Summary: Buffy is starting college and she meets Spike, the man of her dreams. But can she find out the truth about Spike's secret that has been told to no one?

Chapter: First day

As Buffy rolled over on her bed she was jumped on by Willow, her best friend. They had been friends since they first moved next door to each other. They were 6 years old and when Buffy walked up to Willow for the first time Willow welcomed her with open arms.

"Buffy, it's time to wake up. Today is our first day of college!" Willow said excited because she loved classes and studying for tests.

"No mommy, Buffy go sleepies, Buffy go staking bad guys and Buffy wants nap time." Buffy said from under her duvet.

"Buffy," Willow shouted down Buffy's ear and Buffy fell out of bed.

"What was that for?" Buffy asked rubbing her head that she banged off the table next to her bed, "OHMIGOD, I forgot. Today is our first day of college!" Buffy said excited like Willow.

"Yes, and if you don't hurry up we'll be late for class." Willow was already washed and dressed and she was wearing a pink strapless top with a long pink skirt.

"You look good!" Buffy said complementing on Willow's outfit.

"Thank you, do you think it looks ok for our first day at college?" Willow asked nervously.

"Willow," Buffy said holding Willow by the arms, "anything you wear is perfect!" and with that Buffy took her things and went to have a shower and get changed. After Buffy had a shower she got changed and walked back to her room.

CRASH!!!

"Sorry," Buffy said as she walked into a guy.

"It's not your fault, I should have been watching where I was going. I'm Xander by the way!" Xander said helping Buffy pick up her things.

"Buffy," Buffy said holding out her hand and shaking Xander's hand.

"So, is it your first day?" He asked.

"Yep, yours?"

"Yep, hey maybe I'll see you around, Buffy," and then he left.

"Hey, Buffy. What are you smiling about?" Willow asked as Buffy walked into the room with a huge smile on her face.

"Buffy has made a new friend!"

"Good for you! well anyway, are you ready because I told Anya that we would meet her outside the cafeteria at about 8 and it is now 7.55." Willow said grabbing her bag.

"Yes, let me just grab a few things." And they left. They, of course, were there before Anya because she always took much longer to get ready then Buffy and Willow ever did.

"Hey Willow, Buffy." Anya said running over to Buffy and Willow. "How are my two best friends?" She asked very pleased with herself.

"What's up with you? I don't think I have ever seen you this happy before." Buffy asked concerned for Anya.

"I just met this guy who is my roommates brother. He is so HOT!!! I was thinking of asking him out and Cordy, my roommate, said that she would talk to him about me! So, I'm hungry, let's go eat!" And Anya linked arms with Buffy and Willow and the three of them went to go and get breakfast.

"Willow, I think that guy is checking you out," Anya said as she looked at a guy who was very small and had red hair.

"Who?" Willow asked going a little red.

"Him, the guy sitting next to the guy with bright blond hair. Can you see him?" Anya asked pointing at the guy.

"Don't point at him. Now look what you've done, he has gone red and has stopped looking at Will." Buffy said disappointed.

"OHMIGOD, there he is, the really hot guy. He seems to be coming this way!" Anya said looking at Xander.

"He's the guy who walked into me this morning. His name is Xander if you wanted to know.

"Hey Buffy, Buffy's friends," Xander said looking at Anya and Willow. Anya went red and Willow nodded her head to say hello because she had just bitten into her toast, "So Buffy, I was wondering if you and your friends would like to come to a party that me and my mates are having. You can bring as many other friends as you like. It's room number four four five and it will start about ten. So, can you come?" he asked.

"Yes but I might be a bit late because I have to do something so I will probably be there around eleven, ok?"

"Sure no problemo." And then he walked off.

"Why didn't you introduce me to Xander?" Anya asked a little upset.

"I didn't have the time to. I promise that tonight I will introduce you to him."

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"So is your friend coming?" A man with platinum blond hair, ice blue eyes and wearing all black asked.

"Yeah, she said she would be there about eleven." Xander answered the guy.

"She' pretty hot isn't she!" he said looking at Buffy.

"Yeah, suppose. I'm more interested in the girl next to her, the one with the blond hair. She's my sisters roommate."

