By
PassionFish
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PART FIVE
"Show and Tell"
Three weeks later....
"I wanna tell
them." Buffy stated suddenly. They were at the mansion on a Sunday
afternoon. The diamond ring proudly
adorned her finger. Spike had been
extremely pleased and shocked that she hadn't hidden it. Not that he thought she was embarrassed but
since their involvement was a secret he figured she wouldn't wear it. But she did.
"Tell who
what?" Spike frowned, lifting his
head from her neck.
"The gang, about
us." Buffy explained, brushing the
back of her hand across his cheek.
"Oh....what brought
this on?" Spike sat up, staring
down at her.
"Willow asked me
about the ring the other day."
"What did you
say?"
"Well, she didn't
actually ask me, just said it was nice."
Buffy sat up, leaning back against the silk covered pillows. "It got me thinkin'......I love you and
I wanna tell them..." She suddenly
got a scared look in her eyes, "...you don't mind, do you?"
"Not at
all." He leant over and kissed
her, Buffy smiled and pulled back.
"Good, we're meeting
them tonight, at eight."
"What!"
"What?" Buffy pouted, sticking out her lower lip as
she made puppy eyes at her lover.
Spike growled good
naturedly, leaning over, sucking her lip in to his mouth as he kissed her.
***
"Ready?" Buffy asked Spike as they stood a few meters
away from the library doors. They could
hear the four slayerettes and one watcher inside. Her palms were all sweaty and her heart was beating a mile a
minute as her stomach flip-flopped all over the place. Butterflies did not even begin to describe
it.
"Yeah,
pet." Spike cupped her heated face
in his cool hand, bringing her lips up to meet his. Buffy's tension drained away, as did her surroundings, as he
kissed her.
Pulling back, Spike
watched as she took several deep breaths, marvelling at the pleasure written
across her face.
"Okay." She composed herself, "Lets go."
Buffy took Spike's hand
once more, which she'd dropped to hold
him to her during their kiss. She
stepped forward and pushed open the library doors, pulling Spike behind her.
"B-B-Buffy?" Willow stuttered as Oz stepped slightly in
front of her protectively and the whelp and prom queen whipped out crosses.
"Hi." Buffy smiled shakily.
***
"Buffy, may I speak
with you a moment?" Giles asked
quietly.
They had listened with
few interruptions - even with Xander and Cordelia being in the room. Buffy had explained and then explained
again. Her and Spike were together. She loved him. Had done for months.
Before Angelus' overdue death.
Buffy felt Spike's hands
slip around her and tighten possessively.
She nodded and after a brief glance to the vampire the watcher walked
into his office. Her hands gently tugged
Spike's from her waist and she turned, pressing her lips to his briefly before
whispering, "Be good."
Spike nodded and let her
go. He sighed, his eyes momentarily
flittering to the evidently terrified teenagers before leaning against the
wall. He retracted his cigarettes and
lighter and lit one up as he waited for the slayer to finish with her watcher.
***
"Giles..."
"Buffy..." Giles took a deep breath. "...need I remind you of Angel? Of what happened?" He spoke gently but Buffy felt greater pain
then if he'd shouted the words at her.
"Of course not. Giles, I....I don't know what to say to
convince you. Spike's different then
other vampires. Surely you can see that. He loves me."
"Demon's can't
love." Giles scoffed, his face a
mask of confusion and pain.
"He does
Giles.....please, you know how much you matter to me, and
I...he's...." She paused and the
watcher looked at her curiously.
"Buffy?"
"He's asked me to
marry him."
<Thump!>
**
Spike was the first to enter
the room, his supernatural speed and fear for the safety of his mate propelling
him faster then the other humans present.
He stared at Buffy, then at Giles and then back to Buffy.
"Pet?"
Oz and Willow entered the
room, shortly followed by a heavily breathing pair of Xander and Cordelia.
"I told him."
"Told him
what?" Xander and Willow asked
simultaneously.
"God, Buffy, what
did you do now?" Cordy asked, not
really having been listening but seeing Giles unconscious on the floor.
