A Love's Second Chance
By: katieg22
Disclaimer: None of the characters belong to me. They all belong to Joss Whedon. So, no copyright infringement intended. If Joss wants to sell Spike to me though, I'd give him whatever, even my soul, which would be kind of ironic seeing as how Spike got his soul for Buffy… And I'm rambling. The idea of the story does not belong to me.
Summary: Set in Dead Things, Season 6. After Buffy tells Dawn she's going to the police, Dawn calls Tara for help and they hurry to stop Buffy when they catch her beating Spike. What happens next will change the Scoobie's, and possibly Spike's, lives forever… This is for challenge # 465 on Bloodshedverse: Spuffy with Bite.
Chapter Three
A few weeks pass and Spike is moving around better now and he's always constantly shadowed by Tara or Dawn, or one of the other Scooby members while around Buffy. Buffy decides she'll go and talk to him today. In the late afternoon, she finds him in the living room watching one of her mother's Passion tapes. He glances at her and produces a small smile, "Slayer." She notices Dawn sitting in the chair doing her homework and nods to herself. She sits next to Spike, making sure not to touch him.
He rubs his hands together as if he's anticipating something to happen and she chuckles weakly, "Spike. Watching Passions?" He nods and gestures to Dawn, "The bit said I could borrow some of your Mum's tapes. Hope you don't mind." Buffy shrugs half-heartedly, "Nah. I think Mom would have liked them being put to good use. You can have them if you want." He grins, "Thanks, luv." She nods and bites her lip.
Spike sighs and looks at Buffy, "Look. The past is the past, yeah? How about we go back to being friends before the whole…" He swallows the words that can't come out. Buffy smiles genuinely, "I'd like that. Thanks… for giving me a second chance." He shrugs nonchalantly and turns back to his show. Dawn smiles from behind her homework. Later that evening, Buffy makes some hot cocoa and offers a mug to Spike, "It has the little marshmallows in it that you like." He smiles and takes a sip, "Thanks, pet. Almost as good as your Mum's."
She playfully swats at his arm and then freezes. He sees the distress, "You were only playing around, Buffy." She shakes her head and throws her arms around him, "God, Spike, I'm so sorry." Spike abandons his cuppa and strokes her back, "Shh, pet, it's okay." She clutches him and shakes her head again, "It's not okay. That was not okay. I never meant for things to turn out this way. I really just wanted to feel and… I'm so sorry. Please, forgive me…" He holds her out at arm's length and kisses her forehead, "No worries, luv. I already have." Dawn joins in on the hug from the dining room.
The next day, Buffy promises Spike she'll never hit him again and then promises the same to Tara and Dawn. They all agree that she can be left alone with him now and Tara gives Spike the word to get out of the house for some fresh air. He smiles and kisses her on the cheek, trying not to be smug about the flash of jealousy on Buffy's face. "I'll be back soon, luv. Just going to check out the Bronze and have some of them onion blossom things."
When he gets to the Bronze, he finds Xander and Anya there and turns to go when Anya calls him back. He sheepishly nods at Xander. Xander smirks and looks at Anya, "Why don't you get us some drinks and some onion blossoms, honey?" Anya rolls her eyes and nods, taking Xander's wallet from him. Spike clears his throat, "Look, whelp, I don't want any trouble about what happened between me and…"
Xander holds up a hand, "Whatever happened between you and Buffy is exactly that, between you and Buffy." He takes a deep breath, "And I've been thinking about what she did to you… It was wrong and totally not the Buffster." Spike stared at Xander and he frowned, "What? I have my moments." Spike shook his head, "Nah, mate. You smell like fruit roll ups again." Xander broke into a smile and offered Spike a game of pool.
Spike tells Xander about his and Buffy's relationship anyway and Xander makes smart remarks. The remarks are different from usual though, Spike notices. There's no hate and anger behind them. After Spike and Xander get tired of pool, they play some poker and Spike listens to Xander's fears about getting married. He sets his hand down for a minute, "Are you dumb? Mate, have you seen yourself with the demon bird? You could never hurt her. I remember living in your basement so I'll be the first to tell you that you're nothing like that bloke you call Dad." Xander hesitates and grins at Spike.
