Once More with Déjà Vu: Chapter Two
Disclaimer: No, just no... If I did... There'd be many, many more happy endings for Spikey!
Glor: Wow! I posted the last 2 chapters within the same day! And I'm writing the beginning of this that same day too! I'm on a roll! Thank you for my reviewers! Andrew is such a great character! Him, Anya, and Drusilla are SO fun to write! Easy too... I wonder why... (looks at her e-mails) EEE!! 11 reviews in 2 days! I feel so loved! (then there's also the fact that I didn't force any of the reviewers to review... ;;) I'm gonna acknowledge all my reviewers at the end the fic individually, but for now, thank you!
The two blondes arrived back to Buffy's house only to hear the phone ring. Buffy went over and picked it up.
"Summers residence, Buffy speaking," Buffy said into the phone.
"Buffy? It's Willow, we're having a Scooby meeting-"
"Is it about the new karaoke demon, because Tara filled me in and we sang a duet at the Doublemeat... Not the best thing to impress a boss after the first day of work..."
"You sang a duet with Tara? What song?"
Buffy hesitated and looked over to Tara and mouthed to her what Willow said and Tara nodded, "Uh... Life for Rent by Dido... It doesn't matter, I'll be over soon with Tara,"
"Wait, Buffy, would you mind pumping Spike for information?"
Buffy's eyes widened as she stuttered, "Uh... S-sure, Wills... See ya later..." Buffy then quickly hung up the phone.
"Is everything alright, Buffy?" Tara asked once Buffy put down the phone.
"Uh... Tara can we reschedule that talk we were going to have?" Buffy said as she began to ascend the stairs.
"O-of course..." Tara said as Buffy ran into her room and changed out of her DMP uniform.
Buffy came back down wearing tight jeans, a red tank top, a jean jacket and her usual stylish black boots, "Tara, you can go to the Magic Box now. Wills asked me to pump Spike for information," Buffy then cringed.
"Pump him for information?" Tara restated skeptically.
"I wouldn't pump for anything else would I?" Buffy said defensively, "I just said that, didn't I?"
Tara nodded, "Do you?"
"Do I what?"
"Pump Spike for... Uh something other then information," Tara asked innocently.
Buffy choked, "What!? No! I'd never..." Buffy trailed off as she saw Tara's serious look.
"I-It's okay if you do... It nothing to be a-ashamed of..." Tara said blushing at how inane this conversation sounded and the way it was brought on, "A-and we can talk about this l-later if you want..."
Buffy nodded mutely as she headed for the front door, "Buffy?" Buffy turned to Tara, "I c-can buy you some time if you want to s-stay with Spike l- longer... I can say you guys went to patrol..."
"It's ok Tara... Um... I-I'm not..." then Buffy let out a sigh of defeat, "Ok maybe me and him are... Doing something... But I don't need to..."
"We won't wait up, alright? Bye, Buffy," Tara said as she left.
Buffy blinked, "What just happened here?"
Throughout the cemetery guitar chords could be heard from a crypt. Buffy walked towards the crypt which happened to be Spike's crypt, 'Spike's probably bursting into song... Wonder what he's going to sing... Last time he sang, his voice sounded really sexy... ' she thought, 'Ugh... I did not just think Spike's voice is sexy... I should just stake him this time and get these thoughts out of my head'
Buffy pushed Spike's crypt door open as he began to sing the beginning of the song after the right amount of guitar chords had been played out of the blue, "Every time we lie awake After every hit we take Every feeling that I get But I haven't missed you yet..." Spike sang and then took a swig of his beer.
Spike jumped up on the stone sarcophagus, "Every roommate kept awake By every sigh and scream we make All the feelings that I get But I still don't miss you yet Only when I stop to think about it..." Spike sang as he jumped off and walked over to Buffy.
"I hate everything about you Why do I love you I hate everything about you Why do I love you?" he sang as he grabbed Buffy asking her as Buffy's deep breathing was in time with the guitar chords and drum beats.
Buffy pushed him away and began to sing herself, "Every time we lie awake After every hit we take Every feeling that I get But I haven't missed you yet Only when I stop to think about it..." she sang surprised at her words and Spike rolled his eyes.
"I hate everything about you," Buffy sang while she was right in Spike face and he sang back, "Why do I love you?"
