"Hi" Lindsey greeted Spike and shook his hand.
Spike shook it back, all the while feeling a little awkward about who this guy was and why Buffy was so excited to see him.
"It's been so long Lindsey" Buffy said waving him into the living room. The girls all started to come downstairs when they heard the commotion.
"I know" Lindsey agreed with a nod of the head, "Wolfram and Hart just works me so damn hard"
"Oh My God Lindsey" Cordelia yelled hurling herself into his arms. "I haven't seen you in ages!"
Lindsey smiled and Cordelia pulled away to continue talking but was interrupted by Willow, Dawn, Tara, and Anya running over to hug him.
"Hey guys" Lindsey said while having some trouble breathing, "Good to see you too, but kinda having an issue with the breathing."
"Sorry" the all mumbled sheepishly as they pulled away.
"So how long are you in town for?" Buffy questioned.
"I don't know, probably two weeks or so." Lindsey answered.
"Great, plenty of time to catch up" Willow chirped.
"So, where are Xander and Oz?" Lindsey asked.
"They're getting pizza for dinner." Tara said breaking her silence.
"Yeah, you can stay if you want." Dawn offered.
"That sounds great and knowing the way you guys order there will probably be a lot." Lindsey chuckled.
"Damn straight" Willow said with mock seriousness.
"Good, as long as I don't have to eat Xander's anchovy and pineapple pizza with extra cheese." Lindsey said with a look of disgust.
"We wouldn't do that to you." Willow said with a smile.
"We should though!" Buffy said with a smile receiving a look from everyone. "I mean you don't call or write. How were we supposed to know you were all right?"
"I'm sorry Buffy" Lindsey said with fake sincerity, "I don't know what I was thinking, it's just your beauty stunned me so that I didn't know how to act around you and therefore couldn't make contact with you for fear of my babbling stupidity."
"Well then, I suppose since it was because of my stunning beauty then I can let it slide" Buffy said smiling.
"Good" Lindsey agreed as he wiped fake sweat off his eyebrow.
Just then Oz and Xander entered the house carrying their dinner, "We bear pizza." Xander said in his best soldier impersonation.
"That we do" Oz agreed.
As Xander stepped into the living room he saw Lindsey sitting on the couch. "Lindsey!" Xander yelled running into his arms then quickly retracting and opting for a manly pat on the back instead.
Lindsey laughed at this and greeted the solemn Oz with a nod of the head. Oz nodded back. It was a bonding moment to remember.
"What are you doing back?" Xander asked, still shell shocked by seeing him.
"Got a vacation and decided to visit some of my favorite people." Lindsey answered.
"Would I by chance be one of those?" Xander asked obviously smitten by his old friend.
"Hey Xander! Remember me your girlfriend! The one who will not let you go all gay on us now." Cordy said not pleased with his girlish behavior.
"Hey!" Willow said with a stern look.
"Oh, there's nothing wrong with you being gay" Cordy quickly amended, "However there is something wrong with my boyfriend being gay."
"Sorry" Xander said looking at his feet.
"Boy" Lindsey said breaking Cordelia's Glare-a-thon, "You sure got him wrapped around your finger."
"I know" Cordelia agreed with a smile.
The room lapsed into silence for a moment but Spike decided to break his silence and ease the questions going through his head, "So how do you all know each other?"
"Oh we go way back" Dawn said receiving strange looks from everyone in the room, "Well at least they do"
"Lindsey moved here from New York during our sophomore year at Sunnydale High and we quickly accepted him into our group." Willow said with a smile.
"Yeah we did!" Cordy agreed receiving questioning looks from the group, "What? He was hot!"
"Thanks Cordy" Lindsey said.
"Tact" Xander said to Cordy, "Tact, remember that word that we talked about, it was tact."
"Oh, I'm sorry do you want some alone time with your boyfriend." Cordelia replied snidely. With that Xander quickly walked over to the armchair and sat down muttering about Cordy finding herself a new boy toy.
"Anyways," Buffy continued, "Lindsey moved here and we got along great. We accepted him into our group but then he went back to New York for college and left us, bastard."
Lindsey smiled to Buffy and she returned the smile, "You were so mad at me, you had the biggest crush on me." Lindsey said with an accusing grin.
