Hey everyone! Thanks for all the great reviews I got for my story. I can't
believe I've got to the tenth chapter without being flamed! (I bet someone
flames me now because I've said that) Anyway, my beta reader is going to
England for a couple of months so I can't get in touch with her. Any
volunteers for a replacement?
Chapter Ten: An unexpected offer
"Mommy?" Ella asked as she and Buffy were unpacking her clothes from her suitcase. It had been a day since Angel had agreed to let Ella stay with Buffy and Spike and although she had been a bit a little bit reluctant at first, Ella had agreed to give it a try,
"Yes?"
"Daddy said that the man who lives in this house with you is nasty. I don't want to live with a nasty man." Buffy stopped unpacking and looked at her daughter. She knew that Angel would say stuff about Spike but she never even thought that he would mention him to Ella; she would have a word with him about it later,
"Spike isn't nasty" she said, "Your Daddy didn't mean what he said about him. He was just angry. I think that you will like Spike"
"Really? Mommy, can I ask you something?"
"Yes"
"What are you going to call the baby?"
Spike hated the mall. It was always full of annoying teenagers, hanging around and thinking they were the highest form of humanity because they knew fashion. Spike didn't care about fashion, his tight jeans, T- shirt and long leather jacket had been his look for years now and he had no desire to change it and although his bleached blonde hair often turned heads, he liked being noticed, so had no desire to change that either.
It was Buffy's birthday in a few days and Spike wanted to buy her something special as it was her first birthday that he had been a part of, and he wanted to buy her something that she would love almost as much as him.
Walking into the jewellery store he noticed about fifty beautiful engagement rings were on show behind a glass cabinet and Spike thought for a moment about proposing to her on her birthday but quickly shook off the thought. She was still married to that wanker Angel and while she was, he couldn't be her husband.
Just below the engagement rings was another glass cabinet full of gorgeous necklaces. One of them immediately caught his eye, it was a small cross made almost completely of diamonds, held by a flimsy silver chain. Spike looked at the price of it and smiled, although Spike didn't have a job, his father had been an extremely rich senior partner in a law firm and had left all his wealth to his son when he died, so money had never been an issue for Spike.
Buffy sighed as she put the last of Ella's clothes in the wardrobe of the spare room. The apartment was quiet and Buffy almost jumped out of her skin when she heard the key unlock the front door. She quickly relaxed when she saw Spike come inside and walked out of the room to kiss him,
"Hey" she said to him, her arms still wrapped around his neck, she unwrapped them when he put the bags he was carrying onto the sofa,
"Hey"
"So what did you buy at the mall?"
"Stuff" he said absent mindedly whilst taking off his leather duster and hanging it on the back of the door to the bathroom.
"What stuff?" Buffy, asked, eyeing up the bags,
"Birthday stuff" he said and Buffy smiled and decided to change the subject,
"Ella's asleep in bed" she said, "I've just finished unpacking her stuff. She seemed to be quite keen to meet you"
"Really? I thought she'd hate me"
"Well she might be kinda shifty around you at first but I think she'll like you"
"I hope so" There was a comfortable silence before Buffy spoke up again,
"While we were unpacking today, Ella and I talked about something"
"What?"
"Our baby"
"What did you say about it?"
"Well we were talking about you and then Ella asked me what we were going to call it. We came up with some suggestions"
"What did you come up with?"
"Well, my grandmother was called Sophie and I thought that if it's a girl..."
"Buffy luv I don't mean to be horrible but that is an awful name"
"Okay well what do you think we should call it?"
"How about...Jessica if it's a girl"
"No, how about Jerrod if it's a boy"
"Sweetheart as kind as your intensions may be I am not having a son called Jerrod. How about David?"
"No. Harmony if it's a girl"
"I had a girlfriend called Harmony once and I am not naming my child after her. How about Louise for a girl?"
