It took them a few hours before they arrived at this huge mansion. Giles parked the bus in the huge drive way and killed the engine and opened the bus door. The group piled out of the bus and went exploring the mansion, except the only one who didn't explore the mansion was Buffy. She just stood in front of the mansion looking up at the sky and then at the ground.
"Why did you have to leave me Spike, I thought you said you would always be there."
At her words the wind started to blow hard and Buffy swore she heard someone say something.
"I am always there, love. Even if you can't see me."
Buffy finally made out what the voice said and she cried out.
"Spike, I miss you so much, I love you."
All of a sudden a huge black flame came out of the ground… and Spike was inside the flame.
"Love, listen you need to move on. I can't bear to see you like this, crying and all. I want you to be happy, I want you to live and be happy."
"But it's so hard without you. I just can't do it."
"Look at me," Spike reached out and touched her. "I want you to have these to remember me by. So you know I will always watch over you." Spike handed Buffy his Zippo lighter and his ring that her gave Buffy when they had gotten engaged. Buffy was in tears by now and Spike decided to put the lighter in her jeans pocket and then he knelled in front of her and put the ring on her ring finger.
"Buffy, love, I will always love you. Never forget that."
And then Spike began to fade.
"No, don't go, please, don't go." Buffy was crying historically and then she saw a bright light in front of her.
"Buffy, Buffy, Buffy!"
Buffy shot out of her seat on the bus. "Where am I?"
"You fell asleep on the way over to the mansion. We didn't want to wake you up, and then you slept a few more hours so we decided to wake you up."
Buffy felt as though her blood ran cold. It was only a dream, but it felt so real. She went to rub the sweat off her forehead and she felt something hard hit her forehead. She took her hand back to see a ring on her ring finger. Wait that was no ordinary ring… that was Spike's. It was the one he gave her in the dream. She reached into her jean pockets and pulled out the Zippo lighter. But how… it was a dream… wasn't it? This doesn't make sense……
Buffy stood up and got off the bus and followed her sister inside the mansion.
"Buffy your room is on the third floor and you should be able to tell it is your room since it has carvings on the door." Dawn told her.
Buffy thought a minute and then continued up the stairs and to the third floor. Holy crap there is like five different floors not counting the basement. This is a place to get lost in. She walked up to a door with carving of and heart broken in half, a bunch of stakes and other wepons, and in the very center in had her name in big letters.
She pushed open the door to reveil a king size bed in the center of the room, with a huge balcony, which had a view of the huge ocean in the back of the mansion, and the room had a lot more furniture furnished with black and red silk. She was in sudden aw the moment she opened the door that she never saw Giles walk up behind her.
"Buffy are you ok,"
"I don't know… I just find out that I love him and then he dies before I let him know. Giles… I don't know what to do… I'm so alone."
"Your not alone, you will always have me Willow Xander and Dawn."
"It just wouldn't be the same"
"I know… but you should cherish what he did for you. He wanted you to be happy not miserable"
"I think I am going to take a nap, can you um…"
"Yeah… sorry to disturb you"
"See you later Giles…"
Buffy shut the door and decided to take a bath instead to clear her mind a bit. She soaked for an hour before she got out and threw on a silk pair of pajamas that happened to be in the closet and she got into her bed and drifted into slumber.