Okay, it seems like I was the only one listening to me talk. Well, maybe not. It looks like Buffy is at least considering what I just said. Spike looks content, as if he could have been listening, or just studying Buffy's hands; maybe a bit of both. Xander, on the other hand, looks completely lost. Probably brooding about Spike and Buffy again.
I guess I can't blame him. After all, Spike and Buffy being all cuddly and lovey just doesn't fit very well. Then again, it's been almost two months now. Xander really needs something else to ponder about. Maybe I should get him a pet or something. Or, what if I came up with this really hard carpentry project. At least then he'd spend the Scooby meetings thinking of something other than Buffy and Spike… Well, even then he probably wouldn't be able to help himself…
Even though it seems to be all he thinks about now, in some ways I envy Xander. Well, maybe only in the way that he's at least sure on where he stands on the issue. I don't know if I'm okay with it or not.
Buffy smiles more now, and Spike is practically glowing 24/7, so it's obvious that they make each other happy at least. He treats her right, too. Xander would never admit it, but Spike comes off as one of the most loving men I've ever seen. He treats Buffy like a goddess, and sometimes in the subtlest ways, too.
Still, like Xander says, it is Spike. William the Bloody, the same one who's tried to kill us, let alone Buffy, on countless occasions. But, I always try to tell myself: that was then, but this is now.
Someday, I'll get over it. Someday Xander might even understand. Until then, I'll just have to keep Xander at bay, and force myself to look past the fact that Buffy is dating Spike, and realise that the most important thing is that he makes her happy.
Hey, wait a minute… Afrobe demons are susceptible to sunlight? This could be helpful… "The Afrobe demon prefers a dark, damn climate, not unlike the Jeneff demon and some vampires. Because of this, the Afrobe demon…"
