Title: Of Gates and Mouths 4/?
Author: David A. Knapton
E-mail: belgintei yahoo . co . uk (Just remove all the spaces to email me.)
Archive: If anyone wishes to go ahead, but it would be polite to at least drop me a line.
Rating: Would be 18/NC-17 except they don't allow them here, please see details near the end of this chapter
Pairings: Willow/Tara Buffy/Faith Amanda/Andrew Janet/Sam Riley/Samantha Crossover: BtVS/Angel and Stargate.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in any of the shows. If I did, boy would I have some fun?
Spoilers: See part 1.
Notes: See part 1.
Summery: See part 1.
After graduating from High school Dawn was accepted to PennState, where she meets her new roommate Cassandra. A note on Major Sam Carter and Sam Finn. If and when they meet to save confusion I will try and remember to refer to Sam Finn as Samantha. A/N: The names of the nightclub and bars etc are all real places, I have included them to add an air of authenticity to the background not to offend anyone I am sure those few places I have demons hanging out at are very nice places to socialise with friends without the likelihood of being eaten. Yet another note (last one promise!): I am using the term 'dark' slayer to indicate Faith's dark coloured hair as apposed to being 'evil/bad'. Notes on this part (Okay so I lied): In the pilot episode of Stargate it was implied that Major Kawalsky did not know that Colonel O'Neill had a son but in a later episode 'The Gamekeeper' they knew each other quite well before the Stargate program so I am making them close friends.
Thanks to the following people who helped me with this story: irishwavefan, Electronis Zappa. I have been trying to contact my beta Hilary for six months now (I hope she is okay!) so I am posting this story un-betad. Please note I am English, so is my spelling. Live with it.
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Major Carter's lab/office SGC
Colonel O'Neill walked into Major Carter's office several hours after speaking to General Hammond; "So Carter what you got?" he asked sitting in a spare chair.
Carter swivelled her chair around to face her CO, "Well sir quite a bit on Willow Rosenberg but not so much on Buffy Summers, most of her records seem to have been destroyed with the earthquake that destroyed Sunnydale," Sam began.
"They met in high school in Sunnydale when Buffy Summers was expelled from Hemery in LA after the gym was burned down, although there was no direct evidence of her involvement she was the chief suspect and was asked to leave, Sunnydale was the only place willing to take her. Her grades in high school were erratic but she scored well enough that she was offered college places in several schools including North Western, but chose to attend UC Sunnydale instead... There are indications that while attending college she got involved with a government, probably NID, black ops project, it's hard to tell for sure as most of the files have been purged..."
"Well if she and Rosenberg were involved with the NID that could be why we have been ordered to forget about them and why the President is so frightened of them," O'Neill surmised.
"It doesn't have anything to do with Buffy Summers, although I'm sure she could embarrass the government if whatever happened in Sunnydale came out," Sam told him. "No the one the President is worried about is Willow Rosenberg. She was a straight A and honour roll student in high school, she was offered places at every prestige's school in the country as well as half a dozen in Europe but she also chose to attend UC Sunnydale. Although she was not initially involved with the black ops project she was aware of it, probably through Buffy Summers, she was involved somehow at the end, but as I said the files have been purged so I can really only speculate?"
"Still not hearing anything that could cause the President of these here United States to wake up in a cold sweat?" put in O'Neill.
"Well from the little I have been able to gather, Willow Rosenberg came close to destroying the world a few years ago..."
"Oh come on Carter you have got to be kidding me, one little girl from a destroyed one horse town in southern California somehow almost destroyed the world? What have you been drinking Major?" Colonel O'Neill threw his arms up in the air as he rose and began heading for the door.
"Its true sir that's what I've been able to find out?"
The Colonel turned back to her, "Well it is obviously an elaborate cover story! Anubis may have the power to destroy an entire world but even he needs a huge spaceship. So okay, say its true! How could she have done it?"
Sam began to blush, knowing he would no more believe it than she did, "Magic," she said barely above a whisper.
"What! Whoever came up with this story needs to be locked up. Just see if you can find out the real reason the President is shitting himself," said O'Neill storming out the door.
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Ritz-Carlton hotel Riley and Sam's room
Samantha walked into their suite to see Riley stood by the fax machine, "You should have come for a sauna, very invigorating," she said walking over and wrapping her arms around her husband, "Mmmm what's that?"
Taking the small stack of papers, he laid them to one side before turning around in Samantha's arms, "Just some info on the vamps in Peru that Giles found out." He let out a little groan as Sam began alternatively nibbling and kissing his neck, "Someone's horny?" he said as he grabbed her backside and ground her against his hard-on.
Samantha pulled away from his neck and smirked up at him, "I'm not the only one, I think our little soldier wants to come out to play," she said working down his zip and sliding her fingers in and stroked it, "He's already at attention."
"Oh god what you do to me," he said bending slightly to pick her up in his arms and carrying her to the bed.
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Riley came out of the bathroom drying his hair, "So what are we going to wear tonight?" he asked his wife who sat at the vanity table combing her own hair. "We didn't exactly pack with the idea of eating at top class restaurants!"
"Everything is sorted; Buffy is sending over a dress for me and a tux for you, she said they'd be here by 6... That's probably the clothes now," Samantha finished, hearing a knock on the door. She got up and checking that her robe was fastened modestly, went to answer it.
On returning to Riley, she held two clothes bags, laying his tuxedo on the bed, she opened the other letting out a gasp as she saw what Buffy had picked out for her, she took it out of the packing and holding it up to her front she looked into the mirror. "Wow its gorgeous, it must have cost a small fortune," she exclaimed. It was dark blue, knee length cut modestly in the front but open backed to the waist. She smirked at Riley as something occurred to her, "No bra for me tonight, I wonder if that's why Buffy chose it?"
Riley made strangling noises with his throat as the implication hit him; Samantha could not hold it in, she fell backwards onto their bed laughing. "Why you..." he stalked over to the bed and used the one weakens his wife really had, her ticklishness, she squealed as he used his weight advantage to hold her down as his fingers mercilessly tickled her sides.
