Worst. Date. Ever. Those were the only words Buffy could think of to describe this paradox view of what Spike seemed to think was romantic. If Cordelia could see her now she'd probably pat her on the back and walk off laughing. Here she was in five inch heels and a tastefully short red halter dress with roaring loud engines proceeded to do burnouts in front of her eyes.

Yes, Spike had taken her to an event named Burnout Masters. Two hours of preparing her look for what she thought was going to be a romantic dinner at an intimate cafe with violins in the background was now ruined. Her hair had become fuzzy from the people around her standing so close to her that she could practically feel the sweat coming off of their bodies, and her ear drums had been destroyed from screaming and roaring engines, not to mention her feet were plotting to murder her for putting them in heels and standing all night.

Spike however seemed to be having the time of his life, laughing, shouting, drinking and using his phone to record what were classed as the best burnouts. She glared at him silently, she changed it to a happy smile when he looked at her and yelled "Is this great or what!"

"Sure is!" Buffy smiled and went back to glaring when he turned around.

An hour later and the last burnout had finally taken place. Spike looked at her and smiled, despite the horrible evening Buffy had to admit he was cute when he smiled.

"So...are you dropping me home now or are there more...surprises?" Buffy held back a look of fear.

"Well the night is young..." Spike pondered something in his head as Buffy looked at her phone, it was almost midnight.

"I have an idea, trust me on this" Spike lead her to his car and she hopped in, half dreading the upcoming journey.

Ten minutes later Spike pulled over to the side of the road and took a semi-clean rag from the back seat.

"Lemme tie this so you can't see" Buffy widened her eyes 'Ok so he takes me on the worst date ever and he's going to finish it off by murdering me'.

"Come on Love, trust me on this" he smiled that stupidly adorable smile so she reluctantly let him tie the rag around her eyes, momentarily pondering her sanity when he got out of the car and walked around to her door.

"Follow me cutie, don't worry I don't plan to push you off" he chuckled and Buffy wondered what they'd be getting on top of that would be big enough for her to fall off.

A few minutes later he stopped her in her tracks and turned her to face another direction, running his finger up her spine before gently untying the rag. What Buffy saw next took her breath away. He'd taken her to the top of a cliff edge where the whole town was visible. When she looked around she saw a clear view of the stars and the moon and it made her heart melt.

"Spike this is..." She had no words.

"Beautiful" He smiled and looked at her, making her turn to conceal a blush. As she looked at the stars she realised that this was probably the most romantic thing anyone had ever done for her.

She turned and kissed him, momentarily taking him off guard. Maybe it wasn't the worst date in the world.

The next morning Buffy hummed a pop song and bounced her way around the kitchen as she poured her breakfast cereal. Maria watched her in suspicion.

"Did you get laid last night?" she asked bluntly.

"Maria! No I did not; I just had a good time is all" Buffy smiled and poured her milk.

"Whatever" Maria smiled, secretly grinning on the inside, for months she'd been trying to find Spike a woman.

"Buffy we're going out to dinner tonight with my sister and her husband, Maria are you coming?" Joyce asked as she sipped her tea.

"Yeah my mum wants me to go, but unfortunately my new groom is working late" Maria pouted.

"It sucks that he has to work this much right after you got married" Buffy took a bite of her cereal, restraining herself from grabbing her cousin and shaking her to see if Spike was going to be at the dinner.

"Yeah I know, actually I'm going to see if Spike wants to come to dinner tonight, I think before this he was going to come over and play some poker" Maria stifled a laugh at Buffy's eager look.

Buffy jogged up the stairs and threw every item of clothing she had onto her bed, jumping when she saw that her favourite beige dress had been packed along with her matching heels.

"Yes! I'm going to look s-o good" Buffy was just about to do her 'I'm going to look so hot' dance which was basically her acting like an idiot when she stopped in her tracks.

"What the hell am I doing?" she sat down on her bed, she hadn't been this excited about seeing a guy since...ever. Smiling she realised that what she was starting to feel for Spike was going to be something real.

"Buffy, Spike said he's going to come to dinner" Maria smiled and watched as her cousin let out a happy squeal and started organising her clothes for the evening.

When they arrived at the restaurant Buffy tried to contain her excitement at the thought of seeing Spike and silently hoped that her mother and Maria would run inside. However what she saw when she entered the restaurant made her smile fall from her face.

TBC...