Hellooooo, I hope you all enjoyed my last chapter, I'm not gonna make this story too long, I don't even know how many more chapters I'm gonna write! Anyway, after you've finished reading the whole story can you plz plz plz write a review on it??? Thanks. Oh and thanks for your reviews so far and remember Spike rules and Riley sucks!!!
Buffy walked back to her house, glad that she didn't spot any vampires about. Opening the door she walked inside, still staring at her fist.
"Hey Buffy." Willow greeted her as she entered the living room where Willow, Tara and Dawn were playing Monopoly.
"Guys, is Giles here? I called in at his house but he wasn't in." Buffy asked, breathlessly.
"Yeah, he's in the kitchen. Is there something wrong?" Buffy's little sister Dawn asked, staring at Buffy quizzically.
Buffy shook her head. "No, nothing at all." She mumbled as she made her way through to the kitchen.
"Giles." She called, standing at the doorway.
Giles turned around and smiled when he spotted Buffy. "Oh Hello Buffy, how was it tonight, did –" He froze mid-sentence as he studied the look on Buffy's face. "Is there something wrong?" He asked.
"Yes, something is seriously wrong Giles." Buffy said without looking up. "I saw Spike tonight. He hit me." She told him.
"Well that's impossible, the chip . . . I mean, are you sure it was Spike?" Giles asked, pushing his glasses further up his nose.
Buffy nodded. "Certain. He punched me but I couldn't . . . I couldn't punch him back. Something was holding me back, some force, some sort of magic or something." She explained.
"You couldn't punch him? Was he . . . did he hurt you?" Giles asked.
"No, it was just a punch Giles. I could handle it as usual so it's not like I've gone weak or anything, something just won't let me hurt him." Buffy said.
"Is it just Spike or is it others aswell?" Giles asked.
"I don't know Giles; fortunately I didn't bump into any more uglies." Buffy shuddered.
"Everything okay?" Dawn asked, coming through to the kitchen.
"Uh-huh, everything is fine. Dawn, you go back to Willow and Tara." Buffy told her, resting a hand on her shoulder.
Dawn gave her a wry smile and rejoined Willow and Tara.
"I wonder if you can punch humans." Giles muttered.
"Shall I give it a try?" Buffy asked.
Giles nodded. "Yes, you better. Just, don't hurt me Buffy." He grinned.
Buffy raised her fist, took a deep breath and punched Giles square between the eyes. This time it did work and blood spurted out everywhere. "Oh god, Giles I'm sorry." Buffy apologised, tossing Giles a cloth to stop the blood. "You okay?"
"I'll be . . . fine." Giles said, and then just moments later he collapsed onto the floor.
"It can't be witch craft, can it?" Willow asked.
"I'm not sure, I haven't had chance to look into it." Giles said, holding a frozen ice-pack to his head.
"Well whatever it is we need to get rid of it soon, if the vampires find out about this they'll think they're having a party." Buffy reminded them.
"Wait a minute . . ." Willow said, racking her brains for ideas of what could have happened. "Spike can now hurt people but you can't hurt vampires . . . do you think somehow the chip from Spike's head has been transferred to Buffy's?" She asked thoughtfully.
Everyone was quiet for a second; they all seemed to be thinking it through. "I believe you could be right." Giles said, breaking the silence.
"But how?" Tara asked. "Is there some sort of magic involved with this?"
Buffy kept quiet and lowered her head. She didn't want her friends to know that she'd stooped that low as to kissing Spike. They would think she was a fool and – Buffy's thoughts were interrupted by Giles. "Buffy, have you had any physical contact with Spike recently?"
Buffy bit her lip and shuffled her feet, embarrassed and ashamed.
Willow gasped, realizing what had happened. "You . . . you . . . you slept with him didn't you?" She asked.
Buffy looked startled and disgusted. "No! Of course I didn't. That's disgusting." She said, shuddering at the thought of it.
"Then . . . was it a kiss?" Willow asked.
Buffy nodded, avoiding Giles' eyes. She knew he would be disappointed in her. "It was nothing serious, like I told Spike it was just a spur of the moment kind of thing."
Everyone was quiet; no one knew exactly what to say. "Cookies anyone?" Dawn asked, rushing into the kitchen.
"Oh god, I'm such an idiot." Buffy told herself.
"That doesn't really matter right now. What matters is trying to find a cure for this. I'm going to have to get in touch with some other Watchers that are friends of mine. Willow and Tara, would you mind hitting the books?" Giles asked.
"We'll get right on it." Willow smiled at Giles, wondering if he was still mad at him for making Buffy come back to life.
"Buffy in the meantime don't go out, if you can't fight you'll get yourself killed and maybe all of us aswell." Giles ordered her.
Buffy nodded. "On second thoughts, I might want to take a little trip to Spike's." Buffy said. She had regretted the kiss as soon as she had done it.
"Are you sure that would be the best idea?" Willow asked, worriedly.
Buffy folded her arms across her chest. "He is the reason this stupid thing is my head, now if he doesn't sort it out I will surely kill him when things are back to normal." Buffy said simply, walking out and shutting the front door behind her.
"Unless he kills you first." Giles said after her.
