Title: Wish Upon A Star

Author: Gillian Silverlight

Rating: NC-17

Disclaimer: The characters you all know belong to Joss and the WB. The rest belong to me

Summary: a witch from our dimension figures out how to get to the world of the Slayer. Life changes, as they all know it. (It’s sweet, sappy and was fun to write.)

Wish Upon A Star

She walked out of the club that night into the moonlit shadows. To her left was a tall white blonde shadow. Scared, but purposeful, she approached him.

"Spike?"

"Yeah, that's me. Do I know you?"

"No, but I'd like for you to.... Truce? Don't bite. Can we go somewhere and talk? It will be worth your while if you'll allow it."

He was intrigued by the redhead's comments and a bit puzzled that she knew who he was, what he was and had still approached him for some reason.

" Ok, truce. Let's go have your talk."

"Ok, just come with me so we can talk." Then she tucked her hand into his arm and led him down the street to a small house.

"Come in, please." She told him at her doorway, leading the way inside to a small living room, quietly furnished. There were soft cascading draperies all around, with candles everywhere. She lit all the candles and then sat on the other end of the couch from him, curled up facing him.

Spike looked at this unknown woman and wondered what was happening. She was tiny, even smaller than the Slayer. Her hair was red like Willow's and about the same length. She had very dark brown eyes and high cheekbones, hinting at a mixed heritage.

"Spike, I'm here in this place, to see you. I'm a witch, like Willow, but from an alternate dimension. Some of this may be very hard to understand or even believe, but it's all true."

"Alright. I'm listening. Why are you here? You said to see me, but why?" He asked her quite perplexed.

* This small witch had actually come here on purpose to see him? *

"In my world, " she started to tell him, looking intently into the beautiful blue eyes in front of her, feeling very nervous, "you are a fictional character. “Someone I see on a weekly show on the television or read about on the computer in fiction written by many, many fans - myself included. I know about the stories where you love Buffy, I know all your history we've been allowed to see or read. I also know that she's not in love with you in this world of yours."

"You're bloody joking, right?" Spike looked uncertain, running his hands thru his peroxide blonde hair.

" No, I'm not. Not at all. And by the way, my name is Gillian."

"You know this is bloody hard to believe, don't you? Why should I listen to you and not just eat you right now?"

" You gave me your word with the truce we just made back there at the Bronze, and I know you keep your word. Besides, I have some things to tell you and some things to offer you that you just might want. . If not, I can go back where I came from very quickly. Then too, there is the little problem of that chip in your head." She smiled slyly at him. "So, just listen first, please."

Gillian told Spike all she knew of him from the various fictions, from the weekly television show, about Buffy and Angel, Drusilla, Angelus and all the rest. Spike listened, disbelief, nervousness, and other too-numerous-emotions-to-mention warring across his pale face.

"Even if I did believe all of this, what do you want with me, why are you here?" He asked her, knowing that all she said was the truth and he did believe her, even if he didn't want to admit it.

"I'm here because of one reason and one reason only. You. As strange as it may sound to you, I want you. I have no desire to be turned, or killed, or to see you hurt. But I want you. I want to be with you."

Spike just stared at Gillian. She wanted him? Why? What for? She couldn't mean what he thought she meant. She was human, a witch ok, but human. He was a 200+ year old vampire with no soul. His head was starting to hurt. He was beginning to understand why his sire kept talking about headaches when things got this weird.

" You want me? How do you mean that?"

Gillian blushed and told him." I want to be with you as two people are who date, love, make love, live together. All the things that Buffy wants from Angel, I want from you. I'm not the Slayer, but I can give you love, honesty, and loyalty. I can be your companion and lover for as long as I live. Although I'm not as strong as a slayer or a vampire, being a witch, I have a bit of a 'bite' myself. Especially here in your world."

He threw himself up from the couch pacing back and forth across the floor in front of the couch. She wanted to love him? She wanted to be with him as a mate? Why? What kind of a joke was this? Was he dreaming?

"Ok, what's the bloody joke here? He growled at Gillian, looking down at her.

She stood up, putting a hand on his chest to steady herself and looked up into his eyes.

"There is no joke, unless it is on me. To want someone that doesn't exist in my world and can't exist there except as a fantasy, that's the joke on me. To come here to another dimension and offer myself to you like this. Not as food, but to ask you to see if you might learn to care for me. To ask you to allow me into your life, as human and to love you."

Spike looked down at this tiny woman, shorter even than the Slayer, or Willow. "And you'd not be lusting after my great poof of a sire all the time? It's just me that you want?"

Gillian nodded her head at him slowly, never breaking contact with his eyes, her hand still on his chest. He reached down covering her hand with his and leaned toward her.

"Well, luv, let's see what you taste like." He chuckled. Then covered her lips with his, seeking inside her mouth with his tongue. She met it and explored him as she stepped closer to him, arms going up and around his neck, pulling him down closer to her. He deepened the kiss pulling her closer to him, finally picking her up to lay her on the couch as he covered her body with his own.

* Cor, she's not the Slayer, but she starts me tingling in all the right places. Maybe it's because she's a witch. * Spike thought as he finally let the kiss break so she could take a breath.

" You said your name is Gillian?"

She brushed her tongue over his bottom lip as she murmured into his mouth. "Yes, it is. And that was more exciting than I had ever imagined it would be, more than I had imagined anything could be."

She leaned up and nuzzled into his neck, tracing a fiery trail down it with the tip of her tongue.

Spike felt the wet path she was making, becoming aroused, straining against his jeans, knowing she could feel it pressing into her body.

"Um, I see I'm not the only one that enjoyed that kiss. Don't talk now. We can talk more later."

She captured his mouth with hers, returning the previous kiss, grasping his bottom lip, pulling it into her mouth, biting gently on it, tracing his lips with her tongue as she kissed him, staining into him.

Spike decided to give into this woman, at least for now. After all, what did he have to lose? He'd not been with a woman since Dru left him and he had needs too. She seemed to be more than willing to satisfy them and if all else failed, at least he'd have gotten shagged. With those happy thoughts in his mind, he decided to see just how much he could turn this woman on, and to find out if she could satisfy him.

Her hands were busy unfastening his shirt, then she was running her hands under the tee shirt beneath it. Her fingers were making fiery trails on the skin of his chest, sides, back, everywhere she touched him. He felt himself growing harder and filling with passion for this small, willing little redheaded witch.

Gillian pushed his shirt down his arms, but he finally had to help her get the sleeves off of his arms. She grabbed the bottom of his tee shirt, pulling it over his head, as she broke the kiss long enough for that. Then immediately took possession of his mouth again, making moaning whimpers into his mouth as she ran her hands down his back to his buttocks pulling his hardness closer to herself.

Spike's mind was racing, his skin was on fire where she touched him.

* I can't believe this! She bleeding' really wants ME!*

"Gillian, luv, you have too many clothes on...."

"Say it again, Spike." She whispered into his ear as she transferred her nibbling to the lobe.

"You have too many clothes on."

"No, not that, say my name again. It’s such a beautiful sound the way you say it."

"Gillian." He whispered back to her in a husky passion filled voice.

"Ummmmmm, Delicious, I love the sound of my name on your lips, the feel of your lips on mine, the touch of your skin, the feel of your weight on me.."

" Luv, is there someplace in this house of yours that we can be a bit less cramped than this couch?"

"Yes, down the hall, second door to the right is my bedroom. But moving means I have to stop touching you long enough to get there and I don't want to stop."

"I think I'd rather you keep touching me too, if that's the way you're going to do it."

He picked her up in his arms carrying her down the hall to the room she mentioned. Candles were lit all over the bedroom as well. He laid her down on the bed, and started to remove her clothes.

She pushed him back onto the bed as she stood up. " Let me do this for you."

She reached around behind her unfastening the single zipper of the dress she was wearing. It slid off her body to pool around her feet, a puddle of deep purple velvet, as she stood there in front of him in only a small pair of panties. Seeing him looking at her body, she watched his eyes as she put a knee on the bed, and crawled back up his body, barely touching him.

" You have way too many clothes on now, Spike" ,unfastened his jeans tugging them down off of him.

As the jeans pulled down his body, she followed them with the tip of her tongue down his stomach to his hip and thigh. Once she got the jeans off, she started back up his body the same way, on the other side.

Spike gasped as she hovered over his hips, then quickly leaned down to lick a scalding streak up his hard cock.

Gillian laughed low in her throat, and crawled up his body to kiss him again, invading his mouth with her tongue.

