It Doesn’t
Matter
Pairing: Buffy /Other
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Buffy is the property of Joss Whedon.
Summary: Darla sired Buffy in 1700.
The Slayer part of her tried to stop her from hunting but the demon was too
strong. She eventually learned to control her demon and moved to Sunnydale in 1996 with Angel.
“Are you going to sit there all
night?” Angel was waiting on Buffy who was so engrossed in the TV to even hear
him.
Sighing he walked over to the set and turned
it off earning a glare from the vampire.
“What did you do that for?” she
growled at him earning one in return.
She shut up and got her coat. Angel
was the only one allowed to treat her like that. They had been through so much
together that nothing bothered them about the other person.
“Is Xander
going to be there?” the pair of them where on their way to Giles’ via the
butchers so they could get something to eat.
Buffy started laughing. Angel and Xander had learned how to get on but they would never be
best friends
“Oh is puppy upset?” she pinched his cheek as
he tried to swat her off.
They continued in comfortable silence
until they got to his house. They didn’t need an invite and so they walked in.
“Hey Wills”,
she smiled at her best friend.
If you had told her a year ago that a group of
teenagers were her family she would have laughed in your face.
“Buf try these”, she
handed the blonde a couple of chocolates.
“Oh my god they are so good”, was the only
thing Angel heard.
He shook his head and joined Giles in the
kitchen
“What is it about women and chocolate?” he
asked the Englishman as he handed him the milk from the fridge.
Giles’ grinned as he turned and watched the
two females he had come to know as his daughters.
Buffy was a special type of vampire.
She couldn’t be killed in the normal way. Stakes or fire wouldn’t get her. The
only way she would ever cease to exist is if they found the spell that had been
long hidden and he hoped it was never found.
“You get lost in there”, she shouted
through. “I could have went to
“So Buffinator”, Xander sat beside her “How was the
date last night?’
Buffy put on a smile and lied “It was
cool. Edge’s a great guy”.
Her reply earned a snort from
Buffy had been dating the Canadian for the
last month and to everyone things were going well.
Buffy wasn’t listening. She was in
her own world again. She was thinking of him. God who was she kidding. He was
all she ever thought about. It had been over six months and it still hurt
thinking about him. She had though everything was fine until the day she woke
up and realised he had gone.
“You okay?”
“She won’t be until she gets some
closure”, the vampire answered. “He was the love of her life”,
Giles handed him a cup “Which is why
I can’t understand why he left so suddenly”,
“True”, Angel said taking a sip. “He
worshipped the ground she walked on I just don’t know”, he left it there when
he saw Buffy staring at them.
Giles
and Angel brought the refreshments through and just as he was about to sit down
the door went. Giles answered it and it was Edge.
“Hey how’s my girl?” he walked over to Buffy
and pulled her onto his lap. She smiled and accepted the kiss he gave her.
No one would admit it but this wasn’t
right. She shouldn’t be with him but he was too thick to realise
it. Hell he didn’t even know she was a vamp.
“So what we up to tonight going to
the Bronze?’ he looked around the room.
“Actually”, Xander
said “We’ve got a video out its Liar Liar”, the look
on Edge’s face was the result Xander was hoping for.
Everyone knew he couldn’t stand him
“Well if you don’t mind I’m going to the
Bronze babe”, he snuggled up to her.
“Actually I’m coming with you”, she said
surprisingly everyone including herself.
She had decided there was no way he
was coming back so she would have to get on with her life. And although she
wasn’t in love with the blonde beside her, she did like him and he was a hottie.
“Let’s go babe”, he lifted her off him and
took her hand.
“I’ll see you later”; she smiled as
she followed him out the door.
“Hands up if that was weird”,
All the room nodded.
“Anyway lets get on we don’t really need Buffy
now”, and proceeded to explain what he had found out about the demon they had
encountered last night.
Edge was waiting on Buffy coming back
from the bar with their drinks. She was a babe but she was also frigid. All the
time they had been together and he hadn’t seen her naked once. He stretched so
he could see her and found her talking to someone at the bar.
