[BtVS] Fic: Normal? Never [Part 10/10]
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inkisrunningBefore I post the 10th and final part of Normal? Never....
I wanted to give hugs to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dindongbell. Sweetie you know I love you, right? Hopefully you understood that email that I sent you:)
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Normal? Never
by DearOne
Part 10: After Office Hours
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Mountains move and oceans part
When they are standing in our way
--Christina Aguilera, We're A Miracle
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“Yeah, why did you run?”
Spike’s eyes widened at Buffy’s questioning gaze, and then narrowed in on the demon that had outed him. Then looking at Buffy again, “you have to let me explain, Pet, it’s not what you or what he thinks.”
“Then tell me what I’m not thinking then."
"I didn’t want you to know I was back yet. You see… like I told you earlier I had this idea in my head. When I return to you, I wanted to not just be there for you… but BE there for you.”
Buffy settled back into his side but kept her eyes on his. She knew what he said was the truth. She believed him earlier. But for Angel, or anyone, who would try and change her mind about Spike, she wanted them to know that her feelings for him were set in stone. “You’re wrong then," Buffy said flatly, but before Spike could interrupt, she finished her sentence, "that was exactly what I was thinking. And you are lucky that you’re damned sexy when you say things like that to me.” She grinned.
“Wait.” Angel interrupted. “That’s not what you told me. You told me you didn’t want her to know because you wanted to move on, you couldn’t face her after what happened in Sunnydale. You wanted her to THINK you were still gone. You wanted a job so you can get some extra cash, and move somewhere where she wasn’t.”
“Yeah, that’s what I told you so you would help me out by waving your high and mighty CEO hand and get me a job, you nit. You prolly wouldn’t have helped, otherwise.”
“You’re working now?” Buffy asked.
“Woah-- did you just say work? If you did, then I’m all ears.” Xander asked, amused..
“You’re looking at the Head of Security and a free-lancer to many-- if not all-- of the people we try to help and the cases that the Angelettes here try to solve. But have no worries, in my free time I still do a little extra crime fighting, you know helpin’ the helpless and all that.” Spike beamed, proud of himself.
“Wow. Do you get to wear one of those uniforms too?” Buffy asked, smiling at him.
Spike grinned, knowingly, at her in reply.
Angel and his earlier summation, was clearly forgotten.
“Hey, do you think you can hook me up with a tazer gun or something?" Xander asked. "Mine's dust, along with the rest of my cool James Bond gadgets.”
“Sure mate, anythin’ you want."
“Really? Cool.”
“Hmm…wait!” Buffy sat upright again, remembering what it was she had forgotten earlier.
“What? What is it?” Spike asked.
“Xander, can you pass me my purse?”
“Sure,” he said, handing it to her.
Buffy pulled out the cream envelope that she had with her.
Spike’s eyes widened as he saw what it was. “Oh.”
“It’s a Wolfram & Hart envelope, but the checks are signed W.H.” Buffy stated. “It was weird but I didn’t think anything of it. I just thought the initials stood for Wolfram & Hart. I had thought Angel sent-- but W.H., is that you?”
“I… I didn’t have use for it. I…”
Buffy didn’t need to hear an explanation from him. She just threw her arms around him and whispered, “thanks.” It was different for her if the money came from him. His intentions were different than what Angel's would have been.
“So, what is your last name anyway?” Xander asked.
“Howell.”
Angel plopped down in the other overstuffed chair that faced the sofa and sighed, “You have got to be kidding me,” he thought. Then he looked at his watch, “Look its getting late, it’s nearly ten,” he said. “Has it only been hours ago when Buffy walked into my office? It feels like ages since,” his mind added.
“Actually, it still feels like day for me. You know, because the time diff.” Xander said.
“Yeah, same here, is it really night already? Because it feels like only minutes ago I got here.” Upon looking at Alex, who had recently fallen asleep in the crook of Spike’s arm, she added, “maybe we should get a room though…” She took a moment to watch Spike who was absentmindedly stroking Alex’s light brown hair. “Hmmm… when his hair grows out will it be curly like Spike's?” She smiled at the thought. Then, turning to Xander, she asked: “did you have time to get us a room?”
