Disclaimer: Joss and ME own all.... but I'll take Spike if they get tired of him.... Any time... Please?

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Pairing: Buffy/Spike

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Rating: R for later chapters..... hehehe

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Previously: Riley broke up with Buffy, she got into trouble on patrol and Spike helped her out.

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Chapter 4: Unconscious

Spike stood for a moment to collect himself after the fight. Then it hit him....

"Buffy!" He said. "Oh god! Where is she?"

He ran around the tombstones looking for the blonde Slayer. He found her a few yards from where he had killed the last vampire. She was unconcious and covered in dust. It must have been the vampire that was trying to carry her away. She had to have been concious to have staked him. She must have been knocked out when she fell.



He looked her over and when he saw the hole in her neck, he became very worried. He couldn't get her to a hospital because the sun would rise in little less than an hour. He did the only thing he could think of. He ripped off a piece of his black tee and stuffed it into the still bleeding wound. Then, being very gentle, he lifted her into his strong arms and carried her to his crypt.

As he tended to her wounds and cleaned the dust and blood off her he wondered what she would think when she awoke in his crypt. He bandaged her wounds expertly and carried her to his bed. He placed a blanket over her and hesitantly placed a soft, quick kiss on her forehead. He pulled a chair beside the bed and sat down to watch over her.

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Through the whole morning and afternoon Buffy slept. She never move or showed any sign of conciousness. Spike sat in his chair the whole day. He never moved except to check on her. He had the whole day to think, to plan his explanation that he would undoubtably have to give her when she woke up.

He thought of how much he loved her and how she'd never love him. He thought of what she would think when she woke up, all the questions she would ask and he knew his answer to every one of them. He also thought of how she would leave as soon as he had begun to explain. He would beg and plead with her not to leave, but it wouldn't do any good because she'd get angry and storm out. She'd say that she was fine and could take care of herself which was usually true, but for some reason, last night she'd had trouble fighting. He resolved to ask her if he got a chance.

Every now and again he stood up, walked over to the bed, sat down and checked her to be sure she was still breathing. Every time she was, but she still didn't wake up. He knew that the longer she was unconcious, the worse off she'd be.

Finally, darkness fell. Spike wondered if he should go find one of Buffy's friends, maybe Giles. Maybe he should carry her to the hospital. But then they'd wonder why he hadn't brought her earlier. What was he going to say to that? 'I'm a good vampire who can't walk in the sunlight so I took her to my crypt, cared for her wounds, and waited for nightfall.' Yeah, right. They'd ship him right to the psychiatric ward and he wouldn't get out. He couldn't go to Giles because the Watcher didn't like the blond vampire much. She'd just have to stay with him. He had no problem there.

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I know it's really short, but I have chp 1-10 written out and am typing them up as I go so I don't want to change it... but.... Two chapters up today. Wow. What do you think?