"That's my girl, put it on me, put it all on me."
Spike glared at the distraught Slayer, his back bent under the power of her attack.
Buffy raised her arm again to hit him but then faltered. She turned away.
Spike stood up straight and looked slightly confused but concerned.
"Luv?" he asked softly.
She put both hands against the wall to support herself as she sobbed. Her body shook with despair. He walked slowly over and put a hand to her shoulder.
"Don't, Spike. Please" she whispered, looking over her shoulder briefly. "Don't what?" "Please don't make this harder." "I'm trying to make it easier for you."
She turned and embraced him slowly not making eye contact with him. He was very surprised. He'd never received any such tender act from her before. Sure he'd taken her in the cemetery every night this week, but this was entirely different.
"You did nothing wrong, pet"
He caressed her hair gently while holding her close.
"But I killed that girl" she murmured mournfully into the crook of his neck.
More policemen rushed out of the station. Both Buffy and Spike turned their heads up at the noise but their arms remain around each other.
"What was her name again?" says one of the policemen. "Katrina, Katrina Silber I think." said his partner as he opened the police car door.
"Katrina" whispered Buffy, "Warrens girlfriend." She nodded slightly to herself while Spike looked perplexed. "I didn't kill her" she said defiantly, finally looking him straight in the eyes. "No, you didn't, luv"
They suddenly smiled at each other. She had found the comfort she'd been seeking for so long.
"I love you Buffy" he put up a finger to touch her cheek, but she recoiled.
"I'm sorry Spike" she looked away, " I can't, I just can't."
She turned and started to run out of the alley.
"Buffy wait! Buffy!" he shouted angrily. He tossed the dustbins over in his rage and then growled loudly in game face. He stopped suddenly and looked in the direction Buffy was retreating. "Why can't you love me, pet." He says quietly. "Why can't you even care?" He looked down and then stalked away.
Spike glared at the distraught Slayer, his back bent under the power of her attack.
Buffy raised her arm again to hit him but then faltered. She turned away.
Spike stood up straight and looked slightly confused but concerned.
"Luv?" he asked softly.
She put both hands against the wall to support herself as she sobbed. Her body shook with despair. He walked slowly over and put a hand to her shoulder.
"Don't, Spike. Please" she whispered, looking over her shoulder briefly. "Don't what?" "Please don't make this harder." "I'm trying to make it easier for you."
She turned and embraced him slowly not making eye contact with him. He was very surprised. He'd never received any such tender act from her before. Sure he'd taken her in the cemetery every night this week, but this was entirely different.
"You did nothing wrong, pet"
He caressed her hair gently while holding her close.
"But I killed that girl" she murmured mournfully into the crook of his neck.
More policemen rushed out of the station. Both Buffy and Spike turned their heads up at the noise but their arms remain around each other.
"What was her name again?" says one of the policemen. "Katrina, Katrina Silber I think." said his partner as he opened the police car door.
"Katrina" whispered Buffy, "Warrens girlfriend." She nodded slightly to herself while Spike looked perplexed. "I didn't kill her" she said defiantly, finally looking him straight in the eyes. "No, you didn't, luv"
They suddenly smiled at each other. She had found the comfort she'd been seeking for so long.
"I love you Buffy" he put up a finger to touch her cheek, but she recoiled.
"I'm sorry Spike" she looked away, " I can't, I just can't."
She turned and started to run out of the alley.
"Buffy wait! Buffy!" he shouted angrily. He tossed the dustbins over in his rage and then growled loudly in game face. He stopped suddenly and looked in the direction Buffy was retreating. "Why can't you love me, pet." He says quietly. "Why can't you even care?" He looked down and then stalked away.