Title: The Engagement
Rated: M
Pairings: Spike/Buffy. Spike/Drucilla. Buffy/Angel. Willow/Tara. Xander/Anya. Overall though, it's a spuffy story (:

Basic Plot: My take of the movie "Love Affair." William 'Spike' Giles is on the newly hyped up cruiseship 'Magnolias'. During the week cruise, he has fallen for a girl by the name of Buffy Summers, the moment they meet sparks fly. The only problem is, he's engaged. The two make a promise however, a promise that will prove if what they felt for each other on the ship, was something more then just mere infatuation…

Disclaimer: Nothing. Absolutely nothing is mine. How depressing….

A/N: And before you go off thinking, oh my god, what is this author doing making up such an incredible cruise line, its actually based off of a real ship called "Freedom of the Seas." It is the largest cruise ship in the world and has most of what I mention in my story to come. So it's not too far fetched, just wanted to let you all know (:

Buffy screamed and immediately grabbed her intruder by their neck, her eyes seeing nothing but darkness.

"God! Buffy, let me go you psycho bitch!"

Recognizing the voice, Buffy quickly eased her hand and lifted her sleeping mask off her eyes. Shrugging and holding back a laugh, she apologized and placed her hands in her lap. Smiling softly she waited for a response.

"You know, I came in here to give you a surprise. Now I'm not so sure I want to give it to you." Buffy's younger sister scolded as she rubbed her neck with her hand, the other holding a large manila envelope. "See, this envelope contains a goody surprise from all of sister's bestest friends. Hmm, but I wonder, perhaps my insanely violent sister would like to open it in a few days? Shame to keep this deliciously tempting surprise unopened…"

"Dawn! If it's from the gang then give it to me! Now!"

The younger girl's grin grew wider with amusement, her green eyes sparkling in the morning light. She watched as her older sister in her sushi pajama's whined and hopped in bed begging for the envelope. Dawn moaned loudly at the sudden smack in the back of head and she looked to see Willow's smiling face walking to the side of her. "Sheesh, I was gonna give it to her eventually, you didn't need to smack me…does everyone resolve things with violence around here?"

Willow grabbing the envelope from Dawn's hands only replied with a simple, 'yes,' gaining a smile and a shake of the head from Dawn. Turning towards the girl in the sushi pajamas at half past 3 in the afternoon, Willow tossed the envelope into her best friend's lap and nervously awaited for Buffy's reaction. The gang had put together a special treat to hopefully lift the spirits of a one newly dumped Buffy. "Well?" Willow offered, still waiting for a response from Buffy.

Holding up the contents in the envelope Buffy was in shock. Putting all the papers inside the envelope down she flipped back and forth of the mini pamphlet that was also inside. It was for Magnolias, the largest and newest most exciting new cruise ship in the world! The ship was built with four main decks for visitors to wander, the first one for activities such as swimming, tennis, rock climbing and mini-golf. The second level was for mainly shopping with at least 110 different shops plus a spa. Third level was dining and restaurants with chefs that came from all over the world and the fourth level was purely for adults, where they had a clubbing arena, gambling hall and a gentlemen's club.

"Adventurous, Innovative, Extraordinary…" Buffy read aloud the large bold words that decorated the cover of the pamphlet. Still in shock, Buffy placed the pamphlet down and grabbed the other pieces of the surprise and stared at Willow and Dawn, demanding an explanation. "Guys, we cannot afford this, you!--you cannot have afforded this, I-I cannot afford to pay you back!" Buffy stuttered on some of her words, and the loss for words was all Willow and Dawn needed. As if on cue the two girls sat down on the bed either side of Buffy and grabbed her hands.

"Buffy, you have been moping about you-know-who for the last three months. You have lost your job because of it, you have lost your mind because of it, and you are starting to look like shit because of it--and don't give me that look. I say this only because I care as your younger sister."

Willow nodded in agreement. "She's got a point Buff. You are starting to look a little worse for wear, especially under your eyes."

Buffy still trying to get a grasp on what was happening shook her head and tears started to wet her eyes. "No! We cannot afford this. One ticket alone is at least 800 dollars. And there's…one, two, four, six tickets?! Are you guys fricken out of your minds? You need to return them, in fact, I will call them my selves and ask for full reimbursement." Shoving her blankets off of her Buffy struggled to get out of her own bed, being pushed back by her best friend and sister. "Guys! Let me go!"

"No! We all bought our own tickets, except for you, Dawn bought it, in fact it was her idea, and we all loved it. Now, we are going to help you pack, we are going to go on that cruise and we are going to enjoy ourselves. There are no ifs, ands, or buts, Buffy Anne Summers. We have made up your mind for you and have decided that this is what you need. And if you even think about trying to plot a way out of this, then you are going to tarnish our relationship forever. Do you understand?" Willow took a deep breath and grinned, which oddly scared Buffy, just a little. "Alright then, now that we've got that settled I'm gonna go downstairs and make us some lunch."

