Buffy pulled her car into her parking spot at Sunnydale High.
"Here goes nothing." Buffy said.
"Buff calm down. Everything's going to be fine. I mean who in this school actually reads the newspaper? Exactly." Dawn said hoping she comforted her sister a little, "I gotta go, Geo Physical Science, kill me now."
"I'll make it look like a horrible beheading accident." Buffy said as Dawn jogged away with a wave.
Buffy entered the halls of Sunnydale High and she could swear that she felt everyone's eyes turn to her. Good Lord, Buffy thought. They all had to have seen it by now. It was on the front page of the Times!
As Buffy approached her locker she noticed Xander, Cordy, Oz, and Willow. They all quickly stopped talking as they saw her approaching, that is except for Cordy.
"My God Buffy!" Cordy excalaimed with a gleeful smile, "Way to have a make-out session in your car! You just met the guy! You are my idol!"
"Yea!" Buffy said with little enthusiasm.
"Oh Buff, don't listen to her" Willow said sympathetically while shooting daggers at Cordelia, "Everything will be fine. This whole thing will blow over eventually."
As Willow finished her "comforting" speech Harmony Kendall approached, the school gossip.
"Oh my god Buffy!" Harmony exclaimed, "You were so, totally macking on some stranger in your car! You must spill!"
"Harmony leave!" Willow said as she shooed the blabber mouth away recieving glares from the girl.
"Even Harmony saw it" Buffy pouted as her shoulders sagged, "That means she looked at the newspaper. And she's a complete idiot! Everyone saw! I'm a laughing stock!"
Buffy trudged to her first hour class absolutely dreading what this day was going to bring.
***Spike's House***
"William, please get down here, now!" a man downstairs shouted to wake up William, known as Spike to most.
Spike opened his eyes slowly to adjust to the light shining through the blinds. He glanced towards the clock.
"Only eight-thirty!" William said as his head dropped on to the pillow again, "What the hell does Uncle Rupes want?"
"William, now please" the older man shouted again.
William was staying with his uncle, Rupert Giles, while he was in Sunnydale. Right now, he was seriously regretting that decision.
Spike slowly climbed down the stairs and entered his uncle's kitchen to see him reading the newspaper.
"Mornin' Rupes." Spike greeted the man as he opened the refridgerator looking for food.
"Uncle Rupert would be more prefered." the man said to his nephew.
"Then call me Spike" Spike said with a smirk knowing full well that his uncle would never comply to that.
"Good point" Rupert said "But that is not what I wanted to discuss."
"Well what did you want to discuss?" Spike asked as he poured himself a glass of orange juice.
"It seems you made an appearance in the paper today." Giles commented while cleaning his glasses.
"Really? For what?" Spike questioned curiously.
"Take a look for yourself" Giles said as he tossed the paper to Spike.
Spike gasped as a he saw himself kissing Buffy Summers on the front page of the L.A. Times.
"Bloody Hell!"
***Sunnydale High School***
Buffy was walking to her car after the longest day of school ever. Some kid actually had the nerve to say "Whoa, Buff give me a call if you wanna have some action for the whole world to see. Because, you know, I know the guy who did Pam and Tommy's video". I mean gross! It was just a kiss, a fricking kiss! On the cheek! Why is everyone getting so worked up about it! It's not like they've never kissed anyone.
"It's awful! My life is over! I'm so totally, completely screwed. I should live in a hole." Buffy said while gesturing emphatically, "I mean seriously, the hole should have dirt and worms and other icky stuff."
Xander rolled his eyes at his friend, "Buff you're so completely overreacting. It was just a kiss, everyone will forget soon enough. And hey Bennifer is officially over, that should keep you off the headlines for a week. Minimum."
"Thanks, the comforts just rolling in now" Buffy deadpanned.
As she looked towards the car she saw Dawn standing there with a not so pleased expression as well as a message on the back of her windshield. "Again". Buffy so was not in the mood for dealing with the pimple squad or the car wash.
