"What?" Angel asked when he saw Spike looking at him.
"Nothing. Just thinking." Spike said smiling.
"What, on how to kill me? I knew you wanted to but on Christmas? Think of the children, Will." Angel said still smiling.
"Yeah, thought, they might deal better if it was on Christmas, we talked about it and we all decided. Fred said she was bringing the poison." Spike said trying hard not to laugh.
"So this poison is going to kill me?" Angel said smiling.
"No, thought that was a little extreme. It's going to turn you into a puppet. Think you'd be cute as one." Spike said smiling thinking about the time at Wolfram & Hart when Angel ended up getting himself turned into a puppet. That was one of the hardest times he'd laughed especially since it was Angel.
"Oh, great another puppet joke. You are obsessed, Spike. Think it would be funny if you turned into one." Angel said. Spike had gotten out of bed by now and was headed toward the bedroom door with Buffy in front of him and Angel in back.
"That would be to weird." Spike said as they walked down the steps.
"Daddy! Come see the tree me, Peter, Jimmy, and Mommy decorated it. Connor helped a little when he came though." Susan said taking Spike's hand and pulling him into the living room where he saw a beautifully decorated Blue Spruce standing in the corner of the room. He hadn't seen a tree like this since he was a boy in his parent's house at Christmas.
"It's beautiful, Susie." Spike said.
"She had a hard time keeping it secret." Buffy said as she came up and took Spike's hand.
"She did a real good job keeping it though." Spike said.
"Merry Christmas, Spike." Spike heard a voice behind him say and knew it was Cordelia.
"Hey, Merry Christmas." Spike said unsure of what to do until she hugged him.
"Buffy, you have to get your man better before Christmas or he's going to be miserable." Cordelia said after she let go of him.
"I know. I just hope nobody else gets sick, especially Jimmy." Buffy said and when she did a sad look came on her face, which automatically lead to him putting his arms around her.
"He seems to be doing alright. What have the doctors said?" Cordelia asked concerned.
"They say they're still looking for a liver and that we just have to make sure he stays healthy. We're just lucky that he's doing so well right now. Does Connor know yet?" Buffy said as she squeezed Spike's hand hard. Just hearing her say this made his heart break, which he realized was beating. He could feel tears forming in his eyes but as much as he wanted to wipe them away discreetly he didn't want to let go of Buffy's hand. She needed him.
"We haven't had the heart to tell him. It would shatter him. Buffy, I'm sure they'll find one soon. Jimmy will be alright." Cordelia said as she pulled her into a tight embrace that caused Spike to let go of her hand.
Spike could feel Angel staring at him but he didn't want to look. The tears had started to fall slowly down his face and he didn't want Angel to see. He knew that Angel would want to comfort him but he wasn't sure he was ready to give up all his pride even if he was crying over his son.
"I should have gotten out of the house when I was sick." Spike said to himself once he had stepped out onto the back porch. He had started to feel clastrophobic in the living room and felt that he needed air.
"You were to out of it to get out." Spike heard a voice behind him say and he knew it was Angel.
"Well, you or Buffy could have gotten me out. The last thing he needs is for me to give him the stupid flu that could kill him." Spike said bitterly.
"We didn't think of that basically because you were running a rather high fever. I don't want you to take what I just said and twist into something else you did wrong, because you did nothing wrong, you were or you are sick and you can't help it, our bodies get sick. It's what makes us human." Angel said and Spike couldn't hold it in anymore, he was happy because he was with Buffy and had a family, he was sad because his son was sick and his mum was dead, he was mad because he could possibly kill Jimmy because he was sick, and he was a ton of other emotions that he didn't realize were there. He really couldn't hold, it came out in sobs and beating his fists against Angel. Angel didn't care though, he let Spike do punch him and then he pulled him into a tight embrace where Spike just kept on crying. Angel ended up holding Spike on the ground because Spike's legs had given way from all his crying and Spike didn't stop crying until about five minutes later.
"Ready to go back in, buddy?" Angel asked and Spike nodded yes.
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