"Don't want to be the one
Who turns the whole thing over
Don't wanna be somewhere
Where I just don't belong"
-Matchbox Twenty
"I can't believe I did that," Buffy said. "I feel so horrible."
"It was a deer," Spike groaned. "Shut up."
"It was a cute helpless deer," she said.
"Cheer up luv," he said. "At least it wasn't a-" He stopped in his tracks.
"A human," Buffy finished, then suddenly. "Oh no!" She rushed to the man's side. "Xander?" She shook his shoulder.
"Buffy?" he whispered.
"What happened?" she inquired.
"He hit me and I lost consciousness," Xander said. "Not much to tell. But he did say something about the others, I can't remember what."
"I've got to go help them!" Buffy started to run but Spike grabbed her arm.
"If you run you'll be too late,"
"I can't do nothing," she snapped.
"Call them," he said and pulled out his cell phone. She took it and phoned the library.
"Willow you've got to run," she said. "Take the others and get out. I can't explain, just trust me. Okay." She hung up. "Now what?"
"We go home," Spike said. "My legs are really tired anyhow."
Buffy hugged Xander then straightened. "I've got to go," she said. "Please tell the others that I'm sorry." She left before he could say anything. Spike nearly fell but she caught him and slipped an arm around his shoulders. They walked home together. Angel and Dru came home soon after Buffy had helped Spike into the chair.
"Hey there Buff," Angel said crossing the floor to her and kissing her deeply much to the disdain of Spike and anger of Drusilla. Spike looked between them and could plainly see that there would be a fight.
"Angel what happened?" she asked stroking her bruised cheek.
"We're leaving town," he said instead of answering.
"Tonight?" Spike asked.
"You're coming too wheeler-boy?" Angel asked.
"I know Dru is," Spike said with a shrug. "And Angel-" He stood and punched Angel. "Don't call me that."
"My Spikey's back," Dru said clasping her hands together in delight.
"I see that you're feeling better," Angel said standing slowly.
"You could say that," Spike said.
Angel's eyes flashed yellow with anger. "Good, `cause I'd hate to kill a cripple," he snarled this stepping away from Buffy up to Spike.
"No offense mate but you deserved that," Spike said.
"I may have but that's not the point," Angel said. "Look, we're leaving so I'll let this go. Just go get packed." The other two left. Angel turned to her and looked her over hungrily. "Have I told you how amazingly sexy you look right now?"
"No," she said smiling up at him.
"Then allow me to tell you," Angel smiled kissing her. He pulled away almost as quickly as he had kissed her. "We should pack up." He paused. "Well I should, we're going to have to go shopping for you." Her eyes lit up at the thought of shopping. "Maybe I'll just send you with money, I remember shopping with you once, even though I had my soul I was having homicidal thoughts." She rolled her eyes and helped him pack. They carried the bags out to a car with painted windows. Spike drove with Dru up front with him. A few of the minions that they were going to bring with them were in cars behind them.
"Where are we going?" Spike asked.
"I booked a ship," Angel announced. "It has people on board but it will do."
"You and your museum of lovers The precious collection you've housed in your covers My simpleness threatened by my own admission" -No Doubt
"I hate boats," Drusilla muttered.
"She's not going to get sick is she?" Buffy asked looking at the other vampire warily.
"Is she?" Angel asked Spike.
"Possibly," Spike said. "Just give her an hour. She'll be fine." They all sat around simply talking. It struck her as strange that the vampires weren't always talking about world domination, right now the topic of choice was where they were going. Both of the guys wanted to go to Europe but Angel wanted to go back to Ireland while Spike wanted to go to England.
"I miss Prague," Dru said sadly.
"Dru we were almost killed there," Spike said gently. Dru sighed. Buffy laid down resting her head on Angel's lap. He began to gently stroke her hair. "England is much better."
"The women are dogs," Angel said. Dru whimpered. "Present company excluded of course." Buffy drifted off to sleep feeling Angel stoking her hair and listening to the two men arguing. When she awoke it was still night and she was alone. She got up and walked on the deck. What she saw when she got onto the deck made her go cold.
"At least she's over her sea sickness," Spike said from behind her. They both regarded Angel and Dru making out.
"Why don't you go over there and stop them?" Buffy asked him.
"Why don't you?" he countered.
"Can I?" she asked.
"Yes," Spike said. "You aren't his slave Slayer stop acting like it."
"And what you're doing is any better?" she asked. "You're acting like his slave too." He growled at her but she just laughed.
"Fine," he said. "You take her I'll take him. No killing."
"You too," Buffy told him. Moving in sync they crossed to the other two. Buffy grabbed Dru while Spike grabbed Angel. She threw Dru aside. Dru leapt up and kicked Buffy. Buffy ducked the punch that the vampire threw next. They stopped when they heard a splash. Spike was looking over the side. Buffy rushed to the handrail and looked over the side of a boat.