“So it shouldn’t be too hard then
just use silver”, Angel got up to answer the knock at the door. “What are you
doing here?”
Facing him were Chris Jericho, and Carlito also known as his best friends.
“He’s in trouble and needs Buffy” Carlito was obviously worried
“You better come in” Angel let them
enter.
When
they had got comfy they explained the situation to the gang
“ So he has him
then”, Willow was confused.
“He promised to leave Buffy if he
would go to him but it was a trap and he’s locked in the cellar”, Chris
confirmed.
“Well we better go find her”; Giles
was the first to get up.
They went to the Bronze first and got
told she had left with Edge to go back to his place. When they got there the
walls were covered in blood and his three roommates were scattered in pieces
through the house.
“Xander take her
outside”, Angel saw
“The bad boys tried to steal my
sister”, he turned around to see Dru and Spike in the
middle of the floor and it was obvious what they’d been doing.
“Where’s Buffy we need her?”
“Don’t know mate?” Spike stood up with not a
stitch on. “Why?”
. Everything was telling him not to
answer but he had to “Raven got into trouble and she’s the only one that can
help him”.
“Oh really”, the bedroom door opened
and Darla appeared. “Why would she do that?”
“Because she loves him you know
that”, Darla was a lot of things but stupid wasn’t one of them.
He pushed past her and wished he hadn’t. There
lying on the bed was Edge or what used to be him. He looked like he had been filleted.
Trying to ignore it he turned back to Darla.
“The slayer loves him”,
He never got anymore out as he was
hit over the back of the head.
“That’s a shame because she isn’t home
anymore”, he looked up to see Buffy in full demon form sneering down at him.
Part 2
Summary: The Scooby Gang's worst fear
has come true.
"Is he okay?",
Drusilla cooed walking up behind Buffy.
"Fine" grinned looking down
at the fallen vampire.
"I still don't know why I can't
do it?", Darla pouted at her childe.
"Because my dear sire",
Buffy sighed walking over to the other blonde. "It's me he wants now not
you".
"I'm the one in charge little girl",
Darla growled at the Slayer.
"You've already been dusted by one of
your kids Darla, want to make it a double", she growled at the older
vampire.
She was answered with a sneer. "I'll make
it easy for you Darla walk away now or you won't be able too.
Darla knew she was on her own. Buffy had made
Spike and Dru so they were loyal to her.
"You will be sorry
'So what do we do with him then
Blondie?", Spike walked up behind his girlfriend
and sire.
"Do you really want him back Will?", Buffy looked back at him.
She knew that although he would never admit it
Spike was scared of Angelus. She also knew what Dru
thought of him.
"Look lets get him home and get something
sorted before Darla starts painting the town red".
They got him back to Giles' and had
finally convinced everyone that Buffy wasn't about to jump on anyone.
"But what about Edge?",
"That was all Darla" Buffy
answered "He was gone the time I could get to him", Buffy was
genuinely sad. She might not have loved him but the man had been good to her.
"Anyway
can you three take Wills and Xander home?', she asked looking over at Chris and Carlito.
"I'll see you later okay", Buffy let
go of
The redhead was really upset she had been
really good friends with Edge.
"It will be okay", Buffy promised
her.
She
took them to Willie's and went to a room through the back.
"So", she cut to the chase
"What do you want?".
The two men just looked at each other and Carlito answered "Raven's in trouble Buff"
"And I care why?',
she shot back.
"He is your mate Buffy......", Buffy laughing interrupted him.
"Oh I'm sorry", she choked
"That was funny is all"
"Well he is", Chris answered.
"No that stopped the minute he walked out
on me", she snapped.
"Remember all he left was a
note".
"I can explain", Carlito
tried to say
"Don't bother I'll help him but
only because I have too. Whatever I did feel about him has gone".
She
had finally persuaded Angel and Spike to stay in Sunnydale
while she went to
"Why can't we just go in through
the front door?", Buffy grumbled.
They were half way up the hill and she was
already covered in mud.
