Chapter 27
Two weeks later
Spike sits on his bed dialing numbers; hoping to find Buffy by calling all the neighbors she had before coming with him to La. He looks in La but no one knew anything so he started with Texas. It never occurs to him to call Willow and Xander, then in a far off thought he remembers Xander not being in Texas anymore. Spike gets in his car and drives straight to Sunnydale.
Buffy has traveled to Texas and back to California in the last week; she looked for her friends before being told that they were in CA. She slowly drives down the street looking at house numbers. When she finally find the right house pulls in the driveway.
"Dawn, Eve we are here wake up." Buffy says as she turns off the car. She has drove more miles then she liked and had to call Willow for money to get here but now she safe and sound. Buffy opens the door and gets out of the car; opening the passenger side door for the girls to get out. Eve walks in front and is the first to get to the front door. She knocks on the door and listens for the owners to open the door.
"Who is it?" Xander calls out thru the door. "It's us Xander, open the door." Buffy answers.
The locks turn the door opens and there is Spike opening the door for them. "Buffy I have been worried sick about you. Why did you leave, I was coming home, we could have talked about it." Spike says as he moves towards Buffy to take her hands in his.
Buffy can't believe her eyes, there stood Spike. The one person she tried to run from. "Did you tell him I was coming, Xander?" Buffy asks as Spike pulls her into his arms. "No he just showed up yesterday and wanted to know if we heard from you. Willow said that you where on you way here from Texas, and he hasn't moved since." Spike walks backward to the living room and pulls Buffy down towards him as he sits. They sit on the couch while Willow gets the girls bed ready.
"A real bed Dawn, we don't have to sleep in the car again." Eve says while passing Buffy. Buffy realizes that the girls are not chess pieces to be moved where she wants to move them. She has been selfish by not allowing the girls say in the matter. She feels ashamed and very tired, but Spike is looking at her like he can see right to her soul. Before she knows it Spike and she are alone in the living room.
"How did you find me? I thought I told not to look for me. I can't be with you, you promised to keep me safe and you didn't do that." Buffy just realizes why she left in the first place; his promise to her after the mall incident. The promise to keep her safe, he didn't protect her.
"Did you think I would just say, oh on to the next one? I thought I made my self clear I love you and I will stand by you and do what it takes to be yours.
"We can't live in fear of going outside; I don't want to be scared when I have to go places."
"Do you love me?" Spike asks. "Yes more then this world and the next, but I don't want to live in LA. The city is no place to raise children." As Buffy says the last part she realize that she just mention the baby, not on propose, but she did all the same.
"I am ready to move if that will keep you with me. I can sell the house and get one here. We can get married and live here." Spike tries to convince Buffy to not leave him.
"Spike I can't let you give up anything for me. You would hold that over my head. I know not on purpose but still deep inside you will start to hate me for what you gave up."
"Let me decided what I want or not ok luv." Both tried to convince the other of their point of view. Buffy yawns and Spike is softly pushing her head on his lap.
"Sleep now and we can finish this up in the morning." Spike coos to her, trying to get her to loosen up. Buffy falls to sleep lying on Spike lap, and he sleep with his feet on the coffee table and his on the back of the couch.
The next day
Buffy wakes on a nice soft bed, she is sure she went to sleep in Spike's arms. She opens here eyes and sits up, that was a bad mistake. She runs out room and down the hall to the bathroom. Buffy kneels trying to get her stomach to stop being so fizzy. She hears someone walk in but she is too concerned with not throwing up to care. Spike reaches towards Buffy pulling her hair back.
"Buffy you should have told me last night. Now I get it about safety issue, you were concern for our child and when Dru went nuts you thought that I wouldn't be able to take care of you, right?" Spike states to Buffy while slowly brushing her back.
"I thought you wouldn't want it, wait who told you about the baby?" Buffy sits straight up looking at him. "Dawn let it slip at breakfast this morning. Why did you not just stay and we could work it out."
Buffy turns to face more comfortable like, "I just saw a man die and an ex of yours trying to kill me. I didn't wait to think about the situation ,I just reacted. I know that it not fair to run away like I did, but what would you have done?"
Spike stands up pulling Buffy with him, he leads her to kitchen. No one was there, the only thing that was showing in there was a big plate with pancakes, bacon, eggs on it with some OJ in a glass. Buffy walks towards it and notices something in the middle of the plate. She sits and just stares at all the food.
"Did you cook all this yourself? Where is everyone?" Buffy is baffled by his silence.
"I cook all this for you and everyone went to see a movie so we could talk." Spike sits down beside her and takes the small box off her plate. "Buffy, I know that I have a long way to prove that I am worthy of your love, but will you give me just one more try." Buffy is confused and doesn't get what he is saying. "Buffy, luv will you marry me?"
"Oh William yes I will, we have a lot to talk about but I want to be with you for rest of my life. I thought back home that I would never find true love, but it found me." Buffy is crying and barely can speak. Spike gets down on one knee and slips the ring on her finger.
"I also thought that I would never find you, but here you are and I will not let you go." Spike stands and opens his arms so she can enter them.
The end is near for this story.
