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A Pirate's Life for Me	By : addielogan Category: > Buffy/Spike(William) > Buffy/Spike(William) Views: 13102 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Buffy took off Harmony's clothes as
soon as she got into her bedroom, wadding them up and throwing them in the
corner. She stared down at the damp pile, wondering if Spike had ever taken
them off of the blonde vampiress. The thought made her stomach turn.
She heard a soft knock on the door
and looked up sharply. "Buffy?" her mother called from the other
side.
"Yeah,
Mom?"
"There's pizza downstairs if
you're hungry, sweetheart."
"I'm fine. I think I'm just
going to turn in for the night."
"Are you sure? I know you're
usually really hungry after patrol�"
"It wasn't a very busy night,
with the rain and all."
"Oh." A pause before
Joyce spoke again. "Can I come in?"
"Just a
minute. Let me get
dressed." Buffy grabbed a pair of flannel pajamas from her drawer, in the
mood for something warm and comforting. She put them on quickly, then called to her mother. "Come on in."
Joyce opened the door slowly,
coming in the room almost tentatively. "I feel like I never come in here
anymore."
"I'm barely in here
anymore," Buffy replied.
"You haven't changed it much
since we moved in," Joyce said, looking around.
"I like having something in my
life that stays the same."
Joyce smiled softly at her daughter,
tucking a wet strand of hair behind Buffy's ear. "Are you sure you're not
hungry? If you don't want pizza, maybe we could get something else? It's late,
but there's some drive-thrus�"
"I'm fine. And what's with the
Mom overload?"
"I just�I love you, Buffy. You
know that, don't you?"
"Of course I do. And I love
you, too." Buffy frowned. "Is everything okay? Did�did something
happen? Are you still sick?"
"I'm fine, honey. I had a
check up today, and everything's going as well as the doctors hoped. They got
it all, and the doctors say my recovery is going very, very well. It's just� I
keep thinking about how close I was to being gone from the lives of my girls. There's
so much we wouldn't have been able to do, and I�" Joyce stopped, wrapping
her arms around Buffy in a fierce hug.
Buffy felt tears pricking her eyes
as she returned her mother's embrace. "I know. I don't know what I
would've done if�"
"Shh. I'm here now, and I'm
not going anywhere. Not for a long time."
Buffy looked up, though she kept
her arms tightly around Joyce. "I love you, Mommy."
"I love you, too, baby."
Joyce kissed Buffy's forehead. "You're all cold and wet. Would you like
some hot chocolate?"
Buffy blinked, thinking back to
when Spike had offered her the same thing a short time before. He'd been taking
care of her� "I just had some. Thanks, though."
"You did?" Joyce asked
with a frown. "Where?"
Buffy pulled away. "Spike's."
"Was he helping you
patrol?"
"No. I went alone tonight. It
just started raining, so I went over there because it was closer than home. And
he gave me some dry clothes and hot chocolate."
"Oh. Well, it's good to know
he does actually drink it."
"Huh?"
"Oh, I give it to him to take
back to his crypt with him. He likes it."
"You give Spike hot
chocolate?"
"Yes."
"When do you do this?"
"He comes over here,"
Joyce replied. "We talk. You didn't know that?"
"Uh, no. What do you and Spike talk about?"
Joyce shrugged. "Different
things. He's a very nice young man."
Buffy suppressed the urge to giggle
insanely at Spike being described as a "very nice young man." "I
just never thought about Spike coming over here. It seems so odd�"
"Not really. He told me I
remind him of his mother. I think they were very close. Besides, everyone needs
a little mothering now and then."
Buffy lowered her head slightly,
glancing upwardly at her mother. "So you, um�like Spike?"
"As someone to share a cup of
hot chocolate with now and then, yes. As a boyfriend for you, I'm not so
sure."
Buffy looked down at the floor.
"Me either."
"Is this because you were in a
romance novel with him?"
