Rating: PG-13 at the moment
Disclaimer: I own none of these characters. They are owned by Joss Whedon, WB, Mutant Enemy, and UPN. Remember, Joss is God.
Timeline: Season Seven. Imagine that in between when Andrew and Anya went to the hospital and Buffy asks Xander to take Dawn away, there's, like, months. This story is in there.
Spoilers: Possibly all the way up to halfway through End of Days.
A/N: Ta Da! Another chapter! Already! This is very unusual for me. You are very lucky. :-)
Chapter Four : Homecoming and Explanations
Evening
Someone knocked frantically on the front door. Spike opened it warily. What he saw made him gasp.
Buffy, standing there, tears coursing down her cheeks, looking so very broken. They looked at each other for a moment before Buffy collapsed into Spike's arms, sobbing.
Buffy was sat on the sofa. Everyone was tense, wondering what her state of mind was. Dawn spoke first. "Did you want it"
Buffy spoke. "Want what"
"To be a vampire. I mean, I quote 'I'm going out. And DON'T come looking for me"
"God, no. I was just wandering around, in a huff, when I was ambushed by, like, eight vamps. I managed to kill, what, four of them but then one of them got me. Then everything went black and BAM! next thing I knew, I was a vampire"
"But, you have a soul now, right?"This from Dawn.
Spike stepped forward. He gazed into Buffy's eyes for a moment before confirming "Yes, she does."
Everyone looke really relieved. But Dawn was still wondering something.
"But... Well... Did you... I mean... Did you kill anyone? Before, I mean"
Everyone immediatly looked alarmed.
"No, I didn't"
Sighs of relief echoed around the room.
"I didn't have a chance. I'd only been awake for like, 10 minutes when I ran into you." She said to Rona, Vi, Amanda, and Kennedy.
"Then after I ran away I had to hide because I thought maybe you'd come looking for me"
"You mean, You haven't fed at all since you woke up?" Asked Spike.
"No"
"Oh, Pet we really need to get some blood into you. Come on." He said, leading her to the kitchen.
Spike took a bag of blood out of the fridge and warmed it in the microwave. When it was done, he poured it into a mug and handed it to Buffy.
"Should be okay for you, luv. You haven't tasted human blood and so this should be just as good for you"
Buffy raised the mug and gingerly sniffed it. Her demon immediatly recognised the smell and she unconsiously shifted into game face. She lifted the mug to her lips and took a sip. All of a sudden her demon took over and she gulped the blood down rapidly.
"That must be better luv"
"Much. Thanks."
Buffy walked over to Willow. "Can I ask you a question"
"Sure. What is it"
"My soul. Is it, I mean, exactly the same as Angel's"
"Yes it is. Why? Oh"
"So, I can't, um"
"No"
"Ok."
Buffy had gone and told Spike about her soul, and they had decided to go to Africa to get her a permanent one. Now they just had to tell the others.
Buffy and Spike were standing in the living room, with the gange stood around them.
Buffy started, "My soul. It's not permanent. So, me and Spike were thinking, maybe we could go to Africa and get a permanent one for me. What do you think"
Everyone thought it was a good idea. So it was decided that Buffy and Spikwe would leave the next day, to Africa, so there was as little time as possible for Buffy to possibly lose her soul. But, for now, they all went to bed, for it had been a very tiring day.