“Not yet, but we better go now if we want to get a vacancy.”
“You don’t have to do that. I got extra rooms.” Angel supplied.
“Or you can all stay at my place.”
“You have a place?”
“Oh yeah, had one for awhile now,” Spike said proudly, as he stood up and kept Alex close to him. “It’s nothing much you know, I mean… I’m not much into the whole posh thing that Angel has going on,” Spike added, shuffling a bit. “But it’s… uh… warm and all that.”
“Xander, what do you think? I say it’s a must see,” Buffy said, as she took Spike’s proffered hand to help her up.
“I’m in. I’m sure he has some kind of cable hooked up. And besides I have to make a couple long distance phone calls. Thanks in advance Spike," Xander smirked at the vampire and then casually stood up while gathering the car seat and diaper bag.
Buffy looked at Spike holding their son and smiled. “I guess I got my normal life after all,” she thought.
As if reading her mind, Spike countered, "Love, what's so great ‘bout normal? Never being normal is what brought us here."
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All my life, I felt incomplete
But you turned my soul, with your love so sweetly
You hear my thoughts, you read my mind
You're the part of me, I thought I'd never find
--Christina Aguilera, We're A Miracle
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FIN!!!
First published: March 1-19, 2004
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I wanted to give hugs to
dindongbell. Sweetie you know I love you, right? Hopefully you understood that email that I sent you:)[-NN-]
Normal? Never
by DearOne
Part 10: After Office Hours
[-NN-]
Mountains move and oceans part
When they are standing in our way
--Christina Aguilera, We're A Miracle
[-NN-]
“Yeah, why did you run?”
Spike’s eyes widened at Buffy’s questioning gaze, and then narrowed in on the demon that had outed him. Then looking at Buffy again, “you have to let me explain, Pet, it’s not what you or what he thinks.”
“Then tell me what I’m not thinking then."
"I didn’t want you to know I was back yet. You see… like I told you earlier I had this idea in my head. When I return to you, I wanted to not just be there for you… but BE there for you.”
Buffy settled back into his side but kept her eyes on his. She knew what he said was the truth. She believed him earlier. But for Angel, or anyone, who would try and change her mind about Spike, she wanted them to know that her feelings for him were set in stone. “You’re wrong then," Buffy said flatly, but before Spike could interrupt, she finished her sentence, "that was exactly what I was thinking. And you are lucky that you’re damned sexy when you say things like that to me.” She grinned.
“Wait.” Angel interrupted. “That’s not what you told me. You told me you didn’t want her to know because you wanted to move on, you couldn’t face her after what happened in Sunnydale. You wanted her to THINK you were still gone. You wanted a job so you can get some extra cash, and move somewhere where she wasn’t.”
“Yeah, that’s what I told you so you would help me out by waving your high and mighty CEO hand and get me a job, you nit. You prolly wouldn’t have helped, otherwise.”
“You’re working now?” Buffy asked.
“Woah-- did you just say work? If you did, then I’m all ears.” Xander asked, amused..
“You’re looking at the Head of Security and a free-lancer to many-- if not all-- of the people we try to help and the cases that the Angelettes here try to solve. But have no worries, in my free time I still do a little extra crime fighting, you know helpin’ the helpless and all that.” Spike beamed, proud of himself.
“Wow. Do you get to wear one of those uniforms too?” Buffy asked, smiling at him.
Spike grinned, knowingly, at her in reply.
Angel and his earlier summation, was clearly forgotten.
“Hey, do you think you can hook me up with a tazer gun or something?" Xander asked. "Mine's dust, along with the rest of my cool James Bond gadgets.”
“Sure mate, anythin’ you want."
“Really? Cool.”
“Hmm…wait!” Buffy sat upright again, remembering what it was she had forgotten earlier.
“What? What is it?” Spike asked.
“Xander, can you pass me my purse?”
“Sure,” he said, handing it to her.
Buffy pulled out the cream envelope that she had with her.
