Soooooo Sorry about the delay. NB

Chapter 6

Walking through the next gate Buffy and Spike felt a wave of lust wash over them. "Wow, talk about intense," Buffy said feeling that familiar itch between her thighs. Amanda ignored her comment. Looking around Buffy noticed that people seemed to be attached back-to-back in pairs and reading. "Why are they together?"

Amanda gave a small giggle. "It really is a most fitting punishment for those who have sins of the flesh, to be attached to their partner's back for eternity. The catch is, that they don't care about each other or anyone else. They just read forever from a tale very similar to Romeo and Juliet. Can you imagine having a lustful urge till the end of time and not be able to ease the tension? Personally there's no way I could stand that."

Buffy nodded in agreement as Spike added his own "Bugger," to the mix. The air here seemed to contain an aphrodisiac and it was really getting to him. He was rock hard but couldn't do anything about it.

As she scanned the area, Buffy noticed that many of the couples were dressed in old-fashioned clothing. "Why does it seem that so many of them are older than Spike?"

"Hey!"

Ignoring Spike's protest Amanda explained. "Most of the couples come from a time when the idea of love was thought of as little more than a joke. Love was not important. People would marry each other in order to improve their social standing and-or the size of their pocket book. These are people who were wed to others yet fell in love with and sought comfort in one another's arms. Now-a-days most people are allowed to marry whom ever they wish, and love is something to strive for. That is why there aren't as many modern folks"

"But you can't help who you fall in love with!" Buffy shouted angrily.

Amanda looked at Buffy as if she were the most ignorant person this side of the Milky Way. "While that is true, they still broke their marriage vows. They promised to forsake all others and for that they must be punished!" The way Amanda spoke made Spike wonder who had scorned her.

"Humph," Amanda sighed. "Board now. I don't know about you guys, but I have had almost enough of this journey. It's such a downer."

"But we have to continue. You don't understand. Errinn is…." Buffy began.

Amanda interrupted, " I know that. I'm just talking about fast forwarding a bit."

"Fast forwarding?" Spike question as he arched his scared eyebrow.

"Well duh." Amanda rolled her eyes. "What's the point of having magic if you can't skip ahead to the good parts?".

Buffy gulped. "The good parts?"

Amanda was getting excited again. "Ya, you know, the big finale. The end of the long journey. The big kahuna. The big boom."

"Boom?" Spike didn't like the sound of that.

"Boom," Amanda said with a sense of inevitability. "Now hold on kiddies, 'cause if you thought the ride down here was bad….well lets just say it's nothing compared to this bumpy ride."

"Bumpy?" Buffy barely got out as her body began to have a pulling sensation. Before she knew what hit her, it felt as if her flesh was being pulled from her body and the threesome was off to parts unknown. The good stuff apparently.