Chapter 1 - When She's Gone
How do you go on when she’s gone? How do you walk about at night and not think of her and everything you’ve done with her? How do you leave the pain behind with her once she’s gone? Does it ever go away?
William placed the pen down. Trying to think of something more to write, to express how he felt. He sighed, rubbing his forehead while looking at the piece of paper. “It’s bloody worthless. Like this is going to bring her back.” He crumbled up the paper, throwing it into the trash can. He slid back down in his chair, ruffling his hair even more.
A knock on the door sounded through the almost empty house. William rubbed his eyes, shook his head, and walked towards the door. Tired as he was, he opened the door.
Standing there was a woman. A small one, maybe a foot smaller than himself. Her blonde curls rolled down her shoulders, framing her face. Her green eyes smiled brightly at him along with the fake smile plastered on her face. “Hey, my name is Buffy Summers. I with Harris, Rosenburg, and Summers Law firm.”
“Are you the actual Mrs. Summers?” asked William, amused at how such a young woman, around his age, was at the top of one of the most prized law firms in California. She smiled and shook her head.
“No, my grandfather started the firm. My mother is now running it.” William nodded, widening the door and stepping aside, and motioning her into his makeshift home.
“Sorry that the place is a mess. I wasn’t expecting anyone today.” He cleared his table of dirty dishes, placing them in his already full sink.
“Mr. Giles. I will be taking over your divorce case now. Unfortunately, Mrs. Rosenburg who has been working on the case had to take her leave because of her pregnancy as you already know.” William nodded.
“Ok, what is it you need to know?” William sat down at the table, looking at the blonde as she pulled out the file containing the arrangements.
“Mr. Giles, I don’t know if you have found out yet, but Mr. Liam O’Reilly has taken Mrs. Giles case.”
“Please don’t call her that. Just call her Ms. Crawford.” Buffy nodded understanding perfectly why.
“Listen Mr. Giles. I know how this feels. To find your spouse cheating on you with a co-worker or friend. I know how it feels when you go through a divorce. I also know that you deserve a lot more than what you’re fighting for. I want to get you that.” William nodded.
“Ms. Summers, I really don’t care about the money or the house or the belongings. I just want to get out of this bloody hell whole.”
“Alright Mr. Giles. I’ll try to hurry this case along as long as you are sure you do not care about the assets.”
“No, I do not.” Buffy nodded and placed the file in her briefcase. She stood and shook hands with William. “Thank you Mr. Giles for your time. I will call you when I have the date.” William nodded, turning away from her as he felt a single tear roll down his cheek. Buffy pulled out a tissue from her pocket and handed it to him, rubbing his back gently.
“Mr. Giles, I promise you that I will end it as soon as I can.” William turned around and smiled sweetly at her, looking into her green eyes which were full of compassion. Just as Buffy turned to leave, she felt his hand upon her shoulder.
“Thank you Ms. Summers.” She smiled and nodded, walking towards the door, him fallowing behind her. He opened the door for her, being polite despite how he felt.
“I’ll be in contact with you soon Mr. Giles.”
“William.” Buffy heard as she turned to leave. “You can call me William.” Buffy smiled and looked at him. His blue eyes glistened in the sun as a cause of tears.
“William, you can call me Buffy.”
“Buffy,” he repeated, smiling a genuine smile. Something he hadn’t done in a long time.
“Pretty name.” Buffy felt herself blush. She bowed her head, smiling, trying to hide her face. William chuckled, shuffling his feet. He felt as if he was a teen again.
“Well, I better get going. Have a lot of work to do.” William’s smile faded and he put on a serious face.
“Ok, just call me if you need and information.” Buffy nodded, saying good-bye, she got in her car and left.
“I miss my Spike. . . it’s to light. My Spike brought me darkness,” she laughed as she walked down the hall of her new home with him upon her arm.
“You seem to forget that I taught him everything he knows. He wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for me.” Drusilla stopped abruptly, her eyes widening, shaking her head.
“Bad Angel. Bad bad bad boy.” She quipped, playfully hitting him on his shoulder. He smiled, grabbing her wrist and pulling her in front of him before slamming her up against a wall. She laughed darkly. “I like bad Angel.” He smiled, showing his white teeth as he grinded his hip against hers.
“You do, do ya?” He pulled her skirt up over her hips, unzipping his pants and freeing his hardened cock He opened her folds, sliding himself into her. “Well, I bet that husband of yours wouldn’t mind if we used his bed now would he?” Liam laughed and carried her into the room.
William blared the music, opening his windows and doors, letting in the warm breeze of summer. He pulled out his guitar and began to play along with the CD. “Shaking on the outside because of what I’m feeling on the inside. Never felt this way before open chest heart on the floor. I never wished that I was dead until I met you.” Tears began to roll down his cheeks. He jumped around the room, swinging around his guitar with him. The cords sounded through the house, his pick slid hard over the thick strings. His amp blared along with the stereo, Mest playing in the background. Finally, he lost his grip on the guitar, the strap breaking; the guitar fell to the floor. William backed away and fell onto the couch, hiding his head in his hands. After wiping away the tears on his cheeks, he sat up and turned off his stereo and amp. He grabbed his CD and got in his car. Putting in the CD and blaring it as loud as he had in his apartment, he began to drive into the city.