Spike twined both of his arms around her back and quickly rolled her under him, fighting for control of the situation. This little witch was very rapidly seducing him. He was supposed to be the one that does the seducing!

* How the bleedin' hell did this get so out of my control? *

With a growl in his throat, he broke the kiss, trailing his mouth down to her breasts. He licked the darker center of one as he kneaded the other with his hand. He was straddling her hips with nothing separating his swollen cock from her soft skin except a bit of silk. Gillian arched into his mouth and ran her hands up his arms, across his shoulders to his back. Drawing her nails up his back, leaving reddened trails but no blood, she pulled his head back up to her's, kissing him again.

"I know how fond of necks you are, and mine is very sensitive. Nibble all you want, but no blood. At least not yet." She whispered against his mouth.

Running one hand up the back of the column of her neck, into her hair, he leaned into the curve of her neck, nipping with blunt teeth as they both moaned at the sensations. His tongue curled over the pulse in her neck, knowing he couldn't drink her, but satisfied for the moment with tasting her blood through the barrier of her skin.

His body was vibrating, was on fire. The energy coming from her was almost like a drug for him. It curled up around both of them reaching deep inside to caress places that hands couldn't touch, pulling them together. It wasn't like the slayer's energy, this was completely different, and he liked it!

Gillian reached for Spike's body, caressing him, seeking his hard cock. As she grasped it, he moaned into her neck. His skin was like cool satin, soft and silky under her hand. Lightly running her hand the length of his cock and back repeatedly, he broke away from her neck and rolled slightly, which was all she needed.

Pushing him onto his back, Gillian was again over him; lips and teeth leaving a burning trail of heat across his chest. She flicked her tongue over his hard small nipples as she continued to massage his shaft. Then just as suddenly, she was flicking that same small tongue over that so sensitive spot on the underside of his cock.

Spike's hands grasps the sheets pulling them into his hands, trying to keep a grasp on reality, as Gillian took his swollen shaft into her mouth, swirling her tongue around the head as she slid her mouth down the length of him, and back up.

He felt coolness where her mouth had been on him as she whispered his name, "Spike, don't you want to watch what I'm doing to you?"

She kept her eyes looking up at his face as she went back to sucking on him. He shoved a pillow under his head with shaking hands to look down at her mouth sliding up and down him, watching her as she watched him. Then with a final gentle sliding of teeth up his shaft, she released him to crawl over him again, straddling his hips, lifting him toward her center as she watched him.

" Just remember, Spike, I'm not a slayer or a vampire, only a human, so don't break your toys."

Grinned ever so slightly and wickedly, she started to slide down his cock, filling herself with him, then stopped.

* Stopped! What the hell is she doing to me! Or NOT doing to me! *

His brain yelled at him.

Gillian supported herself on her arms, only allowing just the head of him inside her, moving ever so slightly back and forth on him as she watched his face. She leaned forward and kissed him deeply. His hands went to her hips to push her further down onto him but she refused to budge. Breaking the kiss, she raised back up to see Spike twisting slightly under her. She smiled at him and dropped all the way down him, taking his cock into her hot wet center completely. Spike made a sound like a moan trying to growl as he slipped into game face and suddenly, unexpectedly, came deep into the little witch sitting on him.

When he started to calm, she slid down his body until she was still impaled on him, yet resting her body on his and just her forearms, her face even with his. She smiled as she began to nibble at his jaw, right at the angle of it that she found so incredibly attractive.

"That was a bloody hell of a dirty trick, Witch!"

"Ah, but Spike, you KNEW I was a witch before you brought me in here."

"Yeah, but I didn't know you were going to play so mean. I like it!"

"Ummmmmm, I thought you might. I KNOW I did. Ready to play some more?" She asked him as she nibbled his neck.

Spike grabbed her and rolled them both over so he was on top,

* Finally! * He thought.

"Yeah, luv, I've not heard you scream yet." He told her with a knowing look in his eyes.

"I can't wait, you gorgeous, sexy vampire, you."

* Cor! She thought he was gorgeous and sexy? *

Her words ran through his stunned mind. Maybe she really did come here for him. So with that thought, he set about trying to surprise and satisfy her as she had done him. That he'd get satisfied again in the process was simply an added bonus to his way of thinking.

"So, luv, what would you like?" he asked her, voice filled with passion.

"Go down on me, Spike. Make me cum too, please?"

With not a word, but a very wicked smile, he did just that, sliding out of her and parting her legs to lick her inner folds, tasting himself on her. He set up a fiery pattern of his own, licking and sucking her other lips and the bundle of nerves peaking out of her curls.

Gillian had one hand in the soft hair of his head and the other grasping the sheets just as Spike had done before her. She tossed her head slightly on the pillow, "Yes, oh, yes, yes, Spike!"

He could tell that with their previous actions and now his skilful tongue, she was about to explode. He dipped his tongue into her as he grasped the bundle of nerves with just his upper teeth. She screamed as she came, releasing his hair and grasping the headboard above her, pulling down on it.

It broke, dropping the head of the bed lower than the foot and gravity pushed Spike harder into her. She moaned again with the beginnings of a second orgasm. Spike moved up her, quickly filling her with his now hard cock, ready to explode again, just from his own actions and the sounds she had made. He plunged into her and she moaned even louder, clasping him to her tighter.

"Spike, Spike, cum with me, baby, please!" She whimpered to him as she slid over the edge. He reached down and nicked her neck where it met the curve of her shoulder with his fangs and as he tasted her sweet blood, he growled in his throat as he came with her.

The energy between them exploded over them, making skin feel tight, too small, nerves jumping like tiny fires over them both

Resting on Gillian's body, he licked the two tiny punctures, as her hands ran through his hair.

"Goddess, that was so wonderful!" she whispered to him. "I was afraid to be bitten, but if that is what it is like, I may just not worry about it."

He rolled her over on her side, still inside of her, so they could look at each other as they talked.

"That was bloody amazing, Gillian. So is this what you are offering me?"

"Part of it. I know you have that chip that prevents you from hurting anyone, and I even understand why you can bite in sex, cause it's pleasure and not trying to hurt me. But can you get carried away like that? You wouldn't be able to just drink me would you?"

"No, luv. That would be hurting you and this blasted thing would try to explode my head. But if this is what you are offering and how we are together. I think I'd be happy to try this with you for a while." He smiled lop-sided at her " And I still get a taste of fresh blood in the process."

"Well, you vampire, you, like we say about what we called 'hickies' in my world, keep'em where they don't show."

She smiled at him and kissed him to let him know she was teasing him. Then of course had to explain what a 'hickey' was to him.

"So it's like someone trying to be a vampire and have a drink, but they just don't have the teeth for it?" He asked her with a grin in his voice.

"Right! Exactly like that."

"And Spike... I think we broke the bed."

"WE, witch? You were the one that bloody pulled it apart, not me."

"But you were the reason I pulled it apart, you silly pooh!"

"Pooh?"

"Yeah, it's a silly bear, a teddy bear."

"With fangs?"

"Not before, but I know this silly pooh in my arms has them. My own bear with fangs?"

"Yeah, I think we can do that and see what happens, Witch."

With that she snuggled tight against him with a contented sigh. "I think though, I'd better get a new bed tomorrow. Maybe a metal one would be better."

"Since you say you're not as strong as a vamp or a slayer, it should work. You just have to make sure you don't make ME break it." Spike snickered at her

" You break it, you buy the next one."

He thought about that for a minute, "Fair deal, luv."

"OK, how about we go catch a shower and clean up this mess we've made. THEN,” she said as he started to protest with a look of innocence on his face, "I have some blood for you in the 'fridge and a snack for me. We should talk a bit while we eat."

They quickly showered and dressed. Spike removed the mattresses for Gillian to the floor and took the broken bed parts outside for the garbage truck to pick up the next day. While he was handling that, she heated a cup of soup for herself and a large mug of blood for him in the microwave. Sitting on the couch again, but together, they discussed the next day.

"Spike, if you are willing, I'd like for you to move in here with me. I made sure the bedroom would be safe for you during the day, and it will get you out of that crypt where way too many people know you live. You'd be safe here, not to mention close at hand." She smiled.

"That sounds ok, pet. You did all this not even knowing if I'd be willin' to put up with you?" His smile made sure there was no sting to the words.

"Yep. You're what I came here for. I wanted to be sure it was safe for you before I seduced you."

"I'm the bloody vampire! Safe for me!"

"Yeah," Gillian snickered, "You forget, I have the advantage of info about you!” “And yes, I planned to deliberately seduce you."

