Where Do We Go From Here?
Epilogue
By: Rogue-Slayer13
Summary: See pervious Chapters
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Buffy felt like her entire world was crashing down around her. Angel, her first love, had finally gotten the one thing he'd always wanted and unfortunately, he wasn't celebrating it with her. Instead, he was out celebrating with Cordelia and the LA Gang. Everything was changing; Cordelia was back, Xander was moving to San Francisco where his family was, Willow and Oz were moving to an apartment in New York, Faith and Gunn had hooked up and she was going to stay in LA with him, Giles was going back to Bath, and Spike was currently packing up his things. He was moving to Dublin and Dawn and Andrew desperately wanted to go with him. There were no more vampires to slay or apocalypses to fight and now everyone, including Lorne, were just normal, everyday people.
"You okay Pet?"
Buffy turned to see Spike standing in the doorway.
"Yeah, just a little overwhelmed is all."
"Why's that?" Spike walked over and took a seat next to Buffy on the couch.
"Everything's changing way too fast. I mean, Willow's suddenly straight and moving to New York with Oz and Cordelia's back which isn't too weird, cause I didn't know she was dead. Xander's moving to be with his family for a while. Giles is going back to bath."
"Isn't that what old Rupes does at the end of every milestone?"
"Yeah, but it's still weird."
"Not as weird as Faith and Gun settling down together."
"Yeah, that did come out of the blue."
"They'd been eyeing each other for a while, I thought something might've been going on."
"Angel and Cordy are back together," said Buffy somewhat sadly.
"You still fancy him?"
"It's old history, but it's still painful," confessed Buffy.
"You'll move on."
"Speaking of moving on, what's with you and Dublin?"
"I wanted to start over some place fresh that I hadn't royally screwed up in," replied Spike.
"Dawn and Andrew really want to go with you."
"Yeah, Andrew's checking into getting a ticket and Dawn's pissed that she can't go."
"Would you take care of her?"
Spike looked over at Buffy.
"What do you mean?"
"If Dawn went to Ireland with you, would you take care of her?" repeated Buffy.
"Of course I would, but I don't see the point in you asking me."
"I can't hold onto her forever, Spike. She's sixteen, she deserves to see the world and doesn't need me breathing down her neck all of the time."
"So what? You want me to take her with me?" asked Spike.
"Just for a little while. She can come back to Rome for the summer and if she like's it with you she can go back, if not she'll at least be happy for a little while."
"I'll take good care of her Pet."
"Take care of yourself too."
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Six Months Later
Buffy had been meeting and greeting at Lindsey and Eve's wedding reception for almost an hour now and she'd seen everyone except Spike. She'd talked to Willow and Oz who seemed to be enjoying New York. Xander was doing okay in San Francisco with cousin and Giles said he was looking forward to opening up his own bookstore in London.
"You okay B?"
"Huh?" Buffy looked over at Faith.
"You sort of dazed out there."
"Yeah, something on your mind Buffy?" added Gunn.
"Not really, I was just wondering where Dawn was," replied the blonde.
"I think she's over by the punch bowl with Andrew."
"Thanks Faith." Buffy headed toward the punch bowl in search of her sister.
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Dawn looked over Andrew's shoulder to see Buffy walking over toward them.
"Hey Buffy!"
"Hey Dawnie." Buffy gave Dawn a quick hug. "How have you been?"
"Fine, Ireland is wicked awesome."
"I'm glad you like it, what about you Andrew?"
"It's cool."
"Dawn, Andrew, have either of you seen Spike?"
Buffy turned to see a woman around her age standing behind her. She had dark curly auburn hair and green eyes. She was wearing a simple black dress with a pair of diamond earrings and a heart shaped silver locket.
"I think he stepped outside for a bit," said Dawn.
"Thanks, I'll go see if I can find him." The woman turned and headed back across the dance floor.
"Who was that?" asked Buffy once the woman had gone.
"Oh that's Sarah, Spike's . . . girlfriend."
"His what!?" asked a shocked Buffy.
"His girlfriend," replied a nervous Andrew.
"Since when?"
"Since a few months ago." Dawn stepped in to take some of the pressure off of Andrew.
"Why didn't anybody tell me?"
"Well, they started dating and then Willow and Oz came to visit for a few weeks so I didn't tell you then and then Sarah had to go to London on a business trip and it slipped my mind again. I'm really sorry," replied Dawn.
"There's nothing to be sorry for, it's just a bit of a shock is all," said Buffy.
"Oh, well here they come." Andrew pointed over Buffy's shoulder.
Buffy turned to see Spike and Sarah walking toward them.
"Buffy, it's nice to see you.," greeted Spike.
"Hey," replied the blonde.
"Ah Sarah this is Dawn's sister Buffy; Buffy this is my girlfriend Sarah," introduced Spike.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Sarah extended her hand toward Buffy.
"Same here." Buffy shook the woman's hand.
Buffy excused herself from the group and stepped outside.
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"You okay Luv?"
Buffy looked up to see Spike standing beside her.
"Yeah."
"Is Sarah being here bothering you?"
"No, it's just a shock to see you with a date, is all."
Spike was quiet for a moment.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?" asked Buffy.
"No matter what it is I'm doing, all I seem to do is hurt you."
"It's okay, really it is. You two look very happy together and I'm happy for you."
"Are you sure?" asked Spike.
"Yes, it's time for us to move on."
"We can still be friends though, right?"
"Yeah, that's one relationship we haven't screwed up yet."
Spike smiled.
"It was good seeing you again."
"Same here," replied Buffy as she headed back inside.
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The End
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