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A.N. Soooo sorry this took forever to get out. I hit a major block with this fic and I couldn’t get passed it. The chapter after this will be past and I seem to work those out faster than the future/present parts. And there is a scenario in this part that will be expanded on in the past parts later on in the story. Hope everyone enjoys this chapter.

Previously…

Carrying Lucas in her arms she, Spike, and the rest of her friends, Alex and Serena included, all walk into the Crashdown. Standing in the middle of the room dancing to a tune only she can hear in her crazy head is a vampiress in a black and red simple yet expensive gown. As if sensing instead of hearing the audience she stops and turns towards the group.

“Dru?”


Chapter 20

February 18, 2005; 12:14 a.m.

Crashdown

“Dru?” Liz stared at the crazy vampire in front of her. Tears rose inside her eyes and her lip quivered at the emotion bubbling so close to the surface. The Slayer gently deposited Lucas into Spike’s arms and faced the woman in front of her.

Drusilla glided up to the brunette slayer and held her arms open knowing what her family needed. “Come sister dear. You’ve been holding on to it for too long.” She heard Elizabeth’s pain from the jungles of Brazil. Nothing could keep her from the ray of sunshine hidden by the violent storm of powerful emotions.

Spike took in the sight of his Dark Princess embracing his Lightning Goddess. Even after two years he couldn’t get used to them being friends. He’d always care for Dru, she’s his Sire and he was with her for over a hundred years but even she couldn’t compare to Liz in his eyes.

Lights from passing cars play tag on the walls of the darkened restaurant, every pain, every heartache came pouring out in the arms of a cold-blooded friend. Drusilla killed without remorse didn’t matter if it was a child, old woman, or young man. She was as heartless as one could be but she had a soft spot for Spike, Liz, and Luke.

“There, there dear heart. Let Sister take care of you.” She stroked a cold hand down her hair. Liz gripped her tightly thanking the Gods above that her friend was there.

A week of emotion that she only let out with Spike flooded to the surface and she could do nothing but let it flow out. A year after she and Spike were married she was on a hunt, searching for the next vamp to add to her total for the night.

She’d been following a newly made vampire; she felt how new he was in her gut, freshly risen and looking for it’s first meal as a creature of the night. Then everything went black, she woke up in a nicely furnished dining room but she wasn’t alone. Next to her was a woman she had never met, tied up the same as her. The woman was Drusilla.

Another woman with long blonde hair was at her other side, tied as well, but refused to shut up. She found out that her name was Harmony Kendell. Turned out the whole reason the three of them were there was because they had been or were involved with Spike.

Drusilla had been there for a week with only the bare minimum of blood to keep her awake and somewhat aware. While she and Harmony had been recently captured.

When she hadn’t returned from patrolling Spike and the others went searching for her. After a few days of researching the AI team figured out who had them and where they were keeping them. The creature that had them was a vampire and they hated Spike with a vengeance.

According to what she was told while in the vampires home, Spike took his lover, used her for a few weeks, then discarded her giving her back to him and Drusilla helped her Childe in all that. He’d been waiting for decades to pay his Sire back, didn’t matter that the woman had wanted to be with Spike and Dru.

After she was rescued Spike told her what he thought she’d be comfortable with, she knew he had been with many other women in his undead life. But Spike told her that the woman propositioned him and Dru first wanting to be their lover. It was sort of a test run in a way and neither Spike nor Dru would have wanted her as a full time companion.

It was during that time though that she and Drusilla bonded and became friends. When the vampire that held them would leave to go hunting she’d cut herself on a piece of glass and feed her. She could really explain why she did it but she couldn’t let Dru starve. It made no sense because she didn’t try to feed Harmony.

Now Slayer and vampire were bonded in a way that transcended conventional methods. Since then they had been friends, Dru returned to Brazil but occasionally came back to see her, Spike, and Luke. While they were friends one thing she wouldn’t allow would be Spike and Drusilla to be intimately involved. Spike told her that that point of his life was over with his Sire. He’d always be bound to her but he was with her, Liz, for eternity now.

“Come deary, let’s get you upstairs.” Slowly she guided Liz toward the back and up the stairs to her parent’s home and into her bedroom leaving the others downstairs.

Fred, although knew of the close relationship between Slayer and vampire, couldn’t help but worry when Drusilla took Liz into the apartment alone. She never completely trusted the crazy creature and never would.

Spike on the other hand smiled and sat down in the booth with Lucas, keeping him close and rubbing his back letting his son know even in sleep that everything was okay. Whispered to him that his Mommy would be back down in a little bit and she’d tuck him into bed and when he woke up Grandma Dru would be there to play with him.

Angel sat at the bar talking to Buffy on the phone. He hadn’t seen her for a couple days and couldn’t wait for her flight to come in tomorrow night. Giles didn’t approve of her returning to the States so soon but Buffy told him that Willow would be in town by the time her flight took off from England. He wouldn’t be alone for long, besides there were a few Potentials who despite their non-Slayer status were still training, they would be there to help him in case of an emergency.

When Willow did the spell to make all the Potentials into Slayers they didn’t know it would be only temporary and eventually the spell would wear off and go to whom it was meant to. All Potentials got a taste of what it was like to be super-strong and powerful; they wanted that back and were going to practice and train till they were called.

