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Chapter 30:

“Okay, now that you have all your questions answered, can I ask you one?”

“What changed your mind?”

“About what?”

“When you left here, not all that long ago, you thought I was just telling you, you were Sam’s father to be mean or to get you to help me out. But you came back believing me one hundred percent. What happened?”

“Went to my da’s and he and I had a bit of a talk.”



“Yeah Rupes, they’re blue, and Buffy doesn’t have blue eyes and neither does Angel, so what’s that mean?”

“Angel isn’t the girl’s father? Don’t joke about something like that, William; it’s not respectful of Buffy.”

“Which,” Spike started, “I would agree with if Buffy hadn’t been the one to tell me.”

“What exactly are you saying, William?”

“I’m saying that Buffy just told me that not only is Angel not Sam’s father, but that I am.”

When his father just sat there for a moment, William decided maybe he should say something. “But that can’t be right can it? I mean what are the chances that you sleep with someone once, get them pregnant, and then end up as that kid’s teacher years later?”

“I believe I’m missing something here.” Giles said, looking utterly bewildered.

“What makes you say that?” William wasn’t sure what, out of everything they were talking about, had his father so confused.

“You and Buffy haven’t met before so how did you two, ah…sleep together six odd years ago?”

“Yeah,” William said uneasily, “Was kind of hoping you’d miss that part. Thing is, remember how I visited you that Christmas? Right after I’d broken up with Dru, when I thought that we were really through? Was thinking ‘bout moving here and everything.”

“Yes, I remember, you were miserable holiday company especially after…after you went out the day before Christmas Eve. Went to one of the clubs—Aftershock I believe you said, something about ‘Aftershock was really an applicable name’, something I never really wanted to inquire about—and came back moaning about some Princess who wouldn’t give you her name. Said she broke your heart and you didn’t even have her name to properly curse her. Ended up pissed all of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Was furious with you for that.” Giles seemed to get back to the topic at hand, “You mean to tell me that girl was Buffy?”

“Apparently. Guess with my new look, mean even with my hair back how it was, I still look lots different, she didn’t recognize me and I got so drunk that I sort of blurred my memory of her.”

”Well, son, if you don’t mind me asking, if she just told you you’re the girl’s father, why on earth are you here?”

“Because I was a right pillock and told her she was lying, just trying to get me to help her leave Angel—“

“She’s leaving Angel?”

“Yes, dad,” William was getting exasperated, “But that’s not the point. The point is I just bollocksed things up and now I’ve probably lost her forever.”

”Why did you tell her she was lying, you seem to believe her well enough.”

”I was scared!” William said, starting to cry. “Don’t you get it, the girl I’ve been in love with for months just told me that I am the father to her little girl, the little girl that I’ve grown to love as if she were my own….You don’t know how many times I’ve dreamed of just what she said being true. And then when she said it,” he rubbed the heels of his hands over his eyes, wiping the tears away, “I thought it had to all be some kind of cruel joke, it just didn’t seem possible.” He knew he should have been embarrassed by his father coming to sit next to him, patting him on the back while he tried to get this all out, but he just couldn’t seem to.

“But now that I’ve actually had some time to think about it, I know that more than likely, she’s telling the truth. This isn’t something Buffy would lie about. And even if it’s not true, just knowing that she would feel comfortable with…would think it, makes me feel overjoyed. But now I’ve gone and ruined it all.”

“Maybe not.”

“What do you mean, ‘maybe not’? You weren’t there. You didn’t hear what I said to her. I’ll be lucky if she even lets me within ten feet of her now.”

“Maybe, you should find out for sure. Go back and explain things to her, tell her what you just told me.”

”But what if…”

“William, the longer you stay here, the worse your chances are. Now I know Buffy’s felt something for you all of these years, she came to talk to me right after you left that year. Said she’d finally felt what love could be like, but she’d lost it and didn’t know whether or not she should get married. I asked her what she meant—she was being very vague—but she just mumbled something, thanked me and left. Don’t you see William; this hasn’t been a short lived thing for her—or for you for that matter. Don’t give up on it so easily.”

“Thanks, da’,” William got up, hugged his father and literally ran out the door.

He was going to get his girl.



“Yeah, so my dad and I had a talk and of course he wasn’t going to let me give up just yet. Pretty sure he wants you round more actually.”

“So, I have Giles to thank for you being here now?”

“Hey, now! I played a part in it, I’ll have you know.”

“Okay, okay!” she stopped his argument, “Can I ask just one more question?”

“Of course you can, luv. Long as it’s not anything too kinky,” he was trying to lighten the mood.

“Why haven’t you gotten married yet?” She ignored the last comment, “I know you and Dru were together for a while. And Sam’s been asking, guess it just got me to thinking.”

“I could say what lots of guys say and say that the whole idea of taking this person that you’re in love with and making it so you’re related to them; they see it as this incredibly unsexy thing. But with me I always found it incredibly romantic. I mean, think about it, you can take this person that up until not that long ago you didn’t even know, and make them related to you…make them your family. Something that is permanent. I always found that really romantic…and intriguing I guess.

But that wasn’t really what you asked, now was it?”

”No, but I liked hearing it. Good to know that some people still believe in love and marriage like that.”

”Sure I’m not the only one. You’ll believe again.” ‘I’ll make sure of it.’ “But as for why I didn’t get married, I guess I never really loved anyone as much as I love you.”


TBC…………





Now, onto the authors' note you care about next week's update I'm going to be out of town from Wed-Fri/Sat (Thanksgiving) and I hate, hate, hate to update early (I'm weird I konw) so I had planned to update on Friday or Saturday whenever it was I got back.

But I'm in a super good mood (from the website thing) so if I get 30 (hey, I was going to say 50 yesterday) reviews...I'll post on Tuesday before I leave.

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