Two weeks later
Spike sits on his bed dialing numbers; hoping to find Buffy by calling all the neighbors she had before coming with him to La. He looks in La but no one knew anything so he started with Texas. It never occurs to him to call Willow and Xander, then in a far off thought he remembers Xander not being in Texas anymore. Spike gets in his car and drives straight to Sunnydale.
Buffy has traveled to Texas and back to California in the last week; she looked for her friends before being told that they were in CA. She slowly drives down the street looking at house numbers. When she finally find the right house pulls in the driveway.
"Dawn, Eve we are here wake up." Buffy says as she turns off the car. She has drove more miles then she liked and had to call Willow for money to get here but now she safe and sound. Buffy opens the door and gets out of the car; opening the passenger side door for the girls to get out. Eve walks in front and is the first to get to the front door. She knocks on the door and listens for the owners to open the door.
"Who is it?" Xander calls out thru the door. "It's us Xander, open the door." Buffy answers.
The locks turn the door opens and there is Spike opening the door for them. "Buffy I have been worried sick about you. Why did you leave, I was coming home, we could have talked about it." Spike says as he moves towards Buffy to take her hands in his.
Buffy can't believe her eyes, there stood Spike. The one person she tried to run from. "Did you tell him I was coming, Xander?" Buffy asks as Spike pulls her into his arms. "No he just showed up yesterday and wanted to know if we heard from you. Willow said that you where on you way here from Texas, and he hasn't moved since." Spike walks backward to the living room and pulls Buffy down towards him as he sits. They sit on the couch while Willow gets the girls bed ready.
"A real bed Dawn, we don't have to sleep in the car again." Eve says while passing Buffy. Buffy realizes that the girls are not chess pieces to be moved where she wants to move them. She has been selfish by not allowing the girls say in the matter. She feels ashamed and very tired, but Spike is looking at her like he can see right to her soul. Before she knows it Spike and she are alone in the living room.
"How did you find me? I thought I told not to look for me. I can't be with you, you promised to keep me safe and you didn't do that." Buffy just realizes why she left in the first place; his promise to her after the mall incident. The promise to keep her safe, he didn't protect her.
"Did you think I would just say, oh on to the next one? I thought I made my self clear I love you and I will stand by you and do what it takes to be yours.
"We can't live in fear of going outside; I don't want to be scared when I have to go places."
"Do you love me?" Spike asks. "Yes more then this world and the next, but I don't want to live in LA. The city is no place to raise children." As Buffy says the last part she realize that she just mention the baby, not on propose, but she did all the same.
"I am ready to move if that will keep you with me. I can sell the house and get one here. We can get married and live here." Spike tries to convince Buffy to not leave him.
"Spike I can't let you give up anything for me. You would hold that over my head. I know not on purpose but still deep inside you will start to hate me for what you gave up."
"Let me decided what I want or not ok luv." Both tried to convince the other of their point of view. Buffy yawns and Spike is softly pushing her head on his lap.
"Sleep now and we can finish this up in the morning." Spike coos to her, trying to get her to loosen up. Buffy falls to sleep lying on Spike lap, and he sleep with his feet on the coffee table and his on the back of the couch.
The next day
Buffy wakes on a nice soft bed, she is sure she went to sleep in Spike's arms. She opens here eyes and sits up, that was a bad mistake. She runs out room and down the hall to the bathroom. Buffy kneels trying to get her stomach to stop being so fizzy. She hears someone walk in but she is too concerned with not throwing up to care. Spike reaches towards Buffy pulling her hair back.
"Buffy you should have told me last night. Now I get it about safety issue, you were concern for our child and when Dru went nuts you thought that I wouldn't be able to take care of you, right?" Spike states to Buffy while slowly brushing her back.
"I thought you wouldn't want it, wait who told you about the baby?" Buffy sits straight up looking at him. "Dawn let it slip at breakfast this morning. Why did you not just stay and we could work it out."
Buffy turns to face more comfortable like, "I just saw a man die and an ex of yours trying to kill me. I didn't wait to think about the situation ,I just reacted. I know that it not fair to run away like I did, but what would you have done?"
Spike stands up pulling Buffy with him, he leads her to kitchen. No one was there, the only thing that was showing in there was a big plate with pancakes, bacon, eggs on it with some OJ in a glass. Buffy walks towards it and notices something in the middle of the plate. She sits and just stares at all the food.
"Did you cook all this yourself? Where is everyone?" Buffy is baffled by his silence.
"I cook all this for you and everyone went to see a movie so we could talk." Spike sits down beside her and takes the small box off her plate. "Buffy, I know that I have a long way to prove that I am worthy of your love, but will you give me just one more try." Buffy is confused and doesn't get what he is saying. "Buffy, luv will you marry me?"
"Oh William yes I will, we have a lot to talk about but I want to be with you for rest of my life. I thought back home that I would never find true love, but it found me." Buffy is crying and barely can speak. Spike gets down on one knee and slips the ring on her finger.
"I also thought that I would never find you, but here you are and I will not let you go." Spike stands and opens his arms so she can enter them.
The end is near for this story.