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Chapter 27
Spike walked out of the room and down the stairs. Giles had been knocking for only a few moments when Spike answered the door.
"Good afternoon." Said Giles as he walked in followed by Xander.
"Spike." Xander walked past him and looked at the tub in front of the Hearth. It was filled with water. When he left the previous day it had been empty.
"Did everything go as planned?" asked Giles as he looked down and noticed blood spats on the floor.
"For the most part." Spike closed the door and approached Giles, his thumbs were hooked into the loop in his pants, and his shirt was still opened. Clearly he had just woken up thought Giles. "Giles, was there something you neglected to tell me about the young lady?"
Giles noticed that he had said "young lady" and not corpse as he had the day before. Giles took his glasses off and began cleaning them nervously.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that perhaps she was not as dead as you may have said." Spike stopped in front of him and stared him in the eyes. "Bloody hell, why the fuck didn't you tell me she was a vampire?"
"I'm sorry, I.I"
"Didn't think it was worth mentioning?" Spike tilted his head and looked as annoyed as possible.
"Well, no." he put his glasses back on and put his hands in his pockets turning around to face the hearth. "Spike, I'm sorry, but there was.. is a situation that made it difficult for me to tell you the truth."
"And what would that situation be? A man puts his life on the line to help someone, he expects some honesty."
"Would you have believed me? Would you have gotten her out of there?"
"I been around mate, I know what vampires are, I would have believed you. And yes I would have gotten her out of there."
"Then why are so upset?"
"I'm upset because I don't like to work with people who don't trust me is all." Spike was angry and Giles saw it in his face.
"It doesn't unsettle you that she is a vampire?" Giles found it odd that the fact Spike was more upset about not having them trust him than Elizabeth being a vampire. Anyone else would have been running for the hills, as a matter of fact anyone else would have been up the hill and halfway across England the moment they found a vampire in the same house.
"I don't give a piss about that." Spike walked away from Giles leaving him in utter shock. Xander caught Spike by the arm before he went up the stairs.
"Spike, we're sorry. We should have been more forthcoming, but there was no time, not to mention the situation. There's a lot that has happened to Buffy, we need to be careful of who we trust, who we bring into this." Spike's face softened. He gave Xander a nod of understanding and continued up to the room. Elizabeth had been dressed and sitting on the bed.
"Spike, they did it to protect me." She stood and walked to him the minute he walked in.
"You heard?"
"Part of being a vampire. Enhanced hearing and vision." she wrapped her arms around his waist kissed him lightly. He in turn wrapped his arms around her and drew her into his body. She felt him stir against her crotch and smiled into his kiss. Spike pulled back and looked at her pretending to be angry.
"Stop that. I'm angry and you're makin' me, well not so angry."
"I'm only kissing you."
"Mmm, that's all it takes kitten." He kissed her once more. She pulled away from him and smiled.
"We had better get going." She started to walk out with him behind her when she stopped and turned. "Its still light out, I'll need a blanket." He slapped her ass and ran to the bed before she could even react. She smiled as she rubbed the spot his had just touched. He came back to her with the large blanket that had covered the bed and pushed her out of the room.
She saw Xander at the bottom of the stairs and ran into his arms.
"Xander, oh how wonderful to see you." Xander kissed her cheek.
"God, I'm so glad you're all right."
Giles walked to her and she hugged him.
"Buffy," he took her head in his hands and kissed her forehead. "Welcome back."
"Thank you Giles for finding someone to get me out of there. How long was I gone?"
"It seemed like an eternity, but only 3 days thank the lord." Answered Giles.
"How is Willow? Spike said she looked fine." Xander came behind her and took her by the shoulders.
"Willow is fine. She had a few rough days, but she is back to her normal self."
Spike had gone out and placed his bag on the horse and was now standing at the door and waited for Elizabeth with the blanket.
"Let's go home." Giles walked out to the front room with Elizabeth and Xander behind him. Spike opened the blanket and Elizabeth stepped into it. As he began to wrap her with the blanket Giles and Xander looked at each other.
"Um, Buffy there are plenty of horses. Perhaps you would be more comfortable riding your own." Elizabeth popped her head out of the blanket.
"No, I'll be more comfortable with Spike." Spike stuffed her head back into the blanket and picked her up with ease, then walked out of the cottage.
"Just what happened here last night?' asked Xander
"Let's never ask." said Giles as they walked out of the cottage.
Giles held on to Elizabeth while Spike mounted his horse, and then handed her to him. He noticed how carefully he settled Elizabeth into him, and although he didn't hear what he said to her, Spike was smiling and hugged her. He would never ask what had happened in that cottage, between them both, but in his mind knew that there was a bond between Elizabeth and Spike now.
