-1Chapter 12
The next morning Spike was up and about much to the distress of the female occupants of the house, who kept insisting he relax.
"Lilly 'm not a bleedin' child stop fussing," The vampire growled.
"I refuse to have this argument again dad, you should be resting, even with your super healing you still look a mess"
"Always were a flatterer." he replied with a chuckle. "So when are you gunna go get Will?"
"Well I was hoping if you guys didn't mind me staying a little longer, I'd go get him today, since I had to come back cause someone got themselves in trouble." She joked
"Of course you can stay Lilly, you're family. You and William always have a place here." The slayer answered walking into the room.
"Thanks Buffy." Lilly gave the slayer a hug. "That really means a lot. I'm not ready to leave dad again."
"You'll never have to luv" Spike wrapped his arms around two of his favourite girls.
"Ok who started a group hug and didn't include me?" Dawn said with a roll of her eyes as she entered the room.
"Hey Dawn, fancy a road trip to L.A?" Lilly asked.
"Ahhh. Are you kidding? Hell yeah." Dawn squealed as way of a reply.
"Language Niblet." Spike scolded.
"Sorry." the excited teenager replied with a sheepish look before starting to jump up and down. "Buffy please, please can I go. Its L.A!"
The excited look on the teenagers face made it impossible for Buffy to say no. what with all the vampire demon trouble to face there wasn't often something for her sister to get excited about, especially since their mother died. Buffy looked to Spike 'Damn it's about time we all had some fun after the last week.'
"How about we all go. Stay for a couple of days?" The slayer suggested. "That's if you don't mind us tagging along Lilly"
"Sounds like the best idea I've heard in a long while." Lilly beamed
Dawn's mouth dropped open. "Are you serious?" She put her hand to her sisters forehead. "Are you coming down with something? Under a spell? Are you my sister?"
"Ha ha… well if you don't want to…"
"NO! I do, I do. When do we leave?" Dawn asked, resuming her excited jumping around.
"As soon as the sun sets. That ok dad?"
"Perfect luv. Guess we all better go pack then."
Dawn and Lilly ran upstairs to get ready leaving the slayer and her vampire alone. Spike pulled her into his arms. "You sure about this luv? Just with everything that's been going on around here lately."
"That is exactly why we're going. We all deserve some fun and time together without supernatural crap getting in the way."
Spike's face broke into a beautiful smile. 'I wish I could keep that smile on his face forever' thought Buffy beaming back at him. He gently pressed a kiss to her forehead before saying they should go pack.
"I'll pack a little later. I ought to go tell the gang that the slayers leaving town for a few days." Buffy said with a sigh.
"Want me to come with you?"
"Nah I think this is something I should do alone." she hoped he understood.
"Ok, I'm here if you need me, if they start giving you hassle just say the word and they're history." Spike joked
Buffy pulled him close, smashing her lips to his, trying to convey how much it meant to her that he was there for her when she needed him. Spike's hands worked their way into Buffy's hair angling her head so he could deepen the kiss. Buffy moaned softly into his mouth before breaking the kiss. Both breathing hard. A small smile tugged at Buffy's lips as she noticed Spike's heavy unnecessary breathing.
"If we continue that then I'll never leave"
"Good" replied Spike pulling Buffy back into his arms.
"Hey, stop it" she playfully slapped his chest, and laughed at him pretending to be seriously wounded. She gave him a quick kiss before going to the door. "I'll see you when I get back."
"Good luck luv. Say hi to Anya"
As Buffy walked down the street she couldn't stop the ridiculous grin on her face, she was going to be ok. After her mother's death, she'd felt lost and broken, but Spike had made her feel whole again, and more importantly, happy. That's what she couldn't get over was the fact that she was happy. With Angel there had been happy times, but there was always some darkness lurking in the background, and he'd always felt like he had to protect her. She still loved him, but it was noting more than friendship now, which she sometimes wondered if that's how it should always have been. With Spike she had met her match. He was strong, and could back her up when she needed, but was willing to stand back and let her do what she needed. He loved Dawn and would protect her till the end of the world. He accepted who she was, her responsibilities, loved her as much for her faults as her strengths. He understood that she couldn't always put him first in her life. With Riley, he had to be the most important thing to her, was even jealous of Dawn on occasion. He resented her powers. He love someone else, an idea of what he wanted Buffy to be not who she really was, that he couldn't see. But Spike? He saw who she really was. She didn't think anyone had really seen her before him. Even with her friends she had to pretend, be strong all the time. With Spike she could just be Buffy. Whether she was weak, strong, whatever, she could just be herself. And with Spike herself was happy.
As she reached the magic shop door one thought was in her mind 'God I wish I'd realised all this sooner'.
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