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Title: Road Trip
Part: 1-3
Series: New Beginnings Story 1
Author: Alea
Email: Aleababe6275@aol.com
Disclaimer: I own nothing. All belongs to Joss and UPN.
Summary: My idea of what would have happened if Spike had gotton the car instead of the RV in Spiral.
Rating: PG-13

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Part One
100 miles out of Sunnydale, Spike stopped at a gas station. He looked over at his compainiants and sighed, running a hand through his hair. They had been on the road for almost 2 hours, and, after much prodding from Spike, Buffy and her younger sister Dawn lay fast asleep in the back seat. Buffy sat straight up, tense, but asleep. Spike had watched her through the rear view mirror for the past two hours, and winced when her saw her moan and shift, her posture rigged, as if waiting for an attack. Poor girl he though, watching her. She couldn't even find peace in her sleep. Always worried about others, never herself. That's one of the reasons her loved her so much. She was so different from all the other girls he dated. Of course, they were vampires, but still, she cared, cared for her sister, her friends, even a stranger on the streets. Always sticking her neck out to save some one, even when the majority of the time, she received nothing in return. He saw something in her that he had never seen in himself. In anyone. But that very thing had her very vonurable. If she wasn't going to look out for herself, Spike would have no choice but to do it for her.

He smiled at Dawn, who slept peacefully next to her sister, not a care in the world. That's what Buffy should be sleeping like, not this jittery person before him now. He shook himself out of his thoughts, gently shaking Buffy. He almost regretted waking her, but he knew she's be upset later if he hadn't woken her.

Her eyes fluttered, and she opened them, yawning. She looked at him, closed her eyes, then opened them again, as if trying to decipher whether of not she was dreaming. She looked around, remembering where they were and why, and Spike could see tears forming in her eyes. Just as quickly as he spotted them, they were gone, leaving no trace that they were every there. She sat up, waking Dawn in the proccess. Both girls yawned, and Buffy spoke up. "Why are we stopping?"

He smiled at the girls, and motioned towards the gas station. "We needed gas. I thought you two might want to go in and get something to eat. I'm not sure how far we're going, so i don't know when we'll be able to stop next."

Buffy looked like she was going to cry again. "I...I was in such a hurry to leave, i didn't bring any money. I wasn't thinking. Glory knew where we lived, and i was in such a hurry. God, how could i not bring any money?" She mumbled to herself.

Spike grinned at her. "It's ok. I brought some money." He brought out his wallet and pulled out two twenties and a ten. He handed them over, "Is that going to be enough?"

Dawn grinned and grabbed the money. "Plenty." She tried to get a look at his wallet, but he quickly put it back in his pocket. "How much money do you have?" she asked.

"Plently."

Dawn grinned at his words, but Buffy frowned, and handed him back the money. "You don't have to pay for us. We can find some money on our own. You've already done more than enough for us. And where did you get the money?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nibblet, go get you and your sis something to eat. Buffy will be in there in a second." She told the youngest girl. She looked at Buffy, then Spike, then grabbed the money and bolted from the car, before they could change their mind.

Spike looked at Buffy's annoyed look and rolled his eyes. "Ok, number one, I didn't steal the money, if that's what your thinking."

She gave him a look that clearly said 'Yeah right' "Really? The Where's you get it from?"

"Well," he looked down, remembering. He cleared his throst and started again, "Well, technically, i did steal it, but that was a long time ago, back when me and Dru were together. We turned a computer hacker, about a year or two before we first came to sunnydale, and he hooked our bank account to a global banking system. Meaning that every time someone from that bank made a deposit, 5 cents would go to us. Multiply that by a couple thousandss of people making deposits, and yuou got yourself a pretty penny. We had to stop after a couple weeks so we wouldn't alert the police, but.." he saw her roll her eyes. "Hey! It was a long time ago!"

"If you had all this money, why did you have us pay you all this time?"

"Had to get my jollie somehow. I couldn't bite anyone, the least i could do was annoy you." he grinned.

"Good job! You did."

"Are you finished?" Off her look, he continued. "Second of all, I'm helping you because I want to, not because i feel i have to."

"Why would you want to? What's in it for you? Is this some sort of game for you?"

"Bloody hell woman! What does it take to convince you that I love you. Yes, I love you." he looked at her, daring her to look away. "And, because i love you, I'm going to do anything i can to help you out. You know you need help, don't turn this down just because you don't like who's offering."

Buffy sighed. "Fine. I'll let you help us. You're right, I can't do this alone. But don't think that just because i'm letting you help me, that anything could happen between us. EVER. I can't go through that again." She thought for a moment. "I guess this arrangement makes us friends, but get it through your head that we will never be anything more that. Just. Friends"

Spike nodded. "Thank-you. I understand. It's better to be 'just friends' that to be nothing at all."

"As long as we're clear on that. I'm going to help Dawn." She went into the store where Spike could see the little girl with her arm full of snacks, candy, and drinks. Spike filled his red car with gas and went into pay.