"I did not!" Buffy protested feebly.
"Yes you did!" Everyone else in the room that knew this fact yelled, basically everyone but Spike.
"Fine, but come on he was like this big city guy. I remember I used to go home and listen to that song 'I Touch Myself'. Of course I had no idea what it meant." Buffy quickly tried to amend receiving disturbed looks from the others in the room.
Spike didn't like this, not at all. Buffy's old crush comes back right when him and Buffy were getting close and now he has to come and ruin everything . . .bastard.
Spike decided now was the opportune moment to get Buffy to leave. "Buffy you think we should get going now?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry Spike. I got so caught up," Buffy said as she walked over to him and took his hand, "Do you think we could do this another night? I mean I really hate to do this to you but . . . it's just I haven't seen Lindsey in so long and I really wanted to catch up with him, if that's okay?"
"Yeah sure" Spike said disappointedly as he headed for the door.
Buffy ran up to Spike and grabbed him by the shoulder; "You can stay with us if you want?" Buffy offered shyly.
This offer made Spike feel a little better and he might as well at least be with her while she's with her old crush. "Sure . . .that'd be nice" Spike said with a forced smile.
The group all decided to eat the pizzas now and catch up on what has happened since the last time they talked. The night progressed smoothly; hell Spike was actually beginning to like Lindsey. He could see why Buffy and her friends did as well, he was funny, nice, and I guess if you like the male specimen thing, he was good-looking.
They had told stories from their high school years that featured them all doing crazy stunts and antics. Spike enjoyed hanging out with Buffy's friends. They were nice and. . . well . . .wholesome.
Spike was most definitely used to the rock star types, not the let's hang out and have pizza at home types. But it was a nice change; he just wondered how long this feeling would last.
" . . .and then Lindsey, Buffy, and Xander climbed through the window and fell on this pie that Buffy's mom had made and woke up the whole house." Willow finished as the gang laughed at the memory.
The laughter was soon broken by Lindsey's cell phone ringing. "Do you mind?" He questioned.
"Not at all" Buffy answered, "You can go into the kitchen if you want some privacy."
"Thanks" Lindsey smiled, "It's probably just my boss asking where we keep the extra pens or something. I shouldn't be long"
"Don't worry take your time." Buffy said.
The gang continued talking about their favorite times.
"I'm gonna go get another beer." Spike said getting up.
"I can get it for you if you want." Buffy offered as she started to rise.
Spike gently pushed her down, "Don't worry, I got it. Anyone else need anything?"
Everyone mumbled no's and Spike started his journey to the kitchen. Spike heard Lindsey talking on the phone but Lindsey didn't see him.
" . . .she won't even see it coming. I'm gonna sweep her from right under her fucking feet. Trust me by the end of this week Buff's coming back with me, I'll woo her once again and make her fall for me all over again. Don't worry; she's putty when it comes to me. She's some very valuable putty."
With that Lindsey shut off his phone and turned around to see an angry looking Spike standing there.
"Hey," Lindsey said feigning innocence, "Buffy send you in to find me?"
"What the fuck was that about?" Spike asked in a harsh whisper.
"Were you listening in on my conversation? That's not very polite." Lindsey said with an evil grin.
"Your plan, whatever the hell it is, will never work! I'll tell her about your phone call" Spike said snidely.
"And she'll believe you?" Lindsey laughed, "I've known her way longer then you, she trusts me. You however are just some drugged up rock star that's out of his fucking mind with jealousy. You got nothing on me"
"Shut the fuck up!" Spike yelled.
"Hey guys. What's going on in here?" Buffy asked as she entered the kitchen to see what was taking so long.
"Nothing" Lindsey grinned at Buffy, "Just finding out a little more about Spike."
"Oh" Buffy said with a curious smile. "You wanna go back out there with the gang."
"Nothing sounds better," Lindsey said as he linked his arm with Buffy and the two headed out to the living room. "Coming Spike?" Lindsey called after him throwing a grin to the very pissed off Spike.
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Hope you all liked the story! I know I made Lindsey evil, what did you think he would be nice? Come on! Well anyways hope you all like and please review and tell me if you do or if you don't. And feel free to give suggestions! Anyways thanks so much for reading and. . . Be Kind Review.