"Louise" Buffy repeated, "I like that"
"My sister, she was called Louise. She died when she was six"
"I'm sorry"
"It's okay. I was only about two when it happened so I don't remember her much"
"I suppose that's better then"
"Yeah"
"What if it's a boy?"
"Err...how about Joshua"
"No. I have an uncle called that, I don't like him. How about James?"
"Huh. That's nice, is it named after anyone?"
"No. I just like the name"
"Yeah, so James if it's a boy. Louise if it's a girl"
"Perfect," Buffy walked up to Spike and kissed him softly, before either of them had time to think, the kiss had deepened and they had fallen onto the sofa and had pushed the bags onto the floor. The moment was broken by a knock on the door.
"I'll get it" Buffy said, kissing Spike lightly on the nose she scrambled up and answered the door, she was surprised to see Angel stood there with his arm draped around Chantelle, the barmaid bimbo.
"Angel" she said, looking over at Spike, "Oh look it's ANGEL"
Spike got the message and went up to stand beside Buffy, who was stood with her eyebrows raised,
"What are you two doing here and together?" she asked and Angel was surprised that there wasn't even the tiniest hint of jealousy in her voice,
"Well, Chantelle and I are going out to dinner and we were wondering if you two would like to come with us, so we can y'know bond"
Buffy and Spike were both a little bit suspicious about Angel's offer but neither of them said anything to show it,
"Okay" Buffy said, "But you'll have to give us an hour to get ready and see if my mom can baby sit Ella again"
"Sure, our reservations are in about forty minutes so Chantelle and I can meet you at the restaurant. It's "Andre's" down the street"
"Okay" Angel and Chantelle walked off and Spike slammed the door behind them,
"You're not actually expecting us to go are you?" he said and Buffy sighed,
"Yes I am. Listen, I think that getting along with Angel is really important for us. He's Ella's dad and if we don't get along with him..."
"I know I'm sorry but don't you think it's a little late for dinner I mean, it's half past nine and if the reservations are for ten past ten"
"I guess but let's go anyway. I'm just gonna ring my mom to see if she can baby sit Ella and then I'm gonna get ready okay?"
"Okay"
Angel and Chantelle sat in the restaurant in silence. It was starting to get a little bit embarrassing before Chantelle spoke up,
"So how exactly are you planning on killing the guy? I mean, wouldn't it just be tiny bit suspicious if you just took him away for a little bit and neither of you came back? And it wouldn't take anybody long to figure out who did it"
"Look, Chantelle I know what I'm doing Okay? Just leave it to me"
"Fine. They're here now anyway, my God he's hot!" Chantelle noticed the annoyed look that played across Angel's feature when she said this and decided to stay quiet when the two of them sat down,
"Hi Angel. Chantelle" Buffy said sternly, noticing the narrowing of eyes that was going on between her three companions,
"I'm just gonna go to the bathroom" Angel said, standing up and walking to the men's bathroom, as soon as he was inside he took a pistol out of his jacket and waited. If all went to plan, Spike would be a dead man by the end of the night.
"So what would you like to drink?" the waiter asked the three remaining people at the table,
"Oh I'll have a white wine please" Chantelle said smiling,
"Just a diet cola," Buffy said and noticed that the other two were giving her funny looks, "The baby" she said and they relaxed,
"Just a beer please" Spike said and the waiter smiled and walked off,
"How long has Angel been in the bathroom?" Chantelle asked,
"About twenty minutes, Spike will you go into the bathroom and check if Angel's okay?"
"Yeah whatever" Spike rolled his eyes as he got up from the table and the two women watched as he walked away before talking,
"You're lucky" Chantelle said, "He's gorgeous"
"Isn't he? When I first saw him I thought I was gonna faint"
"Well Angel's hot too. Just not as hot as Spike"
"I know. How are things going with you two by the way?"
"Great. Well, we've only just started dating but its fun"
"Well I hope you too are very happy together, I really do. I think that he deserves to find someone just like I found Spike. Y'know I think that..."
