"Why?
You didn't rent the Sound Of Music did you?"
"No"
giggled Willow "Scream 2"
"Oh
great" muttered Anya
"Yeah
a cheesy teen horror flick – brilliant" grumbled Xander "I've seen it anyway –
it's crap!"
"Well
Buffy wants to see it, don't you Buff?" Willow sent a longing glance in Buffys
direction but she wasn't paying attention
"Buff"
repeated Willow "Buffy?"
"You
okay?"
"Oh,
yeah, sorry, I'm just cold let's just hurry home so we can watch……."
"Umm…
What did you rent again Willow?"
Tara,
Willow and Xander all laughed at her, Anya simply looked on
"What's
so funny I don't get it?!"
"Come
on you guys lets just go"
"Good
idea Buffster" Xander laughed as he fell into pace with her leaving a confused
Anya straggling behind
"Humans,
I never will understand, aghh…" flapping her arms in the air
Spike
sauntered through the cemetery oblivious to the other beings who where present,
this was unusual as his vampire senses would have usually picked them up
straight away but this time it was too late, he was surrounded! He hadn't been
concentrating on patrolling his mind was elsewhere.
"So
you're the Big Bad, the one and only Spike? – You don't look that scary to me!"
Said a tall and ugly vampire as he decked Spike and pinned him to the ground
with the assistance of his three companions
"Well
that was darn easy!"
The
tall vampire chuckled to himself, and then whispered to his friends in such a
manner that he knew Spike could hear
"Heard
he's out of business anyway, if you know what I mean, and helping the Slayer
into the bargain. Mind you boys, Angelus was his sire!"
The
vampires all laughed at his last comment
"Fuck
you, I'm nothing fuckin like the poof!" Spike snarled at the four vampires who
surrounded him
"So
you talk, do you?" Questioned one of the vampires who was holding him down
"So
answer me this then, if your nothing like your sire how come you love the slut
as well, just like him, and why are you helping her battle against your own
kind you freak, you disgust me! You're a disgrace" The vampire spat at Spike
venomously.
At
this point Spike let out a loud growl and let his game face show as he tackled
the two vampires who were holding him down he kicked one in the face and
swivelled quickly catching the other one in the stomach before snapping both
their necks as they tried to regain their balance, the two piles of dust settled
on the ground and he looked down at them smiling then he made a move to tackle
their companions but as he did more vampires came from the shadows ALL
attacking him, it was useless.
"This
is what Buffy-lovers get, beaten up. Unlike you however we don't kill our own
kind just thrash them to within an inch of their afterlife!" Laughed the
largest vampire who to Spike appeared to be the the leader, he knew his face
but then it went black as he felt the large vampires foot come crashing down on
his face.
"This
film is soooo lame, you know that we could be at your house having lots and
lots of…"
"Ice-cream,
yes but I'm sure Buffy has some in her freezer if you ask nicely Anya!"
Stated
Xander firmly with rosy cheeks but an icy glare to his bewildered girlfriend
Anya
had the most inappropriate timing and sense of judgement and Xander often had
to finish her sentences for her before she embarrassed him and his friends.
"Yeah
whatever Xander" Anya replied huffily
Xander
looked to Willow but she was totally engrossed in the film and in Tara and then
to Buffy but she seemed to be somewhere else altogether
"Buff
you with us" Xander asked concerned
"Huh?"
Buffy turned with a puzzled look on her face
"You
say something Xander?"
"Nothing
important, you okay Buffy, you look kind of dazed - whatcha thinking about?"
