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Just a Crush-Or is It? by Emily})i({

Daylight. How he hated daylight. There was never anything to do. Plus, it meant not being able to see Buffy. All he needed was that one little stone, and he would be so close to human he could bathe in the daylight.

"Master!" one of the last minions left came running in to him. Getting rid of them had been hard, but he had done it. The ones left would be taken care of as soon as they finished his business.

"What is it?" he growled.

"We've located it!"

Spike jumped up from the chair he had been perched on and ran with superhuman speed down a long corridor to the mines. A minion was standing at the end of one of many caves, staring, entranced, at a small object in his hand.

"Give me that!" the blonde vampire grabbed the gold ring from the younger one.

"Yes," he breathed. "Finally I have it. Finally we can be together, her and I. Now that I've got it. The Gem of Amara.

Buffy exited the building which her last class was in. She walked across the lawn, just enjoying the day. Thank God, she thought. Done for the day. She headed for the food court to grab something to eat. It was about one o'clock. Maybe a bagel would be nice . . .

Suddenly she stopped in her tracks. There he was, standing under the sahde of a tree. The guy from last night. Her heart raced. Stop it, she told herself firmly. Go see what he's doing there.

Spike stood there, watching her come over. The ring was securely on his finger, and how good it felt! He was glad he had worn his only non-black shirt, a dark blue one. It gave him a less gothic image (think season 7, episode 2. Yep, that's the one.).

"What are you doing here?" she demanded, arriving to a stop right in front of him.

"Nice to see you too, Slayer," he grinned cockily.

"Don't say that around here," Buffy hissed.

"Oops, sorry, my bad,"

Buffy frowned. "You should be. Now answer my question. What are you doing here?"

He looked her squarely in the eye. "I'm here to see you. I wanted to know if you wanted to maybe get something to eat."

"Uh, yeah, well you're forgetting one thing. And that's that you're a vampire, and I'm supposed to kill you."

"Actually, that's two things. And I never said I was a vampire. After all, I am out in the day."

"But you're standing in the shade. And why am I even talking to you?"

She grabbed him by the arm and roughly pulled him into the sun. To her surprise, he didn't burst into flame; only stood there smirking at her.

"See? Told ya. So, lunch?"

"What? Lunch? But, wait. Why didn't you explode again?" The Slayer was clearly bewildered.

Spike reached for her arm and gently led her away from the campus. "Let me take you to a great place I know, it's called-"

"No. No, not now. I--have to go." She barely got the words out and started to back away from his hold.

"But-"he started, worried he had scared her away.

"No, I've got to go," she turned and fled from the area, heading towards her dorm.

"I'll see you tonight, luv," he shouted. "Shit!" Things were not working out as planned. She was totally freaked by him. He had to win her trust before he made a move on her. And he had just the thing.

To be continued. . .

Hey! Okay, I wanna thank u guys again for all your reviews. This is my first fic, so bear with me. Oh, yeah, I need a beta for my next chapters. I had one, but she doesn't really watch Buffy, so it didn't work out. Just tell me if you want to in a review. Thanx! ~})i({