Chapter 8
Five years later
Buffy walks back into the house she left five years before. She looks around and smiles. (It is good to be back) she thinks as Billy runs thru the house trying to lay claim on a room. Matt the more reserve one walks into the house with an eye of concern.
"Mom are we going to live here for long?" Matt asks as he enters the only bedroom that can be his and his brothers.
"Son, there are only two bedrooms in this house, and we are staying here for a long time to come. Now boys go outside and help Aunt Willow and Uncle Xander bring things in." Buffy tells Billy and Matt as she puts her box that she was carrying down. She walks around the house to inspect it for problem that need to be fix.
"Buffy, where do you want me to put these boxes?" Xander calls to Buffy.
"They are marked with the room that they belong in. Put them in the room and just make sure they all can fit." Buffy helps Willow and Xander bring in boxes from the moving truck.
After the truck was unloaded and the kids were asleep, the grown ups could finally talk. "Buffy it is so good to see you back here. Is this the last move for you?" asks Xander as he watches his friend unload boxes and put things were they belong.
"All I know is now that the boys are starting school I want them here. I might have to move to a bigger place in the near future; but this is where I wanted to raise my boys." Buffy answers him.
"So you got a promotion or what?" Willow says. "No and yes, I got a promotion but I did not get a big rise to move back here. When the job opened up I took it right up before anyone else could take it."
"So you called Angel yet to tell him you are back?"
"Yeah Willow I called when I knew I had the job. He made it real clear he wanted me to leave him and his new family alone. Funny what a few years can do to a man? When I left he was swearing off relationships; but now he is married and by all accounts has two kids and happy. He got lucky. He married the daughter of my old boss. He was loaded. When he died, she got his money and share in the company." Buffy tells them while working to clean up before going to bed.
The next morning Buffy is awaken by Matt and Billy. They both had no clothes on expect their under shorts. "Mommy wake up I'm hungry and can't find the milk." Matt tells her.
"Why do you and your brother get dress and we will go out to eat and then to the store." Buffy says as she pulls her tired body out of bed. Lucky for her, that Xander took the truck back last night for her. She gets dressed and then went to dress the boys.
Buffy walks into the kitchen and puts the boys' birth certificates in her purse and made sure she had the needed papers for the boys to start school. "Come on boys yet us go eat and get you signed up for school."
After Buffy signed them up for school; they all go to a small shop that she loved when she lived here five years ago. They walk in and see just what Buffy is looking for, bunk-beds. "Excuse me; do you know the price of these two beds?"
"Yes; they are two hundred dollars with mattresses included. Would like them?" the sales lady asks.
"Yes I would like that one, the one that makes a cross. I need it in light maple." Buffy pays and then a small box catches her eye. It says (Win a free setting with a certified photo specialist.) so she fills out a paper and deposits in the box.
For the last five years Spike has built a business he can be proud of. He takes the surrounding school districts school pictures and his studio has built a loyal following. He should be happy but this nagging feeling in the pit of his stomach will not go away. Every relationship he finds is doom to fail before it gets going. If it was not for his friends Willow and Xander he would have giving up and moved back to the mother land. For five years he waited for her come to him; but it never happens. So he lives thru the people in his life; frozen in time with her. Part of Spike's business is giving away a free pictures; he puts boxes in store, shop and such hoping to get new business. It has worked before and it keeps working even now.
Spike collects the boxes and replaces them with new ones. He takes the back to his office; going thru the entries pulling ten out of the pile. Spike calls to his assistant, "Dawn, can you call these numbers and tell them they won."
"Yes sir I will call now. You have a one o'clock with Mrs. Smith; she is bringing the triples for their three year birthday." Dawn tells Spike with a smile, knowing that this family was his least favorite to shoot.
"Thank you; now call before I make you shoot them, smarty pants." Spike likes Dawn; she is sweet and can handle herself with a camera. He did well by hiring her. He gets set up for his next shoot; it will be bugger of one.
The phone rings at Buffy's house as she and the boys' get home; she just misses it and the answering machine gets it. "Buffy, this is your Mom. I need you to call me so we can set up pick up times for the boys. Matt be good and Billy stop doing what ever you are doing to get on your Mom's nerves. Bye." Buffy laughs at her mothers keen sense of how the boys' act.
"Matt and Billy, why don't you go watch some TV before supper." Buffy tells them as she goes to her room to change. It has been a hard first two weeks of school for her. The boys' not listen to the teachers; so she gets calls from them. She is confident that everything will settle down now. As she finishes her sentence the phone rings; Buffy thinks it is her mother again so she answers it.
"Hello, is this Buffy Summers?" Dawn asks.
"Yes" Buffy answers.
"I am glad to inform you that you have won a setting with Heavenly Pictures. Would you like to make an appointment?"
"Yes I would, how about on Saturday about ten." Buffy ask as she tries to find a pen and paper so she can write down the directions. She is surprised that she won, she never wins things. She does not have go luck, only once did she feel that luck was on her side, with him.
"Let me see, yes we can do it this Saturday at ten. How many people will there be?" She asks so she can be ready for them.
"Three, me and my two boys' is all there will be. Is that ok?" Buffy finishes the plans and getting directions before hanging up the phone. She is glad that this came along; it would do her good to get new pictures of Matt and Billy. She writes the appointment on the calendar and starts supper.