"If he isn't dead already I'll
kill him", she mumbled to herself.
"How much longer to go", she shouted
up at Carlito.
"Just a few minutes and stop
moaning", he growled at her.
"Few minutes my ass", she
copied Carlito.
They had got through the window and
were now in search of the room that held him.
"So how did it happen?",
Buffy suddenly realized that she hadn't even asked them.
"Someone he knew a few years back",
was all Chris would say.
"Oh as long as I know",
Buffy griped.
"You never change do you Buf?", Carlito
shook his head at her.
"Do you never take anything
seriously".
"Yep", she answered. "That hair
of yours is a tragedy", she smiled and walked away.
Little did they know she was taking
this very seriously. She had spent the last year
trying to get over him and all the old wounds were going to get re-opened
again. The feeling of dread that she had when she got here had doubled the
nearer she got to the room he was in.
"This is it", Chris
interrupted her.
He opened the door and she walked into the
room followed by the two men.
"Miss Summers I presume", she
whipped herself around and saw a demon holding Raven and another man.
She snorted "Your
going to let him go", she walked up to him.
"Really?',
he actually had the audacity to laugh at her.
"You are laughing for two reasons",
she smiled at him.
"1 you don't know who I am or 2 you're
really stupid personally I'm thinking 2".
Raven
started laughing. He couldn't help it. He really had missed this girl.
"I know who you are Slayer", the
demon leered down at her "Which is why we are going to talk". He
offered her his hand.
She hesitated before taking it and following
him out the door. Chris and Carlito followed and the
guard shut the door behind them.
"Do you know her?", Raven turned around to look at the guy who was
talking to him.
"I did", he answered.
"Is she seeing anyone beca........", he didn't get to finish as Raven had his hands
around his throat.
"You even look at her I will take your
intestines out through your ass", he snarled at the smaller man before
letting him fall.
'She is...was my girl", he
admitted. "I left her a while ago", he whispered "To this day I
don't know why".
"So I let you screw me or you
kill him. That's what your telling me", Buffy was
in the room alone with him as the other two had to sit outside.
"Here's the deal we fight I win
you let him go", she looked at him.
"And if I win?",
he smiled already knowing the answer.
"You get me", she answered.
"You know I'm surprised you
didn't come quicker after he left", he looked over at her.
"I can see it you know".
"See what?',
Buffy sighed sitting down on the bed.
"You head and heart is still full of him.
I didn't think you would let him go".
"What are you on about?", Buffy stood up.
"He didn't tell you", he
looked over at her.
"Well if he survives he can tell
you". He walked over to the door.
"I suggest you get some rest
because either way tonight you WILL be busy", he leered before he walked
out.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE DIDN"T
TELL ME?", Buffy screamed at him.
Part 3 SUMMARY: What is the
secret that Raven didn’t tell Buffy?
“You should eat little bit”; Carlito offered Buffy a roll.
She gave
him another glare and turned back towards the window.
“How long is this going to go on
for”, he sighed.
“Until you tell me what that
overgrown piece of shit meant”, she said without looking at him.
He got up and walked towards her but she
didn’t acknowledge him.
“Buf
please”, he sat down beside her.
“We have been through too much to be
like this with each other”.
She turned and looked at him.
“I know Curly”; he smiled at her
nickname for him.
“It’s just weird being here with him
after so long”, she moved close to him and lay her
head on his shoulder.
“He has to tell you Buf you know that right?” he moved his arm so he could
stroke her hair.
She nodded in agreement.
“I thought he loved me”, she got as close as
she could.
“He still does”, was all he would say.
“So what happens next?” Chris handed
Raven some fresh clothes.
They both knew Buffy would beat
whoever was put in front of her so the question was what happened afterwards.
Raven shrugged “She’s changed I don’t
even know if I recognize her anymore”.
Chris disagreed but didn’t mention
it.
A guard walking into the room
interrupted their thoughts
“It’s time”, was all he said as he
pushed the pair of them forward.
They were taken to the arena where
they saw Buffy and Carlito already standing. Chris
smiled over but Buffy made no attempt to show she had noticed them.