Xander questioned her further
Buffy
blushed what was she meant to say 'Nothing much Xander I was just wondering
what our undead sidekick was up to because I was worried about him, you know
the guy you totally despise but who I find growing on me more everyday!' Buffy
had started watching the film but found her mind wandering, she was wondering
what Spike was up to, why he hadn't come and hoped he hadn't gone on patrol
alone because he wasn't the most popular vampire in town, anyway she had
intended on going on patrol with him later once the others had left and until
then tried to pay attention to the rubbish film Willow had rented
"Just
thinking about how totally lame this film is" she lied looking at Xander,
"I mean come on how stupid are these teen
horror flicks! I mean this Ci-Ci chick
stays in a frat house all alone and then gets chased upstairs by some psycho in
a ugly outfit – you never run upstairs – just to be thrown off a balcony! And
don't even get me started on the acting she is a terrible actress, who is it
anyway some nobody that hasn't been heard of before now! This film was as bad
as the first and there is probably gonna be another one to look forward to!"
"Ok
then" Xander looks slightly bewildered at the passionate outburst.
There
was a short silence as everyone's attention returned to the film but Buffy was
still preoccupied
"Look,
I'm gonna go patrol you guys, will that be okay you can let yourselves out, I'm
in a funny mood tonight I can't seem to concentrate on anything let alone a
stupid film I'm gonna do some dustin help clear my head" She turned to see her
friends all nodding in approval but Xander was laughing to himself
"Erm,
Xander, what's so funny?" Buffy asked
"If
anyone outwith this group heard that comment they would actually think you were
going to do housework" Xander giggled at his own rather unfunny joke
"Shut
up Xander I'm trying to watch this!, Buffy you sure your alright?" asked Willow
in a concerned voice while throwing a cushion at Xander
"I'll
be fine, I'll see you guys tomorrow, okay?" Buffy muttered this sentence to her
friends not even knowing what was wrong herself
"See
ya later Buff"
"Be
careful" they shouted after her
Just
as she got to the front of her porch she heard Xander
"You
shouldn't throw things at people you know its not nice"
"Shut
up" Tara and Willow shouted in unison
"Fine
be like that then, oh by the way it was her ex-boyfriend Billy's mom and the
psycho she goes to college with that killed everyone"
"Xanderrrrrrrr"
Tara and Willow growled at him
"Does
this mean we get to go home and have 'Ice-Cream' now?" asked Anya with a wicked smile on her face
'God
that girl has a one track mind!'
Buffy
only giggled to herself and walked into the darkness with a smile on her face.
Buffy
strolled over to the cemetery, she couldn't concentrate she had a lot on her
mind, college, slaying and surprisingly Spike. Even though it was Spike he had
kind of become a part of the gang in the slaying sense, she had got used to his
help and him being around and she was worried. She had dropped by his house and
he wasn't there,
'Hope
he didn't go on patrol – nah he is probably lying blind drunk in some sunnydale
side alley' she smiled at the thought
Buffy
climbed over the fence of the cemetery and just started to walk through when
she was suddenly surrounded by three vamps
"Well,
well, well what do we have here boys? Looks like a little slayer to me" the
largest vamp addressed the other two
"Yeah
but where's her sidekicks" one asked mockingly
"Not
to sure, but our little vampire lover should know better than to come out in
the dark all alone"
Buffys
face reddened at the mentioning of the relationship between herself and Angel,
and rage built up within her
"You
know nothing about Angel and I" she spat at him
"Angelus,
who mentioned Angelus – mind you he is another waste of space, a traitor, you
tend to fall for them all! Silly little slayer"
"Well
death-breath if you aren't talking about Angel then who?"
The
large vampire merely laughed at the comment
"Well
he was an old friend of mine, he was a good vampire at one time but not now,
and was a good fighter no matter whose side he was on but I don't think he'll
be up to much fighting anymore!" the vampires all chuckled evily
"You
know who we mean Slayer, I mean how many vampires have you fallen for?" he
laughed at her
"What
are you talking about you fucking idiot, Angel is in L.A and the only other
vampire I have non-violent contact with, if you could even call it that, is
Spike…"
The
vampires all looked at her with their yellow eyes grinning and flashing their
fangs
"Well
that sure narrows it down then don't it sweetheart"
"Oh
god Spike… you guys never could have defeated him he's…" she was interrupted by
laughter
"We
surrounded and beat him easily Slayer he wasn't concentrating, think his little
mind was somewhere else…" the large vampire chuckled "Its your fault he met his
demise, your fault we defeated him, all because he couldn't get little Miss
Barbie Slayer out his head!"
