Tears Are Fallen
Rose Petals
+Chapter 2+
… Sympathy for the Cowboy…
+UPDATED: 7/20/03+
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Spike let the hot water run over his
body as he stood in the shower. He spit some water out of his mouth and rubbed
his hands over his eyes and faced away from the shower head. 'Should I say I'm sorry to Faye? I know I was being a little to
harsh… Heh…' His mind was screaming Julia over and over. His brain was in
overdrive. 'I got to get a hold of
myself, I can't keep thinking about her… I… I-'
"Spike?!
Ed needs to go pee-pee!" Ed stood outside the bathroom crossing her legs
and hopping up and down. "Spike," Ed pleaded. "Ed needs to go pee-pee
now!"
Spike rolled his eyes hitting the off
switch to the shower and got out; wrapping a towel around his waist and walking
out allowing the orange haired hacker do her business. "There you go
Ed…"
"Thankie-thankie
Spike!" Ed ran in and slammed the door quickly shut...
Faye stood outside her door with a
cigarette in her mouth. Tears still in her eyes she didn't notice that Spike
was not far from her. 'Guess now is
better then never…' Spike took a few steps and Faye turned abruptly and
backed into the door fumbling for the door knob. "Faye I-"
"You stop… Remember, I'm the one
who doesn't give a damn." She took a deep quivered breath. "So save your breath
for someone who cares!"
"Will you stop and listen for a
minute?!" Spike pulled her hand away from the doorknob and pinned her
between his arms and the door. He looked at her straight in the eyes.
"What, what do you have to say?
It's not like you'll ever admit that you were wrong, you never will!"
Faye's voice seethed with hate.
"I was wrong…" The words rolled past his tongue and out his mouth, just like that. "Okay, there. I swear I didn't mean to hurt you if I did, alright?" Spike mumbled. Nodded her head and looked down.
Her eyes widened and she blushed.
"I… Sure, but don't you think you should get dressed?" Faye pointed
to where his towel once had been around his waist, but apparently had fallen to
the ground...
"Ehh!"
Spike yelled and quickly put the towel around him again. "Faye,
why the heck were you looking anyway?!"
"It's kind of hard not to notice
that the person in front of you is naked." Faye smirked. "I think
I'll go in my room while you go get dressed. I'll go pack if we're still going
to Mars." She waited for him to answer.
"We are." Spike mumbled, anger
beginning to boil in his blood again. The blood that he had bled away, blood
that hadn't been anywhere near him since… Since the
last time he had seen Julia.
"Hey, at least you're improving
on your people skills… You've actually admitted to being wrong!" Faye
laughed waving her hand as she opened her door and walked halfway inside.
"Shut up…" Spike mumbled.
"Listen, I know you don't like
the pity talks and all… But please, if you… Oh never mind." Faye grimaced
and leaned against her door frame.
"I know I can talk to you. It's
just that I've always dealt with my own problems and solved them my own way.
Now I have to tend with two girls and a mutt besides Jet..." Spike pulled
a piece of stray hair away from Faye's stunning eyes. Spike coughed and back
away a little.
Faye
smiled, and back into her room holding the door open. "Umm… I'm going to
go pack now… I'll leave you to go get dressed…" She pointed to his towel
again.
"Hmm?!"
Spike looked down again just catching the towel in time. "… Thank
you…." He bowed his head and hurried away.
"Welcome!" Faye laughed as he scurried along.
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"Spike's got his hands full
now…" Jet shook his head as he flipped a large hash-brown into the air and
back onto its frying pan. 'I just hope he
doesn't go and get himself killed over this…'
"Jet, why Spike, and Faye-Faye
yelling, laughing, and then all quiet?" Ed jumped into a plastic chair and
wrapped her one leg over her shoulder sitting eagerly waiting for Jet to give
her an answer.
"I'm sure Spike just said he was
sorry, and went back to his room, right?" Jet looked over his shoulder
nervously.
"Uh huh, uh huh Ed saw them.
