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Despite the fact that she was tired, Emma
found herself having trouble sleeping. Dawn had fallen asleep almost
immediately, and Emma figured she must've discovered some "how to sleep when
the world may end tomorrow" technique that Emma wasn't aware of.
Emma's mind kept going between impending
doom and Aiden. The whole mess of getting sucked into a hell dimension and
being told the world might be ending would be wigsome enough without the hunky
amulet-guardian thrown into the mix. Her thoughts drifted back to Dawn's
insistence that Aiden had been hitting on her earlier, and she wondered if
there was any truth to that. Normally, she had a pretty good idea of when a man
was flirting and when he wasn't, but with Aiden she hadn't been paying the kind
of attention she usually would. In the past, she'd never had any problem
keeping her cool and being the one in the situation with the level head, but
she'd never been around a man quite as gorgeous as Aiden. He looked at her and
about all she could do was drool.
What if he had been making a pass at
her? She could definitely use something to take her mind off of things, and
Dawn had a point about her missing out on a big opportunity if she passed it
up. Maybe if she just went down there and talked to him a bit, felt out the
situation. If he had been hinting towards sex, then she was sure he'd make that
clearer, and if not, she'd just leave. Simple as that.
Quietly, she climbed out of the bed, careful
not to make any noise that would wake Dawn. She walked down the hall to Aiden's
room, but stopped short when she got there. What would she say? What if he was
already asleep and she was just going to bother him? She decided she'd been
insane to go there in the first place and turned around, walking back towards
her room.
"Emma?"
The sound of Aiden's voice made her stop
short. She turned to see him standing in his now-open doorway. "Did I
bother you?" she asked, pushing her hair away from her eyes. "I
didn't mean to bother you…"
"No, you didn't," Aiden replied.
"Though I am wondering why you came here only to stand by my door for a
few minutes before leaving."
"I…I should go back to bed," Emma
said.
"I know why you came. You were thinking
about engaging in sexual intercourse with me, but then you became nervous, so
you left."
Emma's eyes grew wide. "What?
That's…that's insane is what that is. I don't know where you came up with
that." She blushed.
"Your red-stained cheeks tell me all I
need to know," Aiden said with a small grin. He walked out into the hall,
approaching Emma. "You don't need to be coy. You're attracted to me, as I
am to you. We have the time and could both use the release. Spend this evening
with me, in my bed."
Emma just gaped, not knowing what to say in
response. She wasn't exactly a novice when it came to sex, but she'd never
known anyone to be quite so blunt. "I don't…I don't know if it's really
such a good idea."
"I don't see why not." Aiden
reached down and took her small hand in his much larger one. "It has been
a long time since I've had a woman with me, Emma. My life is primarily a
solitary one, and it is rare that I can find the pleasure of female
companionship. It is not usually my way to ask a woman to allow me to take her
so shortly after our meeting, but I've had my fill of cold, lonely nights.
Tomorrow we begin our journey into battle. Let's make the most of
tonight."
Emma swallowed, her mouth suddenly dry.
Aiden had a point. Besides, wasn't this why she'd come down here in the first
place before she'd chickened out? And the man was absolutely beautiful…
"Yeah, okay."
Aiden said nothing in response, only lifting
her off of her feet and carrying her away.
***
*** ***
Spike woke as Buffy scrambled to get out of
bed, running towards the room Aiden had indicated was the bathroom. He hated
seeing Buffy like this, hated knowing she was suffering. The pregnancy had been
rough enough for her when they'd been home and it seemed that being in this
other dimension was only making it worse.
She came out a few minutes later, looking
wan and pale. "At least this demon dimension has pretty standard
bathrooms," she said, climbing back into bed with Spike. "Running
water and everything."
Spike wrapped his arm around her, reaching
up to stroke her face. "How bad is it this morning?"
"Not so bad."
Spike looked down, meeting her eyes.
"Don't lie to me."
Buffy sighed, knowing that she didn't have
much of a chance of hiding the truth from Spike. "Pretty bad. Baby's still
not happy about the whole interdimensional travel thing. Not that this
pregnancy has exactly been a smooth ride from the start, but this certainly
hasn't helped matters."
"We don't have to do this Buffy,"
Spike said. "There's a whole army of Slayers out there. Aiden could just
as easily use some of them."
"None of them have my experience with
this sort of stuff," Buffy replied. "Not even Faith, and she's been
at it the second longest. Besides, this Chachi guy is after Dawn—I can't ignore
that. If she's in danger, I have to be the one to fight. I can't have it any
other way."
"I understand that. And I want to
protect Dawn, too, but you may not be the best one to do it right now,
luv."
