Divine Intervention

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I hope this story is still interesting to someone out there, I had to get this out before I continued with anything else, and don’t worry, I will be updating all of my WIP’S But I have to follow my muse’s lead.

Divine intervention_3


She motioned for him to sit down. He sat beside the bag he had placed there. She opened the bag and pulled out her purse. She smiled when she saw it. “It’s too small…that’s why I don’t have Id in there.” She glanced at him.

“Do you recognize it?”

“No.” Suddenly she was finding it hard to breathe.

“Luv?”

“I just need a minute…” She took a deep calming breath.

“There’s not much in there apparently. Alexander took a look inside, that’s how he knew it was yours.”

“Oere ere goes…” She opened the clasp and dumped the contents on the bed between them.

She picked up the keys; they had landed on top of everything else. There were two keys on a ring. ‘Giles’ was written in bold script on the gold key chain attached.

“Giles? Is that your last name?”

“Giles…Giles…no, that’s not right…it’s not…but…it’s familiar…like there’s something on the tip of my tongue…”

“Maybe we could look up all the Giles’ in the phone book and see if you recognize any of the addresses?” William suggested.

“Do you have one?”

“I’ll go and get one, I’m sure there’s one at the nurses desk…”

“Ok…” While she waited for him to return she looked through the rest of the contents that she had spilled on the bed.

Picking up the lip gloss she applied it to her lips. She rubbed them together as she looked at the pictures she had taken. Tears of frustration welled up in her eyes. ‘I don’t remember taking those.’

She picked up the ticket, and looked at it. She groaned in disappointment when she realized the seat number had been ripped off. ‘Who would do that?’ she wondered. ‘If I knew what seat I’d been in they could have checked to see if it was purchased with a credit card.’

She picked up the gum. ‘Juicy fruit.’ Smiling sadly she popped a piece into her mouth.

“Ok Luv, here it is…” Spike entered her room with the phone book opened to the ‘g’ section. “Good news is there’s only four of them listed. Why don’t we take a drive? We can stop by each one and see if anyone recognizes you.” He glanced quickly at her. ‘So beful.ful. So bloody kissable. I see she found her lip gloss.’

“But you have other patients…”

“T’s ok Luv, I cleared my schedule for the day…”

“You didn’t have to do that…”

“Already done Luv. I wanted to…I can’t believe no one has come to claim you yet. If you were mine…” William froze, realizing what he’d just said. His face flaming scarlet. “I’m sorry…I just…”

“It’s ok…” She smiled up at him. ‘I’d like to know what it would be like to be yours.’

“Why don’t we head out? The quicker we get done…”

“Brilliant idea that.” He offered her his hand to help her form the bed. She felt a fire ignite within her at his touch.

Reluctantly he let her hand go and she followed him out of her room.

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Back home in Sunnydale, Three days ago.

“Did you talk to her honey?”

“No, there was no answer, She must be out…still…”

“Why don’t you write her a letter honey…maybe she’s not answering cause she thinks it’s Riley…”

“That’s a great idea! I can use the stationary she gave me for Christmas.” Elisabeth bought her younger sister pale lavender stationary for Christmas to try and dissuade her for using the internet lingo she had learned form the chat rooms she had recently become enamored with.

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“We’ll try the bell first…then if no one comes you can try your key…”

“Ok…I’m scared Will…I don’t recognize anything…”

“Come on Luv…let’s get this over and done with yeah?”

She nodded and followed halfheartedly behind him.

William rang the bell as she stood beside him nervously.

“Hello?” A young woman answered the door; she looked to be about Buffy’s age.

“Hi…um…we are looking for the Giles residents…”

“This is it…I’m Courtney Giles…what can I do for you?” she smiled flirtatiously at William.

‘I can’t believe she’s looking at him like that! He could be my boyfriend…and she’s just gawking at him.’ She glared at the woman. “Do you recognize me?”

She glanced at her, taking in her broken arm and then back at William. “No…why should I?”

“Oh. I just…I’m trying to find out who I am…” Buffy said sadly. She felt the tears forming behind her eyes. “Well. Thanks anyway…” she said softly. She turned and fled back to the car.