She was cut off by the sound of a single gun shot coming from the bathroom.
I know I know! Cliff hanger, every story needs them! Please Review, Lots of Love,
Brittany
xxx
Chapter Ten: An unexpected offer
"Mommy?" Ella asked as she and Buffy were unpacking her clothes from her suitcase. It had been a day since Angel had agreed to let Ella stay with Buffy and Spike and although she had been a bit a little bit reluctant at first, Ella had agreed to give it a try,
"Yes?"
"Daddy said that the man who lives in this house with you is nasty. I don't want to live with a nasty man." Buffy stopped unpacking and looked at her daughter. She knew that Angel would say stuff about Spike but she never even thought that he would mention him to Ella; she would have a word with him about it later,
"Spike isn't nasty" she said, "Your Daddy didn't mean what he said about him. He was just angry. I think that you will like Spike"
"Really? Mommy, can I ask you something?"
"Yes"
"What are you going to call the baby?"
Spike hated the mall. It was always full of annoying teenagers, hanging around and thinking they were the highest form of humanity because they knew fashion. Spike didn't care about fashion, his tight jeans, T- shirt and long leather jacket had been his look for years now and he had no desire to change it and although his bleached blonde hair often turned heads, he liked being noticed, so had no desire to change that either.
It was Buffy's birthday in a few days and Spike wanted to buy her something special as it was her first birthday that he had been a part of, and he wanted to buy her something that she would love almost as much as him.
Walking into the jewellery store he noticed about fifty beautiful engagement rings were on show behind a glass cabinet and Spike thought for a moment about proposing to her on her birthday but quickly shook off the thought. She was still married to that wanker Angel and while she was, he couldn't be her husband.
Just below the engagement rings was another glass cabinet full of gorgeous necklaces. One of them immediately caught his eye, it was a small cross made almost completely of diamonds, held by a flimsy silver chain. Spike looked at the price of it and smiled, although Spike didn't have a job, his father had been an extremely rich senior partner in a law firm and had left all his wealth to his son when he died, so money had never been an issue for Spike.
Buffy sighed as she put the last of Ella's clothes in the wardrobe of the spare room. The apartment was quiet and Buffy almost jumped out of her skin when she heard the key unlock the front door. She quickly relaxed when she saw Spike come inside and walked out of the room to kiss him,
"Hey" she said to him, her arms still wrapped around his neck, she unwrapped them when he put the bags he was carrying onto the sofa,
"Hey"
"So what did you buy at the mall?"
"Stuff" he said absent mindedly whilst taking off his leather duster and hanging it on the back of the door to the bathroom.
"What stuff?" Buffy, asked, eyeing up the bags,
"Birthday stuff" he said and Buffy smiled and decided to change the subject,
"Ella's asleep in bed" she said, "I've just finished unpacking her stuff. She seemed to be quite keen to meet you"
"Really? I thought she'd hate me"
"Well she might be kinda shifty around you at first but I think she'll like you"
"I hope so" There was a comfortable silence before Buffy spoke up again,
"While we were unpacking today, Ella and I talked about something"
"What?"
"Our baby"
"What did you say about it?"
"Well we were talking about you and then Ella asked me what we were going to call it. We came up with some suggestions"
"What did you come up with?"
"Well, my grandmother was called Sophie and I thought that if it's a girl..."
"Buffy luv I don't mean to be horrible but that is an awful name"
"Okay well what do you think we should call it?"
"How about...Jessica if it's a girl"
"No, how about Jerrod if it's a boy"
"Sweetheart as kind as your intensions may be I am not having a son called Jerrod. How about David?"
"No. Harmony if it's a girl"
"I had a girlfriend called Harmony once and I am not naming my child after her. How about Louise for a girl?"
"Louise" Buffy repeated, "I like that"
"My sister, she was called Louise. She died when she was six"
"I'm sorry"
"It's okay. I was only about two when it happened so I don't remember her much"
"I suppose that's better then"
"Yeah"
"What if it's a boy?"
