Chapter 7

“No!” Spike yelled and ran to Buffy’s side, finally being able to move. She was still conscious when he pulled the dagger out of her stomach. He then ripped his shirt to place on her wound to try and stop the blood. He began to panic when he felt that her pulse was getting weak. Spike turned back to Kali, with pure hatred in his eyes. He got up and moved over to her. He grabbed her neck and pulled her over to Buffy’s body. He then let her go and moved back to Buffy’s side. “Heal her,” he told her in a callous voice. “I know you can do it.”

Kali started to feel guilty when she saw the look on Spike’s face. It was a feeling she wasn’t used to. She gazed into his eyes and saw how much he really loved the Slayer. Not even making him forget about her could have changed that. Kali now knew that he would never be hers. She shook her head and looked away from him. “I can’t,” she said.

Spike wouldn’t accept her answer. “You’ve done it before. I swear to you, Kali. If she dies, I will kill you.”

Kali took a deep breath. “I haven’t healed in over fifty years. I don’t even know if I can anymore,” she tried to explain.

Spike looked at Buffy to notice that her eyes were starting to close. He couldn’t lose her. That just wasn’t an option. He turned teary eyes back on Kali. “You have to try. I can’t live without her,” he whispered and didn’t even care that he was being weak in front of the witch. Nothing mattered without Buffy.

Kali took another breath and looked at the Slayer. She then held her hands over the girl’s wound and closed her eyes. A white light came out of her hands and formed around Buffy.

Spike noticed the wound start to close.

Kali opened her eyes. She was surprised that she actually did it and removed her hands.

Buffy opened her eyes to look at them. She sat up with a start and looked at Kali, with a confused expression on her face and then turned to Spike. “What happened?” she wondered.

Spike smiled and enveloped Buffy in a hug. He placed kisses all over her face. “God, Buffy. I was so afraid that I was going to lose you,” he said into her neck.

Buffy rubbed his back and held him tighter. She then remembered what happened and looked at Kali. “You tried to kill me.”

Spike pulled out of the hug to look at Kali also.

She only stood up and moved away from them. “I’ll just go.”

Spike stopped her before she could leave. “I think you forgot about something.”

Kali nodded and walked back over to Spike. She touched his head and closed her eyes again.

Spike was once again surrounded by a bright light. He felt a little dizzy when Kali pulled away, but he remembered everything. He remembered seeing Buffy dancing in the Bronze the night they met. He remembered terrorizing her on Parent Teacher Night. He remembered falling in love with her. He remembered the fight with Glory and how he saved the world. He then glared at Kali. “I don’t want to see you here again,” he told her.

She nodded and then vanished before his eyes.

Spike sighed in relief and turned back to Buffy, who was just standing up. He went to help her. “Are you all right, love?” he asked with concern in his voice.

She nodded and gave him a small smile. “Yeah, do you remember now?”

Spike returned her smile and tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. “I remember everything. She won’t be bothering us anymore. Come on, pet. Let’s get you home,” he said and helped her walk out of the alley and back to the Summers house.


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Buffy checked on Dawn to see that she was still asleep. She then headed back to her room, where she found Spike laying on her bed. She smiled and lay down next to him, resting her head on his chest.

Spike wrapped his arms around her and held her tighter as he ran his fingers through her hair. “You had me bloody terrified tonight, Buffy. You shouldn’t have followed me,” he said to break the silence.

Buffy looked up at him. “You should have known that I wouldn’t stay away. I couldn’t let you go alone. Did you have to kiss her though?” she said with a pout.

Spike placed a kiss on her cheek. “Sorry about that, love. I didn’t enjoy it.”

Buffy knew he was telling the truth and laid her head back on his chest. They were both quiet after that, until Buffy spoke again a few minutes later. “I love you,” she whispered and started to feel herself doze off.

Spike smiled and looked at his angel, who was now sleeping peacefully next to him. “I love you, too,” he replied and kissed the top of her head. He then joined her in slumber.


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Buffy woke up alone the next morning and headed downstairs. She saw that Spike was in the kitchen with Dawn and they were both making breakfast. She smiled at the display.

Spike noticed her there and gave her a smile also.

Dawn looked at her sister. “Spike told me what happened last night. Isn’t it great that he has his memory back now?”

Buffy nodded and wondered about what Spike told her.

Spike noticed the look on her face and decided to explain. “I told her that we found the demon last night and that you killed him, which of course brought my memories back. She was bloody amazing, too,” he said the last part to Dawn.

Buffy was relieved that Spike left out the part about her getting stabbed. She figured that Dawn didn’t need to know about that.

Xander and Willow then walked in the back door, without bothering to knock.

Buffy figured it was time to start locking that door. You could never be too careful in Sunnydale.

“Hey, guys. We heard from Giles. He should be back in a few days.” Willow told them.

Buffy smiled at that. She missed having Giles around. He was traveling a lot more these days and she didn’t get to see him as much.

Xander looked at Spike and raised his eyebrows when he saw the vampire cooking.

Buffy noticed the look. “Spike remembers everything now.”

Xander looked a little disappointed, but he didn’t say anything about it.

Willow smiled again and looked at Spike. “It’s good to have you back with us.”

Spike smiled at her. He always did have a soft spot for the red head. “Glad to be back,” he replied and they were all quiet after that.

Xander clapped his hands suddenly. “Okay, who’s up for another movie night?”

The girls groaned.

Buffy was the one that decided to give in. “Fine, but we’ll let Spike choose this time,” she said and gave her boyfriend a smile.

He smiled back at her.

Xander sighed and figured he was in for another chick flick since Spike would never side with him.

Spike pretended to think it over and then looked at Xander. “I think I’m in the mood for an action movie.”

Xander smiled this time.

The girls groaned again.

Xander then patted Spike on the back. “That’s my man,” he said and noticed the strange looks he was getting. He cleared his throat. “I just mean it’s great to have you back to your old self.”

Spike rolled his eyes.

Buffy shook her head and figured that she could handle watching an action movie this time, but that didn’t mean she had to like it. She realized that she didn’t care and just looked at her vampire. It was really great to have him back.