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Intuition



Spike's mind was going crazy at the sight of Buffy throwing herself in the arms of Angel. The anger taking control of him was a powerful feeling, and he had to ease his thoughts of jealousy before he could come out of his safe, dark place under the tree.

He had seen what move Angel made before Buffy realized it wasn't him.

The only thing that could calm him down was that she liked it 'cause she thought it was him, and the thought she knew it wasn't him embracing her. His undead heart softened at that very moment before fear replaced it.

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'Spike', nodded Angel in the direction of Spike.

Buffy felt herself rather uneasy in this particular situation. She had to get out of here. She wanted to talk alone with Angel. And Spike wouldn't like it. She had been a terror for Spike, she knew that. Even when she found herself loving him, she still stayed the same old harsh Buffy, not able to accept her feelings. Thank God for changing that!

'Spike, I know you two aren't fond of each other, but could you just leave us alone a minute?', she said.

A growl escaped his mouth.

He knew something wasn't right, and if he left them alone, who knew what could happen. And after all, Angel was her first and most precious love ever. Angel was not to be trusted. He better didn't get excited by HIS girlfriend.

Spike sighed. 'You better leave MY girlfriend alone mister, or I'll get my hands on you!' he murmured.

Buffy gave him a soft kiss on the cheek before departing with Angel, leaving him alone.

'Gay freak'.

He inhaled a last time the smoke of his cigarette and threw it aside, where the flame slowly died out.

He better watched out for 'the mystery man where you don't know a thing about and then returns'. He remembered the passion and fire between them years ago. He'd tried to kill it. And after all, the knowledge of never going to be together has a strange attraction between people.

Or between human and demon.

Buffy isn't human anymore, or is she?

Never mind.

Still, Spike was worried. And not only worried, also threatened. His intuition never failed.

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So here she was, walking between the graves, walking next to the guy she once believed was the one for her.

'How come you like him so much?', Angel asked suddenly.

'Who? Spike?'

'Yes, him.'

'I don't know, it just happened I guess. . .'

Again, silence fell over them.

'He's changed, you know, really', she added.

'I can believe that, otherwise you wouldn't DATE him.', Angel spoke, with a strange tone in his voice.

'I'm not dating him! I just. . .'

'SCREW him?'

'LOVE him!', she said vigorously, 'are you jealous or something?'

'Me? Jealous, why should I?'

'Dunno, maybe 'cause we weren't meant to be?'

Silence. Walking. They both knew what was and didn't know what was going to be. She felt his strange attraction coming over him once again, and if she hadn't had the self-confidence she had built up again, she would fall for him this right moment. But she couldn't do that to herself, nor to Spike.

'Look, we couldn't be together, never will be! You can't deny that, you know it yourself, YOU ended our relationship.'

'I know. But we didn't have a future, just like you don't have a future with . . . Spike.', he added in disgust., 'are you screwing the guy?'

'None of your business anymore!'

'Well, I felt OK with Riley, he was human at least. . .'

'Why than did you beat him up for?'

'How did you. . .?'

'Found out? He was never that fond of telling his weaknesses, but he told me. He didn't like you either. And you never gave an explanation why that possibly could be.'

Angel was left speechless.

'I know you care about me, Angel, but I've grown up, have my own life, fuck whoever I want to. You're not my father.'

'I know.'

'Though you're old enough to be', she added with a smile.

He smiled back while facing the ground.

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Spike couldn't feel much better about the conversation he just overheard. He couldn't explain why, but his intuition had led him here. If Buffy saw him spying on her and Angel, she would be furious, that was for sure. But it was that or maybe lose her. If he stayed at this distance and sneaked behind the bushes, she would never notice.

At the very same moment, a branch snapped under his feet.



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