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“It’s ok Luv. I talked to her…explained the situation a little…She gave me another address, one that’s not in the book…and it’s only a few blocks from here…”

“This is so hard…”

“I know…I know…” He sighed. ‘I wish I could just make it all better’

“Ok. Let’s go.”

They had no success at the second place either. At the third place there was no answer at the door. She tried her key and it didn’t work.

William could see the irritation building in the tiny blonde. “Listen Luv, the last two are on the other side of the city, why don’t we go and grab a bite to eat before we make our way over.”

“I am a little hungry…”

“I know a great diner, not to far…and they have the most amazing burgers…”

“You’re on…” She smiled.

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They sat in the diner and ate, almost silently. Each lost in their own thoughts.

William was thinking about this beautiful woman in front of him. He didn’t know her. Hell she didn’t even know herself, but she captivated him. He wanted to spend time with her, wanted to get to know her. She filled his thoughts almost constantly. ‘What the bloody hell am I thinking. She’s one of my patients. Probably has a bloody boyfriend at least. Although if she were mine and missing for four days, I’d search the earth for her.’

Elisabeth was thinking about him. William. Dr. William Huntington. She was defiantly attracted to him. She liked spending time with him. His shy demeanor and the way he was trying to help her was slowly melting her heart. ‘Get a grip. He’s your doctor. I’m sure he’d do this for any patient.’

They kept stealing shy glances at each other. “Ok…I guess we better get a move on…” William smiled sympathetically.

“Yeah…I guess we better.”

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They walked towards he house silently, walking side by side, almost touching, but neither of them willing to be the one to initiate it.

Suddenly she got a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach. “This is it Will.” She stood on the bottom step and stared up at the house terrified.

“Do you remember it?” He asked hopefully.

“No…not really…but there’s something…a strange feeling…I’ve never felt this before.” She turned terrified eyes on him.

William laced his fingers with hers. “You can do this…come on…” He tugged gently. She followed him silently. “Looks like they haven’t collected the mail in a few days…”

“I’m scared.” William noticed she was trembling. He turned her to face him and tilted her chin so she looked into his eyes.

He took a deep breath before speaking. “I want to tell you something…No matter what happens…I’ll be right here with you. I’ll be here as long as you need me.”

She nodded and closed her eyes, taking a moment to catch her breath and steady her shaking. William leaned forward and brushed his lips lightly against hers, so lightly in fact that she wassuresure it actually happened.

“Come on luv, let’s see if that key fits…kinda like the glass slipper…” He joked, trying to cover his embarrassment.

“What if it does? What happens then?” She asked, holding tightly to the keys in her hand.

“We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it luv.” He tugged gently on her hand and she walked with him to the front door.

She slid the key in and gasped, heart thundering in her chest; when the bolt turned. “Oh my god! This is it. This is where I live…”

She stepped over the threshold; still clutching his hand tightly she pulled him along behind her. “Do you want me to get the mail Luv?”

“No, We’ll get it after…Will, nothings looking familiar…why don’t I remember this?” She glanced around the foyer, tryinglocalocate something…anything...that would trigger something in her brain.

“Luv, I think we should look around…” She nodded.

They walked into the hallway and started opening doors.

“Here…in here…” She said delighted. Something about this room was familiar. “I think this is my room…” Walking over to the dresser she picked up a passport. “This must be mine…” Opening it she gasped in delight. “It’s me. Will…It’s me…” Tears of joy shone in her eyes.

“So what’s you’re name Luv?” He smiled at her happiness.

“Elisabeth Anne Summers.”

“Well Miss Elisabeth Anne…do you remember?”

“I’m starting to…” She closed her eyes and let the memories wash over her.

She remembered her family, She remembered Sunnydale. “I’m from California…Oh God Will, it’s all coming back…”

Suddenly Riley flashed into her mind, Riley and his betrayal. Tears of sorrow filled her eyes and she let them out. William, seeing her distress walked over and wrapped his arms around her.

She felt comforted by his embrace. “Why the tears Elisabeth? Please…talk to me…I’m here…”

“I came here to get away…so I could try to forget. God what an idiot I was…”

He pulled her towards the bed and sat, pulling her into his lap. “Forget what?”