Cordelia and Gunn were sitting in another booth holding hands. Over the last five years Gunn had learned to love a woman who had demon abilities. He never thought he and Cordy would be dating, for many reasons but the main one because he didn’t think he could handle having a supernatural being as a girlfriend. As he got closer to Cordelia that changed and he had been able to look pass the demon and see the woman he had grown to love.

Wesley watched the room taking in everyone and thinking on what would happen tomorrow. So many problems had arisen and he didn’t think Liz would be able to handle much more. Tomorrow morning would prove interesting, he didn’t think the Roswell group would let that evenings events go unexplained for long.

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Re: Date with Destiny (Multi,XO,UC,MATURE) AN 4/16 pg 21

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A.N. Sorry for the long wait. It sucks when a muse goes into hiding. I’ve managed to coax her out though. Lately I’ve been watching many episodes that feature Spike and/or Angelus. Gotta love those two bad vamps. Also just a reminder, Buffy and Spike have never slept together, they have a brother/sister type relationship.

Previously:

“If it’ll make you feel better we can call Spike.” Buffy told her.

“Spike? Are you kidding me? Billy Idol will probably want to kill us and take Liz as a Drusilla knock-off.” Cordy snorted.

Liz leaned forward in her chair. “Who’s Spike?”


Chapter 21

May 1, 2001

It was a little after midnight when Buffy left with everyone to save Sunnydale and essentially the world. Before leaving Buffy went behind the front desk in the lobby and called Spike, the guy that she had suggested protect them while the other superhuman people were gone.

While Buffy did that, Cordelia told her little about Spike saying she didn’t know him all that well except that he was evil and killed many people in his long unlife. Not only that he tried to mainly kill Buffy though. While he didn’t actively try to kill the rest of the original Scooby gang as much as he could have that didn’t mean if he caught one of them that they wouldn’t be his next meal.

Then Cordy told her about Drusilla, Spike’s sire and absolute love of his undead existence. He had kidnapped Willow and by default Xander to do a spell for him to get Drusilla back who had left him for a Chaos demon. Which in turn took Cordelia to one of the darkest moments in her life.

Since they weren’t extremely close Cordelia left out the details of why it was the darkest moment in her life but with the glare she sent to Xander she had a feeling it had something to do with him. At that point in the story Buffy said that he had changed, he still didn’t have a soul but he wasn’t a bad guy anymore…even if he would deny it.

Buffy gave Liz a quick overview herself of Spike, since she had never mentioned Spike in her explanations about Slayers and vampires and destiny. At the time the name of the vampire that had helped her hadn’t been important to the story she told.

Basically yes, Spike was a killer, he’d killed two Slayers in his past but over the last three years he’d changed a little and became a valuable member of the team and her friend. He’s one of the only people she would trust to watch over the others staying there.

Angelus couldn’t stop laughing at his Grand Childe’s change. There always was a soft side to the bleached wonder. Granted he could rip the throat out of tiny puppy in a heartbeat without a drop of remorse but he still liked to write poetry about bunnies and flowers. It made him sick.

In order to make it to Sunnydale in time the group had to leave right then. Spike wouldn’t be in LA for another two hours, an hour and a half if he pushed it, but Buffy didn’t think they’d be attack during that window of time.

When Liz questioned why Buffy told her that since they already sent demons to attack it would be unlikely that they would attack so soon after. Especially after getting their asses handed to them. If anything the creatures would wait and regroup for a while before trying again.

Although worried Liz nodded, it made sense but that didn’t stop the concern of being unprotected. After the others left, Scoobies and company reluctant that Angelus was going with them, Liz sat on the stairs and stared around her.

Demons everywhere lying on the floor dead. “Do they expect us to clean this up?” She asked the three who were left in the hotel.

“Sure thing Pudding Pop.” Lorne sat next to her. “We’re not the grand and powerful fighters, we’re the cleanup crew.”

“That sucks.” She grumbled dropping her head in her hands.

Fred picked up a green arm that had been loped off during the fight. “Where are we supposed to put all these—pieces?”

“We have an incinerator in the basement.” Cordy said nonchalantly. When she realized no one had spoken she looked at them. “What? Do you know how many bodies we’d have to bury if we didn’t have some way to dispose of them?”

Shrugging Liz stood up; her head felt a lot better from using her powers earlier. Within an hour and a half the lobby was cleared of all demon pieces and bodies. Next they’d clean the floor; green demon blood had a way of staining the floor if it wasn’t mopped up quickly.

Fred, Cordelia and Lorne got to work on cleaning the blood while Liz went into the kitchen and made them coffee, tea, and for Lorne a sea breeze. He taught her how to make it a few days ago, even since then she’d been his designated drinker maker.

As she boiled the water for her tea her thoughts drifted to her parents. She should really call them tomorrow. Liz hadn’t spoken to them in over a week. They’d be worried about her if she didn’t let them know how she was soon.

Yesterday she had talked to Alex on the phone. He was doing well; the others however were another story. Alex mentioned that Max and Tess had a pregnancy scare, she had gotten dizzy and passed out and because she and Max had recently slept together that was a logical jump. It however turned out to be something else, some kind of device that incapacitated both Tess and Isabel.

Once they figured out who was behind the attack they took care of it and everything was all right again. Maria and Michael were on the rocks, Alex only had Maria’s version which was Michael had been pulling away from her. He had seen them fight on more than one occasion and it was only a matter of time before they broke up for good.

Then Alex had been presumed dead; there had been an accident with his car, when the police got there his car had been engulfed in flames. When the fire had been put out there wasn’t anything left and after searching the area Valenti had assumed he had perished in the fire.