"It bleedin' well worked too, Witch!" he kissing her again.

"Spike, will you take me to meet the others tomorrow?"

"Others? Which others?"

"You know. Buffy and all the Scooby's"

"Why'd'ya want to meet them, luv?"

“Well, I have some ideas now that I'm here. I want to try to help Willow turn Amy back to a person. Then with me, Willow, Tara and Amy, the gang's got four witches to help out. Plus Giles is a magick user too, so he can help. Also, I'd like to get Giles, Buffy and you, of course, to train me to fight, so I can help with patrols too, like the rest of them. I'm good with a computer, and could help with research."

"I'm sure that all of us together can also find a way to take the curse part out of Angel's soul so he and Buffy can be together as well"

"You mean fix my poof of a sire so he and the Slayer aren't doing cow eyes at each other all the time?"

"Yep, that's what I mean."

"Cor! Of course I'll help with that! And I get you all to myself too?" He asked with an odd note to his voice.

" Yes, Spike. Your girl, your own personal witch."

"You have a lot of power, luv. Not like the Slayer, though, more like Red and her bud. Having my own personal witch sounds really good, especially one so sexy in bed."

"I know about the power. That's one of the things here that's different than where I came from. I know that they will all want explanations tomorrow night.” “I'll tell you all of it now if you want, or I can just tell it all once tomorrow night with you beside me, of course. Sexy in bed? What about out of bed?"

"That too, luv, that too."

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They went back to the bedroom, curled up together and went to sleep. Gillian woke the next morning to find Spike pressed against her back, one arm thrown across her waist and one cool leg on top of hers. She had to carefully move the vampire to manage getting out of bed. Once up, she grabbed a quick shower and went out to purchase a new bed. This time she got a good sturdy brass and iron one, smiling smugly, remembering how the other one had been broken.

Since Spike was asleep in the bedroom, she had the new bed delivered and just left it in the garage of the house. She and Spike could put it together later.... Maybe. After all, they had a meeting to go to, a lot of talk, then they would come back and she was sure he wasn't going to let her go right to sleep. Because she knew darn good and well she wasn't going to let him do so! She snickered to herself again in anticipation of what she planned to do to Spike, feeling shivers run down her spine, knowing what he'd be doing to her.

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As soon as the sun went down, Spike took Gillian over to Giles's house and introduced her.

"Hullo Watcher, This is Gillian. She's a witch. Said she popped into where we live from somewhere else, I'll let her explain it. Gives me a headache to think about it all"

Gillian gave Giles a quick explanation and asked if it would be possible to get everyone else over. He agreed and called them all.

"They should be here within the hour. Can I get you a cup of tea?"

"Goddess, yes! I'd kill for a cup of tea about now. Just NOT Earl Gray, please?"

Giles, looked a bit taken aback at her comment about killing.

"No, NO.. Sorry. My bad! It's just an expression!

"Oh. Well, all right then. You had me a bit worried for a moment." Then he sighed, "And you talk like the rest of them.."

She laughed at him, "Only a bit here and there, but I'm sure you can get used to it."

"I daresay I'll have to from what you tell me so far." He walked off to his kitchen to make the tea for them.

Gillian and Spike sat snuggled on the couch, holding hands as they talked quietly, getting in a kiss ever few minutes.

Giles came back with the tea tray.

* Another one with a taste for vampires! *

And sighed as he sat the tray down.

"Giles, is something wrong?" Gillian asked him

"No, no, just thinking."

"Thinking you have to deal with another one who prefers us vampires, right mate?" Spike snickered at him.

"Actually... yes, I was." Giles confessed.

They were saved from further comments by a knock at the door, followed by Willow, Tara and Buffy entering.

Introductions went all around as they all sat and had a cup of tea while waiting for Xander and Anya.

The wait wasn't long until all the Scooby gang was there; looking expectantly and with curiosity at the new redhead and Spike.

"Giles, if it's ok with you and everyone, I can tell all of you who I am and why I'm here?" Gillian asked him

"Please do"

"OK, here goes. As I told Spike last night, you may find this hard to believe but it's all true." She then explained to them about the TV, alternate dimensions, everything she had explained to Spike last night.

"So you're here why exactly?" Buffy asked her

"For a lot of reasons. The first and best reason was because I wanted Spike.” “Just as you want Angel, I want Spike. Then too, in my dimension, there isn't much magick. At least not like you have here. The magick here is what lets the demon create vampires and animates them. I want to learn to work with Willow and Tara. I think I can help Willow turn Amy back into a human instead of a rat.” “Then you'll have four witches helping you out, and since Giles is also a magick user, he can add to the mix if he would be willing. I'd like to train with Giles, you and Spike so I can go on patrol with you guys. I'm good with a computer, so I can help with research. And best of all for you Buffy, my teacher in my world was descended from a Romany or gypsy family tradition, so I got some of that info as well."

As Buffy looked a bit puzzled, Gillian continued, " Don't worry about trying to figure it out. I think Willow, Tara, and Giles understand. But the important thing is that I think all of us working together can remove the losing-the-soul-problem that Angel has, so you two can be together."

Buffy's eyes widened and got misty." Really? Do you think you can really do that?"

"Yeah, I think we can figure out how to do that. Can't make him human. The Powers That Be are gonna have to do that after he works through all the stuff he has to work through. But as long as we can attach his soul, there should be no reason he can't be with you in all the ways you'd both like."

"What do you get out of this besides the annoying vampire besides you?" Buffy asked.

"I get you help you guys, do really way cool magick and I get Spike, if he'll be willing to put up with me." Gillian said to Buffy as she turned and grinned at Spike.

"You really want the peroxide dead boy junior?" Xander asked her in amazement.

"Yep, Xander, I do. And I'd really prefer to be your friend as well as everyone else's friend, but you know, you shouldn't throw stones at Spike when your girl friend is a 1000 year old ex-demon. No offense meant at all, Anya."

"None taken. It's just the truth." Anya replied looking at Xander.

"There. Now sod off, Harris." Spike taunted at him. Gillian just turned and 'looked' at Spike.

"What?!"

" Play nice, Spike. Please? I'm trying to be friends with everyone, OK?"

"Alright, long as he shuts his yap at me." Spike muttered back.

The next day, Gillian went to the Magick Shop to talk more with Giles and Anya. She and Giles set up a work out schedule and got started on it. Willow and Tara came by after class to talk too. They decided when they could all get together to work on their magick, then Willow asked about Amy.

"Remember the spell you did to have your will? The one that made Buffy and Spike get so ooky at each other and think they were in love?" Gillian asked Willow

"Uh, yeah..." Willow said with much hesitation and wariness in her voice.

"No, no, it's ok, as long as you do it VERY carefully, focus it on just Amy inside a protective circle. I really don't want Buffy and Spike playing kissy face again. I'm sure Angel wouldn't like it either!"

They all laughed at the thought. So the three witches planned the right time to get together to restore Amy. Gillian had had formal training, where Willow and Tara were being self taught, so Gillian could offer suggestions the other two had not thought of, and they could do the same for her, since magick worked differently between the two dimensions.

Willow scrunched her face in puzzlement, "So how did you actually GET here, Gillian?"

"Oh, jeeze, it seemed like such a long shot. We've got this gambling kinda thing called a lottery. I finally won it and then got to work. Once I’d researched everything possible, got all the stuff necessary, I waited for the correct moon phase, gathered everything up with me I wanted to bring, laid out my protective circle and then a second one inside it for a portal. I put all my junk in the portal circle, then started the ritual. Lots of candles, incense, some special crystals, worked up a good steam of emotion, added a bit of my own blood....” “Well, the world got weird, the portal started shimmering, I jumped into it with my stuff, then...BLAM! Here I was."

"Had to make sure where I was, got a hotel room, found a house, did all the buying and setting things up, then finally went out to find and meet Spike."

"Oh, Wow! That sounds exciting, But scary, as in going-to-a-place-I'm-not-sure-exists scary. You really wanted Spike too?" Willow asked puzzled but trying to understand.

"Yeah. It was scary. Didn't know if it would work or not, but I was going to try. And yeah, I want Spike. There is a lot of good in that demon."

Gillian laughed when she said it, the blush starting to climb her cheeks.

"So, is he really GOOD?" Willow asked her, smiling.

"Willow!" Tara and Gillian both exclaimed at once.

"Yeah, he certainly is! Makes my skin do a little dance on my body just to think about it."

Gillian looked a bit unfocused as she remembered the things she and Spike had done with each other.

