ONE NORMAL LIFE / TWO EXTRAORDINARY LIVES
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BtVS AU/AR › Het - Male/Female › Buffy/Spike(William)
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
210
Views:
10,621
Reviews:
182
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
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I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS), nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
ARRANGEMENTS
CHAPTER 27 - ARRANGEMENTS
Buffy hung up and made a phone call to Southwest Airlines, making a reservation for the earliest flight to Chicago.
She then called Dawn.
"Hello?" Dawn said.
"It's Buffy, Willow located Spike. He's alive Dawn, and he's in Chicago."
"Oh my God!" Dawn said.
"Yeah. I booked a flight to Chicago in the morning. The flight leaves at 7:00am, that gives me an arrival time of 9:00am, Chicago time, what with the time difference."
"You know where he is?" Dawn asked.
"Um, no, but I need to start looking. Andrew is going to start calling tomorrow morning, too."
"I should come with, Buffy," Dawn said, "you don't know what condition he's going to be in, if you do find him."
"I know, but you've got your stuff," Buffy said.
"My stuff can wait, book me a flight, Buffy, I want to come, too!"
"Okay, call you back," Buffy said, hanging up.
Buffy called Dawn back in a few minutes.
"Sorry, Dawnie, that was the last seat on that flight, unless you want a later one, but I think I'll be okay on my own, why don't you just hang tight and if I need you..."
"You won't call, Buffy, I know you," Dawn said, hurt.
"That's not true, I did call, didn't I?" Buffy said.
"I'm calling you every hour on the hour and you'd better answer your call and let me know what's going on!"
"I promise," Buffy said, "night Dawn, go back to sleep, I'll call you as soon as I get there."
"You'd better!" Dawn said.
"I will," Buffy promised.
They hung up and Buffy went to pack some things. Before she was done, she got a small stepstool and stood on it in the closet, pulling a box off the top shelf. It was the box that Spike had Clem pick up from Sunnydale and bring here before...
She took the box over to the bed and opened it. She took out a black t-shirt and a black pair of jeans. She brought the t-shirt up to her nose and inhaled. His scent was still there. She folded the t-shirt and jeans and put them in on top of her clothes before she zipped her suitcase shut.
Then she slowly opened up the blue blanket, taking the pictures he’d drawn out. A few minutes later, having done what she’d wanted, she finished packing.
It was 5:00am, too earl go go to the airport, too late to go back to bed, without risk of not waking up. She padded around the house, put on some coffee and made sure everything was in order.
Finally, she sat down at the desk and opened up a notebook.
"Dear Spike," she wrote:
"I can't believe that you've been gone for 5 years. Sometimes it feels like yesterday and I ache with the knowledge that I didn't love you longer, didn't love you better. Other times, it feels like you've been gone forever, that you were only a dream. Sometimes it feels that my whole former life was only a dream.
And yet, here I am, heart in my hands and in my throat coming for you. You're alive! You're alive! You're alive!
And you're human!
I don't know why that almost scares me the most. Maybe because you're vulnerable now, like all humans. Maybe because human Spike won't...
...that maybe human Spike won't want me anymore...
That you'll see all the options that are now open to you that weren't before and that you'll 'seize the day,' (forgot the Latin, non-scholar here, even if I did spend the last 5 years in school!) You'll 'seize the day,' and that 'day' won't be me. That 'our days' were over 5 years ago, that..."
Buffy put her head down and cried, all the fears, hopes, hurts, and anger overflowing. She cried for about 15 minutes, then picked up the pen again.
Whatever you decide, in regards to 'us' I will always be there for you, just as you were always there for me, and I'll always love you. You are in me, always. You aren't just in my heart, Spike. You are my heart.
Love Always,
Buffy"
She stood up and closed the notebook. It was now 6:00am, time to go to the airport.
Buffy arrived at the San Diego check-in at 6:30am. She picked up her ticket and turned to see Dawn standing there, suitcase in hand.
"Dawn!" Buffy said, "what are you doing here?"