"I'm still the Slayer," Buffy
said, raising her chin defiantly. "Baby or no baby, I can still fight and
I can still protect my sister."
"I just don't want any of you getting
hurt," Spike told her. "What if something happened and we lost the
baby?"
Buffy shook her head. "It won't happen.
I'll be careful, I promise."
"Buffy, how careful can you be? We're
going up against an army of demons. I don't think that's something they
normally recommend for pregnant women."
"This is my job, Spike. It's what I do.
And I can protect my unborn child just fine. I don't need you telling me what I
can and can't do while I'm pregnant."
"I'm not…" Spike paused, taking a
calming breath. "I'm not doing that, luv. I'm just worried, is all. You're
weak and you're going into a dangerous situation. I don't want to lose you or
our lil' bit."
"You won't. But I can't walk away from this. It's too
important."
Spike conceded, knowing Buffy well enough to
know when she wasn't going to back down from something. "Just be extra
careful, all right, pet? It's not just you you're looking out for now."
"I know. And trust me, the last thing I
want is to lose this baby. I haven't even had the chance to look into her eyes
yet and I already love her."
Spike nudged her lightly. "So you're
admitting I'm right and it's a girl then."
"No," Buffy replied. "That
was a…generic her. I was just being PC and not automatically saying
'him.'"
"Right. You know as well as I do that
there's a little Buffy in there."
"I don't know why you're so fixated on
having a girl anyway. Aren't men supposed to want strapping young lads that
they can mold in their image?" Buffy asked.
"Maybe. But I want a daddy's girl that
I can spoil rotten," Spike answered with a grin.
Buffy rolled her eyes. "You're
impossible." She settled back into Spike's arms, deciding that if Aiden
hadn't come to wake them yet, then she was getting more sleep.
"That's nothing new," Spike
countered, holding on to Buffy tightly.
"No, it sure isn't." Buffy's eyes
drifted shut. "Although I am setting one rule right now for the spoilage.
No ponies. I don't care how hard she begs, our flat is not big enough."
Spike chuckled. "All right, pet. No
ponies."
***
*** ***
Emma opened her eyes with the uncertainty
one feels when waking up in a strange bed. She turned, amending that. Waking up
in a strange bed with a strange man…
The events of the night before came rushing
back and she blushed. Apparently the men of whatever dimension Aiden hailed
from were much more knowledgeable when it came to pleasing a woman than the
ones she'd known back in Texas. She'd had no idea sex could be like that.
Aiden was still asleep, and Emma took the
opportunity to look him over. She'd been too caught up in everything he was doing
the night before to really get a good look, though she hadn't missed the fact
that his muscles were indeed "lickable." The man was chiseled
perfection, every inch of him. She glanced down at the tent forming in the
sheet and moistened her lips with her tongue. And she did mean every inch.
She hadn't even known they came that big…
Deciding to come down to Aiden's room and
then to take him up on his offer to spend the night with him had probably not
been the most rational decision Emma had ever made, but it certainly wasn't one
she regretted. It had been one of the most amazing experiences of her young
life and it had done much in the way of calming her anxiety.
When she felt Aiden reach out and stroke her
hair, Emma looked up sharply, meeting his eyes. She'd never known anyone with
eyes that intense, and they made her feel a way she didn't think she had
before. "Good morning, my sweet," Aiden said, smiling softly at her.
"Good morning," Emma replied,
blushing a little.
"Even after all the ways I touched you
last night, still you blush," Aiden teased, stroking her reddened cheek.
"I'm usually not much of a
blusher," Emma said, though the red stain on her face darkened. "I
think it's all your fault."
"That's blame I'll gladly accept,"
Aiden replied. He tilted her face up, kissing her until Emma felt lightheaded.
"Wow. You're one hell of a
kisser," Emma admitted, smiling slightly.
"I've had many years to learn,"
Aiden said. "And I'd love to show you many of the other things I
know, but there isn't time. Hopefully, the storm has passed by now and it will
be safe for us to start our journey. As much as I would enjoy keeping you right
here to make love to you over and over again, I'm afraid there are more
pressing matters to attend to."
Emma looked up at him through hooded lashes.
"Can I take a rain check then?"
"I wouldn't have it any other
way," Aiden replied, his lips descending on hers again.
***
*** ***
"And where were you exactly?" Dawn
asked when Emma came back into the room.
Emma glanced over at Dawn. She tried to look
casual, though a smile soon crept to her lips. "Aiden's room."
"Oh my god, you were not!"
Dawn gave Emma a teasing smile. "You total slut."
Emma giggled. "It was incredible, Dawn.
I mean…wow. I thought I'd had sex before, but it was nothing like that. I'm
starting to think that human guys just don't know how to do it."
