"Faith! Buffy! Where the hell have you been?" The two best friends turn around in the loud crowded club, to see your boss and owner of The Bronze, Rick moving towards them.
Faith rolls her eyes and turns to her friend slightly "Uh-oh, here comes daddy. We're in trouble now."
Rick closes in on and eyes them both with a stern look. "You're damn right you're in trouble!"
There is a slight pause and the two girls look at each other then bust out laughing. "This is no laughing matter, Girls! This is our busiest night and you know that! Any other night I wouldn't care BUT tonight? You guys better have a good explanation!"
Exchanging looks, Buffy sighs and turns back to the owner.
"Well ok here's what happened… You see there is this little girl who lives in our building and her name is… is…" She looks at Faith for split second help. "What is her name?"
"Jessie"
"Oh yes Jessie… So we were on our way out when Jessie came up to us crying. So we asked her what was wrong and she told us that her little kitten, Tinkerbelle, was missing and asked us if we could help her find it. At the time we were still like fifteen minuets early, so we said sure. So we were all searching and searching all over! But we couldn't find it! So then Faith heard a noise…"
"Yea I heard a noise and it sounded like it was coming through the air ducts. So we all went over to the air ducts to listen. And suddenly we realized the cat was in the basement"
"Right the basement! You we ah then we had to go find a Flashlight. Which took like another five minuets of searching"
"Right! So then after we found a flashlight, we all went down to the basement to search for the kitten. And then…"
Rick suddenly throws his arms up in capitulation "Alright! Alright! You guys win ok?"
Exchanging smug grin, the girls giggle in a union "Thank you Ricky!"
"Yeah, yeah whatever, just get behind that bar and start serving those Drinks!" He turns to the crowd, Cups his hands around his mouth and screams at the top of his lungs "LADIES AND GENTS. THE DOCTOR IS IN!"
"Hey Captain peroxide! You still with us?"
The hand waving in front of his face snaps Spike out of his daze. He idly looks up at his best friend Xander. "Huh? Oh right, yeah"
"Cmon Spike" Angle smacks him across the back of his head. "Snap out of it!"
Listlessly the bleached blond get up and walks over and collapses on to the Red velvet couch in the VIP Room. "Shut up! Both of you! I'm fine!"
Angel Rolls his eyes at his cousins blatant lie. "Right, like you are not still totally thrashed over Harmony leaving you"
Slamming down his now empty beer bottle he stands and stalks over to Angel. "I said SHUT UP!"
"Oh sit down Willie." He pushes him back down on to the couch. "You know I'm right"
Spike opens his mouth to reply but then closes it rendering it pointless.
Calmly, Riley walks over to Spike, grabs him by the collar of his bomber jacket and pulls him up off of the couch. "Cmon. I know just what you need."
Putting up a weak fight, He reluctantly he follows his friend out of the room and down into the club. "Where the hell are you takin me?"
"To the bar" Riley says blankly as he pulls the bleached blond through the crowd.
"WHY?"
"Because…" Reaching the bar, Riley slings him into a high top bar stool. "It's time about time you got out and start mingling again. Look around Spike! This is the hottest night club in all of California with some of the hottest girls." He spins the stool around and shows the crowd to his aching friend, and leans down to his ear. "You're a Rock star Spike! You literally have your pick."
Spike smirks at the thought, then looks up at his friend "Right, but again I ask why the hell did you bring me to the bar?"
"Two reasons; one, it's the perfect pWills to scope out a willing girl of your choice and two…" He nods over a bartender "There's someone called 'The Doctor' who is supposedly the best bartender in the city. Guarantied to fix all of your problems" He shrugs "Or so I heard"
Spike spins around to face the bar and rolls his eyes "Yeah, I'll believe that when I see it… Probably just another hopeful"
Behind the bar, a cute blonde girl in a low cut black top walks up to them with a playful smile. "Hello boys, my name's Buffy, what can I do ya for?"
Spike gives her a sly grin and Riley chimes in with a charming smile "Ah Yeah…" She looks up at him and her smile widens slightly "The Doctor is he in tonight?"
She smiles and laughs a bit. "Ah yeah hold on I'll check"
She walks away and Spike looks up at Riley scowling. "Thanks a lot mate"
He looks down at him innocently "What?"
"Oh come on! Here I am thinkin you were tryin to help me out but then you take a way the first cute bird that looks my way…"
"Ohh Doctor…"
Faith looks over her shoulder while filling two pitchers, to find Buffy grinning like a mad hatter. "What are you smiling about? Have you been accepting drinks again?"
"NO! You've got clients!" She points over her shoulder still smiling wildly.
Faith looks up to see a bleached blond guy and a tall guy with light blond hair talking. She looks back at her fellow barkeep. "Bleached blond?"
"Yup!"
"O…K" Serving the pitchers, She pats Buffy on the shoulder, slightly put off by her overly excited behavior "I think it's time you take your break… I'll be back"
Shaking her head, Faith walk to the edge of the bar with a playful smile. "Did someone call for a doctor?"
Both men look up and grin. The bleached blond arches a pierced eyebrow. "You're the doctor?"
"That's what they call me"
The tall guy tilts his head slightly "I thought the doctor was a guy"
"Nope!" Grinning suggestively, Faith shakes her hip and forms a seductive "S" with her body. "I'm all woman"
The bleached blond smirks and nods and mumbles something quietly under his breath. Rolling her eyes, she puts her hands on the bar and leans in to the two very attractive men. "So which one of you is my next client?"
