"Roger, I swear it's not what it looks like."
"Then is it?"
"We were drunk." said Luke speaking up. "We both got really drunk." he said, and had mastered the art of lying.
"Emma...you..he..."
"Roger...I know." she whispered using the blanket to cover her chest. "I'm so sorry...," she whispered. Roger merely turned on his heels and ran out of the room.
"Get dressed." said Giles intensely, "when you are dressed meet me in the meeting hall...I am going to find out with Beth is."
"Hey" whispered Liz coming out on to the porch coffee in hand as she handed Wesley a cup. She sat on the swinging porch with him and lied on his chest. "Miss me?"
"Terribly." he whispered kissing the top of her head. She merely sat there in his arms listening to the warm familiar sounds of Pinegreen Virginia. "Elizabeth?" he whispered.
"Hmmm?"
"What are you going to do?"
"About what?" she said snuggling into him more.
"Giles" he whispered. She sat up and looked at him. What was she going to do?
"I don't know...I mean...Giles...he has been good to me...real gentlemen...I think since our destinies changed my new destiny is to be with him."
"But since I gave you your old one back..."
"I get to chose." she sighed cupping her head in her hands.
"I'm sorry.," whispered Wesley. "I never wanted things to get so-"
"Complicated?" she said looking up out in to the open field.
"Hard." he whispered.
"I don't blame you, you didn't want this to happen in the first place."
"Elizabeth... what ever you choose...I want you to know... I will still love you." he sighed as she looked at him and nodded.
"I know" before devouring another kiss.
"Stop lying to me damm it!" yelled Giles slamming his fist on the table. "Where the hell is she?"
"I'm not lying!" yelled Luke standing up. "I don't know where she is!"
"Then why the hell were you in Pinegreen with the others?"
"I told you! Emma and I were drunk! We'd follow Lucifer if he came out of the ground!" he screamed
"And you expect me to believe this?"
"No, I don't but it's the truth!" he yelled back. Giles merely glared at him.
"Roger please... look at Me." whispered Emma. Roger turned and looked at her, obviously hurt. "I swear Roger I never meant to hurt you."
"Well you did Emma" he said coldly.
"Roger, I swear I have no feelings for Luke you know that. If anything I hate him." she said cupping his cheek.
"Emma...please...don't even look at him anymore...promise me." Emma stopped for a beat and thankfully Roger didn't notice. But she nodded.
"I promise."
Wesley sat with Liz at their old house. A candle lit dinner that was filled with laughter.
"Ok wait wait" said Liz taking a sip of wine. "Remember the time with Mikey and Barna and the-"
"Chocolate banana split?" finished Wesley and they both fell into a hysterical fit of laughter. Talking about old times, old jokes, and old friends.
"Lukas" whispered Emma entering the campus's version of a club, or a hang out. It was closed, but used to work there and Emma heard he got the job again the minute he came back. She heard the familiar sounds of the piano. She came in and saw that all the lights where turned off except for the soft blue glow of stage lights. Luke sat in front of the piano playing the hell of Hayden. He used to take piano lessons since he was a baby living with...his abusive father...he played back in Pinegreen, and he still plays today. Hell, Emma is pretty sure he played when he was evil. Both Pryce boys are secretive about thier music ability. No one knows Wesley can sing unless you lived in Pinegreen and have your memory. Yet Luke was even more secretive. Before the mind wipe in Pinegreen everyone knew Wesley could sing and play the guitar. Yet before the mind wipe, only Emma and Wesley knew Luke could play the piano like he can. Emma sighed knowing what she must do. He finished the last bar of the Hayden piece and sighed.
"Still play like a Pro." Luke looked up.
"Emma" he nodded. "So how'd it go with our favorite British boy?" he said sourly.
"Good, he said on one rule...we can't talk, look or even think about each other."
"WHAT?" yelled Luke. "You said no right? You blew him off?" Emma merely looked at the ground and shook her head.
"I told him yes... I thought that I owed you to it least say it to your face."
"Say what?"
"Goodbye" she sighed. "Tomorrow, I'm going to Rome..." Luke sighed and turned his back on her as she continued. "I am valedictorian. I am going to Rome to help out some newbies. Roger is coming with me because he is the valedictorian for the watchers."
"Emma, we both know I am smarter then Robert, or what ever the hell his name is.
"I know" she sighed.
"I was the youngest damm official watcher ever!"
"I know"
"I was the head boy!" he yelled.
"I know" she mumbled.
"I am more athletic then he is."
"I know"
"And he doesn't love you like I do." he said.
"I know" said Emma standing up and looking at him in the eye.
"Then why god dammit? Why?"
"Because when I'm with him, I feel safe." she merely whispered and turned and left him to his own misery and anger.
"So, make a wish.," whispered Liz, as she sat in Wesley's arms on the porch once more. A red quilt surrounded them both.
"Hmmm ok." chuckled Wesley as they watched the meter shower. He noticed a falling star closed his eyes tightly and made his wish. Liz kissed him on the lip passionately and he opened his eyes.
"That was your wish?"
"Part of It." chuckled Wesley as he kissed her once more.
Nick and Dawn sighed entering dinner holding hands. Everyone looked up in surprise.
"What?" asked Dawn as she took a seat next to Robin, and next to her sat Nick.
"Ummm Dawnie somthin you wanna tell us?"
"Oh yeh me and Nick are going out, pass the macaroni please."
"Going out? Like your just dating or serious."
"Or we're serious, can someone pass me the Spirit"
"Right, so how far have you gotten?" asked Buffy curiously.
"Just first base Buffy jeez." said Dawn annoyed at her sister. "Will anyone pass me food?"
Faith stared at her boyfriend. What the hell is up with him? He had been so quite since they took him from that small town. Giles refuses to talk to him. Robin says he was under a spell, and Faith believed him. He would never do that to Giles or to anyone. He would never hurt anyone...that's why she cares about him.
Elizabeth lied in Wesley's arms like so many times in the past. Candles lit the room and she sighed, he was breathing ever so softly on her neck holding her tightly afraid obviously to let her go.
"Matthew?" she whispered.
"Hmmm?" he said in a small mumble.
"Do you think, we could get married again?"
"If that's what you want." he said still obviously half asleep.
"Do you want to grow old with me?"
"Of course." he whispered.
"Wilona? What about her?" Wesley's eye shot open as he sat and propped one arm up so he could lean his head on it. He played with her hair as he took a large sigh.
"I would do anything to be with my daughter...anything... but until I know what anything is...we both know I can't."
"I know" whispered Liz obviously getting upset. "But I miss her that's all."
"Elizabeth just because I can't doesn't mean you can't."
"You won't get mad at me?" she asked turning on her other side to face him.
"Of course." he said sincerely. Liz sat up and had a wicked smile on her face as she sat on top of him and gave him a crooked smile.