"Oops," was all Spike said.
"I can't believe I did that," Buffy said. "I feel so horrible."
"It was a deer," Spike groaned. "Shut up."
"It was a cute helpless deer," she said.
"Cheer up luv," he said. "At least it wasn't a-" He stopped in his tracks.
"A human," Buffy finished, then suddenly. "Oh no!" She rushed to the man's side. "Xander?" She shook his shoulder.
"Buffy?" he whispered.
"What happened?" she inquired.
"He hit me and I lost consciousness," Xander said. "Not much to tell. But he did say something about the others, I can't remember what."
"I've got to go help them!" Buffy started to run but Spike grabbed her arm.
"If you run you'll be too late,"
"I can't do nothing," she snapped.
"Call them," he said and pulled out his cell phone. She took it and phoned the library.
"Willow you've got to run," she said. "Take the others and get out. I can't explain, just trust me. Okay." She hung up. "Now what?"
"We go home," Spike said. "My legs are really tired anyhow."
Buffy hugged Xander then straightened. "I've got to go," she said. "Please tell the others that I'm sorry." She left before he could say anything. Spike nearly fell but she caught him and slipped an arm around his shoulders. They walked home together. Angel and Dru came home soon after Buffy had helped Spike into the chair.
"Hey there Buff," Angel said crossing the floor to her and kissing her deeply much to the disdain of Spike and anger of Drusilla. Spike looked between them and could plainly see that there would be a fight.
"Angel what happened?" she asked stroking her bruised cheek.
"We're leaving town," he said instead of answering.
"Tonight?" Spike asked.
"You're coming too wheeler-boy?" Angel asked.
"I know Dru is," Spike said with a shrug. "And Angel-" He stood and punched Angel. "Don't call me that."
"My Spikey's back," Dru said clasping her hands together in delight.
"I see that you're feeling better," Angel said standing slowly.
"You could say that," Spike said.
Angel's eyes flashed yellow with anger. "Good, `cause I'd hate to kill a cripple," he snarled this stepping away from Buffy up to Spike.
"No offense mate but you deserved that," Spike said.
"I may have but that's not the point," Angel said. "Look, we're leaving so I'll let this go. Just go get packed." The other two left. Angel turned to her and looked her over hungrily. "Have I told you how amazingly sexy you look right now?"
"No," she said smiling up at him.
"Then allow me to tell you," Angel smiled kissing her. He pulled away almost as quickly as he had kissed her. "We should pack up." He paused. "Well I should, we're going to have to go shopping for you." Her eyes lit up at the thought of shopping. "Maybe I'll just send you with money, I remember shopping with you once, even though I had my soul I was having homicidal thoughts." She rolled her eyes and helped him pack. They carried the bags out to a car with painted windows. Spike drove with Dru up front with him. A few of the minions that they were going to bring with them were in cars behind them.
"Where are we going?" Spike asked.
"I booked a ship," Angel announced. "It has people on board but it will do."
"You and your museum of lovers The precious collection you've housed in your covers My simpleness threatened by my own admission" -No Doubt
"I hate boats," Drusilla muttered.
"She's not going to get sick is she?" Buffy asked looking at the other vampire warily.
"Is she?" Angel asked Spike.
"Possibly," Spike said. "Just give her an hour. She'll be fine." They all sat around simply talking. It struck her as strange that the vampires weren't always talking about world domination, right now the topic of choice was where they were going. Both of the guys wanted to go to Europe but Angel wanted to go back to Ireland while Spike wanted to go to England.
"I miss Prague," Dru said sadly.
"Dru we were almost killed there," Spike said gently. Dru sighed. Buffy laid down resting her head on Angel's lap. He began to gently stroke her hair. "England is much better."
"The women are dogs," Angel said. Dru whimpered. "Present company excluded of course." Buffy drifted off to sleep feeling Angel stoking her hair and listening to the two men arguing. When she awoke it was still night and she was alone. She got up and walked on the deck. What she saw when she got onto the deck made her go cold.
"At least she's over her sea sickness," Spike said from behind her. They both regarded Angel and Dru making out.
"Why don't you go over there and stop them?" Buffy asked him.
"Why don't you?" he countered.
"Can I?" she asked.
"Yes," Spike said. "You aren't his slave Slayer stop acting like it."
"And what you're doing is any better?" she asked. "You're acting like his slave too." He growled at her but she just laughed.
"Fine," he said. "You take her I'll take him. No killing."
"You too," Buffy told him. Moving in sync they crossed to the other two. Buffy grabbed Dru while Spike grabbed Angel. She threw Dru aside. Dru leapt up and kicked Buffy. Buffy ducked the punch that the vampire threw next. They stopped when they heard a splash. Spike was looking over the side. Buffy rushed to the handrail and looked over the side of a boat.
"Oops," was all Spike said.