He asks, "You really think that?" Spike nods and lowers his voice, "Tell anyone we had this conversation though and I won't care about the bloody chip, I'll bite you." Xander chuckles, then pokes Spike, "I'm not your mate, dead boy junior." Spike shrugs and picks his hand back up. Xander lays some cards down, "So… Spike… Wanna be my best man?" Spike stares at Xander and slowly grins, "Sure. Xander…" Xander glances at him with a smirk, "Doesn't mean I like you though." Spike just shrugs again, "And don't call me dead boy junior mate, I'm nothing like that ponce, Angel." Xander's eyes light up at the insult directed at Angel and smiles, then frowns as Spike lays down a winning hand.
He narrows his eyes, "Why you cheating bloodsucker…" Spike holds up his hands, "Now no name calling, mate. I won fair and square, yeah? I just happen to play kitten poker a lot." Xander coughs, "Kitten poker?" Spike shrugs, "Yeah. They're a great frequency of money in the demon community." Xander shakes his head with a chuckle, "Anya never mentioned it… probably because she likes kittens." Spike waves a hand of dismissal, "I like kittens too… when they buy me my dosh and booze." He pops a piece of onion blossom in his mouth, "Up for another round? Or maybe some more pool?" Anya shakes her head as she appears next to Xander, "He has to dance with me now and give me at least one orgasm in public before we go home tonight."
Spike almost chokes on his onion blossom and stares at Anya. He smiles at Xander, "Right. Have fun with that, whelp." Xander gives Spike a disappointed look and gets up to go dance with Anya, murmuring to her about saying stuff in public. Spike chuckles and goes home. He finds Buffy and Willow watching a chick flick. Willow nods, "Spike." Spike nods back, "Red." Her phone beeps and she looks at it, "Oh. Xander found someone to be his best man. Someone else besides me… I wonder who. Surely not Giles…" Spike clears his throat and whistles at the TV as the guy kisses the girl, "What are we watching, ladies?"
Buffy smirks and nudges Willow, "Spike is totally Xander's best man." Willow squeaks, "Spike? Yeah, but… Well… Yeah, that sort of makes sense." She smiles shyly at Spike, "Thanks for saving me from doom." Spike shrugged indifferently, "Sure, sure." Buffy smiled, "Aww, I get to see Spike in an actual tux." Spike tackles her on the couch and starts to tickle her, "You saw me in one when we were bloody Randy and Joan." Buffy squeals and giggles. Then he stops when he realizes how close they are and he leans forward a little until Willow clears her throat. They break apart and Buffy blushes a bright red.
Willow smiles, "I'm going to go to bed and maybe call Tara. You two have seemed to heat things up around here." Buffy blushes deeper and Spike leers at Willow. Willow hurries out of the room. Buffy glances at Spike and he glances back. He sighs, "Sorry, luv. I've sort of missed you…" Buffy smiles, "I've missed you too… Listen, Spike…" He cuts her off, "Do you trust me, luv?" Buffy nods, "I think I do." He smiles back, "I trust you too. And you know I love you. See, this is it… You promised to never hit me again. I'm going to believe you. I wanna… Well, I wanna give us another chance. I can't stand being friends. I need you. I'm willing to give us another go if you are."
Buffy stares at Spike, "Really? Because I so need you too. And I promise it won't be like it was the last time. I'll tell my friends, and Giles, and Dawn. Ooh, she'll be so happy. And I can't promise to say the L word just yet but I really think I just might be able to one day and –" She gets cut off by Spike kissing her and pulling her close to him…
Author's Note: As mentioned above, the idea of this story is not mine. It belongs to another writer on a different site all based on our two favorite characters: .com/ Please review and thanks for reading. Also, I know my loyal readers probably missed my story, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Generations so I want to assure you that I am back in the fold and currently finishing the new chapter. :) Missed everybody.
