I hope you didn't mind having Spike so overly excited about everything last
chapter. I felt that it was necessary.
There she was so beautiful. It felt like she was so out of his reach. Her hair a perfect golden blond and her
skin so perfectly kissed by the sun. She was his dream all that he could ever hope for in life, but it seemed
like all of this wasn't real. 'She's my girl' he said over and over again in his head, but he just couldn't
believe it.
"Hey, come on you two" Buffy called to Dawn and Spike "It's time to eat"
Dawn plopped herself down onto the blanket that was so nicely laid out on the grass. Spike took off his
coat and laid it beside Buffy and then sat beside her putting a protective arm around her. He didn't know
why, but all of a sudden he had just needed to touch her and feel the warmth of her skin.
"So what did we bring to eat?" Dawn asked eagerly.
"Well we have sandwiches" Willow replied pulling out the sandwiches for the picnic basket.
"There's peanut butter and bananas with regular chips for Dawn" Tara handed the sandwich over to Dawn.
"That's gross, why would you put chips in a peanut butter and banana sandwich?" Buffy asked.
"It's good" Dawn replied taking a huge bit of her sandwich. Man that girl has a huge mouth Buffy thought.
"There's ham sandwiches for Buffy, Spike and Tara" Willow continued "And a peanut butter and jam for me"
"Is there a lou around here?" Spike asked.
"Aww that's so cute, Spike has to pee" Dawn cooed.
"No it's not I haven't gone in a few centuries, if I don't find a lou soon I'm going to explode" Spike replied
through gritted teeth.
"There's one right over there, Honey" Buffy pointed across the park.
"Be right back" Spike said and gave Buffy a quick kiss on the cheek before walking very quickly over to
the bathroom.
"Here comes Xander and Anya" Dawn pointed out as they walked over to them. Xander didn't see as he
sat. Buffy and Dawn were blocking him. Xander and Anya sat down with their own picnic basket.
"Hello all" Xander said.
"Hey" everyone replied.
Buffy looked around nervously. Where was Spike? She really didn't want to have to tell Xander
about Spike, but she also wanted Spike to come back so that she could get this over with and she wouldn't
have to hide their relationship from anyone anymore.
"Buffy?" Xander called "Anybody in there?" Xander laughed at his own joke.
"What?" Buffy asked.
"I asked you how you were doing, but you just starred into space" Xander replied.
"I'm fine," Buffy said quickly.
"Oh god Buffy, Spike's got the ring of Amara" Xander said as Spike walked back over to them fully bathed
in sunlight.
"No he doesn't" Buffy replied.
"But he's outside........................and it's day time..............................with sunlight and all that" Xander tried
to make logic out of all this as Spike and sat down with them.
"He killed a demon that granted his hearts desire" Buffy explained.
"And his hearts desire was to be human" Dawn added.
"Wow" was all that Xander could say. Anya was at no loss for words though.
"That means that you have to use a condom now when you're having sex with someone" Anya pointed out.
"Okay, Spike that's great I'm happy for you I really am" Xander said sarcastically "But you can leave now
just because you're human doesn't make you our friend that hangs out with us. Here's your coat, you can
be on your way now" Xander threw Spike's coat at him.
"No Xander" Buffy said, "There's more"
"What?" Xander asked, "How could there be more?"
"SpikeandIaredating" Buffy said quickly.
"What?" Xander asked, "I didn't hear you"
"Honey, she said that she and Spike are dating" Anya said happily giving Buffy a hug "Congratulations"
"Thanks" Buffy replied, but she was really paying attention to Xander. She couldn't tell what he was
thinking yet.
"Buffy what the hell are you thinking?" Xander yelled, "This is Spike we're talking about"
"Honey, calm down" Anya said as she pulled their lunch out of their picnic basket "People are starting to
stare"
"Buffy I can't believe this" Xander stood up and started to pace back and forth "He did something to you
didn't he? It's a spell, Is it a spell?" Xander yelled as he pinned Spike and started yelling in his face.
"Hey Spike what did you do? What did you do to her?" Xander yelled. Spike just laid there, he didn't
want to get into a fight with the Whelp, because it would upset Buffy.
"Xander get off of him" Buffy pulled him off of Spike "He didn't do anything to me"
"Yes he did, the Buffy I know would never touch a thing like him" Xander spat.
"I love him and I don't care what you think" Buffy replied.
"Buffy just because he's human now doesn't mean that the demon isn't still there, Think of how many
people he's killed. He's a killer." Xander wasn't calming down one bit.
"Well it's nice to know how you feel Xander" Anya yelled in his face "Is that how you look at me?"
"No of course not" Xander reached out to touch her.
"Don't you dare touch me Xander Harris" Anya pushed his hand away "I'm just as much a demon as Spike
is, I've killed more people than Spike, Angelus, Darla and Drusilla all together"
"But that's different" Xander said.
"No it's not" Anya turned around and stomped away.
"Anya wait" Xander called after her.
"Don't even say my name, I hate you" Anya replied, not even turning around.
"Well this just made my day" Xander said "And it's all your fault" Xander pointed at Spike, then stomped
away in a different direction than Anya had.
"Buffy don't let him upset you" Willow said once Xander was out of sight.
"I'm not going to, if Xander doesn't like Spike then Xander doesn't have to be a part of my life" Buffy
replied.
