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SUMMARY: Buffy has a pen pal that wants to meet her but she soon finds out

     not every thing is fair in love

TITLE:  Pen Pal

"Buffy there's another letter here for you" Joyce shouted to her sleepy daughter. Buffy stepped into the kitchen poured herself a glass of orange juice; this was her usual morning routine. Before she got a chance to get the cereal out of the kitchen cupboard, she saw a white envelope emerge at the end of her mother's long slim fingers.

"Thanks mum" Buffy yawned although she was beginning to wake now.

"Are you not going to read it then…" Joyce began "I don't know why you won't tell me who your pen pal is?" She asked this every time Buffy got a letter and every time got no response.

            Buffy walked though the school corridor heading to the library, she couldn't read the letter at home her mother was always pestering her so much about who it was from and her little sister Dawn always came barging in making Buffy lose her concentration. By this time the letter was burning a hole in her backpack she could not wait to read it

"Hey Buffy, what you doing we've got maths and I thought we were going to be partners…" Willow started running out of breath she obviously had stayed up all night studying for some test and was now high on caffeine.

"Willow take a breath, we have study period 1st remember?" Buffy said in her calm voice that could melt any person into a state of coolness.

"Oh yeah sorry Buffy are you going to the library? I might go and study for that test we have in 2 weeks."

Willow was one of the only people who knew about spike, he came from England lived in a huge mansion with his dad who had brought it when he won the lottery, Buffy met him though her liberian, Mr Giles, he was Spikes dads brother although Mr Giles and Spike got on well, the relationship was hard to keep due to Mr Giles brother hating him since he moved to America.

            "Hey Mr Giles, I've got another letter from Spike… William sorry" One thing Mr Giles hated was his nephew's nickname 

"What does it say? Is he well?" Mr Giles asked excitably

"I don't know yet haven't had a chance to read it yet, just going to do that now"

"Well let me know how he is won't you?"

"O.K."

Buffy sat down and got the letter out she took care opening the envelope and pulled the letter that had travelled so far just to be read by her.

Dear Buffy

How are you? Everything is great over here in England.

Buffy you know we've been writing to each over for nearly 15 months now

And I love hearing from you but something occurred to me

We have never seen each other, only ever imagined

We have never heard each over, only Thought we heard each over voice in the wind.

It sends a shiver up my spine when I think of you

I know this is not my usual letter style but I have a proposition for you

I have spoken to my father he will buy me a small apartment in Sunnydale

So we can meet, please let me know your response my phone number is at the

Bottom of this page ring me it can all happen in 2 weeks let me Know

Yours truly

Spike xxx