"You
bastards what did you do to him, where is he?" Buffy screamed at the vamps, she
could feel rage building within her, she resumed her fighting stance and
without much difficulty staked the vamp that was standing next to her and when
she turned the other two were already making a swift exit
"This
won't be last you see of us slayer!" shouted the large vamp over his shoulder
"Yeah
Slayer see you soon! Different time, different place, different people – same
purpose!" the other vampire winked at her and laughed as he ran
"Where
is he, tell me, where is Spike??????"
The
only reply she got was a laugh from the distance
"Did
you guys think that Buffy seemed a little preoccupied tonight?" Willow looked
around to her friends for support
"Well
yeah, I think that is why she went on patrol" Xander nodded in agreement "She
looked tired, coming to think of it she should be home it's late"
"She
is probably with Spike, wouldn't worry too much she'll be fine, I'm sure they
are both quite safe" Anya suggested with a slight grin not removing her eyes
from the TV screen
"What
the hell is that suppose to mean?" Willow gasped and an equally shocked Xander
managed a
"Yeah
I mean.. Anya.. What.. How.. Eh?!"
"God
I know you humans are stupid but not blind as well, that was what was troubling
her tonight, she was thinking about Spike. He was probably somewhere sulking
about her too, they like each other, duhhh!" Anya looked at them as if she had
said something they already knew "You did notice right, right?"
"Ewwwwwwwww!
No way" Xander spat
"Uh
yes way" Anya looked at Willow and Tara for support
"Well
they have been getting closer recently" Tara suggested to Willow "Yeah although
it's kinda 'eww' it's not totally unbelievable" she agreed
"We
are soooo not having this conversation, lets go home" Xander headed for the
door everyone was silent, their minds ticking over with the possibilities.
Buffy
stood panic stricken in the middle of the cemetery staring around her not
processing what had happened
"Spike,
Spike where are you?" Buffy wailed and fell to the ground upset not knowing
what to think
Within
2 minutes she was back up again and scouring the graveyard
'He
can't be dead, he just can't'
She
stood scanning the nearby area when she realised the gut wrenching effect even
thinking about losing Spike was having on her
'I
don't love Spike and he certainly doesn't love me if it wasn't for the chip
he'd be trying to kill me – wouldn't he?'
Shaking
the thoughts from her head Buffy continued on her search.
"Spike,
Spike where are you, come on you stupid bloody blonde British poof!"
Buffy
grinned when she realised what she had said
'Spending
way to much time with him!'
Buffy
stopped when she heard some rustling to her right hand side
"Spike
you there?"
Buffy
moved quickly and peered behind a large gravestone and discovered a bloody and
beaten, semi-conscious Spike on the ground
"Oh
god Spike what did they do to you?" Buffy could feel her eyes stinging at the
sight
Giles
was busy dusting his shelves when his front door burst open
"Giles
help Spike is really sick" Buffy panted and Giles noted her tear stung eyes
"Whatever
happened Buffy" Giles asked rubbing his eyes as the Slayer layed Spike on the
couch
"Vampires
attack Spike, beat up, attack me, I get away…" Buffy managed to pant this out
before collapsing on the floor next to the couch with exhaustion from carrying
a rather heavy Spike all the way across town so quickly
"Oh
dear" Giles muttered, "This is a mess, Buffy do get up and we will get you
something to eat and drink and deal with Spikes injuries, ok?"
"Ok"
After
cleaning Spike up and dealing with his more severe injuries they let him rest
so his Vampire healing process could fix the remaining injuries and Buffy went
on to explain to Giles what exactly had went on in the cemetery omitting the parts
about the vamps insights into Buffy and Spike's personal lives
"So
did you recognise these vampires Buffy?"
