making her look up, puzzled.
A boy stood over her, raggedy brown hair and piercing yet shy blue eyes looked at her.
"Hello luv." Alex said trying one of his fathers' pet names on for size
Emma scrunched up her nose. "I'm not your luv."
"Good, don't want you to be."
She stuck her tongue out at him. "Why you call me it then." Under her breath, she muttered, "Bloody Poophead."
His eyes popped wide. No one had ever called him that because none of his other friends had a British dad. "I bet you don't even now what bloody means"
Emma looked covertly to the left, then right. Motioned him to sit down. He did. "I do so, my mommy says it when she's angry, but you cant tell on me cause when I say it I get told off a lot by my mommy" They both looked at there mothers
"My mommy yells at me if I say it too, I'm Alex."
"I'm Emma, I'm four."
"I'm four too but I'm nearly five. So my daddy is British, is yours." He turned the doll this way and that.
"No but my mommy is, where is your daddy" Emma said
He made a face at her. "He gone away for a little while but he'll be back, cause he's the best daddy ever" Alex said proudly
"No he's not"
He sneered at her. "Yes he is you cant say that bout my daddy"
"Yes I can my daddy's better than your daddy, my daddy's getting me ice cream, your daddy's not even here "
Alex frowned and pushed her down into the sandbox.
Emma looked up at him, big, fat alligator tears welling in her eyes and spilling down her little cheeks.
Guilt swept through him like blood through his veins. He was on his knees beside her in a moment, shushing her, praying to the God, that his mother would not hear of this.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."
Emma's little fist smashed into his nose.
"AAAAAHHHH!!!" Holding his injured member with both hands he thought of one of the dirtiest word he had ever heard Daddy used and fired it off,
"You mean BINT! THAT HURT!" He lunged into the sand with her, and the two began clawing and pulling hair.
As their astonished mothers came rushing towards them, Alex leaned forward and bit Emma. In retaliation, she kicked him, hard. Twice.
Their mother's pulled them apart, each admonishing their child.
"Alex! We do not bite people! It is NOT how we make friends!"
"And Emma! We do NOT kick people. It is NOT nice."
Buffy and Lydia at the same time, pushed their children gently forward, saying simultaneously, "Apologise."
They stared mutinously at eachother for a moment, each admiring their handiwork. Her hair was quite mussed now, and each sported various red marks and bruises.
Alex picked up her now VERY ungraceful looking Ballerina Barbie, her skirt torn and missing one shoe, and handed it to Emma.
"Sorry," he muttered grudgingly.
"Sorry," she echoed back at him.
As their mother's led them away, Emma turned back to mouth at Alex, "Bloody Poophead."
Turned away from his own mother, he stuck his tongue out at her.
*~*~*~*~
Buffy sat with Alex next to her wiping away his scratches that he had on his face
"Alex, you know its not nice to start fights" Buffy said to him
"I know, but she said mean things bout daddy and so she started it"
"Oh so she made you push her over" Buffy said
"But I said sorry then the bint punched me" Alex said
"Alex William Crawford how many times do I have to tell you not to say words like that" Buffy said
"Sorry mommy" He said wrapping his arms around her and burying his head into her chest
"Do you remember our deal this morning" Buffy said hugging him back
"Yeah, we gonna look after each other" Alex mumbled into her chest
"That's right, and I cant do that if your gonna be a naughty boy and fight with other children ok, so no more fighting" She said
Alex merely nodded and tightened his grip on his mother
"Good boy "She said kissing him on the forehead "You know I love you right" She said
"Yeah, I love you too mommy" He said
*~*~*~*~*
After a couple of minutes Alex was ready enough to go back to the sand pit, Buffy watched as he walked away, it still amazed her that she had a four year old son and a baby on the way, and it still amazed her how much Alex looked like Spike, except for the obvious hair difference Spike and Alex were the spitting image of each other.
