Over The Summer

Chapter 59

Deacon and Carter’s Apartment-An Hour Later

Alyson stood up from her spot on the couch next to Deacon and Buffy and walked over towards were Carter was standing and slapped him across the face. “Bastard.”

“That pretty much covers it.” Buffy stated kind of wishing she were the one who had just slapped Carter across the face.

“How could you?” Alyson asked.

“I wasn’t thinking. I just wanted Buffy to be with me.” Carter stated in a low voice. “I never meanr itr it to go this far. Drusilla is out of her mind.”

“You just figuring that one out?” Buffy asked sarcastically.

Carter just looked down at the ground. “It gets worse.”

“How? How does it get worse?” Buffy asked.

“She’s not going to stop until you’re completely out of the picture.” Carter said looking directly at Buffy. “It was fine until Faith didn’t do her job and the two of you ran off to L.A. together for the weekend.”

“How did you know we were in L.A. for the weekend? And how did you know about the deal with Faith?” Spike asked Carter.

“It was my job to know where the two of you were at all times, apart or together.” Carter told the group.

“How completely out of the picture are we talkin’ about here?” Alyson asked.

“All the way out.” Carter answered.

“What do you mean?” Buffy asked taking a hold of Spike’s hand. “Are we talkin’ another town, state even?”

“No. Drusilla wants you were she knows you can’t come back from.”

“Dead.” Buffy whispered.

“If you’re dead you can’t take Spike away from her. That’s how she sees it anyways.”

“And how do you see it?” Spike asked pulling Buffy into his strong arms trying to make her feel as safehe che could right now.

“I love Buffy. I never wanted it to go this far.” Carter stated.

“If you love her so much then why hurt her this way?” Alyson asked.

“That’s not important right now. Carter knew it was getting out of hand and he told us. That’s what matters right now. We have to find a way to keep Buffy safe and Dru locked up.” Deacon told the group speaking for the first time since the truth was out in the open all the way.

“Deacon’s right, we need to figure out what to do.” Buffy st as as tears ran down her face. “Cause I’m really not in the mood to be six feet under any time soon.”

*****

The Magic Box

“Dru Darling, what are you doing?” Ethan asked as he walked out of the back room and into the shop where his daughter was seated at the large table.

“Sending out a few gift boxes for some very important people.” Drusilla told her Father.

“Who?” Ethan questioned.

“People who should be in the know of things.” Drusilla stated.

“What are in the boxes?”

“One has photos, while the other has a video tape inside.” Drusilla said with a small grin on her face.

“Dru you have got to stop this. It’s gone on for far to long. If William truly loves you he will be with you.” Ethan told his daughter, hoping wou would stop all of this before she got hurt.

“How can you say that to me? You’re the one who helped me come up with the plan to begin with.” Drusilla yelled.

“I helped you come up with a plan to keep William from divorcing you. What you’re doing now is to much. You’re destroying people lives.” Ethan yelled back.

“She destroyed mine. She took William away from me.”

“You can’t take something away if it wants to go.” Ethan stated in a lower voice then before.

“What are you saying?” Drusilla asked in confusion.

“That from this point on you no longer have my help.” Ethan said before walking back into the back room of the shop.

*****

Deacon and Carter’s Apartment

“Do you think that will work?” Alyson asked.

“There’s no other way.” Carter stated.

“She’ll know somethin’ up.”

“Spike’s right. Drusilla may be crazy, but she’s still smart.” Buffy told the group.

“It’s a good plan, it’s just going to take some extra work to actually pull it off.” Spike stated.

“And Help. There’s no way the five of us can pull this off on our own. eed eed more people in on this.” Buffy added.

“Who you thinkin’ Pet?” Spike asked.

“Cordy for sure. There’s no doubt in my mind that she’ll want in on this. From there I’m not so sure, maybe Willow, Tara, and Anya will want to help too.”

“Do you think Riley would help?” Alyson asked.

Buffy shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t think so, I think he’s had about enough of this as he can take. I’ll ask him though.”

“I’ll call Faith, see if she’s in the mood for a little pay back against Dru.” Carter stated.

“Faith’s and wild card, she could go either way on this. I don’t think we should bring her in unless we really need to. There’s a lot of bad history between her and Buffy.” Alyson told Cater.