"Well Buff, thanks a lot! Now that you're a big whore, no one's even speaking to me!" Dawn said angirly.
"Well as much as I'd love to be a part of this, and trust me I would, I really got to book it" Xander said as he gave Buffy a hug good-bye and waved to Dawn.
Buffy and Dawn climbed into the car each slamming their doors equally hard.
"You know, I don't know what your problem is. Just because you don't have to worry about the paparazzi following you and taking candid pictures everywhere you go, you wouldn't know my pain! You make everything about you, what about me Dawn?! What about me?" Buffy shouted as they pulled out of the parking lot.
"Please" Dawn huffed, "I'm Buffy. I'm a beautiful movie star who is every teenage boy's fantasy, and some pervy forty year-olds. . .my life's so hard! I make movie's for a living!"
"Yeah that's all I do," Buffy said sarcastically, "You know I don't have school or anything else to worry about."
"I sure do make everything about myself, not" Dawn said angrily, "I mean did you even once think about whatever that hottie you were kissing is going through?"
"Oh my god" Buffy said shocked.
In all of her bad moodyness she did not once think about what Spike was going through. He was on the cover of the L.A. Times kissing a movie star and she didn't once think about how that would affect him. Just her.
"Think I struck a nerve," Dawn said, "Score one for Dawn."
***Buffy's House***
The minute Buffy stepped foot into the house her mother sent her up to her room to get started on her homework. And let me tell you when she was finally able to come down for dinner, that wasn't a real treat. Especially when her mother announced that she wanted to have a discussion with her after dinner. You know, covering the whole actions having consequences thing.
"Sometimes, I just don't know what the heck runs through your head! I mean kissing a boy you've never met before!" Joyce scolded her eldest.
"Mom! It's not like he's some druggie! He's Wes's best friend! You know they guy who goes to Cambridge and has never done anything bad in his life! Oh no wait, wait! There was the time when he got caught for child molestation. . .oh wait, that was Michael Jackson!" Buffy debated further with her mother.
"I don't care who he is" Joyce said, "You had never met the boy and you've been in the spotlight for some time now Buffy. I would like to think that you're a little more responsible than this."
"I am mother" Buffy said, the anger within her rising, "My name could be Responsible, in fact some people call me Buffy Responsible! I could win a contest on responsibility. I slipped up this once, you'd think that all my other goodness could balance out this one thing!"
"Just once, what about the time when you were late for curfew, when you left your English exam till the night before, forgot to pick Dawn up cause you were on a date, and let's not forget the most recent act until now, Angel!" Joyce yelled.
"I can't believe you brought him into this." Buffy said sadly.
"I don't care what you think, you are grounded. That means no friends, phone, television, or Bronze." Joyce stated as she started to exit the room.
"Mom that's completely unfair!" Buffy said.
"Well until you learn responsibility your life will be inside this house! Goodnight." Joyce said as she slipped up the stairs.
Buffy stormed up her stairs into her room. She was so mad. She couldn't be in this house anymore. Buffy decided to climb out the window and go for a walk to cool off.
As she jumped to the ground she saw someone approaching.
Maybe this wasn't the best idea Buffy thought to herself.
"Hello Luv" the figure greeted her.
"Hey Spike." Buffy said quietly as she looked towards the ground.
"We should talk" Spike said nervously.
"Probably" Buffy said, "Well, bye"
"Wait!" Spike said grabbing Buffy as she started to leave, "You said we should talk."
"I said we should, not that we would" Buffy said as she started to walk away again.
"Jesus Buffy! Wait we have to talk." Spike said.
Buffy stopped and spun around to face him, "I'm really, really sorry."
"For what?" Spike questioned.
"Duh!" Buffy said, "Getting you on the cover of the L.A. Times. I totally ruined your vacation."
"No, no. You didn't take that picture and if I remember correctly I kissed you." Spike debated.
"All very good points, but it's still my fault" Buffy ranted.
"Failing to see the logic in that." Spike said dumbly.
"Duh, that was a rant, granted short, but a rant at that. And in a rant logic is not to be found" Buffy said.
