The Giles' Men
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BtVS AU/AR › Het - Male/Female › Buffy/Spike(William)
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
35
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10,738
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58
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Chapter 33
Chapter 33
*****
‘The Factory’
“Angel! You startled me.” Buffy said holding a hand to her chest as she walked around the corner from the restrooms.
“Sorry.”
“Is everything okay?” She asked.
“I thought we could talk.”
“About?”
“How about some fresh air?” Angel asked offering Buffy his arm.
“Okay.” Buffy said taking his arm
Angel led them to a secluded part near the club.
“Mind telling me what this is about?”
“Spike.” Angel stated.
“What about him?” Buffy asked unsure of what Angel was about to say.
“I know.” Angel replied.
“You know what?” Buffy asked playing dumb the way she had done with Willow at the gallery.
“I know what’s going on between you and him.”
‘Great another person to lie to.’ “Nothings going on.”
Angel placed his hands on either side of Buffy’s shoulders and turned her to him fully. “I know you Buffy, maybe better than anyone else. I know when you’re hiding something.”
“I’m not hiding anything.” Buffy said moving out of Angel’s hold.
“Buffy yes you are. You’re acting the same way you did when you and I had our affair.”
“Which one?” Buffy asked sarcastically.
“Any of them.” Angel stated not letting Buffy win their conversation by making him feel bad about anything.
Buffy sighed and looked up at Angel. “This is different.”
“Because you’re married now?”
“Because I don’t feel guilty about it.” Buffy replied.
“And you felt guilty when we were together?” Angel asked.
“No, I felt guilty when we weren’t. I felt guilty because I wanted to be with you even when you were with someone else.” Buffy explained.
“You don’t feel guilty being with Spike, even though you’re married and he’s your stepson?”
“I don’t feel guilty that I’m with him, but I do feel guilty about the way we got there. I don’t regret anything that I’ve done with Spike; I just regret that we’re cheating on others.” Buffy stated. “I know what it’s like to be cheated on and I know what it’s like to be the other woman.”
“But you still do it.” Angel said.
“But I don’t like it. I know it’s wrong and hurtful. Haven’t you ever wondered why I haven’t fully gone after Faith?”
Angel nodded his head. “Sometimes.”
“It’s because I have no room to talk. The things she’s done, I’ve done them too. The only reason I have to be mad at Faith is because she’s been the other woman with all my now ex’s. She deliberately goes after them because of me.” Buffy told him.
“Is that why you’re with Spike?” Angel asked. “Payback for Faith?”
“It’d be easier it I was.”
“Then why are you?”
“Why do you care so much?” Buffy asked yelling at him.
“Because I still love you.” Angel yelled back.
“What!?”
“Cordy!” Buffy shrieked as she turned around to face the brunette and bleached blonde that was next to her.
“Cordelia it’s not what you think.” Angel tried to explain as he walked over to her and Spike.
“What did you just say?” Cordelia asked.
“That I still love Buffy, but not in the way you’re thinking. As in a friend, someone I don’t want to see get hurt.”
“And why would Buffy be getting hurt?” Spike asked as he looked between the two.
“Cause of the gallery.” Angel blurted out.
Buffy nodded her head. “Right. He doesn’t want me to get to wrapped up in it in case it doesn’t work out for some reason.”
“Oh.” Cordelia whispered.
“Is something else wrong?” Angel asked Cordelia.
“No, you’d been out here for a while I was beginning to worry so I asked Spike to help me look for you since Buffy hadn’t come back yet either.”
“I’m sorry. I saw Buffy walking out of the restrooms and I asked her if she wanted to get some sir with me, and maybe tell me a bit about her plans for the gallery.”
“Yep! Once I start talkin’ about the gallery I can’t seem to stop.” Buffy said hoping Spike and Cordelia would believe her. “We must of lost track of the time.”
“Why don’t we all head back in to the club, it’s gettin' kinda cold out here.” Spike offered.
“Good idea.” Buffy said walking over to Spike and looping an arm through one of his. “Are you two coming?”
“We’ll be right there.” Angel answered.
“Okay.”
*****
“ tel tellin’ me what that was all about out there?” Spike asked as he led Buffy to the dance floor.
“It’s just a thing with Cordy.” Buffy said wrapping her arms around his waist as he did the same. “She has a fear that Angel will always love me and leave her.”
“Does she have a reason to fear this?”
“No.”
“Did she ever?”
Buffy shrugged her shoulders. “Maybe, at one point.”
“But not anymore?” Spike asked.
“I don’t think so. What Angel and I had is in the past, all of it.”
“What would happen if it came back out?”
