Title: The Next Day, The Next Night

Author: Katthecat

Email: kjoseph1973@yahoo.com

Feedback: Please, Please, Please, with a naked Spike on top!

Distribution: If you want it, it's yours

Rating: PG13 (for language, implied great sex)

Pairing: Spike/Buffy, Scooby friendship

Summary: How I imagined Gone should have, you know, gone.



"Well this is less than useless!" Buffy slammed the book down, "maybe it's a brand new demon"

"Yeah, the diamond loving, freezy type" Dawn replied

"Well, if I was going to make a demon, I would make one that liked diamonds" Anya added

"That's what we need, vengeance demon who likes jewelry: I punish you and what a nice necklace" Xander said.

"I would never say it like that!" Anya pouted

"Oh you would too" Xander replied

"No I would not"

"Yes you would"

"Well, not that this conversation isn't riveting 'cause it's not. But I should probably go patrol. I will make it short, be back in like 30 minutes or an hour"

"Lucky you" Dawn said in a stage whisper.

As Buffy walked out of the shop she said under her breath, "Yeah, lucky me"

The graveyard seemed particularly quite that night.

Buffy began pacing around the headstones, "The thing is. the thing is. the thing is is that this isn't good for either of us." Buffy shook her head, "No, he would probably just say how good it was. OK, OK, back to the point, how about, 'I'm sorry'. 'I'm sorry you're such a peroxide head loser whose driving me crazy and it was a mistake but I can't pay attention to what is important in my life and remember 'You good, me bad' and I can't believe I did that with you and all I can think about is doing it over and over again.'"

A vampire jumped out from behind a tree, "You're dead, Slayer." he grunted.

"Hey," Buffy stated as she stacked him in the heart, "I was thinking here."

Once again, Buffy returned to pacing, "Enough of this, let's just get it over with," she said out loud as she marched towards Spike's crypt.

But once in front of the crypt, she went back to pacing. "How about 'I'm sorry. I know how you feel about me and I have been taking advantage of it. I, no you, no I. I need to concentrate on my family and friends and saving the world and stuff so lets just be friends."

"Ugh, that's terrible but it will have to do."

Buffy walked towards the door of the crypt, "Spike" she said in a loud voice as she ripped open the door, "Spike, where are.." Buffy stopped mid sentence as Spike walked up from the lower level.

"Spike" Buffy said in shock.

"Yeah luv, it's Spike. No need to be surprised, it is my crypt"

"But you're naked"

"Like I said before, crypt-mine"

"I didn't expect you to be naked"

Spike smiled and tilted his head to the side, "Didn't you?"

"No, I just came by to talk to you and"

Spike pulled Buffy into the room and slammed her against the wall, "Talk away" he growled.

"So the thing is.. is.. this isn't good for either of us."

Spike laughed. "Wasn't good was it? Well, pet, time to give it another try."

"No, I…" Buffy managed to say before he kissed her hard on the lips.

All of the feelings that they had in the building came back in a rush.

"Oh God," Buffy moaned.



"Where is she?" Dawn asked for the tenth time that evening.

"I don't know," Xander responded, "but I'm getting a little nervous"

"Oh common guys. She's a super hero and all that, I'm sure she is fine," Anya said cheerily, "Besides, if she dies again we can always bring her back."

"OK, that's it. I'm looking for her," Xander said

Dawn jumped out of her chair, "Me too," she said.

"Oh good, a search party, that should be fun," Anya added before Xander could object.

"What if Buffy comes back while we are gone?" He asked in an attempt to get them to stay behind.

"Oh we'll just write a note.," Anya said with exasperation, "Don't be such a worrywort. Besides exercise is good for the muscles."

Anya took a piece of paper and wrote down a quick note and taped it to the door.

"Let's go find your superhero!" she said as she breezed out the door.

Xander looked at Dawn, "Dawn?" he asked.

"It's good for the muscles," she replied and walked out the door.

"Women!," Xander shouted to an empty store before yelling, "Hey! Wait up!"