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Chapter 11


Sunnydale


Spike held Buffys hand as they walked through one of the smaller cemetery's. They had dispatched eight vamps already in this one alone. It seemed the demon community had decided to make with the jolies on the hellmouth since she had been gone. She expected as much, Buffy was just grateful that the Scoobies had had Spike on their side while she was AWOL. She couldn't stand the thought of one of them dying whilst she had been somewhere else.

"Deep in thought love" he said
"Yeah, just glad you're here and were here to look after everyone while I was unno"
"Someone had to look after them, specially the whelp, all this time by your side and he's still soddin clueless"
Buffy laughed "He has his uses, and not just for the doughnut run before you say anything"
It was his turn to laugh.

"Where do we go from here Buffy?"
"I don't know, I mean it's hard to get my head round the fact that I've changed , I still feel like me and well, I'm confused, I kinda haven't dealt with the whole thing really. London was intense, the whole you human and ..... I so suck at the talking thing"
Spike sat down on the grass, his back against a headstone , Buffy sat curled into his side.He looked up at the clear sky and smiled .

"If you could turn back the clock... again, would you change anything? " he asked
"No. definitely not, well maybe I'd avoid Angelus , but this with you? No"
Spike kissed her and smiled "Good, neither would I"


After the patrol Buffy found herself stood outside her house. The lights were on all over the house which told her that everyone was home. She saw the shadowed shape of Tara walk around in the lounge and Dawn came to the window and looked out.
"Damn"
"Wha'ssup Goldilocks?"
"Dawn saw me"
"So now you have to go in, is that it?"
She nodded
"So no time like the present pet" he squeezed her hand and pulled her towards the door.

The door flew open and Dawn ran into her sisters arms "Please say you've come home" she whispered "I don't think I can take one more day of listening to Anya and Xanders sex talks even though they try and use code , and and I so missed you"
"Missed you too, but I can't come in "
"Why not ?" the hurt and confusion on her face almost broke Buffys heart "Cos your stood in the way dumbass" Buffy smirked at her and then walked into the house once Dawn had moved out of the way.

The place hadn't changed, which she was grateful for. Dawn walked around them and stopped in front of them . She gave Buffy and Spike a quick kick in the shins each. Her arms crossed at her chest and her resolve face firmly set,
A mutual "Ouch" came from the injured pair followed by "What was that for?"
"That was cos you two got married in a time and place that meant I couldn't be there , and cos you both kept me in the dark before, and cos I thought you had died" she pouted
Buffy raised her brow at Spike and they both smiled .
"Sorry Niblet"
"Kinda hard to invite you to a wedding that happened over one hundred years ago"
"Don't use Slayer logic on me" Dawn called back as she walked into the lounge. Spike and Buffy followed her.


Giles hung up the phone and sat down in the chair , he waited for the pair to settle back in and then took the floor again.

"Wesley has agreed to bring Angel back to Sunnydale rather than you two going to L.A. They should arrive at some point this evening."
"And just where do you suggest the morbid one stays?" Spike asked the Watcher "If you suggest here then your off your soddin rocker" he lit a fag and took a deep draw from it
"Actually, it's probably the safest place for him" Buffy suggested

Spike scowled at her, the threat from the broody git rising from within him once more. Seeing his anger rise , Buffy went carried on
"If he is in the state we think he is then he could go either way, last thing we all need is Angelus back. Here at least we can keep an eye on him, and he can stay in the basement out of the way of the pesky u.v that you vamps like so much"
"So he gets the safety of the Slayers basement while I stay in the bloody crypt , where I can't help out in the day should he go all apocalypse nowish"
"No, you'll be here, what? You thought that I'd let my husband stay in a dank and smelly crypt, the other side of Sunnydale?"
"Well yeah"
"Stupid vampire"
"So I'm gonna be moving in with you then" he grabbed her waist and pulled her back into his chest and snarled into her neck

Xander huffed and walked into the kitchen, Giles cleared his throat, loudly.

"Now that sleeping arrangements have been made, I suggest that you get the basement ready for the guest, as in chains"
"Got some in the back of the Desoto Rupes so that's covered"
"Dare I ask" he looked at Spike with a brow raised. Spike made to answer "Don't I'm not sure I want the answer" Spikes jaw snapped shut but the smirk remained.

"So.... guess we better go get in a blood supply then, if I have to play hostess to two vamps"
Buffy picked up her favoured stake and headed to the door, realising that Spike wasn't behind her she looked back over her shoulder "You coming or what?" , she didn't wait and she opened the front door and walked out, leaving the door ajar.



