Bound

Chapter 12 Two Become One


"I guess nobody will sleep in that bed now" Spike said to break the silence that had descended in the bedroom
Darla gave him a cold stare before she left the room, closely followed by Penn. Buffy tucked the stake into her belt and turned to Spike.
"Think we're done here, lets go and see how Angelus is doing"
"Why do you care?"
"I just do, look he's not getting to me but he's just got his soul back and well, I just killed his girlfriend"
"Good reason for you to not go near him "
"Spike, how would you feel.... okay don't answer that"
Buffy walked towards the door, her hand hovered over the handle "I remember more now, but I want to get Willow to do a spell and hurry the process up"
Spike came up behind her and nodded his agreement at the idea. Once they were in the main room they sat down on the couch and held hands.Willow sat beside Buffy and smiled at her.Darla helped Angel up and sat him in a chair, Penn stood behind him, just in case it was all a trick. Buffy watched Angel and remembered the time after he had come back from hell and he had needed her to aide him back to health. His emotions were there on his face in plain view of everyone. Darla gave him a mug of blood and sat on the coffee table. Dru was being her usual annoying self, and flapped around like a bird in flight ranting about the 'Angel beast'.Buffy and Spike were losing patience with the crazy woman. Finally Buffy stood up, slapped Dru across the face and told her to sit and shut up. Stunned, Dru did exactly that, much to the surprise of everyone present.
Darla sniggered "Now why didn't I just do that years ago?"


Spike and Buffy took Willow up to her room. Spike sat in a chair and Buffy sat with Willow on the bed. After explaining what she wanted to do, Willow agreed to do it and would have to go to the Magic shop to pick up some items that she would need . Spike agreed to take her in the car as it would be faster. Leaving Buffy in her room, he left with the witch and hoped that Angel would leave Buffy alone until he got back. Darla was sitting with Angel and they were going over a few things when he left, so he hoped that would keep them busy until his return.
Penn and Lawson sat at the table discussing what they had been up to and the nights events. Angel stood up and made his way up to Buffy's room. Lawson went to stop him but found Darla's arm blocking him.
"They need to get this over with before they can both move on.Let them , while Spike isn't here"
Lawson backed off and took his seat again. The room fell into silence, whether it was because there was nothing to say or because everyone was listening to the two ex lovers upstairs , nobody knew.

Angel knocked on the door gently, not wanting to disturb her should she be sleeping. Buffy called out for the person the other side to enter. On seeing who it was, she cursed herself and pulled the duvet up around her.
"Thought you were Spike"
"Sorry"
Buffy huffed "Look I don't really know you cos of the memory thing so if we're going to do the tortured soul thing can it wait?"
"I guess so, but I wanted to say that I won't cause you and William any problems"
"How big of you, bit late for that though isn't it. Just go and we'll play catch up tomorrow, I'm tired and I have something I need to do before I turn in for the night"
"Before I go I need to let you know that Cordy, she... one of my associates from L.A is on his way here to help restore your memory."
Angel left and went back to the main room.

Willow collected the necessary items and rushed back to the DeSoto. Once in the car and a double check of her ' shopping ' , they made their way back to the mansion. Spike tried to keep his mouth shut and concentrated on the road, but true to form, he just couldn't.
"Red, I wan' you to do something for me "
"What would that be? If it's to maybe change some of Buffys memories you can forget it, that way leads to badness and I think she has been through enough lately"
"Nothing like that, thought you knew me better than that by now but obviously not" he tried for annoyed but got royally pissed instead, when he realised that before now, it was the kind of stunt he would have pulled so he swallowed his pride and apologised.
"It's okay , I get it, so what did you want me to do?"
"I want you to see if you can do a protection spell on her so that tall dark and forehead can't claim her again. "
"I can do that, I can so do that. After what happened with Angel, big wiggins so I'll get right on and do it"
"Thanks Red"
"I'm doing it more for Buffy , she's been through so much already and I don't want Angel to go all Grrr on her again"
"That's why I want you to do it, Bloody hell Red, M'not gettin' you to do it for my bleedin benefit"
"I know... no I don't know... but....."
"Just quit while your ahead pet, save us the embarrassin' and long winded babble"
Willow smiled at him sheepishly and sunk into the passenger seat. They did the rest of the journey in silence. Once they arrived back at the mansion, Willow set up the instruments she needed and placed the herbs into the urn, ready to cast the spell. Spike ran up the stairs to check on Buffy. Angel watched as the Buffy came downstairs with Spikes arms wrapped around her in a protective way. His heart sank as he realised this was the point that he was going to loose her again, to Spike of all people. He couldn't go through that train of thought again,' been there , done this' he thought to himself