Buffy was broken out of her thought as Alex screamed
"DADDY"
Buffy watched in horror as Alex ran away
"ALEX" Buffy yelled
Alex kept running and ran into the arms of a man with bleach blond hair and a long leather coat The man instinctively picked Alex up Alex looked up at the man and frowned
"Your not my daddy" Alex said
"Sorry little man I'm not" The man said as he watched a small blonde running towards him
"God, I'm so sorry" Buffy said taking Alex from the man
"That's fine" He said chuckling
"No its not, I cant believe he just ran off like that I don't know..." Buffy stopped as she for he first time looked up at the man
For a split second Buffy thought it was Spike, but then looked at him a bit longer at realised that was just wishful thinking, and also realised why Alex had made the mistake and that either this as a big coincidence or someone was playing a sick joke
"...Err yeah so I'm sorry" Buffy said as tears threatened to spill if she looked at this man any longer, she turned to walk away but he caught her shoulder and turned her round
"Wait err I couldn't help but notice he called me daddy" He said
"He made a mistake see with your hair and coat you look like my husband" She said trying to explain as quickly as she could so she could go
"Oh, is he not here" He asked
"No, not at the moment, but he will be" She said confidently
"Ok, if you ever want to talk here's my card" He said shoving a card into her hand
Before she could say anything he ran off, Buffy looked at the card and was puzzled as she realised it was a small envelope, she turned it over and gasped as it read
~~'I am always watching you'~~
Buffy lowered Alex down to the floor and opened the envelope to find a picture of her and Alex hugging on the bench
Buffy stuffed them both into her pocket and frantically looked all around her, she then looked down at Alex and picked him up and started to walk to he car
"Come on baby, its time to go home" She said still looking round to see if she was being followed
*~*~*~*~
Once Buffy and Alex drove up to the house she spotted Willow and Xander at the door, she got her and Alex out and walked to the front door
"Hey guys" Buffy said with little emotion
"Hey Buffy, is it alright if we come in" Xander asked
Buffy nodded and let them in
"Did you have a good time at the park Alex" Willow asked Alex as he took off his coat
"Yep I got in to a fight with a little girl called Emma" Alex said
"Getting into fights with girls, like father like son huh" Xander said with out thinking
Both Willow and Xander instantly looked at Buffy to see her reaction
"Buffy what I meant was..."
"Its ok Xander, he is like his father"
"And you can tell you father all about the little incident at the park no go up stairs and play baby" She said to Alex
"Buffy do you really think you should be telling him things like that" Willow said once Alex went up stairs
"Like what, it's the truth" She said picking up some toys off the floor
"Buffy we did some research on this dimension and theirs no way to get back, that's why it's the dimension all creatures fear, he's not coming back, I'm sorry Buffy, Spike is gone" Willow said
"No, what you've researched is bull shit, I'm sorry Willow but I know he is coming back"
"NO HE ISNT BUFFY, and the faster you realise he is gone the faster you can get on with your life!!!" Xander shouted walking up to her
Buffy pulled her hand back and slapped Xander round the face
"How dare you, how dare you think I can just forget my husband just like that, I love him Xander and I'm no letting him go so easily, he is coming home and I don't give a DAMN IF YOU THINK HE IS OR NOT BECAUSE I KNOW HE IS, NOW GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!" She screamed
Xander looked at Buffy then at Willow, then both Willow and Xander turned around and left, Willow turned round before she left
"I'm sorry Buffy, I'll be in touch" She said
Buffy smiled weakly at Willow before Willow shut the door
*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter Forty-One: Park
Buffy set Alex down in the sandbox, and moved away to sit on a near- by bench. Smiling at another mother, she struck up a friendly conversation with a lovely dark-haired woman beside her.
"Hello," said the graceful lady in a smooth British accent. "I'm Lydia Elliot."
"Hi. I'm Buffy Crawford have I seen you here before?"
"Oh, no... We just moved here. I'm trying to get Emma - my little girl- to make some friends here. She's the little blonde in the sand box."
