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back for answers in Rome

Ever know that the direction you are heading is the wrong one? This is how April feels as she and Clark return to the Buffyverse dimension to see if Giles has answers.

Her gut feeling is that Giles is not going to be able to give her or Clark any answers. But there is still hope that they will get something. A lead. Her fiancé has been so worried about her, and it would be nice to relieve some stress from their lives.

Thins are quiet right now in Rome, as they head towards the Villa.

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The small kiss is returned, and a moment after April gives him one of her own. It feels so nice to show her love and passion for him, and not worry which side of her is kissing him. Because it is her.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

While April knows her soul isn't back, she feels they finally have the answer they need to fix the problem. To move forward with this issue. And she is so proud of him, taking the risk for her, and proving once again how strong and endless his love is.

"You two should go home and rest." Spike returns to the room, pausing to light the cigarette. "Red and the Watcher feel that they have done all they could do, and now it's up to the two of you."

"I just have to say, I am glad you won't have to hide your other side anymore pet," Spike takes a drag of his cig. "One can't have a real relationship if you are hiding a part of yourself."

"Thank you for being here, Father."

"Tell the others thank you from us too," Clark adds. This wasn't what he was expecting when they arrived, but they were helped regardless. And he's actually glad that this is something he experienced, addressing a problem he didn't even know they had.

"Try to visit again, and we will be there for the wedding."

April smiles softly. Her father isn't the traditional sort, he never asked to give formal permission to Clark to marry her. And she is lucky to have him.

"We will. And I am sure next time we visit it will be for a good reason."

Clark's glad that she seems to be connecting a little with her father. They've had some rough patches, and he's hoping this will help mend it a bit.

"Ready to go home?"

"Definitely." April feels that they are in a stronger place now. Having Clark in her life means so much, she is glad that they are able to connect and grow stronger from everything they face.

He takes her hand in his, and PINpoints them back to their home. Even though he was the only one to go through the trials, they both learned what they truly needed to know, and not just what they thought they needed to know. It's a humbling realization, but definitely a good one.

"Thank you. For being there for me." April wraps her hands up and around his neck. Pulling close to rest a moment, cuddling close.

"Thank you for helping me see what was wrong."

"I can't take all the credit for it." But he puts his arms around her, glad to have the real April in front of him. The demon trials were a lot more like his Kryptonian training than he expected, oddly. A strange coincidence across worlds. But one that he finds encouraging.

"It was strange, watching you, and there were moments I was able to touch your mind through the bond during the trials. When you didn't see that you were succeeding at first, I was worried about you."

She kisses his neck softly. "But you showed true determination."

((leaving to grocery shop))

"I would've kept going. Even if I thought that it was already decided that I'd fail. But you gave me the heart I needed to keep going forward."

"I want to thank you for always making sure I get credit, because it helps when I feel like I didn't do anything." April half-chuckles, half-sobs.

"The roots of an oak tree are essential to the strength of the tree, even if they aren't seen."

"We are a team. A good one."

"And what we found out today is that the roots go deeper than we knew. And that makes the tree stronger." He runs his fingers through her hair, smiling a little.

"It is hard, facing flaws in yourself, or seeing flaws in your loved one. But we were both able to grow strength from seeing those flaws."

She tilts her head to the stroking of his fingers in her hair. "We will be stronger because of this. I feel it in my heart."

"It wasn't the answer we wanted, but it was the answer we needed. A lot of my trials with Jor-El are like that. They're hard, and make me see parts of myself that I don't like, or want to ignore. But it's important to know all of yourself. And now we can discover that together."

"I am glad we decided to do the trial." April stroked his chest. "I learned a lot about myself."

"So did I." He wonders what her trials would have been, if it had been her taking them. Whether the same lessons would've been learned. But there's no point in wondering now.

April smiles. "I wonder too." She whispers, using their bond to her advantage.

"I think Lloyd would have still showed us what we needed to know. But you taking them meant so much more. Thank you... I just can't say that enough."

"He gave me a lot to think about. I hadn't realized it was as bad as it was." He gives her another kiss. "From now on, I'll try to do better. And you let me know if I'm doing it wrong."

The false equivalence between Kal and the vampire is one that's going to stick with him for a long time now. Kal is a part of his own personality, but divorced from the parts that make him good, splintered off and still a part of him, but without context. The vampire and April are the same, even if they act slightly different, but how much of that must be from her own refusal to accept that part of herself?

"Mmm does that mean I get to tell you what to do?" April is starting to relax about her vampire part of herself. She runs her fingers up his shirt to stroke his back.

"Within reason," he replies, but smiles at her.

"Darn, what are my boundaries?" April snuck a kiss from him.

"Guess we'll have to find out." He plays with her hair, and though he's held her in his arms countless times, somehow this time it just feels different. Better.

((heading out for a while))

"Lets. Shall we?" April slipped off his shirt, tossing it to the ground. Kissing down to the exposed flesh.

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