"No
but they knew Spike" Buffy thought back "They said they knew him years ago and
knew Angel was his sire"
"Mmmmmm…
maybe it was some sort of revenge for past discrepancies?" Giles pondered the
idea
"Nah
they are just a bunch of poofy wankers I used to know" came a voice from the
other side of the room
"Spike
are you okay, god I thought you were a gonner when I found you!" Buffy ran over
to his side with a beaming smile
"Concerned
about me?" Spike questioned her with a grin "Miss me wouldn't you?"
"Spike
we will talk about your attackers in the morning, its late and I'm tired and
everything appears to be in order here so I'm off to bed, ok?" Giles through a
glance at Buffy and she nodded
"Is
it okay if I stay here tonight Giles I'll sleep on the other sofa" The watcher
looked at the Slayer and nodded
"Just
as well I don't have company I suppose" the older man mused
This
statement caused Spike and Buffy to giggle
"Does
that amuse you two?" he asked irritated
"Yeah
cause your ever gonna have company staying over Rupert!" laughed Spike "Owwww..
god remind me not to laugh it hurts"
The
watcher merely shook his head at the vampire and looked at Buffy giggling.
"Goodnight"
and with that he turned and headed upstairs
The
morning came far too quickly for Spike who was awoken with a burning sensation
in his foot caused by the leaking sunlight coming through a crack in the blinds
"Bloody
hell Slayer I thought I told you to shut the ……" Spikes sentence was
interrupted when he turned to look at the Slayer and found her still asleep on
the other sofa
'God
she looks fabulous even when she is sleepin – NO Spike come on gotta stop
thinking like that she's the Slayer – get your act together!'
"Mmm….
Spike did you say something" she murmured stirring slightly
"Nothin
important luv, nothing important"
"God
Spike how are you, after last night, how do you feel" she asked quickly and
suddenly awakening from her slumber
"Not
too bad I…" Spike didn't have time to finish his sentence before the Scoobies
burst in the door
"Oh
come on Willow why the hell would Spike have a crush on… oh hi Buffy how are
you? and Spike? look everyone it's Spike and Buffy, Buffy and Spike, a Slayer
and a Vampire who we have just woken up, they're just hanging out… and on
different sides of the room… bein buds…" Xander stuttered the whole way through
his statement
"Yeah
whatever Xander" Buffy looked puzzled "Look Spike got attacked last night and
then the same vamps tried to attack me they did some serious damage to Spike
too and said they would be coming back"
"I know them from a long time ago and we have
to find them and dust them before they cause anymore trouble" Spike added
"Great
so some old pals of Deadboy Jr are after us? thanks a lot Spike!" Xander
grumbled but Buffy soon shut him up
"Look
these guys are pure evil and are up too something we have to get them no
questions asked, ok?"
"Sure
whatever you say Buff" was the only response she got from them.
Buffy
and Willow went over to the dorms and collected some of Buffy's things and she
filled Willow on on the whole Buffy-Spike situaton and on the insightful
vampires, however Willow did not seem as surprised by the Vampires comments as
Buffy thought she would be.
"Well
I can understand were he is coming from Buffy you guys have got closer and do
spend a lot of time together, you know?" Willow looked sheepish as she said it
"Yeah
but Spike that's like ewwww much!" Buffy screwed up her face
"Ok
Buffy but I want you to know that I am here should you EVER need to talk"
Willow looked at her friend and gave her a sincere smile
"Thanks Will but I don't need to talk about THIS it's
beyond stupid – lets go we need to get some blood and some supplies for Giles"
Buffy smiled at her friend as they headed out the dorm doors
Later
on that day all the Scoobies, Buffy, Spike and Giles were gathered around Giles
table discussing a plan,
"So
you know these vampires Spike, who are they and where do they originate?" the
desperate watcher asked wanting more details
"Well
I first encountered them in Europe, they were causing havoc in Paris and since
then having been making their way east until they got here – they are highly
trained evil vamps" Spike looked around the room till his eyes met with Buffys
"They are lethal"
"Do
they have names then?" Giles asked impatiently requiring further information
"Yup"
Spike leaned back on his chair and put a cigarette between his lips
"Poena,
he was the large one, the leader, his minions were Disficare the tall dark
foreign one and the young but evil looking blonde one was 'Horry'!"