Willow stood in front of Buffy with a small bottle of something. She spoke in a hushed tone and motioned for Buffy to poke out her tongue. She placed a few drops from the bottle on her tongue and then touched Buffy's forehead with a herb which smelt disgusting.Buffy so hoped the smell would wash off or she was going to be repelling demons before she could get close enough to kill them.
Willow flipped a match into the urn and with a poof and a flash, the herbs ignited and burned away. Buffy collapsed onto the couch.
"What the bloody hell did you do wrong Red?"
"Nothing I swear.... this is s'posed to happen"
The vampires all growled at her and Spike held up his hand "Give the bint a chance lads n Darla. Right Red, when will she wake up?"
"As soon as all of the missing memories have come back, could be an hour, could be a day"
"So you have no bleedin' clue then?"
She shook her head "Sorry"
Spike huffed and ran his hands through his hair and lit up a cigarette. He looked at the blonde girl on the couch. She look so peaceful. He smiled and walked to her and covered her with the throw.
"Right then , do the other spell and get it over n done with while she's out for the count"
"You sure... I mean, don't you want to wait and see if this spell was a success first?"
"No Willow just do the bloody spell" he growled at her and flashed golden eyes at her " I need to know she'll be safe in case the Broodin' ponce decides to go homicidal again"
"K" Willow started the spell much to Angels protests


Buffy knew she was unconscious, the images flittered across her mind and they started to fall into place. She saw her first day at school, her first day at Hemery High and then the school burning down. She saw Dawns first day home from the hospital and her parents cradling the baby as they introduced her to her baby sister. The day she became a Slayer, and the incarseration that followed that and how the ward in the institution looked to her. She saw the first time she saw Angel and then the sword penetrate his chest as he was sucked into the demons vortex. The first time she fought Spike. Giles passing the heavy Vampyre book to her over the counter of the library check out desk, Faith, the Mayor and the demon he became, Angel walking away from her that same night. Kendra dying, and Spike returning to Sunnydale, everything she had experienced came back, one memory after another. Her head started to hurt and she felt her eyes roll around in their sockets. Her breathing became erratic and she could feel her body temperature rise. She could hear Spike and the others discussing her condition and could Spike yelling at Willow and Angel growl at her.The slayer in her refused to stay in this state of slumber any longer, the sound of angry vamps growling at her best friend snapped her back to reality.

Buffy jumped up , stake in hand and faced Spike and Angel "I would advise you both to back off or face an extremely pissed off me"
The vampires stopped dead and looked at her, Spike smiled and raised a scared brow, Angel froze in fear. After Angels escapade over the last few days, he wasn't going to risk taking a stake to the heart.
"Wise move you two, now, seeing as I'm back and all with the memory having , care to explain why it is you feel it is okay to go fangy on Will?"
Neither vampire was willing to speak first. Willow stepped forward and smiled at Buffy before she came to the rescue of the vampires "They thought I had done the usual Buffy , they didn't mean anything by it and they weren't going to hurt me, right ?" she looked at the two vamps for conformation
They both answered her at the same time "Right"
Buffy squinted her eyes in disbelief but lowered the pointy wooden object that she held in her hand. Willow gave Spike a half smile as way of an apology and left the three of them to it, this was something she knew Buffy had to do.
Spike hung his head and looked up at her through his lashes, Angel looked around the room with a face that told her what he was thinking. He was trying too hard to seem nonchalant.
"Angel, for god sake quit it, I don't fall for that ' wasn't my fault he started it' look, and you, Spike, what the hell were you playing at? Fair enough, Willow screws alot of spells up but you didn't even give her the benefit of the doubt and you know her better than Broodfest 2000 here" she pointed at Angel and ignored his protests at the nickname. Much to Angels disgust, Spike fell apart laughing .
"Pet, you realise that we did it cos we thought Red had buggered up once again . Can't speak for him, but I was only concerned about you" he pouted, figuring it would get him extra points as she always thought it was adorable on him. Well, she did before all this crap.Angel glared at him for trying to creep around her.
"Please Spike take a night off, Angel, Spike sit"
They sat down and waited for her onslaught.

