Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire
Chp.14
The Whelp in All His Glory
Info: First chapter
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The break room door opens, and the people in the room hear whispering, as the trio of Tara, and what appears to be two of the patients enter.
Looking up from the gooey, cheesy mess on his plate, "hey Tare! What'cha doin' letting a couple of patients follow you around for?" Alex asks, around the glob of pizza in his mouth. "Wait a minute, that's Buffy Summers, isn't it?" He continues, shoving nearly a whole other piece in his mouth, and chewing with it open.
Standing by the door, Buffy has a stunned look on her face, and is crushing Spikes hand in hers. She doesn't know what to say. The whole Scooby gang is in the room. There are only a few differences, Dawn, Andrew, and Faith were missing, but there is Anya, and probably the most missed person from the gang, Tara. Xander and Anya are looking at Spike and her as if they are strangers. Well, they are. She knows them, but they don't know her. Xander remembers her from her freshman year, he doesn't know her like her Xander does.
"Oh, now my day is just perfect. The whelp in all his glory, shoving pizza in his mouth, and chewing with it wide open." She hears Spike whisper sarcastically, and just knows that his eyes are rolling.
Looking at the brunette across the room, she throws a disgusted look his way. There's sauce dripping from his chin, and eww, Spike is telling the truth, you can see the food being all chewed up. "Disgusting." She whispers back.
"You got that right, Pet." She hears him snort, and chuckles.
"Xander?" Buffy says, the disgusted look still apparent on her face; she walks over to the brunette man and studies his features. "Xander!" She nearly shouts, as she throws her arms around the stout man, nearly making him choke on the glob of pizza in his mouth.
She quickly pulls away, when she hears a low, threatening growl coming from the direction of Spike.
Alex looks up at the crazy blonde that keeps calling him Xander, "whose Xander?" He asks, wiping the sauce from his chin onto his shirtsleeve, and dropping the slice of pizza back on his plate.
Buffy looks at the man in front of her, gazing into his eyes, and tilting her head slightly. "You're Xander." She states, sure he should be who she thinks he is. He acts, looks, and sounds like Xander.
"Uh, no. My names Alex."
"Oh, I'm sorry. It's just. . ." She leaves the explanation, unexplained.
Everyone else here has the same name, she thinks. Why does Xander have to be different?
Looking over to the only other man in the room. "So, who's the psycho, following you guys around?" Alex asks, picking the half- eaten piece of pizza back up from where it had fallen, and taking a huge bite.
"Listen, Monkey Boy." Spike growls, angrily, as he stalks around to the side of the table that his girlfriend had just been embracing with a near stranger. He was damned jealous, and he didn't care if everyone knew it.
The boy stands up, as the patient comes face to face with him.
Trying to avert an all out fight, Buffy steps in between them. "Xan. . . Alex, this is Spike, and he's not psycho." She places a hand on each of their chests.
Spike growls menacingly, as he sees her hand touch the prats' chest.
Buffy rolls her eyes at him, as she looks over her shoulder, at the sound.
"Well not psycho in the way you mean. Right now he's just being jealous." Her matter of fact tone, registering with Spike, he quits growling. She pats his chest reassuringly.
"Well, he sure is acting like a freakin' looney, Buffy, and looks like one too." Alex retorts, looking the shorter man up and down. "Plus, wearing what he is, you sure you don't want me to restrain him."
Buffy gets a far away look in her eyes, as she remembers the one time he let her handcuff him. A smile spreads over her face.
"Buffy?"
Even if his name is Alex, he's still the ever over- protective Xander, and he breaks her train of thought as he says her name.
"He's always like that, Alex. He's aggressive and jealous, especially when it comes to people he loves." She explains, shaking her head, trying to dispel the image that keeps flashing before her eyes. She slowly turns to face her man. Making a connection with his eyes, she smiles and rubs her hand in a slow circle over his chest.
"Please be nice." She pleads with voice, and eyes. "They don't know what we've been through, and I really don't want to go into that right now. We'll sit down, have some pizza, and get to know them. If and only if they ask a specific question." She points her finger into his chest, and smiles. "We'll answer as best as we can." Her hand lies flat on his chest, again. "Then we can go back to one of the rooms, and relax together." She finishes sincerely. Rising up on her toes she plants a swift kiss on his lips.
Spike looks from Buffy to Alex and back again, shrugs his shoulders, grabs her hand, and inches his way around the poofter. "I'll be nice, alright Luv?" He lifts her hand to his lips, brushing them over the back of it, "but only for a little while. If he says anything untoward, all bets are off." Lifting his head back up, and catching her eye, he smirks smugly.
Shaking her head at him, she lets him drag her over to the pile of pizza boxes, and hand her plate.
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(I know that this chapter is being posted a little later in the day, but I have a really good excuse. My dog ate the notebook it was in, and I had to re-write it? No really, I was working on the twenty-ninth chapter and lost track of the time.)