Thankfully that wasn’t the case. He had been in the car yes, but a woman had pulled him out before the car burned. Her name was Serena. Alex had been nursed back to health and when he woke up he couldn’t stop staring at the woman who saved him.

Eventually everything was cleared up with the police and Alex was declared to be alive again. That was when Liz told him that Future Max had said that a woman named Serena would be a friend of hers one day. While it was unlikely it was the same Serena Future Max had been talking about it was quite a coincidence.

Since then she hadn’t spoken to Alex, after she called her parents she’d call him again. See how that last week had been treating him.

The teapot whistled and Liz took the boiling water off the stove and poured it in three cups. One was coffee for Cordelia, since she hated tea; the other two were for her and Fred they would be having the tea.

Finishing up she placed the cups and the sea breeze on the tray. Carefully she picked it up and made her down the hall and back to the lobby. “All right coffee, tea, and alcohol are ready.” She announced.

“Thank God I’m thirsty.” Cordy exclaimed. She dropped the sponge with a loud thump and stood up taking the coffee from the tray. “Thanks Liz.”

“Not a problem.” She set the tray on the counter of the front desk.

Outside a car door slammed and footsteps could be heard coming up the stairs. In a moment the front doors opened and there stood the most gorgeous man she’d ever seen. And this was a man, not some boy trying to pretend to be a man, but an honest to God man.

He was decked out in black jeans, a blood red over shirt, black T-shirt, and a long leather coat that almost touched the floor. His hair was bleached blonde and his cheekbones; oh Lordy how hot was that? Liz swallowed hard and stared at him.

“And now we enter a worse place.” Cordelia sneered at the guy in the entryway. “Not only are we cleaning demon blood from the floor but now Spike is here.”

Spike’s attention instantly was drawn to the woman behind Cordelia. Long brown hair, sparkling mahogany eyes, sweet little body, yea, he might enjoy this assignment. “The last place I’d want to be is here, you better watch your mouth or I’ll leave you here for the big Beastie to do what he wants with you.”

Liz finally found her voice. “You’re Spike?” She swallowed hard. Oh boy. She felt a tingling in her gut and it had nothing to do with him being a vampire.

“The one and only Big Bad.”

TBC
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Re: Date with Destiny (Multi,XO,UC,MATURE)AN 8/2 pg23

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A.N. Thanks for the feedback. It's another past part. Just a reminder, Spike doesn’t have his soul. I thought he was just fine without it.

Chapter 22

May 1, 2001

Nervously Liz rubbed her stomach trying to relax the butterflies fluttering up a storm. Spike wasn’t even in the room anymore and her nerves refused to calm. She sat at the front desk fiddling with her teacup while the others finished wiping up the blood. Fred refused to let her help saying that she had helped moved the bodies now she had to sit and watch.

Currently Spike was outside grabbing his duffel bag from his car. Liz kept casting fidgety glances toward the door he had disappeared through. Any moment now he’d be back inside and in her line of sight.

Sure enough as she downed the rest of her tea Spike came sauntering back in and tossed his duffel on the floor of the lobby. “So where am I staying?”

“How ‘bout behind the dumpster?” Cordelia sarcastically suggested.

“No thanks ducks. Wouldn’t want to take your sleeping place.” Spike shot back.

Fred stood up and took a drink of her cooling tea. “Liz can show you to your room.” Not paying attention to her cousin’s expression of ‘oh God no’.

Lorne however saw her dilemma but instead of helping her like she thought he would he backed up Fred’s suggestion. “Yea, that’s a great idea sweet pea. Lizzie knows where you’ll be staying.” He wiped up the last bit of blood in the section he was working in.

Liz glared at Lorne. He saw her reaction to him and now they’re making her lead him to his room. Alone. Together. By themselves. Just the two of them. Didn’t they see the problem?

“Yea luv, show me the way to my room.” Spike smirked. He’d be blind not to notice the inner struggle of the young girl in front of him.

Swallowing hard she nodded. “Okay.” She slowly slid off the stool and made her way around the front desk. “Follow me.”

“With pleasure.” He purred

Liz nodded and nervously smiled before she began her ascent up the stairs. She felt Spike behind her, watching her, his eyes roving over her body…or maybe that was wishful thinking. If it was her imagination though then why did it feel like she was being hunted?

Spike breathed in deeply; the little miss wanted him. Desired a taste of the big bad. He followed closely keeping the distance between them to a minimum. Buffy mentioned that the girl was a potential, so there was that added bonus, but he sensed something else underneath the potential slayer. Spike sniffed lightly, something innocent but powerful.

When the duo reached the second floor Liz went left away from Angel and Buffy’s rooms. Before the vampire and slayer got back together Angel, according to what she heard since she hadn’t been there before then, had only one hotel suite. Granted it was a very large hotel suite, largest one on the second floor but still it was only one.

After Buffy though, Angel expanded the suite. He took over the two hotel rooms on both sides of his room and paid contractors to make the three rooms into one massive hotel room. The room to the right became a huge bathroom that Cordelia remained to be jealous of. On the left was a bedroom, meanwhile Angel’s original room was converted to a living room/dining room/kitchen area.

Liz led the way down the hall; Spike could smell who belonged to what room. The brunette…Cordelia if he remembered correctly was the first door on the left. Two other scents, one across the hall from Cordelia and the other right next to her room he couldn’t place. Whoever inhabited those rooms either didn’t leave a lasting impression or he hadn’t met them.