Spike got a smile on his face. This girl had passion, he liked that. "Listen I just wanted to come and talk to you--"
"How did you know where I live?" Buffy questioned creepy stalker man.
"I asked Wes" Spike stated.
"Oh" Buffy replied to the no longer creepy stalker guy, "Continue."
"Well I was just wondering if you're not mad at me, if you'd like to go out with me sometime while I'm in town."
Buffy had to say, she was a little shocked. "You wanna go out with me? After I got you on the cover of the L.A. Times?"
"Yeah" Spike replied obviously.
"You're not trying to get famous are you?" Buffy asked, questioning his motives.
"What?" Spike said dumbfounded, "By no means is that what I'm trying to do. I just think you're funny, charismatic, beautiful, smart, and someone I wanna get to know."
"Well in that case, I can't" Buffy said as she walked towards her house again.
"What, why?" Spike asked running in front of her.
"You seem like a really nice guy, but I'm grounded." Buffy said sadly.
"Well when you're not grounded?" Spike asked.
"Who knows when that'll be?" Buffy said.
"Well we can talk until then." Spike offered hopefully.
"Can't use the phone" Buffy responded.
"Snail mail?" Spike asked.
Buffy smiled at this, "I suppose we could try it just put something besides your name on the return address."
"OK" Spike said with a smile, "You can get my uncle's address from Willow at school."
"OK" Buffy said with a tiny smile.
Spike leaned in to give Buffy a quick kiss before he walked away. It was short but sweet. He tasted like smoke, mint, and cherry.
Buffy smiled to herself as he walked away and then remembered something.
"Hey" Buffy called to a retreating Spike who quickly turned around, "Don't do that! You never know who's watching."
And with that Buffy headed to the house and left a smiling Spike to himself.
Important A/N:
Sorry the update took so incredibly long! I really truely am! I know this chapter is kind of short and dull but I was having a writer's block. Anyways, I'll try and update sooner next time. Please leave a review to tell me what you think or what you'd like to see happen.
Thanks!
"Here goes nothing." Buffy said.
"Buff calm down. Everything's going to be fine. I mean who in this school actually reads the newspaper? Exactly." Dawn said hoping she comforted her sister a little, "I gotta go, Geo Physical Science, kill me now."
"I'll make it look like a horrible beheading accident." Buffy said as Dawn jogged away with a wave.
Buffy entered the halls of Sunnydale High and she could swear that she felt everyone's eyes turn to her. Good Lord, Buffy thought. They all had to have seen it by now. It was on the front page of the Times!
As Buffy approached her locker she noticed Xander, Cordy, Oz, and Willow. They all quickly stopped talking as they saw her approaching, that is except for Cordy.
"My God Buffy!" Cordy excalaimed with a gleeful smile, "Way to have a make-out session in your car! You just met the guy! You are my idol!"
"Yea!" Buffy said with little enthusiasm.
"Oh Buff, don't listen to her" Willow said sympathetically while shooting daggers at Cordelia, "Everything will be fine. This whole thing will blow over eventually."
As Willow finished her "comforting" speech Harmony Kendall approached, the school gossip.
"Oh my god Buffy!" Harmony exclaimed, "You were so, totally macking on some stranger in your car! You must spill!"
"Harmony leave!" Willow said as she shooed the blabber mouth away recieving glares from the girl.
"Even Harmony saw it" Buffy pouted as her shoulders sagged, "That means she looked at the newspaper. And she's a complete idiot! Everyone saw! I'm a laughing stock!"
Buffy trudged to her first hour class absolutely dreading what this day was going to bring.
***Spike's House***
"William, please get down here, now!" a man downstairs shouted to wake up William, known as Spike to most.
Spike opened his eyes slowly to adjust to the light shining through the blinds. He glanced towards the clock.
"Only eight-thirty!" William said as his head dropped on to the pillow again, "What the hell does Uncle Rupes want?"
"William, now please" the older man shouted again.