"Harry?"
said Willow
"No
Red, H-O-R-R-Y, its short for Horrificare"
"God
for being a bunch of bad-ass vamps they sure have stupid names" chuckled Xander
"No
not at all Xander" interupted the watcher "The leader Poena, his name is latin
for Pain; the foreigner Disficare his name roughly translates to undo, destroy
and the third Horry, horrificare is latin meaning to shake with cold and fear"
"I
knew that" piped in Xander
"Yeah
book man is right they each wished to pick names that could be associated with
fear and death – to represent how evil they are" Spike spoke up
"So
what we gonna do?" Willow asked looking sheepish
"The
only thing we can do, kick some Vamp ass!" Buffy looked over to Spike for
support
"Yeah
I should be on my feet soon and we can go teach those fucking idiots a lesson,
won't we pet?" Spike stared longingly at Buffy
"We
sure will, no one gets away with doing that to one of my fr… anyone"
Buffy
blushed at her slip up
"Yes
well I suggest we all get some rest and perhaps speak to Willie in the morning
and then maybe read up on our friends of the night"
"Good
thinking Giles man, rest, sleep, an early night, excellent" Xander smiled
contented but still had his worries about Spike and Buffy on his mind
"That's
just a cover up we aren't actually gonna have a early night are we? We are
gonna have se…." Anya looked up at her boyfriend
"Yes
Anya we are gonna have some serious intellectual discussions then go to sleep"
Xander interupted
"No
Xander honey I meant sex" Anya stated bluntly
"I
knew what you meant now will you please shut up" Xander hissed at his
girlfriend as they walked toward the door
"Night
everyone" Xander shouted back at his friends
As
everyone dispersed for the evening Buffy and Spike once again settled
themselves on separate sofas for the evening
"Spike
will you be ready for a fight tomorrow?" Buffy asked as she glanced over at
Spike with a concerned look on her face
"Don't
worry about me pet, I'm gonna kick their bloody asses! They caught me off guard
that's all" Spike laughed
"Mmm,
what happened anyway?" Buffy asked not quite knowing where to put her eyes
"I
don't actually know luv, one minute I was walking through the cemetery and the
next they had me surrounded, they came out from nowhere!"
"Oh
right cause that Poena guy said you were distracted, he said you looked like,
deep in thought and that was how they got you" Buffy managed to stutter this
out without blushing
"Yeah
well he's a stupid prick, doesn't have a clue what he's talking about that's
why I'm gonna dust him!" Spike spat triumphantly
"Yeah
I know he is pretty clueless" Buffy laughed "He thought you and I were, ya
know, in love or something"
Buffys
face fell when she realised what she had said and she met Spikes cool blue eyes
as he glanced over to her
"Yeah
idiot!" Spike replied
"Mmm…
I know" Buffy agreed
The
two of them looked around awkwardly and then looked at each other,
"Ok
time for bed I think" suggested Buffy secretly hurt that Spike had disregarded
the comments so easily
"Yeah
good idea Slayer" Spike muttered awkwardly wondering how Poenea knew so much
about them.
When
she awoke in the morning Buffy was surprised to find Spike staring right at her
"Spike…
what are you doing?"
"Sorry
pet I was just noticing how your eyes roll when you sleep its pretty amusing"
"Haha
funny, funny I don't like being watched when I'm sleeping I'm probably catching
flies!" she giggled "What time is it?"