“Time to party”, the demon she found
out was called Aromas leered over at her from his seat.
“Bring them both over”, he beckoned
them.
“Now Slayer will you fight for your
lover”, he looked between the pair”.
“NO”.
Everyone turned around and stared at her.
Nobody had seen this coming not even Carlito.
“1 no the Slayer won’t fight and 2 he
isn’t my lover”, she kept her head down.
“Pity”, the demon laughed “oh well
bring her to me and flung him in with the other trash”.
“Buffy”, Chris yelled but she held
her hand up to stop him. She felt the guards coming before she saw them.
“I said the Slayer wouldn’t fight”,
she looked up at him with a feral smile.
“Didn’t say the vampire
wouldn’t”, she pushed Raven out of the way as she felt the sword
connecting with her shoulder and flinging her to the floor.
“You”, she got up inspecting her cut.
“Are going to pay for that shit
breath”, when she looked back up the demon had took over and she growled as she
rushed the nearest guard.
“I’ve missed this” Chris laughed at Carlito. Both missed the small smile that appeared on
Raven’s face.
She was in the middle of snapping
some ugly son of a bitch’s head clean off. If she couldn’t use her arms she
used her legs to snap their necks.
Aromas was realizing his men were losing and he wasn’t happy. No matter
she could kill all of them but there was no way she would best him. He sat back
and watched the rest of the show. No matter what she would be his.
Or maybe not. It had taken her less than an hour to kill them all. She was in
the middle of the arena with her clothes torn and blood over her body and she
still wanted more.
Time to bring in the big guns
“Would you like to know the real
reason he left you Slayer”, he nodded towards the door and Darla was brought
in.
Buffy looked between the sneer on her
face and the disgust on Raven’s. She had a bad feeling and didn’t like where
this was going.
She looked over but none of the three
men would look her in the eyes.
“Lets leave the
dramatics for the movies and just tell me”, she actually looked bored.
“What you don’t want to know that
your life mate was sleeping with your sire?” Darla smiled over.
Something caught Buffy’s eye but she
turned back just as quickly.
“What do you mean?” she stared at
Darla.
“He was sleeping with me all along
little girl”, Darla grinned.
“He said you were an ok lay but he
needed a real woman after being with you”.
“I..i don’t believe you”, Buffy stuttered as the tears
came to her eyes.
“He wouldn’t do that would you”, her
tears were turning to sobs as she looked over at Raven.
“I didn’t say that”, he glared at
Darla “But I’m so sorry sweetheart”, he couldn’t look at her anymore as her
glare was filled with hatred.
Buffy looked over at Aromas “What’s
this got to do with you?”.
He shuddered and turned into Ethan
Rayne.
“What the fuck?”,
she yelled.
“Darling little Buffy now that the
ones you love have betrayed you why don’t you join me my beautiful girl”.
He had always wanted her on his side
and knew there was no chance while Giles was involved. So when he bumped into a
drunken Raven a few months ago the plan turned in his head. Turn her against
them and the demon would be begging to join him.
“Fine”, she started making her way
over to him but was stopped by Raven’s yell
“Buffy please no”, he shouted.
“I know we all betrayed you but …..”, he was cut off by her glare.
“Owww”,
Ethan screamed as he was hit from behind and slumped to the floor unconscious.
“You”, Darla growled when she saw who was
behind him.
“He’s behind you”, Spike sang.
She turned
to see Angel behind her with a stake in his hand.
“This time you will stay dead”, he whispered
as he plunged the wood into her heart. Staring at the spot where she lay for a
while.
“You took your time”, Buffy grumbled
to Spike “I thought you weren’t going to do it”.
“Have I ever let you down before?”, everyone just stared at him.
She shook her head and walked over to
Raven
“We need to talk”,
and she moved away before he could say anything. He followed her into the room.
He moved to shut the door and when he turned back around he was met with a
punch in the face.
He looked up to see her glaring at
him
“That’s for leaving me”, she slapped
him before she collapsed in front of him
“You left me”, she broke down.
