Title: Rude Awakening

Summary: Spike loves Buffy. Faith dies and soon a new slayer comes into town. Spike then starts to fall for this new slayer, April. How will Buffy react? Will she finally come to terms about being in love with William the Bloody?

Rating: PG 13 as of now. . .but probably going to change to an R later on. . .

Timeline: Post Normal Again. May have a little bit about that episode but I'm not sure yet

I don't own any of the characters; they all belong to Joss Whedon. Lucky him.

*I'm new at this, so please bear with me*

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Twirling the stake between her fingers, Buffy Summers was craving for a good fight. Not the kind that she had been getting for the past couple days, those would only last her for a mere 30 seconds. No. She craved the challenge, the feeling of pure adrenalin rushing through her veins, the pulsing-

"Hey Slayer."

'Fine. Just go ahead and interrupt my inner thoughts why don't you.' Buffy thinks, while turning around to face the peroxide blondie.

"What do you want Spike? Can't a girl patrol in peace nowadays?" Buffy replies with attitude.

"Just wanted to see if you needed some help, is all," States the vamp, "Thought you might need a partner fightin' the big baddies."

"Well, as a matter of fact, I don't," she replies with a stern voice, "Not all that much out tonight, so you can just go ahead back to your crypt and do whatever it is you do in there."

Buffy started to walk away towards her house when Spike began to talk again.

"Aw, come on slayer. Not even a kiss goodnight?" he questions with a cocky grin, fully indicating that a kiss was not all he had on his mind.

Even though she knows that Spike loves her, I mean he tells her like every day, and she keeps telling him and herself, for that matter, that she doesn't love him back? The thought of a simple kiss with Spike seemed to make everything disappear. Her friends, her family, her slayer duties, everything just seemed to go straight through the window.

Turning back around to face him, Buffy's insides started to get all flippy- floppy, "Spike, stop. I told you it was over, ok?"

"But Buffy, you know you want it. I can feel you."

"Bye Spike." She begins walking away again.

"I love you Buffy! And I know you love me too, so why can't you finally come out and admit it?!" He yells to her from across the cemetery, "Just admit it!"

"Move on Spike. Just move on."

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"Hey Buffy, how was patrol? Anything new we need to research?" asked Dawn.

"We?" questioned Buffy as she threw herself down on the couch, "Since when do you do with the research?"

"Um, pretty much after you, uh. . .", she stopped for a second, "Well, Willow and Tara told me I could. But no worries, I stop when it gets too gory." Dawn finished with a grin.

Buffy gave her a questioning look, "Let's hope so."

Looking beside her Buffy noticed a duffle bag almost too filled up to be zipped up all the way, "Are you going somewhere?"

"Oh, yeah. I meant too ask you before you left for patrol but you had already gone. So, uh, can I sleepover at Janice's? Please?" Dawn pleaded, giving Buffy the puppy dog look for an extra touch.

"Is her mom picking you up? I don't want another incident like last time."

"Oh! Yeah, she-"

The honking of a car outside interrupted her.

Buffy looked out the window, "Guess she is picking you up. Well, have fun Dawn. Be good." She said arching an eyebrow.

"Geez, Buff, don't you think I've learned my lesson by now?", she said walking over to get her duffle bag, "Bye!", she yelled, slamming the door in the process.

Buffy sighed, "Ah, the house all to myself."

Willow and Tara had told her that morning that they wouldn't be home for a few days. Apparently there was some Wicca convention in Los Angeles that they wanted to go to.

Buffy picked up the remote that was lying on the table in front of her, getting ready too watch some cheesy made-for-TV movie.

"Hmmm, wonder what movie it is this we-"

The ringing of the telephone blasted throughout the house, interrupting Buffy's one-way conversation.

She sighed as she got up from her comfortable position off the couch and walked over to the phone.

"Hello?"

"Buffy."

Buffy's heart seemed to stop for a beat.

"Angel? Is that really you?"

She had only spoken to Angel once since she got back and but she still got that nervous feeling.

"Buffy, something has happened."

"What? What's the something? 'Cause I can tell from the sound of your voice that this something must be pretty bad." Buffy anxiously awaited his answer.

"Faith is dead."

Silence.

Buffy's breathing was the only sound that could be heard in the phone.

"She's. . .Faith is. . .she's dead!? Oh my god. What, I mean, how. . .oh my. . .I thought she was in prison. . .how could she. . .how could she be dead?"

"Look, I don't have a lot of time too explain but apparently it was a demon. A particularly strong breed that goes by the name of Janou. But Buffy there's something else. Because Faith has died-" he was interrupted by the sound of Buffy's doorbell.

"Uh. . .hold on", Buffy said into the phone lazily. She was still trying to concept the idea of Faith actually being dead that she didn't hear Angel on the other end yelling to her.

Buffy walked toward the door in a daze. Opening it she found there to be a girl of about eighteen standing on her doorstep with luggage in her hands.

"Hey. I'm April. The slayer."

Buffy just stared.

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Ok. So should I keep going? Don't worry, this IS a B/S story, you just have to be a little more patient. ^grins^ So, review please, and try not to be too mean. . .lol. Till next time (maybe). . . ~+~BtVSfanatic06~+~