She continued down the hall past Gunn, Wesley, and Fred’s rooms. As Liz moved past a group of empty rooms on both the right and left Spike’s curiosity peaked. “So where exactly are you leading me now luv?”

“To your room.” She explained. It was a little odd to have a cluster of people in one spot near the stairs but then have her room and Spike’s be at the end of the hall right before turning the corner into another hallway.

“But the Poofter’s Pal’s are all down there,” he stepped a foot closer to his guide. Once Liz stopped in front of his door he trapped her effectively between the door and his hard body. “While we’re three rooms away.”

Liz licked her lips and fought the groan threatening to escape. “It’s not what you think.” She whispered.

Spike bit his lower lip and stared down at her. “Really, that’s not what I think.” He spoke almost as softly as she had, any louder would have broken the spell. Liz wanted him. The hitch of her breath, the tightening and releasing of her hands, and that sparkle of lust staring back at him.

Liz couldn’t take her eyes off the man in front of her. His high cheekbones and slim face gave him a permanent primal expression. Of course Spike’s half-lidded lustful gaze down her body could have a little something to do with that.

“The other rooms are smaller.” Liz told him. “Besides we were already cleaning this room out.” She subtly let out a breath hoping he wouldn’t notice her nerves.

In that instant she realized her predicament. On the one hand she needed to open the door to Spike’s room so he could settle in. On the other hand though she didn’t feel comfortable turning her back to him. He was a vampire, a vampire without a soul.

Although it could be argued that Buffy wouldn’t have let Spike come here if he was truly a danger to anyone. Right? She did let Angelus out that evening and took him to Sunnydale with her. Maybe she should have questioned Buffy’s judgement on that. She certainly wouldn’t have brought up her concerns in front of everyone but she could have taken her aside and asked.

Now there she was with her back against the door with someone Cordelia described as a vicious killer trapping her between his rock hard body and the wooden door. Then again Cordy wouldn’t have let her come up here all alone if there was really a huge danger. Or maybe she would…she hated arguing with herself, it accomplished nothing except frustration.

There were two options, one go against every instinct in her body and turn around to open the door or… “Do you mind moving to the side?”

Spike watched her carefully, “Why?” He leaned in a bit, his nose lightly brushing against her hair. She smelled of pears, he softly moaned in the back of his throat.

Liz’s breath caught as she breathed in. Could that man be any hotter? God he sniffed her hair and moaned at her and she was ready to throw caution to the wind and beg him to pound her into the door.

Needing distance she gently pushed him away. “Because I need to get back downstairs.” She moved away from his confining embrace and stood at his right side. “Here’s your key. Enjoy your stay.” Liz hurried down the hall but Spike’s voice called her back.

“Aren’t you going to fluff my pillow?” Spike stared after her biting his lower lip.

With false confidence Liz turned back briefly. “Fluff your own damn pillow.” She walked down the rest of the hallway and went downstairs to give Lorne a piece of her mind for making her go up there with Spike alone. In the distance she could hear Spike’s gleeful chuckle.

TBC
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Re: Date with Destiny (Multi,XO,UC,MATURE) Ch 22 pg23 8-11

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A.N. Reposting due to board problem.

Chapter 23

May 1, 2001

Liz refused to stomp down the stairs, she wanted to so the others would know she was upset but she refrained from following that thought process. When she reached the lobby floor Lorne smirked at her. Could he read her aura without singing? Liz remembered him telling her once that if the emotions were strong enough he could, but were hers strong enough now?

“So sugar dumpling how’d the alone time go?” Lorne questioned.

“Oh shut up.” She grumbled. “Never leave me alone with that man again.” She pointed upstairs.

Fred came around the front desk and stood in front of her. “Why? Did he hurt you? Are you all right?” Fred looked her over but couldn’t find anything wrong, except Liz’s face was a little flushed and her breathing was a bit deeper than normal.

“No—it’s just…” Liz glanced around at everyone. Cordelia and Lorne were listening intently. “Can we go talk in the kitchen?” She asked her cousin.

“Of course.” Fred laid a hand on her arm, guiding her away from the group. They descended the three steps that led into a hallway and down to the massive kitchen. Once Fred reached the light switch she turned on all the overhead lights. After living in a cave for years and being a slave in Pylea she needed a lot of light to make her feel comfortable. “So tell me what happened.” She leaned against the stainless steel stove.

“Spike’s attracted to me.” Liz blurted out.

Fred smiled, “Well of course he is, you’re a beautiful girl.” She saw Liz bite her lip. “Is that a problem?”

“No…yes…I don’t know for sure.” She rested her chin on her folded arms and hunched over the table.

Fred pushed away from the stove and sat next to her. “Is it because he’s a vampire or because you’re pregnant?”

“Would it be awful if I said both?” Liz asked. She played with the hem of her buttoned down dark blue shirt. The fabric hung loosely and reached down to her upper thighs when she stood. “What if he’s not attracted to me if he finds out I’m pregnant?”

“He probably already knows. So I wouldn’t worry about that Liz. If you’re worried that he won’t be attracted to you then you must like him too…oh this is so great. Although I’d be a little hesitant about that no soul thing. Then again Buffy let Angel out and he doesn’t have a soul at the moment…”

“Whoa, whoa. Take a breath Fred. And what do you mean he already knows I’m pregnant?” Liz glanced down at her body. Ok, she wasn’t as slim as she usually was, and her belly stuck out a little sometimes brushing the loose fabric of her shirt, but she didn’t think it was glaringly obvious. She found that she took after her mother when it came to being pregnant. Mom hadn’t begun to show too much until she was in her fifth month and Liz was only five months.