Tara and Willow shared a look that said they understood all too well the feeling being described, then looked at Gillian with a 'here-goes-another-one-like-Buffy-and-Angel' look.

"Sorry. Well, not really sorry, but you know what I mean. It's just that he.. that I.. Well, we.... Aaagggghhhh!"

Gillian blushed some more and fell forward toward the floor where they were sitting, hiding her face with her hair.

"So I guess you love him. Does he know that yet?" Tara asked her softly.

"No, not yet, please don't tell anyone. ‘K?”

Tara and Willow shared a look again. "OK" they both agreed.

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A week later, with Giles standing by, the ritual was done and Amy was suddenly human again, although her craving for cheese never truly went away.

Willow, Tara, Gillian and Giles all spent time helping her get used to being human again. Then all of them kept working together at least once a week to hone their magickal skills and proficiency.

Every afternoon, Gillian worked out with Giles and/or Buffy on fighting skills. In addition, a couple of times a week, she'd work out in the evening with Spike.

One evening, as he threw a punch at her, instead of blocking, she slid her left leg out to the side, bending the right, putting her left arm out to block and slamming the right arm with the paper stake upwards at Spike, hitting right on target.

"Cor, luv, you got me!" Spike clutched his chest and fell over on the floor, only to have Gillian pounce on him and start tickling him unmercifully.

"You idiot, that was the idea!"

"Gillian...." Giles started to ask her.

"Just make it Gil.. I do fine with Gil. Gillian can be such a mouth full, I know."

"Alright, G- Gil, where did you learn that move? I've not seen it before. Did you have some training in fighting skills before you came here?

"Yeah, I took some Hapkido. Cause I'm so short, my instructor told me to take advantage of it and go down, getting shorter. He said most guys would reach forward to grab me and not think of reaching down."

Spike lay stretched out on the floor on his side, watching his lover and Giles talk, as Gillian sat with her back against Spike's stomach.

"I'd forgotten that move until just now. But I'd have to use it carefully, cause as short as I am, I might not be able to reach far enough to stake every vamp we might find. Buffy could probably do it better as she is a bit taller than me."

"Yes, I say, she might well at that. Can you show me that again a bit slower?"

"Sure."

"Spike stand up, dear, like you're gonna grab me."

He gave Gillian a 'look", she blushed. "Not like THAT! Like we're fighting, you silly pooh!"

"S -s-silly POOH?" Giles started to ask

"Don't bloody go there, Watcher!" Spike growled at Giles, while Gillian giggled at him.

"Just wait until later, pet. You'll be done for."

"Oooo! Threats, big boy? Gonna try for a witch box lunch?" She taunted him back. Spike would have blushed if he could right then, because she'd explained to him what that phrase meant in her previous world. So only the two of them understood what she meant, but it was a bit embarrassing in front of someone else.

Since Spike couldn't blush, he grabbed for her, which was what she had wanted. Gillian made the same move, with the same results, except for Spike falling on her this time.

"Get OFF of me, you weigh a bloody TON!" She yelled at Spike. He chuckled as he got up.

" 'S not what you said last night." He said under his breath, but she heard him any way.

"Uh-huh, just you wait.." She threatened the blonde vampire.

"Now let's do that slowly and DON'T fall on me, so Giles can see how to do it to show Buffy."

"It's ok, I got it." Buffy said from the doorway, trying not to laugh and failing miserably.

"Oh, Buffy. Good. You're here." Giles told her, starting to clean his glasses. They all looked at each other, at the glasses cleaning and started laughing, knowing the watcher had been embarrassed by the innuendos between Spike and Gillian.

Buffy dropped her gym bag and did a few stretches to warm up, as she was already dressed for the workout.

Buffy, Gillian, Spike and Giles all practiced for a while longer, Buffy trying out the new move several times.

"I like it. It's different and unexpected." Buffy told Gillian.

"Good. I'll leave you to Giles’ tender mercies for a while. I'm gonna drag my fellow here home for a bit. Want our company on patrol tonight?"

"Yeah. That'd be cool, Gil. I'll swing by your place when I get started.. About 8-ish?"

" Eight it is.. Way cool. See you then, Buffy."

"Later, Slayer."

"Bye, Gil, Spike."

They both left, leaving Buffy standing there with Giles. "I kinda like the way Spike has been since she came here and has been with him. Not as annoying. She ready to patrol?"

"I dare say he has been much better than before her arrival. As for patrol?” “She's not a slayer, Buffy, but she is a strong witch. She's progressed a long way very rapidly, as have Willow, Tara, Amy with the tips they all share. Her fighting is different but she doesn't have your strength. She has a different way of moving, although I think with Spike to help her, she should be safe patrolling with you tonight."

"Good. I like her. Once all of you fix Angel's soul problem, I'll like her even better. Let’s do it, Giles" as Buffy took a fighting stance.

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Shortly before eight, Buffy swung by Gillian and Spike's place. They joined her and left to go patrol the cemetery. The two girls chatted as they went along, Spike listed for the most part, with the occasional comment, as he was deep in thought about this woman who had come into his life so abruptly, making so many changes. Changes in him, in his relationships with the Scooby gang. He liked the way she had become friends with all of them.

His thoughts were interrupted as several vamps came at them. He knew he had to keep an eye on his lover as well as the Slayer tonight. This was Gillian's first fight with real vampires, other than himself of course, but their 'fights' were of a very pleasant nature, usually being horizontal.

Gillian moved to the left of Spike, going for one of the vamps, Buffy moved to the right, leaving Spike in the middle. The Slayer was as graceful and efficient as always. Gillian jumped right in, although handling things differently than the Slayer. Still, she kicked, punched and dusted her own vamp as well.

They patrolled for a couple of hours, encountering no further vampires for the night.

"You guys want to come to the Bronze with me for a bit? I'm supposed to meet the others there." Buffy asked the couple.

Gillian looked at Spike with the question in her eyes. He looked at Buffy.

"Sure, we'll tag along for a bit."

"Cool."

Once they got to the Bronze, everyone danced, has something to drink, the girls shared a bit of gossip while all the guys just listened. Gillian and Spike left before the others, heading back home for some amusements of their own.

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Gillian had been in Sunnydale for several months now, with Spike. Angel had visited Buffy on several weekends. Buffy and Giles had Gillian work out with Angel when he was in town, so she could learn some of the differences in his style, as well as train with a vampire taller than Spike. After one session, where Gillian watched Angel and Buffy for a bit, when Buffy took a break to the bathroom, Gillian took the opportunity to talk to Angel.

"Angel, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, Gil."

"You hold back a bit when you spar with Buffy don't you?"

Angel looked a bit puzzled, "Well, yes. I don't want to hurt her."

"I understand that. But the vamps on patrol aren't going to hold back. I know it's not my place to say so, but I kinda think if you'd not hold back, Buffy could get a better workout. I know when she spars with Spike, he doesn't hold back. No, no, don't look like that! He doesn't hurt her. I wouldn't let my lover hurt my friend on purpose. Just think about it and try it. I get the feeling that you're stronger than Spike, so it would push Buffy a bit more."

"Ok. I'll give it a bit of thought and consider that. You're right though, the other vamps are not going to hold back for her. They will be hitting with all they can."

So next go-round, Angel mentioned not holding back to Buffy. She was more than agreeable and told Angel afterwards that she felt she'd gotten a better workout, even if she was going to be sore from it.

"I'll give you a massage, Love."

"Ummmm, Angel massages. I like!" Buffy took his arm, waved by at Gillian and left.

Spike showed up right about then to walk Gillian home. He never wanted her to walk anywhere at night alone. He seemed a bit nervous for some reason although he wouldn't say why. Once they got home, Gillian went to take a shower. When she walked into their bedroom, she suddenly knew why he was nervous. Sitting in the middle of their bed, among rose petals, was a pooh bear that Spike had gotten someone to sew fangs on.

She started laughing, picked up the bear and went back to the living room with him.

"Spike, he's so cute!"

"Cuter than me, luv?"

No... nobody could be cuter than you, Babe. This is so sweet. Where did you find him?"

"I asked around at the toy stores. They found me one and Buffy's mom added the fangs for me. You like him, Luv?"

"Yeah, I like. He's so cute, and you are so very sweet." She reached up to soundly kiss her own undead 'fanged pooh', as the stuffed one got squished between the two of them.

Spike picked her up and carried her to the bedroom to the bed. It was a while before she managed to get that shower. When she did, both Gillian and Spike had to shower.