"I hate everything about you!" they sang together then Buffy stopped abruptly and Spike sang alone, "Why do I love you?"
Spike looks at her curiously while singing, "Only when I stop to think About you, I know," soon Buffy joined him again, both staring into each other's eyes, "Only when you stop to think About me, do you know..."
There was a pause in the singing as they walked toward each other in time with the music, "I hate everything about you Why do I love you?" Spike sang to Buffy and then Buffy sang to him, "You hate everything about me Why do you love me?"
"I hate!" Spike sang in her face making her move back a bit then Buffy mimicked the same movement with the next lyric, "You hate!"
"I hate" Spike sang back sounding like he agreed with her statement.
"You love me..." Buffy sang, the words sinking in as Spike nodded as Spike finished the song, "I hate everything about you! Why do I love you?"
The music faded away leaving a stunned vampire and a stunned slayer, "You love me..." Buffy spoke, dumbfounded.
"What tipped you off, luv?" Spike said sarcastically as he plopped down into his comfy chair as took out a cigarette and his lighter.
Buffy glared at him and knocked the cigarette and lighter out of his hand, "Hey!" he protested but was silenced when Buffy straddled his lap and crashed her lips down on his.
They kissed passionately and now Spike is lying on the chair with Buffy on top. Buffy comes up gasping for air, "Downstairs... Now..." she said between gasps as she began to kiss him again as they moved towards the stairs.
They tumbled down the stairs with Spike landing on his back and Buffy on top still kissing him and reaching for his pants zipper. They manage to get towards the bed while their clothes scatter into all corners of the bedroom.
Unnoticed by the slayer and the vampire, Andrew had sneaked in, recording the couple's throes of passion up stairs and down. He was grinning like a maniac as he watched the duo's rhythmic movements, 'It's like free porn!' Andrew thought as he installed the downstairs camera aside and at the top of the steps.
Having already installed the upstairs camera, Andrew sneaked out, "And Jonathan says I can't be stealthy!" Andrew said as he ran off into the night with a smile plastered on his face.
The bell in the front of the Magic Box dinged as Tara entered, as a shady character whose face was obscured by a high coat collar and hat walked out. Tara looked back at the person as she walked towards the Scoobies.
"Didn't that guy look kinda suspicious to you guys?" Tara said as she plopped in her seat at the table, looking towards the Scoobies.
Anya piped up, "Now that I think about it, he seemed very suspicious!" she said and then turned to Xander, "Honey, do you think he stole something? Oh God! What if he stole something? I have to go through inventory!"
Dawn, who had been doing her homework since she came to the Magic Box after school, had wide eyes, "Anya, I don't think he stole anything... You don't have to take inventory!" Dawn said as her voice wavered.
"Dawn's right, sweetie, I was watching him the only items he came by were the skull over there and it's still there..." Xander pointed out.
At this Anya let out a sigh of relief, "That's my Xander! Keeping my store safe!" she said as she came behind the counter ready to hug her fiancé but before she could she knocked the answering machine, pressing the new message button.
"You have one new message," the answer machine said then played the message along with the greeting, "This is the Magic Box, here for all your magic needs! This is Anya, soon to be Mrs. Alexander Harris! I'm not answering the phone at the moment because my soon to be husband is giving me many pleasurable orgasms-"
"Anya!" Xander's voice cuts her off in the background.
"Yes, that's my Xander! Leave a mess-" Beep!
"Why..." Wesley's voice said and he sounded quite disturbed at first, "This is Wesley Wyndham-Pryce. There have been reports of people of L.A. and Sunnydale bursting into song... Angel, Cordelia, and I and also a few colleagues of ours are coming to Sunnydale to investigate. We thought that if we work together we might unravel this mystery quickly so-" Beep!
Everyone in the Magic Box looked towards Anya, "What?" she asked.
"Anya, you had THAT be the Magic Box's answering machine greeting?" Willow asked incredulously.
"I think it scarred Wes for life..." Dawn spoke up as she broke into a fit of giggles.
"Dawnie, you were too young to here that," Xander said and then turned to his soon to be wife, "I think WES was to young to hear that..."
"I resent that..." a voice said from behind them.
The Scooby Gang turned around to see a not so watcher-like Wesley, a black man, a skinny Texan, Angel, a green skinned demon and Cordelia...with a baby!?
