TITLE: In Any Lifetime

AUTHOR: AmethystxX

CHAPTER: 8

RATING: R

PAIRING: A/S

Disclaimer: My cat has fleas and the bites are really itching and I don’t know what to do and im on medication that makes me sleepy and I fell asleep in English class which was bad because drool was involved. Oh and nothing own, nothing gained from the fic M’KAY!!!

Summary: AU What if the live you know wasn’t real. That your life was altered, changed, destroyed by the scorn of one woman. Will you be able to get your life back in order with the help of the only person who trusts you, or stay within the lie. AngelSpike SLASH!

IMPORTANT NOTES: Quotes are being used from the Buffy series to make it a little bit more…realistic I guess. The attitudes will change SOON.

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Goodbye Tonight

“Right so let me get this straight. You drag me in here, against my will, sit me down and tell me that you want me to lead you to Buffy’s house to stop her from making her wish, whenever that may be, and your going to use me as bait to lure her because she has a grudge against me for turning against her and her plan” Cordelia said quickly, frowning as they all nodded.

Cordelia nodded her head, “Wow its official. You’ve all finally lost it” She stated, grabbing her bag and heading for the door.

Xander ran ahead of her, “No! wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!” He said in a rush, dragging her back to her seat.

“Are you telling me that you’ll let an innocent person suffer at Buffy’s hands all because your too scared to stand up to her? That isn’t the Cordy we all know and…know! You don’t stand at the side and watch someone steal your glory! You say ‘Hey you freak! This is my world and you can’t change it!’. You have a chance to be the big hero guy” Xander persuaded, watching hopefully as Cordelia hesistated when she got up.

Cordelia sighed and plonked herself back in her seat, “Fine. But only because I want to get my own back on the bitch” She muttered.

Will paced, “Good. This is good. We have a bit of a plan and we have a chance to stop Buffy. Good” He repeated, and only sat down when Liam sat him down in a seat next to him and hugged him.

Dazzle and Harmony came through the library doors, both in hysterics, and sat down at the table with Will and Liam. Liam raised an eyebrow, “Are you, uh, ok?” Liam asked nervously, patting Harmony on the back.

“No!”, She shouted, sniffing, “Buffy summoned some weird demon girl and she killed Lexi” she burst into tears again, hiccuping.

Giles ran through the doors excitedly, “Good news! I’m getting my books back and good lord what’s going on in here?” he finished lamely, grabbing a box of tissues from his office.

When they calmed the girls down, several students came in carrying boxes of books, obviously told to by Snyder, and paid no attention to the gang around the table. When they had all arrived, the boys, Will, Liam, Xander and Giles, started to put the books back in order.

“I’m not enjoying this” Xander stated, making Giles sigh in exasperation and Will snicker as Liam tried to keep his hands off him.

“Well shelve them correctly and we can finish and get back to the matter at hand” Giles replied, moving several books that Xander had shelved.

“I don’t get your crazy system!” Xander said pectulantly, placing another book randomly on the shelve. Giles snatched it up.

“System? It’s called the alphabet” Giles remarked, placing the book in the ‘D’ column.

Xander looked at the books already shelved, “Huh would you look at that” Xander muttered, then gave up on shelving and sat next to Cordelia, who held a tissue in her hand.

“All I can think is that it could have been me” Cordelia said quietly, eyes tearing up as she thought of Lexi.

“We can dream” Xander muttered, earning a death glare from the three girls and he coughed nervously.

“I want to know of this plan” Dazzle asked and Harmony nodded beside her. Xander informed them of the plan and when he was done, the others joined him on the table.

“So. When are we doing this” Willow asked, coming out of Gile’s office where she had been researching.

“As soon as we’re ready. You found anything useful?” Xander asked.

Willow shook her head, “It’s all just ‘Wow’ this and ‘Cool’ that. Everyone thinks it’s make believe” She said sadly.

“Can we leave now?” Will asked softly, grabbing Liam’s hand for support.

They all nodded, “Better to get this over and one with” Giles said absently.

Will silently agreed, “Yeah. I want to leave before Dawn arrives and starts asking questions” he said quietly, getting up from his seat with Liam, the others following behind him…carrying anything they could find as weapons. Willow walked very slowly behind and before she left the library, she ran back and picked up a large book from Gile’s office, placing it in her bag with various ingredients.

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Buffy stared into space as she refused to stare at Lexi’s body. She had moved her upstairs to her room before her mum came home and removed the blood with a cleansing spell. She heard the door shut as Joyce left for work, not knowing she was still in the house.

Buffy smiled thinly as she glanced at the ingredients and text books scattered across her bed. She bent over and screamed hoarsely. When she was finished she wiped the tears from her eyes, and put everything away. She wasn’t backing down now, not when she had come so far. It’s not like I can anyway she mused.

A strong wind built up in the middle of her room and Halfrek appeared, with a sweet smile across her face.

“Good news. I was able to find a quicker way to do your spell” Halfrek said, and Buffy glared at her.

“Look. There’s obviously something you don’t know, and that’s I don’t play well with others. Now, I’m going to ask you this once, and then I’m going to get testy” She stated, walking up to Halfrek, getting in her personal space.

“Are you ready?”

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The gang stopped outside Buffy’s house. They knealed behind a tree as they waited for Joyce to leave. When she did, Gunn and Wesley came running up from behind them.

“Good. You got my message” Xander said, and they all stood up, walking slowly towards Buffy’s front door.

“I still find it hard to believe that you of all people came up with this plan” Gunn said chuckling and Xander scowled at him.