L.A

Angel sat in the car and stared out the window. He watched as the last of the cities suburbs flash past, the street lights got fewer and it seemed as though the darkness of night enclosed him til he was almost drowning in it. How could a few changed memories change him so much?
The thought of staying in her house, being counselled by them, back in a town that if he was honest, he was glad to see the back of, filled him with dread. The fact that Spike would be there just made the dread that much more deep. Glancing at Wesley, he saw the flash of fangs sinking into his neck and the car crashing over into a bottomless ravine, Angel jolted back against the door with eyes wide open. Wes looked across briefly, trying to concentrate on the road and also reassure Angel that things were okay and that it the journey wouldn't be much longer than another thirty minutes. Angel relaxed again and tried to close his eyes in a bid to stop the visions that haunted him.

Yorkshire

Spike was getting bloody bored of hiding in the mineshaft. It was worse than being trapped in the hotel. He admitted that this was his fault, to himself, like hell was he going to admit it to that buffoon Angelus . He looks at Angelus who is now at the end of his nerves and temper , Spike really has excelled in royally pissing him off.

"Perhaps it's my advancing years that make me so forgetful, William.Remind me why don't we kill you?We barely got out of London alive,because of you. Everywhere we go, it's the same story. And now...You've got me and my women
hiding in the luxury of a mine shaft all because William the Bloody likes attention. This is not a reputation we need."
"I'm sorry, did I sully our good name? We're vampires! And it's Spike now"
"All the more reason to use a certain amount of finesse." Angelus pushed the stake further into his chest, without actually breaking skin
"Bollocks! That stuffs for the frilly cuffs and collars crowd. I'll take a good brawl any day."
"And every time you do, we become the hunted."

Darla and Drusilla watch as the two men argue , the two women are highly amused by them.

"I think they're going to fight" Darla sing songed with a smile on her face
"The King of Cups expects a picnic, but this is not his birthday." Dru drawled , eyes wide as she watches
"Good ... Point" Darla answers her as she looks at the crazy vampire with a look of disbelief

"Yeah, know what I prefer to being hunted? Getting caught." Spike announced , still pinned by Angelus
"That's brilliant strategy. Really, pure cunning." Angelus said sarcastically
"Sod off. When's the last time you unleashed it? All out fighting a mob, back to the wall, nothing but fists and fangs? Don't you ever get tired of fights you know you're gonna win?"
Angelus furrowed his brow "No. A real kill, a good kill it takes an artistry. Without that, we're just animals."
"Poofter." Spike spat at him

Angel shoved him. Spike shoves him back, hard. Angel broke a pickaxe handle in two, splitting it in his hands, and pressed the sharp wooden end up against Spike's chest. Spike started to laugh and Angel stopped

"Now you're getting it!"
"You can't keep this up forever. If I can't teach you, maybe someday an angry crowd will. That, or the Slayer." Angelus walked away smirking, knowing that William.... Spike was reminded of his beloved Buffy.


Sunnydale

"They're here" Willow called out.

Angelus hesitantly got out of the car and looked towards the house. Great he thought, a welcoming committee. He looked back over his shoulder and watched Wesley get the hold alls out of the car.

"Great, now all we need to make the night complete is a hoard of demons to crash through the window and start chowing down on us" Xander said nonchalantly
"Hey!" Willow said in a panicked voice "You know not to say those things, nobody says things like that , it's bad luck, it jinxes us, this is the hellmouth, it's tempting fate ,"
"Calm down Willow, not like it's gonna happen " he replied
"Now it's definitely gonna happen" she tutted and walked off to help Wesley.

"Buffy and Spike have just gone to get supplies in, they shouldn't be long"

Angel hovered at the door, unsure as to whether his invite had been evoked or not. He reached out his hand to test it and found no barrier, he walked in and stood staring at the room.Nothing had changed. He smiled, same old Summers house. It actually gave him a sense of calm.