"About
11 o'clock I think"
"You're
joking, Xander and Anya will be round shortly with Willow and Tara and where is
Giles?" the Slayer sounded exasperated as she leaped off the sofa
"Xander
is going down to see Willie to find out more about the vamps, I told Anya to go
with him, for back up. Willow and Tara are gonna try some location spells and
Giles is researching down the magic shop" Spike answered triumphantly
"I
slept through this? God you have EVERYTHING organised" she said slightly
shocked
"Well
of course and you better get ready we are all meeting here in about half an
hour" Spike grinned as the Slayer scurried upstairs to get washed and ready
"Right
now that everyone is here, what information have we gathered while the Chosen
One was in the land of nod snoozing on her own watchers couch?!" Giles asked
sarcastically
Everyone
turned to look at Buffy grinning
"Look
you guys didn't bother to wake me if you had I would have contributed…
probably" she looked at them all with puppy eyes, Spike felt his heart melt but
Xander started proceedings anyway
"Well
Willie told me they left town last night, they are heading to L.A supposedly,
he says it was just a flying visit here, and that's what they do, pry on
smaller towns and then move on to the bigger cities, kind of building themselves
up. Willie says that they like to disturb things, causing trouble among people,
wreaking havoc and generally making a nuisance of themselves. The strange thing
being that they only killing when they are hungry, but he says they mainly care
to interfere and upset things" Xander spoke to a shocked table
"YOU
got all that information from Willie?" questioned Buffy slightly surprised that
Willie was so intimidated by Xander
"Well
technically… no" he answered
"I
did, he caved in after I pinned him up against a wall and threatened him"
chirped in Anya
The
whole group laughed
"Well
I guess I should phone Angel and warn him they are coming" suggested Giles
Both
Buffy and Spike cringed at the name of her ex-lover and his Sire
"However
I have more information to share, I encountered an entry about these Vampires
in an old prophecy" Giles looked to Spike and Buffy and then to the rest of the
group "It may account for their strange behaviour and their lack of Vampire
eating habits"
"Well,
what was it?" asked Willow impatient
"Well
I'm not to clear but it says that three Vampires with the ancient names,
meaning Latin names I assume, of death and destruction would come to a town of
great evil and great importance, I'm assuming Sunnydale, to help two people
come together and that was their lives work. Each had been cursed by gypsies,
on Valentines day and told by a gypsy whom they had tried to feed from that
although she had not the capability or strength to curse them with a soul or
kill them that she would make sure they would spend eternity bringing other
lost souls happiness by interfering in their lives and those who did experience
their input were blessed with eternal happiness together, the vampires could
only help those people who wanted to be helped though. Shortly after they fed
from that gypsy and sealed their fates and that of all their minions" Giles
finished reading and looked around the room "Can anyone make ANY sense of
that?"
Everyone
looked awkward
"Nope,
but shouldn't you be calling Angel?" quizzed Willow
"Oh
yes, thank you Willow" Giles nodded and left the room
Everyone
was silent all processing the meaning of the Prophecy when Buffy suddenly
pushed the seat from under her and stood up
"I'm
gonna do some training in the basement" with that she stood up and stalked off,
she had a lot to think about 'What if the prophecy was true?'
"Ok
that was totally weird, do you think they were talking about Spike and Buffy?"
