This Isn't Me
By
Natalie Elizabeth
Chapter 13
Spike paced back and forth in front of the door. It had been over two hours since Buffy had left to go shopping to redecorate THEIR home. He was only a little worried, he had asked Mrs weaver to go with her so she would be ok but he was still worried. He knew that the two of them would be gone for awhile considering they were both women but he didn't think it would take this long. Spike wanted everything in the house to be perfect, Angel was coming. Spike wasn't sure what to do about the sleeping arrangements, 3 of them, 1 large bed and 1 couch; he cringed thinking about Buffy and Angel sharing his bed. There was also the thought in the back of his mind about the permeant sleeping arrangements. Buffy didn't seem to mind them sleeping together last night but that was just out of conveyance, he would let Buffy have the bed and maybe invest in a sofa bed for the lounge room. Spike was shaken from his thoughts when he heard the keys in the door, Spike ducked behind the couch to hide from the sun.
Buffy opened the door and staggered in over a Mountain of bags. She moved them out of the way before turning back to the opened door and grabbed more bags. Chucking them on top of the other bags Buffy looked around the room to see any signs of Spike.
"Spike" she called.
Spikes head popped up over the couch.
"Yeah luv"
Buffy started laughing the last thing she expected to see was him pop up from behind the couch.
"Shit I didn't expect you to come from there, umm what are you doing"
Spike got up and dusted him self off.
"Oh I am just heard you at the door so I hid" Spike looked at the floor and saw all the bags Buffy had brought with her. "Slayer what in the hell did you buy"
Buffy looked up smiling "Just some stuff, guess what"
Spike looked up from the bags looking a little nervous "What"
"I got a job"
"What" Spike asked surprised
"I got a job at the supermarket, Mrs. Weaver is a legend. When I told her I was staying for good and I needed a job she like latched onto the super market manager. You should have seen her Spike for an old woman she sure knows how to flirt; he didn't even care that I had no experience. I won't be able to start for a few weeks yet but I can go in for a couple of hours until then to get a feel for the store"
"That's great Buffy" Spike said walking over to her, not sure if he should shake her hand or give her a hug. Buffy solved that for him when she threw her arms around him.
"Isn't this great" she said pulling away from him.
"Yeah it is. So what did you buy to destroy my place with"
Buffy picked up one of the bags and headed into the kitchen.
"I just bought a few things to fix our place up with" she said smiling
"Ok so what did you buy to fix our place with"
Buffy pulled out a table cloth and placed it on the counter.
"A table cloth?" he asked surprised.
"Well yeah you didn't have one and its nice to sit down and have a nice meal" Spike raised his eyebrows at her "Well ok I will make you gourmet weeta bix and blood ok, I just wanted to make this place a little more homely you know"
Spike nodded "You got any thing else in that bag for here"
"Umm yep just a vase and some fake flowers is that ok"
"Hey pet this is our home I have done my best to decorate it now you can do it properly" he said with a smirk. "Do you want to change anything in here, you know furniture"
"Nope" she said walking out of the room into the lounge room. "I would like to change a few things in the lounge though"
"Sure what did you want to move"
"The t.v and the couch, I mean if I am going to be coming and going all the time its not safe, if we turn it so the back is facing the door then it should give you some shade right"
"Yeah but that means I am going to have to stare at the pictures on the wall"
Buffy looked at the wall and smiled. Angel, Dru and herself. "Well if I am that repulsing to look at then you can just fry then"
"Changing it sounds good to me, I'll grab the T.V if you get the stand then we will move the couch ok"
Spike unplugged the T.V and picked it up and waited for buffy to move the stand up against the wall before placing it back on it. Spike moved the coffee table out of the way then easily pushed the couch around.
"Alright luv decorate away"
Buffy walked over to one of the bags and pulled a yellow and blue throw rug. She walked over to the couch and placed it over the back. Buffy pulled a similar rug for the floor and moved the bags out of the way and placed it in front of the door.
"Anything else for this room"
Buffy scooped up the rest of the bags and walked of to the bathroom. "I hope you don't mind that I bought some stuff for the bathroom, I know you said this is our home but the bathroom is personal"
"Nah I would like to see what you bought"
Buffy was relieved. She had bought all this stuff for the house, she knew he said she could but she still thought that she had gone over board.
"Well I got a shower curtain, I noticed you did have one, and I thought it would come in handy in case I need to go and your in here." Buffys face flushed red with embarrassment about the thought of going to the toilet with Spike a few feet away, Naked.
