Buffy stared at herself in the mirror, there was no smile on her face, but there wasn't a frown either. She decided not to wear make-up today because in a few hours she would have cried it all off.
"Buffy?" Willow called from the foot of the stairs. Buffy picked up her purse and knocked a not to the floor. She picked it up and sighed heavily before stuffing it inside of her purse.
"I'll take care of that later." She said silently to herself. Buffy moved downstairs and saw Willow and Xander waiting at the bottom. Willow gave her a hug closely followed by Xander.
"Well lets get this thing over with…" Buffy said motioning to the door. They got inside the car and began moving on their way to the graveyard. "Thanks for coming Oz, you really didn't have to." Buffy said.
"I know…I wanted to." He said flashing Buffy a weak smile. They pulled into the graveyard and moved to the site. Buffy frowned slightly when she saw a middle-aged man stand by the freshly dug hole waiting for them.
"Can I help you?" Buffy asked.
"Oh hello." He said turning around. "My name is Rupert Giles, I am a priest. Someone informed me that your mother passed away and that you didn't have enough money for a service and I felt terrible. So I cam e to do this for free." He said with a smile.
"Thank you so much!" Buffy said moving over to him to embrace him in a large hug. Tears Sprung to her eyes as she continued to hug the man. She let go and backed away a little as he began the service…
Buffy, Xander, Willow, and Oz all held hands and looked at the freshly covered grave. They all sat down in front of it in a small circle.
"Oh yea." Buffy said. "I have something to tell you guys…about Spike." Xander breathed in sharply.
"What did he do this time? Buffy glanced down at the ground.
"That's just it he never did anything."
"Oh that's bull Buffy…" Xander started. "he is just lying to you." Buffy looked up straight into Xander's eyes.
"No, he's not, I don't know how to explain it but he isn't, I just…know. You should trust my judgment."
Oz decided to intervene. "I don't know about these two but I trust your judgment Buffy." Buffy sent him a 'thank you' glance.
"Well if Oz trusts it I do too." Willow said with a smile. Everyone turned to look at Xander.
"It…it is going to take a while but I will trust you." He grinned. Buffy gave him a hung.
"Well, we better be going." Oz said.
"Me too." Said Xander. They rose from the ground slowly, but Buffy stayed still. "Buff you comin?" Xander asked.
"No I am gonna stay for a while longer." She said
"Ok bye Buffy." Xander said touching her shoulder lightly.
"Bye." She turned around and sat Indian style in front of the grave. She saw Rupert Giles about to get in his car to leave. "Oh Mr. Giles!" Buffy shouted. He turned to look at her and stepped back out of his car and walked over to her.
"Yes Buffy?" He said.
"I was wondering could you tell me who told you about my mother?" Buffy said looking up.
"He said you would know who he was." He smiled before getting into his car and leaving.
"Buffy looked back at her mothers grave. "Oh mom I screwed up with Spike, I love him so much and I misjudged him…Please I am asking you mom if you can give me and Spike a second chance I don't know how but please do it…" She said a tear creeping down her face.
She rose from her place on the ground and turned around, she stopped dead in her tracks and saw something in the light make her smile. She moved toward him and he moved closer to her, until they closed the space between them. "Spike I am so sorry, I didn't…." He stopped her by putting his finger over her mouth.
"I know Buffy..I know." He started. "When you were gone I realized that I don't want anyone besides you for the rest of my life." He said with a large smile.
"Spike I am sorry about everything…I do love you."
"I love you too." Buffy gave him a kiss before leading him over to her mother's grave and they sat down in front of it, face to face and talked the day away…
A/N: That's it you guys! This story is officially finished. I want to thank everyone for the reviews you guys are so great and make me feel so much better. I hope you enjoyed it!