Chapter 27
Spike walked out of the room and down the stairs. Giles had been knocking for only a few moments when Spike answered the door.
"Good afternoon." Said Giles as he walked in followed by Xander.
"Spike." Xander walked past him and looked at the tub in front of the Hearth. It was filled with water. When he left the previous day it had been empty.
"Did everything go as planned?" asked Giles as he looked down and noticed blood spats on the floor.
"For the most part." Spike closed the door and approached Giles, his thumbs were hooked into the loop in his pants, and his shirt was still opened. Clearly he had just woken up thought Giles. "Giles, was there something you neglected to tell me about the young lady?"
Giles noticed that he had said "young lady" and not corpse as he had the day before. Giles took his glasses off and began cleaning them nervously.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that perhaps she was not as dead as you may have said." Spike stopped in front of him and stared him in the eyes. "Bloody hell, why the fuck didn't you tell me she was a vampire?"
"I'm sorry, I.I"
"Didn't think it was worth mentioning?" Spike tilted his head and looked as annoyed as possible.
"Well, no." he put his glasses back on and put his hands in his pockets turning around to face the hearth. "Spike, I'm sorry, but there was.. is a situation that made it difficult for me to tell you the truth."
"And what would that situation be? A man puts his life on the line to help someone, he expects some honesty."
"Would you have believed me? Would you have gotten her out of there?"
"I been around mate, I know what vampires are, I would have believed you. And yes I would have gotten her out of there."
"Then why are so upset?"
"I'm upset because I don't like to work with people who don't trust me is all." Spike was angry and Giles saw it in his face.
"It doesn't unsettle you that she is a vampire?" Giles found it odd that the fact Spike was more upset about not having them trust him than Elizabeth being a vampire. Anyone else would have been running for the hills, as a matter of fact anyone else would have been up the hill and halfway across England the moment they found a vampire in the same house.
"I don't give a piss about that." Spike walked away from Giles leaving him in utter shock. Xander caught Spike by the arm before he went up the stairs.
"Spike, we're sorry. We should have been more forthcoming, but there was no time, not to mention the situation. There's a lot that has happened to Buffy, we need to be careful of who we trust, who we bring into this." Spike's face softened. He gave Xander a nod of understanding and continued up to the room. Elizabeth had been dressed and sitting on the bed.
"Spike, they did it to protect me." She stood and walked to him the minute he walked in.
"You heard?"
"Part of being a vampire. Enhanced hearing and vision." she wrapped her arms around his waist kissed him lightly. He in turn wrapped his arms around her and drew her into his body. She felt him stir against her crotch and smiled into his kiss. Spike pulled back and looked at her pretending to be angry.
"Stop that. I'm angry and you're makin' me, well not so angry."
"I'm only kissing you."
"Mmm, that's all it takes kitten." He kissed her once more. She pulled away from him and smiled.
"We had better get going." She started to walk out with him behind her when she stopped and turned. "Its still light out, I'll need a blanket." He slapped her ass and ran to the bed before she could even react. She smiled as she rubbed the spot his had just touched. He came back to her with the large blanket that had covered the bed and pushed her out of the room.
She saw Xander at the bottom of the stairs and ran into his arms.
"Xander, oh how wonderful to see you." Xander kissed her cheek.
"God, I'm so glad you're all right."
Giles walked to her and she hugged him.
"Buffy," he took her head in his hands and kissed her forehead. "Welcome back."
"Thank you Giles for finding someone to get me out of there. How long was I gone?"
"It seemed like an eternity, but only 3 days thank the lord." Answered Giles.
"How is Willow? Spike said she looked fine." Xander came behind her and took her by the shoulders.
"Willow is fine. She had a few rough days, but she is back to her normal self."
Spike had gone out and placed his bag on the horse and was now standing at the door and waited for Elizabeth with the blanket.
"Let's go home." Giles walked out to the front room with Elizabeth and Xander behind him. Spike opened the blanket and Elizabeth stepped into it. As he began to wrap her with the blanket Giles and Xander looked at each other.
"Um, Buffy there are plenty of horses. Perhaps you would be more comfortable riding your own." Elizabeth popped her head out of the blanket.
"No, I'll be more comfortable with Spike." Spike stuffed her head back into the blanket and picked her up with ease, then walked out of the cottage.
"Just what happened here last night?' asked Xander
"Let's never ask." said Giles as they walked out of the cottage.
Giles held on to Elizabeth while Spike mounted his horse, and then handed her to him. He noticed how carefully he settled Elizabeth into him, and although he didn't hear what he said to her, Spike was smiling and hugged her. He would never ask what had happened in that cottage, between them both, but in his mind knew that there was a bond between Elizabeth and Spike now.