~ Just want to say something before you read, so pay attention! I changed the topic for this chapter. Sorry if it is a big deal to anyone, which would be weird. But whatever, so ignore if you can the idea for this chapter cause its changed. Thanks again! ~

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Buffy walked down the stairs, shaking off what had just happened. Her and Spike shared a kiss. On the lips, in his bed. That wasn't the worst part. The worst part was that Buffy had liked it, she really liked it. But she couldn't do that to Skye; she couldn't go for a guy Skye liked. Besides, Spike wasn't her type; he was just a good kisser. She made her way into the living room and sat down by Skye and Riley. Oz was sitting in a chair, with Willow on his lap and Anya sat in Xander's arms on the floor.

"Where'd you go?" Skye asked.

"Huh? Oh, I just went up to my room for a minute. Back now." Buffy said.

"Well, welcome back." Skye said.

"So guys, what movie first?" Xander asked.

"What movies did you guys get?" Willow asked.

"Hot Chick, Hollywood Homicide, Pirates Of The Caribbean and How To Deal." Oz said.

"Can we watch How To Deal?" Anya asked.

"I was afraid this would happen. Oz, I told you we shouldn't have gotten that movie." Riley said.

"Put it in." Buffy said.

Xander popped the movie into the VCR and went back to his spot on the floor with Anya. She snuggled into him as the movie started.

When the movie was almost over, Skye turned to Buffy and whispered. "Where's Spike?"

"I don't think he's home." Buffy said.

"Buffy, tell me." Skye begged.

"I already did, I don't think he's home."

"But do you know?"

"No, uh I mean yes. He's not home."

"He is! Why wont you tell me?" Skye asked.

"Fine, he's up in his room, but Skye, he's . . ."

"No more. I'm going to see him. I'll be down later."

"Skye no." Buffy said, but she was too late.

Skye stood up and was already half way up the stairs. Riley watched her go, before turning back to Buffy.

"Where's she going?" He asked.

"Uh, my room, she's tired." Buffy said.

"Oh." Was all Riley said before turning back to the TV.

~*~

Many movies and munchies later, the gang decided to call it a night and leave. Buffy was saying good-bye to her friends when Willow stopped.

"Hey, where's Skye?"

"She must have went out the back door while we were watching movies." Buffy suggested. 'Or she's upstairs with Spike.'

"Probably. I'll see you tomorrow Buffy." Willow said as she closed the door.

Buffy locked the door and headed up the stairs to her room. She thought of checking on Spike's room to see if Skye was in there, but if she wasn't Buffy was afraid of what Spike might do. So, she ignored the opportunity as she walked by the door and into her room.

~*~

The door to Buffy's room creaked as it opened. Skye tip toed in and quietly made her way to Buffy's bed. She whispered into her ear to wake her up.

"Buffy, Buffy, you awake?" She asked.

"Mom, go away, it's not time for school yet." Buffy mumbled in her sleep.

"Buffy its Skye, wake up." She said and hit her gently on the shoulder.

"Huh?" Buffy said as she opened her eyes sleepily. "Skye? What are you doing in my room?"

"I need to talk to you." She said.

"About what? Why so early? How did you get in?" Buffy asked.

"I was already here, I didn't exactly leave."

"Well, where were you? Oh, Skye, what did you do?" Buffy asked, concerned.

"I didn't mean to Buffy, honestly, it just . . . happened." Skye said.

"You mean you and Spike had sex? Skye!"

"He said he loves me Buffy."

"Skye, he doesn't love . . ." Buffy said.

"How do you know?" Skye asked, angry. "You have never been in love. No guy can love you because you don't open up to them, you're not possible to love Buffy."

"Get out of my house." Buffy said.

"I'm gone, and so is our friendship." Skye said before leaving.

Buffy laid her head on her pillow and cried herself back to sleep.

~*~

"Buffy sweetie, its time to get up." Joyce said, gently shaking her daughter.

"Mom, I'm sick, I can't go to school." Buffy said.

"Buffy . . . Don't play games with me."

"Mom, really I don't feel good."

"Well . . . You haven't missed a day so far and you do look kind of pale, so I guess you could take the day off. But that's it okay? One day." Joyce said.

