Not True
AUTHOR: Shellc
RATING: PG
PAIRING: None
DISCLAIMER: WWE belongs to Vince McMahon. BTVS belongs
to Joss Whedon
Part 1
SUMMARY: Now that Joyce is dead Buffy's world has
finally fallen apart.
NOTES: Dawn doesn't exist
"How is she doing", Giles had just seen the
last mourner to the door before going over to Xander
to help him tidy up the living room.
"I don't
know Giles, I think she's in shock", Xander
answered as he passed Giles the black bag.
Buffy had been
sat in the same chair for over three hours saying nothing. If it hadn't been
for the fact that she kept touching her hair Giles would have thought she was
back in a coma.
The Slayer knew they were talking about her but didn't
care she had lost her mother. The one person in the world
that knew her better than anybody. She didn't know if she would be able
to cope now she was gone.
Angel had tried
to comfort her but it meant nothing. It was that moment that she had realized
the pair of them were finally over and the worst thing was she couldn't bring
herself to care right now.
"Where's Spike?", she
asked standing up and walking over to the kitchen.
"On
patrol",
She had moved in
with Buffy to give her some help when they had found out about her mom's
illness.
"I'm going
to help him", she said as she walked out the door.
'I can't believe
she's letting him help her" Xander moaned
talking about the vampire.
"Xand for some reason he's the only one she can talk too
about this"
He would never
willingly admit it but he had grown to like the peroxide punk. They would never
be the best of friends but even without a soul he knew Spike would do all in
his power to stop the girl from hurting.
His thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. He
walked over to answer it with Giles close behind him.
Standing in front
of him was a middle-aged man in a suit. Standing beside him was a younger man
and a cute blonde.
"Can i help you?" he
asked being polite.
"Yes can i speak to Miss Summers please?'.
"She's not
here at the moment actually can we help?' Giles asked from behind him.
"I don't know perhaps we should come in" the
man replied.
Buffy finally found him walking into the graveyard.
"Hey wait up Will" she yelled at him.
Spike smiled and
as he turned around the smile slipped from his face.
She had left the house in nothing more than a tank top.
"Jesus Bethy you'll catch your death", he sighed taking off
his coat and slipping it around her shoulders.
Looking at her
properly he saw she looked exhausted.
"Come on
girl lets get you fixed". He took her to the mansion where he had recently
moved into.
He sat her down on the couch while he drew her a bath.
"Come on sweetheart", he whispered as he
lifted her up and through to the bathroom.
He undressed her and sat her in the bath then went to
make her something to eat. When he returned she hadn't moved.
"Oh slayer',
he said before stripping off and getting in the bath behind her. She lay back
so her back was leaning into his chest and he put his arms around her waist.
He had realized long ago there would never be anything
between them and when he finally let go he discovered that he was treating her
more
as a little sister, which Joyce had
loved as she said there, would now be someone looking out for her baby girl.
Buffy was the
only one allowed to call him Will and only he could call her Bethy.
"How are you sweetheart?',
he crooned as he massaged her shoulders.
She turned around
and looked at him.
"My mommy's gone", she whimpered before
finally giving in and letting the tears come.
It broke his heart to see the girl like this. He did the
only thing he could and held her until she had calmed down.
"How long do you think she will be?" Anya sighed as Xander handed the
guests a drink.
"I need Xander to take me home so we can have intercourse".
The Scooby's said nothing of course but the guests
spluttered into their drinks not knowing where to look.
"Is this
her?', the older man asked picking a picture of Buffy up that had been taken
just after her 18th birthday.
"She looks
just like her mum"; he thought looking over as Giles nodded to his
question.
Giles coughed
getting everybody's attention
"I don't
know whether she should be told right now after all that's happened. She's
still a little fragile”.
He
was interrupted as the door opened and Spike and Buffy walked in. She looked
over at Giles and smiled. He opened his arms and she walked into his embrace.
Xander,
"Miss
Summers", Buffy looked over she didn't even know that there was anybody
else in the room.
He handed her a
letter and then walked out of the front door followed by the other two.
Buffy was puzzled
and walked over to a chair so she could read the letter.
"NO",
she screamed flinging the letter away and running up the stairs.
Spike picked up the letter scanned it and looked over to
the others. "It can't be true?', he shook his
head.
"I'm sorry
Spike but it all adds up with what Joyce told me before she died".
"Get them back in", he growled as
His eyes were golden as the three entered the house
again.
"Why now?", he shouted.
"The poor
girl's been through enough"
"Hey who's this?" she smiled at the strangers.
"This is Vince McMahon and his children Stephanie
and Shane"
"So do you
know Giles then", she enquired.
"I'm
actually visiting family" he laughed nervously.
"Who.... Who", she was puzzled.
"Me", came the reply
from the girl at the bottom of the stairs.
Everybody turned to stare at Buffy.
"I'm his
daughter" she glared at Vince.
Part 2
Summary: Buffy finds out about the father she
never knew existed
It was as if time had stood still. Family
surrounded Buffy and she has never felt more alone in her whole life.