William was staying with his uncle, Rupert Giles, while he was in Sunnydale. Right now, he was seriously regretting that decision.
Spike slowly climbed down the stairs and entered his uncle's kitchen to see him reading the newspaper.
"Mornin' Rupes." Spike greeted the man as he opened the refridgerator looking for food.
"Uncle Rupert would be more prefered." the man said to his nephew.
"Then call me Spike" Spike said with a smirk knowing full well that his uncle would never comply to that.
"Good point" Rupert said "But that is not what I wanted to discuss."
"Well what did you want to discuss?" Spike asked as he poured himself a glass of orange juice.
"It seems you made an appearance in the paper today." Giles commented while cleaning his glasses.
"Really? For what?" Spike questioned curiously.
"Take a look for yourself" Giles said as he tossed the paper to Spike.
Spike gasped as a he saw himself kissing Buffy Summers on the front page of the L.A. Times.
"Bloody Hell!"
***Sunnydale High School***
Buffy was walking to her car after the longest day of school ever. Some kid actually had the nerve to say "Whoa, Buff give me a call if you wanna have some action for the whole world to see. Because, you know, I know the guy who did Pam and Tommy's video". I mean gross! It was just a kiss, a fricking kiss! On the cheek! Why is everyone getting so worked up about it! It's not like they've never kissed anyone.
"It's awful! My life is over! I'm so totally, completely screwed. I should live in a hole." Buffy said while gesturing emphatically, "I mean seriously, the hole should have dirt and worms and other icky stuff."
Xander rolled his eyes at his friend, "Buff you're so completely overreacting. It was just a kiss, everyone will forget soon enough. And hey Bennifer is officially over, that should keep you off the headlines for a week. Minimum."
"Thanks, the comforts just rolling in now" Buffy deadpanned.
As she looked towards the car she saw Dawn standing there with a not so pleased expression as well as a message on the back of her windshield. "Again". Buffy so was not in the mood for dealing with the pimple squad or the car wash.
"Well Buff, thanks a lot! Now that you're a big whore, no one's even speaking to me!" Dawn said angirly.
"Well as much as I'd love to be a part of this, and trust me I would, I really got to book it" Xander said as he gave Buffy a hug good-bye and waved to Dawn.
Buffy and Dawn climbed into the car each slamming their doors equally hard.
"You know, I don't know what your problem is. Just because you don't have to worry about the paparazzi following you and taking candid pictures everywhere you go, you wouldn't know my pain! You make everything about you, what about me Dawn?! What about me?" Buffy shouted as they pulled out of the parking lot.
"Please" Dawn huffed, "I'm Buffy. I'm a beautiful movie star who is every teenage boy's fantasy, and some pervy forty year-olds. . .my life's so hard! I make movie's for a living!"
"Yeah that's all I do," Buffy said sarcastically, "You know I don't have school or anything else to worry about."
"I sure do make everything about myself, not" Dawn said angrily, "I mean did you even once think about whatever that hottie you were kissing is going through?"
"Oh my god" Buffy said shocked.
In all of her bad moodyness she did not once think about what Spike was going through. He was on the cover of the L.A. Times kissing a movie star and she didn't once think about how that would affect him. Just her.
"Think I struck a nerve," Dawn said, "Score one for Dawn."
***Buffy's House***
The minute Buffy stepped foot into the house her mother sent her up to her room to get started on her homework. And let me tell you when she was finally able to come down for dinner, that wasn't a real treat. Especially when her mother announced that she wanted to have a discussion with her after dinner. You know, covering the whole actions having consequences thing.
"Sometimes, I just don't know what the heck runs through your head! I mean kissing a boy you've never met before!" Joyce scolded her eldest.
"Mom! It's not like he's some druggie! He's Wes's best friend! You know they guy who goes to Cambridge and has never done anything bad in his life! Oh no wait, wait! There was the time when he got caught for child molestation. . .oh wait, that was Michael Jackson!" Buffy debated further with her mother.
"I don't care who he is" Joyce said, "You had never met the boy and you've been in the spotlight for some time now Buffy. I would like to think that you're a little more responsible than this."