"That is a very real possibility,"
Dawn said with a chuckle. "Not that I've had any complaints in my all of
one physical relationship. Well, except for the whole part where he left me,
but I'm so not in the mood to get into that." She cleared her throat.
"So, what's up with the apocalypse? Was it called on account of too busy
shagging?"
"Sadly, no," Emma replied.
"Aiden's getting ready and then he's going to call us all back to the main
chamber."
"Damn. I'm really not looking forward
to this."
"Me either. I know I'm supposed to be
all strong and a Slayer for the whole thing, but I have no clue how to be
that," Emma admitted.
"It's not really that hard once you're
actually in the battle," Dawn said. "Adrenaline and the will to
survive kick in. Keeps you fighting. And I don't even have the instincts you
have as a Slayer."
"Maybe it would be easier to have
confidence if half my Slayer training didn't consist of constant reminders that
Slayers die young. They make being called as a Slayer sound like getting
diagnosed with terminal cancer," Emma said, frowning.
"It doesn't have to be that way,"
Dawn replied. "Not anymore anyway. For one thing, it's no longer one girl
against every demon out there. Those odds weren't exactly fair. And Buffy's
proven that a Slayer can live longer than a year or two at most."
"Hasn't she died twice?"
"Well, yeah, but she got better."
"Still, I'm not sure how comforting
that really is."
A knock on the door stopped Dawn from
responding, and Emma went over to answer it, not really wanting to talk about
her possible imminent death any longer, and found Spike on the other side.
"Aiden said he wants us all back in the main chamber." He looked at
Emma askew for a moment before calling out to Dawn. "Bit, go across the
hall and make sure your sister is getting on all right. She's had a bit of a
rough morning."
Dawn hopped down off the bed and walked into
the other bedroom, giving Spike a nod as she did. As soon as they were alone,
Spike nudged Emma fully inside the room, shutting the door behind them.
"Are you completely insane?" he asked.
Emma blinked. "What?"
"Sleeping with Aiden. We can't even one
hundred percent trust him right now, despite his claim to be Drogyn's cousin.
Could all be part of a trap."
"Or it could not be," Emma
replied, crossing her arms in front of her. "We've got to trust him some,
Spike, since we are pretty much at his mercy here."
"Doesn't mean you have to go shagging
him," Spike said. "What if he'd been trying to separate us and he was
just going after you first?"
"Well, seeing as I'm standing here
right now and he certainly didn't do anything to hurt me, I'd have to
say that wasn't the case. Besides, how to do you know anyway?"
"I can smell him all over you,"
Spike replied. "Thought I might have caught a little of you on him this
morning, but I didn't get close enough to be sure."
"You can smell him on me? That's
a little creepy, Spike."
"You don't know the half of it,"
Spike muttered. Then louder, "Look, Emma, just be careful, all right? We
don't really know what this guy is all about. He could be what he says he is,
he could not. It's not safe for you right now to get emotionally
involved."
"I'm not! Geez, Spike, it was just sex.
It doesn't mean that I'm fantasizing about riding off into the sunset with him.
And while I do appreciate your concern, I already have five brothers—I really
don't need another one."
Spike stiffened a little. "I'm just
trying to look out for you. This life you've found yourself in is a dangerous
one, especially if you don't know the ropes. You can't let your guard down at
all until you know for certain who you can trust and who you can't."
"I know that. And I didn't let
my guard down. Not really. And you've got to trust him a bit, too, to have agreed
to stay here," Emma replied.
"Don't have much of a choice,"
Spike said. "But I also didn't sneak off by myself and shag him."
"Well, no, 'cause Buffy would so kick
your ass," Emma said, unable to resist a small smile. "But really,
I'm okay. It wasn't that big of a deal. I was just nervous about this whole
impending apocalypse thing, it being my first and all, and Aiden was offering
comfort. That's all."
"Just be careful, Em. I want all you
girls to get out of here in one piece."
"I will be careful. And believe me,
whether I slept with him or not won't make a damn bit of difference if Aiden
becomes a threat."
"Good. Make sure it stays that way, at
least while things are the way they are. We're not exactly on home turf
here."
"I know." Emma reached out and
gave Spike's arm a small squeeze. "And I do appreciate it that you're
looking out for me. But I'm okay here. Not taking any crazy chances."
Spike's expression made it clear that he
still wasn't so sure about that, but he didn't press the issue anymore. "All
right. Come on, lets go get the Summers women and then head back to the
chamber."
Emma nodded, glad that the lecture appeared
to be over. "Okay. Let's go."
***
*** ***
Sorry I didn't update for a while, but I
haven't forgotten about this story—I just got distracted by a very loud plot
bunny. Hopefully, people are still interested in this one. Please leave a
review and let me know!
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