Spike shook it back, all the while feeling a little awkward about who this guy was and why Buffy was so excited to see him.
"It's been so long Lindsey" Buffy said waving him into the living room. The girls all started to come downstairs when they heard the commotion.
"I know" Lindsey agreed with a nod of the head, "Wolfram and Hart just works me so damn hard"
"Oh My God Lindsey" Cordelia yelled hurling herself into his arms. "I haven't seen you in ages!"
Lindsey smiled and Cordelia pulled away to continue talking but was interrupted by Willow, Dawn, Tara, and Anya running over to hug him.
"Hey guys" Lindsey said while having some trouble breathing, "Good to see you too, but kinda having an issue with the breathing."
"Sorry" the all mumbled sheepishly as they pulled away.
"So how long are you in town for?" Buffy questioned.
"I don't know, probably two weeks or so." Lindsey answered.
"Great, plenty of time to catch up" Willow chirped.
"So, where are Xander and Oz?" Lindsey asked.
"They're getting pizza for dinner." Tara said breaking her silence.
"Yeah, you can stay if you want." Dawn offered.
"That sounds great and knowing the way you guys order there will probably be a lot." Lindsey chuckled.
"Damn straight" Willow said with mock seriousness.
"Good, as long as I don't have to eat Xander's anchovy and pineapple pizza with extra cheese." Lindsey said with a look of disgust.
"We wouldn't do that to you." Willow said with a smile.
"We should though!" Buffy said with a smile receiving a look from everyone. "I mean you don't call or write. How were we supposed to know you were all right?"
"I'm sorry Buffy" Lindsey said with fake sincerity, "I don't know what I was thinking, it's just your beauty stunned me so that I didn't know how to act around you and therefore couldn't make contact with you for fear of my babbling stupidity."
"Well then, I suppose since it was because of my stunning beauty then I can let it slide" Buffy said smiling.
"Good" Lindsey agreed as he wiped fake sweat off his eyebrow.
Just then Oz and Xander entered the house carrying their dinner, "We bear pizza." Xander said in his best soldier impersonation.
"That we do" Oz agreed.
As Xander stepped into the living room he saw Lindsey sitting on the couch. "Lindsey!" Xander yelled running into his arms then quickly retracting and opting for a manly pat on the back instead.
Lindsey laughed at this and greeted the solemn Oz with a nod of the head. Oz nodded back. It was a bonding moment to remember.
"What are you doing back?" Xander asked, still shell shocked by seeing him.
"Got a vacation and decided to visit some of my favorite people." Lindsey answered.
"Would I by chance be one of those?" Xander asked obviously smitten by his old friend.
"Hey Xander! Remember me your girlfriend! The one who will not let you go all gay on us now." Cordy said not pleased with his girlish behavior.
"Hey!" Willow said with a stern look.
"Oh, there's nothing wrong with you being gay" Cordy quickly amended, "However there is something wrong with my boyfriend being gay."
"Sorry" Xander said looking at his feet.
"Boy" Lindsey said breaking Cordelia's Glare-a-thon, "You sure got him wrapped around your finger."
"I know" Cordelia agreed with a smile.
The room lapsed into silence for a moment but Spike decided to break his silence and ease the questions going through his head, "So how do you all know each other?"
"Oh we go way back" Dawn said receiving strange looks from everyone in the room, "Well at least they do"
"Lindsey moved here from New York during our sophomore year at Sunnydale High and we quickly accepted him into our group." Willow said with a smile.
"Yeah we did!" Cordy agreed receiving questioning looks from the group, "What? He was hot!"
"Thanks Cordy" Lindsey said.
"Tact" Xander said to Cordy, "Tact, remember that word that we talked about, it was tact."
"Oh, I'm sorry do you want some alone time with your boyfriend." Cordelia replied snidely. With that Xander quickly walked over to the armchair and sat down muttering about Cordy finding herself a new boy toy.
"Anyways," Buffy continued, "Lindsey moved here and we got along great. We accepted him into our group but then he went back to New York for college and left us, bastard."
Lindsey smiled to Buffy and she returned the smile, "You were so mad at me, you had the biggest crush on me." Lindsey said with an accusing grin.