"Whoa!" Xander exclaimed as jumped out of his seat and went over to Cordelia, "Cordy! You have a baby!"
Cordy rolled her eyes, "Yeah, and he's not just a baby. His name is Connor. Connor, say hi to the idiot Cordy used to date,"
"Hey!" Xander protested as he played with the baby.
Anya had come over too, "Aw..." she then turned to Xander deciding right then, "Xander! I want many of these cute pink babies!"
Cordelia rolled her eyes, "Do you know how painful giving birth to a child is? Connor's mother du-" she caught herself, "died during child birth..."
"You mean you're not the mother?" Dawn asked as the baby had one of her fingers caught in his hand.
"Nah..." Cordy said as she smiled down at the baby.
"You might as well be, princess, the kid pretty much sees you as its mother right now..." the green demon spoke up.
"Whoa!" Xander exclaimed for the second time that night, "What's with the demon?"
The demon stepped up to Xander and offered his hand to shake, "I'm Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan but just call me Lorne," Lorne said as he shook Xander's hand, "Have any of you Scoobies started singing cause I'd LOVE to get a chance to read you guys... Oh what about the slayer?"
Angel put a hand on Lorne's shoulder, "Calm down, Lorne... Buffy's not even here... Speaking of Buffy, where is she? Didn't she know we were coming?" Angel asked as he scanned the room.
"We didn't even know you were coming until a few seconds ago," Willow said and then added, "Buffy's probably at Spike's crypt right not if not on her way back here..."
Angel growled at the mention of his grandchilde, "Spike? Why would she want to talk to him?" he asked angrily as Fred introduced herself and Gunn to Dawn.
"I asked her to go see if he has any information on the singing and dancing..." Willow answered, "And anyway it's not like Spike can hurt her... He has a chip in his head that stops him from hurting humans..."
"I don't trust him, where's his crypt?"
"Uh... B-buffy said she might c-come a l-little late tonight... She wanted to patrol with S-spike... Spike can't h-hurt her so you shouldn't b-be worried Angel..." Tara stuttered, a little intimidated by Angel.
"Tara's right. Buffy's a big girl, she can handle herself," Willow said backing up Tara as Tara smiled.
A cry from Connor interrupted the rest of the pleasantries as Cordy tried to sooth the baby, "Angel!"
Angel went over to Cordelia and scooped Connor into his arms, "Shh... Shh... It's okay, Connor..." he said soothingly but Connor kept wailing.
"Um... Angel?" Angel turned to Cordy, "Maybe if you go all 'Grrr'..." she said with her hands up in the air for emphasis at grrr, "It'll calm him down like always..."
"What do you mean go all grrr?" Xander right before Angel vamped out, "Whoa! Angel, what are you doing!?"
Then baby Connor's little laughter erupted through the Magic Box, "See, he likes it don't you, Connor? You're not scared of daddy when he goes all grrr, are you?" Angel said not noticing the slip in his words.
"Daddy?" Willow and Xander asked in unison with shocked looks on their face.
"Oops..." Angel muttered, "Yeah, Connor's my kid,"
"Wait... Vampires can't have kids," Dawn stated.
"Not normally, no they can't but Angel was special case. It was written in a prophecy that the child of two vampires would..." Wesley hesitated, "not be born."
"But the baby's right here," Anya said, "How can he not be born?"
"Connor's mom dusted herself since she couldn't give birth to him," Fred spoke up, "I was there when he was 'not born' with Angel. Darla dusted herself in the rain so Connor could live,"
"Hold on, did you just say Darla?" Willow asked incredulously, "It can't be! Xander and I both saw Angel dust her!"
"He did... But this evil law form mojo'd her back from the dead as a human... And then she got Drusilla to turn her again," Cordelia explained.
"But doesn't that mean... If Angel and Darla had a kid, they had to have sex first so why isn't Angel all Angelus and killing everyone?" Dawn said as everyone looked at her shocked, "What? I'm not a kid! I do know where babies come from and why Angel lost his soul the first time around..."
"It wasn't a moment of true happiness," Angel stated, "She was real mad the next morning when I didn't lose my soul... Then a couple months later she comes back pregnant, ready to give birth to Connor,"
"But why would Darla stake herself to have your kid?" Xander asked as he got glares from the Fang Gang, "I mean, she didn't have a soul why would she care... Unless the baby's a vampire!"