Fred shrugged. “He could probably smell the baby.” She explained. “Angel noticed it the second you walked up so I wouldn’t be surprised if Spike sniffed it out too.”

“Angel noticed? That’s kind of creepy.” Liz rubbed her stomach gently feeling her stomach flutter. “But then why would Spike be moaning on me and sniffing my hair?” At Fred’s expression she realized how much she said. “Forget I said that last part would you?”

“You two were only up there for five minutes. Wow, Spike works fast.” Fred commented.

Liz opened her eyes widely, a thought flashed through her mind. “Maybe he’s working fast so he can screw me before my pregnancy becomes really pronounced and then he just casts me aside like—like—something not good.”

Fred nodded quickly. “That’s certainly a possibility. I mean he could be one of those guys who think a woman pregnant is ugly…or even lucky to have a shot at someone like him. Or he could just not care and want to have sex with you anyway but like you said cast you aside for someone that has big boobs and blonde hair and not pregnant…your complete opposite.”

“Not helpful Fred.” Liz pouted. Was Fred right, would she not be attractive to men while pregnant. And would she only attract jerks that want to sleep with her and toss her to the curb? “I want my Daddy.” She hit the table with her forehead.

“Sorry.” Fred glanced down sad that she made Liz feel worse instead of better. “Hey, maybe you could call your Dad. If that’s what’ll make you feel better.”

“I like that idea.” Liz stood up and went to the phone that had been installed in the kitchen and dialed a very familiar number.

~*~*~

Meanwhile upstairs in Spike’s room he tossed his duffle bag in the chair next to the window and plopped down on the bed. Nothing could have prepared him for meeting the girl in the lobby. All he wanted to do when he got there was take care of Poofter’s friends, get paid, and leave. There was no way he was doing this little babysitting routine without getting some kind of compensation.

Instead he saw the brunette and suddenly the money didn’t seem all that important. Oh it was still important enough, he was getting what he deserved and that was final but that didn’t mean there hadn’t been a new perk added.

The second he was close enough to her as they climbed the steps he could sense the young life growing inside her. That wouldn’t dissuade him in the least. Before when he was with Drusilla he’d have captured her so Dru could have a tiny doll to care and play with once the child born.

There was something that about Liz that he couldn’t shake. Before he knew she was pregnant he felt the call of her, her siren call sent quivers through his bones and he was beckoned to answer. And when the hint of another life hit his nostrils his demon roared to protect her.

Even now while he was upstairs in his room he could feel the beast inside him demanding he seek her out and watch over her. Kill anyone who dared come near her to harm her. He was man enough to admit that he was love’s bitch; he’d get to the point of obsession when he saw something he desperately wanted. Hell he was with Dru for a hundred years but he never had that kind of primal reaction towards her. Not to the extent he was feeling it now.

Angel liked to think that he could separate the man and the demon. Spike on the other hand knew he and his demon were one. William and Spike had merged a long time ago, they were both in agreement when it came to the young brunette, she was his and they’d protect her.

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Re: Date with Destiny (Multi,XO,UC,MATURE) AN pg3 1/27 [WIP]

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A.N. Hey everyone. I've finally started working on the next chapter of this fic and also a section for a future near the end chapter. I might get Ch 24 done before I go on vacation to Hawaii but I don't know. I'm going to try though. However if I don't finish it I will have about a six hour flight to Hawaii so I'll have a lot of free time to write. :wink:

The next chapter will be the big Kyle/Liz talk about Lucas. I see it being a certain length but when the characters take over I have no idea how long the chapter is going to be. If I see it becoming fairly long I'll probably split it in half and post the chapters on separate dates.

That's it for now.

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Re: Date with Destiny (Multi,XO,UC,MATURE) AN pg3 5/8/09

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A.N. Thank you so much for the feedback everyone. Hawaii was wonderful, I was there for a week, but unfortunately I didn’t write much on the flight. Mostly because of the nosy guy in the seat next to me, he kept looking at whatever I wrote which was really irritating.

Anyway this chapter didn’t come out completely like I thought it would. My muse kind of took over and made me write it differently than how I originally was going to do it. Also this is technically only half a chapter there will be more discussion with Kyle and Liz (and possibly others) in Ch 25 or 26 it depends on if the next past chapter pushes it’s way forward. Hope everyone who celebrates it has a happy 4th of July.

Chapter 24

February 18, 2005 7:15 a.m.

Yawning Liz sluggishly made her way down the stairs to the back room of the Crashdown. She had never in her life felt that drained, even after a round of marathon slayings.

She pushed through the door separating the back room from the dining area. The AI team had left last night an hour or so after she and Drusilla went upstairs. Spike mentioned they went back to the hotel a couple miles away. Liz would have offered to let them stay with her and Spike at the Crashdown but the upstairs apartment wasn’t spacious enough for that many guests.

As she neared the double doors she prayed that the newspaper was outside. She needed to start the day off with some comic strips. Normally she went straight to the obituary page to look at any recent deaths with neck wound injuries or other unexplainable killings. Today would be different though, the last thing she was looking at was the obit page.

