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Chapter 20


Spike woke up and felt like he had the mother of all headaches. The demon had been baying inside of him and had caused him to have a fit full sleep. Buffy sat in the chair beside the window wrapped in a sheet, she'd watched the sunrise and had watched as the empty streets began to fill with pedestrians, some shopping, some going to work, other were sightseers. She envied them a little. They all had boring mundane normal lives. Almost all of them had no idea what lurked in the shroud of darkness.

Buffy looked across and saw that Spike was awake and looking at her through half open eyes. His face morphed and the demon in him roared at her. Buffy flinched.
Spike rose from the bed and stalked towards her.
Buffy stayed still, not because she feared him, god she was never scared of him, even when he was trying to kill her, no , Buffy wanted to see why the demon in him was acting this way, she didn't feel a threat coming from it.
Spike snarled deep in his throat and then lunged at her. His gold eyes searched her face and inhaled deeply. The demon made a quiet roar and licked her throat. Even now Buffy wasn't scared and the demon could tell. Buffy wrapped her arms around him and laid her head against his chest, leaving her throat open for Spike to nuzzle. He kissed her gently and lifted her into his arms. Buffy wrapped her legs around his waist as he carried her to the bed . The sheet fell and the Spike looked at her naked frame. He smiled and covered her body with his. He entered her forcefully but it wasn't painful.

Spike paused and whispered "EGO tribuo vos meus vestigium ut a subcribo of meus diligo. EGO tribuo vos meus vita quod vox per cruor. Ut has been sic vadum is exsisto per Gens of Aurelius. mei" Buffy felt the sting of his fangs as he slowly slid then into her throat.

Buffy felt the oncoming orgasm and felt like she was no longer in her own body. Buffy clutched to Spikes body hoping that it would anchor her. The Slayer within came forth and cried out .

"EGO gero vos meus vestigium ut a subcribo of meus diligo. EGO tribuo vos meus vita quod vox per cruor. Ut has been sic vadum is exsisto per Gens of Aurelius. vestri"

She bit down on Spikes shoulder as she came, pulling him with her as she answered his claim.

"Mine!" Spike growled as he came again
"Yours" Buffy whispered

Spike pulled back and looked into Buffy's eyes .

"I love you Buffy"
"Love you too, all of you, always"

"How the hell did I know what to say?"
"Guess your inner Slayer knew pet, now c'mere"

Spike pulled her to him and held her, showering her face with kisses and words of love.

Angel woke up and felt the pull of the claim. His sense of loss was complete now, Buffy was totally lost to him. Spikes claiming made her his for eternity. The man inside Angel wept. He was just thankful that they would be leaving for Sunnydale that night.


Buffy couldn't sleep. The euphoria that had overwhelmed her had not abated . The claim was still settling down and this caused her to a) have a lot of energy and b) to have the munchies. She went downstairs and saw the human members of the teams sat around researching Wolfram and Hart and the ritual they must have used to bring Darla back. Wesley had his head buried in a prophecy and he was umming and arring to himself and scattily walking around the office , picking up books and putting them back down again.

It seemed a madness had set in and Buffy was glad they were going home, so that her own form of madness , in the shape of her wedding , could set in. Cordy huffed , drawing attention from everyone.

" Anyone else hear all those roars , you know, the ones that made it impossible to sleep last night?" Cordy looked at Buffy causing her to blush "I mean would it of killed you to keep fang boy wanting for just one night , and oh my god! he bit you!"

"Um, yeah" Buffy's hand went straight to the new bite mark "It's okay it's not what you think"
"Like you know what I'm thinking?"
"Your thinking I let him feed from me or ... "

"That you let him claim you" Angel said from the top of the stairs , cutting Cordy and Buffy off.

Buffy looked at the floor .
" It's good that you did, your claim will fill in the void left by his slaying of Dru" Angel mentioned nothing more and he seemed cold towards her.
"Angel? "
"What!"
"Do you have a problem with this?"
"What the hell should I?"
"Well, your acting like I did something wrong"
"I don't want to get into this, I have enough on my plate, what you and Spike do is none of my business"
"You got that right. Is this more of that vamp jealousy?"
"No!" he huffed and ran his fingers through his hair
"It so is!" she smiled " Your jealous because I didn't let you do this to me"
"I'm not!"

The team members that were sat around sniggered and then stopped it dead when Angel gave them all filthy looks

"Right, just like you weren't pissed when you found out we were getting married" Spike came down and stood beside Buffy , smiling at her and then he kissed his mark. "How's you this morning princess?"