Dawn then whapped Xander upside the head getting an 'Ow!', "How can you say that! He can't be a vampire... He's just a lil baby..."
"Dawn's right, Connor's all human. And the reason Darla staked herself was because his soul was affecting her," Wesley said in a matter of fact tone.
Xander sat in his chair, "Wow... Too much info all at once," he said as Anya rubbed his back, "Oh, Buffy's gonna flip when she hears this..."
Spike and Buffy are seen lying on rugs on the floor with a few more rugs covering them, "Uh... We missed the bed," Buffy said looking up at the bed as she pants a bit.
"Lucky for the bed," Spike said as he looked at the bed too then turned to Buffy who has propped herself up on her elbow as she looks at the rug on top of them.
"Is this a new rug?" she asks simply.
Spike looks at the rug, "Mm...no. Just looks different when you're under it..."
Buffy laughs a little, then looks around, "You know, this place is okay for a hole in the ground. You fixed it up," she surveyed.
"Well, I ate a decorator once. Maybe something stuck," Spike joked.
"I've been thinking about doing something to my room..."
Spike moves closer to her, "Yeah?"
"Yeah, I think the New Kids On The Block posters are starting to date me," she stated.
He chuckles, "Well, if you want, I can..." then he stops abruptly and looks at Buffy in surprise, "Are we having a conversation?"
"What? No! No," she pauses and then adds softly, "Maybe..."
"Hmm..."
"What?"
"Well, isn't this usually the part where you ... kick me in the head and run out, virtue fluttering?"
"That's the plan..." she says and adds, embarrassed, "...soon as my legs start working."
Spike smiles, then leans in to kiss her but she pulls away, "Uh..." Buffy stuttered.
Spike raised an eyebrow, "Shy all of a sudden?"
"No... I just remember why I came here in the first place..." she said as she starts looking under the rug for her clothes.
"And she's off..."
Buffy comes back out and props herself back up on her elbows with Spike doing the same, "Do you even like me?"
"Sometimes..." she whispers softly and then looks away.
"But you like what I do to you..." Spike stated.
Buffy turned back around, "I do but... I have to go... There's a Scooby meeting and Tara can only cover for me for so long..."
"Glinda's covering for you? She knows?" Spike asked, amazed that she told anyone.
"It kinda slipped out while we were singing a duet at the Doublemeat..." she said as she got up, slipping on her clothes, "The actual plan was to come here to pump you for information..." she trailed off as she saw the smug look on Spike's face.
"Not for something else?" Spike finished her sentence as Buffy blushed as she pulled on her jacket and looked for her boots.
"Uh... Yeah..." she said as she put on her boots she found thrown, one on the bed and one in the corner, "If you want, you can come with... Tara probably said we were patrolling..."
"You want me to come?" Spike asked skeptically as he pulled on his jeans.
Buffy nodded, "We burst into song too... It might help..." she said as he straightened out her outfit and Spike pulled on a black t-shirt and picked up his duster from the stairs, slipping it on.
"Let's go then," Spike said as he went up the stairs and Buffy followed.
Glor: Another chappie done! I'm a quick writer ain't I? Don't get use to these gettin' put up every day now 'cause I need to pay attention to my grades because I might fail something and that will SO ruin my trip to Italy in the summer. If you didn't notice, the bedroom scene dialog was an excerpt from the beginning of 'Dead Things', which is one of my favorite scenes until Spike screws it up with the animal comment and the handcuffs which I conveniently left out... I got the transcripts at buffyworld.com! Now to thank ALL my reviewers not just from the last chapter!
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Disclaimer: No, just no... If I did... There'd be many, many more happy endings for Spikey!
Glor: Wow! I posted the last 2 chapters within the same day! And I'm writing the beginning of this that same day too! I'm on a roll! Thank you for my reviewers! Andrew is such a great character! Him, Anya, and Drusilla are SO fun to write! Easy too... I wonder why... (looks at her e-mails) EEE!! 11 reviews in 2 days! I feel so loved! (then there's also the fact that I didn't force any of the reviewers to review... ;;) I'm gonna acknowledge all my reviewers at the end the fic individually, but for now, thank you!
The two blondes arrived back to Buffy's house only to hear the phone ring. Buffy went over and picked it up.
"Summers residence, Buffy speaking," Buffy said into the phone.