Buffy nodded. "Thank you."

Joyce planted a kiss on Buffy's forehead before leaving. Buffy stared up at her ceiling thinking of what happened last night. She lost a close friend over something so stupid like Spike. Since the day he came into her life, he'd just screwed it up more. It was his fault, everything.

~*~

A couple hours later, Buffy decided to get up. Both her parents were off at work, so she had the house to herself to just laze around and do nothing. She was passing Spike's room when she heard a noise inside. Curious as to what it was, she opened the door and walked in.

"Why are you home?" She asked Spike.

He was sitting up in his bed, barfing into a bucket that her mother had given him.

"Sick." He said.

"More like hangover." Buffy said. "Do you have any idea as to what you did last night?"

"Am I supposed to?" He asked, looking into her eyes.

"Yes!" She yelled.

"Would you mind refreshing my memory luv?"

"Sure. Its pretty simple actually, you and Skye had sex. You had sex with one of my best friends, which by the way isn't one of my best friends now cause of you!" Buffy said.

"Bloody hell." Spike said.

"Yeah, I'd say. Also, you told Skye you love her. She actually believed you. You took something from her that she can never get back! Do you not know how much you're hurting her? You said yourself that you might not even like her." Buffy said.

"What do I do?" Spike asked.

"You're asking me? This is your problem Spike, I'm not getting into it."

"Didn't she know I was bleeding drunk?" Spike asked.

"No, I brought you up to your room when you came home. She just came in and saw you on your bed, nothing odd about that." Buffy said.

"You brought me up?" He asked.

"Yeah."

"Did I do anything?"

"Nothing that means anything."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means nothing happened that you need to know about. Now if you'd excuse me, I'm going to get something to eat." She said, turning.

"Wait, why are you home luv?"

"I don't feel well." She said and left.

~*~

*Ring*Ring*

Buffy stood up from the stool in the kitchen and picked up the phone.

"Hello."

'Hey Buffy, it's Willow.'

"Oh, hi Will."

'Why aren't you in school?'

"I don't feel too well."

'Oh, I hope you get better soon then.' She said. 'Skye said you two had a fight.'

"Yeah."

'About Spike. He's not worth your friendship.'

"I know, tell Skye that."

'She's too in love with him to see."

"She's only going to get hurt. Spike isn't always the nice guy he seems to be. Last night he was drunk, he didn't even remember what they did. But she wont listen to me, she wont let me finish. She automatically believes his words over her supposed best friends. I hate him Will; he's only making my life worse. I just wish he'd go back to England and I'd never see him again."

'I'm sorry Buffy, I have to go. We'll talk later, okay?'

"Okay, bye." Buffy said and hung up.

Spike walked into the kitchen as sat back down. He walked over to the fridge in silence and pulled out some milk, then went to the cupboard and grabbed a bowel and some cereal. Silently he sat down and started eating. Buffy stood up, went into the living room and started watching TV. Spike rejoined Buffy in the living room, minus the cereal. She stared at him, wondering what he was doing near her, and then he spoke.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know what I was doing pet. I was drunk. I didn't mean for it to hurt you or your friend." Spike said.

"Yeah, well it happened didn't it?" Buffy asked.

"I'm going to tell her later. That I don't love her."

"You can't do that Spike." Buffy said.

"I have to. It might break her heart, but I'm not going to pretend to love someone that I don't love."

"I understand that, but . . ."

"No buts just leave it." Spike said.

"Spike, please don't hurt her."

"Buffy . . ."

"I'm begging you. She might not want to be my friend anymore, but she's still mine and I don't want her to get hurt, I care about her." Buffy said.

"If I keep pretending, it's only going to hurt her more."

"I guess I can't change your mind."

"You cant." Spike said.

"Alright then. I'm going to go up to my room now." Buffy said and left.

~*~

A few days passed and Spike hadn't broken it off with Skye yet. Buffy and Skye hadn't made up yet either, and it was started to get to not only Buffy, but also the rest of the gang. Anya and Willow were at Buffy's house getting ready to hit the Bronze with the guys.

"How does this look?" Buffy asked, walking out of her bathroom in a black mini skirt and a red tank top.

"It looks great Buffy." Willow said.

