Chapter Nineteen - Quick Question
The timer went off, and Buffy washed the bleach out of his hair. It wasn't enough to create the contrast they needed, so they did it a second time.
"I think we're going to need more peroxide," Buffy joked.
She got no response from Spike. He stayed where he was off in his thoughts.
"Spike," Buffy said. "Sooner or later I'm going to have to go back to Scotland-"
Spike's head shot up at that, worried that he lost her again, and that this was all for nothing, and god, he was pathetic.
"Will you come with me?" she finished.
If he had a heartbeat, it would've stopped. For the hundredth time in the past two days. She wanted him to come with her.
Silently, he nodded.
She brightened. "Good. Then I'll just call Giles and tell him to take over here, and we're just gonna hop right back over to Scotland."
He nodded. She left the room, pulling out a cell phone and dialing a number. He heard Giles answer on the other end and Buffy bustled around, packing her stuff.
As much as he was dying to see everyone again – even Harris, despite how much they hated each other – he wasn't really sure that it would be great for him to walk into a…castle of Slayers. I mean, yeah, he did save the world from ending a couple of times, but he also killed two Slayers. He wasn't exactly going to be welcomed back with open arms.
Happy Chanukah everyone! You'll be getting more posts. I meant to do this yesterday, but no internet.