CHAPTER SEVEN - 'What About Her?'
~~~ FLASHBACK ~~~
Buffy felt hot and just a little bit drunk she had ended up drink quite a lot of the vodka provided by Riley.
"Buffy are you alright?" Angel asked.
"Me, yep I good. I think I'll go and get some air." She answered whilst trying to stand up straight.
She walked across the dance floor of the club trying to stop her head from spinning, 'Vodka bad' she thought as she reached the door. Pushing the door open she let the fresh air hit her and leant against the wall for support. It was then that she heard his voice.
"You sure you're ok getting a taxi? I can walk you if you want." She heard Spike say to Harmony.
"No Spikey it's fine and the cab's here I'll see you tomorrow." Harmony said as she slid into the backseat of the yellow cab.
Buffy listened intently to the conversation between the two, she was too drunk to even be sarcastic about it. Then she saw spike turn and walk towards the entrance she was stood at.
She lifted her head to find him looking straight at her, "Buffy." He said as a greeting.
"Spike." Her voice sounded hostile as spat out his name.
"Don't be like that there's no need." Spike said lighting a smoke and leaning against the wall opposite her.
"That's easy for you to say now you've got yourself another girlfriend to use and abuse, I can't believe you went to all that effort to pretend to like me!" She sneered.
"I wasn't pretending I did like you, I still do like you." Spike said softly.
I felt as if her heart had stopped beating all together, had Spike really just said that he still like her. It was so much for her to take in she had dreamt of confronting him about what happened between them and imagined a thousand different outcomes but she never thought he could spin her mind as easily as that.
"What do you mean?" She demanded wanting to clarify what he meant.
Spike the palms of his hands against the wall and pushed himself away. He stepped closer to her.
"I mean that I like you and I was stupid to let you go." Spike whispered as he tilted her head up and captured her lips.
His hands roamed her back and poured all the love he had for her into that one kiss. Buffy was too caught up in the whole situation to even think about the consequences of what she was doing she grabbed his arse and ground his manhood against her hips.
Spike pulled back slightly at her actions and looked deep into her eyes.
"What about Harmony?" Buffy asked hoping that Spike would tell her what she wanted to hear regarding the soon to be ex-girlfriend.
"She's as good as gone love." Was his answer as he slipped his hands up inside her top.
~~~ END FLASHBACK ~~~
Both Willow and Xander were just staring at her with their eyes wide, "You had sex with him outside the club?" Willow asked.
Buffy blushed slightly wondering if she over shared, "Well yeah but I was drunk!" She argued defending herself.
"So did he get rid of Harmony?" Xander asked having totally made up his mind that he didn't really like Spike.
"Yes he did, he wouldn't have had a choice everyone would have found out about us sooner or later and Harmony would have gone crazy." Buffy answered still feeling the guilt from sealing another girls boyfriend.
"So he dumped you again huh?" Xander asked.
"No I split with him." Buffy answered in a matter of fact manner.
~~~ FLASHBACK ~~~
Buffy and Spike were lying facing each other on the grass in Sunnydale park late in the evening. She could only just make out his features but the important thing was that he was there.
It was no June and they had been back together since St. Valentine's Day and best part was that it had been an amazing four months. They enjoyed being together and very rarely fought about anything.
For some reason though Buffy was starting to feel incredibly restless, Spike was only days away from graduation and she worried about what would happen when he left school.
"Honey I need to ask you something." She said tracing her finger along his perfect jaw.
"Go on then." He said sounding unsure of himself.
"Why did you break up with me?"
"Oh Buffy why are you bringing this up now?" He sounded irritated by her question.
"I've tried to pretend that all that didn't happen but I need to know." Buffy explained.
"Look love I knew that I was falling for you and it scared me, I mean falling for you in the 'together forever' sort of way and I thought we were both far too young for all that."
Buffy lifted herself up a bit so that she was leaning over Spike, "I agree." She took a deep breath, "And that's why I think we should break up."
Spike pushed her out of the way and sat up, "No, Buffy we're not splitting up because you're scared!" He shouted.
"Why? You broke up with me when it was too much for you. I just think it might be best because your graduating and you need to do whatever it is your going to do." Buffy argued.
"It wasn't even my idea Buffy. Angel told me that if I felt that why it would be best to end things, look how wrong he was this is good between us."
"Yes Spike it is good but you can't change my mind." Buffy said picking up her bag standing up and walking off.
She could hear Spike getting to his feet behind her and coming after her, he grabbed hold of her arm and spun her around, "Marry me."
"No." Was her reply as she carried on walking.
~~~ END FLASHBACK ~~~
Xander and Willow both looked shocked by the end of the story, they had heard Buffy talk about how devastated she'd been when spike broke up with her and then when they were together and happy she broke it off with him.
"So you ended it, and then what got together with Angel?" said Xander as the paid for another round of drinks.
"I ended it and didn't end up seeing any of them for nearly a year and when I did see them thing had changed. Me and Cordy had a big falling out because she was cheating on Angel in secrete for months so they broke up because I felt like I should tell him." Buffy said.
"And when I met up with Angel again a year later I realized that my life was a mess and I needed a nice guy." Buffy continued.
