"I don't understand what you're trying to tell me Spike" Giles murmured as he flicked through a dusty volume dedicated to shapeshifter's. "Alright I'll tell you again for the bloody hundredth time. I met this woman right, we danced and we kissed right and it felt like.I dunno.like I should be with this woman for the rest of my un-life". Spike paced up and down the room. This had been bothering him ever since he had left The Bronze last night. In the end Spike had decided to consult Giles, which meant taking a morning walk. "You said that about Dru" Buffy grumbled as she picked at her fingernails. She was annoyed that Spike had interrupted her morning slayer-watcher talk. All right slayer-ex-watcher-who-still-helped-a-lot talk. Spike threw her a look that could've curdled milk and turned back to Giles, who said, "Now you say she had told you earlier that she was a shapeshifter and she was in Sunnydale looking for her soulmate?" Spike nodded. Giles sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. Spike added, "she knew some serious stuff about Angel too". He took great pleasure in watching Buffy visibly stiffen. "Like what?" Buffy asked in a sharp tone. Spike grinned. "Oh I dunno stuff about his sister, how he killed his family". Buffy shuddered and Spike grinned again. Giles looked up. "Good Lord". Both Spike and Buffy looked round at him and he cleared his throat. "Well in this particular volume it states that.uh.well all shapeshifter's have one true soulmate and when they are with this 'soulmate', they experience feelings such as the ones you were describing, Spike". "But Spike's a vampire, he doesn't have a soul!" Buffy exclaimed. "First prize for the Most Obvious Exclamation of the Year award goes to.Buffy Summers!" Spike growled. Giles nodded, "yes that is true, however from what Spike' told us this Skylark has been looking for her soulmate ever since her initiation ceremony. That's almost 300 years ago. And it's possible that Skylark's soulmate is William, formally Spike when he was human." Giles looked at Spike and Buffy did likewise. "Therefore this could be providing the proof that vampires still have some little part of their former self in them". Spike sniffed and looked indignant. "Well their sure aint no William left in me, I can tell you straight!" Giles sighed. "Spike, don't you see, there must be for Skylark to be in love with you and for you to be soulmate's". Buffy giggled and Spike glared at her. Giles shut the dusty volume he had been reading and placed it back in its rightful place on the shelf. Spike sat down on the couch and put his feet on Giles' coffee table. Giles cleared his throat and eyed Spike's muddy boots on his antique mahogany table. Spike rolled his eyes and got up. "S'ppose I'd better be getting back to my crypt anyway. Dun't want word getting out I'm hanging round with the slayer". Spike strode to the door and lifted his duster over his head. "I heard word had already gotten out" Buffy chided. Spike scowled and stormed off into the morning sun. Buffy turned back to Giles, but before she could open her mouth there came the sound of sizzling and cursing before the front door banged shut.