A.N. Short, sweet and too the point. This scene needed to be canon. Set sometime in the episode "Forever" Told from Xander POV.
Disclaimer: Haven't you been listening, it's not mine.
He couldn't believe he was doing this. Why should he care if he had upset Spike? But then Willow had put on her resolve face after telling him there was no card and well…there was just no use fighting her resolve face. So here he stood, outside of the vampires crypt, trying to figure out if there was anyway he could convince Willow he had apologized without actually doing it. He sighed heavily, Willow always knew when he was lying. "Somedays Will…I hate you a little bit." He breathed before walking into the crypt.
"Who's there?' a voice called as soon as his feet had touched the ground.
"Spike. It's me." Xander replied as he heard a bitter chuckle.
"What the hell do you want?"
Xander took a couple of steps further into the room, noticing that Spike had his back turned to him.
"I wanted to talk to you."
Spike whirled around, redness touching his eyes.
"Think you said enough already boy." He spat.
Xander steeled himself against the torrent of nasty comments that itched to fly from his mouth…recognizing that as much a piece of shit as he felt Spike was…the creature had cared for Joyce and he had been an asshole to mock that.
"Yeah about that,"
"You can see yourself out now; don't have any bloody business in my home."
"Right…just hear me out."
"Get the fuck out Harris." The grieving man had all but growled.
"Spike, you really aren't making this easy…so why don't you shut your pain in the ass mouth for a minute and listen. I'm sorry alright, sorry for being such a dick."
Spike stared incredulously at him, mouth agape in shock.
"Well, look who thinks he's a real boy all the sudden." He said after several moments of silence.
Xander grit his teeth together, turned and began to head to the door.
"Wait." Spike called out.
He waited.
"Thanks for sayin that."
"Your welcome."
The air felt too comfortable for Xanders' liking so he added.
"I still hate you, you know."
"I'd still bleed you dry if I didn't have this sodding chip in my head."
"Good to know."
"This doesn't change anything between us."
"Gee and here I was hoping we were gonna be bestest buds."
"Not bloody likely."
They shared a soft chuckle before Xander took something from behind his back.
It was a slightly crumbled bouquet.
"Here." He said as Spike took them.
"Thought you would have tossed them."
"Nope. But you have Willow to thank for that."
Spike regarded Xander with something akin to respect as he pulled on his duster and left the crypt. Xander couldn't help thinking that in another life, they might have been friends.
a.w.: End! I just really felt that Xander should have apologized about his treatment of Spike. I understand why he hated him, and the whole creepy Buffy obsession, but his bullshit comments about Spike trying to give Joyce flowers pissed me the hell off! Grow up Xander! Ok sorry I'm good now. Just so you know I quite like Xander just could never get over what an asshole he was to Spike. That's all I got. Catch you guys next time