Penn was pacing the room, in need of a hunt and a decent meal. Now that the Slayer was back to normal and Angelus was all soul having now, the truce should be null and void. He had done his part and now it was time he was moving on. Lawson sat reading the paper , trying hard to ignore Penn.
"Will you quit the pacing It's driving me to distraction"
"Aren't you sick of bagged blood and no violence man?"
Lawson sighed "Do I look like I am? I'm sure Darla will release us from the truce soon enough, but the way your behaving will have her keeping you bound to it out of spite, now sit down "
Darla laughed as she walked in with Angel "The young one is right Penn, now we need to discuss a few things. Spike will join us with Buffy and Dru will be down shortly." Darla shook her head as she thought about the crazy vampire's antics at that moment.
Dru was dressing herself in a Victorian dress that matched Miss Ediths, But the doll had misbehaved and deserved to be punished, so Dru would be late to the clans meeting.

Finally, everyone was assembled in the main room and sat around waiting for Darla to say what she had to say. Penn was getting impatient and was eager to get the hell away so that he would once again, be free to hunt.Spike pulled Buffy onto his lap and nuzzled into her neck. He ignored the low growls emitted from Angel.
Darla huffed ' how on earth did this bunch of misfits become her family?'
"So," she began " Buffy is more or less back to normal and so is Angelus. I thank you all for the help and want to say that you are all released from the calling"
Penn stood up, nodded to Darla and left.
Darla asked Spike and Buffy to follow her into the bedroom. Spike and Buffy looked at each other as if to silently ask ' what could she want with us?,' Spike shrugged and Buffy raised her brows. They both followed her. Once the door was shut Darla spoke.
"I won't patronize you Buffy, but you know how dangerous it is on the Hell mouth, it is good that you have Spike to watch your back. I however don't think that he is enough, I know you have your friends to help as well, again they are no match for what happens here, sometimes they only add to the danger. I am offering you myself, I want to help , and I feel that Lawson will stay as well. Could you trust us enough to use us?"
Buffy gave it some consideration , it would be good to have some help of the supernatural kind, she looked at Spike who obviously thought it would be good for her to have some more back up.
"Okay, it's a great idea, two things though before you join us. 1) Fist sign of any of you Aurelians getting fangy, I get stake happy, family or not. Number 2) No Dru! Under no circumstance is queen of the damned stupid staying here, got it!"
Spike looked worried but Darla just smiled "Oh that's so not an issue, I'll be sending her back to L.A with Angelus. He made her the way she is, he can deal with her. "
Spike let out a huge breath of relief " Who will be staying out of you lot of gits then?"
"Lawson and myself, maybe Penn will be back once he thinks it over, I wouldn't count on it though. We have one thing to do now before we all get settled in properly."
"What's that then?" Spike asked
Darla looked at them both " Stake those annoying bloody minions, Angelus may be partial to them but they just get under your feet and drain your blood supply up faster than a road traffic accident"
Spike laughed at her , Buffy thought her reference was a little tasteless .But vampires had a twisted idea of what a sense of humour was.
"Right, stake minions, be right back" Buffy left Darla and Spike in the bedroom. Within minutes she was back, her clothing dishevelled and covered in dust.
"Job done" she said breathlessly
Spike smiled at her, god she was amazing, thirty vamps in under ten minutes. He still had to get her alone and see where they went from here. That scared him. They hadn't had alot of time together since 'that night'.
Darla was impressed. The last time she was in Sunnydale she had never even seen Buffy in action, and then Angel had staked her to defend Buffy. She could see why she was the longest living Slayer.
"Lets go and see what the others are doing and get this place sorted out. I hope you don't mind, but I thought the mansion could become my new home." Darla smiled at Buffy. " Of course you and our boy here will be living with us , or I hope so. It has to be better than a crypt"
"I don't mind Darla but I have a home and a sister to take care of. It wouldn't be practical , sorry"
"What about you William?"
"M' not sure, kinda depends on Buffy, we have a few things to sort out first"
"That soul issue? Trust me Buffy, he's a good boy and he will do anything to keep you happy. The boys in love with you and well, you know how he is I'm sure"
Buffy blushed and nodded . Darla held her hand up and cupped Buffy's face " Angelus is a fool, do not dwell on those feelings for him , William is far from it, let William do everything in his power to protect you ." Darla left them in the bedroom .