There she was so beautiful. It felt like she was so out of his reach. Her hair a perfect golden blond and her
skin so perfectly kissed by the sun. She was his dream all that he could ever hope for in life, but it seemed
like all of this wasn't real. 'She's my girl' he said over and over again in his head, but he just couldn't
believe it.
"Hey, come on you two" Buffy called to Dawn and Spike "It's time to eat"
Dawn plopped herself down onto the blanket that was so nicely laid out on the grass. Spike took off his
coat and laid it beside Buffy and then sat beside her putting a protective arm around her. He didn't know
why, but all of a sudden he had just needed to touch her and feel the warmth of her skin.
"So what did we bring to eat?" Dawn asked eagerly.
"Well we have sandwiches" Willow replied pulling out the sandwiches for the picnic basket.
"There's peanut butter and bananas with regular chips for Dawn" Tara handed the sandwich over to Dawn.
"That's gross, why would you put chips in a peanut butter and banana sandwich?" Buffy asked.
"It's good" Dawn replied taking a huge bit of her sandwich. Man that girl has a huge mouth Buffy thought.
"There's ham sandwiches for Buffy, Spike and Tara" Willow continued "And a peanut butter and jam for me"
"Is there a lou around here?" Spike asked.
"Aww that's so cute, Spike has to pee" Dawn cooed.
"No it's not I haven't gone in a few centuries, if I don't find a lou soon I'm going to explode" Spike replied
through gritted teeth.
"There's one right over there, Honey" Buffy pointed across the park.
"Be right back" Spike said and gave Buffy a quick kiss on the cheek before walking very quickly over to
the bathroom.
"Here comes Xander and Anya" Dawn pointed out as they walked over to them. Xander didn't see as he
sat. Buffy and Dawn were blocking him. Xander and Anya sat down with their own picnic basket.
"Hello all" Xander said.
"Hey" everyone replied.
Buffy looked around nervously. Where was Spike? She really didn't want to have to tell Xander
about Spike, but she also wanted Spike to come back so that she could get this over with and she wouldn't
have to hide their relationship from anyone anymore.
"Buffy?" Xander called "Anybody in there?" Xander laughed at his own joke.
"What?" Buffy asked.
"I asked you how you were doing, but you just starred into space" Xander replied.
"I'm fine," Buffy said quickly.
"Oh god Buffy, Spike's got the ring of Amara" Xander said as Spike walked back over to them fully bathed
in sunlight.
"No he doesn't" Buffy replied.
"But he's outside........................and it's day time..............................with sunlight and all that" Xander tried
to make logic out of all this as Spike and sat down with them.
"He killed a demon that granted his hearts desire" Buffy explained.
"And his hearts desire was to be human" Dawn added.
"Wow" was all that Xander could say. Anya was at no loss for words though.
"That means that you have to use a condom now when you're having sex with someone" Anya pointed out.
"Okay, Spike that's great I'm happy for you I really am" Xander said sarcastically "But you can leave now
just because you're human doesn't make you our friend that hangs out with us. Here's your coat, you can
be on your way now" Xander threw Spike's coat at him.
"No Xander" Buffy said, "There's more"
"What?" Xander asked, "How could there be more?"
"SpikeandIaredating" Buffy said quickly.
"What?" Xander asked, "I didn't hear you"
"Honey, she said that she and Spike are dating" Anya said happily giving Buffy a hug "Congratulations"
"Thanks" Buffy replied, but she was really paying attention to Xander. She couldn't tell what he was
thinking yet.
"Buffy what the hell are you thinking?" Xander yelled, "This is Spike we're talking about"
"Honey, calm down" Anya said as she pulled their lunch out of their picnic basket "People are starting to
stare"
"Buffy I can't believe this" Xander stood up and started to pace back and forth "He did something to you
didn't he? It's a spell, Is it a spell?" Xander yelled as he pinned Spike and started yelling in his face.
"Hey Spike what did you do? What did you do to her?" Xander yelled. Spike just laid there, he didn't
want to get into a fight with the Whelp, because it would upset Buffy.
"Xander get off of him" Buffy pulled him off of Spike "He didn't do anything to me"
"Yes he did, the Buffy I know would never touch a thing like him" Xander spat.
"I love him and I don't care what you think" Buffy replied.
"Buffy just because he's human now doesn't mean that the demon isn't still there, Think of how many
people he's killed. He's a killer." Xander wasn't calming down one bit.
"Well it's nice to know how you feel Xander" Anya yelled in his face "Is that how you look at me?"
"No of course not" Xander reached out to touch her.
"Don't you dare touch me Xander Harris" Anya pushed his hand away "I'm just as much a demon as Spike
is, I've killed more people than Spike, Angelus, Darla and Drusilla all together"
"But that's different" Xander said.
"No it's not" Anya turned around and stomped away.
"Anya wait" Xander called after her.
"Don't even say my name, I hate you" Anya replied, not even turning around.
"Well this just made my day" Xander said "And it's all your fault" Xander pointed at Spike, then stomped
away in a different direction than Anya had.
"Buffy don't let him upset you" Willow said once Xander was out of sight.
"I'm not going to, if Xander doesn't like Spike then Xander doesn't have to be a part of my life" Buffy
replied.