Winter Wonderland

+Chapter 2+

Never Played in the Snow

By: Rachel*

Rated: PG-13

Gender: Romance/Comedy

E-mail: PeachGirlKiley@aol.com

Web Address: www.Spike-Faye-Shrine.cjb.net

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          Faye's eyes opened slowly, she shivered and rolled onto her other side pulling the blankets closer to herself, and then shut them tight, trying to focus. 'When did I go to bed?' She tried to remember.

          She looked out the small window in her room. She sat up and walked over to it. Was it still dark out? She didn't normally wake up late at night, and why was it so cold? There was a knock on her door. "Faye, are you still asleep?" Faye's eyes widened. It was Spike; she hurried back to bed and didn't reply. "I'm coming in…" He trailed off and opened the door. Light came into the room, and Faye struggled to keep her eyes relaxed. He walked over with a big blanket in his arms and peered down at her. "You're still asleep?" He smiled, as he carefully covered her with the blanket and left the room.

          Faye waited a moment to open her eyes, and stared down at the large blanket, a downed comforter, not just a blanket. She smiled and wrapped it around her, she was in heaven. Not only was it soft but, Spike had given it to her. She needed to say something…Anything would have to do. She grabbed the blanket, wrapped it around her tiny frame, and ran out of her room. "Spike, wait!" She shouted. She turned around to find him waiting next to her door. His cigarette fell from his lips and bounced on the ground before stopping at Spike's feet. "What are you doing?"

          "You're awake?" Spike turned his head to one side. She had the blanket tightly around herself and shivered. She stared at Spike; he still had his blanket around him and a new icepack on his nose. He coughed and stepped on the cigarette. "The heater isn't working, so I thought you'd want it, I was too warm."

          Faye didn't say anything as she looked out the bay window, finally waking up, she noted that it wasn't really dark out, just cloudy. "It's snowing!" She smiled and hurried over to go look.

          Spike stopped himself from saying anything more and joined her to go look out the window. "It is winter you know…" He smirked as she glared at him.

          "At least I didn't break my nose." She mocked. Spike gritted his teeth. She moved a little closer acting like she was trying to see part of the docks covered in snow. "Spike," she waited for him to reply.

          "What?" He yawned, and sat down on the small ledge at the base of the window.

          "How did I get in my bed?" She stared down at him in question.

          Spike coughed and laughed little. "Well, you were holding my icepack you see and then…" He held his arm up and had it fall down.

          Faye was still confused. "What's with the arm?"

          Spike bowed his head and groaned. "You fell asleep in my lap." Faye nodded her head. "Then Jet saw us…" Faye's eyebrows knit together. "So then I carried you into your bed." Spike thought it best to leave out the little details.

          Faye kicked her foot into the window lightly and avoided eye contact. "Thank you." Spike just nodded and smiled.

          "God, you act like you've never seen snow before—"

          "I haven't seen snow…well, I don't remember seeing snow." Faye's eyes darkened before she leaned her face against the window and stared in wonderment.

          Spike grimaced. "You don't remember playing in the snow…?" He stood and fell onto her bed, not caring whether she cared or not.

          "Nope, not a bit," Faye turned, and wrinkled her nose together when she noticed him on her bed. "How's your nose feeling?" She mumbled.

          Spike groaned. "It hurts like hell." Faye yawned and moved closer. Pulling at his arm she had him sit up.

          "Does this hurt?" She poked it.

          "Yes, it does!" He shouted pulling away. He rolled over the bed and to the other side, away from harms way.

          Faye frowned and stretched her arms into the air, as she stared back outside and the white flakes as they danced to their own rhythm to the crisp, cold ground where they lay in rest. "Hey," Faye muttered under her breath.

          Spike frowned and sat up on his elbows and peered over at Faye. "What do you want now?" He mumbled, once again yawning.

          Faye bit down on her lower lip. She shook her head and glanced back at him. "Never mind, Spike," Faye turned back to the snow and ran her hand along the sill.

          "Well, I need to take a shower." He smirked. "Talk to Jet, he'll tell you about the new bounty, have your stuff packed in two hours tops." He left Faye with her thoughts and shut the door behind him as he left the room.

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          Jet's eyes narrowed a bit as he stared down at Ein, and smiled. "Well, Faye…as far as it goes, you and Spike are going alone on this one, and us three are staying behind to monitor the situation, if anything bad happens, we help you two out, okay?" Ed, Ein, and Jet stared at her in wait for a response.

          "Alone, why, what for?" Faye was a little taken aback, and the fact that Spike went along with the idea…

          "Well, our bounty has a thing for honeymooners. He's been going after couples, and newlyweds that go to the Jupiter Mountains. You'll be staying in a cabin right near a ski slop…when you're done catching the bounty there's a casino not far down the mountain too Faye." Jet smirked as Faye's sparkled with delight. "So, we'll splurge a little and buy you guys some needed necessities, and send you off for a nice long weekend."

          "We can go in the snow though, right?" Faye stepped closer into the living room and fell into the green chair.

          Jet nodded. "You are going to be on a snow cover mountain…" He trailed off as Spike walked into the room. Dressed in a black sweater, and dark blue jeans. "Well, at least you look the part." Jet nodded in satisfaction.

          Faye looked over at Spike who just smiled and flopped down on the couch. "Will you hurry, by the time you're ready the snow'll be melted and gone already!" He huffed. Faye scowled and hurriedly ran towards the bathroom to get ready.

          "Your nose is still swollen…" Jet arched an eyebrow up at Spike. "Let me guess, Faye was helping you feel better last night…right?" Jet coughed and walked into the kitchen.

          Spike's cheeks turned a pale pink color, and he shook his head. "She fell asleep, and you walked in just after her head fell into my lap! It wasn't what you think—"

          Jet tossed Spike an icepack. "I don't need the details, just ice that thing down, and have Faye cover it up with a little makeup."

          Spike struggled to wrinkle his nose together. "Whatever," he growled and headed back towards his room to finish packing.

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          Faye slid down her door after locking it. She brought her hands to her face and looked up and the ceiling. Her heart was pounding, she bit down on her lower lip as she stood and walked over to her dresser. She stared down at a sweater and jeans. Faye frowned, she had never worn them. "Faye, grab some stuff and throw it in a bag, we're already on our way, just so you know." It was Spike. He knocked on her door as he walked by.

          "Alright," Faye called back. Her voice echoed in the empty room. She smiled and arched an eyebrow. This should be fun; she always liked playing different rolls.

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