Parody of Love

Epilogue

Spike pulled the car over to the curb and turned off the engine. He didn’t say anything, he just looked at the girl sitting beside him trying to judge her reaction.

Buffy, looked through the darkness to the house she had once called home. Somewhere in there her mother waited. Spike had insisted that she call and warn her mother that she was coming home.

“Go on, get it over with” he said finally

Buffy looked at him....

“I’m not scared to go in Spike, it’s something else.”

Spike raised a questioning eyebrow and waited for her to elaborate.

“I can’t go back to being a child. I can’t walk into that house and go back to rules and regulations about dating and what time I come home at. I have gone way beyond that”

Spike nodded slowly, understanding where she was coming from

“So, baby, what do you want to do?”

“Lets go find a place to live” she said matter of factly, but inside she was coiled tight. Would Spike want her living with him on a permanent basis?

“What about your mother, your friends? What will they think about you shacking up with a Vamp?”

“What they think doesn’t matter. This is between you and me. They can either deal or not.....that’s their business”

Buffy paused for a moment as she tried to find the right words......

“What matters is that you *want* me there with you.”

“It depends what you want Slayer. Lets not forget our basic natures here. I’ll never be a domesticate toy boy” said Spike in warning

“A domestic life is not what lies ahead of me” replied the Slayer

Spike nodded in acknowledgment of her words. She was right. They would never be a normal domesticated couple. Some things could never change; he was a Vampire and she was a Slayer and that spelt for an interesting combination. But maybe they could find strength in each other...and having her near him meant he could keep an eye on her while he tried to keep her outta trouble!

Finally he turned and smiled at her, as he reached to start the car.

“OK baby, gotta any idea of where we are going to find the perfect apartment to suit our needs?”

Buffy smiled in relief as he pulled the car away from the curb.......