"Shall we go home, I'm tired off this place and I so need a bath. Willow and Xander said they will look after Dawn til I'm back to normal. I think I can squeeze one more night out of that deal" Buffy grabbed his hand and marched him through the main room towards the door. They both called out a quick goodbye as they made their get away.

"Buffy wait! Slow down!" he called after her as she raced through the grave yard "I need to get something from the crypt"
Buffy stopped and turned back to Spike "Hurry up then"
Spike dropped down into the basement of the crypt and pulled out a bag from under the bed. He put a few bits from around the room and then put a intricate box into the bag before zipping it up. He tossed it over his shoulder and took one last look around. He climbed the ladder and left without looking back.Buffy was waiting for him and turned to him as he came out of the crypt.It was a short walk and they arrived outside Buffys house. She stopped and took a moment to familiarise herself. Although she had her memory back , it still seemed odd to her that she was here. She looked up at Spike and saw the confusion , with a deep breath, she opened the door and stepped inside.

Spike dropped his bag by the door and swooped Buffy up in his arms and kissed her tenderly.
"Maybe we can get back to normal now pet, home sweet home"
"What is normal for us Spike?"
"Good question, I'll let you know when I finally get the answer" he smiled at her and kissed her nose "I'll go and run your bath, back in a bit"
Spike ran upstairs and into the bathroom. This reminded him of the night he told her he had his soul. He closed his eyes trying to hold back his tears. They could finally move forward with their life, together.Buffy came in behind him and sat on the edge of the bath. He smiled at her again and checked the water "There you go luv, I'll be downstairs if you need me"
"Don't go, stay with me, I kinda don't want to be alone " she took off her boots anf jacket, slinging them into a corner " Will you join me? Please"
How the hell could he resist? He dropped his duster and stripped off his clothes and got in, waiting for her to join him. Buffy got in and leaned back against his chest.
The two of them relaxed and stayed there silently enjoying the closeness and the peace.Especially with everything they had been through, it felt good to not have to worry about anything or anyone else.
Spike stroked her hair off her face and massaged her shoulders, Buffy groaned "Feels good "
"Lean back a bit an' I'll do your hair"
Buffy laid back and sunk herself into the water til her hair was submerged. She came up and Spike lathered her hair, massaging her scalp, Buffy sighed deeply and he felt her physically relax and slump further into the bath.
"Rinse pet"
Buffy felt thoroughly pampered by the time he was finished with her . Spike wrapped a towel around her and carried her into the bedroom and laid her on her bed.
"Now we get to the real treat luv, gonna give you a full on massage an' get all that stress out " he picked up different moisturisers and sniffed them, pulling faces and grimacing at some, finally opting for the vanilla one. Spike took his place on her bed and started at her feet.
Buffy wriggled for a while and started laughing as he massaged her feet but by the time he was working on her calves, she was putty in his hands.
"You should hire yourself out, feels so good"
"If I did that I'd have all the women in Sunnydale after my talents, sure you'd just love that eh Slayer"
She pictured undersexed housewives lining up outside her house in towels waving bottles of foul smelling lotions and screaming we want Spike. "Okay maybe not such a good idea" she sniggered
Buff melted as he started on her back and shoulders , sighing again, she fell into a deep sleep.
Spike covered her over and then got into bed and kissed her cheek "Night pet"

A dog barked somewhere close by and bought Buffy out of her sleep. She squinted at the window, it was bright, and then she looked at her clock, it was almost ten o' clock. She moaned into her pillow and then looked across at Spike, who was awake and watching her with a huge grin on his face
"Morning gorgeous" he kissed her and pulled her into his arms "You slept well"
Buffy smiled "Mmm all thanks to you and your talented fingers" she rolled her eyes as he smirked and wagged his brows at her .
"Trust you, is it a British thing or just a you thing?"
"What's that pet?"
"Turning everything I say into some sort of sexual innuendo?"
"British thing , you Colonials never get our sense of humour, its like yours is defunct or something" he ducked the pillow that was aimed at his head. He tackled her back down and straddled her.They were both laughing and then their eyes locked and the laughter slowly stopped.

