Revelations of an Unfamiliar Kind: The Decision
by blondEbear
R.o.a.U.K. Chapter 7
The decision

The war had started; Buffy heard Spike yell her name and she turned around to see a briliant flash of light and as her eyes adjusted she saw Spike there at the sorce of the light. Everyone around her fleed as the uber-vamps were dusted from the light, and the ceiling started to crack. Buffy ran up beside him.
"I can feel it, Buffy!" Spike said when she reached him.
"What?" she asked terrified.
"My soul. It's really there...kinda stings," he said.
The ceiling began to cave in around them.
"Go on, then..." He said looking at her.
"No...no you've done enough! You could still-" she started but he cut her off.
"No, you've beaten them back," he said, "best for me to do the clean-up."
She heard Faith yell for her to come on but ignored her.
"Gotta run, lamb. Guess it's safe to say, school's out for the bloody summer," he joked.
"Spike!" she said in terror.
"I mean it," he said, holding up his hands to show her he was serious, "I gotta do this."
Buffy reached for his outstretched hands and laced her finger's in his.
"I love you." she said, tears in her eyes.
He looked at her, with shock on his face, "No you don't...but thanks for sayin' it."
The ground beneath them shook, "Now go!" She let his hand go.
"I choose him!" she yelled looking up, "I choose Spike!"
Buffy awoke in a bus.
"Where-where am I?" she asked touching her throbbing head.
"You're on the bus...you got a pretty bad hit on the noggin' down there," she heard Xander's voice say.
"Spike!" she said sitting up, "did he make it???"
Xander stepped to the side to show an unconsious Spike laying behind him, "He should come to sometime soon, but, Buffy, there's something weird about him, now...he's not cold. His body, it-it's warm..."
"It worked," she whispered. Xander looked confused but just then Spike started coughing. Xander walked over to him and Buffy looked up toward the ceiling.
"Thank you," she whispered, "Thank you so much."
"Buffy..." she heard Spike whisper in a horse voice.
She stood up and walked over to him, "I'm here..."
She took his hand in hers,"...I'll always be here"
He smiled, still keeping his eyes closed, "So, you really were listening..."
"Yeah, you gave me strength that night." she said, "Spike, I have to tell you something..."
"I'm listening." he said, his voice improving.
"You're human..." she said as a tear fell down her face.
"What?" he asked, opening his eyes in confusion to see the room flooded with light, including him.
"You're human, now." she explained, "there were these god's that gave me a choice, they said I had to chose which souled-vampire would become human...and I chose you."
"And Spike, I realized something," she took a breath, "I realized...I *am* in love with you...I want to be more than friends..."
"We could never be more than friends, Buffy, you know that," he said solemnly.
"No," she said, "I think we could...and I'm intend on finding out if I'm right."
She leaned in and kissed him. Xander looked at them but didn't say anything. He walked out of the bus to give them some alone time.
"Xander, what's going on???" Giles said seeing the two through the window of the bus from outside.
"Buffy's getting something she's needed for a long time..." he answered, "...someone who loves and understands her, and someone she loves back."

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