Spike sniffed the musty odour around his crypt. He could smell a human coming and he stiffened. The last time he'd had teenage boys around his home looking to explore he had chased them off with his looks but it was a close call. Now he didn't have to worry about it, he could easily just suck the blood out of the very next person he saw.
But then there was always the down side. Buffy. Spike had loved Buffy for a long time now and he didn't know how he was going to get things back to the way they used to be again. It would be hard getting his first victim but it would be fun.
Someone banged on the door, making Spike jump. "Spike! Open this door now!" It was Buffy.
Spike sighed and opened the door. Buffy pushed him out of the way and entered the crypt. "How do I get this thing out of my head?" She asked.
"Well done, I thought you would have been slower to work it all out. But then you have got Giles and Willow to help you figure it all out so . . ." Spike trailed off.
"Spike!" Buffy shouted. "I want to know how to get this damn thing out of my head and I want to know now!"
"Or what? You'll pretend to punch me." He laughed. "No Buffy, you're just like me now. Now you'll know how I felt when I had that thing in my head. The pain I went through was unbearable and I'm going to watch every sickening minute of your life to see how terrible you cope because you don't know what I've been through Buffy. If it wasn't for the chip I wouldn't have fallen in love with you." He shouted. He saw Buffy tense and felt slightly embarrassed for bringing out his true feelings like that.
"Listen and listen good Spike. You are going to help me get the chip back into your head, you got that?" Buffy asked, growing angry.
"Why have you got it into your head that I want to help you?" Spike asked. "I don't want that chip in my head any more than you don't Buffy."
"No Spike, you've got it all wrong. The chip belongs in your head and that's where it's going. You see, you've been drinking pig's blood for ages now and you've become friendly, wether you like to admit it or not. I don't think you'd dare suck the blood from another human. And also, if you don't get the chip back in my head I will die because I'm the Slayer and I need to fight vampires." Buffy explained.
Spike sighed. "Can't we just get rid of the chip altogether. I'm a vampire Buffy and that's how it's meant to be, I'm not meant to be like a machine. I need to take blood from people not animals. Imagine if something you lived for suddenly went. Ever since that chip has been in my head I feel like there's something missing." Spike said solemnly, trying to arouse sympathy.
"I don't think it will work that way Spike . . . if only we hadn't kissed then everything would be fine!" Buffy yelled.
"Well everything worked out just fine for me Buffy. Every vampire has it's day." Spike smirked.
Buffy sighed. "I already find my life hard enough being the Slayer." She muttered just loud enough for Spike to hear.
"Oh you think you've got it so tough. You ought to try being a vampire who's so old he's growing mould and he can't even drink people's blood anymore. You aren't the only one with problems." Spike told her.
"Spike I'm a twenty year old girl who hasn't got a mom, who's life has been torn apart by Slaying and who has already died twice. To top it off, I'm a girl who'd rather be back in her coffin then on earth." Buffy shouted.
"Okay you win." Spike said.
"That's how screwed up our lives are." Buffy said.
"At least you have a life." Spike mumbled.
They both sighed in unison. "Well I better be going. If you can't help me then I'll have to count on Giles." Buffy said.
"Buffy, I'm free again and you're expecting me to help you get that chip back in my head. Just because I've not been able to eat anyone for ages doesn't mean all of a sudden we're best buds." Spike told her.
Buffy walked out without looking back.
"Buffy . . ." Giles said as she came through the door.
"Have you found out anything?" Buffy asked.
Giles shrugged. "I'm not completely sure. I've been in touch with two other Watchers who have never had experiences like it. They're going to phone me back if they have any information. I don't know quite what to do now."
"If only Professor Walsh was still alive." Buffy said raising her eyebrows.
"If only Riley was here." Willow said, regretting saying it as soon as it had slipped out.
Buffy looked away from them all. "Giles, what am I gonna do?"
Giles took off his glasses. "Ah . . . I'm all out of ideas to be perfectly honest with you. What did Spike say?"
Buffy rolled her eyes. "Pretty much everything. We were arguing about who should have the chip in their head."
"I vote Spike." Tara said quietly.
"Don't we all. For a minute I felt sorry for him though. I know he's a vampire and everything but a piece of him was like missing. Maybe I should just keep the chip in my head and give up slaying. Maybe it's for the best; I've never known what it feels like to lead a normal life." Buffy said.
"Buffy you can't let Spike win. As soon as we find out how to get the chip out of your head we'll put it straight back in to Spike's. I don't think it will be long Buffy, me and Tara are starting to get somewhere here." Willow told her, looking up from the book that she and Tara were sharing.
"You guys better find something out soon, I can't live like this and I think I'm starting to get a headache." Buffy whined.
Giles slammed his fist down onto the table. "Buffy it was your mistake, nobody else's! If you want to get it out of your head you have to at least help! I can't believe you even thought about keeping the chip in your head!" He boomed.
Buffy, Willow and Tara stared at him shocked. It was at rare times that Giles ever got that wound up.
"I just want a normal life." Buffy said.
"That's funny because a few days ago you were blabbing off about how you liked it better being dead!" Giles shouted, slamming the door behind him as he left the house.
Tears welled up in Buffy's eyes as her mind went over the cold, harsh words Giles had just said to her. Without saying a word she walked quietly upstairs. She hated arguments.