"I did not!" Buffy protested feebly.
"Yes you did!" Everyone else in the room that knew this fact yelled, basically everyone but Spike.
"Fine, but come on he was like this big city guy. I remember I used to go home and listen to that song 'I Touch Myself'. Of course I had no idea what it meant." Buffy quickly tried to amend receiving disturbed looks from the others in the room.
Spike didn't like this, not at all. Buffy's old crush comes back right when him and Buffy were getting close and now he has to come and ruin everything . . .bastard.
Spike decided now was the opportune moment to get Buffy to leave. "Buffy you think we should get going now?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry Spike. I got so caught up," Buffy said as she walked over to him and took his hand, "Do you think we could do this another night? I mean I really hate to do this to you but . . . it's just I haven't seen Lindsey in so long and I really wanted to catch up with him, if that's okay?"
"Yeah sure" Spike said disappointedly as he headed for the door.
Buffy ran up to Spike and grabbed him by the shoulder; "You can stay with us if you want?" Buffy offered shyly.
This offer made Spike feel a little better and he might as well at least be with her while she's with her old crush. "Sure . . .that'd be nice" Spike said with a forced smile.
The group all decided to eat the pizzas now and catch up on what has happened since the last time they talked. The night progressed smoothly; hell Spike was actually beginning to like Lindsey. He could see why Buffy and her friends did as well, he was funny, nice, and I guess if you like the male specimen thing, he was good-looking.
They had told stories from their high school years that featured them all doing crazy stunts and antics. Spike enjoyed hanging out with Buffy's friends. They were nice and. . . well . . .wholesome.
Spike was most definitely used to the rock star types, not the let's hang out and have pizza at home types. But it was a nice change; he just wondered how long this feeling would last.
" . . .and then Lindsey, Buffy, and Xander climbed through the window and fell on this pie that Buffy's mom had made and woke up the whole house." Willow finished as the gang laughed at the memory.
The laughter was soon broken by Lindsey's cell phone ringing. "Do you mind?" He questioned.
"Not at all" Buffy answered, "You can go into the kitchen if you want some privacy."
"Thanks" Lindsey smiled, "It's probably just my boss asking where we keep the extra pens or something. I shouldn't be long"
"Don't worry take your time." Buffy said.
The gang continued talking about their favorite times.
"I'm gonna go get another beer." Spike said getting up.
"I can get it for you if you want." Buffy offered as she started to rise.
Spike gently pushed her down, "Don't worry, I got it. Anyone else need anything?"
Everyone mumbled no's and Spike started his journey to the kitchen. Spike heard Lindsey talking on the phone but Lindsey didn't see him.
" . . .she won't even see it coming. I'm gonna sweep her from right under her fucking feet. Trust me by the end of this week Buff's coming back with me, I'll woo her once again and make her fall for me all over again. Don't worry; she's putty when it comes to me. She's some very valuable putty."
With that Lindsey shut off his phone and turned around to see an angry looking Spike standing there.
"Hey," Lindsey said feigning innocence, "Buffy send you in to find me?"
"What the fuck was that about?" Spike asked in a harsh whisper.
"Were you listening in on my conversation? That's not very polite." Lindsey said with an evil grin.
"Your plan, whatever the hell it is, will never work! I'll tell her about your phone call" Spike said snidely.
"And she'll believe you?" Lindsey laughed, "I've known her way longer then you, she trusts me. You however are just some drugged up rock star that's out of his fucking mind with jealousy. You got nothing on me"
"Shut the fuck up!" Spike yelled.
"Hey guys. What's going on in here?" Buffy asked as she entered the kitchen to see what was taking so long.
"Nothing" Lindsey grinned at Buffy, "Just finding out a little more about Spike."
"Oh" Buffy said with a curious smile. "You wanna go back out there with the gang."
"Nothing sounds better," Lindsey said as he linked his arm with Buffy and the two headed out to the living room. "Coming Spike?" Lindsey called after him throwing a grin to the very pissed off Spike.
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Hope you all liked the story! I know I made Lindsey evil, what did you think he would be nice? Come on! Well anyways hope you all like and please review and tell me if you do or if you don't. And feel free to give suggestions! Anyways thanks so much for reading and. . . Be Kind Review.