BeBop Blues
A/N: Cowboy Bebop is not mine (yeah, I wish)
Sorry for the long wait 'peeps! Got tied up with work and life in general. But that's another story. ^_^ Please forgive any glaring errors or anything OOC. I just thought it would fit in. Enjoy! (Sorry it's so short)
Chapter 6: Masquerade
Faye's eyes widened in surprise and shock. Before she knew what she was doing, she had her arms wrapped around his shoulders and was kissing him back. Spike's arms wound around her slim waist and pulled her roughly to his chest, feeling every feminine curve against his body. He didn't realize what he had missed until he almost lost her.
Faye suddenly pulled away from him and stepped back as if she had been burned. She shuddered at the thought of what would have happened if she hadn't broken off the kiss when she did. She couldn't afford to lose control now.
"No you don't Spiegel," she warned him angrily. "I'm tired of playing these games."
"Who's playing games? I thought you wanted this too."
"Have you forgotten that the so-called love of your life is on board?" she asked.
"This isn't about Julia. This about you and me." He had to know if he really felt something more for Faye. Unfortunately, he was getting mixed signals from her.
"There has never been you and me. You made that perfectly clear, remember?"
"I don't get you Valentine. Your mouth says one thing, but your body says another."
"Cut me some slack. I've been under a lot of stress. What's your excuse?"
Why couldn't he understand that she didn't want to be second best? That she wanted more from him than just a romp in the hay. Even if Spike really wanted to sleep with her, she wouldn't have his heart. Julia still had a hold of that. If he wasn't going to make the decision to leave Julia on his own, then she would rather not have him at all.
"Can you look me in the eye and tell me that you didn't feel anything when I kissed you?"
"Which one?" she replied sarcastically.
Spike frowned angrily. "Can't you be serious for once?"
"Oh, I've never been more serious in my life. All right then, if it will get you off my back. I didn't feel a thing," she lied.
He looked at her dubiously. "You never were convincing when you lied, Faye."
"Believe whatever you want. I made the mistake of caring you for you once. And you threw that back in my face," she said, trying to keep her voice from reflecting the pain she still felt from his betrayal. "Listen up, because I won't say it again. Stay out of my way…and out of my life."
Faye quickly brushed past him and went up to the safety of her room.
Spike stared after her in contemplation.
"I wish I could Faye…" he muttered softly to himself.
Julia sat in her room with the lights turned off waiting for Spike. She always hated when they fought. Sure enough, he came in around midnight. He seemed startled to find her there waiting for him.
"Where have you been?" she asked softly.
"Thinking," he answered evasively. He was more confused than ever about how he felt about Faye.
"I'm sorry for giving you the third degree about going on your own to Mars."
"It's not important."
The tall blonde walked over to him and brushed a lock of hair from his forehead and frowned.
"You were with Faye, weren't you?" she said with difficulty. Her blues reflected pain as she spoke. It was more of an accusation than a question.
"How did you know?" he replied quietly.
"Tell me the truth, Spike. Did something happen between you and Faye on Mars?"
"Nothing happened. I swear."
"Then why are you wreaking with her perfume?"
"I won't lie to you Julia. I was with Faye, but I didn't sleep with her."
"How could you do this to me? To us?"
"You were the one who told me not to ignore my feelings. Haven't you ever been caught between two people you cared about?" he reminded her coldly.
Julia stepped back as though she had been slapped.
"That's not fair. I was through with Vicious when we met."
"That didn't you stop you from staying with him while you were seeing me behind his back. Or have you forgotten that little detail?"
"You said that you had gotten over that, Spike. Apparently you're still holding that over my head."
"You were the one who brought it up Julia."
They were both silent for what seemed an eternity.
"Do you love her?" Julia finally asked.
Spike looked at the blonde in silence. He did love her. But was he really in love?
"I don't know," he answered truthfully.
"That's not good enough."
"What do you want me to do?"
"I want you to leave with me…right now."
Time to Choose Cowboy…
To be continued…
Written by: Babboo (veggies4utoo@yahoo.com)
9/19/02