When she finally moved from the spot at the
bottom of the stairs Spike had sat her on the couch
and she hadn’t moved since. Nobody wanted to be the first person to say
anything so the room was in silence.
Spike and Giles were in the kitchen making
something to eat for everyone.
“So she never told her?” Spike handed him the
bread and margarine.
“She
didn’t think there would be much point”, Giles replied getting the plates out
of the cupboard
“Vince didn’t know about Buffy and Hank has
always thought she was his”.
“I really don’t think she’s strong enough for
this Rupert”, the vampire stated shaking his head.
“Not much
we can do about it is there”; the Watcher grimaced as they walked back into the
living room with the refreshments.
It was all eat in silence
“I think we should give Buffy and Mr McMahon
some space”, Giles stood up and the others followed.
“I ain’t leaving her” Spike jumped up.
“It’s ok Will” she smiled as she walked over to
him.
She put her arms around him for reassurance and
walked him to the door.
“Are you sure?” Giles put his hand on her arm.
She nodded and gave him a quick hug before she
shut the door.
“So I go from being an only child to having a
brother and sister go figure”, she laughed it got louder when she saw the
shocked looks of the other inhabitants of the room.
“Sorry”,
she stopped after a while
“When I
get nervous I saw stupid stuff”, she waffled as she sat down.
“So”, she got comfortable
“You want
to tell me why my mother cheated on dad with you?” she looked at him.
She had
the same expression in her eyes that he had seen Stephanie do countless times.
“Well”,
he shifted nervously
“They
weren’t actually together when I met Joyce”; he looked at his two children
“And me and my wife were going through a bad patch and well you
can guess what happened”.
She looked over at her newly acquired siblings “So what do you think then?’
Shane
shrugged it off “Worse stuff could happen” he smiled at her.
She could
feel Stephanie’s animosity before she even looked at her
“We may be blood related but we will never be
related”, she snapped at the Slayer.
“Nice doggy”, Buffy laughed
“You got her a leash”. Stephanie took a step
towards her but was stopped by Shane.
“Look I’m still a little hungry is there
anywhere we can get something?’
Buffy
grimaced “Well there is the
“You can get food but it’s not always edible”.
“That’s
fine”, he looked at Vince “Me and you can go pops”, he was already heading
towards the door.
“We won’t be long”, Vince comforted his daughter
with a peck on the cheek and then followed his son.
“I’m sorry about your mother”, Stephanie tried
to sound sympathetic.
Buffy knew she was moments away from the tears
but was doing her best to avoid it.
“Yeah
well it was sudden” she looked away.
For the first time Stephanie got a decent look
at the girl who was now her sister.
To the
rest of the world she looked like a teenage girl who would break with the
slightest touch but Stephanie knew better she reminded her of herself at that
age. It would take a lot to break her unfortunatly it
looks as if she was at that point or very near to it.
“Were you close?” she walked over to the seat
and sat down.
“Not so much the last years with school and
slaying”, the blonde replied absent-mindedly.
“Slayer?” Steph’s head whipped up.
“Yeah”,
Buffy said “It’s another word for homework”, she squirmed hoping that the other
woman would believe her, which she seemed to.
“So what do you think of her?” Vince was in line
waiting for his order alongside Shane.
“Well”,
he turned around
“She
seems alright but there’s something about her I can’t put my finger on”.
Vince
nodded in agreement with his son. “I don’t know where she gets it from, Joyce
wasn’t like that”.
“She’ll
be out of sorts because of her mother”. The younger McMahon stated as the clerk
handed them their food.
“This
place seems to be a little weird though”; Vince smiled nervously as they made
their way to the car.
“I guess”
Shane shrugged. “But it seems all right to me”.
“Here” Steph handed Buffy a cup of coffee and
took a seat beside her.
“I’m
sorry about earlier but I’m having a few relationship problems”, she explained.
Buffy
took a sip and sat back.
“I know
that feeling” she smiled grimly before continuing
“My ex boyfriend dumped me and moved to LA” she
looked at Stephanie
“It’s been nearly two years and it still hurts
to see him”.
The older woman smiled. It looked as if they had
inherited the same genes as their father when it came to relationships.
“Yep been there. My husband Hunter got injured a few months ago and had to stay
home and when he came back he was really distant to me and it felt like I could
never do a thing right”.
“I did date someone for a while but I never
really loved him I still couldn’t get Angel out of my head’, she laughed
She
placed her mug on the table “I know we can’t be together but it still hurts way
too much”. Stephanie sighed before leaning towards her.
“Can I tell you a secret?’ she asked her sister.
“Sure I
guess” Buffy shrugged.
“I done
something really really bad”, she looked ashamed.
“He asked
for a divorce so I said I was pregnant”, she looked over at Buffy expecting
shock or disgust but she saw compassion.
“Giles told me once, it’s easy to say your
disappointed in someone and you can accuse them but the only person how really
is disappointed is yourself”, she smiled at her showing her support.
Vince and Shane had been parked outside the
house for the last ten minutes afraid to go in incase of what they would find.
What they found was even more shocking.
Steph and
Buffy were both sat in their PJ’s doing each other’s
nails.