“Baby come here”, he pulled her to him.
“I couldn’t stay after what I done to you I
was so ashamed”. He wasn’t sure but he thought she was laughing
“I don’t get it”, he let go of her.
She looked at him as she cleared the
tears
“Who told you she slept with you”,
she made herself comfortable.
“Nobody I woke up and she was in the
bed with me”.
Which got
her laughing even more
“You need to know something”, she
explained to him.
“The night before you went out with
Angel and you both got pissed do you remember”,
His look of ignorance made her
continue
“I couldn’t get you home so you
stayed the night at his”, she moved beside him.
“How do you know I didn’t then?’, he couldn’t look her in the eye.
“Because when I left Angel was
sleeping in the bed with you”.
He still didn’t understand.
“I came to get you after patrol and
you made me promise to stay with you forever”, she grinned as she remembered.
“You grabbed me and wouldn’t let go so I had
to stay the night sandwiched between you and Angel”.
“So how did she end up in bed with
me”, he asked.
“That I don’t know but she must have
waited on me and Angel getting up and going out. You won’t remember but it had
been raining all night so we took the opportunity of the darkness and went to
Giles’ and let you sleep it off”.
“Then when I came back you had left,
the note saying you had to leave”, she looked at him.
“You hurt me really bad Raven”.
She stood up “I don’t know if I’ll be
able to trust you again now”.
“Do you like me at least?”, he asked.
She nodded.
“Well”, he stood up “That’s a start”.
Part 4
Summary: Raven knows he has to regain
Buffy’s trust but is it already too late
“He looked like a slime demon” Buffy shook
her head to get the image out of her head.
The gang including Spike, Drusilla,
Raven, Carlito and Chris were in the Bronze. And with
four of the most powerful vampires to ever exist the other demon’s kept a low
profile.
The Bronze now actually belonged to
Angel. He had bought it a few months before and it now stocked blood from
willing victims. Buffy had realized long ago that if you come up with a
solution you never have a problem and if the vampires got fresh blood from
somewhere they wouldn’t kill the humans.
“What do they look like”
“Don’t ask” Buffy smiled. “You
wouldn’t want to meet one in a dark alley”.
Raven surveyed everything around him.
It was hard to believe just over a year ago he would have been part of this
discussion but now he was nothing more than a bystander.
He took a discreet look at Buffy who
was telling the others another story. Of course she was as beautiful as ever
but there was something different about her now. She wasn’t the same girl he left
a year ago.
He also caught the glances that Carlito was giving Buffy. The guy was in love with her. He
had been for along time but she had always had eyes for him now he wasn’t too
sure.
“Want to dance?” he looked up to see
a ditzy Blonde looking down at him. He turned to Buffy
but it was obvious she was ignoring him so he thought why not “Sure” he stood
up and followed her to the dance floor.
“How do you know Buffy?” Harmony
asked
“Old friends” he answered.
“Yeah she is really old”
A slow song came on
“Look I really don’t want to dance
sorry” he said before making his way to the table.
“Where’s Buffy and Carlito?” he asked no one in particular.
Spike nodded towards the dance floor
and he turned to see Buffy snuggled up to the other man on the dance floor. He
walked out the door.
“Is this a good idea” Carlito wasn’t sure about this.
“It’s only a dance Curly” she smiled
snuggling into him. “Nothing wrong with that”
“You know what’s wrong with that
Buffy”
She did know about his feelings for
her. He had told her one night when he was snooked
out his brain on whiskey. If she was being honest he was a sexy guy but at the
time she was devoted to Raven. But that wasn’t the case anymore.
“Are you saying you’ve never wondered
what would happen if we were together” she nuzzled
into his neck.
He wanted so much to push her away.
He knew this was all for Raven’s benefit he wasn’t that stupid that he didn’t
this was all just a display.
“Lets go sit back down” he took her
hand and led her back to the table.
“Where’s Raven?” he asked
“He left ten minutes ago and Harmony
left not long after if you know what I mean” Spike nudged Chris.
