"Spiiiike!" Called Willow in annoyance, "Oh, you come out here right
now you… you… dead thing!"
Spike grinned to himself. OK, so he'd been talked into playing hide and seek, but his pride demanded that if he were to play a stupid kiddie game, he at least had to win! Willow had been hunting for him for about half an hour and had walked right past him repeatedly. The problem with playing hide and seek with a vampire, is they don't have to breathe, making use of the fact, Spike found the perfect hiding place.
He had carefully taken half the washing out of the basket and folded it into the cupboards, climbed in and arranged the rest of the recently washed clothes over the top of him. He could see through one side of the basket and had watched Willows bare feet walk by several times, each time resisting the urge to laugh.
"Oh FINE, I give up!" she yelled, stamping her foot right next to Spike's head.
Spike grinned and launched himself up from the basket bowling Willow over and tickling her mercilessly. Willow screamed, but her fear turned quickly to annoyance and then glee as she sent her own fingers on a tickling mission leaving both of them gasping for breath on the floor.
"I win Pet!" said Spike triumphantly.
"Yeah, yeah…" conceded Willow, even though she thought it wasn't fair that he couldn't breathe, she found him in the fridge once!
Willow smiled up at the ceiling. She hadn't had a friend like Spike in a very long time and she found it a lot of fun. Sure it usually took some persuasion and the promise of hot chocolate to get him to play hide and seek or watch Disney movies, he always ended up doing it. Despite what he might have her believe, he loved it too!
"Alright Pet, are we don't with hide and seek now?" he asked, still flat on his back next to her.
"Yeah, I can't beat you, you can smell me!"
"Not my fault you use strawberry shampoo love." He grinned at her.
Willows hand flew to her hair and she sniffed at it experimentally. He was right she had to admit; she really did smell like fake strawberries. Spike laughed at her sniffing her own hair and rolled onto his side to look at her.
"So, what now?" he asked.
"Well, it's almost dark, so I should get some shoes on and we should go to the magic shop."
"Tired of me already pet?" he asked, only half joking.
"Never!" she exclaimed emphatically, "I mean…no, but we said we'd be there!"
Spike smiled and taped the end of her nose with his index finger.
"Alright, let me find my bloody shoes and we'll go." He grumbled.
Willow knew he was only joking, and she made her way into the living room and found her own shoes. She pulled one the slip on sandals and watched Spike struggle into his army style boots. She giggled when he overbalanced and bell flat on his butt.
"I'll thank you not to laugh Red…" he growled at her good-naturedly.
"Sorry," she tried hard to control herself, "Sorry Spike… not funny. No funnies at all!"
Spike just looked at her and got to his feet, he wasn't even game enough to comment on that one. He held his hand out to her and helped her off the couch. Willow smiled and didn't even seem to notice when he didn't give up possession of her hand once the started to walk towards the magic shop.
Spike grinned to himself. OK, so he'd been talked into playing hide and seek, but his pride demanded that if he were to play a stupid kiddie game, he at least had to win! Willow had been hunting for him for about half an hour and had walked right past him repeatedly. The problem with playing hide and seek with a vampire, is they don't have to breathe, making use of the fact, Spike found the perfect hiding place.
He had carefully taken half the washing out of the basket and folded it into the cupboards, climbed in and arranged the rest of the recently washed clothes over the top of him. He could see through one side of the basket and had watched Willows bare feet walk by several times, each time resisting the urge to laugh.
"Oh FINE, I give up!" she yelled, stamping her foot right next to Spike's head.
Spike grinned and launched himself up from the basket bowling Willow over and tickling her mercilessly. Willow screamed, but her fear turned quickly to annoyance and then glee as she sent her own fingers on a tickling mission leaving both of them gasping for breath on the floor.
"I win Pet!" said Spike triumphantly.
"Yeah, yeah…" conceded Willow, even though she thought it wasn't fair that he couldn't breathe, she found him in the fridge once!
Willow smiled up at the ceiling. She hadn't had a friend like Spike in a very long time and she found it a lot of fun. Sure it usually took some persuasion and the promise of hot chocolate to get him to play hide and seek or watch Disney movies, he always ended up doing it. Despite what he might have her believe, he loved it too!
"Alright Pet, are we don't with hide and seek now?" he asked, still flat on his back next to her.
"Yeah, I can't beat you, you can smell me!"
"Not my fault you use strawberry shampoo love." He grinned at her.
Willows hand flew to her hair and she sniffed at it experimentally. He was right she had to admit; she really did smell like fake strawberries. Spike laughed at her sniffing her own hair and rolled onto his side to look at her.
"So, what now?" he asked.
"Well, it's almost dark, so I should get some shoes on and we should go to the magic shop."
"Tired of me already pet?" he asked, only half joking.
"Never!" she exclaimed emphatically, "I mean…no, but we said we'd be there!"
Spike smiled and taped the end of her nose with his index finger.
"Alright, let me find my bloody shoes and we'll go." He grumbled.
Willow knew he was only joking, and she made her way into the living room and found her own shoes. She pulled one the slip on sandals and watched Spike struggle into his army style boots. She giggled when he overbalanced and bell flat on his butt.
"I'll thank you not to laugh Red…" he growled at her good-naturedly.
"Sorry," she tried hard to control herself, "Sorry Spike… not funny. No funnies at all!"
Spike just looked at her and got to his feet, he wasn't even game enough to comment on that one. He held his hand out to her and helped her off the couch. Willow smiled and didn't even seem to notice when he didn't give up possession of her hand once the started to walk towards the magic shop.