"Okay, since when did best friend turn into evil mommie dearest?"

Dawn rubbed her sister's back soothingly. "Buffy, we're just trying to help. Besides, I think it'd be fun, you, me, the gang. I mean seriously, did you read the mini bio on this ship? How could you not have fun?"

Buffy could feel herself slipping and shrugged, failing to keep a smile off her face. "Dawnie, I do appreciate you guys doing this for me. I suppose it is time for me to move on from Angel. But can I ask you one question? When you came up with this idea, was it one hundred percent out of the love and care of your heart for your sister, or was I just the excuse so that you can meet some really hot guys and have secret liaisons with?"

Dawn suddenly threw a fit of giggles, snorted, and quickly excused herself, whining about how hungry she suddenly was and rushed out of the room. Smiling and laughing quietly to herself Buffy picked up the brochure, hoping that this would finally be the resolution to her problems.

One week later, Buffy was packed, ready…and still unwilling. Plastering a semi-worried smiled on her face she grabbed her suitcases out of the cab and rolled it to the pier. Her eyes trying to take in the monster sized ship in front of her. Jaw dropped, hair fluttering behind her in the wind, she looked like an overdramatic actress in a soap opera.

"It's bloody amazing isn't it?" Buffy turned around startled, immediately drowning in the bluest eyes she had ever seen. Lost for words, Buffy could only nod dumbly as she stared at the stranger in front of her. "It makes me wonder though if we'll be safe on it. Damn thing must be incredibly heavy."

It took a second for Buffy to realize he was joking and laughed along with him, "Sorry. I'm very paranoid of the ocean, so your joke got me worried for a second."

"There's nothing to be afraid of pet…just need to relax to the sway of the ocean…let the rhythm take you…"

Buffy stood at a complete stand still. Was this guy serious? Trying to turn some innocent ship into some sexual pick up line? Beautiful blue eyes or not Buffy had made up her judgment of the guy.

"Would you like to have sex with me?" Hands folded across her breasts she looked him square in the eye. She was great at catching liars.

Spike was thrown back for a second. Not knowing how to answer he muttered only sounds. Buffy nodded to his no answer, "I knew it. Sneaking up on me, assuming that you're good looks and English accent would woo me over. Well look here Mr. Overly Bleached Blonde, I am not interested. In fact, I'm not even interested in being interested."

"For god's sake, I was just trying to start up conversation. Didn't need to get your knickers all up in a bunch. And there's no need to overpower me with your woman independency, it's totally alright if you're a lesbian, I won't judge you."

"What? I am not a lesbian."

"Well your obviously not interested in men."

Buffy was irritated. She did not want to be having this argument, especially with someone she didn't even know. What made her more upset was the fact that she didn't even know why she was so upset. Perhaps she was turning into a lesbian if even a slight comment made her testy. Buffy shook the thought away. "I am very interested in men. Just not bad men." The sound of the ship loudly honked its approval to start boarding, grabbing her belongings she stuck out her hand at the stranger, the blond man stared at it for a while and raised an eyebrow in the mist of confusion before finally grasping her hand. "Summers. Newly single, not handling it well and I'm sorry for going psycho."

"Giles. Newly fascinated by your psycho-ness and accept your apology."

Buffy gave him a genuine smile at his introduction. Releasing her hand from his, she waved goodbye and walked away, rolling her luggage behind her. It was only a few minutes when she realized how stupid she must have sounded and her cheeks turned deep crimson. By the time she reached her friends her face was beet red and despite all the begging, rejected any comment on her most recent intriguing encounter.

William stood still as he watched the little blond woman rush away from him. He didn't know why, but he was just drawn to her from the moment he laid eyes on her. One moment he was in the middle of a deep conversation with his friends, the next moment he sees this woman appear from the crowd like some cliché from a movie and he's tongue tied. There she was, standing in a light purple strapless dress, her blond-honey brown hair flowing in the wind, her face glowing in the sun as she looked upon the ship with pure amazement. It was unconsciously that he had walked over to the girl and started up a conversation. And then the chit had gone completely crazy, he didn't care though, he found it quite amusing how her nose wrinkled at him when she was chiding him and how her breasts looked when she pushed her arms against them. Scolding himself mentally he tossed all thoughts aside and turned back to rejoin with his group when something pink caught his attention. Crouching down to the ground, all plans of forgetting the crazy chit aside, he picked up his new excuse to go and find a girl.

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