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Chapter Eight: Arguments
Buffy lay awake in her and Spike's bed. They had come back from the appointment and had had some drinks to celebrate and Buffy was annoyed that once again she had got drunk whilst he had stayed reasonably sober. The effects of the wine had began to wear off now and she was left with worry about the baby, she hadn't meant to drink quite that much.
Okay Buffy thought, no more alcohol until the baby is born she took a deep breath, she didn't have an alcohol problem, she just liked a drink now and again, and with everything that had happened lately, she thought that she deserved it.
She looked across at Spike and felt happier, just as she always did when she saw him. He looked so cute when he was asleep that she just wanted to kiss him all over, well, more than usual. She put her hand on her stomach and smiled again, but the smile faded when she thought of what sort of life the child would have, knowing that she was an accidental result of an affair that became more.
Buffy's thoughts wandered to what had been lingering in her mind for a couple of days now, marriage. She would give anything for Spike to be known to everyone as her husband, instead of Buffy's bit on the side. She wondered if she was crazy, they had known each other for like what? A week? And already she was living with him, pregnant with his baby, and wondering about marrying him. She knew that Angel would have told all of their friends about the whole thing, and that they would look down their noses at her from now on, but she didn't care, if that's what she had to sacrifice to be with Spike then so be it.
Her thoughts then wandered to Ella. Buffy hadn't thought about her since before the appointment and she felt overwhelmed with guilt. The idea of Ella moving in with her and Spike had grown considerably on her but she was worried about how she would react to it. Would she even want to live with them? How long for? Her bind boggled with questions before she decided to wake Spike up, she looked over at the clock, it read 6:48. It wasn't too early.
"Spike" she whispered, shaking him,
"Yeah?" he answered sleepily, not opening his eyes.
"I need to talk to you"
"What about?" he asked, still half asleep
"Ella" she said and he opened his eyes and took a deep breath and let it out again,
"Go on"
"Spike, I still wanna see her but I still need to be with you but Angel..."
She noticed that he was clenching his jaw at the mention of her husband's name and put her hand on his arm,
"What are we gonna do? I mean I do want Ella to live with us but what if she doesn't want to? And somehow I don't think that Angel is gonna be too happy about it"
"We'll figure something out. You're her mother, you have rights"
"I know I do but Angel has rights too"
"Do you really think he's stable enough to look after her? He ended up giving me a black eye"
"Ella is his daughter, he wouldn't hurt her"
"Are you sure? People do stupid things when they're angry"
Buffy breathed in and let it out for a moment, Spike was right, Angel got very angry sometimes and she shuddered at the thought of Ella living in the house alone with him.
"You're right," she said, "but we can't just take her, my mom will help us out"
Joyce was making herself a sandwich when the phone rang, she sighed it should be illegal for people to ring at lunchtime she thought but answered the phone anyway, she was surprised to hear Buffy's voice on the other end of the phone,
"Hi mom, I'm sorry if I interrupted you while you were having lunch. I know how much you hate that"
"It's alright sweetheart. How are things with Spike?"
"You mean 'are we still together?' yes mom, sorry to disappoint you. I was actually wondering if I could come and talk to you when I get home from work- it's kinda important"
"What time do you get home?"
"Seven"
"Alright. Just come round when you want to, you know I'm always here for you. Will Spike be coming?"
"No. I think this should just be a mother and daughter talk- no men involved"
"Okay. See you later then bye"
"Bye mom"
Buffy hung up her mobile phone and carried on driving, Mental note number two, she thought, Stop talking on your mobile whilst driving, it's dangerous
She pulled into her parking space and took a deep breath as she got out of the car; this was the first time she had gone to work since she had met Spike. What would all her friends say? Assuming they knew about everything.
"Hi Buffy" her friend Cordelia said as she walked through the door, "I'm sorry about your marriage but I can't wait to meet this other guy, Spike is it?"