"Lets get all these poor destroyed rose petals cleaned up before Buffy and Angel get here." She told Spike.

The other couple was coming over to have dinner with them before they all went out on patrol that night.

When the doorbell rang, dinner had just gotten finished. Gillian kissed Spike quickly. "Babe, would you put two cups in the microwave for you and Angel while I catch the door?"

"Sure, luv."

Gillian opened the door, "Hi guys! Dinner is ready."

Buffy and Angel came on in, as Angel had had a previous invite. The two couples had started hanging out together some whenever he was in town right from the start. After all, it was not just everybody who knew about the problems of a human/vampire relationship.

After dinner, they relaxed for a bit, then headed out for patrol. Things had been a bit more active recently so no one was surprised when they got attacked right after entering the cemetery. This time, Buffy and Gillian ended up fighting next to each other and both used the 'crouching move' as they had started calling it. As two vamps approached them, Gillian slid left and up, Buffy slid right and up, as they mirrored each other's move. Both girls got their vamps. Spike and Angel had to chuckle as they fought, seeing them mirror each other like that.

Suddenly things went very bad. Gillian saw a vamp sneaking up behind Spike with a broken tree branch. She screamed at him.

"Behind you! Spike!"

Then started toward him at a run. Spike started to turn which is what saved him. The branch went through his back but missed his heart. He fell to the ground heavily on his side. Gillian threw up her hand toward the vamp, pulling in all the energy around her that was free. A misty golden glow started around her hand and she flung the vamp backwards through the air against a tree. The stub of the branch he'd broken off went right into his heart, dusting him.

She was at Spike's side in an instant, crying out his name, pulling his head into her lap. Another vamp approached them and she flung him backwards as well to crash into a tombstone, where Angel staked him.

He was the last vamp in that attack party. Angel and Buffy rushed to the side of their fallen partner.

"Buffy, help Gil hold him. I've got to get this out and it's going to hurt.” “Let's do it before he regains consciousness."

Each woman held Spike on one side while Angel pulled the branch out of Spike. He was bleeding badly. They got his outer shirt off and tore off some strips, folding the rest of it to make a bandage, tying it on. Consciousness started returning.

"He needs blood" Angel said, slicing his wrist and letting Spike drink. When Angel couldn't let him drink any more, he pulled back.

"We need to get him home, he still needs more blood. I can't let him drink any more and still have enough strength to carry him back, especially if we get attacked again."

Gillian held out her wrist to Angel. "Cut it. I don't have anything to do it with and he can't with the chip."

Buffy and Angel both looked at her. "Are you sure?" Angel asked her

"Yes, do it now, please!"

Angel reached over and sliced her wrist with his nails, she put the cut to Spike's mouth and let him drink. "Spike, here, you need more blood, Baby. Take mine. You've got to be ok, Spike, please...."

She sat crying as he drank. When she had to pull back, Spike was more aware of his surroundings.

"Luv, are you ok?"

"Spike, don't worry about me, I'm fine. Angel is going to carry you home, so we can get you patched up. Are you better, Baby?"

"Other than a bloody damned hole in me, I'm fine, Luv, Don't cry, I'll be ok."

Angel reached down and picked his Childe up. Buffy helped support Gillian.

"Does he know you love him?" She asked Gillian very quietly.

"No, I've not told him yet. I wanted to be sure he wanted to be with me first."

"He does, Gil. I've known Spike for a long time. He wants you with him. He's very protective of you. Tell him how you feel."

"Then tomorrow you can tell all of us how you threw those vamps" Buffy said as she hugged Gillian.

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They got to the house and Gillian opened the door. Buffy went to get blood from the refrigerator while Angel took Spike to the bedroom and laid him down. He stayed with the injured vampire while the other two gathered up bandages and made phone calls.

Within a few minutes, Giles, Willow, Tara, Amy, Xander and Anya were all there with them. Anya and Xander handled the kitchen, getting some food made for all of them. They'd learned already that when the witches or the Wyrrd Sisters as they laughingly called themselves, worked, they were ALWAYS hungry afterwards. Anya explained to Xander that magick took a lot of energy and food replaced that energy for them faster.

Xander was happy to help Anya to just keep away from injured vampires and all that covered.

Gillian's wrist had been bandaged by the time the others had arrived. Angel's wrist was healed. Giles assisted Angel with checking Spike's wound. They didn't want to leave any slivers of wood in the vampire.

The group of witches all gathered up energy to do a bit of healing work on Spike.

Finally the wound was starting to close and Spike was doing better but still weak. The injury had been much too close for comfort.

When Angel assured them that Spike was out of danger, they all went out to the kitchen to get food and drink except Gillian. She refused to leave Spike, so Buffy took something to her along with more blood for Spike, before returning to the kitchen.

Buffy and Angel told the rest what had happened that evening. "She just raised her hand, threw the vamp through the air and into the tree. Without even touching him!"

"Do you know how she did it" Willow looked a bit excited, something new to learn!

"No. She may not know how she did it. She was pretty upset when Spike was hurt." Angel told them quietly.

"Wait until he's better and then ask her. I'm sure all of you can figure it out. “If it's something that can be done again and controlled, it would be a big help to all of us."

"Yeah, we could set patrols up with a vampire and a witch or two witches with the Slayer when a vampire isn't available." Willow thought out loud.

“That would be good. Slayage help. Fewer bruises for me." Buffy told them cheerfully.

"Angel, Wesley had told me about the temporary problem you had had from that drug you had been slipped sometime back. Can you get some more of it?" Giles asked him, changing the conversation.

"I suppose so, but why?"

"The girls have been working on a spell for a while now. I've looked over it with them and we all feel that we're ready to try it. But we have to have a way to test it without permanent results if it doesn't work." Giles explained as Angel looked puzzled and Buffy stared at the table.

Angel picked up some of the tension around him.

"What kind of spell is this they have been working on."

"They think they have found a way to anchor your soul permanently, Angel."

Buffy told him in a very quiet voice. They could all hear the tension, hurt and anxiety in her words.

Angle turned to grab Buffy by the shoulders and turn her toward him.

"Do you mean what I think you do? That I wouldn't have to worry about losing my soul ever again? That we could be together?"

"Yes." Buffy whispered back to him, her voice so low that only Angel heard her plainly.

He pulled her to him just holding her as her arms went around him and held on as hard as she could.

Long seconds passed, as the others grew uncomfortable.

"Hey guys, get a room!" Xander complained to the couple, more to break the tension then to really complain.

Everyone laughed a bit as Buffy and Angel drew back from each other, but sustained their physical connection.

"Giles, I'll have Wesley get me some as soon as I get back to L.A. When do we want to test this?"

"I think we should wait until Gillian is back to herself as she is a big part of this spell. How soon do you think Spike will be well?"

"He should be fine in a day or two, why?"

"Angel, " Buffy said quietly,

"She loves him. Until he's better she won't be thinking real well."

Buffy understood all too well how the witch was feeling.

"OH! Does Spike know?"

"I told her to tell him. I think it’ll matter to him."

"Yeah, me too." Willow told Angel.

"Spike had me help him find a special teddy-bear for him to give to her. He got Buffy's mom to sew fangs on the bear. He said it was a private joke between the two of them."

"Hmmmm. If Spike is doing things like that, he certainly cares about her too" Angel mused.

"He becomes quite worried about her if she is injured in any way, even during training." Giles added.

“I believe you are right, Angel. I think he does care about her and I suspect he hasn't told her yet either."

Willow looked at Tara and Amy with a sparkle in her eye. They smiled back at her. "I think we ought to leave now and let them get some rest, gang."

She and the other two witches got up to gather their things and headed for the door.

"Thanks for helping out, Will, Tara, Amy. I'm sure Gil appreciates it. I know Angel and I sure did." Buffy told them.

Anya grabbed Xander's hand and pulled him off the couch. "We should go too." So they said their goodbyes and went out the door.

Angel, Buffy and Giles were still sitting at the table in the kitchen. "Should someone stay with them tonight? In case Spike needs any help?" Giles asked the other couple.

"Yeah, we're gonna stay in the guest room tonight in case they need us." Buffy reassured him.

"Ah, will you two be ok? Giles asked, not asking what he really wanted to desperately ask them.

"No sex, Giles. Especially if the Wyrrd sisters are this close to solving that problem for us." Buffy laughed

"Well, Ok. I'll be going then and leave you here. Shall I let your mother know where you are, Buffy?"

