"Spike, I'm getting ever-so hungry. Lets go feed lover," Drusilla
drawled.
"I can't sweetheart. Chip, remember?" Spike reminded her quietly.
"Poor baby. How about I do the hunting and we can share the food?" Dru asked with a mischievous look in her eyes.
"Sounds good to me, love," Spike said as he grabbed his duster and they headed out into the night.
* * *
Buffy held herself as she tried to stop her uncontrollable shivering. The night air was positively freezing. She pulled her coat around her body tighter and continued walking through the graveyard. After Riley left, she had started patrolling a lot more to avoid sitting at home and thinking about everything that had happened. She was ready to do some butt kicking and was listening to the sharp, cold air for any sign of vampire activity. Just as suspected, she heard a loud horrified scream coming from somewhere in front of the graveyard gates.
She moved quickly, bounding over gravestones like track hurdles. She saw three figures outside the gate and came rushing over. From what she could make out in the darkness, there was a woman lying on the ground and a male and female vampire huddled over her, feeding. Buffy rushed over and threw one of them against the graveyard gate. The vampire hit the gate with a big crash and appeared to be unconscious. Buffy advanced towards it, ready to stake when she saw who the vampire was.
"Drusilla," Buffy stammered with shock.
"Right you are, pet." Buffy turned around to see Spike standing in the moonlight. "Long time no see slayer."
Buffy stared at his pale face. His eyes looked tired and his mouth was dripping with blood. She pounced at him, pushing him to the ground. He threw her off of him and she kicked him in the stomach. Spike tried to throw a punch at her, but instead fell to the ground clutching his head. Buffy grabbed him by the shoulder and flipped him on his back. She sat on his stomach to pin him down and held her stake threateningly over his chest.
"Go ahead love. What are you waiting for?" Spike growled.
Buffy just stared at him, looking into his icy blue eyes. Her face softened a little. It had been so long since she had last seen him. Suddenly, she began to break down into tears and she rolled off of him and collapsed onto the ground sobbing.
"Oh, cripes! What now?" Spike asked, sitting up.
"I can't do it," she choked. "I couldn't do it if I tried."
"And bloody well why not?" he asked. "I'm your immortal enemy right? Just do it. Just end my misery."
"YOUR misery? I saw you and Dru together again. You're feeding again. Seems like you're perfectly fine."
"Looks can be deceiving slayer."
"Well I can't even kill you anymore. I had you flat on your back and I could have staked you and I froze. Now that Riley's gone, I can't hide how I feel anymore."
"Ha! Riley left? That wanker left?"
"Yeah."
"Very unlike him. Seemed too soft to leave his girl. Why in his right mind would he leave?"
"He figured out that I didn't love him."
"Oh really." Spike now looked interested.
"Yeah. Instead I was chasing this fantasy that would never come true."
"Aren't we all."
"So how are you feeding again?"
"Just drinking, not hunting. Dru is the real hunter gatherer."
"When did Dru come back into the equasion?"
"Seems she broke up with that chaos demon of hers. So now she's here and she's mine. I actually thought it would make me happy."
"Oh please. Don't tell me it doesn't."
"I wish it did. It would make it less bloody complicated." Buffy slowly got up and staggered towards him.
"Why are we so unhappy?" she asked.
"I think we're wanting something we can't have," Spike replied.
Buffy looked away. Spike snickered.
"What would that be?" Buffy asked skeptically.
"Each other," Spike replied with a grin.
TBC.....
"I can't sweetheart. Chip, remember?" Spike reminded her quietly.
"Poor baby. How about I do the hunting and we can share the food?" Dru asked with a mischievous look in her eyes.
"Sounds good to me, love," Spike said as he grabbed his duster and they headed out into the night.
* * *
Buffy held herself as she tried to stop her uncontrollable shivering. The night air was positively freezing. She pulled her coat around her body tighter and continued walking through the graveyard. After Riley left, she had started patrolling a lot more to avoid sitting at home and thinking about everything that had happened. She was ready to do some butt kicking and was listening to the sharp, cold air for any sign of vampire activity. Just as suspected, she heard a loud horrified scream coming from somewhere in front of the graveyard gates.
She moved quickly, bounding over gravestones like track hurdles. She saw three figures outside the gate and came rushing over. From what she could make out in the darkness, there was a woman lying on the ground and a male and female vampire huddled over her, feeding. Buffy rushed over and threw one of them against the graveyard gate. The vampire hit the gate with a big crash and appeared to be unconscious. Buffy advanced towards it, ready to stake when she saw who the vampire was.
"Drusilla," Buffy stammered with shock.
"Right you are, pet." Buffy turned around to see Spike standing in the moonlight. "Long time no see slayer."
Buffy stared at his pale face. His eyes looked tired and his mouth was dripping with blood. She pounced at him, pushing him to the ground. He threw her off of him and she kicked him in the stomach. Spike tried to throw a punch at her, but instead fell to the ground clutching his head. Buffy grabbed him by the shoulder and flipped him on his back. She sat on his stomach to pin him down and held her stake threateningly over his chest.
"Go ahead love. What are you waiting for?" Spike growled.
Buffy just stared at him, looking into his icy blue eyes. Her face softened a little. It had been so long since she had last seen him. Suddenly, she began to break down into tears and she rolled off of him and collapsed onto the ground sobbing.
"Oh, cripes! What now?" Spike asked, sitting up.
"I can't do it," she choked. "I couldn't do it if I tried."
"And bloody well why not?" he asked. "I'm your immortal enemy right? Just do it. Just end my misery."
"YOUR misery? I saw you and Dru together again. You're feeding again. Seems like you're perfectly fine."
"Looks can be deceiving slayer."
"Well I can't even kill you anymore. I had you flat on your back and I could have staked you and I froze. Now that Riley's gone, I can't hide how I feel anymore."
"Ha! Riley left? That wanker left?"
"Yeah."
"Very unlike him. Seemed too soft to leave his girl. Why in his right mind would he leave?"
"He figured out that I didn't love him."
"Oh really." Spike now looked interested.
"Yeah. Instead I was chasing this fantasy that would never come true."
"Aren't we all."
"So how are you feeding again?"
"Just drinking, not hunting. Dru is the real hunter gatherer."
"When did Dru come back into the equasion?"
"Seems she broke up with that chaos demon of hers. So now she's here and she's mine. I actually thought it would make me happy."
"Oh please. Don't tell me it doesn't."
"I wish it did. It would make it less bloody complicated." Buffy slowly got up and staggered towards him.
"Why are we so unhappy?" she asked.
"I think we're wanting something we can't have," Spike replied.
Buffy looked away. Spike snickered.
"What would that be?" Buffy asked skeptically.
"Each other," Spike replied with a grin.
TBC.....