Culf: Mr. M is James. I was just too lazy to write his whole name. Angel is an ongoing thing with you, am I right? You'll find out shortly if he's going to be in this I promise. But I'm still not going to say yea, or nay on the subject. I might give you a little Capt. Cardboard bashing I'm not too sure on that yet, but I'm thinking about it.
Miriya: Thanks for the tip about Buffy/Spike central. I had to reboot my whole computer not to long ago and lost everything on it. I'd completely forgotten about 'Crumbling Walls'. I've been searching for all of my fave archives, and forgot all about the forum. Goofy me.
Buffyfan: Yeah! I thought so, too, but it's quite original. That's what I was going for. Wasn't the whole Cordy thing just heartbreaking? I cried and cried.
Riverdoe: I've never tried to write Dru, but I might try it. I wanted to give her at least a little appearance in this, but I haven't come across the opportunity yet.
Inkling: Finally, someone caught the whole (Perish the thought) if Spike weren't on the show there's still someone quite drool-worthy on the show. I sure as hell wouldn't be drooling over Angel. The whole Wes and Travers thing, hey their the champs of the screwed and I mean totally screwed up family, aren't they?
Darklover: I read that about Cordy, too, but my god I felt bad for Angel. I mean did you see the poor sods face? I never feel bad for Angel, but that was awful. I always thought that Angel deserved to get all the hell he gets, but damn that was harsh.
Lilmamaday: Okay, the concept was originally that Spike and Buffy are the only ones that actually know what's going on with the other person. They went through six years of delusional coma together, but that's not the whole concept now, not after the little turn it takes in chapter twenty. Tara, god what can I say, I love the character, she's so fun, and Buffy's meeting with her doctor it has a few funny things goin' on. I literally bawled my eyes out over Angel this week, and I knew what was gonna happen. How's that for irony?
Buffspike: Happy to see that you're still lovin' the fic. I would've loved for Cordy to actually come back, but noo Joss had to go and kill her off.
Kari: Pizza and the Buffy dialogue. How could I go wrong? I originally didn't have that whole bunch of stuff in the chapter, but I get typing and my mind goes haywire. Hell, half the stuff in this chapter wasn't written down.
Spuffyfan4eva: I'm getting crumbs all over the keyboard, but god these cookies are so good.
Spikey Goodness: There's a really good reason why they aren't in it. Just wait and you'll see.
Ekmw511: I update everyday, if it's possible. Sometimes twice, especially with the story getting as much feed back as this does.
(A.N. #2 I noticed last night that this story has broken the one hundred-review mark. THANK YOU GUYS! You rock, and I mean major, head banging rock.)
Chp.14
The Whelp in All His Glory
Info: First chapter
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The break room door opens, and the people in the room hear whispering, as the trio of Tara, and what appears to be two of the patients enter.
Looking up from the gooey, cheesy mess on his plate, "hey Tare! What'cha doin' letting a couple of patients follow you around for?" Alex asks, around the glob of pizza in his mouth. "Wait a minute, that's Buffy Summers, isn't it?" He continues, shoving nearly a whole other piece in his mouth, and chewing with it open.
Standing by the door, Buffy has a stunned look on her face, and is crushing Spikes hand in hers. She doesn't know what to say. The whole Scooby gang is in the room. There are only a few differences, Dawn, Andrew, and Faith were missing, but there is Anya, and probably the most missed person from the gang, Tara. Xander and Anya are looking at Spike and her as if they are strangers. Well, they are. She knows them, but they don't know her. Xander remembers her from her freshman year, he doesn't know her like her Xander does.
"Oh, now my day is just perfect. The whelp in all his glory, shoving pizza in his mouth, and chewing with it wide open." She hears Spike whisper sarcastically, and just knows that his eyes are rolling.
Looking at the brunette across the room, she throws a disgusted look his way. There's sauce dripping from his chin, and eww, Spike is telling the truth, you can see the food being all chewed up. "Disgusting." She whispers back.
"You got that right, Pet." She hears him snort, and chuckles.
"Xander?" Buffy says, the disgusted look still apparent on her face; she walks over to the brunette man and studies his features. "Xander!" She nearly shouts, as she throws her arms around the stout man, nearly making him choke on the glob of pizza in his mouth.
She quickly pulls away, when she hears a low, threatening growl coming from the direction of Spike.
Alex looks up at the crazy blonde that keeps calling him Xander, "whose Xander?" He asks, wiping the sauce from his chin onto his shirtsleeve, and dropping the slice of pizza back on his plate.
Buffy looks at the man in front of her, gazing into his eyes, and tilting her head slightly. "You're Xander." She states, sure he should be who she thinks he is. He acts, looks, and sounds like Xander.
"Uh, no. My names Alex."
"Oh, I'm sorry. It's just. . ." She leaves the explanation, unexplained.
Everyone else here has the same name, she thinks. Why does Xander have to be different?
Looking over to the only other man in the room. "So, who's the psycho, following you guys around?" Alex asks, picking the half- eaten piece of pizza back up from where it had fallen, and taking a huge bite.