Buffy looked up sharply. "You
knew it was a romance novel? Did they actually tell you that? I mean, you're my
mom, and�ew."
"Well, they didn't exactly
tell me, but when I asked Rupert what book it was, he started stammering a lot
and polishing his glasses. That was a bit of a tip off."
"I guess the book was part of
it," Buffy said, looking back down. "But Spike said tonight that
there's this instruction book, and it says that it creates things based on
feelings you already have, so I had to really be in love with him, not just
thinking I was because of the book."
"And are you?"
Buffy's answer was barely audible.
"Yes."
Joyce felt herself torn in two
different directions. Buffy was obviously hurting, and the last thing she
wanted was for her little girl to hurt. But on the other hand, she wanted
something other for Buffy than a vampire. Although Riley had been human, and he
certainly hadn't done Buffy any good� Joyce had been firmly against the idea of
Buffy being with a vampire when it came to Angel, but looking back on it now,
she saw how much of that was just not liking Angel.
And she hadn't. Not even when she had thought he was simply Buffy's history
tutor. He had looked at her daughter in a way that the mother in Joyce had
rebelled at.
Spike looked at Buffy like she was
something wonderful, a treasure. And the tone in his voice
whenever he talked about her� He was bright and handsome, both things
she'd wish for Buffy to find in a boyfriend. And he was always well-mannered,
at least around Joyce, which was very high on her list. The way she saw it, a
young man should always be respectful to his girlfriend's mother, and bonus
points if it didn't seem forced.
Honestly, other than the whole
undead issue, Spike was exactly the kind of man Joyce would want for Buffy. She
supposed if it meant Buffy was happy, she could overlook that one thing�
"I think you should follow you
your heart, Buffy."
Buffy blinked, gaping at her mother
for a moment. "Huh?"
"If your heart is telling you
to be with Spike, you should. Yes, in an ideal world, I'd prefer my daughter
not to be with a vampire, but�" Joyce let out a deep breath. "Life's
too short to not be with the person you love."
Buffy felt a lump rise in her
throat, her mother's words hitting her hard. She was the Slayer. She'd known
from the beginning that that came with an expiration date. Even if you lived to
be a hundred, life was short. When there was a very good chance you wouldn't
see thirty�
"I need�I haven't decided
yet," Buffy said.
Joyce squeezed Buffy's hand.
"Whatever you decided, sweetheart, I'll support you."
"Thanks, Mom."
"If you change your mind about
being hungry�"
"I'll come downstairs."
Joyce smiled. "Okay. Good
night, Buffy."
"Night, Mom."

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Buffy couldn't sleep. Her eyes
didn't seem to want to stay closed, and all she could do was stare
up at the ceiling.
And think about Spike�
She could feel the walls crumbling
around her heart. What Spike had said to her tonight, coupled with her mother's
acceptance of any relationship that could exist between her and the vampire,
had done so much to warm her towards the idea. Was it actually possible that it
could work? Could she be in love and not
have it end tragically? Buffy had never known love and happiness to go hand in
hand. Every man she'd opened even part of her heart to had
hurt her.
Maybe
it was because she hadn't given it to the right one�
Was it na�ve to believe that? Was
it better to be jaded, to know the pain love caused and shield yourself from it?
But she was shielding herself now,
and it still hurt.
She rolled over, grabbing the phone
and dialing a number from memory. After several rings, a tired male voice
answered.
"Hello?"
"Hey,
Xander."
"Buffy? It's three in the
morning. This better be an apocalypse�"
"No, sorry. World's not ending.
Is Anya there?"
"Um, yeah. Why?"
"I want to talk to her."
The confusion was obvious in
Xander's voice. "Okay�"
A few moments later, Anya was on
the phone. "Buffy? Why in the name of all the hells are you calling me at
this hour? Xander said you said the world isn't ending, so I don't see why this
couldn't wait for normal business hours."
Buffy decided it was best to cut to
the chase. "Spike said you told him the book can't make people fall in
love."