Tall guy puts his hand on the bleach blondes shoulder "That would be my friend here. You see he's been going through a rough patch and needs some fixing."
"Well I'll see what I can do"
He nods then turns to his friend. "Remember what I said and we're on in five" They exchange looks and he walks away.
"So Blondie, what can I get you?"
The client turns back to her with a little smirk. "Dono luv, you're the Doctor aren't you supposed to diagnose me?"
"Well yea…"
"Ok then" Folding his hands, he leans on to the bar and purr. "Repair me"
Trying not to let the sexy low tone get to her, she grabs a tall glass and slams it down in front of him. "Ok, so are you gonna tell me what wrong with you or do I have to guess?"
"You heard the man luv, I'm goin through a rough patch and need some fixin ya know, something to get my motor running"
Laugh a bit, Faith leans down onto the bar in a similar motion as him. "Not much to go on but I'll see what I can do"
Smugly he grins at her actions, but continue to listen to her "Let's see, I don't see a ring so I'm assuming you're not married. Girlfriend?"
He shakes his head slowly and suggestively rolls his tongue. "No ducks, not at the moment"
A slight shiver over comes her as his words come out as a low growl and her mouth momentarily becomes arid.
"Um, ok then, well the bags under your eyes tell me that you probably haven't been sleeping well lately…"
"That could mean several things luv,"
"Yes it could but the light pink in your eyes tells me that you have either been crying or are a huge stoner" He starts to laugh "Since your eyes aren't all glazed over I'm gonna go with the former."
He nods "Good choice"
"Uh-huh, and according to what I heard from your buddy, you apparently have to be on stage in a bit. So I'm guessing you need a bit of energy boost"
"Very good doc, now what's my remedy?"
"Hmm, let's see…" Already knowing exactly what he needed, She take the glass she placed in front of him and quickly begins mixing together a few different color bottles, throwing in a few trick to give him a show as he waits. It was all in vain though. As she put on the finishing touches, she noticed him staring more at her body then at various bottle flipping she was doing. Any other time she would have been ticked off but he was gorgeous and she decided to let it pass. Popping an pink umbrella into it, she hands it back to him. "Here you are Blondie, one Hawaiian Citrus Splash. Guaranteed to mend that aching heart of yours"
"Oh yeah?"
"Uh-huh"
"Well I'll be the judge that" Eyeing her readily, he takes a long thoughtful swallow of aqua-blue drink and grins. "Tasty. Is everything you make this good?"
"You bet"
"Is that right?" He looks at her up and down suggestively and takes another sip. "Well I'd love to find out personally"
Laughing, Faith decides to play into his teasing. "Do you have all night?"
It worked. His brow suddenly raises in amusement "It'd take all night?"
"Uh-huh"
"Is that because you like to take your time?"
Shaking her head, she grins mischievously "Uh-uh buddy, let's just say I've got a lot of tricks up my sleeves"
"Hmmm… now you got my curiosity all sparked"
"Curiosity killed the cat ya know"
"Yeah, but at least he died satisfied"
Surprised that he was actually able to match her with out a second thought, Faith nodded, impressed, accepting his response.
The bleached blond patron takes out his wallet and pulls out a twenty and holds it out towards her "What's your name cutie?"
"Ah, you can call me the doctor" Throwing the answer out nonchalantly, Faith attempts to take the bill but he hold firmly onto the other end. She looks up at him questioningly and he catches and holds her gaze.
A breath catches in her throat, as she suddenly becomes aware of just how blue his eyes are.
"I asked for a name, luv"
Rolling her eyes, she gives in with a smirk. "The name's Faith"
He grins and lets go of the bill "Faith. What a pretty name"
Smiling childishly, she slides the bill into her apron. "Ah thanks"
"You're very welcome"
"And you are?"
Taking is time to answer; he stands up downs the rest of his drink, and then looks at her with a malevolence gleam. "You should know who I am, sweets."
"I Should?"
He looks her up and down again then winks and puts his glass down. "Uh-huh" Then walks off towards the stage.
"OK…?"Slightly diverted by the last comment, the brunette bartender shakes her head and walks over to help a couple. All whilst trying to figure out where she new him from.
"So how'd it go?"
Handing the couple their beers, Faith turns around to face Buffy, who seemed to be acting nauseatingly more bubbly than usual. "How'd what go?"
The peppy blond sighs and gives her an annoyed look. "Ya know, your special patron…"
"Who blondie?"
"Yeah"
Not seeing the big deal, She shrugs passively. "Ummm… Ok I guess… I gave him a Hawaiian Citrus Splash."
Her eyes widen and her jaw drops "You did what?"
Faith repeats herself slowly and belittlingly as if you were speaking to a not particularly bright child. "I… gave… him… a… Hawaiian… Citrus…Splash… Is that a problem?"
"Yes! Don't you know who that is?"
"Who? Billy Idols little brother?" Noticing another costumer signal her, she walk over to him with Buffy close in tow.
Smirking smugly, Spike walks back stage to meet up with the rest of his band mates. Xander walks up to him and hand him his blood red electric guitar. "You look happy"
"Happy? No- this" Angel walks up to Spike and puts a hand on his shoulder. "This, my friend, is the look of a man who thinks he may get laid tonight."
Spike looks over at Riley and the exchange knowing grins. "So Spike what did you think of the Doctor?"
He grins fondly and nods "She ah… knows what's she's doing"
"Hey guys! We're up!"