"Err...how about Joshua"
"No. I have an uncle called that, I don't like him. How about James?"
"Huh. That's nice, is it named after anyone?"
"No. I just like the name"
"Yeah, so James if it's a boy. Louise if it's a girl"
"Perfect," Buffy walked up to Spike and kissed him softly, before either of them had time to think, the kiss had deepened and they had fallen onto the sofa and had pushed the bags onto the floor. The moment was broken by a knock on the door.
"I'll get it" Buffy said, kissing Spike lightly on the nose she scrambled up and answered the door, she was surprised to see Angel stood there with his arm draped around Chantelle, the barmaid bimbo.
"Angel" she said, looking over at Spike, "Oh look it's ANGEL"
Spike got the message and went up to stand beside Buffy, who was stood with her eyebrows raised,
"What are you two doing here and together?" she asked and Angel was surprised that there wasn't even the tiniest hint of jealousy in her voice,
"Well, Chantelle and I are going out to dinner and we were wondering if you two would like to come with us, so we can y'know bond"
Buffy and Spike were both a little bit suspicious about Angel's offer but neither of them said anything to show it,
"Okay" Buffy said, "But you'll have to give us an hour to get ready and see if my mom can baby sit Ella again"
"Sure, our reservations are in about forty minutes so Chantelle and I can meet you at the restaurant. It's "Andre's" down the street"
"Okay" Angel and Chantelle walked off and Spike slammed the door behind them,
"You're not actually expecting us to go are you?" he said and Buffy sighed,
"Yes I am. Listen, I think that getting along with Angel is really important for us. He's Ella's dad and if we don't get along with him..."
"I know I'm sorry but don't you think it's a little late for dinner I mean, it's half past nine and if the reservations are for ten past ten"
"I guess but let's go anyway. I'm just gonna ring my mom to see if she can baby sit Ella and then I'm gonna get ready okay?"
"Okay"
Angel and Chantelle sat in the restaurant in silence. It was starting to get a little bit embarrassing before Chantelle spoke up,
"So how exactly are you planning on killing the guy? I mean, wouldn't it just be tiny bit suspicious if you just took him away for a little bit and neither of you came back? And it wouldn't take anybody long to figure out who did it"
"Look, Chantelle I know what I'm doing Okay? Just leave it to me"
"Fine. They're here now anyway, my God he's hot!" Chantelle noticed the annoyed look that played across Angel's feature when she said this and decided to stay quiet when the two of them sat down,
"Hi Angel. Chantelle" Buffy said sternly, noticing the narrowing of eyes that was going on between her three companions,
"I'm just gonna go to the bathroom" Angel said, standing up and walking to the men's bathroom, as soon as he was inside he took a pistol out of his jacket and waited. If all went to plan, Spike would be a dead man by the end of the night.
"So what would you like to drink?" the waiter asked the three remaining people at the table,
"Oh I'll have a white wine please" Chantelle said smiling,
"Just a diet cola," Buffy said and noticed that the other two were giving her funny looks, "The baby" she said and they relaxed,
"Just a beer please" Spike said and the waiter smiled and walked off,
"How long has Angel been in the bathroom?" Chantelle asked,
"About twenty minutes, Spike will you go into the bathroom and check if Angel's okay?"
"Yeah whatever" Spike rolled his eyes as he got up from the table and the two women watched as he walked away before talking,
"You're lucky" Chantelle said, "He's gorgeous"
"Isn't he? When I first saw him I thought I was gonna faint"
"Well Angel's hot too. Just not as hot as Spike"
"I know. How are things going with you two by the way?"
"Great. Well, we've only just started dating but its fun"
"Well I hope you too are very happy together, I really do. I think that he deserves to find someone just like I found Spike. Y'know I think that..."
She was cut off by the sound of a single gun shot coming from the bathroom.
I know I know! Cliff hanger, every story needs them! Please Review, Lots of Love,
Brittany
xxx