"Oh and it keeps the floor dry, so you won't slip"
Spike started poking around in the bag and pulled out a few scented soaps. Spike sniffed each one then handed them to Buffy. "Lavender, Strawberry, Vanilla"
"Yep, they look good and smell great too, oh yeah you can borrow them to I promise I wont tell anyone" Buffy reached into the bag that Spike was holding and pulled out two toothbrushes. "Here which one do you want, the red or the blue, I noticed yours was getting a little old and I didn't get one the other day"
Spike was surprised she had bought him a toothbrush, a toothbrush, a simple toothbrush, but it seemed more on so many levels.
"Spike" she said waving them in the air "Red or blue"
"Oh umm red"
"Cool" she said placing them next to the sink. "Just a few more bags, on to the bedroom"
"Umm about that Buffy"
"Oh come on spike I not going to destroy it just a little arrangement"
Spike sighed brining up the sleeping arrangements wasn't going to be easy.
"I was wondering if we could move the bed so its not the first thing you see when you walk into the room. Can we put it against the left wall where the dresser is and put the dresser against the wall with the door"
Spike shrugged and went over and grabbed one side of the dresser and waited for Buffy to grab the other. Moving slowly they moved the dresser to the wall careful not to let all the drawers fall out.
"You got anything dirty magazines hiding under the bed that you don't want me to see".
"Nope but there is this" he said pulling out a large thin ax from between the mattress and the base.
"You had me sleeping on that" she yelled.
"Well I guess your not a princess then pet you couldn't even feel a axe let alone a pea"
"What ever lets just move the bed" Buffy grabbed the end and began pulling it.
"Hey let me do that you still not full strength" Spike waved Buffy away from the bed and began to pull it into position. "Is that alright"
"Yeah its up to you, I just thought you might like some privacy if you like sleeping with the door open"
"What but your sleeping in here not me,"
"But Spike its your room I cant take over your room," Buffy took a deep breath "Look I was thinking, were grown ups right" Spike nodded.
"Well it's a big bed and I don't want to take your bed and you won't accept it, so I was thinking if its alright we could maybe share it"
Spikes eyes widened. "What?" he sputtered out.
Buffy became self consciences and began fiddling with her hands "It was just an idea, I feel bad for taking over your life, I mean if your not comfortable with it its ok. I didn't think I would be I usually cringe when I am near a guy but I feel safe with you and I know you told me not to say that to you but its true"
Spike stared at her with shock. She wanted to share his bed with him. Not in the sexual way but it was still them sleeping together. He remembered what it felt like to have her in his arms and secretly wanted it to happen again.
"Umm yeah ok if that's alright with you, I mean if that's what you want"
Buffy nodded.
"Umm alright then which side do you want, left or right"
Buffy smiled "Well which side is left and which is right"
Spike stood at the end of the bed with his back to it and held up his hand. "Left" he said pointing to where Buffy was standing. , "Right" he said pointing to him self.
Buffy thought for a second "Well I used to sleep on the right with Riley"
"Ok luv then I am sleeping on the right then" Spike then death drooped to the bed with arms across his chest.
Buffy smiled she knew exactly what he was doing, getting her as much away from Riley memories as possible.
Buffy fell on to the bed with her arms flailed out hitting Spike on the way down.
"Hey" he complained.
Buffy rolled over and looked at him. "What you gonna do hit me" she said teasing him.
Spike looked at her then lunged at her. But he didn't attack he tickled. Buffy burst out laughing and tried to fight back, but Spike kept at her. After a few minutes spike stopped and let Buffy catch her breath.
"See what happens when you hit me in bed"
"Ok ok I'll try not to hit you in bed, as long as we can do one more thing".
Spike just stared at her, was she really suggesting what he thought she was suggesting.
"I bought some little cans of paint, you know to brighten up the walls with designs"
"Umm yeah sure" he stammered nice one as if she would think like that.
"Its quick drying so it should be dry in like an hour"
Spike got off the bed then pulled Buffy up with him. "What colours did you get"
Buffy walked over to the last remaining bags, and pulled out three colours. "Blue, white and yellow, I figured we could do stars and moons and suns, I always wanted to do that to my room but mom wouldn't let me"
"Sounds good to me. I thought you were going to paint over the black with pink or something, hey can you chuck me the blue"
Buffy passed Spike the blue with a paint brush. Spike walked over to the door and began writing on it with the paint. Buffy began painting little designs on the wall and when he was finished he went and joined Buffy. After half an hour of painting Buffy sighed.
"That's enough, its almost dark, what are we doing tonight"
Spike closed the lid on his paint and walked over to her. "Well I thought we would have a nice dinner in to celebrate our new place, give us a chance to use that table cloth"
"Really that would be great"
"Take a shower first though, get all nice, I'll start making dinner ok"
"This is really nice thanks" Buffy walked over to a drawer and pulled out a navy pair of jeans and nicked another of Spikes shirts.
Buffy walked out the room when she passed the door she looked at what Spike had done to it.
Buffy & Spikes Room.