"Buffy? It's Willow, we're having a Scooby meeting-"
"Is it about the new karaoke demon, because Tara filled me in and we sang a duet at the Doublemeat... Not the best thing to impress a boss after the first day of work..."
"You sang a duet with Tara? What song?"
Buffy hesitated and looked over to Tara and mouthed to her what Willow said and Tara nodded, "Uh... Life for Rent by Dido... It doesn't matter, I'll be over soon with Tara,"
"Wait, Buffy, would you mind pumping Spike for information?"
Buffy's eyes widened as she stuttered, "Uh... S-sure, Wills... See ya later..." Buffy then quickly hung up the phone.
"Is everything alright, Buffy?" Tara asked once Buffy put down the phone.
"Uh... Tara can we reschedule that talk we were going to have?" Buffy said as she began to ascend the stairs.
"O-of course..." Tara said as Buffy ran into her room and changed out of her DMP uniform.
Buffy came back down wearing tight jeans, a red tank top, a jean jacket and her usual stylish black boots, "Tara, you can go to the Magic Box now. Wills asked me to pump Spike for information," Buffy then cringed.
"Pump him for information?" Tara restated skeptically.
"I wouldn't pump for anything else would I?" Buffy said defensively, "I just said that, didn't I?"
Tara nodded, "Do you?"
"Do I what?"
"Pump Spike for... Uh something other then information," Tara asked innocently.
Buffy choked, "What!? No! I'd never..." Buffy trailed off as she saw Tara's serious look.
"I-It's okay if you do... It nothing to be a-ashamed of..." Tara said blushing at how inane this conversation sounded and the way it was brought on, "A-and we can talk about this l-later if you want..."
Buffy nodded mutely as she headed for the front door, "Buffy?" Buffy turned to Tara, "I c-can buy you some time if you want to s-stay with Spike l- longer... I can say you guys went to patrol..."
"It's ok Tara... Um... I-I'm not..." then Buffy let out a sigh of defeat, "Ok maybe me and him are... Doing something... But I don't need to..."
"We won't wait up, alright? Bye, Buffy," Tara said as she left.
Buffy blinked, "What just happened here?"
Throughout the cemetery guitar chords could be heard from a crypt. Buffy walked towards the crypt which happened to be Spike's crypt, 'Spike's probably bursting into song... Wonder what he's going to sing... Last time he sang, his voice sounded really sexy... ' she thought, 'Ugh... I did not just think Spike's voice is sexy... I should just stake him this time and get these thoughts out of my head'
Buffy pushed Spike's crypt door open as he began to sing the beginning of the song after the right amount of guitar chords had been played out of the blue, "Every time we lie awake After every hit we take Every feeling that I get But I haven't missed you yet..." Spike sang and then took a swig of his beer.
Spike jumped up on the stone sarcophagus, "Every roommate kept awake By every sigh and scream we make All the feelings that I get But I still don't miss you yet Only when I stop to think about it..." Spike sang as he jumped off and walked over to Buffy.
"I hate everything about you Why do I love you I hate everything about you Why do I love you?" he sang as he grabbed Buffy asking her as Buffy's deep breathing was in time with the guitar chords and drum beats.
Buffy pushed him away and began to sing herself, "Every time we lie awake After every hit we take Every feeling that I get But I haven't missed you yet Only when I stop to think about it..." she sang surprised at her words and Spike rolled his eyes.
"I hate everything about you," Buffy sang while she was right in Spike face and he sang back, "Why do I love you?"
"I hate everything about you!" they sang together then Buffy stopped abruptly and Spike sang alone, "Why do I love you?"
Spike looks at her curiously while singing, "Only when I stop to think About you, I know," soon Buffy joined him again, both staring into each other's eyes, "Only when you stop to think About me, do you know..."
There was a pause in the singing as they walked toward each other in time with the music, "I hate everything about you Why do I love you?" Spike sang to Buffy and then Buffy sang to him, "You hate everything about me Why do you love me?"
"I hate!" Spike sang in her face making her move back a bit then Buffy mimicked the same movement with the next lyric, "You hate!"
"I hate" Spike sang back sounding like he agreed with her statement.
"You love me..." Buffy sang, the words sinking in as Spike nodded as Spike finished the song, "I hate everything about you! Why do I love you?"