"That would be sweet of you, Giles. Please do." Buffy reached out and laid a hand on her watcher's arm, "Thank you, Giles."

He smiled at his slayer, shook Angel's hand and left the house.

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In the bedroom, Gillian and Spike had been talking. She laid next to Spike on the bed and was crying against his shoulder.

"Gillian, Luv, What's wrong? Are you ok? You didn't get hurt too did you?"

"Spike, I was so scared. You have no idea how scared I was! I thought I'd lost you." She cried harder.

Spike carefully turned so he could put an arm around her.

“I'm still here, luv, thanks to you. I'm harder than that to lose."

He'd spoken very quietly to her, a strange sound in his voice that caused her to raise her tear streaked face and look at the vampire beside her.

"Spike, I need to tell you something....."

He put his fingers over her lips, stopping what she was trying to say. "No, Luv, I need to tell you something I didn't think I'd ever be telling anyone again.” “I'm glad you came here, Gillian. I'm glad you found me and seduced me, Witch.” “‘Cause I've bloody well gone and fallen in love with you."

She made a sound like a cross between a laugh and a hiccup.

"That's what I wanted to tell you. I love you, Spike. I loved you before I ever got here. That's why I was so afraid when you got hurt. I couldn't stand to lose you and never have told you that I love you."

"Come here, Witch. Kiss me."

She did just that, invading his mouth, nibbling on his lips, tongue, trying to devourer him through his mouth. He was no less hungry for her, and finally broke the kiss with a groan.

"Are you ok, Babe?"

"No, I can't bleeding make love to you with this hole in my chest! But that's what I want to do right now."

"Babe, It's ok. I'm not leaving. I know you're alright now. We can wait until you're better. I love you and now you know it. We can wait."

"Yeah, I just don't want to wait. I love you too, Witch. Did you put a spell on me?"

"Spike! How could you even ask that!?"

"Yeah, you did, you put a spell on me. One of love. I'm not going anywhere else either unless you're with me, Luv. We can wait, even though I don't want to."

"Do you know how bleedin' hard it was to find that damned bear for you?"

"No. Was it hard? Why did you do it then?"

"I got Red to help me find it. I did it because I love you. "

"I love you too, Babe. The bear means a lot to me."

"Spike, listen...."

The radio was playing softly. They usually left it on all the time. Gillian snuggled onto Spike's shoulder where she could gaze up into the blue eyes she adored. He held her as best he could, wounded, gazing back at this woman who had risked so much to come to him. His pale cool fingers caressed her face as they both listened to the words of the song.

Maybe it's intuition

but some things you just don't question

Like in your eyes

I see my future in an instant

And there it goes

I think I found my best friend

I know that it might sound more than a little crazy

But I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you

I think I dreamed you into life

I knew I loved you before I met you

I have been waiting all my life

There's just no rhyme or reason

Only this sense of completion

And in your eyes

I see the missing pieces

I'm searching for

I think I've found my way home

I know that it might sound more than a little crazy

But I believe

I knew I loved you before I met you

I think I dreamed you into life

I knew I loved you before I met you

I have been waiting all my life

A thousand angels dance around you

I am complete now that I've found you

I knew I loved you before I met you

I think I dreamed you into life

I knew I loved you before I met you

I have been waiting all my life

I knew I loved you before I met you

I think I dreamed you into life

I knew I loved you before I met you

I have been waiting all my life

Angel and Buffy found them like that, hearing the words of the song with them. They had come to check on Spike again before they went to the guest room. Buffy squeezed Angel's hand, put her finger to her lips and pulled him back to the kitchen.

"Give them a few minutes. We'll go back and check on them then. I guess she finally told him, Huh?"

"Seems that way. I think he told her too."

Angel chuckled as he held his own love close to him. Buffy looked up at him.

"You knew Spike was in love with her too?"

"Yeah, he told me last visit I was here. He's been afraid to tell her. That's why he got her the bear."

"You're a big softie." Buffy told him as she reached up and kissed him soundly.

They spent a few minutes indulging in exploring each other, Angel finally breaking the kiss with a groan deep inside his chest.

"If we're going to sleep together, we can't do this. I don't want to risk everything if they may have a 'cure' that close for us."

"As much as I want you, I don't want to risk it either. I could never handle what we went through before. Not again. Let's go check on Spike and catch some sleep. "

They walked back to Spike and Gillian's room. They were a bit more relaxed and noticed the other couple in the doorway. Gillian motioned them on in to the room. Angel came over to the side of the bed. He sat gently on the side next to Spike. Buffy went around and sat on the side next to Gillian.

"So, Spike, my boy, how are you feeling?" Angel had a twinkle in his eye.

"My bleedin' chest hurts, but it's stopped bleeding and is healing. I also discovered that the witch has been holding out on me."

Spike looked at Gillian with a wink.

"Holding out on you?" Angel asked him very puzzled at his Childe's words.

"Yeah, seems the witch loves me and hasn't told me until now."

"Oh, she loves your worthless hide, does she?" Angel grinned at both of them.

"Did you bother to tell her..."

"Angel...Don't! Yeah, I told her that I love her too, cause I do."

"Spike! You told Angel you loved me before you told me?"

"Well, Yeah, luv. I was worried a bit, so I talked with my sire about it"

"I'm teasing you, you silly pooh! I'm not upset with you a bit. Besides, Buffy figured out I loved you before I told you too."

"Silly pooh? Ahh, now I understand the bear." Angel laughed at them.

Buffy was holding her sides laughing

"Don't even go there, Angel! And you, Witch, will you stop calling me that in front of people?" Spike growled at Gillian.

She could hear the laugh and tenderness under the growl.

"Yes, dear." She too dissolved into laughter.

"Wounded and then put upon in me own bleedin' bedroom." Spike complained.

"Babe, if Angel is your sire, that makes him like a father to you and kinda like a father-in-law to me. But I'd rather think of Buffy as a sister. They're all family to us. If we can't joke in front of them and with them, then who can we joke with?" Gillian asked her mate between giggles.

"Yeah, alright. Come here, witch." As he grabbed her and kissed her right there in front of Angel and Buffy.

When he released her, she was still giggling.

"Gil, are you ok after giving that much blood to Spike?" Buffy asked her.

"Fine, Buffy, tired, sleepy, but fine. Especially now." She replied, running her hand down the muscular arm around her.

Buffy gave her a quick hug and got up, going back to Angel's side.

"Good, we told Giles we'd stay with you two to be sure you were ok tonight."

"In the room you two usually use here. Behave though, we're too close." Gillian teased her.

Angel looked at Gillian with a strange expression in his eyes.

"We will Gil. They all explained it to me tonight. Think we can try it soon?"

"The moon phases will be right in two weeks, Angel. Can you get back up here for that weekend? Can you get the drug? We'll do the spell, then- ah, sorry, but we'll need to chain you up and give you the drug, so we can make sure the spell worked."

"It's ok, Gil. I understand and agree. I'll be back then. Wesley will get the drug for me."

"Good. Well not to be rude, but 'night, guys. I'm gonna let that sleep catch me now. "

"Night" Angela and Buffy both wished them as they left the room to go across the hall to the guest room. It too had been redone to protect a vampire during the day, once Angel and Buffy had gotten so close to them and had stayed over the first time.

"What was that look for back there, Angel?" Buffy asked him.

"You mean when I was asking, Gil if we could try soon?"

"Yeah."

"Well, if this works, I have a plan and it's going to include them."

"What kind of plan?" Buffy asked him a little suspicious.

"Nothing to worry about, Love. How would you like a double wedding if this works, Miss Summers?"

He picked her up in his arms.

"Angel! I'd love it. Is that a proposal?"

"Yes, Buffy. If this works, will you marry me?"

"You know I will. I love you Angel."

"I love you too, Buffy."

"And I think it's time that my Childe settles down too." He grinned.

"Gil will love it. Think Spike will ask her?"

"Yeah, I do. He loves her."

"It's pretty easy to tell. Now.. Me. You. Sleep?"

“Yes, It's been a long night and is going to be a long next two weeks."

They curled up into bed, just happy to hold each other for now.

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The two weeks had seemed to fly by and drag at the same time. Spike was fully recovered. The four witches with Giles, had gone over and over the spell with a fine toothed comb. Spike and Xander had patrolled with Buffy, so Gillian could be free to work on the spell with the others. Anya had offered her advice, as her years of being a demon had given her a lot of helpful information about curses and other demons. They were down to the wire. Angel was coming in that night.