“You know. It’s not like I haven’t help out before. I’ve done some quality violence for these people!” Xander glared at Gunn as he spoke.

“Guys! Stop. Come on lets go. I’m getting goosebumps just sitting here” Will said, picking Buffy’s lock and the gang silently entered the house, hearing Buffy screech.

Willow quickly brought out the book and the ingredients and set them on the table. The gang looked on curious, but Xander snapped out of his daze and nudged Cordelia. She turned to him, “Go on your up” he said, she still looked confused.

“You’re the bait remember?” Liam whispered to her and Cordelia’s eyes widened.

“I don’t wanna be bait! I wanna hide!” she said quietly, pouting.

“You don’t hide. You’re bait now go act baity!” Xander replied angrily.

“Whats the plan” She asked, walking over to the stairs with Xander.

“Buffy attacks you” he replied, getting out a switchblade.

“Then what?” she asked, looking up stairs.

“Buffy kills you. We watch, we rejoice” Xander joked, smirking at Cordelia’s furious look.

“What are you doing?” Will asked Willow, as she opened the book.

“I’m going to try and put Buffy in a field so that she can’t hurt us. I don’t actually know how the spell works so we can only hope” She replied, nodding to Xander that she was ready.

Cordelia took a deep breath, “Summers! You and I have unfinished business!” she shouted and the gang held their breath.

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“Yes,” Halfrek stated and Buffy smirked.

“Whenever your ready say your wish and there you go” she said, and watched as Buffy took a deep breath.

“I wish that William Collins-“

“Summers!” Buffy jumped at the voice, and her eyes widened, “You and I have unfinished business!” Buffy shook her head and cursed, then threw open her door and ran downstairs.

“Now Willow!” a male voice shouted and Buffy turned and saw Willow, Liam, Will, Xander, Cordelia, Harmony, Dazzle, Gunn, Wesley and the library guy all in the middle of the room. Buffy saw Willow reciting a spell and ran towards her but half way she froze and wasn’t able to move her leg muscles.

“Wasn’t what I was going for but it’ll do” Willow muttered, placing the book on the table then screeched as she saw a woman with a disfigured face walk down the stairs.

“Buffy!” Xander called and Buffy turned to him, “this is all about fear. It's understandable, but you can't let it control you. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate lead to anger. No wait, hold on. Fear leads to hate, hate leads to the darkside. Hold on, no. First you get the women, then you get the money, then you... okay, can we forget that?" Xander finished lamely, then rubbed his head as Gunn hit him.

“Oh look at all the humans” Halfrek said with distain as she lent against the stair rail.

“You Bitch! Undo whatever you’ve done to me!” Buffy cried out, glaring at Willow as she shook her head.

“Buffy why are you doing this” Liam asked, walking up to Buffy and standing in front of her.

She scoffed, “Let me answer that question with a head butt!” she said, then doing what she had said and laughing as Liam held his head in pain. Will came over and took Liam away from her, checking over him. Cordelia walked over and slapped Buffy across the face.

“Ok. I get it, no touching” Buffy said, spitting at Cordelia. Halfrek sighed in boredom, looking at her watch.

“Your really campaigning for Bitch-Of-The-Year, aren’t you?” Cordelia said, wiping her cheek.

“As defending champion, you nervous?” Buffy replied sweetly.

“Well as fun as this is I really must be going. So if we could get this over and done with, I can get going” Halfrek cut in, walking to stand next to Buffy.

Buffy smirked, “Well as fun as this was, I’m afraid your gonna have to love and leave each other. I’m sorry for your wasted journey”

Will looked at Liam, “No” he said softly, as in slow motion, the gang ran forward.

“I WISH THAT WILLIAM COLLINS WILL FOREVER BE HATED BY ANY HE KNOWS!” Buffy screeched as Liam kissed Will.

“Granted” Halfrek stated and suddenly it felt like everyone was falling down a great big hole. Will could feel Liam slip from him but that didn’t matter anymore…he hated Angelus and Angelus hated him. Spike smirked.

“I’m going to ask you a very personal question and I demand an honest answer. Do you understand?” Cecily asked and William nodded.

“She just left. She didn't even care enough to cut off my head or set me on fire. I mean, is that too much to ask? You know? Some little sign that she cared?” Spike said woefully as he walked along side Angel and Buffy.

“Your poetry, it's... they're... not written about me, are they?” Cecily asked, and William hesistated slightly.

“I’m saying that Spike had a trip to the vet, and now he doesn’t chase the other puppies anymore” Spike said, outside Giles house.

“They’re about how I feel,” William finally replied, Cecily sighed, “Yes but are they about me?” She repeated, William looked down.

“You can’t deny it. Theres something between us” Spike said, walking towards Buffy as she scowled, “Loathing. Disgust!” She spat.

“Every Syllable” William said softly, “Oh God,” Cecily whispered.

There's no demon in there,” Spike said, circling Tara’s family after he had punched her, “It's just a family legend, am I right? Just a bit of spin to keep the ladies in line? You're a piece of work. I like you” he grinned.

William looked at Cecily, panicked, “I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me-"
”I do see you” Cecily cut in, sighing “that's the problem! You're nothing to me, William” She stood up and looked down at him.

Dawn stared up at Spike and smiled, “I feel save with you,” She stated softly, watching as Spike’s face softened slightly then hardened, “Take that back!” Spike yelled, trying unconvincingly to be angry.

“Your beneath me”She rose and exited the room.

Spike opened his eyes.

T…..B…..C…..

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