Willow was in a long jean skirt and a red top that had a kitten on it. Her red hair hung down to her shoulders, shining. Anya was in a pair of white jeans with a pink shirt on.

*Ding Dong*

"That would be the guys." Anya said and the three ran down the steps.

Buffy opened the door to reveal Xander, Oz and Riley. All were in jeans, Riley had on a green t-shirt, Xander had on a blue sweater and Oz had on a black sweater.

"You girls ready?" Xander asked.

"Yep." Willow said and they walked out the door to the Bronze.

~*~

People surrounded the six as they entered the Bronze. They found an empty table and pulled up some extra chairs.

"Anya, want to dance?" Xander asked and offered his hand.

Anya smiled and took Xander's hand. They found and empty space and Xander wrapped his arms around her small waist.

"Willow?" Oz said, looking to her and offering his hand.

She accepted it and the walked out next to Xander and Anya.

"So Buffy, how have you been?" Riley asked.

"Okay, you?"

"I've been good."

They both looked around awkwardly.

"Want to dance?" Riley asked.

"Sure." Buffy said.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and she rested her head on his shoulder as they swayed to the music.

~ Everybody's looking for that something

One thing that makes it all complete

You find it in the strangest places

Places you never knew it could be

Some find it in the face of their children

Some find it in their lover's eyes

Who can deny the joy it brings

When you've found that special thing

You're flying without wings

Some find it sharing every morning

Some in their solitary lives

You'll find it in the works of others

A simple line can make you laugh or cry

You'll find it in the deepest friendship

The kind you cherish all your life

And when you know how much that means

You've found that special thing

You're flying without wings

So, impossible

As they may seem

You've got to fight for every dream

Cause who's to know which one you let go

Would have made you complete

Well for Me, It's waking up beside you

To watch the sunrise on your face

To know that I can say I love you

In any given time or place

It's little things that only I know

Those are the things that make you mine

And it's like flying without wings

Cause you're my special thing

I'm flying without wings

And you're the place my life begins

And you'll be where it ends

I'm flying without wings

And that's the joy you bring

I'm flying without wings ~

Buffy pulled out of Riley's comforting embrace and they walked back to their table. Oz and Willow also rejoined them, but Xander and Anya had headed off somewhere, chances are it wasn't to share notes.

"Have you guys seen Skye lately?" Buffy asked.

It was started to really depress her. They were best friends since Buffy could remember, even before she met Willow and Xander. Their dads were best friends so they spent a lot of time at each other's houses. They shared everything and anything. Even promising not to let any guy come between their friendship and in a way, that's what happened.

"No, not recently. But usually her and Spike come to the Bronze, so they might be around." Willow said. "You two should make up. It's so sad when you fight. Come to think of it I cant remember you two ever fighting, well for this long at least." Willow said.

"I know, I'm going to go look for her. We need to talk. I can't stand us fighting anymore." Buffy said.

She stood up and started walking around. She past through dancing couples to make her way to the door. As she stepped outside a cool breeze hit her and sent goose bumps all over her. She turned down a side street and continued walking. In the distance she caught a glimpse of what she thought was Spike's hair and made her way towards it. Sure enough it was, and he wasn't alone.

"Skye." Buffy said.

"What do you want?" She asked.

"I want to talk." Buffy said. "Alone."

"Why?" Skye asked.

"Please Skye. I don't want to talk in front of Spike. This is something that has nothing to do with him. Please."

"Fine. Spike, I'll catch up with you inside."

"Alright pet." He said and walked off.

"What?" Skye asked.

"I'm sorry. I don't want us to be in a fight anymore. We've been best friends forever and we let a guy ruin that. I'm sorry about what I said, will you forgive me?"

Skye hesitated for a minute. "Yeah. I owe you an apology too. It wasn't nice to say those things. Buffy you are my best friend; you've always been there for me. I was such a bitch. Can you forgive me?"

"Of course Skye." She said and hugged her friend.

"Best friends?" Skye asked.

"Forever." Buffy said.

They both smiled and linked arms before heading into the Bronze.

~*Hey, do you like? Huh, I know the fighting really sucked ass, I'm not very good at that (or writing) but meh. Review please! *~