Spike had to force Faye against the wall, and get really close to her face, and
Faye tried to pull away, but then just stopped. Ed thought it was funny when
Spike's towel fell off though." Ed laughed, and jumped out of the chair
skipping off to her computer. "Ein!" Ed
yelled as the little tan and white Welch Corgi came running around the corner
and happily came over to Ed's side.
'Oh
good God, they're already sleeping with each other?! Spike spent no time
getting over Julia!'
Spike came walking in a smile on his once before gloomy face.
"What's with
the perplexed expression Jet?" Spike sighed.
"What's with you? Julia just
died, and you're already sleeping with Faye?!" Jet hissed into his ear as
Faye walked in after him.
"Where the hell did you get that
idea?!" Spike shouted looking at Faye quickly as she walked in a slight
blush on her cheeks when she pictured Spike without the towel again.
"What'd I miss?" Spike moved
his mouth up and down pointing at Faye but nothing came out. He ran over to her
and whispered it into her ear.
"Gahhh!
Where the hell did you get that idea?!" Jet pointed to Ed, and then went
blank.
"You believed the little
shrimp?!" Spike yelled.
"Well, if you listened to the way
she said it you would believe her too."
"Uhh!
Jet…" Faye and Spike mumbled feebly as they each grabbed a plate and got a
hash brown, some Ketchup, and a fried egg.
Spike shook his head and smiled; it
had seemed like a thousand years and forever since he had last smiled, and
decided to make a note to do so more often. Then he pictured Vicious wrapping
his arms around Julia's tiny little waist; grabbing his sword and drawing the
blade across Julia's neck killing her in seconds. His smile diminished,
replaced with a glare of hate. 'I'll get
you this time Vicious; I won't let you hurt another person ever again…'
"I'm done packing if you want to
know Spike; we can go whenever you want, okay?" Faye flopped down on the
couch next to Spike.
"Yeah, whenever." He glanced over
at her and then back down to her plate. "I don't care, just as long as we're
there by tonight." Ed came walking in and lounged onto the couch. Just
missing Spike, and Faye's food, but not a certain spot on Spike…
"Gahhh!"
Spike shouted pushing Ed off of him and bending forward.
"What Edward do
to Spike?" She looked at him with her head cocked to one side.
"Nothing… Just got a sore spot
for guys Ed… Maybe Faye will tell you sometime when you're a little
older…"
"Oh… Ed sorry
Spike. I want to go now! Can we go, can we go now Jet?!" Jet smiled
and nodded towards Ed.
"Sure Ed… I'll go set the course
now." Jet set down his plate.
"Yippy! We're going to Mars!
We're going to Mars!" Ed jumped up and down happily clapping her hands;
Ein behind her barking and waging his tail.
Faye stood up and began to walk past
Spike into the other room, when there was a sudden shudder of the ship and a
loud bang. Faye went tumbling on top of Spike. Faye looked up still out of it.
Her one leg wrapped around Spike's left leg. "You really want me bad don't
you?" He smiled, as she turned bright red and whacked him across the head.
"Moron! How can you say such a thing?!
Of all the nerve-"
"Yeah, I know I'm irresistible
and all but please Faye. Just ask if you want some, okay?" Spike mocked
her chuckling as he took in a mouth full of food and moved his eyebrows up and
down.
"The second you say something
else like that I'll throttle you!" She gritted her teeth and pushed
herself away from him.
"Hmm sounds tempting…" He licked
his lips. "But come on Faye, admit it you find me attractive, you want me bad don't you Faye?" Spike beamed a
grin, a little bit of hope floating over his words.
"Oh! I hate you Spike
Spiegel!" She stormed off into her room, her face flushed with anger…And
yet also, just because his words were true, and she hated thinking about it.
"Hmm… No response from the woman…
She likes me doesn't she Jet?" Spike turned and looked at the man with a
slightly perplexed look on his face.
"You're wading in hot water
Spike… I'd be careful not to burn yourself if I were you…" He smiled.
"That was just the engine buckling some. No trouble, it's been doing that every
now and then."
"Hmm…" Spike nodded watching Faye as she slammed her door shut. "You think she likes me?" Spike looked up at Spike a mischievous look planted on his face.
"You're just asking for her to slap
you one…" Jet grabbed his broken food plate off the ground.
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