Buffy slammed the door behind her and slid down her bedroom wall, landing with a thud. She held her head in her hands, fuming that she'd allowed Spike that close to her again. Why couldn't he just take the hint and leave? Buffy pushed her thoughts aside and clambered into bed. It was late. Tomorrow was a new day. She had at least 18 hours before Spike was able to leave his crypt again. Plenty of time to figure out how she was going to stop this freak show once and for all...

Buffy awoke to the sound of Willow opening the door and the rattle of a tray. "Rise and shine Buffy! It's midday!", she chirped. Buffy opened a bleary eye and looked at her clock. Great. Now only 8 hours. She never usually slept in this late. Well, she had stayed out late patrolling last ni - Ugh. She didn't even want to think about last night. She'd been awake less than 30 seconds and Spike had ruined her day not even being around!

"I brought Pancakes. Tara made too many for Dawn so we had spares", Willow explained.

"Thanks Will." She sat up and received the tray. Willow smiled and headed out of the room. Buffy bit into the pancakes. Damn, Tara knew how to make the best pancakes!

Right

Buffy thought to herself.

I'm not letting Spike ruin things for me. I have a life. He doesn't control it.

Suddenly, Willow ran around the corner again.

"Oh yeh and Buffy, Giles says you need to go see Spike ASAP. We need information on this demon that's terrorizing the lower part of town", she panted and skipped out into the hallway again. Buffy scrunched up her eyes and bashed her head against the headboard.

"Shit!", she groaned.

Buffy reluctantly knocked on the door of Spike's crypt and entered. She wanted to get in and and out of there as fast as she could.

"Alright, love?", Spike asked as he saw the slayer enter. "Changed your mind about last night I see?", he taunted.

"Spike, shut up I'm here about a demon. Giles sent me."

Spike didn't seen convinced.

"So how is old Rupert? Still as boring as ever?"

Buffy rolled her eyes.

"C'mon, I'm busy, so what do you know about this demon that's been terrorising the lower parts of town?" Her fists were clenched and she was tapping her foot impatiently. Spike caught onto this. "What's got you so on edge, love?". He raised an eyebrow. Buffy tried her best to act none the wiser.

"Nothing. I'm just busy so hurry up!", she yelled maybe a little too loudly.

"You may be a lot of things slayer but you're a terrible liar", he chuckled. Buffy had heard enough of Spike's 'oh so witty comments'. She'd get Xander to come over later.

"Just forget it."

Before he could say anything else, Buffy spun on the spot and moved as fast as she could towards the exit but she had forgotten how close Spike was to her. Before she knew it, he had grabbed both of her arms. She was desperately trying to fend him off but his grip was too strong. All the time, he was smiling a seductive, evil smile that no one could resist. She stopped trying to squirm free for a split second and he didn't hesitate in leaning in to kiss her. As soon as his lips touched her's, Buffy was completely beyond resisting him. She knew it was too late and knew that she liked it. She was kidding herself if she said that she didn't. Spike's arms had now slithered around her waist and hers around his neck. She ran her fingers through his hair and he deepened the kiss. Buffy had just thrown her jacket on the floor when she heard footsteps outside the crypt. She frantically pulled away from Spike's embrace and scooped up her jacket. She quickly ran to the other side of the room. Xander wandered in to the crypt.

"Hey Buff, Giles asked me to come along since you'd been a while an-". Xander stopped, staring at the out of breath pair, Spike's creased shirt and Buffy's removed jacket.

"Is someone gonna tell me what the hell is going on?!"