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Chapter 6


Sunnydale


Spike left to return to his crypt at the end of video night. Dawn had fallen asleep and he'd carried her up to her room and had left the two wicca's researching the spell.Once he had shut the door to his crypt, Spike sunk to the floor and wept.
Everything that he had seen was real, true, had actually happened. He had seen Tara in the flashback, how the hell did that happen? Had she remembered it?
The one thing that puzzled him more was.... how in hell did the ring appear? How could he still be wearing it now? Would Buffy come back still feeling that way about him, sure he may not be William the poncey poet , but his heart still felt love and heartbreak all the same.Would Buffy still want him and would she still wear the ring?

His tears were wiped away, cigarette lit and whiskey bottle grabbed from the tomb. Spike sunk into his chair intent on drinking to numb his head and heart . Tomorrow he'd stop by and ask Tara what the hell happened and see if they had made any progress in getting the spell ready.


London

Buffy hadn't had a chance to see if William managed to talk Cecily out of her future life and out of summoning Anyanka. William took her to his room and shut the door. He showed a new found confidence with her and for a second she saw the Spike that must be buried within him.

Once the bedroom door was shut he grabbed her roughly and kissed her hard, backing her up to the bed. Her knee's hit the bed and she had no choice but to sink into the soft mattress. He crawled up her body, meeting her gaze with his blue eyes and Buffy melted. William looked at her hands, that were now above her head, and gazed at the finger that now adorned his ring. He gave her a satisfied smile and then devoured her lips. Her heart beat wildly , his hands wandered over her body and he pulled at the dress, being careful not to tear it. He rose from her and shrugged off his coattails and then pulling his tie off. Buffy leant up on her elbows and kicked off her shoes. He pulled her up onto her feet and held her waist with one hand whilst undoing the laces to her corset, with the other. Now that the garment was loose , he pulled it from her skin and marvelled again at what was on show.

Buffy stood before him in just her underwear and stockings and garter, a stake tucked in it just in case. He raised a brow at the stake. Buffy couldn't help the snort that the brow had encouraged, it was such a Spike thing to do, but then again, William did that so in truth it wasn't his trait after all, another snort at her realisation got a tilt of the head. And the strange keeps on a coming , she thought.
William grabbed her to him hard.
"Well now, seeing as you had a stake tuckered under that pretty dress, I assume you expected trouble tonight?"
"Can't be too careful, church equals graves equals vamps" she replied
"Hmmm one in particular?"
"No," she frowned

William smiled and kissed her and then released her. He sat on the edge of the bed and then continued to get undressed.

"I spoke with Cecily, she won't be doing anything stupid any time soon , so I guess our time is almost at a close"
"Thank you"
"Come to bed now love, I want to make love to my wife"


Buffy stood undressed and reached for the night gown that laid on the end of the bed. William caught her hand .
"I sleep as nature intended and I would prefer that you did as well. "

She had no objections. Buffy crawled up the bed and slid in next to William. He pulled her close and kissed her shoulder. William noticed the scar for the first time and froze.

"That scar? It is a bite from a vampire isn't it?"
"Yes"
"Was it the vampire from the tea room?"
"Yes , it was Angelus"

William remain quiet and still for a minute
"What does it mean? It must mean something otherwise he wouldn't have reacted to it"
"Why would you ask ?" Buffy couldn't see why he would ask
"I am nothing if not astute Buffy, if he was the kind of monster you claim he is, then why didn't he kill you and why did he react to it?"
"Some books say that there are different bites a vampire can give you."
"So this isn't because he tried to feed from you?"
"He did, it's a long story, do we have to talk about this now?"

William pulled her closer and kissed her again, "I'm sorry love, I find this whole thing fascinating and your my wife now, I just want to know that the fiend won't be coming for you"

Buffy looked down at his chest and remained quiet.She wasn't given time to reflect , William rolled her onto her back and laid above her. His eyes shone with lust and he entered her, making her breath hitch and her eyes to widen.

" I love you" she whispered
"Love you too"

They matched each others movements . Perspiration clung to their bodies , their breaths were shallow and fast as passion sped through their veins , spurring them into their frenzied love making.
Buffy flipped them over without losing the contact. William smiled at her and rocked beneath her, holding onto her things as Buffy started her slow rhythmic gyrating. William reached for her mound and rubbed at her clit, making her shudder out her first climax. He closed his eyes against the sensation, almost shooting his load in her then. He sucked in a needed breath and started the motion again, Buffy's moans mixed with his as they began a more hurried pace.

