Chapter 10: A Date
Spike drove up to the diner Buffy had chosen which was right on the outskirts of town.
He opened the door for her and Buffy beamed a smile up at him at the kind gesture.
They then walked into the diner taking a seat in the corner.
The waitress came up to Spike and grinned saying, "Spike! Long time no see. What will it be? On the house of course. You know, Becky she's doing great. You can hardly even tell she was hurt that time. You should stop by and see her and the family."
Spike looked up at the waitress and said, 'Sure thing Candy. I'll stop by in a few days. How's Sam?"
Candy grinned and said, "Just a great as ever. He's been working hard on building that deck on the house. You can stop by and help him some evening. He can set up the lights you helped us with to be on the deck if you wanted to lend a hand."
Spike grinned and said, "Sure tell Sam I'll stop by in 4 days on your day off, and see him and the little bit and lend a hand for a few hours. You still have that day off?"
Candy grinned biting her the end of her pencil as she nodded saying, "Bring your girl along too If you want."
Spike turned towards Buffy and noticed she didn't correct her so he didn't either and said, "Might just do that if she's still around."
Buffy smiled and Candy continued to grin and said to Buffy, "What will you be having?"
Buffy said, "Diet coke, eggs and pancakes with lots of strawberries?"
Candy laughed and said, "You sound like Spike. First time he came in here, he ordered pancakes with lots of strawberries. Strange vamp he is. Always ordering food with blood on the side. Just wait til you see him eat pancakes. Quite interesting if you ask me."
Spike laughed and said, "Candy bring me what Buffy ordered only minus the coke and a side of blood."
Candy said, "Ok I'll be back with the O Positive and diet coke in a jiffy."
She turned and walked away looking one last time at Spike then Buffy.
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Spike sat across from Buffy and poured the second glass of blood onto his pancakes.
With the strawberries and strawberry syrup on it already, the blood kind of blended in.
Buffy watched in amazement as he picked up his fork, carefully used a knife and brought it to his mouth taking a large bite savoring every second.
Buffy shrugged and used her fork to cut a bite and began to eat hers as well.
She wanted to ask Spike questions but didn't want to upset him.
They were getting along so well and here he was bringing her to a diner where he seemed to know them.
Her curiosity got the better of her and finally she whispered softly, "How do you know Candy?"
Spike cleared his throat taking another bite to think how much he wanted to tell her.
Again never lying to her decided to opt for the truth, "Well the bit, Becky, was playing in the park when I passed her by. I watched her for a moment noticing her dad was sitting on a bench reading not really watching too closely. Then out of nowhere, a demon jumped out of a nearby bush and attacked her. Scared her half to death. Heard later on, he was going to sacrifice her for some bloody stupid ritual. So anyway, since I was there, I jumped in, saved the day and all that stuff. Family's been thankful and good to me ever since. It's one thing to kill a bloke, another to attack a child. That was a few years ago when I was in Sunnyhell. Left for about 5 years touring the world with Angelus, Darla and Dru before I decided to return. Been making a point to stop by their house every week for the past few weeks I've been back in Sunnyhell."
Spike took a few bites of food as Buffy sat thoughtful for a few minutes before replying, "Who are there? Dru, Darla and Angelus?"
Spike sighed almost tempted to tell her to back off before noticing how curious she really looked and then replied, "Dru sired me. You know, made me. Turned me vampire. Angelus turned her. Darla turned him. The Master turned Darla. So that's the family tree, pet. Dru and I were involved for years…but it didn't work out…I loved her but it was complicated."
He got a far away look in his eyes and Buffy decided she didn't need to know anymore. It appeared Dru didn't feel the same about him.
Buffy sighed in relief and then caught herself and said, "I'm sorry."
Spike shrugged and said, "Eh, it happens. Hopefully neither of us will ever see them again. Eat up. We should hit the grocery store before we head back and the whole sunlight thing might get in the way if we wait too long."
Buffy nodded and went back to eating in a comfortable silence with her mind full of thoughts.