Anya tried to ask discreetly
Xander
just stared at her and Willow couldn't even bare to look, Tara was still in
shock and Spike was confused
"You
are about as discreet as an elephant disco dancing in the middle of Times
Square on roller blades you silly little vengeance demon" Spike fumed across
the room
"Hey
don't take it out on her" Xander shouted defensively
"Will
everyone stop fighting please this is very complicated and I think Buffy and
Spike should talk" Willow added productively
"Yeah,
I think…" Tara was suddenly interupted by Giles
"Spike
and Buffy should talk about what exactly? And what do disco dancing elephants
and roller blades have to do with it?" He looked very puzzled standing halfway
down the stairs
Spikes
pale face dropped and he flopped down onto a chair, then everyone looked around
not knowing where to put their eyes
"I
think I should explain" suggested Willow
"Yes
I suggest you do" answered Giles
Willow
told Giles everything she knew even about the obvious mutual attraction going
on between them and what the vampires had said to both Buffy and Spike as he
looked on in nothing but complete shock, he glared icily at Spike and after a
few minutes of silence declared
"That's
preposterous!" Giles exclaimed "Ridiculous, totally ridiculous there has to
have been a misunderstanding!" Giles stood up and started to pace the room
"I don't think so
Giles" Willow looked at the watcher "The prophecy just about confirmed it, they
interfered in their lives and told them things, planted ideas in their heads
which have led to them realising the truth. Even when Spike was hurt they done
it for them the thought of losing Spike helped her realise the truth"
"I need to sit
down" Giles looked once again at Spike and the vampire made no effort to
contradict what Willow was saying
"This is a lot to
take in!"
After a few
minutes silence Willow piped up
"Spike I think you
should go talk to Buffy?"
"Yeah ok" Spike
slowly stood up and headed for the basement door
"Harm her in any
way and I WILL kill you, that's if Joyce or Angel don't get to you first"
Xander added
"Joyce, Angel, who
is going to explain this whole Spike-Buffy eternal happiness to THEM? It's
meant to be Angel-Buffy eternal happiness!" exclaimed Willow in shock, this
thought having just arose
"Yeah what about
Angel" asked Tara "I thought they were destined to be together?"
"Ah well I didn't
like to say in front of Buffy but if the prophecy is true then the Powers That
Be have other plans for him too – I quote 'The strong, souled one will find
comfort through vision and sight it will make him eternally joyful' it goes on
some more but nothing of great importance" Giles looked at everyone's reaction
and noticed a slight grin on Spikes face as he went towards the basement,
everyone else just sat shocked.
"What does that
mean?" Xander looked around until he met Willows eyes, she looked kind of
sympathetic which through him off guard
"Will why are you
looking at me like that? What's going on?"
"Xander I'm afraid
that if I understand this properly then the prophecy is referring to Angel
gaining happiness through his vision and sight – assuming that they don't mean
his natural vision which I doubt they do – they mean his supernatural vision…"
Giles was jabbering
"Look just cut to
the chase Giles" Xander interupted
"I think… I
believe… I know they mean his seer" Giles stuttered out
"Oh, but isn't
like Cordelia his seer" Xander asked bewildered as he met his friends eyes once
more "…Coredelia…" he gasped "…and Deadboy"
"Yes Xander but
you mustn't tell Buffy, not just yet" Giles insisted
"What's wrong
honey, you look a bit pale?" Anya asked concerned
"Nothin it's just
a bit weird - we kinda used to date and stuff, but it doesn't matter now I was
just taken aback" he exclaimed lying very well
"Oh" Anya looked
hurt
"Right well I
think we should keep everything under warps until we know better what is going
on between Buffy and Spike a what those vamps are up to in L.A" Giles suggested
to the group
"Sure thing G-Man"
agreed Xander and nods were given from the rest of the group
"Umm don't you
think we should like go out or something give them like privacy or something"
Willow said sheepishly
"Yes Willow good
idea I'm sure they have a lot to… discuss" Giles grabbed his keys shuddering at
the thought of leaving the Slayer in his house alone with a Vampire who was in
love with her and most probably her with him too.