Liz gripped the coffee mug in her hand that was filled with decaffeinated tea and unlocked the Crashdown doors. What she wouldn’t do for a real cup of coffee right then, unfortunately her doctor back in LA told her to cut down on the caffeine till the baby was born. She pushed open the left door and bent down for the paper lying diagonally on the sidewalk. When she stood back up she saw a shadow to the right of her and tensed up.

The paper crunched under her tightened grip preparing to fight off whoever lurked nearby. Liz twisted her neck toward the shadow. Immediately her muscles relaxed and faced the figure straight on. “What are you doing standing out here so early?”

“We need to talk, thought sooner would be better.” Kyle shrugged. The sun shined brightly in his eyes and he had to put his hand up to block the rays.

Liz took a deep breath. The moment she had been worried about was suddenly there. Kyle deserved to know the truth about Lucas. She should have told him sooner than today but she never could gather up the courage to call and let him in on the fact that he had a son.

“Come on in.” Liz gestured with the newspaper. “Have a seat at one of the booths.”

Kyle walked passed her and stepped inside. He swallowed with difficulty; when Liz and Lucas came into the Crashdown yesterday he figured that Lucas was his son. The little guy had his eyes and looked similar to him when he was that age. All he needed was Liz to confirm it.

“Do you want something to drink? Coffee? Tea?” Liz set the paper down in the booth that Kyle chose.

“No thanks.”

“Want some breakfast?” Liz tried again. She hoped for one more second alone to gather her thoughts but it didn’t seem like she’d be able too.

Again Kyle shook his head. He didn’t want anything to eat or drink. The only thing he was interested in was what he came there for. “Can we just sit and talk. That’s all I want right now.” While admittedly he curious about what he saw last night, whether or not the boy Liz had on her hip when she returned to Roswell was his son took priority.

She nodded slowly. “Ok.” Liz then slid into the booth and stared at the man across from her. “So—,” she paused for a moment, “where do you want to start?”

Kyle stared at his clasped hands. “Guess the obvious.” He lifted his head and looked straight at her. “Is Lucas my son?”

Liz took a deep breath and mentally prepared. “Biologically yes he is.”

Immediately Kyle narrowed his eyes at her. “Why do you say it like that?”

She coughed nervously but plunged forward. “You are his biological father but that’s all you are to him. Spike, my husband, is Luke’s father.” Kyle clearly didn’t like being characterized as only the genetic father but Luke had a dad and that’s Spike.

Instead of pouncing on what he didn’t like first he focused on something else. “He knows about me? He knows I’m his father?”

“Yes. He’s known for a while.” She saw his shoulders loosen but there was still tension in the air between them, not that she could blame him for being tense.

“Did he ask or did you tell him without him questioning?” He wasn’t being judgmental only curious as to how the conversation came about.

Liz half-smiled and shook her head, “Well I didn’t tell him the second he was born or anything but when he could talk more than a few words here and there he asked me why Spike’s hair was a different color than his own and mine it was the perfect opening to start telling him about you.”

“What did you tell him?”

“Well at first I explained to him that Spike wasn’t his biological father and then he asked what that meant. I told him that Mommy was with someone before Spike and that during our time together we made him. And finally he asked if Spike would still be his Daddy.” She breathed in deeply before continuing. “I told him that Spike would always be his Dad no matter what. With that he said ok and then went to play with his toys.” There hadn’t been much to the first time Luke was exposed to the reality of Kyle.

“Is that all?” He was disappointed that those questions were all that were asked.

Liz shook her head negatively. “No, when he got older he had more questions. He wanted to know your name, a little of what you were like. Luke asked once why we weren’t together when Tommy, a friend at daycare, had both biological parents living together. That conversation was harder to explain but I think in the end he understood why you weren’t in his life and why we weren’t a couple.”

Kyle snorted rudely. “I bet you didn’t paint me or the others in a very good light did you?” He couldn’t imagine Liz saying anything good about the people that shunned her after that whole debacle of them sleeping together.

“What makes you think that?” Liz straightened insulted that he would assume anything about what she told her son.

“Oh come on Liz. Not only did Max, Isabel, Michael, Maria, and I ignore you for that last month none of us were particularly quiet when it came to calling you names and insulting you. So not only were we hurting you the entire school got in on it as well so why wouldn’t you bad mouth us to Lucas?”

True, it wouldn’t be far fetched to believe that she’d tell Luke the cruel taunts that were thrown her way so carelessly. To that day she felt anger about that month of her life but as much as she hated it and wanted to get back at them for everything they put her through she also had a sense of gratitude toward them. Without them acting the way they had she wouldn’t have gone to LA and she wouldn’t have met Spike. Spike was the second best thing to happen to her; Lucas was the first.

“I didn’t. Last thing I want for my son is to have hate in his heart. I know that if I told him about the name calling, about the shunning he’d hate every person that hurt me. He doesn’t like people hurting his Mommy. But I won’t do that to him, I won’t be responsible for putting hate in his heart. I try my best to show by example to take the high road because if I can’t do it why the hell should I make Luke?” Liz sipped at her tea while Kyle absorbed everything she said. “Why don’t I get you a cup of coffee?”

Kyle didn’t say a word, he only nodded at her. Liz stood up and walked around the front counter. As if she hadn’t left she got to work on making a pot of coffee. Although Kyle was the only one there now she expected the other members of the ‘I Know an Alien Club’ to show up eventually. There were too many weird things that happened last night for them to wait long.

