" Halo"

Chapter 1

It was late. Buffy hurried, running through the school halls, trying hard not to spill the books and papers that were messily crumpled in her arms. When all of the sudden ,she bumped hard right into the person she least wanted to see in her life. Spike Malcolm.

"You should be watching where you're going next time, pet.", he smirked at her. Buffy knelt on the ground, frantically picking up her books and scattered papers .

"S-s-sorry. Didn't watch where I was going.", she mumbled, turning red. Spike rolled his eyes and walked on, not even bothering to help her.

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"So, why were you late for Bio?", Willow asked, sipping her juice.

Buffy sighed. "Had a little encounter with a certain-somebody."

" Oh…And who would that certain somebody be?", Willow asked.

"Spike.", Buffy answered, and took a bite out of her sandwich.

"What about Spike?". Xander plopped right down in front of them, with his disgusting-looking school lunch.

"I ran into him this morning. Lucky me.", Buffy said sarcastically. Spike, was her tormentor. He loved making her life miserable ,ever since the beginning of high school. She barely knew anything about him, except for the fact he had a wild reputation and was part of the "bad-ass" group, which consisted of Oz, Angel, Drusilla, and Buffy's sister ,Faith . Oh and yeah , that he worshipped his loony girlfriend.

Xander looked over Buffy and Willow's head seeing Drusilla (Spike's girlfriend), glaring at them. She was sitting in

Spike's lap, glaring daggers over at them, as if they had done something horribly wrong. "Hey, Buff, why is Drusilla Williams giving us the evil eye?"

Buffy and Willow turned around. Drusilla, gave them a look of pure dislike, then turned her back to them. "I don't know. I don't question the odd and psychotic.", Willow said turning back around.

" I don't know how you and Faith are related.", Xander began. " You two are from totally different worlds. She's from planet goth and tough, while you're from…,"

"Planet nerd? Weird and geeky? ", Buffy finished.

"What-no you're not a nerd, nor geeky nor weird.", Xander said quickly.

Buffy stared a him. "Well not to us anyway….", Xander said. Buffy, Xander, and Willow were considered the geeks of the school. The unpopular. The ones that always got picked on, by the more popular ones.

" Hey, are we still having a movie and eat-all- the-junk food -you -can-before-you-puke day today my house?", Buffy asked, changing the subject.

"Yup." Willow nodded. "Except this time, I'M picking the movies.", she said looking at Xander.

"What? Black Hawk Down and the Fast and Furious are great movies.", he said defending himself. "Not, like the chick-flicks you guys watch."

" I think I might rent Steel Magnolias.", Willow said.

Xander closed his eyes. "I need to hang out with more guys."

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" I ran into your sister, this morning.", Spike said to Faith, pulling Dru into his lap.

Faith rolled her eyes. "God, she's such a freak. Its bad enough, I have to live with her but I have to go to the same school with her."

" I think she's hot. You know with the thick glasses, and the big pastel sweaters she wears. She makes me go hot, just lookin at her.", Angel said mockingly. Everyone chuckled, except for Oz.

"I think she's nice. She's really smart anyway. She got me my first A in History, this year.", Oz spoke up.

" I guess. But that's all they're good for.", Faith said.

Spike glanced over at Buffy and her group and saw them chatting. She was with that red-head and that dork, who would always try to make people laugh. Buffy's blonde hair was up in a bun, as usual and she was wearing a big oversized white sweater and baggy jeans. She started laughing at something someone said, and he noticed how nice her smile was… Wait- this was Buffy Summers he was talking about. Spike shook his head, and turned back to his friends.

Drusilla saw this and glared at the girl that her Spike was staring at. She noticed Buffy and her friends look at her and turn back around. Drusilla looked at Spike. "Spikey, I'm cold.", she said.

Spike took off his leather duster and draped it around her. "All better, Dru?", he put his arm around her and kissed her lightly on her head.

" Are we going to the Bronze tonight?", Faith asked.

" I can't.", Angel said. "I have a date with Darla."

" You're still going out with her?", Spike asked.

"Yeah, the longest relationship I ever had so far.", Angel replied.

" But, you've only been dating her for 3 weeks.", Faith pointed out.

" Yeah, exactly."

Faith rolled her eyes in annoyance.