“WHAT?” Buffy yelled and stopped when
everybody stared at her
“I mean Harmony’s back” she said
trying to cover it up but failing miserably.
“So did you see the game last week”
Chris asked trying to change the subject.
Luckily it worked but all the guys
got engrossed in one boring sports conversation after the other but Buffy kept
quiet. She still loved him of course she did and now because of her stupidity
he had gone with that Blonde slut.
“I’m going to call it a night” she
said getting up.
“Do you want a chum home?” Angel got
up
Buffy shook her head. “I’ll be fine”
Next morning
“Do you want pancakes?”
Everyone spoke his or her approval
“Did anybody wake Buffy?” Chris
asked.
“No thought I’d let her sleep”
“I’ll get her” he replied
He came back down a few minutes later
“She’s not there her beds not been
slept in”
The basement door opened and Raven
walked out
“What are you doing here?” Angel
said, “I thought you were with Harmony”
Raven screwed his face up “Nah I left
her at the Bronze what did you say about Buffy?”
“She hasn’t been home all night”
Just then Giles came running into the
kitchen
“We have trouble” he handed Angel a
note
Dear Buffy’s friends,
If you want the slayer back
You will give us the sack
It won’t be swell
If we use the spell
With love Harmony
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
“The spell” Angel looked at Raven
“It’s not possible nobody knows where
it is”
“Somebody must if they know about the
sack”
The sack was hidden in Giles house.
It contained mystical powder strong enough to start an apocalypse. One that
would make the Mayor’s ascension seem like a party.
“Well we have to do something I have
to get my girl back” Raven glared at Carlito.
Part 5
Summary: Will the gang get to Buffy
in time before the spell is found
Why don’t you want to play?”
“For the last time I don’t want to
play eye spy with you Harmony” Buffy growled at her.
“Fine then” the Blonde vampire huffed
and stormed away.
“Thank god for that” Buffy said to
herself.
She still didn’t know how that over
grown piece of crap had got her last night. She had been walking past the
cemetery when about three of them jumped out at her. She had been too busy
thinking about Raven to realize what was going on and they had caught her.
BACK AT THE HOUSE
“I don’t care we are not giving them
that powder”
“So Buffy dies then” Raven growled.
“And you have a problem with that. Up
until a week ago you didn’t give a shite about her”
Giles snarled at the other man.
“Think you can take me old man” Raven
walked over
“You know I think I can”
“Separate” the pair of them were
flung to opposite sides of the room. “We so do not have time for a macho
pissing contest” Willow yelled at them.
“But Giles has a point Buffy wouldn’t
want to risk anything saving herself”
Raven was going to interrupt but
Willow held up her hand.
“You’ve been gone for a long time
she’s changed”
She walked over to Giles and helped
him up
“Is there any chance we can find the
spell”
“Actually” Carlito
spoke up and everyone turned around to him.
“I know where the spell is”
“Where” Giles and Raven said at the same time
“Buffy had it all along she told me a few years ago”
“So it’s up in her room”
“Don’t know?”
They watched Willow walk up the
stairs
“Where you
going?” Chris asked.
“To get my friend back” she shouted
back down.
LATER THAT NIGHT
“You sure this is the place?”
“Angel it has a unicorn on the door
what do you think?”
“All I need to know”
He kicked the door open and walked in
“You here
Buffy?”
“Yes she is”
He turned to see a taller bulky vamp
holding on to an obviously weakened Buffy with a stake at her heart.
“Don’t know why your doing that she
can’t die idiot”
“Are you sure Angel”
Harmony walked out the darkness with
a piece of paper
“That what I think it is”
“Sure is”
Angel started laughing with relief
“What’s so funny”
FLASHBACK
Xander and Willow were looking in Buffy’s room for the piece of paper.
“Check the bathroom” Xander said.
“I don’t think she would keep the one
thing keeping her alive in her toilet Xander” she
said walking into the room . But knowing Buffy you
never know.
She searched everywhere but with no
luck.