"I'm so close" Buffy gasped
"Come for me love, come on Buffy let yourself go"

She opened her eyes and bit her lower lip , William slammed himself against her chest and took the lip into his mouth, pulling her back down to the mattress. Buffy let out a loud moan and lost herself in his kisses as he pounded into her. His eyes closed and he let out a gasp as she squeezed his cock , the first ripples of orgasm taking hold of them and dragging them deeper into ecstasy.
Buffy felt him swell within her and gripped his cock tightly as he continued his rapid thrusts. She screamed out as she came hard, dragging him over the edge too.

They lay there, holding onto each other, panting out the aftershocks. Buffy felt the tears fall silently. Her fear of what was to come hit her and she could already feel the emptiness that threatened to consume her. Buffy shuddered and William held her tight. They fell asleep wrapped in each others embrace, both scared that this would be their last night together.

Angelus let the limp blonde fall to the cold pavement. Blood from her veins dripped onto his chin which he wiped away with the back of his hand. He stared at the back of his bloodied hand and smiled. It wasn't her blood but it gave him a sense of satisfaction all the same. He kicked at the drained corpse and then hauled her onto his shoulder. He walked towards the house singing a jaunty tune that had been stuck in his thoughts all day, hoping that it would eradicate it and leave him in peace.


Anne looked down onto the street and then turned to her maid, asking for breakfast to be served to the married couple in their bed.The maid bowed and left the room to begin her morning chores. The sun streamed through the nets casting a hazy light in the drawing room. Anne sat in her chair and waited the arrival of her son and daughter in law. Today they would join some friends at the lake for a picnic and Anne would announce the betrothal to them.


Buffy woke up and groaned at the loss of contact. She sat up and squinted against daylight. Looking at the sleeping form beside her, Buffy wondered how she had changed their history? For the first time, a pang of guilt hit her and made her heart drop and her stomach knot. Would Spike forgive her for doing this? Sure she knew that the vampire had feelings for her, that she had denied to his face, that she had used his feelings against him at other times. But would Spike want this? How would he react to her sudden realisation, that she did in fact have feelings for him?
Buffy sighed and rubbed her tired eyes with the palms of her hands. Looking back down at William, she was met with his eyes. Those eyes that could see into her soul, that froze all thoughts except for the ones that made her want him with such passion and hunger.
She smiled at him and laid back down beside him, "Morning gorgeous" and then she kissed him.
"Morning " he said as he yawned "Did you sleep well?"
"Thanks , yeah"

William pulled her to him and kissed her , he got out of bed and his feet padded across the room. He turned and watched as Buffy got up.
"You don't have to get up yet love, stay in bed and make the most of it"

Tension was getting to them this morning. Anne's maid had bought the breakfast to them and they hardly spoke. Buffy could only imagine what he must be thinking. He knew that he was going to be turned , and that she would be returning to her time and yeah okay, so they would be together again, but they both had no idea what it would be like then, William didn't have the slightest notion of their rocky relationship, if you could even call it that. He didn't know that he had originally came to the Hellmouth to kill his third Slayer.Buffy groaned, she was not going to sit in bed and analyze her relationship with Spike. Not when she had William in bed with her , naked and ruffled from sleep, looking utterly delicious.

"Do you have anything that needs doing today? she asked him
"Nothing ,I'm all yours, but you knew that already" he bent towards her and kissed her cheek
"I... I need to do a few things before....."

God why had she bought it up? Couldn't she just ignore everything for just a few days more and enjoy this, being with him, being married and happy. Couldn't she just pretend that she wasn't Buffy the Vampire Slayer? She knew the answer. Nope. The weight of the world laid on her shoulders and god only knew what state Sunnydale was in now. Dawn would be grieving, Willow, Giles and Xander would be trying to keep the Hellmouth protected and Spike would be going through hell at the moment, his past would be changing and nobody cared about him , apart from Dawn.
Thinking of Spike made her look at William again, she saw his lips moving and felt a pang of guilt at her total lack of listening.
Now he was looking at her, expecting an answer, damn.

"I spaced off, what did you say?"
"I just asked what it is that you had planned to do today? Mother had organised a day at the lake , where she could announce our betrothal to our friends and a few of our relatives"
"Oh, well then my plans don't matter, we can so do that okay"

Buffy looked forward to the day at the lake, it seemed like the perfect distraction. William and Anne would be surrounded with their friends and such, meaning that maybe she could slip away for a short while.