~TBC~
By
Natalie Elizabeth
Chapter 13
Spike paced back and forth in front of the door. It had been over two hours since Buffy had left to go shopping to redecorate THEIR home. He was only a little worried, he had asked Mrs weaver to go with her so she would be ok but he was still worried. He knew that the two of them would be gone for awhile considering they were both women but he didn't think it would take this long. Spike wanted everything in the house to be perfect, Angel was coming. Spike wasn't sure what to do about the sleeping arrangements, 3 of them, 1 large bed and 1 couch; he cringed thinking about Buffy and Angel sharing his bed. There was also the thought in the back of his mind about the permeant sleeping arrangements. Buffy didn't seem to mind them sleeping together last night but that was just out of conveyance, he would let Buffy have the bed and maybe invest in a sofa bed for the lounge room. Spike was shaken from his thoughts when he heard the keys in the door, Spike ducked behind the couch to hide from the sun.
Buffy opened the door and staggered in over a Mountain of bags. She moved them out of the way before turning back to the opened door and grabbed more bags. Chucking them on top of the other bags Buffy looked around the room to see any signs of Spike.
"Spike" she called.
Spikes head popped up over the couch.
"Yeah luv"
Buffy started laughing the last thing she expected to see was him pop up from behind the couch.
"Shit I didn't expect you to come from there, umm what are you doing"
Spike got up and dusted him self off.
"Oh I am just heard you at the door so I hid" Spike looked at the floor and saw all the bags Buffy had brought with her. "Slayer what in the hell did you buy"
Buffy looked up smiling "Just some stuff, guess what"
Spike looked up from the bags looking a little nervous "What"
"I got a job"
"What" Spike asked surprised
"I got a job at the supermarket, Mrs. Weaver is a legend. When I told her I was staying for good and I needed a job she like latched onto the super market manager. You should have seen her Spike for an old woman she sure knows how to flirt; he didn't even care that I had no experience. I won't be able to start for a few weeks yet but I can go in for a couple of hours until then to get a feel for the store"
"That's great Buffy" Spike said walking over to her, not sure if he should shake her hand or give her a hug. Buffy solved that for him when she threw her arms around him.
"Isn't this great" she said pulling away from him.
"Yeah it is. So what did you buy to destroy my place with"
Buffy picked up one of the bags and headed into the kitchen.
"I just bought a few things to fix our place up with" she said smiling
"Ok so what did you buy to fix our place with"
Buffy pulled out a table cloth and placed it on the counter.
"A table cloth?" he asked surprised.
"Well yeah you didn't have one and its nice to sit down and have a nice meal" Spike raised his eyebrows at her "Well ok I will make you gourmet weeta bix and blood ok, I just wanted to make this place a little more homely you know"
Spike nodded "You got any thing else in that bag for here"
"Umm yep just a vase and some fake flowers is that ok"
"Hey pet this is our home I have done my best to decorate it now you can do it properly" he said with a smirk. "Do you want to change anything in here, you know furniture"
"Nope" she said walking out of the room into the lounge room. "I would like to change a few things in the lounge though"
"Sure what did you want to move"
"The t.v and the couch, I mean if I am going to be coming and going all the time its not safe, if we turn it so the back is facing the door then it should give you some shade right"
"Yeah but that means I am going to have to stare at the pictures on the wall"
Buffy looked at the wall and smiled. Angel, Dru and herself. "Well if I am that repulsing to look at then you can just fry then"
"Changing it sounds good to me, I'll grab the T.V if you get the stand then we will move the couch ok"
Spike unplugged the T.V and picked it up and waited for buffy to move the stand up against the wall before placing it back on it. Spike moved the coffee table out of the way then easily pushed the couch around.
"Alright luv decorate away"
Buffy walked over to one of the bags and pulled a yellow and blue throw rug. She walked over to the couch and placed it over the back. Buffy pulled a similar rug for the floor and moved the bags out of the way and placed it in front of the door.
"Anything else for this room"
Buffy scooped up the rest of the bags and walked of to the bathroom. "I hope you don't mind that I bought some stuff for the bathroom, I know you said this is our home but the bathroom is personal"
"Nah I would like to see what you bought"
Buffy was relieved. She had bought all this stuff for the house, she knew he said she could but she still thought that she had gone over board.
"Well I got a shower curtain, I noticed you did have one, and I thought it would come in handy in case I need to go and your in here." Buffys face flushed red with embarrassment about the thought of going to the toilet with Spike a few feet away, Naked.
