Chapter Fifty-Four: Promised

The next day Faith went over to Buffy's, she let herself in the back door "Spike?" Buffy called running in to the room.

"No again, its still kinda funny when you do that." She said walking over to you her.

"And as a friend, I have to say, you look like shit." Faith said sitting down.

"Didn't get much sleep, what with the crying and the dialling and the more crying, kind of a rough night." She said sitting down in front of her.

"Didn't get much sleep myself, chatting with your hubby." She said.

"What has he said?" She said.

"First I wanna here your story." Faith said.

Buffy took a deep breath and looked at Faith. "I was here, just like a normal day, looking after Alex and the twins, then there was a knock at the door it was Angel. So I let him in and I asked him to give Katie her drink, when I had done with Jamie and Alex. I came down stairs, couple minutes later he came and he sat next to me, we talked and he said something about me being beautiful. I didn't think anything of it then but then he told me that he was still in love with this girl"

"He said that to me to, I thought he was talking about..."

"Cordelia, that's what I thought. Then when I told him to go for it, he kissed me. Faith I swear to god I pushed him off straight away, but Spike had already seen and him and Angel started to fight and..." Buffy paused as she started to get angry.

"...then Angel started to say things to him like I belonged to him and Spike was less then him and that I never loved Spike like I loved him. Faith I was so mad I couldn't move. Angel was saying the biggest amount bull shit I had ever heard, but Spike was taking it. I have never seen him so angry, he was about to stake Angel but I stopped him, I couldn't let him kill Angel, you know." Buffy said.

"Yeah I know."

"Spike wouldn't let me touch him, he looked so hurt, and he left." Buffy said looking down at her hands in her lap.

"What happened after that?" Faith asked

"I was beyond furious when Angel decided to get up and thank me for stopping Spike. I turned around and through the hardest punch I have ever thrown, straight in his face, hence the missing wall back there." Buffy said pointing to the big hole in the wall.

"I screamed at him and hit him some more and told him I wouldn't get back together with him, and I told him if I lost Spike because of him, I would kill him." Buffy said matter of factly.

"Wow, heck of a story, little different from Spike's, you two need to talk." She said.

"Why, what was his story?" She said

"According to him, he walked in on you kissing they had a fight and he tried to stake Angel but you pulled him off because you're protecting your lover."

"LOVER? My lover? He actually said that?" Buffy said.

"Yeah, he's really upset, and he misses the kids."

"Doesn't he miss me?" Buffy asked sadly.

"Yeah, but I think he is way to mad at you to admit it."

"If you want you can take the twins to see him, Alex is at school." She said.

"Yeah, cheer him up a bit." Faith said getting up.

Spike played with his kids for a while in the apartment.

"When you coming home daddy, Alex keeps putting his finger up my nose." Jamie asked climbing onto his dads lap.

"I don't know bitesize." Spike said looking down then back up at his son.

"Are you coming home soon?" Katie said playing with Spikes shoe laces.

"I don't know that either, your old dad don't know much." He said laughing.

"Everyone was crying yesterday." Katie said.

"I wasn't." Jamie said.

"You were too."

"I was not."

"You were too."

"I was not."

"Ok, stop it." Spike said sternly.

"We all slept in your bed cause mommy was crying a whole bunch and so was Jamie." She said sticking her tongue out at him.

"Hey, how bout we go to the office and pick up the tickets to Wonder world I left there, huh?" He said changing the subject and looking at the time and realising he could pick up Alex and take him with.

"YEAHHHH." They screamed.

After Faith dropped of the kids at her place he went back to Buffy's they decided to go to the office as Faith had left her money there, the drove down to the office and walked in.

When the got to the right floor, Buffy looked around to make sure Angel wasn't around, as she couldn't take seeing him right now.

"I'm just going to get it ok, be right back." Faith said walking off.

Buffy walked around and spotted Spike's office, he didn't use it much he said he didn't want to turn into a poncy office guy so he just used it to store his weapons and he had a shower in there to just in case he ran in to a messy demon.

Buffy walked in and looked around she walked to the seat in the corner and sat down, she spotted a picture of her family, it was her Spike, Alex, Katie and Jamie at Katie and Jamie's 2nd birthday party, they were all smiling over the big cake that was half pink and half blue. They all looked so happy, Buffy hoped she hadn't lost that.

"Buffy" A voice said from the door way.

Buffy closed her eyes to calm herself.

"I really don't want to see you right now Angel." She said opening her eyes and looking at the picture.

"I know, I'm the last person you want to see but..."

"Don't say you're sorry." she said getting up and placing the picture back on the table stroking the image for a second.

"I am sorry but not for what you think, I'm sorry for what happened but I'm not sorry for what I told you." Angel said getting closer to her.

Buffy looked up at him.

"Well I am sorry for what you told me because I doesn't mean anything, Angel I am with Spike now we broke up 12 years ago I have a family and now you decide that you like what you see and want it." Buffy said.

Buffy hadn't realised how close they were together she was to busy trying to keep her temper down, she was still very mad at Angel.

"I know how long its been but..."

"No buts Angel, I love Spike too much to ride off into the sunset with you ok." She bit out.

Spike walked into his office and gasped at the site he saw before him, his wife and Angel up close and personal again.

"Well, so sorry to interrupt again." Spike bit out sarcastically.

"Spike I ..." Buffy started.

"Save it," He said walking to a draw and pulling out some tickets.

"Spike please, we have to talk." Buffy said approaching him.

"About what, how your leaving me for your big headed boyfriend?" Spike said pointing at Angel a few feet away.

"He is not my boyfriend and I am certainly not leaving you." She said getting closer to him.

"Oh yeah, so why for the second time in a row have I seen you with HIM?" He yelled

"Spike, please let me explain." She said touching his arm.

Spike just violently pulled away.

"You, you promised, you promised me Buffy, you promised me you would never break my heart, do you remember that." He said looking her in the eye.

Oh Buffy remembered alright, the night her and Spike cried in each others arms when he got his memory back, and she promised with all her soul that she would never break his heart, she opened her mouth to reply when Katie and Jamie ran in.

"Mommy, mommy, daddy's taking us to wonder world. Are you coming?" Katie said.

Buffy looked up at Spike as he turned away

"No baby, you go with your daddy, have a great time."

"You sure mom?" Alex said from the door way.

"Yeah. I'm going out with your aunt Faith today anyway." She said kissing Katie and Jamie on the head.

"Ok mommy, I'll bring you back a friend for Mr. Gordo then he won't be lonely" Jamie said.

"No, gonna buy a girl Mrs. Gordo so they can get married like mommy and daddy." Katie said walking out the door with her brothers; Spike was about to follow when Buffy called him.

"Spike..."

Spike turned around and looked at her.

"I love you." She said with tears in her eyes.

Spike just looked at the floor and walked out.

Buffy let a single tear fall as she watched her husband walk away.

Angel saw her crying and walked up behind her, he put a hand on her arm but she ripped it from his grasp.

"Don't touch me." She said harshly before walking out.

Angel took a deep unneeded breath and walked to his office

The whole office was silent on hearing the commotion; until Faith ran down the stairs she looked at everyone's shocked faces

"Whoa, what'd I miss?"

AN: Don't worry, soon I promise Spuffy will live on