Five years later
Buffy walks back into the house she left five years before. She looks around and smiles. (It is good to be back) she thinks as Billy runs thru the house trying to lay claim on a room. Matt the more reserve one walks into the house with an eye of concern.
"Mom are we going to live here for long?" Matt asks as he enters the only bedroom that can be his and his brothers.
"Son, there are only two bedrooms in this house, and we are staying here for a long time to come. Now boys go outside and help Aunt Willow and Uncle Xander bring things in." Buffy tells Billy and Matt as she puts her box that she was carrying down. She walks around the house to inspect it for problem that need to be fix.
"Buffy, where do you want me to put these boxes?" Xander calls to Buffy.
"They are marked with the room that they belong in. Put them in the room and just make sure they all can fit." Buffy helps Willow and Xander bring in boxes from the moving truck.
After the truck was unloaded and the kids were asleep, the grown ups could finally talk. "Buffy it is so good to see you back here. Is this the last move for you?" asks Xander as he watches his friend unload boxes and put things were they belong.
"All I know is now that the boys are starting school I want them here. I might have to move to a bigger place in the near future; but this is where I wanted to raise my boys." Buffy answers him.
"So you got a promotion or what?" Willow says. "No and yes, I got a promotion but I did not get a big rise to move back here. When the job opened up I took it right up before anyone else could take it."
"So you called Angel yet to tell him you are back?"
"Yeah Willow I called when I knew I had the job. He made it real clear he wanted me to leave him and his new family alone. Funny what a few years can do to a man? When I left he was swearing off relationships; but now he is married and by all accounts has two kids and happy. He got lucky. He married the daughter of my old boss. He was loaded. When he died, she got his money and share in the company." Buffy tells them while working to clean up before going to bed.
The next morning Buffy is awaken by Matt and Billy. They both had no clothes on expect their under shorts. "Mommy wake up I'm hungry and can't find the milk." Matt tells her.
"Why do you and your brother get dress and we will go out to eat and then to the store." Buffy says as she pulls her tired body out of bed. Lucky for her, that Xander took the truck back last night for her. She gets dressed and then went to dress the boys.
Buffy walks into the kitchen and puts the boys' birth certificates in her purse and made sure she had the needed papers for the boys to start school. "Come on boys yet us go eat and get you signed up for school."
After Buffy signed them up for school; they all go to a small shop that she loved when she lived here five years ago. They walk in and see just what Buffy is looking for, bunk-beds. "Excuse me; do you know the price of these two beds?"
"Yes; they are two hundred dollars with mattresses included. Would like them?" the sales lady asks.
"Yes I would like that one, the one that makes a cross. I need it in light maple." Buffy pays and then a small box catches her eye. It says (Win a free setting with a certified photo specialist.) so she fills out a paper and deposits in the box.
For the last five years Spike has built a business he can be proud of. He takes the surrounding school districts school pictures and his studio has built a loyal following. He should be happy but this nagging feeling in the pit of his stomach will not go away. Every relationship he finds is doom to fail before it gets going. If it was not for his friends Willow and Xander he would have giving up and moved back to the mother land. For five years he waited for her come to him; but it never happens. So he lives thru the people in his life; frozen in time with her. Part of Spike's business is giving away a free pictures; he puts boxes in store, shop and such hoping to get new business. It has worked before and it keeps working even now.
Spike collects the boxes and replaces them with new ones. He takes the back to his office; going thru the entries pulling ten out of the pile. Spike calls to his assistant, "Dawn, can you call these numbers and tell them they won."
"Yes sir I will call now. You have a one o'clock with Mrs. Smith; she is bringing the triples for their three year birthday." Dawn tells Spike with a smile, knowing that this family was his least favorite to shoot.
"Thank you; now call before I make you shoot them, smarty pants." Spike likes Dawn; she is sweet and can handle herself with a camera. He did well by hiring her. He gets set up for his next shoot; it will be bugger of one.
The phone rings at Buffy's house as she and the boys' get home; she just misses it and the answering machine gets it. "Buffy, this is your Mom. I need you to call me so we can set up pick up times for the boys. Matt be good and Billy stop doing what ever you are doing to get on your Mom's nerves. Bye." Buffy laughs at her mothers keen sense of how the boys' act.
"Matt and Billy, why don't you go watch some TV before supper." Buffy tells them as she goes to her room to change. It has been a hard first two weeks of school for her. The boys' not listen to the teachers; so she gets calls from them. She is confident that everything will settle down now. As she finishes her sentence the phone rings; Buffy thinks it is her mother again so she answers it.
"Hello, is this Buffy Summers?" Dawn asks.
"Yes" Buffy answers.
"I am glad to inform you that you have won a setting with Heavenly Pictures. Would you like to make an appointment?"
"Yes I would, how about on Saturday about ten." Buffy ask as she tries to find a pen and paper so she can write down the directions. She is surprised that she won, she never wins things. She does not have go luck, only once did she feel that luck was on her side, with him.
"Let me see, yes we can do it this Saturday at ten. How many people will there be?" She asks so she can be ready for them.
"Three, me and my two boys' is all there will be. Is that ok?" Buffy finishes the plans and getting directions before hanging up the phone. She is glad that this came along; it would do her good to get new pictures of Matt and Billy. She writes the appointment on the calendar and starts supper.