"Oh and it keeps the floor dry, so you won't slip"
Spike started poking around in the bag and pulled out a few scented soaps. Spike sniffed each one then handed them to Buffy. "Lavender, Strawberry, Vanilla"
"Yep, they look good and smell great too, oh yeah you can borrow them to I promise I wont tell anyone" Buffy reached into the bag that Spike was holding and pulled out two toothbrushes. "Here which one do you want, the red or the blue, I noticed yours was getting a little old and I didn't get one the other day"
Spike was surprised she had bought him a toothbrush, a toothbrush, a simple toothbrush, but it seemed more on so many levels.
"Spike" she said waving them in the air "Red or blue"
"Oh umm red"
"Cool" she said placing them next to the sink. "Just a few more bags, on to the bedroom"
"Umm about that Buffy"
"Oh come on spike I not going to destroy it just a little arrangement"
Spike sighed brining up the sleeping arrangements wasn't going to be easy.
"I was wondering if we could move the bed so its not the first thing you see when you walk into the room. Can we put it against the left wall where the dresser is and put the dresser against the wall with the door"
Spike shrugged and went over and grabbed one side of the dresser and waited for Buffy to grab the other. Moving slowly they moved the dresser to the wall careful not to let all the drawers fall out.
"You got anything dirty magazines hiding under the bed that you don't want me to see".
"Nope but there is this" he said pulling out a large thin ax from between the mattress and the base.
"You had me sleeping on that" she yelled.
"Well I guess your not a princess then pet you couldn't even feel a axe let alone a pea"
"What ever lets just move the bed" Buffy grabbed the end and began pulling it.
"Hey let me do that you still not full strength" Spike waved Buffy away from the bed and began to pull it into position. "Is that alright"
"Yeah its up to you, I just thought you might like some privacy if you like sleeping with the door open"
"What but your sleeping in here not me,"
"But Spike its your room I cant take over your room," Buffy took a deep breath "Look I was thinking, were grown ups right" Spike nodded.
"Well it's a big bed and I don't want to take your bed and you won't accept it, so I was thinking if its alright we could maybe share it"
Spikes eyes widened. "What?" he sputtered out.
Buffy became self consciences and began fiddling with her hands "It was just an idea, I feel bad for taking over your life, I mean if your not comfortable with it its ok. I didn't think I would be I usually cringe when I am near a guy but I feel safe with you and I know you told me not to say that to you but its true"
Spike stared at her with shock. She wanted to share his bed with him. Not in the sexual way but it was still them sleeping together. He remembered what it felt like to have her in his arms and secretly wanted it to happen again.
"Umm yeah ok if that's alright with you, I mean if that's what you want"
Buffy nodded.
"Umm alright then which side do you want, left or right"
Buffy smiled "Well which side is left and which is right"
Spike stood at the end of the bed with his back to it and held up his hand. "Left" he said pointing to where Buffy was standing. , "Right" he said pointing to him self.
Buffy thought for a second "Well I used to sleep on the right with Riley"
"Ok luv then I am sleeping on the right then" Spike then death drooped to the bed with arms across his chest.
Buffy smiled she knew exactly what he was doing, getting her as much away from Riley memories as possible.
Buffy fell on to the bed with her arms flailed out hitting Spike on the way down.
"Hey" he complained.
Buffy rolled over and looked at him. "What you gonna do hit me" she said teasing him.
Spike looked at her then lunged at her. But he didn't attack he tickled. Buffy burst out laughing and tried to fight back, but Spike kept at her. After a few minutes spike stopped and let Buffy catch her breath.
"See what happens when you hit me in bed"
"Ok ok I'll try not to hit you in bed, as long as we can do one more thing".
Spike just stared at her, was she really suggesting what he thought she was suggesting.
"I bought some little cans of paint, you know to brighten up the walls with designs"
"Umm yeah sure" he stammered nice one as if she would think like that.
"Its quick drying so it should be dry in like an hour"
Spike got off the bed then pulled Buffy up with him. "What colours did you get"
Buffy walked over to the last remaining bags, and pulled out three colours. "Blue, white and yellow, I figured we could do stars and moons and suns, I always wanted to do that to my room but mom wouldn't let me"
"Sounds good to me. I thought you were going to paint over the black with pink or something, hey can you chuck me the blue"
Buffy passed Spike the blue with a paint brush. Spike walked over to the door and began writing on it with the paint. Buffy began painting little designs on the wall and when he was finished he went and joined Buffy. After half an hour of painting Buffy sighed.
"That's enough, its almost dark, what are we doing tonight"
Spike closed the lid on his paint and walked over to her. "Well I thought we would have a nice dinner in to celebrate our new place, give us a chance to use that table cloth"
"Really that would be great"
"Take a shower first though, get all nice, I'll start making dinner ok"
"This is really nice thanks" Buffy walked over to a drawer and pulled out a navy pair of jeans and nicked another of Spikes shirts.
Buffy walked out the room when she passed the door she looked at what Spike had done to it.
Buffy & Spikes Room.
~TBC~