"It can't. Is that why you're
calling?"
"Yes."
Buffy could hear Anya's heavy sigh
on the other end of the line. "Look, it's late, so I'm going to cut this
short. The book didn't make you fall in love. You are in love. It's obvious to
anyone with eyes. Go have him give you orgasms, and let me get some
sleep."
Buffy heard Xander's loud exclamation
of, "What! Don't tell Buffy to get�those
from Spike!" followed by an "ow!" "What was that?"
Buffy asked.
"Xander said something stupid,
so I smacked him. Being tired makes me cranky. But according to the instructions,
you love Spike. Really, I don't care what you do with your life, but
personally, I think you'd be much less bitchy if you had some good sex, which
I'm positive Spike could provide. I mean, have you seen the size of that bulge in his jeans. If I didn't have Xander�"
"Anya!" Buffy and Xander exclaimed
in unison.
"Ow. Both of my ears hurt now.
Anyway, is that all you wanted?"
"Yes. You can go back to sleep
now." The only response Buffy got from Anya was the click of the
telephone, followed by a dial tone.
The voice that had been telling
Buffy that being with Spike was wrong kept getting quieter and quieter. He was
a vampire, and that had been a problem with Angel. He didn't have a soul, and
she couldn't pretend that didn't bother her.
But he loved her. And she loved
him.
Life's
too short to not be with the person you love�
Buffy jumped out of bed, changing
her clothes quickly. She crept down the stairs and out the front door. As soon
as she had it locked behind her, she took off in a run, ignoring the driving
rain that was hitting her. One thought ran through her mind over and over
again, kept her going.
She had to get to Spike.
Suddenly, she felt herself stopped
by something in front of her, and she looked up into feral yellow eyes.
"Well, lookie what we have here, boys? Seems like someone thought it would be fun
to take a jog through the cemetery at night."
Buffy sighed as the three vampires
circled her. Where had these guys been when she was looking for a fight? She didn't have time for them now, not when
they weren't the vampire she wanted. She put her hands on her hips. "Look,
I'm not in the mood. Can we do this some other time?"
The vampire in front of her smiled,
his fangs glistening in the moonlight. "Sorry, sweets.
I'm hungry now."
"Fine. If that's the way you want it. We'll just
have to be quick about it."
"Uh, Ralph, she ain't scared. This
is the part where they're usually scared."
"That's because I'm not the
one who's about to die," Buffy replied, pulling a stake from her
waistband. She pushed back, driving it into the heart of the vampire who had
just spoken without as much as a glance in his direction.
"Ralph!" the third
vampire exclaimed. "She just dusted Leroy!"
Buffy quirked an
eyebrow. There was
something slightly disappointing about a vamp named Leroy. Not that Ralph was
any better� But there wasn't exactly time to dwell on it now. Or even bother
with the punning. She was a Slayer on a mission after all. She turned and
staked the vamp who had just lamented the death of Leroy.
Ralph's eyes widened. "You're
the Slayer."
"Hey, he catches on! Are you
gonna run now?"
Ralph grinned. "Nope.
I'm gonna kill myself a Slayer."
"Hate to break it to you,
Ralph, but that's not how this is going to work."
Buffy raised her stake, only to
have Ralph swipe at her with his meaty hand, knocking her down into a puddle of
mud. She looked down in disgust. "Ew! And I was
going to meet someone, too. You better hope he'll still want me if I'm all
muddy�"
"You better hope he'll still
want you when you're all dead."
"See, Ralph, we've had this conversation,"
Buffy said, getting back to her feet. "I'm not the one who isn't walking
away from this." Ralph struck out at her again, but Buffy ducked beneath
the blow, coming up to hit her mark with her stake. She dropped the piece of
wood to the ground and ran through Ralph's dust.
Spike's crypt was in sight. Just a
little further�
She stopped when she got to the
door, taking a deep, calming breath before pushing it open and walking inside.

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