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PennState campus, Frank and Jimmy's room
Cassandra knocked on the dorm room, Dawn and she could not help staring at the half-naked football players walking around, catching Dawn's eye she smirked at her, "We should think of asking for a room transfer."
"Uh huh," nodded Dawn.
As the door was opened by Frank they snapped their eyes away from the other boys, blushing slightly when they realised he had caught them looking; "So if you caught Jimmy and me looking at half naked girls it would be alright?"
Dawn smiled slyly, "I'd be more worried if you didn't stare at half naked girls!" she told him, "So are you going to let us in?"
"Sure," said Frank opening the door wider.
Dawn looked at him the smile leaving her face, "A little advise, never invite anyone into your room after dark, always just open the door, without saying something like 'come in'."
"Already got the low-down from your friend last night," he explained.
"Good," smiled Dawn walking in and Frank closed the door behind them, "Where's Jimmy?"
"Just gone to the bathroom, unlike some people, we all have to share a bathroom," said Frank.
"Jealous?" smirked Cassandra.
"Some. Have a seat," he indicated one of the beds.
Cassandra and Dawn sat side by side on one bed as Frank sat on the other. Cassandra gasped as her eyes fell on the photograph on the bedside table, she picked it up, "How do you know Jack?" she asked.
Dawn could see that there was a younger looking Jack O'Neill stood, with a man that looked a lot like Frank, behind two boys of about six or seven both holding fish up to the camera; "I'd say that the other guy is Frank's dad!" she said looking up at him for confirmation.
"Ah yeah it was taken on our last fishing trip just before Charlie accidentally shot himself with Uncle Jack's gun. How do you know him?"
"He works with my mum, I've know him since I was twelve. How come we never met before now?" asked Cassandra.
"Well after my dad was killed on some type of secret mission, he was in the special forces with Uncle Jack, mum took me to live in Denver... a new start, that sort of thing, she married a cop there a couple of years later." Frank explained.
Just then Jimmy came in wearing just a pair of shorts, he blushed with embarrassment when he saw the two girls on his bed, "Oh I'm sorry," he said, loosening the towel he carried so that it fell open covering most of his body from his chest to his knees, "I wasn't expecting you yet." He slowly edged over to his wardrobe keeping the towel between him and the girls.
Dawn burst out laughing, "Jimmy, are you shy?" she immediately felt bad when he blushed, "Sorry didn't mean to embarrass you, look if you like Cassie and me will wait outside."
"No it's okay, its just that growing up it was just me and my three older brothers, my father is a minister, he had very strict rules about walking around half naked in front of girls," explained Jimmy pulling a t-shirt over his head as he reappeared completely dressed from behind the door.
Frank looked over at his friend, "Man you really need to loosen up, your in college now, it's not just a place for study but for keggers and meeting girls... ah not that we are that interested in meeting anymore girls now we know you two," he finished looking back to Dawn and Cassandra. He could see the two were not really buying it so decided to change the subject, "Hey guess what Jimmy, it turns out that Cassie knows my Uncle Jack! Some coincidence don't you think."
They spent the next hour going over what had happened the night before as well as background details on vampires and demons in general, Dawn also explained why her 'family' had moved to Cleveland after the Hellmouth under Sunnydale was destroyed. Slayers, watchers and witches were also explained but she left out the whole Key thing.
"So we going out tonight?" asked Cassandra.
"Ah yeah if you want?" said Frank then looked at Dawn, "If it's safe?"
"Its safe if you take sensible precautions, holy water, holy symbols that sort of thing, they will help stop a vamp but you have to just try and avoid other demons altogether, which isn't that hard as most can't pass as human so avoid populated areas," Dawn explained. Holding up the pentagram necklace Willow and Tara had given her for a graduation present, "It's a fallacy that only crosses work against vamps, although because of its shape a cross is usually the easiest to use. But you should all be aware that holy water or symbols will not kill a vampire just hold it at bay."
"Right then," said Frank rising, "We thought we'd take you to see a movie tonight, maybe visit Players after. How does that sound?"
"Great, what's showing?" asked Dawn beginning to follow him out.
"Dawn of the Dead!" he said.
"Oh good I like comedies," laughed Dawn.
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Cleveland
The limo pulled up and the driver jumped out and came around to open the door for Riley and Samantha, they climbed in they were sat in abject luxury; the car seemed to have everything except a bath. "Wow do you think they are trying to bribe us into joining them?" said Riley, "The restaurant is only about half a mile down the road."
"There was no way Buffy was going to have us walk to the restaurant with what this dress cost, and yes it may well be a bribe, lets just enjoy it while it lasts. If we decide to say no we will be on our way back to Peru and some godforsaken seedy hotel in the middle of nowhere," pointed out Samantha.
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Lincoln Inn
Riley walked into the restaurant, Samantha on his arm, many eyes followed them, some envious others jealous, they approached the maître d', "Good evening sir may I help you?"
"Yes we are supposed to be meeting some friends for dinner," replied Riley.
"May I have your names and in whose name the reservation was placed?" asked the maître d'.
"Riley and Samantha Finn, I believe the reservation is in the name of Giles?"
"Ah yes Mr Finn, Mr Giles and Ms Summers are awaiting you," he said giving them a smile before turning to one of the waiters, "Michael please show Mr and Mrs Finn to Mr Giles table," he ordered, he turned back to Riley and Samantha, "I hope you enjoy your meal tonight."
As Riley and Samantha followed the waiter, they spotted Giles and Buffy sat at a table in the far corner, both smiled at the couple as they drew closer, Giles wore a tuxedo and Buffy had the twin of Samantha's dress but in pale blue. She hugged Buffy, whispering into her ear, "You look stunning."
Buffy smiled at the older woman, "So do you Sam, when I saw it, I decided to buy one for myself as well."
"Thank you so much but you shouldn't have spent so much," said Samantha taking her seat.
"Why not, just call it a small signing bonus to come and work with us," smiled Buffy retaking her own seat.
"But we haven't agreed to join you yet!" pointed out Riley.
