"I gotta hand it to ya Doc," Spike said blissfully from his chair, "This
Valium you prescribed me is great!"
Stephan just grumbled noisily from across the room. He hadn't given him anything; the vampire stole the prescription pad from Stephan's bag and used it to acquire all sorts of 'goodies'. If the medical association looked up his prescription record his career would be over.
Or he'd get a stiff fine, he had never been quite clear on how that whole thing worked.
"So what's next, Doc?"
Spike looked hopefully at Stephan, obviously in a better mood from all the drugs. Dr. Cross smiled, this guy was persistent he'd give him that.
"What's next is this." He pulled out a large stack of magazines from his brief case and slapped them on the table. Spike eye them casually reading the titles with puzzlement.
"Tiger Beat, The Dawson's Creek Fan Magazine, Heartthrob Quarterly…."He snorted "These are poofter mags!"
"And you're going to read them." Cross smiled, "In fact you are going to pick five outfits out of these magazines and buy them at the mall."
It took Spike a moment to respond but when he did it was very reasonable and intelligent. "No fuckin' way."
"Look, its just an exercise that will hopefully get her to see you in a different light."
"No."
"If you wear something different she'll notice—"
"NO!"
"If you do this, I guarantee you'll be having sex with Buffy by the end of the week."
Spike quickly reached over and cracked open an issue of N'sync Magazine. Stephan smiled.
You just had to know your audience.
**********************************
"So it's settled then?"
Xander looked into the eyes of his fellow Scoobies. They had finally come to a decision regarding the 'Spike-bot'. He looked at Buffy, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Buffy shook her head, "I don't have a choice, I have to find out what happened to the real Spike." She shuddered, "Even if it means going out with that…thing."
Willow nodded slightly, "So when the Spike-bot goes to meet you at the Bronze, you're going to seduce him?"
"Not really seduce," she searched for the right word, "More like indulge, just to get information."
Xander was still dumbfounded, "But who in god's name would want another Spike walking around?"
No body had an answer so they all remained silent. Finally Buffy spoke up. "Maybe its like poetic justice? Build a robot of someone else and karma builds a robot of you."
It was still to chilling to contemplate.
Buffy rose from the couch and started towards the stairs. "I'd better get ready for my date with Spike."
**************************************
From her hiding place, Dawn hadn't heard the entire conversation but she had been able to hear the last part and it made her jump for joy.
They were finally getting together! This was so great!
She ran off to her room to prepare a special surprise for them.
TBC
Stephan just grumbled noisily from across the room. He hadn't given him anything; the vampire stole the prescription pad from Stephan's bag and used it to acquire all sorts of 'goodies'. If the medical association looked up his prescription record his career would be over.
Or he'd get a stiff fine, he had never been quite clear on how that whole thing worked.
"So what's next, Doc?"
Spike looked hopefully at Stephan, obviously in a better mood from all the drugs. Dr. Cross smiled, this guy was persistent he'd give him that.
"What's next is this." He pulled out a large stack of magazines from his brief case and slapped them on the table. Spike eye them casually reading the titles with puzzlement.
"Tiger Beat, The Dawson's Creek Fan Magazine, Heartthrob Quarterly…."He snorted "These are poofter mags!"
"And you're going to read them." Cross smiled, "In fact you are going to pick five outfits out of these magazines and buy them at the mall."
It took Spike a moment to respond but when he did it was very reasonable and intelligent. "No fuckin' way."
"Look, its just an exercise that will hopefully get her to see you in a different light."
"No."
"If you wear something different she'll notice—"
"NO!"
"If you do this, I guarantee you'll be having sex with Buffy by the end of the week."
Spike quickly reached over and cracked open an issue of N'sync Magazine. Stephan smiled.
You just had to know your audience.
**********************************
"So it's settled then?"
Xander looked into the eyes of his fellow Scoobies. They had finally come to a decision regarding the 'Spike-bot'. He looked at Buffy, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Buffy shook her head, "I don't have a choice, I have to find out what happened to the real Spike." She shuddered, "Even if it means going out with that…thing."
Willow nodded slightly, "So when the Spike-bot goes to meet you at the Bronze, you're going to seduce him?"
"Not really seduce," she searched for the right word, "More like indulge, just to get information."
Xander was still dumbfounded, "But who in god's name would want another Spike walking around?"
No body had an answer so they all remained silent. Finally Buffy spoke up. "Maybe its like poetic justice? Build a robot of someone else and karma builds a robot of you."
It was still to chilling to contemplate.
Buffy rose from the couch and started towards the stairs. "I'd better get ready for my date with Spike."
**************************************
From her hiding place, Dawn hadn't heard the entire conversation but she had been able to hear the last part and it made her jump for joy.
They were finally getting together! This was so great!
She ran off to her room to prepare a special surprise for them.
TBC