"Yeah," Buffy said, trust Cordelia to want to meet Spike so badly, she was probably working out a way to steal him right this minute,
"So..." Cordelia said, closing the door to Buffy's office and sitting on the desk next to the computer, "I wanna know all the details, let's start with how you met him and we'll talk about the sex later,"
Ella sat at the table eating her lunch opposite Angel. She watched sadly as he just sat there with his head in his hands, he was destroyed and although she was only five, Ella knew the reason why.
"Daddy?" she asked and he looked up at her, she noticed that his eyes and cheeks were wet with tears,
"What?"
"I miss mommy"
"I know, so do I, but she's gone off to live with another horrible, nasty man who we don't want to see ever again"
"Why is he nasty?"
"Because he's the one that has destroyed your family and taken your mom away. He nearly broke my nose too" Angel left out the bit about him punching Spike first and how Buffy was living with him willingly.
"Oh dear. Why don't you try and get mommy back? I want to see her"
"I've tried to get her back but I can't"
"Why not?"
"I JUST CAN'T OKAY?!" Angel yelled, frightening Ella and making her start to cry,
"Oh shut up and pull yourself together"
"But...I...want...mommy...back" she said in between sobs,
"STOP FUCKING CRYING!" Angel yelled again, but this time standing up and frightening Ella even more,
"If...you...acted...like...this...around...mommy then...no...wonder she...left you"
This was too much for Angel and before he had time to think he hit Ella around the face, causing her nose to start bleeding,
"Oh God Ella..." he calmed down and knelt beside her, she looked at him with disgust before running out of the house,
Buffy walked into the apartment and put her work bag on the kitchen counter, she had just had a long talk with her mom about Ella and had ended up having another argument,
"Spike?" she called and he came out of the bedroom with a serious and worried look on his face; he held the phone in one hand and his leather duster in the other,
"Did Angel call you?" he asked, putting the duster on and the phone down,
"No. What's going on?"
"It's Ella" he said and Buffy began to feel terribly sick, what had happened to her little girl?
"What about her?"
"She's missing"
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry their wasn't much spuffy in it but it was supposed to focus a lot around how everything was affecting Angel and Ella. Please Review, love,
Brittany,
xxx
Chapter Eight: Arguments
Buffy lay awake in her and Spike's bed. They had come back from the appointment and had had some drinks to celebrate and Buffy was annoyed that once again she had got drunk whilst he had stayed reasonably sober. The effects of the wine had began to wear off now and she was left with worry about the baby, she hadn't meant to drink quite that much.
Okay Buffy thought, no more alcohol until the baby is born she took a deep breath, she didn't have an alcohol problem, she just liked a drink now and again, and with everything that had happened lately, she thought that she deserved it.
She looked across at Spike and felt happier, just as she always did when she saw him. He looked so cute when he was asleep that she just wanted to kiss him all over, well, more than usual. She put her hand on her stomach and smiled again, but the smile faded when she thought of what sort of life the child would have, knowing that she was an accidental result of an affair that became more.
Buffy's thoughts wandered to what had been lingering in her mind for a couple of days now, marriage. She would give anything for Spike to be known to everyone as her husband, instead of Buffy's bit on the side. She wondered if she was crazy, they had known each other for like what? A week? And already she was living with him, pregnant with his baby, and wondering about marrying him. She knew that Angel would have told all of their friends about the whole thing, and that they would look down their noses at her from now on, but she didn't care, if that's what she had to sacrifice to be with Spike then so be it.
Her thoughts then wandered to Ella. Buffy hadn't thought about her since before the appointment and she felt overwhelmed with guilt. The idea of Ella moving in with her and Spike had grown considerably on her but she was worried about how she would react to it. Would she even want to live with them? How long for? Her bind boggled with questions before she decided to wake Spike up, she looked over at the clock, it read 6:48. It wasn't too early.
"Spike" she whispered, shaking him,
"Yeah?" he answered sleepily, not opening his eyes.
"I need to talk to you"
"What about?" he asked, still half asleep
"Ella" she said and he opened his eyes and took a deep breath and let it out again,
"Go on"
"Spike, I still wanna see her but I still need to be with you but Angel..."
