Chapter 12
When Buffy got home she walked in the house and straight to her room without looking at Spike. She shut the door quietly and locked behind her. As she is going to her room she hears Spike call her name but she just ignored him and continued.
After Buffy makes it to her room Spike turns to Wes and asks, "What did say about the incident at the mall Wes? Did she say that she was mad or is hurt?" Wes tells Spike that she didn't want to go to the hospital and said nothing of the mall. All she did was look out the window after she got in the car. "Mate, she needs to see a doctor about her injuries. She is hurt bad and needs to be checked by a medical doctor." Spike thanks Wes for going to get her and apologizes for the trouble.
Spike sits down to think for a minutes before going to her and try to get her to go to the hospital. While he sits he thinks (I blew it again, she will think that is how it's always. I will show her that it's not like that and treat her to the other side of fame. We can go to a park and that will show that we can have a normal life together.) He decides to think about all this after speaking with Buffy.
Buffy enters her room and goes straight to the mirror; she is shocked to see blood on her face. Both of her eyes were black and her nose is covered in blood. Buffy's has a cut over her eye and her ribs hurt, it hurt to take a deep breath. When Wes suggested that she go to the hospital maybe she should have. She jumps when she hears a soft knock on her door, "Buffy are you alright? Open the door please." Buffy unlocks the door and opens it slowly.
When Buffy opens the door Spike was in pure shock, she was bleeding from a cut over her eye and bruises under her eyes. "Pet, you need to see someone I think your nose is broke and that cut is bad. Please let me take you to the hospital." Buffy agrees to go on one condition he doesn't go with her. She tells him he done enough for one day and she is better going alone. She doesn't really want to hurt him but it came out mean. Spike backs away and escorts her to his car, once there he tells the driver to take her to the hospital and make sure they bill him direct. Buffy sit in the seat but before Spike shuts the door she reaches for his hand and smiles a little crooked smile at him.
Buffy arrived at the hospital with little fan fare and was taken back almost immediately. The nurse asked what happen but for some reason she would not take truth as an answer. Buffy just told her truth and if she didn't like it then she didn't. The doctor came in and examines Buffy ordering x-rays of her ribs and farcical ones. She was taken to Radiology then brought back to the room, while she sits in the room she starts thinking (what have I gotten myself into, were do I go from here? I don't know if I can take this life choice. I love Spike but is it the best thing for me to do with my life? He said he was giving me a way to live my own life, so what is it she wants?)
One hour latter the doctor comes in and explains that Buffy has five broken ribs and a broken nose. He sews up the cut and gives her some prescriptions for the pain and an antibiotic just in case she gets an infection. The doctor releases her with a number of an ear, nose, and throat doctor for the broken nose. Larry himself picks Buffy up and personally drives her home then takes the prescription to drug store. After being let out of the car Buffy goes inside, she doesn't see Spike and tries to remember if he had a job on this day or not. She passes Spike's room as she goes to the room she picked. When she enters she notices that all the bags from the mall are on her bed. Buffy smiles and slides them over order in order to lie down; she is asleep before her head hits the pillow.
Spike wakes up from the floor in the living room where he fell asleep waiting for Buffy, sitting up he notices that there is a bag from the drug store on the stand by the door. He goes over to it and sees it for Buffy, his heart leaps in his chest, she still here. Spike takes the bag to Buffy's room; he is knocks lightly so he will not disturb her if she is asleep. At that exact moment Buffy opens the door. Spike looks at Buffy and starts crying for her pain that he feels he caused. Her eyes are all most swollen shut; she has bruises on her check and chin. He looks at her and said "Buffy I bought your meds to you. How do you feeling?"
"How does it look like I feel, I can only see a little and my ribs hurt to breath but I guess I could be worse, huh." Buffy is trying to get to the kitchen to take her meds but Spike is just standing there in her way. "Excuse me I want to go take this." She is pointing to the bag in his hand that holds her meds. "So can you move?"
"Yeah sorry, Buffy we need to talk about what happen." Buffy takes the bag and walks down the hall to the stairs. She tells Spike they can talk after she takes her meds. After eating and Spike helping her clean her wounds, they went to sit in the den. Spike kept looking at her every so often. He takes Buffy's hand and kneels down in front of her so he is at eye level with her.
"Buffy I am so sorry for happen at the mall. I promise I will not let it happen again. Please don't leave, I need you luv." Buffy just stares at him so he tries again. "Buffy please talk to me so we can fix this problem. If you don't talk to me I can't try to fix it. Tell me what I have to do or say to make things right." Buffy just shakes her head no and drops her eyes to the floor.
"No William, I'm sorry I can't do this, not with you and me and all your fans. I love you but I don't know if that is enough." Spike immediately takes her hands in his. "Pet, please look at me. I know that those girls were a little to much, but it is my fault because I dismissed my security guys so we could have a little normal life. So I can make sure that we are protected and I promise this will not happen again." He tries to get her to listen and meet his eyes but she just starts crying and he is powerless to stop the tears.
"Buffy please don't judge me by what happen at the mall. We been together at other places and not one time did this kind of thing happen, so please. We can go any place you want; just name it and we're there in 24 hours." She looks at him and shakes her head no again; it's not safe to be around him in that kind of setting. The mall just hammered it home.
"Luv, what are you saying? No, don't look at me like that I love you and will do anything to keep you safe. I am begging please don't leave me, I love you." Spike is crying as he finishes, the tears are going down his cheeks but he only cares about Buffy. She was going to leave him because of this; no he can't accept that answer. Spike stands up and walks away and the front door shuts behind him. When Buffy hears the door she tries to stop him but she is too late. She goes to her room to pack her bags. She will miss him but she thinks this is the right decision.