“Alyson’s right, you never know what Faith’s going to do.” Buffy added.

After a few moments of rechecking the plan Deacon spoke. “So, we have the plan?”

“Yeah.” The group responded.

“Let’s get it movin’.”

*****

Hank Summer’s Office

“Mr. Summer’s there’s a package here for you.”

“Who’s it from?” Hank asked his secretary.

The secretary looked at the package then pushed the button on theercoercom. “It doesn’t say Sir.”

“Bring it in.” Hank told the secretary.

A beautiful young blonde wearing a short skirt and a shirt that if seated in the right position anyone could see down brought in the package. “Here you go Sir.”

Hank took a moment to give the young women a once over before taking the package. “Thank you Beth.”

Beth nodded her head and began to leave the office but stopped just before the door. “There’s also a message from your daughter on your voice mail.”

“Elizabeth?”

“Um, no . . . It’s from your other one.” Beth told her boss.

“Oh.” Hank stated sounding a little disappointed. “Thank you for telling me.”

Beth smiled. “Just doing my job Sir.”

Hank smiled back before asking: “Can you hold all of my calls for the next hour?”

“Sure. Is there anything else you need?” Beth asked.

Hank shook his head. “Not right now.”

“Alright. I’m just a beep away.” Beth stated before walking back out of the office.

“What could this be?” Hank asked as he looked down at the package sitting on his desk.

As Hank open the package a letter and two envelopes fell out one with the number 1 on it and the other with the number 2. Hank picked up the letter first and began to read it:

‘Dear Mr. Summer,

Inside the envelopes is some information in which I believe you would be very interested upon receiving.

Enjoy,
D.R.W.’

“D.R.W.? Who could that be?” Hank asked himself as he opened the first envelope. Inside he found pictures on his daughter in a variety of different sexual positions with a man who was obviously older then her.

After a few moments of looking through the pictures in disgust he put the photos back in the envelope they had come in he picked up the envelope marked 2 and opened it. Inside this time he found a marriage certificate and a picture of the man he had seen in the pictures with his daughter standing next to a beautiful women in her wedding dress.

“Beth” Hank called over the intercom.

“Yes Mr. Summers?”

“Get a hold of Elizabeth NOW!!!!”

*****

Joyce’s Art Gallery

“Joyce there’s a package for you on your desk.”

“Thank you Winifred.” Joyce said as she walked into her office and over to her desk. “Winifred?” Joyce called into her office after looking over the closed package.

“Yes?” Fred asked.

“Do you know who sent this? There’s no return address on the box.”

“No, it was brought in by a UPS man earlier today.” Fred told her employer.

“Oh.” Joyce said nodding her head and looking back down at the package.

“I’ll be in the main gallery if you need me.” Fred called over her shoulder as she walked out of Joyce’s office.

“Alright. Keep an eye out for Mayor Wilkins, he ordered a few things and should be by today or tomorrow for them.” Joyce called out.

“Sure.” Fred said before closing the office door.

“Let’s see what we have here.” Joyce stated as she began to open the box. Inside she saw a letter on top of a tape and an envelope marked ‘After viewing the tape’ on the outside. Joyce picked up the letter and began to read it:

‘Dear Mrs. Summers,

On this tape is something in which I think will be of great interest to you.

Sincerely,
D.R.W.’

Joyce picked up the tape and walked over to the television and VCR she had along one of her office walls. After placing the tape into the VCR she stepped away and picked up her remote.

“Play.” She said as she pushed the button.

“Oh my god!”

*****

Loft Apartment

“Buffy you have a phone call.” Cordelia called through Buffy’s bedroom door from the hallway.

“Who is it?” Buffy asked.

“Beth, she says she works for your Father.”

“I’ll be right down.” Buffy told Cordelia.

“Okay.”

“I’ll be right back.” Buffy stated as she crawled out of her bed.

“No rush Luv, I’ve got all day.” Spike said with a smirk on his face as he watched Buffy pick up her clothes from the floor and put them back on.

“Thanks Cordy.” Buffy said taking the phone from her after she made it down the stairs.

“No problem, if you need me I’ll be at Angel’s” Cordelia told Buffy as she picked up her car keys.

“Alright, say ‘Hi’ for me.”