Giles had, with Spike's help, set up chains that would keep Angel secure once they had done the spell and given him the drug, 'Bliss', to test the spell. If it worked, they would all celebrate. If not, as much as they didn't want to think about that, they had the items to redo the original gypsy curse if necessary.

Angel arrived about 9 that night. He and Buffy came straight to the shop where things were prepared and waiting. Everyone else was there, including Joyce. All the non- participants sat off to the sides.

When they had discussed how Gillian had thrown the vamps the night Spike was injured, the clue seemed to be emotion. The more emotion, the more the witches seemed to be able to do with the energy they used. So, for that reason, Buffy was included in this spell, her strength as the Slayer, and her love for Angel would add a kick to the spell.

The time came and all the witches and Giles sat in the points of the star they were using. Each had their own tools they would work with on this. Buffy was sitting in front of Gillian, between her and Angel, who was in the center of the star. Gillian sat in the uppermost point; the one she said was of spirit.

They started.

The energy and power crawled through the room. It ran across the skin of everyone there, in bursts like live flames, dancing on their skin, making it twitch with a life all it's own. It reached inside of them, caressing places no hands could reach. It made their skins feel too tight, too small, as the energy sought a place to pour out.

When it was at the point that they all wanted to scream, they grasped hands on each side of Gillian and then put a hand on her shoulder. She reached forward and placed her hands on Buffy's back, who then reached forward and placed her hands on each side of Angel's face. The energy streamed through all of them to Gillian, who was about to come apart under the onslaught of the power. She focused it all through Buffy's body, and Buffy added every ounce of emotion she had, wanting Angel to be whole, and to never lose his soul again. When she touched Angel, she made a channel for the energy. Angel was suddenly covered in a violet fire, eyes glowing the same violet. He screamed and passed out. Buffy fainted as well, falling on her love's form.

The energy curled back down, leaving all the participants exhausted, gasping for breath. The others in the room were shaken at what they had all seen and felt. Anya was the only one who understood what a small portion they had really felt.

Anya and Xander went to Tara and Willow to help them up, to move them and get them nourishment. Spike went to help his mate. Giles went to support Amy, and Joyce went to Buffy and Angel.

Angel was out cold for a few minutes. Once Gillian and Amy were settled. Spike and Giles got Angel secured in the chains they'd set up for that purpose.

As he finally came back to consciousness, he groaned, put a hand to his head. "Ohhh, did you get the number of that truck?"

"Angel, are you ok?" Buffy asked him anxiously

"Other than feeling a bit lightheaded and like I've been 10 rounds with a truck, yeah, I'm fine."

Giles walked up to him. "Good. Let's do the drug. You said it had taken about 10 minutes to take effect before?"

"Yeah, but I'd been given it in wine."

"Willow, bring me that glass of wine I set aside, please."

Willow brought the wine over, giving it to Giles. He handed it to Angel, who took the capsule and washed it down with the wine.

"Now we wait."

Buffy sat with Angel. Spike, Gillian and Giles sat close by to pull Buffy to safety if necessary. The others all rested, ate, and chatted as they waited.

Finally Giles, looked at his watch, "Angel, it's been half a'hour, how do you feel."

"I feel wonderful, Giles. You're such a great watcher; you always take care of my little Buffy. I love her, you know. And that troublemaker of a Childe of mine, I love him too. Gil, you're so good for him. I'm glad you came to join all of us. Oh, Buffy, my Buffy, I love you, Buffy. Did you know that?"

Buffy held Angel's hand with tears running down her face. "Yes, Angel, I know you do. I love you too."

Angel stretched out and put his head in Buffy's lap "Angel, I think it worked."

"I feel so completely wonderful, Honey. I think it worked too"

"How long before this drug wears off, Watcher? I don't know that I can stand seeing him so bleedin' snockered like this without hurlin."

Gillian slapped him on the arm, "Spike! The drug will wear off soon. And yes, it is like being drunk."

Willow and Tara walked over to the couple. "Hey Gil, that was great. Tiring, but great. Want to do yours too?"

"Ah, No Will, I like my Spike just like he is"

"Luv, if anything ever happens to this chip in my head, I want a promise from you." Spike told her suddenly, and very seriously.

"If I can, Spike, you know I will. What do you want me to promise?"

“If this chip ever stops working, I want you to do whatever you have to do and do that same spell on me. Promise me that."

"Are you sure, Spike?"

"Yeah, luv, I don't ever want to hurt you. Or any of your friends."

"I promise, Spike. If that ever happens we'll do whatever we have to, to do that spell on you."

"Good" He kissed Gillian and walked out to have a cigarette

"Back in a minute, luv."

" Wow! Oh, wow! He REALLY loves you, Gil."

“Yeah, I know, Willow. I love him just as much."

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The drug had worn off of Angel. He was fine. He and Buffy were happier than anyone had seen them in a long time. They were going to stay at Gillian and Spike's that night for safety.

Everyone went to their respective homes and the rest of the evening passed quietly, except at Gillian's and Spike's. The noise from both occupied bedrooms would have shamed any brothel for miles around. But the afternoon found both couples tired, but satisfied and very happy. They had all finally managed to get to sleep about dawn. They’d slept soundly for hours until late afternoon.

They all met in the kitchen after their showers. Gillian and Buffy looked at each other.

"I suspect I've got a hell of a lot of laundry to do today." Gillian grinned at Buffy

Buffy blushed, "Ah, yeah. I suspect so. I'll help you. The guys said they had to go run an errand together."

Buffy knew where Angel planned to take Spike, but she'd keep it to herself right now.

They all had breakfast and the guys left as the sun set. Buffy and Gillian were doing the breakfast dishes together when Gillian muttered, "I wonder where it went.."

"What Gil, is something wrong" Buffy asked her, suspecting what the 'problem' was.

"Yeah, I can't find my ring, the little celtic knotwork one I always wear. I know I left it in the bathroom when I showered this morning. I keep getting it caught in Spike's hair so I started taking it off when we shower together. I've got to get it fixed. I looked for it earlier after I showered, but can’t find it."

"Oh, Maybe Spike took it to get it fixed for you then, as a surprise. I know Angel said something to me about going to the jewelers." Buffy told her, looking innocent.

"Maybe so. I can't think of anywhere else it could be."

"I'm sure that's what they did. It'll be ok, Gil."

So the girls finished washing up, and did laundry, putting fresh sheets on the beds, indulging in a bit of girl talk about the night before.

"I can't ever thank you enough, Gil, for what all of you have given me and Angel. It was your idea and you knew what to look for. Without you, this might not ever have happened." Buffy told her, with a very serious expression on her face.

"Buffy, You've been like a sister to me since I got here. You guys took me in and made me feel at home, helped me. I have Spike in my life. I just wanted to help you out in return for what you've done for me."

"Yeah, sisters, Gil. You're like one to me too. It's good to have you at my back when we patrol, and now I've got my Angel. Life is good."

" Ditto. Way ditto, Buf."

They collapsed giggling in each other's arms. Angel and Spike found them like that when they walked back in.

"What the bloody hell is going on here?" Spike asked, trying to sound mean.

"We were talking about you guys and how we felt like sisters and it was just all so funny. One of those female bonding things, you silly pooh." Gillian told him.

"Well, my sire had me do some shopping with him, and wants us to be here for something he's about to do, luv."

"Ok. Everything ok?"

Gillian asked her lover, something was odd, she felt it, but had no idea what it was.

"Yeah, pet. Everything's fine"

"Now come sit next to me, please?"

Gillian was baffled at what was going on, but went to sit next to Spike. He pulled her close with his arm around her. Angel has seated Buffy in a chair and was standing in front of her.

Her expression was puzzled too. Angel took her hands and kneeled down in front of her.

"Buffy, I've loved you from the first moment I saw you, before I ever met you. I know I've caused you a lot of hurt, and I'm sorry. If you'll give me a chance, I'll spend the rest of your life trying to make up for all I've done. I love you and want to know if you'll marry me?"

Tears ran down Buffy's face, as she looked at Angel with love in her eyes. "Yes. “Oh, Angel, yes, yes, and yes."

"I know what happened to the other ring I gave you. Can you let me replace it with this one?" He opened a small box containing a small claddagh of yellow gold. The hands were holding a heart shaped emerald.

"Angel! It's beautiful! Yes, I love it. I love you!"

Angel kissed her and put the ring on her finger. Then he picked her up and sat in her chair, holding her in his lap.

"Just watch." He whispered very quietly in her ear.

Gillian had watched Angel's proposal with tears as well for her friends. Spike had watched with his unbeating heart in his throat. He knew it was his turn and Gillian had no idea what was about to happen.

