Buffy continued crying as Spike held her. Finally she looked up at him. She stared into his eyes. Finally after what seemed like an eternity she kissed him on the lips.
"What was that for?" he asked surprised. They hadn't slept together for almost six months.
"I need you Spike" she whispered as she pulled him into another kiss, this time more passionately. He broke the kiss looking into her eyes.
"You mean. . ." he said.
"I need you, I want you" she said and he pulled her into yet another kiss. It was gentle and tender. He didn't want this time to be like the others. "Please Spike, just take me." She begged. He lifted her up and continued kissing her as he carried her into his crypt. He carried her downstairs to his bedroom and laid her on his bed.
"Are you sure about this luv, we don't have to do this?" he asked once more.
"I'm sure" she said and he kissed her again.

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Buffy woke up in bed next to Spike who was still asleep. She smiled as she remembered what happened. Then a feeling of sadness came over her as she remembered everything else. Xander was still gone, and he was never coming back. She slowly got out of bed and wrapped herself in the sheet that was covering the two of them, which exposed Spike. She had to smile. He was so hot. She walked across the crypt trying to find her clothes, and trying not to wake Spike, but it was no use. He woke up and looked at her.
"Morning luv" he smiled. She smiled back.
"Hi" she said.
"How are you feeling today?" he asked.
"I'm. . .it still hurts, but better, and I owe that to you, last night was. . .amazing, thank you so much" she said with a smile.
"How's this different from the other times pet?" he asked.
"Because this time it was real, passionate, and this time. . .I loved you. . .I still do" she said. He patted the bed.
"Come here luv" he said and she crawled into bed beside him and he held her. She snuggled close to him and he put his arm around her. "I love you too."
"I know you do" she said. She laid there in his arms and closed her eyes. she didn't want to leave. She didn't want to leave his arms. She just wanted to stay there forever. But she knew that eventually she would have to go. Dawn would be worried soon. But just for a little while longer she would lay in his arms. He gave her a kiss on her forehead and she breathed in deeply and let it out and closed her eyes. "I love you" she whispered and fell back asleep.