“I will. Bye.” Cordelia called walking to the loft’s door.

“Have fun.” Buffy called.

“Always.”

Buffy picked up the phone and pushed the hold button. “Hello?”

“. . .”

you you know what he wants?”

“. . .”

“Daddy?”

“. . .”

“What’s wrong?”

“. . .”

“Now’s not a good time. I have mid-terms that I really need to study for.”

“. . .”

“Can it wait a few weeks?”

“. . .”

“Alright, I’ll stop by for dinner tonight.”

“. . .”

“Bye Daddy.” Buffy said hanging up the phone and walking back up to her room.

“Who was it?” Spike asked from his spot in her bed.

“My Father.” Buffy stated as she removed her clothes again and crawled back in bed with Spike.

“Is something wrong?”

“He won’t say, but something in his tone didn’t sound right. I have to go to the mansion for dinner tonight.”

“I’m sure it’s nothing. Probably just misses you s’all.”

“I hope you’re right.”

“Of course I am. Now, come ‘ere and I’ll help you forget about all your troubles for the next few hours.”

“I like that idea.” Buffy stated as she moved closer to him.

“Thought you might.” Spike stated with a smirk.

“Spike?”

“Yeah Luv?”

“I love you.” Buffy whispered.

“I know. I love you too.”

“I know.”

“Everything will work out, you’ll see.”

“Promise?” Buffy asked.

“Promise.” Spike stated before capturing her lips with his own.
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Chapter 60

Hank’s Office

“Hank? Hank we need to talk.” Joyce stated as she walked into her husbands office and closed the door behind him.

“Joyce what is it?” Hank asked as he walked over to his wife.

“I got this tape in the mail today along with this letter and this envelope.” Joyce told Hank as she handed him the things from the package.

“You got a package too?” Hank asked taking the offered things from Joyce.

“You got one?”

“Yes, but mine had two envelopes one with photos and the other with a marriage certificate, as well as a letter with the initials ‘D.R.W.’ signed at the end.”

“Were the photos of . . .” Joyce drifted off from her question at the look of in her husband’s eyes.

“Elizabeth, and an older man.”

“Yes.” Joyce said nodding her head. “Hank what are we going to do? What do you think this person wants?”

“I’m not sure, but I’m having Elizabeth come to the mansion for dinner tht wht we’ll find out about this is about then.”

*****

Summers’ Mansion – Family Dinner

“Ms. Summers, it’s so good to see you. You should come home more often.” One of the maids stated as they took Buffy’s wrap from her shoulders and moved her further into the house.

“Thank you Maria. Do you happen to know what any of this is about?” Buffy asked looking to see what changes the mansion had undergone since her last visit.

“No, but I do know that they sent your sister to spend the night at a friends house.”

“Really?” Buffy asked.

“They also gave most of the staff the night off. The only workers that are still here are the cook and a few servers.”

“This can’t be good if they’ve cleared out the place.” Buffy stated.

“All I know is that your Mother and Father were very upset when they came home.” Maria told her.

“Where are they?” Buffy asked.

“In the dinning room. They told me to send you in when you arrived.”

“Thanks.” Buffy said before heading off towards the dinning room.

“Any time Ms. Summers.” Maria called after her.

“Here goes nothing.” Buffy stated before pushing the dinning room doors open.

*****

Angel’s Dorm Room

“What do you think?” Cordelia asked from her spot next to Angel in his bed.

“She’s going to ask Riley for help?” Angel questioned.

“I’m not sure. She was talking about it. Do you think he’ll help?”

“If she asks I’m sure he will. He still loves her.” Angel told her.

“Will you help if they need it?” Cordelia asked.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea, but if you need my help I’ll be there for you.” Angel stated before kissing her sweetly.

“Thank you.” Cordelia said kissing him back. “Buffy and Spike really love each other, they just met at the wrong time.”

*****

Summers’ Mansion-Dinning Room

“Elizabeth, thank you for joining us on time. Please have a seat.” Hank stated as Buffy walked in through the dinning room s.
s.

“What’s going on?” Buffy asked her parents as she took a seat at the table in-between her Mother and Father.

“Your Mother and I have a few things we would like to discuss with you tonight.” Hank stated.