She heard Xander
saying something in Latin in the main room.
“Xander now
don’t”
But it was too late he had finished
saying the words
END FLASHBACK
Willow sighed a breath of relief and
phoned the house
“Giles it’s
Willow she’s still fine”
Willow I was about to phone you”
Willow heard a scream then Angel yell
Buffy’s name. She let the phone fall then ran back into the room.
“The spell was translated wrong it
does say the vampire will die but it means she will regain her humanity.Willow…are you there….
“What’s?” Willow stopped when she saw
the sight in front of her.
Buffy was lying on Angel’s lap with blood coming from a wound.
“Angel
what?”
“She’s alive
Willow” he looked up at her.
He picked her up and made his way to
the car
“Phone the others and tell them to
meet us at the hospital”
Part 6
SUMMARY: Buffy’s human what happens
now
“Well everything seems to be fine
Miss Summers you’ve been extremely lucky”
The doctor had checked her over and
stitched the wound in her chest.
Luckily the vampire had been as daft
as he looked and he only grazed under her heart rather than actually stake her
in it.
“Yeah lucky” she sighed.
Angel and Willow gave her a funny
look but said nothing
“Well we will have to admit you for a
few days but apart from that your fine” he smiled as
he walked out the door
“Thanks Doctor” Angel shook his hand
then made his way over to Buffy
“Okay what’s wrong?” he sat down
beside her
“You know what”
“We really don’t” Willow said
“Ok here’s a clue” and she breathed
on Angel
“You being human”
“Well give the man a prize” she
smiled then glared at him
“I should have died for all the use I
am now”
The door opening interrupted them and
then everybody spilled into the room
“Don’t say anything” she growled at
him
“Buffy” Dru
and Anya rushed over to her and enveloped her in a
hug
“Buffy” Giles smiled before leaning
over to kiss her on the forehead.
“Thought I’d lost you Blondie” Spike
was next
“In your dreams William” she grinned
returning the hug
The other three stayed back
“Look I don’t mean to be ungrateful
but can I talk to Carlito alone for a minute” she
looked around the room and didn’t miss the glare Raven threw at him.
She waited until everyone was away
“You have to turn me back” she begged
him
“Buffy I can’t” he edged away
“Look at me I..i can’t do this I can’t be a human not anymore”
“Honey” he sat on the edge of the bed
“It’s only just happened you need
time to adjust anyway there’s a bigger problem than that”
“You didn’t tell them?”
“No but they suspect something Raven
nearly killed me when I told him I knew where the spell was all along”
“So why did she ‘kidnap’ me?” she
looked around the room
“She wanted the powder” he smiled at
her
She burst out laughing “The powder”
“He nodded”
“I didn’t want to tell them”
I can’t believe that son of a bitch”
Raven growled
The others had gone to get something
to eat while he and Chris stayed in the waiting room
He was looking in through the door
and saw his mate and so called friend flirting and laughing.
“You always knew they were close man”
Chris answered
“I didn’t know they were that close
though”
“Dru will
you do something for me?” Buffy smiled at her best friend
“Anything for my Buffy” she sang
“I want you to make me like you again
Princess”
They were both sat in Buffy’s room as
Buffy was brushing Drusilla’s hair
“But you can’t tell the other’s okay”
she whispered to her
“Our little secret”
MEANWHILE DOWNSTAIRS
Giles, Angel, Spike, Chris, Raven and
Carlito were in the Living Room
The atmosphere was still tense from
what had occurred over the last few days.
“I need to tell you all something
that I should have done years ago” Carlito said out
of the blue.
He was sick of all the lies and
secrets. He had decided last night that he was going to tell all
“It’s to do with Buffy” he looked at
everyone apart from Raven
“Go on” Giles leant forward in his
seat
“The powder that you have in the
basement is just that” he shrugged
“Powder What
do you mean?” Spike asked
“Talcum Powder” Carlito
smiled but when nobody else did it disappeared.
