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Chapter 21


It was early, Buffy knew that much. She rolled over and looked at Spike , who was underneath her comforter . In their haste to go to bed, they had forgotten to secure the windows against daylight. Buffy rushed to her windows and drew the curtains. Sighing loudly she got into bed and curled up in Spikes arms. She knew that she was going to get her ears chewed by her Mom, so she was reluctant to get up. The same could be said for Spike who was awake as well. Side effect of the claim, if one of them was up, both were. Buffy felt his arousal through the claim but made no effort to encourage him. Last thing she needed or wanted was a parent getting an eyeful of sex a la Spike. Especially as she knew that blood play was now an accepted part of it, again due to the claim.

Giles wasn't so fortunate. Joyce had drawn the curtains and let the room be flooded by the bright sun, causing Giles' eyes to squint against the pain and for him to roll over and fall off the couch. His scream of "Bloody hell woman!" didn't help Joyce's mood, much.

"If that is how you are going to address me then I can see this is going to be an extremely heated argument!"
"Well who in their right mind wakes someone like you just did?" He looked at her with a look of disgust, still not helping to calm Joyce down.
"Right , get dressed. I shall see you in the garden in ten minutes, I wouldn't be later than that if I was you"

Joyce left so that he could have some dignity, not that Giles had alot left after the fall off the couch had bared his lily white body to Joyce.

He made it into the garden within six minutes. The woman was bloody clock watching!

"Good I'm glad that you can do something right" Joyce snapped.
Giles just rolled his eyes and wondered why the hell he hadn't asked to be dropped off at the airport on the way back last night.

"Right lets get down to the crux of it shall we?" She didn't give him a chance to answer and left him to snap his mouth shut "Firstly, Spike. How dare you put him at risk when you know how in love he and my daughter are. By risking his life you endangered hers. That is simply not what I expected from you, you say that you love my daughter as if she was your own, personally I think that is a bloody funny way of showing it!"

Again, Giles made to defend himself , only to be shot down again.

"I should let Spike bite you for what you have put them through! Then I hear that you intended to fly back to England and abandon her" Joyce began pacing the garden.

Unbeknownst to them, the windows upstairs were now slightly open and faces had appeared. Buffy, Willow, Spike and Xander were all sniggering at the irate Mother and flummoxed Watcher. Giles sighed, waiting for the rest of the mouthful. He didn't have to wait long.

"While we're here I may as well get everything off my chest, bare with me" She shot him a look that could kill "Why is it you get a salary and my daughter, who does all the bloody hard work, doesn't. It is my house that is smashed and trashed on a regular basis and it is my home insurance that has rocketed due to that fact. I can't stop my daughter from performing her duty, and so I have no doubt that my house will suffer from more accidents , yet I do not get a cent of compensation for it"

"I... I ..." Giles stuttered

"I expect to be reimbursed , get onto to the twittering idiots today and make sure I am paid in full and that a suitable wage is paid directly to Buffy and Spike"
"Spike?!"
"Yes, he helps Buffy, he kills his kind without due care or thought about his own safety, so he deserves to be paid as well"

"You tell 'im Mom" came from Buffy's window , care of the vampire .

Joyce smiled then frowned at Giles "Well, what do you have to say for yourself?"

He sat there frowning and hating the day he ever met Joyce. He didn't say much " Okay I'll get onto the Council immediately"

Joyce handed him the house phone and walked away. She now knew that the rest of the house was awake and started breakfast.One by one they came downstairs , all looking sheepish and keeping the conversation quiet, avoiding talk of last night and any talk of Angel.

"Buffy, I know you heard what was going on, now I would like you to explain to me why it is you stayed with Angel of all people and why you didn't come home as soon as you had rescued Spike and how could you be so stupid as to let him go on an errand for Giles?"
"I trusted Giles Mom! Not something I will do again , not for a long time and I doubt Spike will ever forgive him"
"I don't blame him, I won't either , will he still be your Watcher?"
"I don't know" Buffy shrugged

Spike stood against the sink ,drinking his blood from a mug that Joyce had bought him. She had bought it for a laugh, but also because she found it hard to drink from a mug that he had had his blood in. It was a red cross mug with 'give blood' written on it. Spike saw the funny side of it, Giles however thought it in bad taste. Joyce just gave him the bird as he walked out of the kitchen , shocking all that had witnessed it. Joyce shrugged and blamed Spike for teaching her it. Spike sniggered .


Buffy had luckily avoided the questions relating to Angel and Joyce was an astute woman and could see the looks Spike and Buffy shared when he was mentioned , and so she decided to drop it.She was sure Buffy would tell her soon, but they had more important things to worry about, like a wedding.

Joyce had picked up on the arrangements and had coped with them for the time they were away. The flowers were organised, the dresses had been delivered , the suits were ready to be picked up and the food had been given the taste test. The only thing Joyce hadn't been able to do was furniture shop for the new house. She would take Buffy and Spike shopping later that day.