Spike’s eyes widened as he saw what it was. “Oh.”
“It’s a Wolfram & Hart envelope, but the checks are signed W.H.” Buffy stated. “It was weird but I didn’t think anything of it. I just thought the initials stood for Wolfram & Hart. I had thought Angel sent-- but W.H., is that you?”
“I… I didn’t have use for it. I…”
Buffy didn’t need to hear an explanation from him. She just threw her arms around him and whispered, “thanks.” It was different for her if the money came from him. His intentions were different than what Angel's would have been.
“So, what is your last name anyway?” Xander asked.
“Howell.”
Angel plopped down in the other overstuffed chair that faced the sofa and sighed, “You have got to be kidding me,” he thought. Then he looked at his watch, “Look its getting late, it’s nearly ten,” he said. “Has it only been hours ago when Buffy walked into my office? It feels like ages since,” his mind added.
“Actually, it still feels like day for me. You know, because the time diff.” Xander said.
“Yeah, same here, is it really night already? Because it feels like only minutes ago I got here.” Upon looking at Alex, who had recently fallen asleep in the crook of Spike’s arm, she added, “maybe we should get a room though…” She took a moment to watch Spike who was absentmindedly stroking Alex’s light brown hair. “Hmmm… when his hair grows out will it be curly like Spike's?” She smiled at the thought. Then, turning to Xander, she asked: “did you have time to get us a room?”
“Not yet, but we better go now if we want to get a vacancy.”
“You don’t have to do that. I got extra rooms.” Angel supplied.
“Or you can all stay at my place.”
“You have a place?”
“Oh yeah, had one for awhile now,” Spike said proudly, as he stood up and kept Alex close to him. “It’s nothing much you know, I mean… I’m not much into the whole posh thing that Angel has going on,” Spike added, shuffling a bit. “But it’s… uh… warm and all that.”
“Xander, what do you think? I say it’s a must see,” Buffy said, as she took Spike’s proffered hand to help her up.
“I’m in. I’m sure he has some kind of cable hooked up. And besides I have to make a couple long distance phone calls. Thanks in advance Spike," Xander smirked at the vampire and then casually stood up while gathering the car seat and diaper bag.
Buffy looked at Spike holding their son and smiled. “I guess I got my normal life after all,” she thought.
As if reading her mind, Spike countered, "Love, what's so great ‘bout normal? Never being normal is what brought us here."
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All my life, I felt incomplete
But you turned my soul, with your love so sweetly
You hear my thoughts, you read my mind
You're the part of me, I thought I'd never find
--Christina Aguilera, We're A Miracle
[-NN-]
FIN!!!
First published: March 1-19, 2004
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Date: 2004-11-25 04:53 pm (UTC)Divina is alive and working.
Hahaha.
Hope you get the other e-mail.;)
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Date: 2004-11-25 05:49 pm (UTC)And is she now? How did you contact her, does she have the same cell? When I called her before she never called back, so I thought maybe she switched numbers...anyhow good to know she's alive and working:)
And I'll chack my inbox right now:)
Normal? Never [Part 10/10]
Awe, the plan wasn't so bad even if it didn't turn out in the way Spike wanted. And the money was from him! I should have thought so but I didn't expect Spike to have a paid job.
Loved the way it ended. Hopefully I'm able to read the whole sequel (because it's not finished yet).
Re: Normal? Never [Part 10/10]
Date: 2007-09-15 06:02 am (UTC)^^ Full of surprises, he is.
I'm glad that you did.
And let me just say thank you sooooo much for your comments. It really means much to me. You are awesome! *hugs*
Re: Normal? Never [Part 10/10]
When I'm caught up again (missed the last Fridays having time for that I'll try to read the other chapters (if I don't forget it). I'm used to read WIPs. It's sad but sometimes it doesn't turn out (Kantayra, Beanbeans, Nemo... only to name the ones I can remember just now from LJ but there are many more that just stopped writing where I started to read a story. Can't help it... things happen
Re: Normal? Never [Part 10/10]
Date: 2007-09-16 02:38 am (UTC)