Giles looked at the young soldier; he had matured from the enthusiastic young man Giles met in Sunnydale to the serious well-rounded leader of soldiers in the field. 'With a few years of study he will make an excellent watcher.' "Riley over the last few years I have heard some excellent things about you and your team, but because of your superiors refusal to believe in Magick and prophesy you can only react, sometimes when it has already caused the deaths of numerous civilians. Take this group in Peru, had they looked in the numerous books of prophesy they would have known where those villagers were being taken. With us, you would have a greater chance to forestall the spread of darkness. We are not offering you these jobs lightly, we could all benefit from this arrangement."
"That's Giles long winded way of saying we can help each other," smiled Buffy.
Riley looked over at his wife, who nodded, before turning back to Giles, "Alright were in, we'll contact our superiors later and resign our commissions effective immediately," he told them.
"Excellent, it is a little public here so I will just give you the general details, after dinner we can return to the office and give you a more detailed explanation," Giles said looking around. "As you know Riley, up until the time of the destruction of Sunnydale only two slayers existed, Buffy here and Faith who just before the destruction of the town was incarcerated in the Californian state prison in LA.
"Although there were only two slayers, around the world were a large number of girls, commonly referred to by the Watchers Council as potentials, up until these girls reach eighteen any of them could have become a slayer if Buffy or Faith had died. Now some two years ago an entity known only as the First Evil made an appearance in Sunnydale, but over the proceeding months its followers know as the Harbingers eliminated many of these young girls with the idea of eventually ending the Slayer line.
"Buffy eventually came up with a last ditched plan to not just close the Hellmouth but to destroy it for all time, with the aid of Willow and Tara who used an ancient scythe, which held the power of the slayer. The two activated all the potentials in town at the time, although we had hoped to activate them all over the world, and they all became full slayers. With the aid of another two dozen slayers, Buffy and Faith were able to hold off the creatures within the Hellmouth so that Spike was able to use an amulet that had come into our possession, this amulet had the power, if the wearer was willing to sacrifice themselves, to destroy a Hellmouth from the inside out."
"Spike did that?" asked a stunned Riley, he had never trusted the vampire but just tolerated him for Buffy sake, he began to reassess his feelings for the vampire, he looked at Buffy, "Sorry for your loss."
Buffy smirked at him knowing how much he loathed the vampire, "Don't worry about it he turned up at Angel's a few months later, the two now work with each other... when they aren't trying to kill each other."
"How is that possible?" asked a shocked Samantha.
"You need to know that when you dedicate your life to holding the dark in check that sometimes you are 'rewarded' in unexpected ways, dealing with Primal forces both good and evil can and is very dangerous... look if you want to change your minds we will understand!" said Giles.
"No we are in this for the long haul," said Samantha.
"Very well then. I suggest you stay at your hotel until you find a permanent home, you don't have to worry about the bill the company will pay," said Giles.
"We'll start house hunting tomorrow, any suggestions where?" put in Samantha.
"I would go for an apartment if I were you rather than a house, you may be away for long periods of time, I know there are a few available in our building, Willow and Tara also have an apartment in the same building," said Buffy.
"That would be nice, at least we would know some of our neighbours and you can keep an eye on it when we are away," pointed out Riley.
"And Willow and Tara regularly ward the building against thieves as well as vamps and demons, in the almost two years we have been there no one has been burgled so it seems to work," Buffy told them.
"Okay we'll have a look at the apartments tomorrow," agreed Samantha.
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The Finns superiors were not pleased to receive their resignations but could not persuade them to reconsider, as a parting gift Riley sent them everything Giles had found on the vampire cult in Peru.
Over the next couple of days, Giles spent a great deal of his time orientating Riley and Samantha. Riley was a great help with training the fifty or so potentials in the private girl's 'school' that had been set-up nearby as a cover to explain the number of girls that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Samantha spent some time helping Willow and Tara in research or helping Riley with the girls training.
On Thursday, Giles left town with the two potentials that Wesley had agreed to take, leaving Robin to continue Riley and Samantha's orientation.
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While at PennState, Dawn and Cassandra's lives started to return to normal, there were no more Vampire attacks or other supernatural occurrence, they went to class, did various research projects relating to their courses and spent all their spare time with Frank and Jimmy.
Kennedy contacted Dawn on several occasions to let her know that Willow and Tara had found nothing on self-destructing vampires and that there seemed to be very little in the way of work for her and Manda to do!
None of them noticed the various service vehicles that were always around the college as well as Players where they spent a large part of their spare time.
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Summers-Spencer apartment Cleveland, Friday
Buffy groaned as she turned over and grabbed the phone, "Hello," she said, yawning as she looked at the clock, which read 5.30 AM.
"Hey B, Whatya doing?" came Faith's to chipper voice from the other end.
"I was sleeping, didn't we have this conversation last time you went somewhere without me... the one about different time zones?"
"You know me babe never could listen to the boring stuff. So how is everything any problems?"
"Na nothing major, Kennedy and Manda ran across some self dusting vamps... how come we never get easy ones? We recruited Riley and his wife Sam as Watchers and oh yeah the President asked us not to hack into some military computer in Colorado."
"What? Your joshing me, no way the President is just going to ask something like that!" said a shocked Faith.
"No it's true... he knows about Will and what happened when Tara and I got shot by Warren," sighed Buffy remembering the pain her best friend had felt when Riley and Sam had turned up.
"Oh... do you think she's safe? Do you think he might try removing her?" asked Faith, a little worried.
"No I don't think he will do anything, he's obviously known for sometime, plus he has no way of knowing what the rest of us would do if we found out that he was responsible for her death."
"I guess you're right. So Riley and his wife are onboard, how did that happen," asked Faith changing the subject.
"It was Giles idea, we 'are' desperately short of watchers, he also suggested lending out some slayers to the US and UK governments..."
"No way would I go along with that," interrupted Faith.
"I said the same thing, anyway Giles phoned Riley's superiors asking that he get in touch, he and Sam turned up about an hour later, it turned out that the President asked them to come and talk to Will and me about hacking into the military computers."
"So you okay with your ex joining the firm?"
"I'm okay with it but maybe I should be asking you that?" Buffy heard someone in the background speaking Russian, "What was that? Where are you?" she asked.