“And you know this because?” Angel
joined in
“Buffy told me. It was a joke that
The Master played on Luke a long time ago and it sort of became a Urban Legend to all vampires”
“I don’t..How did Buffy know?” Spike asked again
“You know how close she and The
Master were” Angel looked at him.
At one point the two vampires had
been as close as she and Giles were now. It was only when she stopped killing
did the relationship disintegrate.
“That’s not all” Carlito
stood up
“The spell” he looked upstairs “She
knew it would make her human again”
“So why hide it?”
“It was her worst fear. Becoming a
human again would make her weak in her eyes”
“So she’s lied all this time” Giles
looked at the other men
“She didn’t lie” Carlito
stood up for her
“Awful quick to defend her mate”
Raven finally spoke
“Not this again” Carlito
shook his head
“You ever wonder why she told me” He
had finally had enough
“Meaning?”
“You had her on a pedestal. She could
do now wrong she was perfect”
“So?”
“If she was so perfect why have all
those doubts huh?”
Nobody had an answer to that
“She asked me for help in turning her
back again”
“What did you say?” Chris spoke
“What do you think?”
“It’s okay nobody will help her”
Angel calmed. “No vampire would turn her and no human could they would all be
too scared. I heard what she was like when she was first turned”
“Yeah I know” Raven nodded
“You really don’t” Angel shook his
head
“Put Angelus, Spike, and Darla
together then multiply it by a 100 and you’re still nowhere near”
“But like you say no-one would do it”
Giles confirmed
“There is somebody” Spike realized
“Who?”
He looked upstairs
“Dru” Angel
jumped off his chair and took the stairs three at a time.
He got into the room just in time to
see Dru vamp and lean over Buffy
“I don’t think so” he pushed her away
She got up and growled
Angel showed his demon
Raven and Carlito
were about to walk in the room but were stopped by Giles
“They will tear you apart”
“What are they doing?”
“He’s using his position as Sire to
ward her off”
It worked and Dru’s
demon left shortly followed by Angel’s
“What’s wrong with her?” Carlito came running into the room.
“Get away from her” Raven growled
throwing him through the wall. He was about to attack again when Angel stopped
him
“Your mate needs you”
He looked over and saw Buffy
thrashing about the bed
“Let’s give them some space” Angel
left the room followed by the rest of them
Buffy jerked awake
“Hey princess” Raven stroked her hair
Her bursting into tears wasn’t the
reaction he had hoped for.
He stripped down to his boxers, got
into the bed and held her to him as he pulled the covers around them.
“Come on baby it’s
okay’ he tried to soothe her
“It’s not enough” she kept saying
over and over again
“What do you mean?” he took her face
in his hands and looked into her eyes
“If I wasn’t good enough as a demon
how can I be when I’m human”
He realized what she meant
“You mean me?”
She nodded
“Why do you think I preferred you as
a vampire honey its Buffy Summers I love not the vampire not the Slayer”
“Why did you leave me?”
“Because I thought I had betrayed you
sweetheart”
“I couldn’t look into your eyes
knowing I had hurt you so much”
“You hurt me more leaving me”
“You got on better without me”
“Is that why I tried to kill myself”
He let go of her “What?”
She nodded
“When you left my life was over”
She looked at him
“You didn’t know?”
He shook his head
“Didn’t Carlito
tell you?”
Another shake
“Oh”
“That’s why we’re so close now. He
found me looking through book s one day trying to figure out how to do it”
“Nobody told me”
“Nobody knew only him”
“You really tried to kill yourself because I left”
“I loved you so much that I hurt
still do. I tried to do everything but you were all I thought about”
“I need to stay now” he pulled her
back to him.
“NO” she shook her head
“I’m just getting over it now and if we get together again and you leave I couldn’t cope not again”
“I promise you Buffy I will never
ever leave you again”
“You do believe me don’t you”
“Yes”
“Well that’s something baby”
“I’m not asking us to pick up where
we left off but I want that back one day”
“So do I”
Buffy murmured.
She felt her eyes shutting.
“It’s okay”
he kissed her
“I’ll be here when you wake up”
“Forever”
“Forever” he smiled