Spike took her hands and looked at her.

"Gillian, Luv. I-I love you, pet. You know that. I've been happier with you since you came here than I have ever been in my life or my unlife either one." He slid off the couch to kneel in front of her, as her eyes went wide.

" I want the right to take care of you for the rest of your life, so pet, will you marry me?"

He looked anxiously into her eyes.

"Spike, are you sure?"

"Yes, luv, I'm sure."

"Then the answer is yes. Yes, William, I've love to marry you, I love you, and I'd be honored to be your wife."

He reached in his pocket and took out a small box. When he opened it, there was a white gold duplicate of her little celtic ring. In the center between the two knots, was a marquise cut sapphire, the same pale blue of her love's eyes. He slipped it on her finger, then picked her up and kissing her, twirled around in a circle.

"She said yes, Angel! She's gonna marry me!" He told his sire, very excitedly. Then his expression fell.

"But it's been so long, I don't remember my bloody last name!"

"Babe, since Angel is your sire. That makes you Angel's son. How about we use William Angelson?" Gillian asked him from the safety of his arms.

"Angel, what do you say, mate?"

Buffy and Angel walked over to where Spike was still holding Gillian. Buffy took Gillian's hand and Angel clapped Spike on the back.

"I'd be honored Spike. Very honored."

"I see why he loves you, Gil."

Angel leaned over to kiss her on the cheek

"Hey, mate. Kiss your own woman. This one is mine!"

Spike growled at his sire as he laughed.

"Yeah, but that makes her my daughter-in-law."

"Buffy, I will not have you being my mother-in-law! You're my sister and that's that." Gillian told her as Spike finally set hr back down on her feet.

"You got it, Sis."

"Let's go tell Giles and the gang. Oh, and Mom!"

The two couples walked over to Buffy's house. They all tried to talk at once, then, laughing took turns telling Joyce about the proposals and showing her the rings.

"Joyce, since my own Mum, has been gone a long time. Would you stand in as my Mum?" Spike asked her very hesitantly.

"Spike I'd be honored to do that for you."

They all talked for a bit more, then left so they could go catch Giles before he left the shop. That way some of the gang might be there too.

As they entered the shop, all the gang was there, much to their surprise. So they went through the story again, showing their rings and laughing.

"Giles, You've been more to me than just my Watcher. You've been my friend, and like a father to me. Will you give me away?" Buffy asked the older man.

"I -I don't know what to say, Buffy."

"Say yes, Giles." Anya told him from across the counter.

"W-well, yes. I'd be honored to do that, Buffy." As she threw her arms around Giles, kissing his cheek.

Gillian looked around a bit sadly. "What's wrong, Luv?" Spike asked her gently.

"It's just that I don't have any one here to ask to do that for me. That's all."

Angel heard her and stepped toward her, pulling Buffy along by the hand.

"Gil, if you hadn't been here, this might never have happened. How about your soon to be father-in-law and your sister gives you to that worthless Childe of mine?"

"Angel! That would be wonderful." And with that she hugged him.

"Hey!" Spike started.

All three of them turned to Spike, as Gillian told him,

"William Spike Angelson! This is our family. I love you, you idiot. And if you're gonna get pissed every time I hug my father-in-law, * I'M * gonna kick your butt!"

"Well, as long as you don't love'em."

"Spike, I love him as a friend, just like I love Buffy as a sister. I love Wil, Tara, and Amy as my witch sisters. And Xander, Anya, Giles and Joyce as my friends. But, YOU are the only one I love as my husband, my lover, my very best friend in the world. I'm not going away, ok?"

"Ok, Luv. I can share you that way as long as I know that you are really mine."

"Yours only, silly pooh." Gillian giggled at him.

He growled at her and picked her up to kiss her.

"Let’s go home, Babe. Stay over with us tonight, Buffy, Angel?"

Gillian asked them.

"Sure, Our stuff is there anyway." Buffy answered for both of them.

They said their goodnights to everyone and left, heading back home.

As soon as they left, the rest of the Wyrrd sisters scurried off into the magick area and got to work. They'd been planning this surprise since they found out from Buffy about Angel's comment about marrying her and a double wedding. Even Giles and Xander didn't protest, much to their surprise.

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Later that evening, after dinner and a video, the two couples went to their separate rooms. The noise levels were not quite what they had been the night before, but the very same activities were happening.

Angel with Buffy felt growing warmth steal over him until he felt as if he was on fire; it lasted several seconds then stopped. Unknown to him, both Gillian and Spike had the same thing happen to them at the same time.

Each couple looked at their mates, and then dismissed it, thinking it was a possible result of the current activities or from the magick worked the previous night.

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Angel had gone back to L.A. to clear up his caseload. He was giving the agency to Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn.

Although Angel, Spike, Gillian and Buffy would all consult when necessary on cases.

Wesley, Cordy and Gunn had come to Sunnydale to the wedding that took place a month after the proposals.

Giles and Joyce gave Buffy away to Angel O'Malley.

Angel and Buffy gave Gillian away to William Spike Angelson. Both brides had been radiant and both grooms had been nervous as hell. Buffy and Gillian had shared attendants, so Willow was Maid of Honor for both, with Tara, Amy and Anya as bridesmaids. Xander has even offered to be best man for both vampires, much to everyone's shock.

The two couples went to Paris for a joint honeymoon. Then when they arrived back home, Angel and Buffy moved in with Gillian and Spike while they looked for their own home. They wanted to find something close to each other.

It had been about three months since the engagement, when one morning, Buffy bolted out of bed to the connecting bathroom, quite sick.

In the other bedroom, Gillian was doing the same thing.

Both husbands went after their wives, concerned and worried. They decided to get some help.

Spike opened his bedroom door to find Angel opening his door. Both tried to talk at once.

"Gillian's sick...." "Buffy's sick....."

They stared at each other, and went for the phone. The two women made it into robes and crashed on the couch together looking like death warmed over. Shortly after the phone call, there was a knock on the door.

Spike opened it to find Giles, Willow, Tara, Amy, and Joyce standing at their door. Giles went to talk with Angel and Spike to calm them while Joyce took Buffy to the bathroom with a small package. Willow did the same with Gillian. Tara and Amy went to make tea in the kitchen and heat up some blood for the guys. They had a feeling what was coming and knew the men would need the strength

In each bathroom the same refrain was being heard, "Pregnant!"

Joyce brought a shocked Buffy back to the living room and sat her next to her husband while Willow did the same with Gillian.

"Willow, I think you need to talk to them now." Giles told her as he took a chair next to Joyce. Tara and Amy passed around the tea, gave crackers to Buffy and Gillian, and the mugs of blood to Spike and Angel.

"Well... Buffy, Gillian.. You two have done so much and made such a difference in all our lives, you got to marry the men you wanted. We wanted to give each of you something really, really special for a wedding present. So we did a spell so that Spike and Angel could father children."

"But Willow, I can't have any children." Gillian told her.

"I had surgery back in my dimension and don't have all the parts to have children any more."

"Well, you do now." Willow grinned at her

"The heat that rushed over me the night we got engaged to the girls... Was THAT it?" Angel asked Willow.

Before she could answer, Spike and Gillian both spoke up, "That happened to me too."

"I felt that as well."

Everyone was smiling except the two married couples, who looked like they were in shock.

“Yep, that was it. That was the present we gave you. That each couple would be able to have children. It must have healed you, Gillian as it made the changes for Angel and Spike," Willow told them.

"Did ALL of you know about this?" Buffy groaned.

"I didn't until later." Joyce told her daughter.

"But I was excited about it when they told me. Now I get two sets of grandchildren."

"Ohhhh." Gillian and Buffy groaned at the same time.

"Buffy, Honey, I'm going to be a father! Honey, I'm so very happy. I love you!" Angel was telling his wife.

"Gillian, I never expected to have a wife, or a child. Now I'm gonna have both. I love you. You've made me very happy." Spike told his wife.

Angel and Spike thanked all of them, as they all talked. Gillian and Buffy looked at each other and ran for their bathrooms.

"Ya know, Mate. We need to find you and Buffy a house really quick." Spike told Angel.

"Why is that? I'd think the girls would rather be together in this?" Angel said looking a bit puzzled.

"Oh, they probably do, and can see each other every day. But I don't think you and I will live long with a pregnant Slayer AND a pregnant Witch under the same roof."

At Spike's comment everyone burst out laughing.

Life was going to be interesting.

The end