"I have a little terror. His name is Alex. He's light brown hair and blue eyes. He turns five in a few months, and is letting us all know how grown up he is." The women shared a smile,
"Emma's four"
"So where you from?" Buffy asked
"London" Lydia said
"Oh, my husbands from there" Buffy said
"Really, the name Crawford doesn't come to mind" Lydia said
"Oh, it wouldn't, he's been in America for quiet I while"
Buffy smiled and began to tell Lydia about Alex, Spike and herself
Emma sat, content in her new play place and her ballerina Barbie. She was going to be Barbie one day. She piled the sand, tossing the occasional handful in the air and giggling.
A shadow fell over her making her look up, puzzled.
A boy stood over her, raggedy brown hair and piercing yet shy blue eyes looked at her.
"Hello luv." Alex said trying one of his fathers' pet names on for size
Emma scrunched up her nose. "I'm not your luv."
"Good, don't want you to be."
She stuck her tongue out at him. "Why you call me it then." Under her breath, she muttered, "Bloody Poophead."
His eyes popped wide. No one had ever called him that because none of his other friends had a British dad. "I bet you don't even now what bloody means"
Emma looked covertly to the left, then right. Motioned him to sit down. He did. "I do so, my mommy says it when she's angry, but you cant tell on me cause when I say it I get told off a lot by my mommy" They both looked at there mothers
"My mommy yells at me if I say it too, I'm Alex."
"I'm Emma, I'm four."
"I'm four too but I'm nearly five. So my daddy is British, is yours." He turned the doll this way and that.
"No but my mommy is, where is your daddy" Emma said
He made a face at her. "He gone away for a little while but he'll be back, cause he's the best daddy ever" Alex said proudly
"No he's not"
He sneered at her. "Yes he is you cant say that bout my daddy"
"Yes I can my daddy's better than your daddy, my daddy's getting me ice cream, your daddy's not even here "
Alex frowned and pushed her down into the sandbox.
Emma looked up at him, big, fat alligator tears welling in her eyes and spilling down her little cheeks.
Guilt swept through him like blood through his veins. He was on his knees beside her in a moment, shushing her, praying to the God, that his mother would not hear of this.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."
Emma's little fist smashed into his nose.
"AAAAAHHHH!!!" Holding his injured member with both hands he thought of one of the dirtiest word he had ever heard Daddy used and fired it off,
"You mean BINT! THAT HURT!" He lunged into the sand with her, and the two began clawing and pulling hair.
As their astonished mothers came rushing towards them, Alex leaned forward and bit Emma. In retaliation, she kicked him, hard. Twice.
Their mother's pulled them apart, each admonishing their child.
"Alex! We do not bite people! It is NOT how we make friends!"
"And Emma! We do NOT kick people. It is NOT nice."
Buffy and Lydia at the same time, pushed their children gently forward, saying simultaneously, "Apologise."
They stared mutinously at eachother for a moment, each admiring their handiwork. Her hair was quite mussed now, and each sported various red marks and bruises.
Alex picked up her now VERY ungraceful looking Ballerina Barbie, her skirt torn and missing one shoe, and handed it to Emma.
"Sorry," he muttered grudgingly.
"Sorry," she echoed back at him.
As their mother's led them away, Emma turned back to mouth at Alex, "Bloody Poophead."
Turned away from his own mother, he stuck his tongue out at her.
*~*~*~*~
Buffy sat with Alex next to her wiping away his scratches that he had on his face
"Alex, you know its not nice to start fights" Buffy said to him
"I know, but she said mean things bout daddy and so she started it"
"Oh so she made you push her over" Buffy said
"But I said sorry then the bint punched me" Alex said
"Alex William Crawford how many times do I have to tell you not to say words like that" Buffy said
"Sorry mommy" He said wrapping his arms around her and burying his head into her chest
"Do you remember our deal this morning" Buffy said hugging him back
"Yeah, we gonna look after each other" Alex mumbled into her chest
"That's right, and I cant do that if your gonna be a naughty boy and fight with other children ok, so no more fighting" She said
Alex merely nodded and tightened his grip on his mother
"Good boy "She said kissing him on the forehead "You know I love you right" She said
"Yeah, I love you too mommy" He said
*~*~*~*~*
After a couple of minutes Alex was ready enough to go back to the sand pit, Buffy watched as he walked away, it still amazed her that she had a four year old son and a baby on the way, and it still amazed her how much Alex looked like Spike, except for the obvious hair difference Spike and Alex were the spitting image of each other.