“It’d destroy everything Angel and Cordelia have worked to over c”
”
“That bad huh?”
“Not so much bad as hurtful to others.”
“Maybe you’ll tell me about it sometime.”
“I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.” Buffy said with a grin.
“It’s a date.”
“I hope everythi oka okay out there.” Buffy said as she looked towards the door before resting her head on Spike’s chest.
*****
“Angel I’m only going to ask yhis his question one more time and then I’ll never bring it up again as long as we’re together.”
“Okay.”
Cordelia took a deep breath. “Do you still love Buffy?”
“I. . .” Angel started.
“Just answer it and we’ll work it out from there.”
“Yes, but I’m not in love with her anymore.” Angel answered truthfully.
“But you love her?” Cordelia questioned.
Angel pulled Cordelia into his arms. “And I’m in love with you.”
Cordelia stepped back. “And what happens when this whole Buffy, Giles, Spike thing blows up?”
“I’ll be there for her as a friend, just like everyone else.”
“Nothing more?” Cordelia asked.
“Nothing more.” Angel replied.
“Cause you know how needy she can get, this will be like when her father left, or when Riley left.”
A flash of Buffy’s naked body in his bed went through his head. “It won’t be anything like when Riley left.”
“How can you be so sure?” Cordelia asked. “When Riley left I barely saw you for three months after. You were always with Buffy, making sure she was alright, leaving me to go be with her.”
“I won’t let that happen again.”
“Promise? No matter how needy she gets?”
Angel took one of Cordelia’s hands in-between his. “I promise. And I don’t think this is going to blow up as much as you do.”
“Please, this is so going to blow up. Buffy and Spike both have feelings for each other, you can practically see the sparks flying between them. Plus Buffy’t w’t wearing her wedding ring tonight.”
“Really?” Angel asked wondering why he hadn’t noticed that detail.
“Yep!”
“Maybe she’s getting it cleaned or re-sized.”
“Or maybe she’s ready to give into her attraction to Spike and doesn’t want a reminder of the man she married to on her finger while she’s screaming out another man’s name.”
Angel cringed at the image that passed through his head. “Do you think she’s going to end things with Giles?”
“Maybe, if not already.” Cordelia said leaning into Angel’s body. “Now lets get back inside, I’m getting cold and we told Buffy and Spike we’d be right in.”
“Let’s go.” Angel said wrapping his arms around her and leading them back into the club.
*****
TBC. . .
*****
‘The Factory’
“Angel! You startled me.” Buffy said holding a hand to her chest as she walked around the corner from the restrooms.
“Sorry.”
“Is everything okay?” She asked.
“I thought we could talk.”
“About?”
“How about some fresh air?” Angel asked offering Buffy his arm.
“Okay.” Buffy said taking his arm
Angel led them to a secluded part near the club.
“Mind telling me what this is about?”
“Spike.” Angel stated.
“What about him?” Buffy asked unsure of what Angel was about to say.
“I know.” Angel replied.
“You know what?” Buffy asked playing dumb the way she had done with Willow at the gallery.
“I know what’s going on between you and him.”
‘Great another person to lie to.’ “Nothings going on.”
Angel placed his hands on either side of Buffy’s shoulders and turned her to him fully. “I know you Buffy, maybe better than anyone else. I know when you’re hiding something.”
“I’m not hiding anything.” Buffy said moving out of Angel’s hold.
“Buffy yes you are. You’re acting the same way you did when you and I had our affair.”
“Which one?” Buffy asked sarcastically.
“Any of them.” Angel stated not letting Buffy win their conversation by making him feel bad about anything.
Buffy sighed and looked up at Angel. “This is different.”
“Because you’re married now?”
“Because I don’t feel guilty about it.” Buffy replied.
“And you felt guilty when we were together?” Angel asked.
“No, I felt guilty when we weren’t. I felt guilty because I wanted to be with you even when you were with someone else.” Buffy explained.
“You don’t feel guilty being with Spike, even though you’re married and he’s your stepson?”
“I don’t feel guilty that I’m with him, but I do feel guilty about the way we got there. I don’t regret anything that I’ve done with Spike; I just regret that we’re cheating on others.” Buffy stated. “I know what it’s like to be cheated on and I know what it’s like to be the other woman.”
“But you still do it.” Angel said.
“But I don’t like it. I know it’s wrong and hurtful. Haven’t you ever wondered why I haven’t fully gone after Faith?”
Angel nodded his head. “Sometimes.”
“It’s because I have no room to talk. The things she’s done, I’ve done them too. The only reason I have to be mad at Faith is because she’s been the other woman with all my now ex’s. She deliberately goes after them because of me.” Buffy told him.