“OK not
exactly what I expected to see”, Vince admitted as he looked at his son.
“Hey
dad”, Stephanie smiled as she stood up and took the bag from his hand “I’m
starving”, she shouted through.
Shrugging his shoulders Shane followed her. Leaving the newly aquainted father and
daughter to talk.
Buffy offered him a seat
and turned around to face him
“Ok I am
not promising anything but if we take it slow maybe we could get to know each
other”.
He smiled at her “That would be nice dear maybe
you could come on tour with me”.
She
looked confused “On tour are you an actor or something?” he chucked.
“Not
exactly im the chairman of the WWE”, she was still
unsure so he said “I’m the boss of a wrestling company have you ever heard of
Kurt Angle or Kane”.
“Do you
know Stone Cold?” she smiled.
Now it
was his turn to be confused.
“Xander and Spike watch it”, she explained before smiling
“So would I get to meet them?” he nodded at her “GET OUT”, she laughed.
“Well she’s a typical Cheerleader” Stephanie
grinned.
“I don’t
get it I thought you hated her”, he didn’t understand.
“I got to know her”, Steph explained.
“The only
thing I’m not sure of is her language. Do you know she calls homework- slaying?”
“Weird”,
he answered.
“I’m just
going to the toilet”.
He made his way up after
getting directions from Buffy and locked the door. He got his cell out and
punched in a number.
A
familiar voice answered
“Hey it’s Shane what can you tell me about a
Slayer called Buffy Summers?’
There was mumbling at the end of the phone and
then he got an answer.
“That’s
fine, it doesn’t matter what time. Thanks yeah see you later Lorne”.
Part 3
Summary: Just how much does Shane know?
“Shane get your butt down the food’s
ready”, the rest of the McMahon’s were waiting for the eldest child to come
down so they could get started.
Steph
looked over and saw her dad and Buffy talking. By the looks on their faces it
was obviously about Joyce.
Looking
up Buffy grinned
“Are you just going to stand there or sit down”.
Vince started laughing,
Buffy was everything Shane and Stephanie weren’t. Although his two children
liked to show confidence on screen outside of work things were very different.
His train of thought was interrupted when Shane came
down the stairs and walked over to Buffy
“I have a friend who stays ten minutes away he’s
coming into town” he picked up a burger
“Will you
come with me to get him” he looked over at his youngest sister who was in the
middle of eating a burger whole.
“Sure” she said wiping the splurge of ketchup
that was on her lips.
“Just
give me a few minutes to get ready” she passed him and went up the stairs
giving the other three a chance to talk.
“So what do you think?” Vince asked his
children.
“You already know I like her dad” Stephanie
stole the last pack of fries just before Shane could get them.
“Ditto”
Shane said just as the object of their conversation came back into the room.
“Ready” she asked as she put on her coat.
He nodded and followed her out the door. They
had walked in silence since they had left so the minute Buffy heard the noise
in the bushes she was on alert.
“Slayer” came a voice from behind her.
She
turned and saw at least six vampires ready to jump her.
“Great” she sighed “Can’t I have just one night”
before jumping in the middle of the group and staking the vampire nearest to
her.
When she had slayed
them all she looked around in confusion
“Shane?” she heard a noise coming from around
the corner.
She ran round only to see her brother kicking
the crap out of the last vampire.
“I only
told you to scare her” he growled at him before staking him.
He looked
up and saw him staring at her “You bastard” she screamed before lunging at him.
He dodged her at the last minute
“Buffy wait please” he pleaded
“I can explain”
She stopped “Go on then” she snarled.
“Let’s go somewhere and talk” he offered her a
hand. She reluctantly took it and followed him.
“So explain then” she hadn’t took
her eyes off him since they entered the Bronze.
They were
sitting in the back.
“Let me
finish before you say anything ok?” he continued after she nodded.
“I knew
who you were and I was just testing you. They promised not to go that far”.
He took a
sip of his coffee
“That’s
vampires for you” she continued staring at him.
“Do you know someone called Lorne?”
She thought for a minute “He works with my ex
Angel right”
Shane nodded
“Yeah when Steph said earlier about you slipping
up about slaying it got me thinking. He had said there was a slayer living in Sunnydale”.
“That’s all very well,” Buffy said
“But how do you know them” she looked around the
club.
He moved
the collar of his shirt to show her the scar on his neck
“Lorne stopped them from killing me by singing”
Buffy started laughing.
Angel had
told her about him.
“So what
happens now will you tell Vince and Stephanie” she asked him
“No you can when you want to” he took hold of
her hand and squeezed it.
“Lets get
home” she grinned getting up.
“So how long will you be then?” Willow was
hugging Buffy.
She had
decided to go back with the family for a few months to get to know them better.
“Only a month or too Wil”
she let go and made her way over to the car.
“Steph get your ass in gear” Shane shouted as he
and Vince put the luggage in the boot.
“I’m here”
she passed Willow and got in the back seat beside Buffy.
“So you
ready then?” she asked her sister.
“Yeah”,
Buffy replied
Shane got
in and started the car
“As ready
as I’ll ever be” she answered as she waved to Willow before the car left the
drive,