Author's Note: This is a series of short stories that are tied into the 147 days that Buffy Summers was dead between 'The Gift' and 'Bargaining'. I've always been curious to see how Spike would have saved Buffy, if given the chance. Plus, I've also wanted to see the Scoobies attempt to carry on without their leader and closest friend. I'm (obviously) skipping around a bit, so as to do little bits and pieces of the Scooby Conspiracy to bring Buffy back to life. Spike of course did not know what they were planning, but, knowing the character of Spike, I know he would notice all the secret meetings and be suspicious. Plus, as a tidbit, I think it's a nifty little twist, what happens in Day Thirty and Day Thirty-One. Curious? Take a look...

"I'm counting on you ...to protect her."

"Till the end of the world. Even if that happens to be tonight."

Buffy and Spike-'The Gift'

"I made a promise to a lady"

Spike, to Doc-'The Gift'

"How long was I gone?"

"Hundred forty-seven days yesterday...um, one-forty-eight today. 'Cept today doesn't count, does it?"

Buffy and Spike-'After Life'

"I want you to know I did save you. Not when it counted, of course. But after that. Every night after that. I'd see it all again, do something different. Faster or more clever, you know? Dozens of times, lots of different ways...every night I save you."

Spike, to Buffy-'After Life'