"What are you looking at?" The guy asked looking at a girl who wouldn't stop looking at him, "Take a picture, it lasts longer." He growled angrily.

"You know Spike, you could have any girl in this school but you always scare them off. Why do you do that?" Xander asked.

"Because they all like the big bad look and no girl ever can see the real me because they don't want to. Take Dru, we dated for 2 years and not once did she understand what I was going through. When my mother died when I was 10 and we moved over here it was horrible because I knew no one. I tried telling this to Dru once and she didn't even care. That is why I chase all the girls away. Now, if a girl can look inside me and see the real me I will date them but so far no girl has." Spike said and he got up from the table and walked to his next class.

"Wait up, I thought you said me mould walk to class together." A Girl said following Spike. She had long blond hair, a pink dress and high-heeled sandals on.

"Look Harmony, when will it get into your head? I was drunk, and you were the first girl I met. I slept with you once and I will never do it again. Also, I am not going to class I am going for a smoke." Spike said turning around to the blond and looking at her angrily.

"I can come with you!" Harmony said still being very cheery.

"No, I want to be on my own."

"So that all I was to you, a one night stand?" Harmony said upset but Spike didn't listen he went outside and lit up a cigarette.

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"Excuse me, is anyone sitting there?" Buffy asked a guy who had platinum blond hair.

"No. So what's your name?" Spike asked as Buffy sat down next to him.

"Buffy," She replied.

"What a beautiful name. The names William but my friends call me Spike."

"Spike, where did that come from?"

"I used to collect railway spikes when I was younger and living in England."

"Do you miss England?"

"No, been living here for 8 years now and I still love it."

"Now class, settle down please..."

I don't know why but I think that he is really hot. Is that bad? I know I have only just broken up with Angel. I really should talk to Willow about this. I'll talk to her tonight before I go out patrolling. I know I should tell Anya too I just don't want to because she doesn't understand me as much as Willow.

"Buffy, is everything ok? It's just that class is over." Spike said tapping Buffy on the shoulder. Buffy got out of her trance and realised she had just made a complete fool of herself.

"Yeah, I was just thinking about something. I must have gotten carried away."

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"Hey Willow, Anya. How was your morning?" Buffy asked Willow and Anya when she saw them in the cafeteria.

"Just went to classes, and that's about it." Willow replied.

"Well, you'll never guess what happened to me! Xander came up to me and asked me out on a date. We're going to the Bronze Friday night! Together." Anya said very excitedly.

"Great, well everyone seems to be happy with their first day of college." Buffy said a little blue.

"Buffy, what's wrong?" Willow asked Buffy.

"Well I met this guy called Spike and I made a complete fool of myself by going into a daze and at the end of the class he had to nudge me to get up."

"Really made yourself out to be the fool there." Anya said and realised it was the wrong thing to say by the look on Willow's face, "Sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"Yes you did, it's ok, and I know I made a fool of myself." Buffy said and she walked off back to her room.

"Now look what you've done." Willow said following Buffy.

"Should I come with you?" Anya asked a little bit upset.

"No, I think you've done enough damage."

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"Buffy, what's wrong? I thought you said you were done with men after... after... Angel." Willow finally got it out.

"I know. I don't know what's wrong with me. I have only just broken up with Angel, he leaves for LA and now I have fallen for another guy." Buffy said taking the pillow away from her face and Willow could see that Buffy had been crying because she had makeup streaked down her face.

"Well falling for another guy isn't bad, it just means that you want to date again that's all."

"It is?"

"Yes, now lets get you cleaned up and go get something to eat." Willow said walking into the bathroom and getting a face cloth so Buffy could wipe her face.

"Thanks." And once Buffy had fixed her makeup they went back down stairs.

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"So, is this mystery girl coming tonight?" Xander asked getting ready for the party. It was 8 o clock and Xander and Spike were getting the dorm ready for their party.

"Yes, I think so." Spike said taking out some plastic cups to put the drink into. "Holy crap, I forgot to get the vodka." Spike said grabbing his leather duster and opening the door, "I'll be back in a minute Xand." And he left. As soon as he closed the door he saw a shadow walking up to him. "Hello Harmony, what do you want?" Spike asked taking a cigarette out of his jacket pocket and lighting it up.

