Falling Under

It was late morning when Buffy finally opened her eyes. She stretched languidly and smiled looking for the pale vampire. Her hands touched the bedside next to her to come up empty. She sat up and frantically looked around.

"Spike." she called both in mind and voice.

"I'll be right there," he responded in both.

She could hear his footsteps coming up the stairs and him muttering bloody hell.

Her door opened and in he walked holding a tray and carrying some red roses.

Buffy's jaw dropped when he smiled and placed the tray in front of her. There were heart shaped pancakes with little cuts of strawberries and a bowl of cream. There were scrambled eggs, toast and some bacon. A large glass of orange juice and a little chocolate heart finished it off.

Buffy looked up at Spike with tears in her eyes as he handed her the roses.

"What? Do you think vampires don't remember its Valentine's Day?" he asked.

"Thank you Spike," she said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him next to her.
She touched his face as a tear slipped down her cheek.

* I love you *, she said in his mind.

"Well you better. Damn near killed myself making pancakes in that brightly sunlight kitchen of yours," he laughed.

She caressed his face and pulled his mouth to hers. Kissing him with a sweet kiss, she pulled back and smiled.

"What would I do with out you?" She said.

"I don’t know," he replied.

"So you going to share or what?" he asked grabbing her fork.

Laughter could be heard through the house as they ate and got their breakfast all over each other.

*~*

It was mid afternoon when Buffy and Spike finally emerged from the house. Buffy walked through the brightly lit streets while Spike went through the sewers. Their destination the Magic Box to find out what the Scoobies had uncovered the night before.

Buffy walked through the front door as Spike walked in from the back. Their eyes locked on one another and they ran to each other holding and kissing as though they hadn't seen each other in weeks. They pulled back and looked into each other eyes. Spike's hand tangled in Buffy's hair. Buffy's hands on his face.

*I missed you* they both said in their minds.

"uhh AHEM." Both turned to see Dawn, Tara and Anya smiling. Xander and Willow however had their chins on the floor.

Buffy and Spike looked to one another again and then guiltily broke apart.

"Right then. Did you all find anything out?" Spike asked as he sat on top of the counter. Buffy stood in between his legs with her elbows resting on his thighs.

Xander and Willow couldn't stop looking at them.

"Buffy, I’m sorry. It’s a lot to take in one night. I am very happy that you are going to have a baby and I’m happy you are happy with Spike. It’s all a bunch of happy with a side of happy. And besides I get to be Auntie Willow," Willow said walking over to Buffy and Spike.

"Oh Willow I’m so glad to hear you say that," she said embracing Willow.

When they pulled back Spike could see they both had tears in their eyes.

"Oh bloody hell. It starts," he said sarcastically. Both girls looked at him and then hugged one side of him. Spike tried to look annoyed but he couldn't and hugged them back.

Meanwhile Xander was looking anything but happy. His two best friends and his girl both enjoying a vampire's company was a little too much for him. Especially since that vampire was Spike. Spike who threatened to kill them all. Spike who lived with him briefly and tried to steal his lamp. Spike who even though he was evil still had that sexy vampire thing going for him. It all just made Xander so mad he couldn't stand it.

He stood fast which in turn knocked his chair over on the ground. Buffy, Spike and Willow looked at him.

"Sorry," he muttered.

Willow recognized the look in Xander's eyes and walked over to him.

"We did find some stuff out about your current condition," she said.

"Oh goodie. What wonderful things are gonna happen?" Buffy asked sarcastically.

"First off we called Giles. He knows more about this stuff and can get more information with the tools he has out there in England from the watchers council. It is a prophecy we know that for sure. It’s called the Anitomy prophecy."

"Oh bollocks." Spike said running his hands through his hair.

"What?" Buffy asked in both mind and voice.

"That’s the prophecy about the sun and the moon and us," he replied looking down at Buffy.

Willow looked impressed to say the least.

"Yes that’s what it is. Something about a slayer and a vampire. It says the sun and the moon will connect and a child will be born from their love. I’m assuming the sun is Buffy and the moon is you Spike," Willow said.

"That’s appropriate," Anya said.

"What’s that supposed to mean?"

"Well Buffy doesn't have that whole sun allergy like Spike who can only walk in the moonlight. So its appropriate that Buffy is the sun and Spike is the moon. Both brightly lit but by different elements," Anya finished.

"Cool," Dawn mused.

"It also says this child will be the beginning of peace between the humans and demons. That there will be a connection and a calm," Tara said from behind a book she was reading.