“What is it?” Buffy asked becoming more and more nervous at each passing second.

“Your Father and I both received a package today with some documentation in it which we are rather concerned about.” Joyce told her eldest daughter.

“Take a look at these and tell us what you think.” Hank said as he handed the envelope marked ‘1’ to Buffy.

Buffy opened up the envelope and pulled out the pictures. She looked through the photos with wide eyes. When she looked back up at her parents she knew there was more. “What else is there?”

“I received a tape of you and this man. And yatheather and I both received a letter and a marriage certificate along with a wedding photo.” Joyce stated.

“Can I please see the letter?” Buffy asked.

“Here.” Hank said handing her both of the letters.

Buffy read over the two letters as the initials ‘D.R.W.’ playing over and over in her head. “Drusilla Rayne-Winthrop.” Buffy whispered.

“What did you say?” Her father asked.

“D.R.W.nds nds for Drusilla Rayne-Winthrop. She’s William Winthrop’s wife.” Buffy stated unable to look at either of her parents.

“The man in the photos and on the tape?” Joyce asked.

“Yes.”

“Elizabeth how could you?” Joyce questioned. “Why would you be the other women? Haven’t you learned anything from what your Father and I went through a when you were sixteen?”

“I didn’t know?” Buffy cried out. “I didn’t know he was married until three months later.”

“What does she want?” Hank asked.

“William. She wants him, and she’ll stop at nothing until she wins.” Buffy told her father.

“Then let her win damnit.” Hank yelled.

“It’s not that simple.” Buffy yelled back.

“Why not?” Hank demanded.

“Because he doesn’t love her.” Buffy stated.

“And he loves you?” Hank asked in an angry tone.

“Yes.”

“He probably just saw you as a pretty face to have and affair with.” Hank stated.

“He’s not you.” Buffy screamed.

“Get out of my house.” Hank yelled.

“What?”

“Get out of my house. You’re on your own from now on.”

“Mom?” Buffy asked turning to face Joyce.

Joyce looked at Buffy before turning to walk out of the dinning room.

“Mom . . .” Buffy called after her.

“You can keep everything we’ve giving you, but after tomorrow don’t try to use any of your credit cards because they won’t be excepted.” Hank stated before following her motout out of the dinning room.

Buffy just looked after her parents in shock before turning to leave the mansion and her family.
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Chapter 61

Loft Apartment

“Pet, what’s wrong?” Spike asked as Buffy walked into her bedroom and slowly began to remove her dress.“My “My parents know about the affair.” Buffy stated in a low voice as she pulled on a tank top and a pair of shorts.

“How?” Spike questioned as he walked over towards her.

“Your wife.”

“What?”

“Drusilla sent them packages today. My father received photos of us together as well as a marriage cercatecate, and my mother received a tape of the two of us, and a marriage certificate.” Buffy told him.

“How are there photos? Or a tape?” Spike asked.

“I don’t know.” Buffy whispered.

“What did they say?”

“My mother wouldn’t even talk to me after she found out the truth. And my father . . .My father has disowned me.” Buffy said as tears began to run down her face.

“Shh Luv, I’ll never leave you. We’ll work this out, I promise.” Spike said as he ed hed her into his arms.

“I’m just so tired of all of this.”

“I know. Now, come to bed. You need your sleep.” Spike stated as he moved her towards the bed.

After he had her all tucked in he kissed her on the forehead and headed for the door. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Where are you going?” Buffy asked in a sleepy tone.

“I’m gonna stay at the Sunnydale Inn tonight.” Spike told her.

“Please stay.”

“Sure Luv.” Spike said turning off the lights and crawling into bed next to her.

After a few minutes the blonde couple was fast asleep, leaving their problems to be dealt with tomorrow.

*****

The Next Morning

Spike woke to the sound of a ringing phone, and without really thinking about it answered it. “ ‘ello?”

“. . .”

“ ‘ello?”

“. . .”

After a minute of breathing and no talking on the other end Spike hung up the phone.

“Who was it?” Buffy asked as she turned over to face him.

“Don’t know. Who ever it was wasn’t in the mood to talk to me.”

“Oh. What time is it?”

“It’s still early, go back to sleep.”

“Okay.” Buffy said as she closed her eyes and snuggled into Spike’s warm arms like she had done the night before.