"In order, that was a Russian chick speaking over the tannoy and Moscow airport waiting for our flight home."
"Moscow? Why are you in Moscow... wait your coming home?" asked Buffy sitting up.
"I'm in Moscow cuz that was where the real master vamp hung out, seems someone fooled Aleksandra and Vlad into think he was the master, after we dusted him we found details that led to Moscow, took two friging days to find his lair. Dusted him about three hours ago, couldn't wait to get back to you babe. So got any plans worked out to pay me back for Sunday?" smirked Faith.
"Some, what time do you get in?" smiled Buffy.
"Around 4.30 PM your time, do me a favour and have someone pick us up from the airport... sorry B, gotta go they just called our flight, Bye love you," Buffy heard the phone on the other end disconnect.
Buffy jumped out of bed, "Lots to do," she said to herself as she headed towards the bathroom.
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Buffy made a quick stop at the office to tell Willow and Tara she was taking the day off and that Faith and Toku were on their way home, both witches smiled knowingly as they watched her leave their office.
She spent the morning getting ready, she had made an appointment at the salon to have a full wax treatment as well as have her hair trimmed, after leaving the salon she went shopping for the outfit she needed and then to the market to pick up the ingredients for the meal she had planned. When she got home, she got everything ready for the meal then spent an hour soaking in the bath with some of the special oils that she had obtained from the magick shop Watchful Security owned.
Buffy changed into her normal clothes hiding the item she had bought earlier in her wardrobe ready for later, going back to the kitchen she finished preparing the meal.
At 4.40 the phone rang, picking it up she did not wait to find out who it was, "How long until you get home?" she asked.
"About an hour, you ready for me?" came Faith's voice from the other end.
"I have no idea what you are talking about," Buffy said somewhat indifferently.
"Of course not B, see you soon," Faith said with a smile on her face.
It was a little over an hour later that Faith walked in and dropped a carrier bag on the table next to the door, "Hey B, where are you?" she called out.
"Here," came the reply as the blonde slayer came from the kitchen wearing an apron.
Faith smirked as her girlfriend walked towards her, "You look cute; I told you you're the femme in this relationship."
Buffy smiled before pulling the other girl in for a kiss, "Maybe, but I can still kick your ass," she said stepping back.
"Oh there's the butch I like so much," Faith said, her eyes smouldering with lust. "So whatca' cooking?"
"Your favourite, spaghetti and meatballs," smiled Buffy, she looked at the bag on the side, "So what did you buy me?" she asked barely able to contain herself.
Faith picked the bag up and smiling handed it to the enthusiastic blonde, "As soon as I saw it in the shop in St. Petersburg I had to buy you it, it ain't real of course but it looks pretty."
Buffy took the quite large box out of the bag and worked the lid off, inside was a beautiful blue ceramic egg with gold leaf encased with small gems, "Oh it's beautiful," squealed the blonde placing it carefully on the table before kissing her girlfriend again, "Thank you."
"It was worth every penny to see your face light up like that... god I've been hanging around you and red too long that was far to sappy for me," sighed Faith.
"Don't give me that, your always hiding that sweeter side behind this, 'I'm tuff, I'm a hard bitch,'" said Buffy.
"I thought we already established I am a bitch?" smirked the dark slayer.
"Yeah and that I can still kick you ass. Now you have time to take a quick shower and get out of those stinky clothes," said Buffy wrinkling her nose, "When did you last bathe?" she asked.
"Tuesday," she smirked, "Don't forget me an' Toku been chasing vamps all over western Russia," pointed out Faith as she began making her way to the bathroom.
Faith pulled a clean top over her head as she came out of the bedroom, Buffy was just placing the food onto the table, Faith's stomach growled at that moment making both slayers laugh, "Well you sound hungry..."
"And horny," finished Faith walking over to the table.
"Faith you were born horny," Buffy giggled.
As they ate Faith gave her girlfriend a more detailed low-down on what had happened in Russia, "It was quite frustrating, I had to let Aleksandra do all the talking and intimidating. Why can't everyone speak English?" she said.
Buffy smiled at the other woman, knowing that Faith always liked to be the one doing the intimidating, "I'm sure everyone in the world wishes that everyone else spoke their language! Although I have to admit life would probably be a lot easier if we did," she observed. "So how do you think Vlad is doing as Aleksandra's watcher?"
"Not bad, he is very supportive of her and really into the research, although I think he was a little embarrassed when he found out the vamp in St. Petersburg wasn't the master vamp, but overall not bad and after all those stuffy Brits a refreshing change... did I just say 'refreshing change'?"
Buffy laughed, "Yeah you did, so he was wicked cool," said the blonde doing almost a perfect imitation of Faith.
Faith playfully slapped Buffy on the arm, "Funny B," she said joining the other slayer in laughing.
"So I thought I'd go back to the office for a few hours and let you catch up with some sleep, you must be so tired after the long flight," said Buffy beginning to clear the table.
Faith frowned, "I thought you were planning on getting me back for leaving you frustrated on Sunday?" she said looking at her girlfriend.
Buffy looked confused before her face lit up with understanding, "Oh that, well no I took care of that little problem when I got home on Sunday night," she said indifferently.
"Oh," said Faith her face falling slightly.
Buffy came back from the kitchen and headed for the bedroom, "I think I'll change," she said, "I splashed some sauce on my jeans."
Faith got up and picking up the remote flopped onto the couch and began to channel hop.
"Faithy coming to bed?" came Buffy's voice from their bedroom door.
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I'm sorry about this but because of 's ban on 18/NC-17 stories, so that I can continue to post the rest of the story I have had to censor this part, anyone wishing to see the uncensored chapter email me or leave a review with a email address stating you are old enough to read it and I'll email you the unedited version.
Blessings
Dave
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Buffy laughed loudly, "Oh you are so forgiven."
"Good," said Faith jumping up off the bed, Buffy groan at he loss of contact, "Cause I want to ask you something," she said going to the small bookshelf, she moved one of the romance novels Buffy loved so much and grabbed a small box. She fell to her knees at the side of the bed holding out the box, "Will you marry me?"