TBC

Next Chapter: More Kyle/Liz conversation and possible Kyle/Lucas interaction.
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Re: Date with Destiny (Multi,XO,UC,MATURE) Ch 24 pg4 7/4/09

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Hi everyone. Just wanted to give a quick note. I am working on the next chapter. I don't know when it will be posted but I hope soon. I currently have about a page written but that page took me two months to write. I will be writing on the flight down to California so maybe I'll get this chapter finished on the flight. Thank you so much everyone for the wonderful feedback. I always love reading it.

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Re: Date with Destiny (Multi,XO,UC,MATURE) AN pg5 10/11/09

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Thank you everyone for the amazing feedback. Hope everyone has a wonderful X-Mas/New Years/(Insert other holiday here) :wink: . Here's half of the next chapter.

Chapter 25 A

As soon as she set his coffee down in front of him, along with the sugar and creamer bowls, he grabbed hold of the cup. She watched as he carefully poured three packets of sugar and two creamers in his drink. The two sat in silence for a few moments collecting their thoughts.

Just when Liz thought the silence would get to be too awkward Kyle broke it…however it didn’t soothe the nervousness either was feeling at that moment. “Can I see him?” Kyle asked.

Liz hesitated thinking about how Kyle would take this. It wasn’t everyday a guy found out he was a father and technically had been for five years. “If he wants to see you then yes.”

“Excuse me?” Kyle scoffed rudely. “If he wants too?” She told him he had a son, which of course gave him an overwhelming desire to get to know the boy, and now she said it was possibility that he would never get to meet him.

“I know that’s not what you want to hear.” Liz acknowledged his anger at the situation.

“You damn right it’s not what I want to hear. You tell me that Lucas is my son and now you’re saying that I can’t see him if I want too?”

“It’s not about what you want.” Liz winced knowing how mean that sounded. “Kyle my son comes first. If he doesn’t want to see you or get to know than I’m not going to make him.”

“Why not? You’re his mother he should do what you say.” Kyle argued back.

Liz raised an eyebrow. “Oh really? When your and Tess’s child reaches the age when they can say no to you and defy you, try to use that reasoning, see how well it goes over.”

Kyle kept his eyes locked with Liz’s. “Please. I want the opportunity to get to know Lucas. He’s going to have a half-brother or sister in a few months; shouldn’t we all get to know each other? Shouldn’t Luke be apart of their lives? Shouldn’t we be apart of his?”

Liz pressed her lips together in a thin line. She didn’t really like Kyle calling her son by his nickname. It irked her a little bit. “I’m not saying that Lucas shouldn’t get to know you or your growing family with Tess. All I’m saying is that I want it to be on his terms. When he wants too. Not when you want too.”

As much as he didn’t like it, he didn’t really have much of a choice. “Fine.” He held his coffee cup a little tighter but still didn’t drink it. “What happens now?”

“Now…well now I go ask my son if he wants to meet you.” Liz stood and started to leave the dining area when Kyle touched her arm and turned her around.

“Wait, now?” Kyle questioned.

“Yes.” Liz stared at him. “Are you ok?”

He opened his mouth but closed it. Kyle remained quiet for a few seconds before finally speaking. “What if he says he wants to meet me?”

Liz smirked a little bit amused at Kyle’s instant turn around. One minute he wanted to meet Lucas and the next he’s completely frightened. She couldn’t say she blamed him. “If he wants to meet then you and Lucas can—talk, baby steps.” She shrugged not really knowing the proper etiquette for meeting a child that you only recently found out about.

“What if he doesn’t like me?”

What could she tell him? Could she lie and tell him that Lucas would absolutely like him? There was a possibility that Luke wouldn’t like him. Did she tell Kyle to just be himself and deal with everything as it came up? Ms. Manners certainly never tackled the topic.

“I don’t know. You’re a good man Kyle and Lucas will see that. Other than that I don’t really know how this will go.” She told him.

Kyle smiled at her. “I guess this is new territory for the both us. Will you be there—if he says yes that is?” Suddenly being alone with his son was the scariest thing he’d ever come up against.

“Yes. I’ll be there. I’m won’t leave Lucas alone…or you either.” She squeezed his forearm in reassurance then left the dining room.

TBC
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Re: Date with Destiny (Multi,XO,UC,MATURE) AN pg6 1/17/10

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Note: Well, jury duty is finally over. It was really cool being on a jury…despite the uncomfortable chairs. The case made our local newspapers which was also neat. Hope everyone enjoys the following chapter.

Chapter 25 B

Liz left Kyle in the Crashdown and made her way up the back stairs. Although she had no doubt it would be awkward she hoped that Lucas wanted to meet Kyle. He really was a good man and should be able to have the opportunity to meet his biological son. Despite that though she wouldn’t force Luke to one decision or another. It’d be his choice and no one else.

When she went into the living room she saw Spike holding Lucas up in the air. “Alright, now, when I make you dive you do what I taught you ok nibblet?”

“Ok Daddy.” Lucas nodded enthusiastically. Spike’s hands were pressed against his upper chest and under his legs keeping him in the air.

“K, little one, here we go.” With a big smile on his chiseled face he lifted Luke up higher then dramatically sent Luke’s small body into a dive.

Lucas growled and made his hands into claws. “I’m going to suck your blood. Grrr.”

“Ahh, very good. Next time though make your voice a bit deeper and when you growl do it like this.” Spike shook his head and transformed into his vampire features, he let out a terrifying growl that if she and Luke didn’t know any better would be frightened of.

