Disclaimer- Spike, Dawn, William, Ann (William's mother) and Cicely Adams all belong to Joss and the creators of BTVS, the rest- Ana, James senior, James Jr. Aria, Sally Smith, Richard Wordsworth, and Walter Glass are mine.
Summary- After -The Gift- Sometime during the summer, Spike is helping Dawn with a summer course assignment, in which he tells her about his life as William. Set mostly in the 18th century and the early 1900's. –Shows Spike's Love for Buffy-
PG-13
Chapter 2
Walter Glass
September 21st 1902
"I returned to school this morning... and everything is just the same as before... I hate school, I cannot stand it there, and every one continues to make jokes at me still, mostly at my accent. I don't find these jokes funny, they hurt, and I wonder if they know this..."
September 22ed 1902
"I am doing well in school, my grades are the best in the class, but I still have not made one single friend. Walter Glass once asked me if I had an extra pencil he could write with, he said thank-you to me once I gave it to him. Walter was the first person to actually talk to me every since I've started school here. He seems very nice, I should try and talk to him tomorrow..."
I am on my way to school, as I pasts the city library, I long to go in there, but I cannot risk my brother, William, spotting me again. So, taking one last look into the window, I am off, back on my way to school. Just then I realize that Walter is in front of me, he must have pasted me while I was looking into the library window...
"Walter... hi," I say once I catch up with him...
"Oh...hi, it's Ana, right?" He asked me...he has such a nice voice...
"Yes, it's Ana," I answer...I didn't have a clue what to talk to him about...
"So..." He said. "Did you find the exam hard yesterday?"
"No...did you?" I ask him, and then it occurred to me that I was actually having a conversation with someone for the first time since my arrival to America, and not just anyone...a boy! And not just any boy...Walter Glass...
"It was alright I guess," We were just getting into the conversation when we reached the schoolyard...
"Hello Walter," Sally Smith said, coming over to him. "Walk me to class?" She asked with her usual sweet smile... Sally had long blond curly hair and was one of the most beautiful girls in my grade. I really got the feeling that she didn't like me too well...
"Aw, sure," Walter replied. "I'll see you," he said to me...
"Bye," I told him as he walked arm in arm with Sally Smith though the schoolyard.
September 23rd 1902
"I have met some one wonderful today, his name is Walter Glass, he was so nice to me, we even walked to school together, until Sally Smith asked him to walk her to class...oh well, at least he talked to me. Finally! I have some one who I can talk to, some one who is my friend, but maybe he will like me as more then a friend, as I do him.
September 24th
"I met Walter on the way to school again today. We didn't have much to talk about though. I was afraid to say anything, afraid he might think I was strange, but honestly, I didn't have a clue what to say to him. We had talked about school, we had talked about the weather, we had even talked about cheese...don't ask me how that was even brought to conversation... and every day Sally Smith would come over to us and ask him the same thing... "Hi Walter...Walk me to class?" and then she would give me a look, I'm not quite sure what it means but I am for certain that I did something wrong..."
September 25th 1902
"We walked together again today, although there wasn't much conversation, but every time I talk to him I get little butterflies in the bottom of my stomach. Maybe one day we we'll be married...Ana Glass... that certainly does have a nice ring to it, doesn't it? I wonder if he gets little butterflies too? Walter seems quiet, shy, almost like me, although he isn't quiet when he's around Sally Smith. Every day she asks him to walk her to class. I wonder when she will be able to remember the way all by herself? They always laugh together...but that's ok, they can be friends... I know he loves me, just as I love him..."
"Hello Walter, walk me to class?" She asked once again. Every day she asked the same thing and every day his answer is the same...
"Aw, sure. I'll see you," And then he nodes, and walks Sally smith to her class. Everyday as I watch them walk off together. It gets harder and harder...
"Hey, Ana, Wait up," Sally Smith called to me, after all our classes were over that day...
"Oh, hello Sally," I greeted...
"Hello," She said to me. "Was it just me, or did today feel like it would never end?" she asked me conversationally, which she never did. In fact this was the first time she had ever talked to me...
"Um, it was alright," I told her, all the times I wanted to talk to her and now she was finally talking to me and I had nothing to say...kind of ironic isn't it?
"So you and Walter seem to be getting close..." Was she asking me this or telling me? I knew she liked him, as did I...
"We're friends," I told her, although I think she could tell there was something more...
"You know, he is really handsome, don't you think so?" I couldn't believe she would be so bold; did she actually want me to answer that? She hadn't said anything else and one would assume she was waiting for an answer...
"I-I-I- guess," That was all I could manage to get out, where was she going with this?
"You fancy him, don't you Ana?"
"I-I--I," I couldn't manage go get a sentence out of my mouth, it went all dry and I felt like I couldn't breathe, but she continued to talk anyway...
"It's very obvious he fancies you, too."
"Really?"
"Yes, he told me he wants to meet you by the pond today after school...so I guess that would be right now."
"Really?"
"Yes, he told me."
"So, I have to go meet him now?"
"Yes, hurry, he might be there already."
"Ok, thank-you...Where's the pond?" I ask her, so she gave me directions, and I walked, almost ran as fast as I could...
"Hello, Walter," Sally said as he came out of the school.
"Oh, hello"
"Walk me home?"
"Of course."
When I finally reached the pond Walter was nowhere in sight, so I sat down by a nearby tree, and waited...
AN: Ok if anyone is reading this please review! !