Two of A Kind
Epilogue
By: Rogue-Slayer13
Disclaimer: The characters of Btvs and Ats belong to Joss Whedon, not myself. People wonder where I get some of the straight from the show dialogue, and just so everyone knows, anytime I have any, it comes from Buffy-vs-Angel. com.
Summary: See previous chapter
All italics are thoughts, while only partial italics or emphasized.
A/N: This takes place 2-3 years after chapter 12.
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Spike was on his way back to the Hyperion when he bumped into someone on the sidewalk.
"Sorry."
"Spike?"
Spike looked up to see Buffy standing in front of him with a smile on her face.
"Hey Pet," greeted Spike with a smile as he pulled the blonde into a hug.
"Look at you!" Buffy pulled back a bit and looked Spike over.
He was no longer wearing only black, instead, he had on his Doc Martens, blue jeans, and a green long sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up just past his elbows. His hair was spiked up instead of slicked back and it was a less intense shade of blonde with a little bit of the natural brown showing at the roots.
"You look great," said Buffy. "How have you been?"
"I've been good. How bout you?" asked Spike.
"I've been all right. Are you still with Faith?"
"Yeah, we're still together. What about you and the Immortal?"
"No, we broke up last year."
"I'm sorry, Pet."
"Nah, he wasn't all he was cracked up to be."
There was a brief pause before Spike spoke again.
"Look, I'm on my way back to the Hyperion, we're throwing a party for Fred and Wes' lil girl. You should come by."
"Fred and Wesley have a kid?" asked Buffy a bit surprised.
"Yeah, she's two and as cute as can be," said Spike with a smile.
"I'll have to stop by. I'll just have to go get Dawn."
"Nibblet's 'ere?"
"Yeah, we were visiting my dad," Buffy.
"You two should come by. Red's gonna be there," said Spike.
"We'll definitely stop by," said Buffy.
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"Why do we go to all the trouble of hanging up streamers and balloons for a bunch of two-year-old?" asked Gunn as he put up the last of the party decorations.
"Because it's cute," said Lindsey as he came down off the ladder he was standing on to hang up the last of the balloons. "Eve can't wait to have kids."
"It's gonna get pretty crazy around here in the next few years," said Gunn.
"Why's that?"
"Think about it. Fred and Wes are bound to have at least another kid, you and Eve are headed that way, and so are Faith and Spike."
"What about me?" asked Spike as he came into the lobby.
"We were just wondering why you weren't hear to help decorate this place," said Gunn.
"I had to go get some very important groceries," said Spike.
"Yeah, the ice cream is unbelievably important," said Faith with a smile as she came in and took the bag away from Spike.
"How else are we going to make the little kids hyper and crazy?" asked Lindsey.
"We're the ones that are going to go crazy," said Angel. "I can't believe we agreed to do this."
"Oh come on, you know you like kids," said Fred as she and Eve also came into the room.
"I just wanna get it over with," said Angel.
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"Oh my. There's so many of them and they're so little," said Buffy as she and Dawn walked into the lobby of the Hyperion to find it full of children.
"Hey Buffy! Dawnie!" called Willow as she made her way through the children and over to her friends.
"Aren't they so cute? They're friends of Kayla's from the day care," said Willow as she motioned to the children.
"This is going to be fun," said Dawn.
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"Ugh, now we have to clean up," groaned Gunn after the last child left.
"I've got kitchen," said Eve picking one of the least messy areas.
"I'll help you," said Lindsey.
"Don't get any ideas you two, we eat in there," called Spike with a grin.
"I hate to bail, but we promised dad we'd have dinner with him," said Buffy. It's part of his big plan to bond with us."
"Thanks for coming," said Fred with a smile as she wrestled with a sleepy two-year-old. "I'm going to go put Kayla in bed."
"It was nice seeing you," said Gunn.
"Same here," replied Buffy.
Buffy and Dawn said their good-byes two the rest of the group, promising to stay in touch.
"That went well," said Faith after she, Willow, and Spike came back in from saying good-bye to Buffy and Dawn.
"But have you noticed who's gotten stuck cleaning up the messiest part of the hotel?" commented Spike as he looked around the now deserted lobby.
"Crap," cursed Faith.
"They are so sneaky," said Willow. "I can not believe the amount of sneakiness involved here."
"I guess we better get to cleaning," said Faith with a sigh.
"Joy."
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The End
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