"It's just that we stayed, Too long in the same old sickly skin. I'm pulled down by the undertow, I never thought I could feel so low" -Sarah McLachlan

The next day

"Hey," Xander said walking in. "Is Buffy here yet?"

"You haven't seen her either?" Willow asked obviously worried.

"Should of I?" Xander asked.

"She didn't check in at Giles' last night," Willow said.

"But there was no body," Cordelia pointed out.

"And that's always good," Oz said trying to comfort Willow.

"She isn't at home either," Giles said walking in. "Her mother just called."

"Oh God," Xander whispered.

"Where is she?" Willow wondered.

"What we lost here is something better left alone Second steps have been forgotten, will you tell me how they go Set yourself; situate, like a fool try again There's no one around you can remember being good, for you so

Shame, shouldn't try you, couldn't step by you and open up more Shame, shame, shame" -Matchbox Twenty

That night

"Evening luv," Spike said from his wheelchair.

"Where in the Hell am I?" Buffy demanded sitting up in her bed. "What happened?"

"Okay not the usual reaction," Spike said. "Then again no one has ever turned a slayer so I don't know what is usual."

"Spike what's going on?" she asked then touched her face and screamed. Spike leapt to his feet and covered her mouth.

"Shut up girl," he hissed. Her face returned to it's human vestige. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"What happened?" she asked in a small voice. Spike looked down at her in shock. My God, he thought. She still has her soul.

"You're a vampire pet," he told her his voice gentle. She began sobbing he pulled her into his arms slowly feeling unsure. "It's okay."

"Hey sit-n-spin!" Angel called as he walked in. Spike rushed to his chair and sat down.

"Don't tell him about the chair and I won't say anything about the soul," he said. "Act like a vampire."

"How's that?" she asked. Angel came in before he could answer. He hit Spike on the back of the head as he approached.

"Hey lover," he purred stepping up to her. Then Drusilla appeared, she growled deeply.

"Bad mean slayer ruined our happy home," she pouted. Buffy growled back but much softer. Good girl, Spike thought pleased. Perhaps with her around Dru would come back to him.

"Be nice Dru," Angel said. "Buffy's part of the family now." He slipped a possessive arm around Buffy and Buffy smiled a sort of haughty smile that was bound to piss Dru off. "You girls need to play nice." Buffy detected a certain note in his voice and looked at Spike who only shrugged looking slightly sheepish.

"Miss Edith needs me," Dru said sadly and retreated. Spike and Angel looked after her.

"Way to go mate," Spike said.

"Oops," Angel said. "Go take care of her."

"No way," Spike said. "You're the one who hurt her feelings."

"Fine," Angel said. "Wait here." He left.

"'Play nice'?" Buffy demanded. "Please tell me that that doesn't mean what I think it means."

"It does," he said. "Sorry luv but things are a little different here than in your world."

"Will you teach me?" she asked.

Spike smiled surprised and nodded. "When they aren't around," he said. "They keep some bottled blood use that, tell Angel that you want to hunt alone, he'll have to teach you though, to make it convincing. You can feed without killing but it's hard. He's going to obviously want to sleep with you. Don't fight him on that or he'll know."

"This is taking sleeping with the enemy way to far," she sighed.

Spike chuckled and continued. "Start to drop hints about wanting to leave soon. Tell him you want to see the world. We'll probably come with you. This ends lesson one of Vampire 101." She smiled a real smile for the first time that night. Angel came back. He looked at Buffy.

"She's feeling better," Angel said speaking to Spike but not looking at him. "She wants to see you."

"I think you're just trying to get rid of me," Spike said already moving to the door.

"I am," Angel said. "Now go." As soon as Spike was gone Angel shut the door. "Come here." She walked to him making her steps seem more coy then scared. He suddenly reached out and pulled her roughly to him kissing her thoroughly. She felt him vamp out and their mouths were fighting for dominance. He held her tightly and she automatically slipped her legs around his waist. He purred in approval carrying them back to his bed. He lowered her to the bed and himself beside her.

"I think you worried for me then The subtler ways that I'd give in But I know you like the show" -Sarah McLachlan

The next night

"Slayer?" Spike called.

"You could stop calling me that," Buffy pointed out.

"You're right," Spike said. "I could. So did you two have fun last night? You kept me and Dru up for a few hours, I didn't think that anyone could hold out for that long." She blushed deeply but raised her head to meet his gaze he looked as if he was about to laugh.

"Shut up," she said.

"Well I'm supposed to teach you how to hunt," Spike said.

"You?" she asked surprised.

"There's not actually much to teach," Spike said. "I already fed so we'll just go down to the woods."

"You can feed off of animals?" she asked.

"Yeah," he answered.

"Why don't you?" she asked.

"Why should we?" Spike countered. He threw her a pretty skimpy leather dress.

"I'm not wearing this!" she exclaimed.

"I've seen you wear way sluttier outfits than that," he pointed out.

"Those were of my choosing," she said.

"And this is of his," Spike told her. Their eyes met and she sighed.

"Fine," she said. "I'll put on the slutty outfit. Why doesn't Dru have to wear stuff like this?"

"In case you haven't noticed Dru is insane," Spike said.

"I never would have guessed," Buffy said. "Thanks for clearing that up."

"We don't want people to notice her that much," he said.

"That's where he is isn't it?" Buffy asked suddenly. "With her."

"You sound jealous," Spike said. She started to speak but he interrupted. "I know I am."

"You're jealous?" she asked going into the bathroom.

"Yes," he said. "Dru was my one and only. Now she's with that bastard."

"Were you faithful?" she asked coming back out in the dress. He stared at her for a few moments awed.

"Yeah," he told her. "I was." Again their eyes met. "Let's go."