Summary: This is an AU. Buffy has an older sister named Stacy. When Spike moves to town, Stacy sees him as her knight in shining armor. But when he falls for the younger Buffy, there's going to be hell in the Summers' home. Stacy hatches a plan to win Spike back and get rid of her sister...for good.

Disclaimer: I don't any of the characters. Well except Stacy. She's all mine, the rest belong to Joss Whedon who is a god.

Rating: PG-13

Pairing: Buffy/Spike

Buffy and Willow sat in science class, supposedly watching a filmstrip about volcanoes.

"So what are you going to do?" Willow whispered. Since the girls sat at the same lab table they could easily whisper back and forth to each other without catching the attention of the teacher.

"I don't know." Buffy whispered back. "I think I might have to break up with Spike."

"What!" Willow said loudly. The teacher looked up from the papers he was grading on his desk and sent a "Shhh" to the girls. "Buffy that's nuts. You really like Spike, and you're going to let your sister's attitude problem come between you two?"

"It's not an attitude problem, Will. Well actually it is but.I'll get right down to it. I'm scared of her Will. I don't know what she's capable of. I've been thinking about this all night. I got like zero sleep."

"You do look a little tired. Raccoon eyes and all." Willow added.

"Oh gee thanks." Buffy said rubbing her eyes.

"You don't actually think she'd do it do you?" Willow asked getting back to the subject at hand. "She couldn't. I mean your mom."

"My mom doesn't know anything when it comes to Stacy." Buffy explained. "She just thinks she has an attitude problem, and that we are just too different to get along. There's no other solution."

"But Buffy." Willow was interrupted as the bell rang. Students jumped up from their seats and rushed towards the door.

"Will, I have to. I just don't see another way." Before Willow could respond Buffy was out the door, no doubt on her way to find Spike and break his heart.



Spike's day was hell. It had started out horribly with his uncle shouting at him for coming in late the night before. His teachers decided to join in on the Spike-bashing by telling him that he "didn't apply himself" and that he had "a poor attitude". Nothing seemed to be going right this morning. Thank God it was lunchtime.

Spike slammed open his locker, causing it to bang loudly against the adjacent lockers. People looked at him as they passed whispering as they went.

"What are you bloody looking at?" he shot at a group of football players as they walked past him. None of them answered, just kept walking and laughing.

Spike slammed his locker shut and turned to go to lunch. As he started away from his locker he noticed a familiar blonde walking towards him.

'Ah,' he thought. 'This day might just be looking up after all.' "Hello luv." He said as she approached him.

"Hi Spike." She said smiling sweetly.

'God I love that smile.' Spike thought.

"Spike can we talk for a minute?" Buffy asked, gesturing toward the courtyard.

"Sure, pet." Spike said following Buffy out. He held the door for her like a true gentleman.

'He's making this so hard. Why can't he be pig-headed and obnoxious like every other guy on the planet?' Buffy thought as she sat down on one of the benches. "Listen Spike there's something I have to say."

'This isn't going to be good.' Spike thought, his spirits falling. "What is it?"

"Look. Idon'tthinkweshouldseeeachotheranymore." She said in one breath. 'There I said it.' She thought.

"What?" Spike asked in disbelief.

"I just.I don't think we should be together."

She was lying through her teeth and Spike could tell. "You don't mean that."

"I do." Buffy said holding back tears. "I just.can't do this anymore." Finally she couldn't hold off the tears any longer, and took off running towards the girls' restroom leaving Spike to digest what had just happened.

"She dumped me. I can't believe this!" he shouted jumping up from the bench.

"Ah.William, there you are!" a male voice called. Spike spun around to see Mr. Giles, the librarian, his uncle running towards him.

"What do you want?" Spike asked harshly.

Mr. Giles stopped suddenly, a bit taken back by his nephew's aggressiveness. "Now William I will not have you speaking to me like."

"Bugger this!" Spike shouted as he took off across campus to the school gates.

"William you can't leave school until dismissal!" Mr. Giles shouted after him.

Spike ignored his uncle and continued to walk, mumbling something about 'bloody women' under his breath. His day had started out bad, and he was convinced that it wasn't going to get any better. So he intended to do anything to improve his mood, anything. And anything meant anything.