To be continued
Author: David A. Knapton
E-mail: belgintei yahoo . co . uk (Just remove all the spaces to email me.)
Archive: If anyone wishes to go ahead, but it would be polite to at least drop me a line.
Rating: Would be 18/NC-17 except they don't allow them here, please see details near the end of this chapter
Pairings: Willow/Tara Buffy/Faith Amanda/Andrew Janet/Sam Riley/Samantha Crossover: BtVS/Angel and Stargate.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in any of the shows. If I did, boy would I have some fun?
Spoilers: See part 1.
Notes: See part 1.
Summery: See part 1.
After graduating from High school Dawn was accepted to PennState, where she meets her new roommate Cassandra. A note on Major Sam Carter and Sam Finn. If and when they meet to save confusion I will try and remember to refer to Sam Finn as Samantha. A/N: The names of the nightclub and bars etc are all real places, I have included them to add an air of authenticity to the background not to offend anyone I am sure those few places I have demons hanging out at are very nice places to socialise with friends without the likelihood of being eaten. Yet another note (last one promise!): I am using the term 'dark' slayer to indicate Faith's dark coloured hair as apposed to being 'evil/bad'. Notes on this part (Okay so I lied): In the pilot episode of Stargate it was implied that Major Kawalsky did not know that Colonel O'Neill had a son but in a later episode 'The Gamekeeper' they knew each other quite well before the Stargate program so I am making them close friends.
Thanks to the following people who helped me with this story: irishwavefan, Electronis Zappa. I have been trying to contact my beta Hilary for six months now (I hope she is okay!) so I am posting this story un-betad. Please note I am English, so is my spelling. Live with it.
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Major Carter's lab/office SGC
Colonel O'Neill walked into Major Carter's office several hours after speaking to General Hammond; "So Carter what you got?" he asked sitting in a spare chair.
Carter swivelled her chair around to face her CO, "Well sir quite a bit on Willow Rosenberg but not so much on Buffy Summers, most of her records seem to have been destroyed with the earthquake that destroyed Sunnydale," Sam began.
"They met in high school in Sunnydale when Buffy Summers was expelled from Hemery in LA after the gym was burned down, although there was no direct evidence of her involvement she was the chief suspect and was asked to leave, Sunnydale was the only place willing to take her. Her grades in high school were erratic but she scored well enough that she was offered college places in several schools including North Western, but chose to attend UC Sunnydale instead... There are indications that while attending college she got involved with a government, probably NID, black ops project, it's hard to tell for sure as most of the files have been purged..."
"Well if she and Rosenberg were involved with the NID that could be why we have been ordered to forget about them and why the President is so frightened of them," O'Neill surmised.
"It doesn't have anything to do with Buffy Summers, although I'm sure she could embarrass the government if whatever happened in Sunnydale came out," Sam told him. "No the one the President is worried about is Willow Rosenberg. She was a straight A and honour roll student in high school, she was offered places at every prestige's school in the country as well as half a dozen in Europe but she also chose to attend UC Sunnydale. Although she was not initially involved with the black ops project she was aware of it, probably through Buffy Summers, she was involved somehow at the end, but as I said the files have been purged so I can really only speculate?"
"Still not hearing anything that could cause the President of these here United States to wake up in a cold sweat?" put in O'Neill.
"Well from the little I have been able to gather, Willow Rosenberg came close to destroying the world a few years ago..."
"Oh come on Carter you have got to be kidding me, one little girl from a destroyed one horse town in southern California somehow almost destroyed the world? What have you been drinking Major?" Colonel O'Neill threw his arms up in the air as he rose and began heading for the door.
"Its true sir that's what I've been able to find out?"
The Colonel turned back to her, "Well it is obviously an elaborate cover story! Anubis may have the power to destroy an entire world but even he needs a huge spaceship. So okay, say its true! How could she have done it?"
Sam began to blush, knowing he would no more believe it than she did, "Magic," she said barely above a whisper.
"What! Whoever came up with this story needs to be locked up. Just see if you can find out the real reason the President is shitting himself," said O'Neill storming out the door.
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Ritz-Carlton hotel Riley and Sam's room
Samantha walked into their suite to see Riley stood by the fax machine, "You should have come for a sauna, very invigorating," she said walking over and wrapping her arms around her husband, "Mmmm what's that?"
Taking the small stack of papers, he laid them to one side before turning around in Samantha's arms, "Just some info on the vamps in Peru that Giles found out." He let out a little groan as Sam began alternatively nibbling and kissing his neck, "Someone's horny?" he said as he grabbed her backside and ground her against his hard-on.
Samantha pulled away from his neck and smirked up at him, "I'm not the only one, I think our little soldier wants to come out to play," she said working down his zip and sliding her fingers in and stroked it, "He's already at attention."
"Oh god what you do to me," he said bending slightly to pick her up in his arms and carrying her to the bed.
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Riley came out of the bathroom drying his hair, "So what are we going to wear tonight?" he asked his wife who sat at the vanity table combing her own hair. "We didn't exactly pack with the idea of eating at top class restaurants!"
"Everything is sorted; Buffy is sending over a dress for me and a tux for you, she said they'd be here by 6... That's probably the clothes now," Samantha finished, hearing a knock on the door. She got up and checking that her robe was fastened modestly, went to answer it.
On returning to Riley, she held two clothes bags, laying his tuxedo on the bed, she opened the other letting out a gasp as she saw what Buffy had picked out for her, she took it out of the packing and holding it up to her front she looked into the mirror. "Wow its gorgeous, it must have cost a small fortune," she exclaimed. It was dark blue, knee length cut modestly in the front but open backed to the waist. She smirked at Riley as something occurred to her, "No bra for me tonight, I wonder if that's why Buffy chose it?"
Riley made strangling noises with his throat as the implication hit him; Samantha could not hold it in, she fell backwards onto their bed laughing. "Why you..." he stalked over to the bed and used the one weakens his wife really had, her ticklishness, she squealed as he used his weight advantage to hold her down as his fingers mercilessly tickled her sides.