“Is that why you’re with Spike?” Angel asked. “Payback for Faith?”
“It’d be easier it I was.”
“Then why are you?”
“Why do you care so much?” Buffy asked yelling at him.
“Because I still love you.” Angel yelled back.
“What!?”
“Cordy!” Buffy shrieked as she turned around to face the brunette and bleached blonde that was next to her.
“Cordelia it’s not what you think.” Angel tried to explain as he walked over to her and Spike.
“What did you just say?” Cordelia asked.
“That I still love Buffy, but not in the way you’re thinking. As in a friend, someone I don’t want to see get hurt.”
“And why would Buffy be getting hurt?” Spike asked as he looked between the two.
“Cause of the gallery.” Angel blurted out.
Buffy nodded her head. “Right. He doesn’t want me to get to wrapped up in it in case it doesn’t work out for some reason.”
“Oh.” Cordelia whispered.
“Is something else wrong?” Angel asked Cordelia.
“No, you’d been out here for a while I was beginning to worry so I asked Spike to help me look for you since Buffy hadn’t come back yet either.”
“I’m sorry. I saw Buffy walking out of the restrooms and I asked her if she wanted to get some sir with me, and maybe tell me a bit about her plans for the gallery.”
“Yep! Once I start talkin’ about the gallery I can’t seem to stop.” Buffy said hoping Spike and Cordelia would believe her. “We must of lost track of the time.”
“Why don’t we all head back in to the club, it’s gettin' kinda cold out here.” Spike offered.
“Good idea.” Buffy said walking over to Spike and looping an arm through one of his. “Are you two coming?”
“We’ll be right there.” Angel answered.
“Okay.”
*****
“ tel tellin’ me what that was all about out there?” Spike asked as he led Buffy to the dance floor.
“It’s just a thing with Cordy.” Buffy said wrapping her arms around his waist as he did the same. “She has a fear that Angel will always love me and leave her.”
“Does she have a reason to fear this?”
“No.”
“Did she ever?”
Buffy shrugged her shoulders. “Maybe, at one point.”
“But not anymore?” Spike asked.
“I don’t think so. What Angel and I had is in the past, all of it.”
“What would happen if it came back out?”
“It’d destroy everything Angel and Cordelia have worked to over c”
”
“That bad huh?”
“Not so much bad as hurtful to others.”
“Maybe you’ll tell me about it sometime.”
“I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.” Buffy said with a grin.
“It’s a date.”
“I hope everythi oka okay out there.” Buffy said as she looked towards the door before resting her head on Spike’s chest.
*****
“Angel I’m only going to ask yhis his question one more time and then I’ll never bring it up again as long as we’re together.”
“Okay.”
Cordelia took a deep breath. “Do you still love Buffy?”
“I. . .” Angel started.
“Just answer it and we’ll work it out from there.”
“Yes, but I’m not in love with her anymore.” Angel answered truthfully.
“But you love her?” Cordelia questioned.
Angel pulled Cordelia into his arms. “And I’m in love with you.”
Cordelia stepped back. “And what happens when this whole Buffy, Giles, Spike thing blows up?”
“I’ll be there for her as a friend, just like everyone else.”
“Nothing more?” Cordelia asked.
“Nothing more.” Angel replied.
“Cause you know how needy she can get, this will be like when her father left, or when Riley left.”
A flash of Buffy’s naked body in his bed went through his head. “It won’t be anything like when Riley left.”
“How can you be so sure?” Cordelia asked. “When Riley left I barely saw you for three months after. You were always with Buffy, making sure she was alright, leaving me to go be with her.”
“I won’t let that happen again.”
“Promise? No matter how needy she gets?”
Angel took one of Cordelia’s hands in-between his. “I promise. And I don’t think this is going to blow up as much as you do.”
“Please, this is so going to blow up. Buffy and Spike both have feelings for each other, you can practically see the sparks flying between them. Plus Buffy’t w’t wearing her wedding ring tonight.”
“Really?” Angel asked wondering why he hadn’t noticed that detail.
“Yep!”
“Maybe she’s getting it cleaned or re-sized.”
“Or maybe she’s ready to give into her attraction to Spike and doesn’t want a reminder of the man she married to on her finger while she’s screaming out another man’s name.”
Angel cringed at the image that passed through his head. “Do you think she’s going to end things with Giles?”
“Maybe, if not already.” Cordelia said leaning into Angel’s body. “Now lets get back inside, I’m getting cold and we told Buffy and Spike we’d be right in.”
“Let’s go.” Angel said wrapping his arms around her and leading them back into the club.
*****
TBC. . .