"I got a seat after all, someone cancelled," she said smiling, "didn't think I was really going to let you go on your own, did you?"
END CHAPTER 27
Buffy hung up and made a phone call to Southwest Airlines, making a reservation for the earliest flight to Chicago.
She then called Dawn.
"Hello?" Dawn said.
"It's Buffy, Willow located Spike. He's alive Dawn, and he's in Chicago."
"Oh my God!" Dawn said.
"Yeah. I booked a flight to Chicago in the morning. The flight leaves at 7:00am, that gives me an arrival time of 9:00am, Chicago time, what with the time difference."
"You know where he is?" Dawn asked.
"Um, no, but I need to start looking. Andrew is going to start calling tomorrow morning, too."
"I should come with, Buffy," Dawn said, "you don't know what condition he's going to be in, if you do find him."
"I know, but you've got your stuff," Buffy said.
"My stuff can wait, book me a flight, Buffy, I want to come, too!"
"Okay, call you back," Buffy said, hanging up.
Buffy called Dawn back in a few minutes.
"Sorry, Dawnie, that was the last seat on that flight, unless you want a later one, but I think I'll be okay on my own, why don't you just hang tight and if I need you..."
"You won't call, Buffy, I know you," Dawn said, hurt.
"That's not true, I did call, didn't I?" Buffy said.
"I'm calling you every hour on the hour and you'd better answer your call and let me know what's going on!"
"I promise," Buffy said, "night Dawn, go back to sleep, I'll call you as soon as I get there."
"You'd better!" Dawn said.
"I will," Buffy promised.
They hung up and Buffy went to pack some things. Before she was done, she got a small stepstool and stood on it in the closet, pulling a box off the top shelf. It was the box that Spike had Clem pick up from Sunnydale and bring here before...
She took the box over to the bed and opened it. She took out a black t-shirt and a black pair of jeans. She brought the t-shirt up to her nose and inhaled. His scent was still there. She folded the t-shirt and jeans and put them in on top of her clothes before she zipped her suitcase shut.
Then she slowly opened up the blue blanket, taking the pictures he’d drawn out. A few minutes later, having done what she’d wanted, she finished packing.
It was 5:00am, too earl go go to the airport, too late to go back to bed, without risk of not waking up. She padded around the house, put on some coffee and made sure everything was in order.
Finally, she sat down at the desk and opened up a notebook.
"Dear Spike," she wrote:
"I can't believe that you've been gone for 5 years. Sometimes it feels like yesterday and I ache with the knowledge that I didn't love you longer, didn't love you better. Other times, it feels like you've been gone forever, that you were only a dream. Sometimes it feels that my whole former life was only a dream.
And yet, here I am, heart in my hands and in my throat coming for you. You're alive! You're alive! You're alive!
And you're human!
I don't know why that almost scares me the most. Maybe because you're vulnerable now, like all humans. Maybe because human Spike won't...
...that maybe human Spike won't want me anymore...
That you'll see all the options that are now open to you that weren't before and that you'll 'seize the day,' (forgot the Latin, non-scholar here, even if I did spend the last 5 years in school!) You'll 'seize the day,' and that 'day' won't be me. That 'our days' were over 5 years ago, that..."
Buffy put her head down and cried, all the fears, hopes, hurts, and anger overflowing. She cried for about 15 minutes, then picked up the pen again.
Whatever you decide, in regards to 'us' I will always be there for you, just as you were always there for me, and I'll always love you. You are in me, always. You aren't just in my heart, Spike. You are my heart.
Love Always,
Buffy"
She stood up and closed the notebook. It was now 6:00am, time to go to the airport.
Buffy arrived at the San Diego check-in at 6:30am. She picked up her ticket and turned to see Dawn standing there, suitcase in hand.
"Dawn!" Buffy said, "what are you doing here?"
"I got a seat after all, someone cancelled," she said smiling, "didn't think I was really going to let you go on your own, did you?"
END CHAPTER 27