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PennState campus, Frank and Jimmy's room
Cassandra knocked on the dorm room, Dawn and she could not help staring at the half-naked football players walking around, catching Dawn's eye she smirked at her, "We should think of asking for a room transfer."
"Uh huh," nodded Dawn.
As the door was opened by Frank they snapped their eyes away from the other boys, blushing slightly when they realised he had caught them looking; "So if you caught Jimmy and me looking at half naked girls it would be alright?"
Dawn smiled slyly, "I'd be more worried if you didn't stare at half naked girls!" she told him, "So are you going to let us in?"
"Sure," said Frank opening the door wider.
Dawn looked at him the smile leaving her face, "A little advise, never invite anyone into your room after dark, always just open the door, without saying something like 'come in'."
"Already got the low-down from your friend last night," he explained.
"Good," smiled Dawn walking in and Frank closed the door behind them, "Where's Jimmy?"
"Just gone to the bathroom, unlike some people, we all have to share a bathroom," said Frank.
"Jealous?" smirked Cassandra.
"Some. Have a seat," he indicated one of the beds.
Cassandra and Dawn sat side by side on one bed as Frank sat on the other. Cassandra gasped as her eyes fell on the photograph on the bedside table, she picked it up, "How do you know Jack?" she asked.
Dawn could see that there was a younger looking Jack O'Neill stood, with a man that looked a lot like Frank, behind two boys of about six or seven both holding fish up to the camera; "I'd say that the other guy is Frank's dad!" she said looking up at him for confirmation.
"Ah yeah it was taken on our last fishing trip just before Charlie accidentally shot himself with Uncle Jack's gun. How do you know him?"
"He works with my mum, I've know him since I was twelve. How come we never met before now?" asked Cassandra.
"Well after my dad was killed on some type of secret mission, he was in the special forces with Uncle Jack, mum took me to live in Denver... a new start, that sort of thing, she married a cop there a couple of years later." Frank explained.
Just then Jimmy came in wearing just a pair of shorts, he blushed with embarrassment when he saw the two girls on his bed, "Oh I'm sorry," he said, loosening the towel he carried so that it fell open covering most of his body from his chest to his knees, "I wasn't expecting you yet." He slowly edged over to his wardrobe keeping the towel between him and the girls.
Dawn burst out laughing, "Jimmy, are you shy?" she immediately felt bad when he blushed, "Sorry didn't mean to embarrass you, look if you like Cassie and me will wait outside."
"No it's okay, its just that growing up it was just me and my three older brothers, my father is a minister, he had very strict rules about walking around half naked in front of girls," explained Jimmy pulling a t-shirt over his head as he reappeared completely dressed from behind the door.
Frank looked over at his friend, "Man you really need to loosen up, your in college now, it's not just a place for study but for keggers and meeting girls... ah not that we are that interested in meeting anymore girls now we know you two," he finished looking back to Dawn and Cassandra. He could see the two were not really buying it so decided to change the subject, "Hey guess what Jimmy, it turns out that Cassie knows my Uncle Jack! Some coincidence don't you think."
They spent the next hour going over what had happened the night before as well as background details on vampires and demons in general, Dawn also explained why her 'family' had moved to Cleveland after the Hellmouth under Sunnydale was destroyed. Slayers, watchers and witches were also explained but she left out the whole Key thing.
"So we going out tonight?" asked Cassandra.
"Ah yeah if you want?" said Frank then looked at Dawn, "If it's safe?"
"Its safe if you take sensible precautions, holy water, holy symbols that sort of thing, they will help stop a vamp but you have to just try and avoid other demons altogether, which isn't that hard as most can't pass as human so avoid populated areas," Dawn explained. Holding up the pentagram necklace Willow and Tara had given her for a graduation present, "It's a fallacy that only crosses work against vamps, although because of its shape a cross is usually the easiest to use. But you should all be aware that holy water or symbols will not kill a vampire just hold it at bay."
"Right then," said Frank rising, "We thought we'd take you to see a movie tonight, maybe visit Players after. How does that sound?"
"Great, what's showing?" asked Dawn beginning to follow him out.
"Dawn of the Dead!" he said.
"Oh good I like comedies," laughed Dawn.
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Cleveland
The limo pulled up and the driver jumped out and came around to open the door for Riley and Samantha, they climbed in they were sat in abject luxury; the car seemed to have everything except a bath. "Wow do you think they are trying to bribe us into joining them?" said Riley, "The restaurant is only about half a mile down the road."
"There was no way Buffy was going to have us walk to the restaurant with what this dress cost, and yes it may well be a bribe, lets just enjoy it while it lasts. If we decide to say no we will be on our way back to Peru and some godforsaken seedy hotel in the middle of nowhere," pointed out Samantha.
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Lincoln Inn
Riley walked into the restaurant, Samantha on his arm, many eyes followed them, some envious others jealous, they approached the maître d', "Good evening sir may I help you?"
"Yes we are supposed to be meeting some friends for dinner," replied Riley.
"May I have your names and in whose name the reservation was placed?" asked the maître d'.
"Riley and Samantha Finn, I believe the reservation is in the name of Giles?"
"Ah yes Mr Finn, Mr Giles and Ms Summers are awaiting you," he said giving them a smile before turning to one of the waiters, "Michael please show Mr and Mrs Finn to Mr Giles table," he ordered, he turned back to Riley and Samantha, "I hope you enjoy your meal tonight."
As Riley and Samantha followed the waiter, they spotted Giles and Buffy sat at a table in the far corner, both smiled at the couple as they drew closer, Giles wore a tuxedo and Buffy had the twin of Samantha's dress but in pale blue. She hugged Buffy, whispering into her ear, "You look stunning."
Buffy smiled at the older woman, "So do you Sam, when I saw it, I decided to buy one for myself as well."
"Thank you so much but you shouldn't have spent so much," said Samantha taking her seat.
"Why not, just call it a small signing bonus to come and work with us," smiled Buffy retaking her own seat.
"But we haven't agreed to join you yet!" pointed out Riley.