TBC.
~~~ FLASHBACK ~~~
Buffy felt hot and just a little bit drunk she had ended up drink quite a lot of the vodka provided by Riley.
"Buffy are you alright?" Angel asked.
"Me, yep I good. I think I'll go and get some air." She answered whilst trying to stand up straight.
She walked across the dance floor of the club trying to stop her head from spinning, 'Vodka bad' she thought as she reached the door. Pushing the door open she let the fresh air hit her and leant against the wall for support. It was then that she heard his voice.
"You sure you're ok getting a taxi? I can walk you if you want." She heard Spike say to Harmony.
"No Spikey it's fine and the cab's here I'll see you tomorrow." Harmony said as she slid into the backseat of the yellow cab.
Buffy listened intently to the conversation between the two, she was too drunk to even be sarcastic about it. Then she saw spike turn and walk towards the entrance she was stood at.
She lifted her head to find him looking straight at her, "Buffy." He said as a greeting.
"Spike." Her voice sounded hostile as spat out his name.
"Don't be like that there's no need." Spike said lighting a smoke and leaning against the wall opposite her.
"That's easy for you to say now you've got yourself another girlfriend to use and abuse, I can't believe you went to all that effort to pretend to like me!" She sneered.
"I wasn't pretending I did like you, I still do like you." Spike said softly.
I felt as if her heart had stopped beating all together, had Spike really just said that he still like her. It was so much for her to take in she had dreamt of confronting him about what happened between them and imagined a thousand different outcomes but she never thought he could spin her mind as easily as that.
"What do you mean?" She demanded wanting to clarify what he meant.
Spike the palms of his hands against the wall and pushed himself away. He stepped closer to her.
"I mean that I like you and I was stupid to let you go." Spike whispered as he tilted her head up and captured her lips.
His hands roamed her back and poured all the love he had for her into that one kiss. Buffy was too caught up in the whole situation to even think about the consequences of what she was doing she grabbed his arse and ground his manhood against her hips.
Spike pulled back slightly at her actions and looked deep into her eyes.
"What about Harmony?" Buffy asked hoping that Spike would tell her what she wanted to hear regarding the soon to be ex-girlfriend.
"She's as good as gone love." Was his answer as he slipped his hands up inside her top.
~~~ END FLASHBACK ~~~
Both Willow and Xander were just staring at her with their eyes wide, "You had sex with him outside the club?" Willow asked.
Buffy blushed slightly wondering if she over shared, "Well yeah but I was drunk!" She argued defending herself.
"So did he get rid of Harmony?" Xander asked having totally made up his mind that he didn't really like Spike.
"Yes he did, he wouldn't have had a choice everyone would have found out about us sooner or later and Harmony would have gone crazy." Buffy answered still feeling the guilt from sealing another girls boyfriend.
"So he dumped you again huh?" Xander asked.
"No I split with him." Buffy answered in a matter of fact manner.
~~~ FLASHBACK ~~~
Buffy and Spike were lying facing each other on the grass in Sunnydale park late in the evening. She could only just make out his features but the important thing was that he was there.
It was no June and they had been back together since St. Valentine's Day and best part was that it had been an amazing four months. They enjoyed being together and very rarely fought about anything.
For some reason though Buffy was starting to feel incredibly restless, Spike was only days away from graduation and she worried about what would happen when he left school.
"Honey I need to ask you something." She said tracing her finger along his perfect jaw.
"Go on then." He said sounding unsure of himself.
"Why did you break up with me?"
"Oh Buffy why are you bringing this up now?" He sounded irritated by her question.
"I've tried to pretend that all that didn't happen but I need to know." Buffy explained.
"Look love I knew that I was falling for you and it scared me, I mean falling for you in the 'together forever' sort of way and I thought we were both far too young for all that."
Buffy lifted herself up a bit so that she was leaning over Spike, "I agree." She took a deep breath, "And that's why I think we should break up."
Spike pushed her out of the way and sat up, "No, Buffy we're not splitting up because you're scared!" He shouted.
"Why? You broke up with me when it was too much for you. I just think it might be best because your graduating and you need to do whatever it is your going to do." Buffy argued.
"It wasn't even my idea Buffy. Angel told me that if I felt that why it would be best to end things, look how wrong he was this is good between us."
"Yes Spike it is good but you can't change my mind." Buffy said picking up her bag standing up and walking off.
She could hear Spike getting to his feet behind her and coming after her, he grabbed hold of her arm and spun her around, "Marry me."
"No." Was her reply as she carried on walking.
~~~ END FLASHBACK ~~~
Xander and Willow both looked shocked by the end of the story, they had heard Buffy talk about how devastated she'd been when spike broke up with her and then when they were together and happy she broke it off with him.
"So you ended it, and then what got together with Angel?" said Xander as the paid for another round of drinks.
"I ended it and didn't end up seeing any of them for nearly a year and when I did see them thing had changed. Me and Cordy had a big falling out because she was cheating on Angel in secrete for months so they broke up because I felt like I should tell him." Buffy said.
"And when I met up with Angel again a year later I realized that my life was a mess and I needed a nice guy." Buffy continued.
TBC.