The music faded away leaving a stunned vampire and a stunned slayer, "You love me..." Buffy spoke, dumbfounded.
"What tipped you off, luv?" Spike said sarcastically as he plopped down into his comfy chair as took out a cigarette and his lighter.
Buffy glared at him and knocked the cigarette and lighter out of his hand, "Hey!" he protested but was silenced when Buffy straddled his lap and crashed her lips down on his.
They kissed passionately and now Spike is lying on the chair with Buffy on top. Buffy comes up gasping for air, "Downstairs... Now..." she said between gasps as she began to kiss him again as they moved towards the stairs.
They tumbled down the stairs with Spike landing on his back and Buffy on top still kissing him and reaching for his pants zipper. They manage to get towards the bed while their clothes scatter into all corners of the bedroom.
Unnoticed by the slayer and the vampire, Andrew had sneaked in, recording the couple's throes of passion up stairs and down. He was grinning like a maniac as he watched the duo's rhythmic movements, 'It's like free porn!' Andrew thought as he installed the downstairs camera aside and at the top of the steps.
Having already installed the upstairs camera, Andrew sneaked out, "And Jonathan says I can't be stealthy!" Andrew said as he ran off into the night with a smile plastered on his face.
The bell in the front of the Magic Box dinged as Tara entered, as a shady character whose face was obscured by a high coat collar and hat walked out. Tara looked back at the person as she walked towards the Scoobies.
"Didn't that guy look kinda suspicious to you guys?" Tara said as she plopped in her seat at the table, looking towards the Scoobies.
Anya piped up, "Now that I think about it, he seemed very suspicious!" she said and then turned to Xander, "Honey, do you think he stole something? Oh God! What if he stole something? I have to go through inventory!"
Dawn, who had been doing her homework since she came to the Magic Box after school, had wide eyes, "Anya, I don't think he stole anything... You don't have to take inventory!" Dawn said as her voice wavered.
"Dawn's right, sweetie, I was watching him the only items he came by were the skull over there and it's still there..." Xander pointed out.
At this Anya let out a sigh of relief, "That's my Xander! Keeping my store safe!" she said as she came behind the counter ready to hug her fiancé but before she could she knocked the answering machine, pressing the new message button.
"You have one new message," the answer machine said then played the message along with the greeting, "This is the Magic Box, here for all your magic needs! This is Anya, soon to be Mrs. Alexander Harris! I'm not answering the phone at the moment because my soon to be husband is giving me many pleasurable orgasms-"
"Anya!" Xander's voice cuts her off in the background.
"Yes, that's my Xander! Leave a mess-" Beep!
"Why..." Wesley's voice said and he sounded quite disturbed at first, "This is Wesley Wyndham-Pryce. There have been reports of people of L.A. and Sunnydale bursting into song... Angel, Cordelia, and I and also a few colleagues of ours are coming to Sunnydale to investigate. We thought that if we work together we might unravel this mystery quickly so-" Beep!
Everyone in the Magic Box looked towards Anya, "What?" she asked.
"Anya, you had THAT be the Magic Box's answering machine greeting?" Willow asked incredulously.
"I think it scarred Wes for life..." Dawn spoke up as she broke into a fit of giggles.
"Dawnie, you were too young to here that," Xander said and then turned to his soon to be wife, "I think WES was to young to hear that..."
"I resent that..." a voice said from behind them.
The Scooby Gang turned around to see a not so watcher-like Wesley, a black man, a skinny Texan, Angel, a green skinned demon and Cordelia...with a baby!?
"Whoa!" Xander exclaimed as jumped out of his seat and went over to Cordelia, "Cordy! You have a baby!"
Cordy rolled her eyes, "Yeah, and he's not just a baby. His name is Connor. Connor, say hi to the idiot Cordy used to date,"
"Hey!" Xander protested as he played with the baby.
Anya had come over too, "Aw..." she then turned to Xander deciding right then, "Xander! I want many of these cute pink babies!"
Cordelia rolled her eyes, "Do you know how painful giving birth to a child is? Connor's mother du-" she caught herself, "died during child birth..."
"You mean you're not the mother?" Dawn asked as the baby had one of her fingers caught in his hand.
"Nah..." Cordy said as she smiled down at the baby.
"You might as well be, princess, the kid pretty much sees you as its mother right now..." the green demon spoke up.
