Story rating: R
Disclaimer:
I don't own these characters, I don't get any money for writing this….

Chapter 12

Buffy gently rested her head on Spike's shoulder and savored the moment. 'This is perfect' she thought to herself. She didn't dare to say it out loud, afraid to jinx it. She consciously decided to make a memory of this moment. The feel of the fabric of his shirt under her cheek, their fingers twined together, his hand on the small of her back, their closeness, their naturally perfectly synchronized movements… She sighed lightly on his shoulder.

"What?" he asked her nervously.

"Nothing." She said raising her head and smiled at him. "This is just so nice. Being together and everyone's happy for a change." She looked into his sparkling blue eyes and then around over the dance-floor. Xander and Anya were like glued together almost radiating of as much love as the four green bridesmaid dresses all together. Willow and Tara were also dancing and seemed to be getting along better. Dawn was conversing happily with some of the more harmless looking demons. Halfrek was nowhere to be seen and the most surprising happy feeling Buffy got from watching Angel and Cordelia dancing.

Buffy's eyes wandered back to her partner and found his eyes looking at her intently. She melted into his arms completely and her mind couldn't register anything else than the blue blue eyes staring at her and coming closer. When the eyes disappeared behind lash covered lids her focus turned to her lips that suddenly were touching his.

The kiss wasn't long or deep but it was so filled with emotions that Buffy was surprised her feet were still able to hold her own weight.

When she felt their lips part she kept her eyes closed afraid to break the spell they were under, afraid to wake up from this perfect dream. "I love you."

The words had left her mouth before her brain caught up with what she had been thinking.

Her eyes shot open and met Spike's who reflected nothing but utter surprise for a few seconds. They both stopped moving as the weight of what had just happened sank in to their consciousness. Buffy didn't lower her eyes or look away. All her fears and insecurities were running through her body at that exact moment as she had accidentally completely bared her heart to someone, and it scared the shit out of her. But she had meant what she said. She hoped her eyes would convince him of that.

Even if she was looking straight at him, Buffy couldn't read anything from his face. He looked like he was sculpted in stone. She didn't notice any change until her lips were suddenly being crushed under his. When he finally released her, as oxygen was becoming a serious issue for her, he said: "I love you too." The breathing pause didn't last any longer.

What had been the world around them now disappeared and their grip around each other tightened even more.

The End.

Author's Note:That's it folks! I hope I didn't disappoint too much. I do apologize for the extreme mushiness of the last chapter, but it had to end somehow.
Many many thanks to the nice people that reviewed, added this to their favorites, subscribed to it and read it. I hope you had as much fun reading it as I had writing it (which was a lot).

Below is the original challenge (#17) posted by EvilKitteness (who doesn't have the same e-mail address anymore and therefore probably doesn't know of this story), probably some years ago at the bsdiaries webpage. I did a lot of it, but not all and some things are not very prominently featured. But I did it! I wrote a whole story and I posted it for other people to see. I'm gonna be proud of that 

Requirements:

-Must take place around the NEW episodes.
-Must include a Buffy/Spike romance
-Must include the phrase "I love you."
-Must include the discovery of an undead animal (Ex: Vampire Dog)
-Must include the 'Scooby Gang'
-Must include Angel finding Buffy and Spike 'going at it' in her house anyplace but her bedroom.
Must include Angel telling Xander what he saw and Xander freaking out.
-Must include the phrase "Its me, isn't it?"
-Must include Dawn singing a Hanson song and Buffy and Spike desperatley trying to get her to shut up.
-Must include crying
-Must include somebody trippin' on something (Ex: Spike trippin' on LSD.)
-Must include Spike trying to grope Buffy in front of her friends. (He can be drunk)
-Must include Spike discovering his former love Ceicly is actually (the vengence demon) Halfrek.

Extra:

-Spike singing a Madonna song
-Angel tunring into Angelus because of Cordelia
-A shower
-An alleyway
-The Doublemeat Palace
-Dawn walking in while Buffy's having sex with Spike and watching them.
-Halfrek hanging off of Spike non-stop.

-Buffy acidently taking a sip of blood out of Spike's mug
-The phrase "Smells like pigs."
-Some strange girl absolutley adoring Spike and Buffy getting jealous.