Spike pulled her into the crypt, his lips stayed on hers, staggering backwards towards the ladder.He swept her up in his arms and dropped through the hole and landed softly. He placed her on the bed and crawled up her body, forcing her to lie down. His hands searched her top for the hem and pulled it over her head, his lips finally gave up their worship at her mouth and journeyed the holy grail of her body. She arched her back as he slipped blunt teeth over her hip and his fingers graced her nipples, making them peak under his attention. Gasps simmered in the air between them and Spike groaned as she ghosted her fingers over his erection.
He knelt between her legs and shrugged off his duster and yanked his tee off. Buffy bit her bottom lip and stroked down his chest, finally using nails to clutch at his hips which she used to pull him back down to her. Somehow during the next frenzied battle of lips and tongues, her jeans had been removed and he was naked, she only became aware when she felt his cool tip at her entrance and he entered her. Their joint moans echoed around the vast cavern. Spike stilled within her, his icy blue gaze met hers and she was lost, anything that was beyond the two of them no longer existed. Spike brushed the loose hair away from her face and he hitched his unneeded breath
"Your so beautiful Buffy, I .. god I love you so much"
Her hand cupped his cheek and she felt the wetness , his emotions were pouring out of him and into their love making. How could she not love him?
"I love you too William, always"
His head dropped to her shoulder and he began the slow movement again. He wanted this to last, to stay like this with her. To keep her all to himself and be selfish.
Buffy could feel the build up starting, her back raised to meet his thrusts and she ground her pelvis into his, forcing him in deeper, making him growl and his thrusts became more forceful. She saw the change in his features and smiled. His gold eyes shone in the small amount of light that filtered down from the upper level and saw her smile. Her acceptance made him swell , his tongue moistened his lips and he dropped his head to her shoulder. Tongue and teeth caressed the now healed scar on her neck, making her pants and moans come thick and fast. His low growl emanated from deep in his chest as he felt the pull of his orgasm, he reached down between their joined bodies and stroked her swollen nub until she was writhing below him, on the edge of orgasm. Spike kept her there until he was ready , Buffy felt him swell within her and the walls of her slick core gripped him. Her nails sunk into the flesh of his shoulders and he felt the pulsing pulling him with her, he bit into his scar gently, taking her crashing into the most powerful of orgasms, her screams into his shoulder could still be heard echoed around them as her body fell into the next orgasm as he thrust out the remainder of his.
He collapsed to the side of her, panting and hot from her body heat. He pulled her into him and they lay there in the euphoria that surrounded them.


After laying in the dark together for what seemed like forever, Buffy sat up and Spike moaned at the loss of contact. She dropped a kiss to his temple and then got up to hunt for clothing, she managed to find their clothes even though she was hindered by the dark.

Spike did his belt up and shrugged on his duster, Buffy pulled on her boots and then looked up at him.

"We'll have to come here for a while, the house is gonna be pretty full for now"
"I know pet, we could always just go for it, who knows, might get rid of some of them early, 'specially if you scream like you did earlier"
"Such a Spike thing to say"
"Well duh!" he sniggered "Think I'd go back to being a poncey git just cos you changed a few memories?"
"No... no and please don't, I love you just the way you are" she kissed him and started up the ladder.

Once they were walking back across town to the house she stopped.
"Will they be able to tell what we were doing?"
"No love, well Angel might but not the others"
"Great,"


"Blood is in the fridge, help yourself, only rules of the house are , no inviting strangers in, clean up after yourselves and nobody goes out without letting at least two others know where they are going"
"Right"
"Oh and keep blinds and curtains drawn in daylight hours, which is pretty obvious, but you'll be surprised how often that is forgotten"
"Right"

Buffy rolled her eyes. She knew that Angel wasn't much of a talker before this but now? Gah! He was giving her a stress headache.

She continued with the settling him in. "Towels and fresh sheets " she said as she opened up a built in closet just outside the bathroom. He nodded . Now the bit she dreaded telling him. She opened the door to make a point "Mine and William, I mean Spikes room" his head dropped "Knock first "

Finally he was settled in the basement with books and a pouch of blood. Buffy sunk on the couch and put her feet up on the table. Dawn bought her a mug of coffee, which she savoured. It had been one of those days she thought would never end. Thank god there's no apocalypse snapping at my heels she thought, then groaned as she mentally chastised herself for probably jinxing herself.

Spike stood in the doorway, silk bottoms on, an arm each side of the door frame "Your bloody knackered woman, let's get you tuckered up, the brooding git will yell if he needs us"
Dawn stood "That's my cue, night guys, and I'm glad your back and unno, we're all okay. " she pecked Buffy and Spikes cheeks and ran upstairs. Buffy heard the click as her bedroom door shut and she sighed deeply.

"Please say today is officially over"
"Not quite yet pet"
She looked at him and frowned "Not over til I hear that gentle bloody snore of yours, c'mon" he held his hand out for her and she gratefully took it. They went upstairs and the house was finally silent.