Sunnydale

Spike stood in the lounge of Revello Drive and was bouncing on his toes. For the first time since Buffy's 'death' he felt on top of the world. Willow had worked the kinks out of the spell and had gotten all of the ingredients needed and Anya had managed to get the urn that they needed.

"We do the spell tonight. Spike , I need you here with Dawn, just in case anything happens. " she saw the worry etch onto his face "Not that it will go wrong, it's just that magic this dark can cause ripples through the demon community and we don't want anything happening to stop it once it get started."
"It's fine Red, gotta keep Niblet safe, promised Buffy I would" he had been playing with the wedding ring as he said that . Willow patted him on the shoulder as she passed him "Promise you , I'll bring her back. Besides I wanna hear what she's been up to"
"Best not to Red" he rolled his eyes as she ran upstairs muttering something about him not wanting to be embarrassed .

Bint don't know the half of it, he thought.He was going to have Buffy home with him by the end of the night. He could feel the electricity surge through him , god he was acting like such a ponce, only she could get him like this now.


London

Angelus had had enough waiting around, just knowing that the Slayer was close by and that this Slayer was from another time, made wanting her even more sweet. If he killed her then the Slayer line would be broken and he just hoped that he would be alive to see it. He threw his coat over his shoulders and shrugged it on. Darla stood in the shadows of the room watching him.

"Dru , Honey?" at Darla's call , Dru came to her side and leant against her mewing like a kitten. Darla shook her head and closed her eyes "Daddy is going to visit with the Slayer, how about you and I go hunting together, I do believe there is a young man that has you all over him"
Dru nodded excitedly and clapped her hands "Oh yes I would like that very much" she rubbed at her stomach and licked her lips "He'd be a tasty tit bit, and I'm right hungry. The stars whisper that it is past his bed time too"

Darla sighed "What are you waiting for? Get your coat on and let's go before Angelus returns"

The females left the room in a hurry, their flight taking them in the same direction that Angelus had taken shortly before them.

The day had been tense. Buffy had been polite but tried to keep to herself, only giving anyone the time of day when Anne demanded it and bought other guests to meet her. William had been a godsend though and had stuck to by her.
Dusk settled and it seemed that Buffy was even more on edge.

As Buffy and William put some distance between them and the gathering , Anne heard a guest ask for the happy couple, she didn't know the voice and she turned to see a tall brunette with an Irish accent, at least she thought it was.
"I'm afraid you may have just missed them. My son and his wife have just gone for a walk" she frowned at his obvious anger.
"Just yonder I hear you say? Good." and without any more said, he took off towards them.

Anne's friend looked at her "Rude, and they say that the Irish are pigs, I believe they are right "
"I agree "Anne said before turning back to the other guests.

Buffy felt the tell tale tingles before she saw his outline against the horizon. She pulled out of Williams embrace and retrieved the stake from her garter. William noted her line of sight and looked it's way. Seeing the bulkiness, he knew who it was. That bloody vampire from the tea room.

"Don't tell me you cower behind your wife's skirts William" he called out as he saw William pull her into his chest protectively.
William straightened and drew himself up to give himself extra height "I assure you that I do not need the cover of my wife"

Angelus sniggered "My, you have gotten brave. Finally grow a pair did ye William?"

"Shut up!" Buffy barked as she twirled her stake around "What are you doing here?"
"Tut tut, you know why Buffy"

William looked at her, confusion marred his face and he watched as she hung her head "I really don't want to do this now" she huffed
"I really don't think you have a choice" Angelus said as he took a few steps towards them.

Buffy matched him step for step, putting distance between Angelus and William, William knew what she was doing and as much as it hurt him to think that he couldn't protect her from the fiend, he knew that she could best the beast. He inwardly praised the power that lied within her.

Dru saw Angelus and the Slayer before Darla had, the focus switched to the slender frame that stood behind the Slayer, he was unarmed and unattended, true the Slayer was only a few steps from him, but soon Angelus would mount his attack and then Dru would have her opening. Dru licked her lips at the thought of slowly sinking her fangs into Williams throat. His blood sang to her ,she hummed along to it and swayed as she walked, her whole being was intoxicated from just being this close to him.

William heard the laughter that Angelus bellowed out, he obviously didn't take her threats seriously enough. Buffy raised her stake and that just encouraged him to laugh all the more. Sick of standing idle, Buffy took his hysteria as an opening and launch herself into an attack.

