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CHAPTER TWELVE
*Maybe*
'I just can't put my faith in something we might live to regret. How come I'm the only one who ever seems to get in my way? Lately, I've been fucking up a good thing any chance I can get'
Buffy's eyes opened slowly. She rose from the floor, she'd cried herself to sleep on the floor in front of her door in a heap. Her body ached, her head pounded she sat on the edge of the bed and stretched out her aching muscles.
God she hated this, why did she have to be the one to decide the two vampires fates.
"Buffy" Willow's voice came from the other side of the door
"Come in" said Buffy
"Hey I brought you some tea" said Willow placing a mug on the bedside table.
"Thanks"
"Are you okay?" Asked Willow
"Yeah... peachy"
"Well we heard your disagreement with Angel last night..." said Willow
"Oh... great so I'm gunna have another jealous vampire on my hands" Buffy sighed
"I've been doing a little research" Willow said hoping to lift Buffy's spirits "There's an incantation"
"Incantation? What for?" Asked Buffy
"It's a sort of alternative universe type of thing" Willow explained "I can show you how your decisions affect them"
Buffy sat silent for a moment "Let's do it"
"Are you sure?" Asked Willow "it was just a suggestion and I don't wanna influence your decision"
"I need to see this" said Buffy
"Okay I'll gather my things and be back here in a few minutes"
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Spike found his way down to Slayer Inc's gym which was fully equipped with everything a Slayer could ever need. Including Spike's personal favourite the punching bag. He slid off his duster and placed it over a balancing beam, he stretched a little before hitting the bag. As he punched he felt himself getting angrier, it came from the pit of his stomach and made his chest ache.
"So violent" said Angel closing the door to the gym behind him
"Fuck off" said Spike
"Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?" Angel teased
"No... But Buffy seems to like it" Spike smirked
Angel growled "She's not going to chose you y'know that don't you"
Spike shrugged "She probably won't"
"There's no 'probably' about it. We have something special, something real"
"No you prat! That's what you *had*" Spike scoffed "she's not bitty Buffy anymore"
"And she's not just getting over her own death anymore either Spike. You were a replacement" Angel spat
"Y'know I hope she doesn't chose me" Spike smiled "That way when you're human I can bite you and drain you dry"
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Willow shut the door firmly behind her. "Sounds like Spike and Angel are getting into it again"
"Oh of course they are" Buffy rolled her eyes
"Don't worry, Faith seems to have them under control" said Willow
Buffy raised her eyebrow
"She got one of the Wiccas here to separate them" Willow smiled "I told her to keep them apart for a while"
"Great, I don't wanna get back to see them tear each other apart" Buffy sighed "So how does this voodoo work?"
"It's not voodoo" said Willow setting up some candles on the floor "Basically I'm going to send you in to two alternate universes in one Angel will be human and in the other Spike will be human"
"Okay, lets get this show on the road"
Willow nodded as the pair of them sit on the floor across from each other. Buffy takes Willow's hands as she begins to chant. Buffy sat for a while with her eyes closed
"Is this working?" asked Buffy, she opened her eyes to find herself in an unfamiliar room.
"I'd say it worked" said Willow standing beside her
They saw an older version of Buffy laying in the bed across the room "oh look! It's me!" Buffy said excitedly "Do you think she can see us?"
"I don't think so" said Willow
They were alerted to Angel coming into the bedroom with a tray in hand with croissant and orange juice on it "I bought breakfast"
He smiled at her as he placed the tray on her lap and jumped into bed next to her. "What did I do to deserve this?" asked Buffy
"Well... our good news" he smiled rubbing her belly
"Oh my god Willow! I'm pregnant!" said Buffy "Well not me pregnant but future other universe Buffy is pregnant"
"Mommy!" A small brown haired boy rushed into the room and on to the bed. He jumped on Buffy hugging her
"Not the first time" said Willow gesturing to the little boy that now clung to the other Buffy
They pair of them looked on at the scene in front of them, they looked like any normal family spending the morning in bed together. Laughing and joking.
"That must be the boy" said Buffy
"Your son" said Willow
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Buffy and Willow followed the family around as they went about their daily routine. They watched on as Future Buffy put her son to bed and made her way downstairs to resume dinner.
Angel has just returned from work "Hey"
"Hey" said Buffy stirring the pot of pasta sauce on the stove
Angel opened a bottle of wine and poured himself a glass
"Rough day?" Asked Buffy
"No rougher than usual" he told her
"Dinner will be about 5 minutes"
Angel mumbled something about taking a shower before dinner and left the room.
Buffy dished out the pasta followed by the sauce one to the plates she had prepared and took them into the dining room. Angel appeared not long after and sat down to eat.
"So how was your day?" Buffy asked him
"Oh yeah it was great" Angel said sarcastically
"I'm sorry" said Buffy "Let's talk about something else, you should have seen how cute Alex was today at his swim lesson-"
"Just stop" Angel yelled "I've had a rough day and I don't wanna talk if it's all the same to you"
"Oh okay... well I'm gunna check in with the gang see how they're doing" said Buffy getting up to leave
Angel slammed his fork down making Buffy jump "We discussed this"
"I know but they're my friends" said Buffy
"That's not our world anymore" he reminded her "We get to be normal now, just eat your food"
Buffy went quiet and sat back down to eat
"What a dick!" Shouted Willow
Buffy shot her a look
"I'm sorry but that was a pretty dick move!" Said Willow "Buffy?"
Buddy stood focused on her alter ego who sat so quietly just eating her food. She looked weak, she looked like a shell of her former self. "History is repeating itself" she said finally
"What?" asked Willow
"It's just like my mom and dad" said Buffy with tears in her eyes "No... I refuse to be like that"
"We may have just caught you guys on a bad night... Angel seems cranky and you look tired" said Willow
"Maybe... or maybe it's just not meant to be"
"C'mon lets get you out of here" said Willow
Willow took the Slayer's hand and they walked forward into a bright green light that appeared.