"You told him? Everything?" At Buffy's nod Spike chuckled, "And he fainted." Buffy scowled at him as Willow moved to tend
to Giles who was just waking up. "Wonder what he'd do if you were
pregnant." Spike mused.
"What?" Six voices assaulted the vampire at once.
"What?" He asked, confused.
"Hate to break it to
you evil-undead, but you can't make little demon spawn." Xander spoke maliciously whilst hiding
behind Cordelia.
"Who says?"
"Um,
everything?" Buffy suggested.
"Yeah, or I'm sure there'd
be lots of baby Dru-Spike combo's walking around." Xander added, receiving glares from most
present at the mention of the slayer's current vampire's ex-honey.
"Hey, dumbass, vamps
can knock up humans. Well,
slayers."
"You can?"
"Yeah, ask your
watcher, love."
They all turned to Giles
who shook his head, "I've never heard of such an occurrence."
"Well, vampires who
get involved with slayers generally don't tell the girls' watcher. Here mate, you should consider yourself
privileged."
"Yes, quite." Giles responded, his mind ticking away on
the implications of the vampires words.
"I think I may be
off major train-mode, thanks."
Buffy smiled at the vampire, whose arms were once again around her
waist.
Spike leant down and
kissed her, "No problem."
In the background Xander
and Cordelia gagged as the group quickly exited the room.
***
"Mom?"
Joyce turned towards her
fidgeting daughter, her body immediately wary at the tone the girl had used,
"What did you do?"
"Nothing! No...its just...you remember that guy I was
seeing?"
"Yes...Spike?"
"Yep, that’s the
one." Buffy took a deep breath and
squinted her eyes.
"I'minlovewithhimandhe'saskedmetomarryhim."
"Pardon?" Joyce frowned, not having caught a word that
her daughter had spoke.
Buffy took another
breath, "I'm...in love, with him and....and he'saskedmetomarryhim."
Joyce shook her head,
taking what she could understand first, "You're in love with him?"
Buffy flushed and ducked
her head bashfully, "Yeah, I am."
Joyce gave her daughter a
little smile when she looked up at her, "How long have you been dating
now?"
Buffy grinned a little,
"Eight months."
Joyce's smile only grew
at the happiness on her daughters face, "And what was that last bit?"
"He'saskedmetomarryhim." She whispered in a rush, looking down again.
"Buffy." Joyce sighed patiently.
Buffy took a deeeeep
breath and counted to five, closing her eyes, "He's asked me to marry
him."
Joyce stumbled a little in
shock as she continued to stare at her daughter. "What?"
"He's um,
well..."
Suddenly, Joyce's eyes
fell to her daughter’s left hand and she gasped again. Buffy followed her eyes and smiled wanly,
then walked to sit next to her mother.
She held out her hand and Joyce took it with misting eyes.
"Oh."
Several minutes went by
before Buffy found the courage to speak again, "I said yes."
Joyce laughed lightly,
"So I see."
"Mom, it only
happened a few weeks ago. At
Christmas."
"Are you having
sex?"
"Mom!"
"I'm serious Buffy,
do you use protection?"
"That's the other
thing..."
"Oh my god, you're
pregnant."
"No, uh, Spike, he's
well, different."
"Different?" Joyce raised her eyebrows.
"He's
a..." Buffy swallowed heavily,
"He's a vampire."
"I know, but I
didn't realise that meant you couldn't have children."
"You
know?!" Buffy shrieked in shock.
"Of course, what do
you think Spike and I talk about while he's waiting for you to get ready?"
"I don't know,
art? Hot chocolate? The seventies?" Suddenly Buffy calmed, "So you know,
and you're alright with it?"
"I'll admit I was
shocked at first but Spike assured me of his love for you and that he'd never
hurt you or do anything to hurt you. He
had such conviction in his eyes I couldn't not believe him." Buffy nodded and Joyce continued. "I'm happy for you honey."
"Yeah?" Buffy beamed.
"Yeah." She fingered the diamond ring on her
daughter's finger, "It's beautiful."
"I know."