" This is so boring." Buffy said, " Where are all the shops. And I thought it would be cleaner." She stopped talking when she saw a man and a woman staring at her, " Sorry." Buffy said. She sidestepped away. She yawned and realized that the sun would soon be setting and she headed for the woods.
William's day had been so long. After getting lost in the woods, then waiting four hours for a girl to get out of the water, now he had to sit around while the Doctor checked Dru. His day sucked, and he knew it. He wanted to see the girl again. She was so mysterious, and she seemed like a challenge. He was up for it. He wanted to see her again, he wanted to go back to the creek. And that's exactly what he did.
She was half hoping that he was going to show up, and the other half of her was hoping he didn't. She was scared of him, but she was amazed with him at the same time. That stranger, she had realized, could answer some important questions. She waited and waited until she fell asleep.
He didn't see her at first, and he was going to leave and go back home. But then he heard her mewl. William chuckled, " She's so cute."
" No, please... He's... My angel." She smiled and turned the other way, but accidentally rolling into the Creek. She awoke suddenly and gave him an evil look as she tried to swim back to the bank, but her skirt was caught on something and it was pulling her down into the deeper end that was a good few feet over her head, " help, please, William." She said struggling, she was pulled beneath the water, but came back up and took a deep breath.
" Playing damsel in distress?"
" You wish." she spat back.
" And I don't remember ever giving you my name."
" Oh, so you are William Rayne?" She said, but was again pulled beneath the water. William laughed, but stopped when she didn't come up for maybe twenty seconds.
" Luv, you can come out now." She didn't and he ripped off his jacket and dived into the water. He looked around for the blond angel but couldn't see her and he began to get really worried. He stopped when he heard laughing. He looked up and saw her sitting on the bank drying her shoes, " You minx." he said, getting out of the water and joining her on the ground.
" You would let me drown before you get wet?" She asked, smiling, truthfully she was a little hurt inside.
" No, I thought you were faking." William smiled, taking off his left shoe and then pulling a piece of moss off of it.
" I was." She replied.
" and no, I wouldn't let you drown." William said, she smiled, then watched as he took off his other shoe and dumped out the water.
" That's nice." Elizabeth said, " But I'm not in need of aid, and I never will."
" Oh really?" He looked at her.
" Yes." She said bravely.
" OK then." he said, turning away and rolling his eyes.
" What?" She asked.
" I'm sure you can think of times when you needed help."
" I can, but I can not associate with strangers." she stood up and walked a few steps away, " So, go."
" I'm not a stranger." He replied smugly.
" Oh really?" She asked.
" You know my name."
" that doesn't mean I know you." she said, she leaned down and wringing water out of her dress.
" What is your name?" He asked her.
" I'm not telling you." She said. He smiled, he was up for a challenge.
" Why?" William asked sticking out his bottom lip.
" Because." She replied.
" Then I'll guess."
" OK. Try."
" Does it start with the letter S?"
" No."
" Does it start with the letter A?"
" Nope."
" Am I close?"
" Yes."
" B?"
" Yes."
" Betty?"
" a big NO."
" Brittany? Brianna?"
" No and No."
" Is this going to become a big game of Rumplestilskin?" He smiled.
" My name's not that ridiculous." Buffy smiled.
" What is it then?"
" Buffy." She said, he started to chuckle.
" Yeah it is, what kind of a name is Buffy?"
" I don't exactly know, but don't make fun of my name." She said putting a fist up.
" Why?"
" Because..."
" OK, Buffy, what's your last name?"
" Giles."
" Buffy Giles?"
" I know it's a tacky name, but if you make fun of it, I swear I will stab you with railroad spikes." (I don't know is there was suck a thing at trains back then, but if not, then I'm sorry) She said giving him an evil look.
" Spike..." William said, " I like that."
" Spike?"
" That would be a wonderful name."
" And you said my name was odd."
" I never said odd."
" Right." She answered sarcastically.
" Anyways." William said, he looked around the area and noticed a giant bag with clothes and other supplied in it, " Are you living here now?"
" I guess."
" Why?"
" My parents forbid me to come here anymore."
" Oh, rebel and a minx."
" Yeah, so I'm proving to them nothing will happen."
" Why wont they let you come here?"
" Because of you." She smiled, slyly.
" Did they say that?" He asked, he also smiled.
" Yeah." She nodded.
" That's how you knew my name, ey?" He asked, she nodded again.
" Yeah."
" That's nice."
" Oh, that reminds me, I have some questions."
" Questions?"
" I'm trying to find out why they wont let me come here, just because I saw you." She said, sitting next to him. William wanted to grab her hand that was only a few centimeters from his hand.
" OK."
" First... Are you married?"
" Yes, I am. With a woman named Drusilla."
" OK, are you against poor people?"
" No, I very much like them... Actually I enjoy there company more than the aristocrats."
" That's good."
" Anything else?"
" Do you have anything against Rupert or Jenny Giles?"
" Nope. I only remember there names, not there appearance."
" OK."
" Why, are they your parents?"
" Yeah." Buffy said, " But I look nothing like them, nor act like them."
" There much like my family." Spike said, " My parents were obsessed with money."
" Mine aren't."
" They set me into an arraigned marriage when I was fifteen."
" I would die if I was put into an arraigned marriage."
" Well the girl, her name was Elizabeth, went missing the next day."
" Did they ever find her."
" They tried." He said, " the nurse said that two thieves took the baby."
" Was the nurse lying?"
" I guess not, she used to work in the summers home. Then she had to quit because she was getting old."
" What was the nurses name?" Buffy asked, wanting to know if it was Jenny.
" Mrs. Giles."
" Was her first name Jenny?"
" Yeah." William said, " Hey, that's your mums name, innit?"
" Yeah." Buffy said, she frowned, " William."
" Uh huh?" He asked.
" I think I know why I look and act different from my parents. And I think I know why I sometimes have dreams about a woman." (No, that was not a gay comment. She has dreams of a woman. She doesn't know it's Joyce, her mother.)
" Buffy?"
" And I think I know why I'm not allowed to see you."
" Why?"
" I'm Elizabeth." Buffy said.
" What?" He asked her, wondering if she had gone crazy.
" It all fit's together."
" It does, but she's dead."
" No, she's not, because she's me."
" Buff-."
" No. That's why she didn't want me to see you. You and I were going to get married."
" So your Elizabeth?"
" Yes." She said. He frowned.
" If you hadn't been taken by those thieves then I could have had you, not Drusilla?"
" I don't think I was taken by thieves." Buffy said. Spike looked at her, " I think that my nurse stole me."
" Well, do you want me to take you to Mr. Summers home?" He asked.
" No, I cant." Buffy said, " Mom - Mrs. Giles she would get in so much trouble. I can tell them."
" Then what are you going to do?"
" I - I have to leave. I cant stay here, it's too confusing." She got up and grabbed her stuff.
" You cant leave, I just met you."
" I cant stay here." She said, " It's to confusing."
" Then I'm going with you."
" What?"
" You heard me." William said, " I've got nothing here for me."
" You would leave with a woman you just met?"
" Well, we have been talking a lot, I feel I know you more than others."
" But, you got your wife."
" She is crazy. She just killed our unborn son because the daisy's said he was a spawn of the devil."
" Really?"
" Yes, Now lets go." he said grabbing her stuff for her, they headed off towards the town.
This was a very long chapter. Wow, it took forever to write it. I hope you guys aren't bored with it. It should be getting good later. The next chapter should be up in a few days. Thanks for reading and please, oh please, pretty please with sugar on top, review.