Giles looked at the young soldier; he had matured from the enthusiastic young man Giles met in Sunnydale to the serious well-rounded leader of soldiers in the field. 'With a few years of study he will make an excellent watcher.' "Riley over the last few years I have heard some excellent things about you and your team, but because of your superiors refusal to believe in Magick and prophesy you can only react, sometimes when it has already caused the deaths of numerous civilians. Take this group in Peru, had they looked in the numerous books of prophesy they would have known where those villagers were being taken. With us, you would have a greater chance to forestall the spread of darkness. We are not offering you these jobs lightly, we could all benefit from this arrangement."
"That's Giles long winded way of saying we can help each other," smiled Buffy.
Riley looked over at his wife, who nodded, before turning back to Giles, "Alright were in, we'll contact our superiors later and resign our commissions effective immediately," he told them.
"Excellent, it is a little public here so I will just give you the general details, after dinner we can return to the office and give you a more detailed explanation," Giles said looking around. "As you know Riley, up until the time of the destruction of Sunnydale only two slayers existed, Buffy here and Faith who just before the destruction of the town was incarcerated in the Californian state prison in LA.
"Although there were only two slayers, around the world were a large number of girls, commonly referred to by the Watchers Council as potentials, up until these girls reach eighteen any of them could have become a slayer if Buffy or Faith had died. Now some two years ago an entity known only as the First Evil made an appearance in Sunnydale, but over the proceeding months its followers know as the Harbingers eliminated many of these young girls with the idea of eventually ending the Slayer line.
"Buffy eventually came up with a last ditched plan to not just close the Hellmouth but to destroy it for all time, with the aid of Willow and Tara who used an ancient scythe, which held the power of the slayer. The two activated all the potentials in town at the time, although we had hoped to activate them all over the world, and they all became full slayers. With the aid of another two dozen slayers, Buffy and Faith were able to hold off the creatures within the Hellmouth so that Spike was able to use an amulet that had come into our possession, this amulet had the power, if the wearer was willing to sacrifice themselves, to destroy a Hellmouth from the inside out."
"Spike did that?" asked a stunned Riley, he had never trusted the vampire but just tolerated him for Buffy sake, he began to reassess his feelings for the vampire, he looked at Buffy, "Sorry for your loss."
Buffy smirked at him knowing how much he loathed the vampire, "Don't worry about it he turned up at Angel's a few months later, the two now work with each other... when they aren't trying to kill each other."
"How is that possible?" asked a shocked Samantha.
"You need to know that when you dedicate your life to holding the dark in check that sometimes you are 'rewarded' in unexpected ways, dealing with Primal forces both good and evil can and is very dangerous... look if you want to change your minds we will understand!" said Giles.
"No we are in this for the long haul," said Samantha.
"Very well then. I suggest you stay at your hotel until you find a permanent home, you don't have to worry about the bill the company will pay," said Giles.
"We'll start house hunting tomorrow, any suggestions where?" put in Samantha.
"I would go for an apartment if I were you rather than a house, you may be away for long periods of time, I know there are a few available in our building, Willow and Tara also have an apartment in the same building," said Buffy.
"That would be nice, at least we would know some of our neighbours and you can keep an eye on it when we are away," pointed out Riley.
"And Willow and Tara regularly ward the building against thieves as well as vamps and demons, in the almost two years we have been there no one has been burgled so it seems to work," Buffy told them.
"Okay we'll have a look at the apartments tomorrow," agreed Samantha.
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The Finns superiors were not pleased to receive their resignations but could not persuade them to reconsider, as a parting gift Riley sent them everything Giles had found on the vampire cult in Peru.
Over the next couple of days, Giles spent a great deal of his time orientating Riley and Samantha. Riley was a great help with training the fifty or so potentials in the private girl's 'school' that had been set-up nearby as a cover to explain the number of girls that suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Samantha spent some time helping Willow and Tara in research or helping Riley with the girls training.
On Thursday, Giles left town with the two potentials that Wesley had agreed to take, leaving Robin to continue Riley and Samantha's orientation.
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While at PennState, Dawn and Cassandra's lives started to return to normal, there were no more Vampire attacks or other supernatural occurrence, they went to class, did various research projects relating to their courses and spent all their spare time with Frank and Jimmy.
Kennedy contacted Dawn on several occasions to let her know that Willow and Tara had found nothing on self-destructing vampires and that there seemed to be very little in the way of work for her and Manda to do!
None of them noticed the various service vehicles that were always around the college as well as Players where they spent a large part of their spare time.
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Summers-Spencer apartment Cleveland, Friday
Buffy groaned as she turned over and grabbed the phone, "Hello," she said, yawning as she looked at the clock, which read 5.30 AM.
"Hey B, Whatya doing?" came Faith's to chipper voice from the other end.
"I was sleeping, didn't we have this conversation last time you went somewhere without me... the one about different time zones?"
"You know me babe never could listen to the boring stuff. So how is everything any problems?"
"Na nothing major, Kennedy and Manda ran across some self dusting vamps... how come we never get easy ones? We recruited Riley and his wife Sam as Watchers and oh yeah the President asked us not to hack into some military computer in Colorado."
"What? Your joshing me, no way the President is just going to ask something like that!" said a shocked Faith.
"No it's true... he knows about Will and what happened when Tara and I got shot by Warren," sighed Buffy remembering the pain her best friend had felt when Riley and Sam had turned up.
"Oh... do you think she's safe? Do you think he might try removing her?" asked Faith, a little worried.
"No I don't think he will do anything, he's obviously known for sometime, plus he has no way of knowing what the rest of us would do if we found out that he was responsible for her death."
"I guess you're right. So Riley and his wife are onboard, how did that happen," asked Faith changing the subject.
"It was Giles idea, we 'are' desperately short of watchers, he also suggested lending out some slayers to the US and UK governments..."
"No way would I go along with that," interrupted Faith.
"I said the same thing, anyway Giles phoned Riley's superiors asking that he get in touch, he and Sam turned up about an hour later, it turned out that the President asked them to come and talk to Will and me about hacking into the military computers."
"So you okay with your ex joining the firm?"
"I'm okay with it but maybe I should be asking you that?" Buffy heard someone in the background speaking Russian, "What was that? Where are you?" she asked.