*****

Later On That Day

“Mr. Winthrop!” Willow gasped in shock as she ran into Spike wrapped only in one of Buffy’s silk robes or war way through one of the apartments halls.

“Ms. Rosenberg. How are you this morning?” Spike asked as he tightened the robe around the waist.

“Um, fine. You?” Willow answered. “I didn’t know you stayed the night here.”

“Buffy had a bad night with her parents, stayed with her to make sure she was okay.”

“Oh! Is she okay?”

“I’m sure she’ll be fine once we get this whole nightmare worked out.”

“I’ll help anyway that I can. I know that I was upset with Buffy for keeping so much from all of us to being with, but I kinda understand why she did it.”

“I’m sure Buffy will be thankful for your help. I should prly gly go and check on her.” Spike said as he placed a hand on the doorknob of Buffy’s room.

“Right, I’ll just. . .” Willow trailed off as she pointed down the hallway towards the stairs.

*****

Buffy’s Bedroom

Ring-Ring

“Hello?” Buffy questioned sleepily into the receiver.

“. . .”

“Mommy?” Buffy asked as she sat up in the bed.

“. . .”

“When?”

“. . .”

“I could stop by the gallery around two or three if you’ree tee then.”

“. . .”

“I’ll see you then.”

“. . .”

“Bye.” Buffy whispered as her mother hung up her end of the phone.

“Who were you talkin’ to luv?” Spike asked as he walked into the room, closing the door behind him.

“My mother.” Buffy stated as she looked up at Spike with tears in her eyes.

“Oh?”

“She wants to meet with me later today.”

“That’s good.” Spike stated as he walked over towards the bed and sat on the edge.

“I hope so.” Buffy said as Spike wrapped his arms around her and the two leaned against the headboard.

*****

Joyce’s Art Gallery

“Buffy how nice to see you. It’s been so long.” Fred said as Buffy walked into the gallery.

“Hello Fred. Have you seen my mother?” Buffy asked.

Fred nodded her head. “She’s in her office.”

“Thank you Fred. Have a nice day.”

“You too Buffy.”

KNOCK-KNOCK

“Come in.” Joyce called out from behind her desk.

“Mom?”

“Elizabeth, come in.” Joyce said as she stood from her seat.

Buffy shut ther anr and walked over to her mother’s desk and stood in front of it.

“I hope you’re not missing anything important today.”

“I’m not. A lot of classes aren’t meeting this week so the students have time to study for their mid-terms.”

“How are your classes going?”

“Fine.”

“Is he one of your teachers?”

“What?”

“I remember his name being on your class schedule when I saw it at the beginning of the fall semester.”

“He’s my English Professor.” Buffy stated.

“And his wife? Her name was on the schedule as well.”

“Yes it was. She’s my Art History Professor.” Buffy added.

“And did she know that she was teaching the woman who slept with her husband?”

“No. Not at first.”

“Your father did some checking, and what he found out about Mrs. Rayne-Winthrop is quite shocking.”

“What did he find out?”

“That your lover’s wife is pregnant for one.”

“No she’s not.”

“What?”

“She’s not really pregnant. It was all part of her plan to keep him. She found out about the affair and then she found out that William was going to leave her for me.” Buffy explained.

“Do you really love him?”

“More then anything in this world.”

“And does he really love you?” Joyce asked.

“He does.” Buffy said nodding her head.

After a moment of silence Buffy walked over towards her mother. “I’m so sorry if I hurt you. I know how hard it was for you when everything happened with daddy. I never wanted to do any thing to disappoint you.”

“You could never disappoint me. I was just shocked by everything last night.” Joyce stated as she pulled Buffy into a hug.

“Daddy still hates me.” Buffy whispered.

“Your father doesn’t hate you. He’s just worried about you getting hurt in all of this.”

Buffy nodded her head and looked over at a small clock sitting on her mother’s desk. “I should be going.”

“Alright.”

“Give Dawnie my love.”

“Of course.” Joyce said as she watched her eldest daughter walked towards the office’s door. “Buffy.”

“Yeah?”

“Give your father some time. He’ll come around.”

“I hope you’re right.”

“Be careful.”

“Bye.”
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TBC. . .