“Buffy, close up and go home. You know everyone is getting this week off and yet you are here, working. I want you out in five minuets young lady. If you are not out by then, you’re grounded.” Joyce Summers patted her daughter’s head.
“Yes mom. I’ll see you later.” Joyce smiled and walked towards the elevator.
“Oh, don’t forget to take the stairs. They’re doing tests on the elevators today!” Again, Buffy assured her mother and continued to pack her things up and close the documents that had been pulled up on her screen. She sighed as her computer began to turn its self off. She gathered her water and purse, grabbing her keys. Just as she walked towards the stairs, she saw him standing their, waiting for the elevator.
“Oh, you might not want to do that.” William turned around to see her standing there, her light jacket casually thrown over her shoulder, her hair in small curls, rolling down her shoulders. Her smile was white, shining in the light of the well lit room.
“And why would I not want to get on the elevator?” Buffy pointed to the flyer beside the button. William turned to see the paper and he laughed. “Looks like I’m missing a lot of things today.”
“So, what can I do for you today William?”
“I wanted to talk to you. I changed my mind. I want to go for it. For everything. I want to give her was she deserves.” Buffy nodded.
“Alright. I will get it for you William. I promise you that. Come on, we can discuss this over a cup of coffee.”
“Quick to get to the point aren’t we Ms. Summers?” Buffy chuckled.
“The firm is closing in about five minuets and will be closed all week. It’s the 50th Anniversary so we get a week off from week.” William nodded and fallowed her as they walked down the stairwell into the lobby.
“So, you want everything? That will be hard I assure you. Liam is one not to go down without a fight. He is also one of the top lawyers in Sunnydale.”
“Yes but you work at the highest law firm in California! You can beat that bastard!” William said, slamming his cup down on the table; cause it to break into pieces. “Shit. I’m sorry,” he said as a waitress walked over clean up the spilt coffee and the shattered cup.
“I can tell you don’t really like your soon to be ex and her lawyer,” Buffy quietly said, wiping her shirt, trying to get off the excess droplets of coffee that had fallen on her shirt. William paused. Looking out the window, he watched young and old couples walking down the street holding hands. He and Dru were never like that. Dru was also a little crazy. Still, she also managed to get into other men’s pants fine. His fists clenched. The shard of the coffee cup slicing into his palm. He winced in pain, dropping the shard onto the table and grabbing a napkin to wrap around his wound.
“No, I don’t really like either of them I’m afraid. You see, Dru was Liam’s secretary. One day, Dru and I had planned to go see a movie. I thought I could drop by earlier, take her to her favorite restaurant.” He paused, smiling, remember the plans he had made. He looked back at Buffy, tears forming in his eyes. “It was her birthday. I was going to steal her away, sweep her off her feet. We were going to relive our first date. Go to her favorite restaurant; go to the movies, the go on a moonlit walk on the beach.” Buffy smiled at the thought. It sounded beautiful, especially with a man of Williams’s charms and looks. “I know, real perfect. It was going to be perfect. Even bought her that ruby necklace she had been wanting all week. So, I had the necklace in my pocket and I walked over to her desk. She wasn’t there. I thought he had called her in to talk. Or she had gone to get some coffee or something. Then I heard it. Her moaning, him screaming. I walked in there they were. Screwing on his bloody desk. Her hair was let down, her naked body spread out on his desk.” He paused, tears now tumbling down his now red cheeks. His voice quivered as he talked to Buffy. “She just said “Hey Love. Want to join?” and he just laughed his fucking head off. I wanted to pull him off her. I wanted to beat the living shit out of him. I wanted to pretend that he was raping her and she was saying no. But I froze and watched. And they kept going at it. Like bloody rabbits, right in front of me. When they were done, she got dressed and walked up to me. Pulled me out of the office and acted like it was nothing. I could still hear his laughing ringing in my ears.” He looked down at his hand. His blood had soaked through the napkin. A tear fell upon his bloodied hand. Buffy’s own tears rolled down her cheeks. How could such a nice guy go through something so horrid? He looked up at her. “Don’t cry over my life. Not the end you know.”
“William, I will help you. I will get you everything you want. I promise you.”
“Can you get me Dru back?”
(A/N: Thanks Jamie for being an awsome beta!)
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05/18/17 04:16 am
pj! I remember wishing one of your stories would be finished seriously about a decade ago. Amazing. I just tried an old password I used to use and amazingly got in too. Memories!
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03/20/17 01:20 am
10 yrs later, i finally rem my username and password. Pari, you rock. Hope you are well.
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12/23/16 01:12 pm
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08/31/16 03:43 pm
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