As promised Spike had decided that he would take Buffy out for a driving lesson. They had put them on hold while Raithe and the Council were after them.He looked up at heaven and asked to survive the lesson and his car would too.Buffy sat behind the wheel and tutted.
"What's wrong?"
"How am I meant to see with all the black paint on the windows?"
"The same way I do, an' it's necessary, would you want your instructor to go up in flames?"
"Do you want me to crash your car cos I can't see ?"
"Well if you take the black paint off it won't soddin matter if you crash will it? I'll be dust"
"I knew this was a bad idea" Buffy muttered
"Excuse me? Who bloody asked me to teach you to drive, weren't my idea! Your the one that pouted til she got me to give in"

Buffy got out of the car and slammed the door. She crossed her arms and tapped her foot and counted to ten, still angry she tried counting to twenty. Inside the car ,Spike was reeling off expletive after expletive and ending his rant with "Bloody stupid annoying bint!"

Buffy smiled sweetly as she got back into the car ans started her up.

"How far did you get with your lessons before pet?"
"Um, well, ....."
"Okay you just drive round the block n I'll see how bad you are"

So Buffy did just that, Spike didn't think she was that bad.She needed to work on reversing but as she had always had a history of reversing into things, Spike wasn't willing for her to do that in the Desoto.

Buffy walked back into the house with a smile and a spring in her step. Spike looked worn out and stressed.He decided to ask Clem if any of his mates knew a demon instructor that could pass Buffy , no questions asked. The sun was low and the early evening was approaching. Joyce threw Buffy and Spikes coats at them and piled them into the car. The unamused looks and the grunts were soon stopped by the wave of her Fathers credit card and the prospect of furniture shopping. Her Mum had screamed down the phone at Hank and told him that it was the least he could do. Hank gave in when he was sure that his ears had begun to bleed and Joyce had threatened to cut off his manly bits and feed them to him.


The trip had been great.They now had everything they could need or want. Dad would have a coronary once he saw how much it had cost him but so what, it was payback for all the times he let Buffy down and for the missed birthdays. They would be able to move in once they were married.

Buffy and Spike walked to the first point of call on their patrol. They stopped outside his crypt and shared a kiss. This is where it all started. If that demon hadn't of hit them with that stupid crystal ray stick thing, they wouldn't be here now.
The hellmouth was quiet, the cemetery's were quiet, the town seemed to be in a lull, which was good, Buffy didn't fancy coming across any bad guys and getting a face full with only days, hours til the wedding.

"C'mon luv , lets get you an early night. I fancy one m'self as it goes" Spike pulled her to him and she could tell why
"I will start to think you only want me for my body soon "
"Maybe I do Slayer " he replied , a glint in his eye that she couldn't resist.
"Your crypt now!"

Buffy took off running for the crypt and laughed as Spike shot passed her grabbing her up in his arms without missing a step.He kicked the door open and slammed her against it to close it . Buffy grunted as her back hit the heavy door but attacked Spikes mouth with her own. Her jacket and top were off before she knew what he was doing. His duster hit the now dusty floor and he carried her to the sarcophagus , resting her ass on the lid of the tomb. Her trousers were ripped from her body. Spike crawled up her body forcing her to lie back. Buffy ripped his shit off and her fingers made easy work of his belt and jeans. Now they were almost naked, he carried her down to the lower floor and threw her onto the bed. He growled and leapt after her.

"What am I gonna do? A big bad vampire has me in his lair"
"Oh yeah? You wanna play huh?"

Buffy bit her bottom lip and nodded shyly

"Best see what I can do then" he pulled out some handcuffs "You up for it Slayer?"

Buffy grinned , she knew that she had the strength to get out of them should she need or want to, so did Spike. He cuffed one hand to the bed and held the other above her head.Buffy was already panting .

"Seems I migh' have found a kink of yours pet" Spike whispered as he ghosted his lips over her neck and down her body.He released his hold on her hand as he travelled further down. He grazed his human teeth over her hip ans smiled as she wriggled . His tongue followed the natural line of her hip and then he looked up at her.

" This big bad's so hungry, been starved for this, for you" his tongue flicked gently over her core and caused her to buck and gasp. "Gonna be eatin' you righ' up , be greedy with you" He continued his assault on her mound, making Bufy moan and grind into his face "Your such a hot little thing, so wet for me , gah" Buffy tried to control herself but she was gone, she'd past the stage were she could form any coherent thoughts or actions, her body a slave to Spikes tongue and now his fingers.

Spike came back to look into her eyes, and morphed . A flash of of gold appeared in her eyes and Spike frowned and then continued to lift her ass. "Buffy look at me luv, I want to look into your eyes as I make love to you." Buffy looked deep into his gold lust ridden eyes and touched his brow with her free hand, Spike lent into her touch and entered her, causing her to loose control again. Their coupling was frantic and passionate.

Buffy rolled her head to one side and a low purr came from her chest. Spike swallowed and licked at her throat before sinking his fangs into his mark. He drank slowly and felt Buffy bite into her mark, taking little sips from him. The connection they shared this time blew them away. They came together and they growled out their release.

Spent, Spike panted heavily as he rolled to one side, pulling Buffy with him. Buffy had almost passed out and was shaking . Spike pulled the covers over them, kissing her shoulder and whispering words of love and promises of forever.He unlocked the cuffs and they fell asleep still intimately joined.