When Buffy got home she walked in the house and straight to her room without looking at Spike. She shut the door quietly and locked behind her. As she is going to her room she hears Spike call her name but she just ignored him and continued.
After Buffy makes it to her room Spike turns to Wes and asks, "What did say about the incident at the mall Wes? Did she say that she was mad or is hurt?" Wes tells Spike that she didn't want to go to the hospital and said nothing of the mall. All she did was look out the window after she got in the car. "Mate, she needs to see a doctor about her injuries. She is hurt bad and needs to be checked by a medical doctor." Spike thanks Wes for going to get her and apologizes for the trouble.
Spike sits down to think for a minutes before going to her and try to get her to go to the hospital. While he sits he thinks (I blew it again, she will think that is how it's always. I will show her that it's not like that and treat her to the other side of fame. We can go to a park and that will show that we can have a normal life together.) He decides to think about all this after speaking with Buffy.
Buffy enters her room and goes straight to the mirror; she is shocked to see blood on her face. Both of her eyes were black and her nose is covered in blood. Buffy's has a cut over her eye and her ribs hurt, it hurt to take a deep breath. When Wes suggested that she go to the hospital maybe she should have. She jumps when she hears a soft knock on her door, "Buffy are you alright? Open the door please." Buffy unlocks the door and opens it slowly.
When Buffy opens the door Spike was in pure shock, she was bleeding from a cut over her eye and bruises under her eyes. "Pet, you need to see someone I think your nose is broke and that cut is bad. Please let me take you to the hospital." Buffy agrees to go on one condition he doesn't go with her. She tells him he done enough for one day and she is better going alone. She doesn't really want to hurt him but it came out mean. Spike backs away and escorts her to his car, once there he tells the driver to take her to the hospital and make sure they bill him direct. Buffy sit in the seat but before Spike shuts the door she reaches for his hand and smiles a little crooked smile at him.
Buffy arrived at the hospital with little fan fare and was taken back almost immediately. The nurse asked what happen but for some reason she would not take truth as an answer. Buffy just told her truth and if she didn't like it then she didn't. The doctor came in and examines Buffy ordering x-rays of her ribs and farcical ones. She was taken to Radiology then brought back to the room, while she sits in the room she starts thinking (what have I gotten myself into, were do I go from here? I don't know if I can take this life choice. I love Spike but is it the best thing for me to do with my life? He said he was giving me a way to live my own life, so what is it she wants?)
One hour latter the doctor comes in and explains that Buffy has five broken ribs and a broken nose. He sews up the cut and gives her some prescriptions for the pain and an antibiotic just in case she gets an infection. The doctor releases her with a number of an ear, nose, and throat doctor for the broken nose. Larry himself picks Buffy up and personally drives her home then takes the prescription to drug store. After being let out of the car Buffy goes inside, she doesn't see Spike and tries to remember if he had a job on this day or not. She passes Spike's room as she goes to the room she picked. When she enters she notices that all the bags from the mall are on her bed. Buffy smiles and slides them over order in order to lie down; she is asleep before her head hits the pillow.
Spike wakes up from the floor in the living room where he fell asleep waiting for Buffy, sitting up he notices that there is a bag from the drug store on the stand by the door. He goes over to it and sees it for Buffy, his heart leaps in his chest, she still here. Spike takes the bag to Buffy's room; he is knocks lightly so he will not disturb her if she is asleep. At that exact moment Buffy opens the door. Spike looks at Buffy and starts crying for her pain that he feels he caused. Her eyes are all most swollen shut; she has bruises on her check and chin. He looks at her and said "Buffy I bought your meds to you. How do you feeling?"
"How does it look like I feel, I can only see a little and my ribs hurt to breath but I guess I could be worse, huh." Buffy is trying to get to the kitchen to take her meds but Spike is just standing there in her way. "Excuse me I want to go take this." She is pointing to the bag in his hand that holds her meds. "So can you move?"
"Yeah sorry, Buffy we need to talk about what happen." Buffy takes the bag and walks down the hall to the stairs. She tells Spike they can talk after she takes her meds. After eating and Spike helping her clean her wounds, they went to sit in the den. Spike kept looking at her every so often. He takes Buffy's hand and kneels down in front of her so he is at eye level with her.
"Buffy I am so sorry for happen at the mall. I promise I will not let it happen again. Please don't leave, I need you luv." Buffy just stares at him so he tries again. "Buffy please talk to me so we can fix this problem. If you don't talk to me I can't try to fix it. Tell me what I have to do or say to make things right." Buffy just shakes her head no and drops her eyes to the floor.
"No William, I'm sorry I can't do this, not with you and me and all your fans. I love you but I don't know if that is enough." Spike immediately takes her hands in his. "Pet, please look at me. I know that those girls were a little to much, but it is my fault because I dismissed my security guys so we could have a little normal life. So I can make sure that we are protected and I promise this will not happen again." He tries to get her to listen and meet his eyes but she just starts crying and he is powerless to stop the tears.
"Buffy please don't judge me by what happen at the mall. We been together at other places and not one time did this kind of thing happen, so please. We can go any place you want; just name it and we're there in 24 hours." She looks at him and shakes her head no again; it's not safe to be around him in that kind of setting. The mall just hammered it home.
"Luv, what are you saying? No, don't look at me like that I love you and will do anything to keep you safe. I am begging please don't leave me, I love you." Spike is crying as he finishes, the tears are going down his cheeks but he only cares about Buffy. She was going to leave him because of this; no he can't accept that answer. Spike stands up and walks away and the front door shuts behind him. When Buffy hears the door she tries to stop him but she is too late. She goes to her room to pack her bags. She will miss him but she thinks this is the right decision.