3. Leaving

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As soon as Buffy got home she called Willow right away begging her to hurry. Luckily Willow had bought an apartment very close to Buffy's. This made late night girl talks easy. Willow arrived very concerned thinking something had happened to Dawn, but Buffy assured her nothing had happened to her and that Dawn was eating Pizza in her room. Willow asked Buffy to explain what was so important that she needed her immediately.

"I saw Spike." Buffy exclaimed hoping that Willow would believe her this time.

"Oh Buffy!" Willow said in a pained voice. "So far anyone with bleached hair looks like Spike to you! I know you miss him and gosh darn it so do I. But you can't keep going around saying you see him everywhere you go. Spike isn't here anymore he's gone. He sacrificed himself so that you could live. He's gone."

Buffy ignored Willows comments and stuck to what she had planned out in her head. "Will I know I see a lot of Spikes out there, but you have to believe me this time! It was him! I swear to God! He had the same exact hair, the same face, and even the same scar on his eyebrow. I talked to him and he had the same accent! He couldn't remember who I was, or even who he was! I know it's him. We need to find him."

Willow was very concerned about Buffy; she was dead serious about this Spike look alike being the real thing. But she had been fooled before.

"Sweetie I know you think who you saw was Spike, but it wasn't." Buffy's face was stern and she wasn't about to give in. The doorbell rang just then and Willow decided to answer it, thinking that it was Xander.

She turned the doorknob and opened it just to find that she was looking into the face of Spike. She was speechless which was okay because "Spike" politely said, "I'm very sorry to disturb you but I was looking for Buffy. Is she here?"

Willow, still speechless, managed to say, "She's in the Living room." The "Spike" said thank you and proceeded into the living room leaving Willow in the hallway with an amazed look plastered on her face.

Buffy was seated on the couch staring into space when she noticed that someone had come into the room, Spike. She was a little surprised that he was in her apartment right in front of her but she didn't want to sound like it, "Not that I'm complaining or anything but, I thought you didn't want my help. Oh and how did you know where to find me?"

To this Spike looked slightly embarrassed but he managed to reply "I sort of followed you here, it was like I had a gut feeling that you were someone I could trust."

"I am. I know you Spike; by the way that's your name. I just don't know why you can't remember me, you, or even me and you."

While Buffy and Spike were attempting a conversation Willow had walked back into the room and Dawn had come out of her room, finished with the Pizza. Hearing a familiar voice in the living room she made her way from the kitchen into it. She then saw the familiar blond hair and before she could stop herself she was hugging Spike. Spike was completely flustered by this surprising gesture and he didn't know what to make of it.

"Holy Crap! Spike, how the hell did you get back from the dead?" Dawn was almost yelling she was so loud. She knew that she may not have talked to Spike a whole lot since he had gotten his soul, but she still missed him. Also she was glad he was back because she knew Buffy had missed him a lot.

Spike now on the spot tried to answer her question, "The last thing I remember was this light and someone saying I love you. Then I remember waking up in this huge crater in the middle of the desert. So I hitched a ride and here I am all bloody confused in L.A." He paused for a moment and continued "But I don't think I'm in the right place. I need to go." He headed in the direction of the door but Buffy's strong grip on his arm held him back

"You are in the right place, you belong here. Please stay we can help you. Me Willow and Dawn will help you Spike. Just please don't leave again."

"I can't I have to go." And with that Spike left Buffy for the second time.

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