"Whoa!" Xander exclaimed for the second time that night, "What's with the demon?"
The demon stepped up to Xander and offered his hand to shake, "I'm Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan but just call me Lorne," Lorne said as he shook Xander's hand, "Have any of you Scoobies started singing cause I'd LOVE to get a chance to read you guys... Oh what about the slayer?"
Angel put a hand on Lorne's shoulder, "Calm down, Lorne... Buffy's not even here... Speaking of Buffy, where is she? Didn't she know we were coming?" Angel asked as he scanned the room.
"We didn't even know you were coming until a few seconds ago," Willow said and then added, "Buffy's probably at Spike's crypt right not if not on her way back here..."
Angel growled at the mention of his grandchilde, "Spike? Why would she want to talk to him?" he asked angrily as Fred introduced herself and Gunn to Dawn.
"I asked her to go see if he has any information on the singing and dancing..." Willow answered, "And anyway it's not like Spike can hurt her... He has a chip in his head that stops him from hurting humans..."
"I don't trust him, where's his crypt?"
"Uh... B-buffy said she might c-come a l-little late tonight... She wanted to patrol with S-spike... Spike can't h-hurt her so you shouldn't b-be worried Angel..." Tara stuttered, a little intimidated by Angel.
"Tara's right. Buffy's a big girl, she can handle herself," Willow said backing up Tara as Tara smiled.
A cry from Connor interrupted the rest of the pleasantries as Cordy tried to sooth the baby, "Angel!"
Angel went over to Cordelia and scooped Connor into his arms, "Shh... Shh... It's okay, Connor..." he said soothingly but Connor kept wailing.
"Um... Angel?" Angel turned to Cordy, "Maybe if you go all 'Grrr'..." she said with her hands up in the air for emphasis at grrr, "It'll calm him down like always..."
"What do you mean go all grrr?" Xander right before Angel vamped out, "Whoa! Angel, what are you doing!?"
Then baby Connor's little laughter erupted through the Magic Box, "See, he likes it don't you, Connor? You're not scared of daddy when he goes all grrr, are you?" Angel said not noticing the slip in his words.
"Daddy?" Willow and Xander asked in unison with shocked looks on their face.
"Oops..." Angel muttered, "Yeah, Connor's my kid,"
"Wait... Vampires can't have kids," Dawn stated.
"Not normally, no they can't but Angel was special case. It was written in a prophecy that the child of two vampires would..." Wesley hesitated, "not be born."
"But the baby's right here," Anya said, "How can he not be born?"
"Connor's mom dusted herself since she couldn't give birth to him," Fred spoke up, "I was there when he was 'not born' with Angel. Darla dusted herself in the rain so Connor could live,"
"Hold on, did you just say Darla?" Willow asked incredulously, "It can't be! Xander and I both saw Angel dust her!"
"He did... But this evil law form mojo'd her back from the dead as a human... And then she got Drusilla to turn her again," Cordelia explained.
"But doesn't that mean... If Angel and Darla had a kid, they had to have sex first so why isn't Angel all Angelus and killing everyone?" Dawn said as everyone looked at her shocked, "What? I'm not a kid! I do know where babies come from and why Angel lost his soul the first time around..."
"It wasn't a moment of true happiness," Angel stated, "She was real mad the next morning when I didn't lose my soul... Then a couple months later she comes back pregnant, ready to give birth to Connor,"
"But why would Darla stake herself to have your kid?" Xander asked as he got glares from the Fang Gang, "I mean, she didn't have a soul why would she care... Unless the baby's a vampire!"
Dawn then whapped Xander upside the head getting an 'Ow!', "How can you say that! He can't be a vampire... He's just a lil baby..."
"Dawn's right, Connor's all human. And the reason Darla staked herself was because his soul was affecting her," Wesley said in a matter of fact tone.
Xander sat in his chair, "Wow... Too much info all at once," he said as Anya rubbed his back, "Oh, Buffy's gonna flip when she hears this..."
Spike and Buffy are seen lying on rugs on the floor with a few more rugs covering them, "Uh... We missed the bed," Buffy said looking up at the bed as she pants a bit.
"Lucky for the bed," Spike said as he looked at the bed too then turned to Buffy who has propped herself up on her elbow as she looks at the rug on top of them.
"Is this a new rug?" she asks simply.