She noticed that he was clenching his jaw at the mention of her husband's name and put her hand on his arm,
"What are we gonna do? I mean I do want Ella to live with us but what if she doesn't want to? And somehow I don't think that Angel is gonna be too happy about it"
"We'll figure something out. You're her mother, you have rights"
"I know I do but Angel has rights too"
"Do you really think he's stable enough to look after her? He ended up giving me a black eye"
"Ella is his daughter, he wouldn't hurt her"
"Are you sure? People do stupid things when they're angry"
Buffy breathed in and let it out for a moment, Spike was right, Angel got very angry sometimes and she shuddered at the thought of Ella living in the house alone with him.
"You're right," she said, "but we can't just take her, my mom will help us out"
Joyce was making herself a sandwich when the phone rang, she sighed it should be illegal for people to ring at lunchtime she thought but answered the phone anyway, she was surprised to hear Buffy's voice on the other end of the phone,
"Hi mom, I'm sorry if I interrupted you while you were having lunch. I know how much you hate that"
"It's alright sweetheart. How are things with Spike?"
"You mean 'are we still together?' yes mom, sorry to disappoint you. I was actually wondering if I could come and talk to you when I get home from work- it's kinda important"
"What time do you get home?"
"Seven"
"Alright. Just come round when you want to, you know I'm always here for you. Will Spike be coming?"
"No. I think this should just be a mother and daughter talk- no men involved"
"Okay. See you later then bye"
"Bye mom"
Buffy hung up her mobile phone and carried on driving, Mental note number two, she thought, Stop talking on your mobile whilst driving, it's dangerous
She pulled into her parking space and took a deep breath as she got out of the car; this was the first time she had gone to work since she had met Spike. What would all her friends say? Assuming they knew about everything.
"Hi Buffy" her friend Cordelia said as she walked through the door, "I'm sorry about your marriage but I can't wait to meet this other guy, Spike is it?"
"Yeah," Buffy said, trust Cordelia to want to meet Spike so badly, she was probably working out a way to steal him right this minute,
"So..." Cordelia said, closing the door to Buffy's office and sitting on the desk next to the computer, "I wanna know all the details, let's start with how you met him and we'll talk about the sex later,"
Ella sat at the table eating her lunch opposite Angel. She watched sadly as he just sat there with his head in his hands, he was destroyed and although she was only five, Ella knew the reason why.
"Daddy?" she asked and he looked up at her, she noticed that his eyes and cheeks were wet with tears,
"What?"
"I miss mommy"
"I know, so do I, but she's gone off to live with another horrible, nasty man who we don't want to see ever again"
"Why is he nasty?"
"Because he's the one that has destroyed your family and taken your mom away. He nearly broke my nose too" Angel left out the bit about him punching Spike first and how Buffy was living with him willingly.
"Oh dear. Why don't you try and get mommy back? I want to see her"
"I've tried to get her back but I can't"
"Why not?"
"I JUST CAN'T OKAY?!" Angel yelled, frightening Ella and making her start to cry,
"Oh shut up and pull yourself together"
"But...I...want...mommy...back" she said in between sobs,
"STOP FUCKING CRYING!" Angel yelled again, but this time standing up and frightening Ella even more,
"If...you...acted...like...this...around...mommy then...no...wonder she...left you"
This was too much for Angel and before he had time to think he hit Ella around the face, causing her nose to start bleeding,
"Oh God Ella..." he calmed down and knelt beside her, she looked at him with disgust before running out of the house,
Buffy walked into the apartment and put her work bag on the kitchen counter, she had just had a long talk with her mom about Ella and had ended up having another argument,
"Spike?" she called and he came out of the bedroom with a serious and worried look on his face; he held the phone in one hand and his leather duster in the other,
"Did Angel call you?" he asked, putting the duster on and the phone down,
"No. What's going on?"
"It's Ella" he said and Buffy began to feel terribly sick, what had happened to her little girl?
"What about her?"
"She's missing"
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, sorry their wasn't much spuffy in it but it was supposed to focus a lot around how everything was affecting Angel and Ella. Please Review, love,
Brittany,
xxx