Spike watched Buffy from the other side of the bedroom as she put on her clothes. As he watched her, him still completely naked, he lit a cigarette and took a puff of it.

"Those things are gonna kill you" Buffy told him, brushing out her hair and fixing her makeup.

"Haven't so far, luv" Spike told her, taking another puff. She just rolled her eyes at him. She had had this conversation with him way too many times and decided to give up. If he wanted to smoke it was his business. Holding on to the dresser for balance she put on her boots and straightened out her skirt.

"I should…" she gestured to the door and he just nodded. She never stayed longer than it took for them to have sex and then she was gone. "Okay, I'll see ya later."

"Later it is then, Goldilocks" he told her, snuffing his cigarette out in the ashtray on his nightstand and walking up to her. "You were amazing" he whispered, running his hand up her arm to her shoulder.

"You weren't so bad yourself" Buffy told him, putting her hands on his chest. She closed her eyes as he began to kiss her shoulder. "I really have to go, my mom and sisters are waiting. Family dinner."

Spike placed a soft kiss on her lips and she smiled at him.

"Thanks, I really needed that tonight" she told him. He smirked at her.

"Anytime, pet." She gave him one last smile before leaving his room and shutting the door behind her. He sighed, hearing her open the front door and leave the house. He flopped down on his bed, still naked, and lit another cigarette.

Buffy and Spike had been friends for many years, but had only recently started a sexual relationship. Buffy liked that there were no strings and the whole "friends with benefits" riff. Spike on the other hand… It wasn't that he didn't like the sex, of course he did, he just wished that there could be more between them, but Buffy was clear about not wanting anything serious and he figured it was better having this much than nothing at all.

Buffy walked into her house through the front door and hung up her jacket.

"Buffy, you home?" she heard her mother calling from the dining room.

"Yeah, mom" Buffy called back, joining everyone and sitting down. Her mother had food sprawled all around the dining room table and everyone had plates sitting in front of them. "Wow, look at the spread."

"Where were you? We've been waiting and I'm starving" Dawn complained and Buffy rolled her eyes.

"Sorry, I was at Willow's and we lost track of time" Buffy lied. No one, not even Buffy's twin sister, Faith, knew about Buffy and Spike's secret relationship. Buffy hated lying to Faith, they shared and talked about everything, but she thought it better no one know what was going on behind Spike's closed door.

"Well you're here now, let's eat before it gets cold" Joyce sighed. She could tell her mother was disappointed she didn't keep her promise and be home on time and she felt guilty.

"I'm sorry, mom."

"It's okay, honey, just try to be more aware next time" Joyce smiled, she was the most forgiving person anyone knew. "So" she expanded the conversation to include all three of her daughters. "How was everyone's day?"

"Mine was great! Kristina Hollinger, the biggest snob in school, tripped in the cafeteria with her lunch tray and it went ALL over here" Dawn beamed.

"Oh, poor girl" Joyce said and Dawn scoffed.

"Poor girl my butt!"

"Dawnie!" Joyce said, surprised. "That's not very nice."

"Mom, she's not very nice, she SO had it coming" Dawn assured her and Joyce shook her head.

"It isn't good karma to wish bad things on other people" she warned her youngest.

"Can we talk about something more interesting?" Faith asked and got a glare from Dawn. "Oh, mom, so can Buffy and I have a car?"

"I haven't decided" Joyce told her and Dawn sighed with frustration.

"Mom, you've been thinking about it for weeks now" she complained.

"Yeah, we've done everything you've asked us to do" Buffy added. They were sixteen and had both had their licenses for a couple months now. They hated having to have their mother drive them around or borrow her car, which she usually said no about.

"We need our own car" Faith continued. "I said we'd get jobs to help pay for gas and insurance."

"Please?" Buffy pleaded. Joyce sat there thinking for a few beats and then sighed.

"Okay, girls" Buffy and Faith's eyes lit up and they both got huge smiles on their faces.

"Oh my god, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!" Buffy squealed and her and Faith got up from the table and hugged their mother who laughed at their sudden attack.

"You're welcome, now sit down and finish your dinner" Joyce told them and they returned to their seats, both still smiling.

A half an hour later everyone was done eating and Faith and Buffy were up in their room talking. Buffy was laying on her back on her bed and Faith was sitting at her desk chair.

"This is gonna be so great having our own wheels!" Faith said. Buffy was looking at her phone, scrolling through text messages.

"I know; I can't wait to go car shopping" Buffy said. Her phone beep and a text message from Spike came on her screen.