“I was engaged…he…he cheated on me…”

“Stupid Wanker. He had you and he went to someone else?”

“I wouldn’t…we didn’t…I wanted to wait until our wedding night…” She whispered shyly.

“You saved yourself for him and the stupid git didn’t appreciate that? What a fool.”

“Yeah…well I found out why it seemed to not bother him so much. I followed him one night…my friends, they told me to. I was so trusting, I didn’t want to see it. I walked in and saw it all…I attacked him, while he was still…you know…and he hit me…He kept calling, trying to get me to forgive him. But I couldn’t…How can you forgive something like that?”

“You can’t luv. You did the right thing…”

“Yeah…I know I did…I just feel like such a fool. We were together for a year and a half…but I couldn’t forgive him, I couldn’t take him back…My dad’s friend…he offered to let me stay for the summer…you know to house sit…cause he’s gone for a while.”

“I’m glad you came here.” He smiled softly at her. “Not that you got hurt, not that you had an accident…just…because I got the chance to meet you.”

“Will…could you…I know I’ve asked you for a lot…but would you stay with me tonight? I’m not ready to…to stay by myself…”

“You want me to stay? Here? With you?”

“You’re right…it’s too much…”

“No, no it’s not luv.” He hurried to reassure her. “I’ll need to get a few things from home…I’ll need to make a few phone calls…but I’d love to stay with you…” He said sincerely.

“Thank you…you make me feel…safe…like everything’s gonna work itself out.”

‘It will if I have anything to do with it.’

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They went together to gather the things he would need for a night away from home. While they were at his place he called the hospital. He let them know that Elisabeth wouldn’t be returning, her identity had returned to her and she found her home. He also asked for a few days off to deal with some personal issues.

Being the man that he is, and having never taken holidays they really couldn’t refuse and gave him a week. Seven glorious days of freedom.


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“I can’t believe you took time off for me…”

“Of course I did. Can’t let you be alone at a time like this…” They were talking over dinner. William had cooked for them at his place.

“This is really delicious.”

“Thanks. My mum taught me to cook.”

“She did a great job.” They finished eating and did the dishes side by side. When they had cleaned up they went to rent a movie to take back to her house.

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“I don’t want to watch some sappy romance…”

“Neither do I.” William said. “How bout Delirious? Eddie Murphy is one funny bloke.”

“Ok…I’ve never seen it…”

“You’ve never? It’s stand up comedy…”

“Sounds good. I need some laughs right about now.”

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William sat on the couch while Buffy put the DVD in. She smiled and took a seat beside him.

William rested his arm on the back of the couch and they settled in to watch. He smiled to himself when she moved a little closer.

When the movie was over she stood up to stretch. “I’m going to go put on my PJ’s…”

“Ok…I’ll take the bathroom to get mine on.”

She nodded satisfied and walked slowly to her room.

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‘What do I chose? Wanton sex goddess or flannel?’ She smiled happily when she pulled out a pair of PJ’s she forgot she had brought.

They were made of a pale pink silk, drawstring pants and a button up long sleeved shirt.

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William was nervous suddenly. He threw some cold water on his face and toweled off. He made his way from the bathroom and met her in the hall.

“Where do you keep the extra blankets Luv?” He asked.

“I…um they’re in the hall closet…but I think there are enough…I was hoping you’d…if you wouldn’t mind…I wanted you to sleep with me…”

William turned a bright shade of scarlet and choked on his next words, causing him to stutter. “I think…I m-m-misheard you…what you just s-s-said…I thought you were…”

She took in the expression on his face, and the color he had turned. “I…um…I meant…I just wanted you to hold me…I didn’t mean…I’m sorry…I didn’t mean to embarrass you…sometimes I don’t think before I speak…”

“I should have realized…I’m sorry…of course I’ll do that luv, I’d be honored.” Taking a few steps he was right in front of her and pulled her into his arms. “Come on then, let’s head in…”

They walked to her bedroom holding hands. They both climbed in. She glanced at him unsure of what to do. William opened his arms offering her his embrace. Elisabeth curled up beside him and let sleep claim her quickly.

William on the other hand took longer to fall asleep. ‘It would be so easy to fall in love with you Elisabeth. I think I’m already half there.’

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