Angelus didn't see the fist coming , it connected with his jaw and sent him scurrying backwards, the kick was hard and continued his momentum towards the tree. His back slammed up against it and only then did he stop his laughter. Angelus saw Dru approach William and looked back down at Buffy. His smile disappeared and he grabbed her shoulders as she leapt at him, stake poised at his chest.
He pushed her back, making her tumble to the floor, her backside hitting the hardened earth with a thud, Buffy rolled away and stood up ready to attack again. Angelus ran at her , taking her back down to the grass, his hips dug into her thighs as his weight held her down. He sniggered at the position and closed his eyes and groaned as she wriggled to get some sort of purchase, hoping that she could get his weight off centre so that she could flip him off of her.

Buffy managed to get him off of her and threw him to the side, Angelus was back on his feet at the same time that she was. Memories of her fight with him after the judge escapade flashed through her and she smiled as he approached.

Dru had William in her arms, his flushed cheeks indicated his almost virginal embarrassment and she found him all the more endearing. She swayed back and forth as he never once took his eyes from her.
Darla stood against a tree watching the battle Angelus was having and the seduction that was playing out in front of her. She looked down at her dress and smoothed out the wrinkles then looked back up at Dru. Dru was still toying with William, the thrall that she had used against him ,made him oblivious to her nails that shone as she bought them up to his face, slicing a wound across his cheek. He winced, felt the sharpness as it cut through the flesh on his face, but he couldn't react. God help me , he thought as he saw the girl morph.

"I see you, burning for a millennia, her swimming around you, laughing as you claw and tear and slash , she shines like gold and warms like the sun, she could burn you to ashes William, yet you still want to feel it"
"Yes " he whispered
"Want me to save you , don't you, this life it's mediocrity , bores you, your soul needs poetry "
"Yes" he whispered again looking into her eyes and seeing the truth in her words, even if it was all so very cryptic.

Dru wrapped her fingers around the top of his arms and gripped him tightly so that he couldn't get away. Darla smiled as she watched Dru move in for the kill. William didn't scream, he knew that this was destined to be and what was the point in fighting it? He glanced towards Buffy and saw her get the upper hand in her fight, he silently hoped that she would get away from that monster. His last clear thought was of his love for her and how he would see her again , and that he would keep his promise to her. His vision clouded and he turned back to the vampire that was now holding him to her breasts. Instinct seem to tell him to lap and suck at the cut she had made there. The tip of his tongue hesitantly took the first of her blood and he grimaced at the taste, death wasn't something he would wish to taste again.

Buffy took a brief moment to glance towards William, and when she saw him she screamed. The fight with Angelus forgotten, she ran towards the two embraced figures.Angelus stood and watched as she hurried to try and save her husband. His voice rang through the blur of panic "You can't save him pretty one, he's as dead to you now as I am" he laughed at her effort.Darla heard Angelus' voice and she stepped out from her vantage point.

"Now now, don't interrupt or you won't be getting your boy back at all"


William heard the scream that had erupted from her lips. The pounding inside his head echoed her footfalls as she ran to his aide.
"Too late" he whispered as he felt his heartbeat slow , his breathing matched the rare beats now. He heard her cries and the "Sorry" . Blackness filled him and he felt his body relax, death being welcomed with open arms.

Buffy watched his body flop in Dru's arms and the smugness that the vampire wore on her face just aggravated the hell out of her. Buffy had felt sadness at being to late to save someone's life, but never grief like this. The pain ,the hurt and the anger boiled under her skin and she roared. Primal screams ran through her blood, the Slayer in her rose and she attacked. Angelus was now by his mates and his childes side. The three vampires attacked her at once and Buffy saw nothing but darkness and it scared her.

Angelus shouted at Dru. Buffy didn't hear it clearly, but the vampire left the fight . Darla backed away and left , in the same direction as Dru.Angelus broke away from the fight.

"We have what we came for. Now that Dru has her new toy I have no need for you. " He came in close and brushed his fingers tenderly over his mark on her neck. "I have no clue as to why it is there, I can't kill you because of it, consider yourself lucky little girl. Mark my words though and heed them well, next time I see you, I will kill you. "
He ran off into the night. Buffy sunk to the sodden earth that now had been kicked up during the fight. Her head buried into her hands and she sobbed for the one person that could make it all better, "Spike".