"How did you know it was me?" Harmony asked.

"Please, I could smell you a mile off from that perfume." Spike said not looking at Harmony.

"Where are you off to?" She asked.

"To get some vodka for our party." Spike said and soon realised what he just said.

"You're having a party! Can I come?"

"You wouldn't like it," Spike said walking out the building and slamming the door closed on Harmony's face. As soon as she opened the door Spike was gone. That was close he thought as he dropped the butt of his cigarette onto the path.

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"So, what are you wearing tonight?" Willow asked Buffy as she was getting ready to go out patrolling.

"I don't know, I was just thinking I would wear my new red halter top and a black leather mini skirt." She said tying her hair into a messy bun.

"Yeah, that would really suit you. What time are you gonna finish so you can get dressed and ready?" Willow asked as she was looking through her wardrobe for something to wear that night.

"I was thinking of patrolling for about an hour so I'll be back about 9.30."

"Great, have a good time killing baddies!"

And Buffy left. When she got outside her dorm building she heard a rustling noise.

"Here we go." She said as she followed the noise. When she got a little closer she heard it was singing. She followed it a bit more until she heard the song properly. She had never heard the song before and thought it was really interesting.

'Stop stop stop stop stop it I like it, I like it, Stop stop stop stop stop it feels good, Yet so wrong I'm getting excited, Please don't stop even though you should...'

Buffy listened to who ever it was that was singing for a while until she realised it was coming this way. She saw the figure and thought it was a vampire so she took out her stake and pounced on the vamp.

"What the hell do you think you are doing, luv?" Spike asked from underneath Buffy.

"Eh, I thought I heard something being fired so I wanted to get you down to the ground." Buffy said convincingly.

"Well thank you but I think you can get off me now, unless you were thinking of trying to kill me to, pet." Spike said nodding his head at the stake.

"Oh no, I just... this is... it's my security blanket, don't know what's going to happen to you around here so I always say that you need protection."

"Yes, I think many men should be protected from you, don't you, luv?" Spike asked.

OHMIGOD! That's the second time he has said luv to me!!!

"So are you going to get off or will I have to lift you off?" He asked still a little confused.

"Oh yeah, sorry 'bout that," Buffy said getting off of Spike.

"So Buffy, are you coming to the party tonight?" Spike asked Buffy putting his hands in the pockets of his leather duster.

"Yeah maybe," Buffy said a little dreamily.

"You look cold, here take this." Spike said taking off his duster and handing it to Buffy.

"Thanks," Buffy said putting on the jacket, it smelt of smoke and aftershave. It was lovely and warm and Buffy felt safe in it. She then realised how she looked. She remembered that she was wearing no makeup and her hair was a mess. "Oh god, you shouldn't see me like this I look awful." Buffy said trying to run off, but Spike grabbed her by the arm and mistakenly pulled her in very close to him.

"I think you look beautiful like this." He said looking into Buffy's emerald eyes as he breathed on top of her. Buffy felt her knees begin to grow weak as Spike brought his mouth down to kiss Buffy.

"OI SPIKE, I have been looking for you everywhere man. What's taking you so long?" Xander shouted down at Spike from their dorm window.

"I'll kill him," Spike said letting go of Buffy and walking off.

"Wait," Buffy said in a quiet voice and Spike turned round to Buffy, "You're gonna want this back," She said handing the duster back to him.

"Thanks," He said and he walked back into his dorm building. It was 9pm and Buffy thought that she could go back to her dorm room and get ready for the party because she had not met any baddies.

"Willow, I'm back," Buffy said opening the door to see Willow tying her long hair into a lovely braid.

"How goes the demon hunting?" Willow asked turning to Buffy.

"Didn't find any." Buffy said smiling to herself.

"So what's with the big smile?" Willow asked excited that Buffy had good news.

"I bumped into Spike, literally and he gave me his jacket and we were about to kiss when Xander shouted out the window to Spike 'cause he needed him. He also told me that I looked beautiful and was singing a weird song that I had never heard before."

"Did it go like this? It's just a little crush!" and after Willow sung that line Buffy threw a pillow at Willow who threw it back at Buffy again.