"In order, that was a Russian chick speaking over the tannoy and Moscow airport waiting for our flight home."
"Moscow? Why are you in Moscow... wait your coming home?" asked Buffy sitting up.
"I'm in Moscow cuz that was where the real master vamp hung out, seems someone fooled Aleksandra and Vlad into think he was the master, after we dusted him we found details that led to Moscow, took two friging days to find his lair. Dusted him about three hours ago, couldn't wait to get back to you babe. So got any plans worked out to pay me back for Sunday?" smirked Faith.
"Some, what time do you get in?" smiled Buffy.
"Around 4.30 PM your time, do me a favour and have someone pick us up from the airport... sorry B, gotta go they just called our flight, Bye love you," Buffy heard the phone on the other end disconnect.
Buffy jumped out of bed, "Lots to do," she said to herself as she headed towards the bathroom.
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Buffy made a quick stop at the office to tell Willow and Tara she was taking the day off and that Faith and Toku were on their way home, both witches smiled knowingly as they watched her leave their office.
She spent the morning getting ready, she had made an appointment at the salon to have a full wax treatment as well as have her hair trimmed, after leaving the salon she went shopping for the outfit she needed and then to the market to pick up the ingredients for the meal she had planned. When she got home, she got everything ready for the meal then spent an hour soaking in the bath with some of the special oils that she had obtained from the magick shop Watchful Security owned.
Buffy changed into her normal clothes hiding the item she had bought earlier in her wardrobe ready for later, going back to the kitchen she finished preparing the meal.
At 4.40 the phone rang, picking it up she did not wait to find out who it was, "How long until you get home?" she asked.
"About an hour, you ready for me?" came Faith's voice from the other end.
"I have no idea what you are talking about," Buffy said somewhat indifferently.
"Of course not B, see you soon," Faith said with a smile on her face.
It was a little over an hour later that Faith walked in and dropped a carrier bag on the table next to the door, "Hey B, where are you?" she called out.
"Here," came the reply as the blonde slayer came from the kitchen wearing an apron.
Faith smirked as her girlfriend walked towards her, "You look cute; I told you you're the femme in this relationship."
Buffy smiled before pulling the other girl in for a kiss, "Maybe, but I can still kick your ass," she said stepping back.
"Oh there's the butch I like so much," Faith said, her eyes smouldering with lust. "So whatca' cooking?"
"Your favourite, spaghetti and meatballs," smiled Buffy, she looked at the bag on the side, "So what did you buy me?" she asked barely able to contain herself.
Faith picked the bag up and smiling handed it to the enthusiastic blonde, "As soon as I saw it in the shop in St. Petersburg I had to buy you it, it ain't real of course but it looks pretty."
Buffy took the quite large box out of the bag and worked the lid off, inside was a beautiful blue ceramic egg with gold leaf encased with small gems, "Oh it's beautiful," squealed the blonde placing it carefully on the table before kissing her girlfriend again, "Thank you."
"It was worth every penny to see your face light up like that... god I've been hanging around you and red too long that was far to sappy for me," sighed Faith.
"Don't give me that, your always hiding that sweeter side behind this, 'I'm tuff, I'm a hard bitch,'" said Buffy.
"I thought we already established I am a bitch?" smirked the dark slayer.
"Yeah and that I can still kick you ass. Now you have time to take a quick shower and get out of those stinky clothes," said Buffy wrinkling her nose, "When did you last bathe?" she asked.
"Tuesday," she smirked, "Don't forget me an' Toku been chasing vamps all over western Russia," pointed out Faith as she began making her way to the bathroom.
Faith pulled a clean top over her head as she came out of the bedroom, Buffy was just placing the food onto the table, Faith's stomach growled at that moment making both slayers laugh, "Well you sound hungry..."
"And horny," finished Faith walking over to the table.
"Faith you were born horny," Buffy giggled.
As they ate Faith gave her girlfriend a more detailed low-down on what had happened in Russia, "It was quite frustrating, I had to let Aleksandra do all the talking and intimidating. Why can't everyone speak English?" she said.
Buffy smiled at the other woman, knowing that Faith always liked to be the one doing the intimidating, "I'm sure everyone in the world wishes that everyone else spoke their language! Although I have to admit life would probably be a lot easier if we did," she observed. "So how do you think Vlad is doing as Aleksandra's watcher?"
"Not bad, he is very supportive of her and really into the research, although I think he was a little embarrassed when he found out the vamp in St. Petersburg wasn't the master vamp, but overall not bad and after all those stuffy Brits a refreshing change... did I just say 'refreshing change'?"
Buffy laughed, "Yeah you did, so he was wicked cool," said the blonde doing almost a perfect imitation of Faith.
Faith playfully slapped Buffy on the arm, "Funny B," she said joining the other slayer in laughing.
"So I thought I'd go back to the office for a few hours and let you catch up with some sleep, you must be so tired after the long flight," said Buffy beginning to clear the table.
Faith frowned, "I thought you were planning on getting me back for leaving you frustrated on Sunday?" she said looking at her girlfriend.
Buffy looked confused before her face lit up with understanding, "Oh that, well no I took care of that little problem when I got home on Sunday night," she said indifferently.
"Oh," said Faith her face falling slightly.
Buffy came back from the kitchen and headed for the bedroom, "I think I'll change," she said, "I splashed some sauce on my jeans."
Faith got up and picking up the remote flopped onto the couch and began to channel hop.
"Faithy coming to bed?" came Buffy's voice from their bedroom door.
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I'm sorry about this but because of 's ban on 18/NC-17 stories, so that I can continue to post the rest of the story I have had to censor this part, anyone wishing to see the uncensored chapter email me or leave a review with a email address stating you are old enough to read it and I'll email you the unedited version.
Blessings
Dave
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Buffy laughed loudly, "Oh you are so forgiven."
"Good," said Faith jumping up off the bed, Buffy groan at he loss of contact, "Cause I want to ask you something," she said going to the small bookshelf, she moved one of the romance novels Buffy loved so much and grabbed a small box. She fell to her knees at the side of the bed holding out the box, "Will you marry me?"
To be continued