"Buffy" he whispered
She continued to look into her eyes as his face came closer. His lips parted and he froze , he looked at her briefly and then bought his lips down on hers, his kiss was soft and gentle at first. Buffy returned the kiss with equal tenderness. His tongue gently probed her lips begging for entry, she met him with equal passion. Spike stroked her cheek , ran his fingers down her neck and across her shoulder, eliciting a gasp and giving her goose bumps, Buffy shivered against his touch and deepened the kiss further.
Spike kissed her cheek and neck and worked his way down to her shoulder and chest. He licked at her nipple and watched her reaction. Happy that she was enjoying it he took her nipple into his mouth and nipped and licked at it. He took her other nipple in and repeated the attention. His hand kneaded the other breast and pulled and tweaked at the nipple. Buffy arched her back into him, urging him on. Spike snaked his hand down between them and gently massaged her clit as he continued to work on her breasts.
"Gonna make you feel so good baby" he whispered
His attentions grew more passionate , Buffy gasped and rose off the bed , Spike kissed each breast and then worked his way down her body, kissing as he went lower.
He kissed and nipped along her hips and licked his way down to her mound. He looked up at her, her face was full of need .He gently licked at her clit.Buffy raised herself to him and gasped . Spike slid two fingers into her core and slowly teased her clit with his tongue.Buffy whimpered as he bought her close to climax and let her back down , his fingers gliding into her soaked channel .Buffy had never felt like this before. Her head thrashed against her pillow and she moaned with every touch and every lick he inflicted on her.
"Please Spike ... let me cum .. I need to .. please"
He smiled, she was absolutely gorgeous.
He withdrew his fingers and lapped at her , taking his time to tease her into another height of arousal. He felt her start to shake and Buffy moaned louder urging him on. Spike stroked her engorged clit and she bucked and bit down on her lip, causing small droplets of blood to rise on the surface. Spike growled and made his way up her body and captured her lip in his mouth. He gently sucked on her lip until the bleeding stopped. Spike looked up at Buffy and saw her smile.
"Will you claim me again?"She looked scared
"Only if you want me to pet, not rushing you"
Buffy relaxed and ground against him
" You ready for me pet?"
"Yes " she whispered " Need you inside me "
Spike poised at her slick entrance and pushed inside slowly . Buffy gasped as his thick girth stretched her, she laid still until all of his cock was buried inside her. He stayed there , kissing her neck and shoulder , waiting for her to relax around him. Buffy rocked against him and Spike moaned, he moved inside her slowly at first until she clamped on him and bucked against him, trying to quicken the pace. Spike leaned back and pulled her ass up away from the mattress and thrust harder into her soaked core. He watched as she tossed her head from side to side and gripped at the bed, moaning his name.
Spike felt the first quiver around his cock and increased his efforts, he held her up with one hand and rubbed at her clit with the other. Buffy screamed out and he felt her orgasm rip through her, taking him with her.She stilled under him and nodded, Spike frowned .
"You sure Buffy? Not going to do this and have you regret it pet"
"I want you to claim me again Spike, I ..... "
"You what? Tell me Buffy"
"Love you" tears fell down her cheeks " I only want to be with you, I love you "
Spikes features changed to that of his demon, only this time it looked softer and not so harsh. His eyes glittered gold but they didn't look like those of the killer .
He lapped at the marks on her throat and growled "To be one, for eternity , Buffy your mine" he gently bit into her neck and suckled.
Buffy licked at his sires mark and bit down "Yours Spike, always yours. Mine"
He shot his dead seed into her and collapsed onto her, kissing her passionately and enveloping her within his embrace."Yours "
Spikes demon purred it's contentment, it had found a worthy mate. The sound and vibration sent Buffy off to sleep, content and for once,at ease. She had fallen asleep with a smile on her face, adding to Spikes bliss. He fell asleep holding her , tears of happiness drying on his cheeks.
They were home