Instead of fear though it brought joyous laughter to Luke and desire from her. “I leave you two boys alone for a half-hour and you have our son pretending to be a vampire.” Liz teased.

“Hello kitten.” Spike rumbled out. “Just teaching the boy skills for the future.”

“Oh, you plan on him being a vampire?” She raised an eyebrow. “As much as I love you baby, vampire and all that will never happen.”

Spike set Luke down and patted him on the back. “I know that luv. The kids going to be well-rounded is all.”

“With all the different kinds of people and demons he’s around I don’t think that will be a problem.” She kissed him on the lips when he got within reach. The kiss lasted a little longer than a normal peck would. She needed that brief distraction that being in his arms brought her.

When they pulled back Spike stared closely at her, his face had transformed during their kiss. “What’s wrong luv?” He knew her too well. The way she prolonged their embrace, the way she gripped at his shoulders like he was her anchor, something happened while downstairs.

“You’re not going to like it.” She started. “Kyle’s here.” She whispered.

“What does that bugger want?” He now knew what bothered her. Not only did she have to deal with the death of her parents and the staking of her father she now had her son’s biological father to deal with.

Liz glanced at Lucas, who was playing with his action figures, to make sure he wasn’t listening. Luke at one time wanted to have a Dracula figure but Spike instantly put the kibosh on that. He wouldn’t allow his son to have anything Dracula related, the vamp was a pansy little loser that was a disgrace to vampires everywhere that owed him money to boot. The little boy was thankfully blissfully unaware of what was happening.

“Pet?’ Spike guided her gaze back to his. “What did he want?” He repeated.

Liz swallowed passed the lump in her throat. “Kyle wants to meet him. He wants to get to know him.”

Spike’s worried expression changed to one of anger. “Well I hope you told him to forget it. He might be Lucas’s blood but that doesn’t mean he gets any claim to our boy.”

“Spike he doesn’t want to lay claim.” At least she hoped not. She thought she made it quite clear that Spike was Luke’s father. “All he mentioned was talking to him. Know who he is.”

“He can forget it. He’s got another kid on the way with that short blonde bint. He can get his quality time from that package. You and Lucas aren’t a part of that deal. Both of you are mine.” Spike growled out. No chicken shit human was going to steal his family.

Liz’s expression softened. “Spike,” she cupped his cheek. “No one and I mean no one could take us away from you. You are Luke’s father, not Kyle. You’ve been with us since the beginning, you held my hand when Luke was born, and you cried and fought by my side when those demons tried to kill him. Nothing could take that away, not Kyle and not the forces of evil. Nothing.”

“I’m his bloody father.” Spike stated firmly and puffed out his chest, hooked his thumbs through his belt loop. “When are you telling Luke?” Spike asked.

“Now, I just wanted to tell you first.” She explained.

“We’ll tell him together. But I’m going downstairs too.” Spike told her. “Going to make sure that poofter doesn’t get any ideas about either of you.” He kissed the side of her neck where his bite mark lay subtly staking his claim and together they walked over to Lucas still playing with his action figures.

Liz kneeled down next to her young son and brushed a stray strand of hair out of his eyes. “Baby? Daddy and I would like to talk to you. Ok?”

Lucas rocked back on his heels and stared intently at both parents. “K.” He nibbled on his bottom lip, a trait he got from his mother. “Am I in trouble?”

Liz chuckled, putting him at ease. “No baby. You’re not in trouble. But we have to talk to you about something important ok?” Lucas nodded but didn’t speak; he waited for Liz or Spike to talk first.

“Do you remember when I told you about Kyle?”

Luke nodded. “He’s my by blood Dad.”

“That’s right. Well, Kyle’s downstairs and he’d like to meet you.” Liz explained.

Lucas stayed quiet for a few seconds shifting his gaze between his parents. “Do I have to meet him?”

Spike shook his head and eagerly spoke up. “Not if you don’t want to.” In fact he’d be damn happy if Luke chose not to meet Kyle. “Just say the word and I’ll go down there right now and tell him that—“

“But,” Liz interrupted Spike cutting him off before he could say anything else, “If you want to meet him that’s ok too. I told Kyle that it’s up to you.”

Spike glared at his wife for a moment but then looked at his son again. “You’re Mum’s right it’s up to you.” Even though it drove him bloody bonkers.

Luke sat on the couch and thought it over. His parent’s watched him with curiosity; one hoped he decided to meet his biological father and the other hoped he’d get to tell Kyle to take a flying leap off the nearest building.

In an instant Lucas stood up. “I want to meet him.” Liz smiled and Spike’s shoulders slumped a little bit. “But I want you and Daddy to come down with me.” At that Spike’s lost the bit of disappointed he initially felt. His boy still wanted him. He was still his son’s protector. That made him feel damn good.

“Of course we’ll come with you.” Spike lifted Luke into his arms and kissed his cheek and together as a family they left the apartment and made their way downstairs.

TBC

(I don’t know which upcoming chapter will be done/worked on first so whichever one is finished first will be the next one posted)

Next Past Chapter: Spike gets comfortable at the Hyperion and makes it his mission to protect Liz…even from the most mundane things. Cordelia, Fred, and Lorne take notice of the hovering vampire around Liz.

Next Present Chapter: Kyle finally meets his son. Will Luke like or hate him? Spike pokes and prods at Kyle trying to get him annoyed.
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