*I would die for you
I would die for you
I've been dying just to feel you by my side
To know that you're mine*
"Nooo", Spike yelled out as a vampire grabbed the stake away from Willow and lunged towards her with it. He threw himself in front of her braving the stake in her stead and felt the pain as it ripped through him. He waited for the oblivion that would be his death as he saw Buffy come up behind the vamp and pull out her stake. He could faintly hear Willows cries in the background.
"No, Spike. Oh Goddess please not him." She cried out as she saw the stake make contact with him.
*I will cry for you
I will cry for you
I will wash away your pain with all my tears
And drown your fear*
Spike continued to wait as the world began to go black around him. "I love you Willow," he said before he allowed himself to succumb to the abyss of black.
Willow heard his words but she could not believe them. He loved her. She had waited so long to hear those words from him and now that he had said them he was going to be dead, really dead.
There was nothing she could do to stop this. So she waited with him in her arms.
*I will pray for you
I will pray for you
I will sell my soul for something pure and true
Someone like you*
Buffy easily made dust of the vampire that had attacked Willow and turned her gaze to the couple on the ground of the cemetery. She was shocked to see the stake sticking out of Spike but he was not dust. She watched as her friend cradled the blond vampire in her arms. Her tear streaked face revealing to all those who could see her love and adoration for him. She saw her friend plant kisses on Spike's face as she whispered for him not to leave her alone. Buffy was touched by this tender display and all the years of hatred and vengeance that she had felt for Spike vanished as she heard her friend's gentle pleading.
*See your face every place that I'm walking
Hear your voice every time that I'm talking
You will believe in me
And I will never be ignored*
Buffy walked over to Willow and put her hand on her shoulder.
"Willow", she said quietly.
Willow looked up at Buffy, her face a mask of torture and sorrow.
"He's dead Buffy, I lost him forever.", she said between sobs.
"No, Willow he's not dead." Willow looked at her friend with a puzzled look on her face and then she realized what Buffy meant.
"He's not dust", Willow said. Buffy nod at her.
"We have to get him out of here Buffy, he's losing so much blood."
"It must've just missed his heart. If he doesn't get blood soon then he will die."
"What do we do?" Willow asked desperation in her voice.
"Let's try and get him to Giles' place…"
"No, he'll never make it that far and the two of can't carry him that easily." She pleaded with Buffy with her eyes. Then a determined look swept over her face. "Go find Xander and Anya, they shouldn't be too far away and they can help us."
Buffy turned and left her friend as she went to search for help.
Willow turned back to Spike and looked at him lovingly. "I will not let you die" She grabbed into her pocket and pulled out a knife.
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*I will purr for you
Feel pain for you
I will twist the knife
And bleed my aching heart
And tear it apart*
She took the knife and, clenching her fist, slashed a cut in to her arm. She almost cried out in pain at the feel of the sharp knife tearing into her skin but held it back. The blood flowed from her arm freely as she brought her arm to Spike's lips. The blood fell over his lips and onto the ground but Spike did not move.
"Come on Spike drink dammit." She said anger beginning to seep through her. She shook him trying to wake him but got no response."Spike," she yelled, "Come on don't do this to me you pig headed Vampire. I did not wait so long for you to finally admit your feelings for me to have you die on me. Your not getting off that easily."
*I will lie for you,
Beg and steal for you
I will crawl on hands and knees
Until you see
You're just like me*
She held her arm over his mouth, offering herself to him. Offering everything that she could give him, her love, her blood, her life.
Somewhere in his haze Spike could hear tender pleadings and then his senses were overtaken by something much stronger. The smell of blood. It entered him and filled his being, but it was much more than blood, it was her blood. His beautiful fire goddess was bleeding and pleading to him. He opened his mouth trying to speak but he felt something trickle into it.
The sweet taste of her life force brought him out of the darkness. His vision was blurred but he could see the red of her hair. He wanted to touch her, but he was so weak, so hungry. He took the arm that she offered into his mouth and began to suck at it.
*Violate all the love that I'm missing
Throw away all the pain that I'm living
You will believe in me
And I can never be ignored*
Willow felt him stir in her arms she looked down at him as he took her offering. She moaned in a mixture of pleasure and pain as her blood slowly brought him back to her. <Oh Goddess he is mine and I will never loose him. >
Spike pulled himself away from her arm, tenderly kissing the pearls of blood to clean her arm. He looked up at her; his sight fully regained, and saw the love that she held for him in her eyes. They spoke volumes to him, the deep green pools that he would love nothing more than to loose himself in. She had saved him, and she loved him.
*I would die for you
I will kill for you
I will steal for you
I'd do time for you
I will wait for you*
He pulled her close to him and took her lips in searing kiss. He felt her loosen against him and surrender herself to him. <She is mine, for always>
*I'd make room for you
I'd sail ships for you
To be close to you
To be part of you
Cause I believe in you
I believe in you
I would die for you*
He reluctantly pulled himself away from her.
"Thank you," he whispered to her."For saving my life, for…."
"I thought that I had lost you. My heart broke in so many pieces. Why did you do that? Don't ever scare me like that again." She begged him.
"Willow, I would do it a hundred times more if I had to. I couldn't live if you were not here with me. You are my life, my love and my eternity. I would die a thousand deaths if only to know that you were safe." He cupped her face in his hands and wiped the salty tears from her cheeks with his thumb,"I would die for you Willow"
She took him in her arms and held him close to her and vowed that she
would never let him go.