"Listen, Monkey Boy." Spike growls, angrily, as he stalks around to the side of the table that his girlfriend had just been embracing with a near stranger. He was damned jealous, and he didn't care if everyone knew it.
The boy stands up, as the patient comes face to face with him.
Trying to avert an all out fight, Buffy steps in between them. "Xan. . . Alex, this is Spike, and he's not psycho." She places a hand on each of their chests.
Spike growls menacingly, as he sees her hand touch the prats' chest.
Buffy rolls her eyes at him, as she looks over her shoulder, at the sound.
"Well not psycho in the way you mean. Right now he's just being jealous." Her matter of fact tone, registering with Spike, he quits growling. She pats his chest reassuringly.
"Well, he sure is acting like a freakin' looney, Buffy, and looks like one too." Alex retorts, looking the shorter man up and down. "Plus, wearing what he is, you sure you don't want me to restrain him."
Buffy gets a far away look in her eyes, as she remembers the one time he let her handcuff him. A smile spreads over her face.
"Buffy?"
Even if his name is Alex, he's still the ever over- protective Xander, and he breaks her train of thought as he says her name.
"He's always like that, Alex. He's aggressive and jealous, especially when it comes to people he loves." She explains, shaking her head, trying to dispel the image that keeps flashing before her eyes. She slowly turns to face her man. Making a connection with his eyes, she smiles and rubs her hand in a slow circle over his chest.
"Please be nice." She pleads with voice, and eyes. "They don't know what we've been through, and I really don't want to go into that right now. We'll sit down, have some pizza, and get to know them. If and only if they ask a specific question." She points her finger into his chest, and smiles. "We'll answer as best as we can." Her hand lies flat on his chest, again. "Then we can go back to one of the rooms, and relax together." She finishes sincerely. Rising up on her toes she plants a swift kiss on his lips.
Spike looks from Buffy to Alex and back again, shrugs his shoulders, grabs her hand, and inches his way around the poofter. "I'll be nice, alright Luv?" He lifts her hand to his lips, brushing them over the back of it, "but only for a little while. If he says anything untoward, all bets are off." Lifting his head back up, and catching her eye, he smirks smugly.
Shaking her head at him, she lets him drag her over to the pile of pizza boxes, and hand her plate.
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(I know that this chapter is being posted a little later in the day, but I have a really good excuse. My dog ate the notebook it was in, and I had to re-write it? No really, I was working on the twenty-ninth chapter and lost track of the time.)
Culf: Mr. M is James. I was just too lazy to write his whole name. Angel is an ongoing thing with you, am I right? You'll find out shortly if he's going to be in this I promise. But I'm still not going to say yea, or nay on the subject. I might give you a little Capt. Cardboard bashing I'm not too sure on that yet, but I'm thinking about it.
Miriya: Thanks for the tip about Buffy/Spike central. I had to reboot my whole computer not to long ago and lost everything on it. I'd completely forgotten about 'Crumbling Walls'. I've been searching for all of my fave archives, and forgot all about the forum. Goofy me.
Buffyfan: Yeah! I thought so, too, but it's quite original. That's what I was going for. Wasn't the whole Cordy thing just heartbreaking? I cried and cried.
Riverdoe: I've never tried to write Dru, but I might try it. I wanted to give her at least a little appearance in this, but I haven't come across the opportunity yet.
Inkling: Finally, someone caught the whole (Perish the thought) if Spike weren't on the show there's still someone quite drool-worthy on the show. I sure as hell wouldn't be drooling over Angel. The whole Wes and Travers thing, hey their the champs of the screwed and I mean totally screwed up family, aren't they?
Darklover: I read that about Cordy, too, but my god I felt bad for Angel. I mean did you see the poor sods face? I never feel bad for Angel, but that was awful. I always thought that Angel deserved to get all the hell he gets, but damn that was harsh.
Lilmamaday: Okay, the concept was originally that Spike and Buffy are the only ones that actually know what's going on with the other person. They went through six years of delusional coma together, but that's not the whole concept now, not after the little turn it takes in chapter twenty. Tara, god what can I say, I love the character, she's so fun, and Buffy's meeting with her doctor it has a few funny things goin' on. I literally bawled my eyes out over Angel this week, and I knew what was gonna happen. How's that for irony?
Buffspike: Happy to see that you're still lovin' the fic. I would've loved for Cordy to actually come back, but noo Joss had to go and kill her off.
Kari: Pizza and the Buffy dialogue. How could I go wrong? I originally didn't have that whole bunch of stuff in the chapter, but I get typing and my mind goes haywire. Hell, half the stuff in this chapter wasn't written down.
Spuffyfan4eva: I'm getting crumbs all over the keyboard, but god these cookies are so good.
Spikey Goodness: There's a really good reason why they aren't in it. Just wait and you'll see.
Ekmw511: I update everyday, if it's possible. Sometimes twice, especially with the story getting as much feed back as this does.
(A.N. #2 I noticed last night that this story has broken the one hundred-review mark. THANK YOU GUYS! You rock, and I mean major, head banging rock.)