Hey, luv. Busy?

She knew what he wanted and truth was she wanted it to. She had good news and was in the mood to 'celebrate'. She smiled and texted back.

I can be if you play your cards right

A couple seconds later Spike replied with a winky face.

Be over in twenty Buffy texted and got off her bed.

"Where you going?" Faith asked as Buffy gathered up her stuff to go out.

"Uh…" Buffy thought quickly. "I'm going back over to Willow's. She and Tara had a fight and she wants to talk about it."

"Want me to come with?" Faith asked and Buffy's heart began to race a little.

"No, no, it's okay" Buffy said, trying not to sound like she was ditching her. "I won't be long and I know you said you had to study for that math test."

"Yeah, I do" Faith said and Buffy silently sighed with relief. The hardest part of this arrangement with Spike was coming up with excuses to go see him. It isn't like it'd be weird if they hung out, they were friends, but people would start getting suspicious if they knew how much time they were spending together.

"I'll be back in an hour or so" Buffy told her and quickly left the room. Faith looked on after her sister, thinking she was acting strange.

"Going to talk to Willow for a little bit, relationship problems" Buffy told her mother. "Can I borrow the car?"

"Sure, honey. Be home at a decent time though" Joyce said, handing her the keys.

"Got it" Buffy said, grabbing her jacket and leaving the house.

It took Buffy only a few minutes to drive to Spikes and when she arrived she knock on the front door. Spike answered a few seconds later. He was a few years older than her and had his own apartment.

"Hey" she greeted him when he opened the door, kissing him on the lips.

"Hey yourself" he said in a seductive tone, pulling her into the apartment. After shutting the door, he kissed her hard on the mouth and she opened her mouth, allowing his tongue access. She moaned and breathed deeply into his mouth as he deepened the kiss. After what seemed like forever, she broke the kiss so she could breathe.

"Wow" she said, stumbling to regain composure. He grabbed her by the shoulders to balance her.

"You ain't seen nothin yet" he told her, pulling her closer to him.

"I have good news" Buffy said as he buried his face in her neck.

"Hmm?" he asked, kissing and sucking gently in the right spots. Buffy closed her eyes in pleasure. He knew exactly how to turn her on.

"Uh…m—my mom said she'd…g—get me and Fai…Faith a car" Buffy struggled to say through her moans and gasps. Spike knew exactly where to touch her and exactly how to get her going. He stopped momentarily and looked at her.

"That's great, luv, you must be excited" he said. She very rarely held conversations with him during these times and he was eager to get her to open up to him.

"It's gonna be awesome" she smiled. "I was getting so sick of asking mom to borrow the car and having to have it back at a certain time." He started kissing her neck again as he put his hand under her shirt, caressing her flat stomach. Her eyes closed again and she bit her bottom lip, trying to control herself as he sucked on her neck and her ear lobe.

"Do you want me, Spike?" she asked through gasps. He stopped what he was doing and looked at her.

"God, yes. Always" he told her. She pulled him into a passionate kiss that seemed to last forever before they broke a part for air. He lifted her up, kissing her again and carried her over to his bed, both of them dropping on to the covers.

Buffy arrived home a couple hours later and walked in through the back door. She hung up her mother's keys on the key rack and went to the fridge for something to drink.

"Hey, Buffy" Dawn said as she entered the kitchen. Buffy sat at the island with a bottle of water.

"Hey, Dawnie. How was your sleepover at Janice's?" Buffy asked her little sister. Dawn joined her at the island after getting a can of soda out of the fridge for herself.

"Good, her mom made homemade pizza" Dawn told her as Faith walked into the kitchen.

"Hey, B. Come upstairs, I wanna show you some cars I found on Craigslist."

"Okay" Buffy said and got up.

"Can I come with you guys" Dawn asked.

"We'll come back down in a while to hang out, Dawnie" Faith said, pulling Buffy upstairs.

Faith practically pulled Buffy's arm out of socket as she hurried her up to their room and shut the door. Once the door was shut she turned to her twin.

"Jeez, watch the arm, I need that you know" Buffy said, pulling her arm out of Faith's grasp and rubbing it. "What's up with you?"

"If I ask you something you have to swear to tell me the truth, like seriously, okay?" Faith told Buffy. Buffy looked at her, confused.

"Okay…" she answered carefully. She had no idea what this could be about. Faith was never this serious.

Faith took a deep breath before speaking. She figured the best way to get this out was just to cut to the chase.

"Are you having sex with Spike?" Faith blurted after a couple beats of silence.