Buffy was broken out of her thought as Alex screamed
"DADDY"
Buffy watched in horror as Alex ran away
"ALEX" Buffy yelled
Alex kept running and ran into the arms of a man with bleach blond hair and a long leather coat The man instinctively picked Alex up Alex looked up at the man and frowned
"Your not my daddy" Alex said
"Sorry little man I'm not" The man said as he watched a small blonde running towards him
"God, I'm so sorry" Buffy said taking Alex from the man
"That's fine" He said chuckling
"No its not, I cant believe he just ran off like that I don't know..." Buffy stopped as she for he first time looked up at the man
For a split second Buffy thought it was Spike, but then looked at him a bit longer at realised that was just wishful thinking, and also realised why Alex had made the mistake and that either this as a big coincidence or someone was playing a sick joke
"...Err yeah so I'm sorry" Buffy said as tears threatened to spill if she looked at this man any longer, she turned to walk away but he caught her shoulder and turned her round
"Wait err I couldn't help but notice he called me daddy" He said
"He made a mistake see with your hair and coat you look like my husband" She said trying to explain as quickly as she could so she could go
"Oh, is he not here" He asked
"No, not at the moment, but he will be" She said confidently
"Ok, if you ever want to talk here's my card" He said shoving a card into her hand
Before she could say anything he ran off, Buffy looked at the card and was puzzled as she realised it was a small envelope, she turned it over and gasped as it read
~~'I am always watching you'~~
Buffy lowered Alex down to the floor and opened the envelope to find a picture of her and Alex hugging on the bench
Buffy stuffed them both into her pocket and frantically looked all around her, she then looked down at Alex and picked him up and started to walk to he car
"Come on baby, its time to go home" She said still looking round to see if she was being followed
*~*~*~*~
Once Buffy and Alex drove up to the house she spotted Willow and Xander at the door, she got her and Alex out and walked to the front door
"Hey guys" Buffy said with little emotion
"Hey Buffy, is it alright if we come in" Xander asked
Buffy nodded and let them in
"Did you have a good time at the park Alex" Willow asked Alex as he took off his coat
"Yep I got in to a fight with a little girl called Emma" Alex said
"Getting into fights with girls, like father like son huh" Xander said with out thinking
Both Willow and Xander instantly looked at Buffy to see her reaction
"Buffy what I meant was..."
"Its ok Xander, he is like his father"
"And you can tell you father all about the little incident at the park no go up stairs and play baby" She said to Alex
"Buffy do you really think you should be telling him things like that" Willow said once Alex went up stairs
"Like what, it's the truth" She said picking up some toys off the floor
"Buffy we did some research on this dimension and theirs no way to get back, that's why it's the dimension all creatures fear, he's not coming back, I'm sorry Buffy, Spike is gone" Willow said
"No, what you've researched is bull shit, I'm sorry Willow but I know he is coming back"
"NO HE ISNT BUFFY, and the faster you realise he is gone the faster you can get on with your life!!!" Xander shouted walking up to her
Buffy pulled her hand back and slapped Xander round the face
"How dare you, how dare you think I can just forget my husband just like that, I love him Xander and I'm no letting him go so easily, he is coming home and I don't give a DAMN IF YOU THINK HE IS OR NOT BECAUSE I KNOW HE IS, NOW GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!" She screamed
Xander looked at Buffy then at Willow, then both Willow and Xander turned around and left, Willow turned round before she left
"I'm sorry Buffy, I'll be in touch" She said
Buffy smiled weakly at Willow before Willow shut the door
*~*~*~*~*~