The Scoobies all
headed out unnoticed by the quarrelling couple downstairs
Buffy was still in
the basement, she was taking her anger out on the punch bag, she had sweat
glistening on her forehead and Spike admired her well toned physique as he
descended the stairs she was wearing a training top which showed her midriff
and a pair of training pants with her hair tied up loosely
'God is she sexy'
Spike thought to himself as he stood still in the doorway
Spike had
descended the stairs in complete silence but Buffy had heard him she was
trained to
"What do you
want?" she asked with anger in her voice without turning to face him
"I dunno pet what
do you want?" Spike asked
"I didn't mean
that I asked why you came down here" she turned on her heels to look at him
"I thought we
should talk… you know about… well us" Spike stared at his feet as he said it
"Us… us… ha, don't
give me US there can never be an US!" Buffy was shouting at Spike but his
facial expression hadn't changed
"Why?" was all he
said
"Because you're a
vampire without a soul, I'm a slayer, we were mortal enemies, Drusilla, Angel,
my mother what would they say! It just can't happen no matter how much we want
it… it just can't!" by this point Buffy was on the floor weeping and Spike was
quick to be at her side
"Hey Buffy
everything will be okay, and Joyce likes me more than she did the poof anyway!"
Buffy laughed at his last comment and then a shiver went up her spine as she
realised he had said her name he had called her Buffy
"Look Slayer I
think, I could be… in love with you… in fact, bloody hell…" Spike stood up
pulling Buffy up from the floor with him "Buffy Summers I LOVE YOU! – I bloody
well adore you, I love you so much" Spike looked at her with longing and hope
in his eyes
"Spike… I don't
know what to say… I love you too but The Powers That Be say that me and Angel
are destined to be together so I don't understand how that prophecy and this
can all be so real" Buffy looked hurt at the thought of all this not being true
and tears were still steadily streaming down her cheeks
"It's okay luv,
everything will be okay, before I left Rupert was telling the others that the
PTB's have other plans for Angelus as well as you I didn't find out what" Spike
couldn't say it fast enough he was standing with his hands gripping the tops of
each of her arms staring at her beautiful tear stung eyes and she smiled
"Really?" she
asked hopefully
"Yes, really –
don't you understand now you are free to shape your own destiny, your new
future" Spike also smiled, Buffy melted,
'God he was
sooooooo sexy and gorgeous when he smiles'
"Yes I am Spike, a
future with… you!" Buffy couldn't stop the tears from flowing as she finally
got to put her arms round Spike and hold him close to her taking in his scent
as he took in her own Vanilla scent, they broke away from the embrace and
looked each other in the eyes Spike took Buffy by the chin and lifted it up,
wiped the tears away with his thumbs and kissed both her cheeks. She felt
herself go weak and she placed her hands on his hips just as he cupped her face
with his hands and leaned forward and kissed her – a long, slow, passionate
kiss he could feel her warm lips pressing on his cold ones and it felt
fantastic. Buffy had never experienced feelings like this with Angel his cold
lips captured hers as he kissed her with a passion neither had ever experienced
before. After what seemed like forever they broke away from one another and
looked at one another
"Oh my God" Buffy
exclaimed out of breath
"Yeah I agree"
Spike's mouth was still open and he was in shock
They stood in
silence for a few minutes and then Spike took her hand
"Want to go up and
tell your friends that you're my new 'Girlfriend'. I have a Girlfriend, Buffy
Summers is my Girlfriend" Spike grinned proudly
"Yes I sure do, I
want to go show off my new boyfriend but they aren't up there, I heard them all
go out the door just before you came downstairs. So why don't we all go round
to mine tonight and tell them ALL including Mum and Dawn there" Buffy beamed
back at him
"Great idea" Spike
leaned forward to peck her on the lips but she captured his lips with hers
"Slayer" muttered
shocked as she grabbed him and tackled him onto the floor
Buffy straddled
Spike sitting on top of him
"Well, let me see
everyone is out we have a large house all to ourselves what can we do?" Buffy
asked seductively
"Well I dunno
Slayer what can we do" Spike grinned at her as he rolled her over and he lay on
top of her and kissed her passionately
"I could get use
to this!" Spike mumbled into her mouth
Her only response
being
"Mmmmmm, me too!"
THE END
(WELL
NOT QUITE!)