Disclaimer: I own nothing, not Buffy, not Spike, nothing….but you knew that

It was early the next morning when Spike headed out of Buffy's room, trying to reach the basement without anyone seeing him. Not that HE minded anyone knowing what had gone on between them, he just wasn't sure how she felt about the whole deal.

Unfortunately for him it was also the same time Kennedy was leaving Willow's room. She gave him a confused look before heading down the stairs…He was about to say something when she waved her arms up in a "stop" signal. "T M I" she said has she continued to walk down the stairs."

"Excuse me?" he asked as he walked behind her. He wasn't really following her, he just happened to be walking in the same direction. He did, however, feel as though he were chasing after her.

She paused a moment before turning to face him, "You were going to tell me what you were doing in there and it's T M I…too much information, you know?" She said, turning to face him before adding, "Like a need to know basis…and I DON"T need to know."

He smirked a little as he continued down to the first floor. His goal to keep things between him and Buffy quiet completely vanished once he reached the first floor. Giles was already up and about with old, musty books strewn about him on the coffee table.

"Oh Spike," he said as he gestured for the vampire to come look at what he had in his hands. Kennedy just rolled her eyes at him and headed towards the kitchen. "Buffy…is she up yet? Were you? You were…coming…from…her…room…" Giles cleared his throat nervously before continuing, "yes…well…is she awake?" He asked.

"No…not yet. Should I wake her?"

"No…that won't be necessary at the moment. I think I may have found some detail on this Nedda person. It seems that she's not really a demon from what I've seen in my research. She's an energy source, you see…it's rather complicated though…perhaps I SHOULD wait until everyone is together for this. I'm sure Buffy will want to hear this anyway."

"Buffy will want to hear what?"

They turned to see Buffy walking down the stairs with that "I've just had sex" look on her face.

Buffy's eyes met with Spike's for a moment and a small smile tugged at her lips before she turned to face Giles… "So what is it? This thing I'll want to hear?" Giles tried to ignore the look on her face when all of a sudden…

"Oooh…me too…will I want to hear?" Willow asked before sitting on the long couch. At the sound of her voice Kennedy walked out of the kitchen carrying two cups of tea and handing one to Willow before sitting besides her.

"Yes… of course." Giles removed his glasses from his face and wiped them clean before continuing. "Now that everyone is here.."

"Not everyone," Xander answered as he headed into the room with a bowl of cereal in his hands. "How can it be EVERYONE if I'm not here…why do they always forget the comic relief guy?" He asked no-one in particular before sitting on the floor in front of Willow.

"May I continue?" Giles asked in annoyance before again addressing the group as Xander gave everyone that "What'd I do" face while shrugging his shoulders.

"It seems that Nedda is a person…or part of a person anyway."

"So..what…she's like an arm or something?" Xander asked. Everyone turned to look at him… "What? Like you weren't all thinking the same thing?"

"Not exactly Xander. She is an energy source that becomes a person when called upon. Usually like two parts of the same person. She takes on one part of the person's attributes and the original person…the one who has called upon her…maintains the other attributes."

"Kind of like when I was split personality guy and one part of me was all smooth and suave like and the other part of me was all clumsy?" Xander intervened again.

Everyone turned to look at him again as though he had said something extremely stupid until Giles acknowledged, "yes…actually. It's quite similar in that way."

"Score one for the home team!" Xander yelled.

Rolling his eyes Giles again attempted to complete relaying his findings. "It is also very different," he added. "It seems that Nedda is usually called upon by people with some sort of remarkable power to divide themselves for a time, creating two powerful beings. It's usually used in time of war, or apocalypse. Both powers working together with separate power have more capability than one being with both powers. The effect is temporary but quite compelling."

"So…uh…Giles?" Willow asked, "would Nicky count as a powerful being who might want to divide her power?"

"That was my thought, yes"

"But why?" Buffy asked.

"I know why," Spike interjected.

TBC