"I am mother" Buffy said, the anger within her rising, "My name could be Responsible, in fact some people call me Buffy Responsible! I could win a contest on responsibility. I slipped up this once, you'd think that all my other goodness could balance out this one thing!"
"Just once, what about the time when you were late for curfew, when you left your English exam till the night before, forgot to pick Dawn up cause you were on a date, and let's not forget the most recent act until now, Angel!" Joyce yelled.
"I can't believe you brought him into this." Buffy said sadly.
"I don't care what you think, you are grounded. That means no friends, phone, television, or Bronze." Joyce stated as she started to exit the room.
"Mom that's completely unfair!" Buffy said.
"Well until you learn responsibility your life will be inside this house! Goodnight." Joyce said as she slipped up the stairs.
Buffy stormed up her stairs into her room. She was so mad. She couldn't be in this house anymore. Buffy decided to climb out the window and go for a walk to cool off.
As she jumped to the ground she saw someone approaching.
Maybe this wasn't the best idea Buffy thought to herself.
"Hello Luv" the figure greeted her.
"Hey Spike." Buffy said quietly as she looked towards the ground.
"We should talk" Spike said nervously.
"Probably" Buffy said, "Well, bye"
"Wait!" Spike said grabbing Buffy as she started to leave, "You said we should talk."
"I said we should, not that we would" Buffy said as she started to walk away again.
"Jesus Buffy! Wait we have to talk." Spike said.
Buffy stopped and spun around to face him, "I'm really, really sorry."
"For what?" Spike questioned.
"Duh!" Buffy said, "Getting you on the cover of the L.A. Times. I totally ruined your vacation."
"No, no. You didn't take that picture and if I remember correctly I kissed you." Spike debated.
"All very good points, but it's still my fault" Buffy ranted.
"Failing to see the logic in that." Spike said dumbly.
"Duh, that was a rant, granted short, but a rant at that. And in a rant logic is not to be found" Buffy said.
Spike got a smile on his face. This girl had passion, he liked that. "Listen I just wanted to come and talk to you--"
"How did you know where I live?" Buffy questioned creepy stalker man.
"I asked Wes" Spike stated.
"Oh" Buffy replied to the no longer creepy stalker guy, "Continue."
"Well I was just wondering if you're not mad at me, if you'd like to go out with me sometime while I'm in town."
Buffy had to say, she was a little shocked. "You wanna go out with me? After I got you on the cover of the L.A. Times?"
"Yeah" Spike replied obviously.
"You're not trying to get famous are you?" Buffy asked, questioning his motives.
"What?" Spike said dumbfounded, "By no means is that what I'm trying to do. I just think you're funny, charismatic, beautiful, smart, and someone I wanna get to know."
"Well in that case, I can't" Buffy said as she walked towards her house again.
"What, why?" Spike asked running in front of her.
"You seem like a really nice guy, but I'm grounded." Buffy said sadly.
"Well when you're not grounded?" Spike asked.
"Who knows when that'll be?" Buffy said.
"Well we can talk until then." Spike offered hopefully.
"Can't use the phone" Buffy responded.
"Snail mail?" Spike asked.
Buffy smiled at this, "I suppose we could try it just put something besides your name on the return address."
"OK" Spike said with a smile, "You can get my uncle's address from Willow at school."
"OK" Buffy said with a tiny smile.
Spike leaned in to give Buffy a quick kiss before he walked away. It was short but sweet. He tasted like smoke, mint, and cherry.
Buffy smiled to herself as he walked away and then remembered something.
"Hey" Buffy called to a retreating Spike who quickly turned around, "Don't do that! You never know who's watching."
And with that Buffy headed to the house and left a smiling Spike to himself.
Important A/N:
Sorry the update took so incredibly long! I really truely am! I know this chapter is kind of short and dull but I was having a writer's block. Anyways, I'll try and update sooner next time. Please leave a review to tell me what you think or what you'd like to see happen.
Thanks!