Buffy smiled up at him and groaned as he kissed the mark "Great, how bout you?"
"Never better, so I take it Peaches aint too happy with us then?"
"No he's not " Angel answered "Did you even consider what may happen to Buffy? She's not just human you moron, why do you think I never took her for my own?"
"You know what your problem is? You think too much ,or is it brood too much, same diff in your case mate"

Angel had had enough of Spike and gave a low warning growl which just caused Spike to laugh. It didn't exactly help matters .The team knew this was getting ugly and had cleared the room, dragging a very reluctant Buffy with them.

"I should really go and separate them, what if they go all fangy and fight?"
"Trust me , you don't want to get between them, this is some kind of dominance and mate claimy thing. Spike didn't ask permission and Angel always though that you and him would get together, so now Spike has to prove he's worthy"

Buffy's brows arched " Angel and me? Yeah right, so what if Spike loses?"
"You think he will? After ingesting Slayer blood, it's doubtful" Wes said.

Buffy watched as the two vamps circled each other growling . Angel landed the first punch and Spike smiled as he wiped the blood away "That all you got ?" he asked as he laid into Angel's face .
"C'mon Gramps, it's like your not even trying" Spike baited
"You don't want to look like shit on your wedding day do you?"
"With all that nice tasty Slayer blood, I reckon I'll heal up nice"

Angel attacked , hearing Spike talk about Buffy like she was a walking blood bank got him pissed. Spike leapt up to the balcony and laughed. "Is it me or are you getting to old for this?"
"You always were an insolent fuck, I should have beaten that out of you when you were a fledgling" Angel spat as he leapt after him.
Spike spun and kicked Angel square in the face "Ooh, that looks like it might smart a bit sire, want Cordy to put an ice pack on it for you" he feigned sympathy and then smiled "You always were a drama queen , does she get all hot in the nether regions while she puts on your bandages ?"
"Leave her out of this!" Angel landed a round of punches and knocked Spike over the railing , Spike crashed to the floor below.

Buffy saw him fall and rushed to Spikes side "Enough already, God, does one of you have to die before you stop?"
Spike smiled up to Angel as Buffy cradled him in her arms.
"M'kay pet, this is nothing , honest"

Buffy squinted and then turned to Angel "Why the hell can't you just accept that I love him now, you and I ended a long time ago. You lost all rights to do this to me when you left Sunnydale" She helped Spike up, who groaned and audibly clicked his back into place. "I think we've overstayed our welcome here, lets get our stuff and go"

Spike and Buffy walked upstairs and got their luggage and team together. They left with nothing but sneers on their faces and a new found lack of respect for Angel.Spike grabbed the large comforter off the bed and rolled his eyes, he wasn't looking forward to leaving the place crouched under a blanket rather than walking out with his head held high and his arm round his girl.

The drive back to Sunnydale was a quiet one. Spike drove and Buffy sat up front. Neither mentioned the fight, but Spike kept touching his swollen lip and hissing. Buffy looked over at him and would grumble "It's your own stupid fault stop touching it" Which earnt her a low growl. Willow sniggered and Giles raised his brows .

"It would seem they behave very much like an old married couple already " he said causing Willow to laugh even more. Buffy smiled and looked at Spike, who just said "Oi !" in retaliation.

They arrived back at Revello Drive and the sun had gone down a while ago. Spike huffed and ran his hands through his hair. He had never been happier than he was right now. Home. Tomorrow they would be inundated with craziness that was the wedding. He opened the car door and stretched. That wanker of a sire had put his back out and he was feeling stiff. A good work out and some Buffy loving would soon sort that out.

Joyce stood at the door , eager to see her daughter and to thwack them both round the head for everything, Giles was in her line of fire too. Giles would rather face Angelus again than deal with her,especially after Spikes taunts about her axe and her bloody good aim.

They all got through the front door without Joyce going into a rant and for that they were grateful. They all slumped on couches and chairs and yawned . The past few days had taken alot out of them, more so for Buffy.

Joyce decided that she would lay off from the lectures for tonight , seeing them all looking tired and worn. Tomorrow would be a different story. She hugged Spike and Buffy, cast a filthy look at Giles, Hugged Willow and said goodnight. The team all huffed at the same time and said their goodnights and all retired to their respective rooms. Giles groaned as he settled on the couch, knowing that he would be first in line for the ear bashing from Joyce. It wasn't long before he fell asleep.