Epilogue
3 Years Later
Buffy made her way through the huge crowd at the stadium in Los Angeles. She didn’t think she was going to make it tonight since she had no baby-sitter for their seven-month old daughter, Joy. Dawn had surprised her at the last minute, coming back from the dorms, telling Buffy to go and that she would work on her paper another night. Buffy and Spike had married a year after getting engage in a small backyard ceremony with Giles giving away the bride.
When the band hit it really big a few months later, Spike had paid off the mortgage to the house, but he and Buffy had moved into his apartment when Dawn moved into the dorms, wanting to start fresh. They kept the house, knowing that they would eventually want to come back, but for now, they were happy where they were. Not even a year after they had been married, Buffy discovered she was pregnant with their first child.
Spike was as loving and attentive to his daughter as he was to his wife. The Dingoes were in a position now that they could pick and choose their concerts, and they rarely left the west coast. Oz and Willow were living together, and Gunn and Fred had been married a few months longer than Spike and Buffy. Angel was currently in an on-again/off-again relationship with Darla, and to Buffy’s surprise, Dawn and Connor were still dating after more than three years.
Now, as Buffy pushed her way through the crowd of screaming fans and showed the security guard her backstage pass, she caught a glimpse of her husband in front of her. She watched with some trepidation as a group of scantily-clad young women practically lunged at him, and then smiled as he politely told them to back off.
Buffy stepped up behind Spike, smiling at the bodyguard whom she knew, and wrapped her arms around her husband. Spike whirled around and shoved her away before he realized who it was.
“Buffy, pet, I’m so sorry! I didn’t know you were here.”
Buffy simply giggled at him as she walked forward and gave him a hug. “It’s okay. To be honest, I’m glad I got that reaction.”
Spike smiled down at her as the crowd of girls around them glared at the woman in his arms. “Well, I made you a promise, and I’m not about to lose you again.”
“That’s good you feel that way because I really don’t feel like letting you go again,” she replied with a bright smile.
“So, I take it you were able to get a baby-sitter.”
“Yep, Dawnie showed up at the last minute.”
Nodding, Spike bent his head to give the woman he loved a soft, tender kiss, much to the crowd’s annoyance, Spike pressed his forehead to Buffy’s, looking deep into her eyes. “I love you, baby.”
With a smile, Buffy gave him another kiss. “I love you.”
Spike smiled down at his wife with a bright smile. “Did I ever tell you, Summers, that you’re one in a million?”
“I’m not a Summers anymore,” Buffy replied, laughing. “And yeah, you might have mentioned it.”
A/N Well, there you have it. Not my first fan fic, but it is my first completed one and despite the difficult topic, I’m proud of it. Thank you to my positively wonderful beta, Allison, who supported this story and talked me into keeping a lot of things that I wasn’t sure about. Also a huge thank you to so many people who reviewed and e-mailed, telling me they loved it. It makes me want to write more! 🙂
The End.