Spike looks at the rug, "Mm...no. Just looks different when you're under it..."
Buffy laughs a little, then looks around, "You know, this place is okay for a hole in the ground. You fixed it up," she surveyed.
"Well, I ate a decorator once. Maybe something stuck," Spike joked.
"I've been thinking about doing something to my room..."
Spike moves closer to her, "Yeah?"
"Yeah, I think the New Kids On The Block posters are starting to date me," she stated.
He chuckles, "Well, if you want, I can..." then he stops abruptly and looks at Buffy in surprise, "Are we having a conversation?"
"What? No! No," she pauses and then adds softly, "Maybe..."
"Hmm..."
"What?"
"Well, isn't this usually the part where you ... kick me in the head and run out, virtue fluttering?"
"That's the plan..." she says and adds, embarrassed, "...soon as my legs start working."
Spike smiles, then leans in to kiss her but she pulls away, "Uh..." Buffy stuttered.
Spike raised an eyebrow, "Shy all of a sudden?"
"No... I just remember why I came here in the first place..." she said as she starts looking under the rug for her clothes.
"And she's off..."
Buffy comes back out and props herself back up on her elbows with Spike doing the same, "Do you even like me?"
"Sometimes..." she whispers softly and then looks away.
"But you like what I do to you..." Spike stated.
Buffy turned back around, "I do but... I have to go... There's a Scooby meeting and Tara can only cover for me for so long..."
"Glinda's covering for you? She knows?" Spike asked, amazed that she told anyone.
"It kinda slipped out while we were singing a duet at the Doublemeat..." she said as she got up, slipping on her clothes, "The actual plan was to come here to pump you for information..." she trailed off as she saw the smug look on Spike's face.
"Not for something else?" Spike finished her sentence as Buffy blushed as she pulled on her jacket and looked for her boots.
"Uh... Yeah..." she said as she put on her boots she found thrown, one on the bed and one in the corner, "If you want, you can come with... Tara probably said we were patrolling..."
"You want me to come?" Spike asked skeptically as he pulled on his jeans.
Buffy nodded, "We burst into song too... It might help..." she said as he straightened out her outfit and Spike pulled on a black t-shirt and picked up his duster from the stairs, slipping it on.
"Let's go then," Spike said as he went up the stairs and Buffy followed.
Glor: Another chappie done! I'm a quick writer ain't I? Don't get use to these gettin' put up every day now 'cause I need to pay attention to my grades because I might fail something and that will SO ruin my trip to Italy in the summer. If you didn't notice, the bedroom scene dialog was an excerpt from the beginning of 'Dead Things', which is one of my favorite scenes until Spike screws it up with the animal comment and the handcuffs which I conveniently left out... I got the transcripts at buffyworld.com! Now to thank ALL my reviewers not just from the last chapter!
Angel Reid - You were my first review, so yay for you! And yeah, I did post that fast... Dunno how I did it...
bloodshedbaby - Thanks for reviewin' my fic! I just love when authors I've read fic from, review my fics!
Chip - Thanks for the review! And I'm planning for Buffy to sing her feelings out... But that won't come until a lil later so you'll just have to wait!
onlyxonxtuesdays - Hi Megan! Yay! I didn't have to force you to review! I'll get atleast one of the songs you like into my fic eventually so don't worry! (or stab me death in IMs... ;;)
helen - Thanks for saying my fic is cool!
Elizance - I've never heard of the song you're talking about when I have free time, I'll look it up and see if I can work it into my fic!
sunnyhell - (giggles) I like the name... Sunnyhell... Hehe... Thanks for the review!
Thursday Next x - I like the nerds too... Andrew is one of the funner ones to write... And of course there will be more Spike! I'm a Spike obssesie! I just can't seem to write him too well... But I'm gonna make sure Megan betas my next chapters so he doesn't sound out of character 'cause that would ruin my fic and just make me sad in general!
Bunny (BunnyKat) - Too lazy to log in? Heh, sometimes I am too... And I like the couples too! (obviously...)
Karmawiccan - About Charm... You'll just have to find out! I'm still developing the character, but no one is burning up for reason and you'll find that out later! Sorry, you just have to wait!
Glor: And these are all the reviews I've gotten so far... I hope there are more of 'em to come! And there might not be any update till the weekend... Gotta do homework so I can fix my academic problems... Bye-e! Review!
