Authors note: *Tutt tutt* Where are my reviews people!! If I don't get at least 4 reviews for this chap I am going to quit it and you'll neva no what happens in the end. MWHAHAHAHAH!!! Just a warning. Don't say I didn't warn you. Anyway sorry its been so long, bin kinda busy with the skool and the work stuff. Hope you enjoy : )

Here goes.

Chap 15

I stare into my coffee, watching the murky liquid swirl in endless circles, sending my already thumping head into a new wave of dizziness.

Why am I always hangover lately?

I rest my head on my hands, willing the thumping to stop and forcing the nausea down. Never again am I going to touch alcohol.

I groan outwardly as my sister comes thumping down the stairs like a herd of elephants. All I want is quiet.

"HELLO!" She yells into my ear as she passes, watching with delight as I wince in obvious pain.

She continues the excruciating noise by making her breakfast as loud as possible just to annoy me. God I hate little sisters.

There's a knock at the door as Xander enters, strolling through the corridor and into the kitchen.

"Hey there Buffster, Whoa isn't someone just a little bit hung over this morning!" He notices the death glare I give him for talking so loudly.

"Shh" I manage to mumble and resume my leaning on my hands.

"BYE BUFF!" Dawn once again yells in my ear, pecking me on the cheek and swinging her school bag onto her back before following Xander back out the way he came in.

At last silence -

"BLOODY HELL!" God I spoke to soon.

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I'm running like I've never run before. Trees flash past me as I duck and dive under low branches, one hitting the side of my face and leaving a long deep gash running across my cheek bone.

I look over my shoulder but I can't see anything but darkness, yet still I run on for it is the darkness that hunts me.

"Spike" its voice glides through the air like a knife, chilling me to the bones.

I ignore it and run on. There's no bloody way it's catching me.

There's a noise ahead of me and I slow my pace slightly, eager to see what it is.

There she stands, robed in pure white her head cocked slightly to the left as she looks at me and smiles slightly.

"Spike." Her voice is soft and sweet and instantly I am drawn to her.

Her hands rest on my arms and instantly I feel safe, I know I do not need to run anymore.

"Buffy." I smile back at her, stroking a piece of hair from her face as she reaches up and places a hand on my cheek.

"I think I'm falling in love with you." She whispers it in my ear and I feel my heart skip a beat.

"Love's a dangerous game though Spike." She places a kiss on my neck and I copy, trailing a line of soft kisses down her jaw line.

I reach her neck and pause a moment, relishing in the feeling of her soft skin against my lips, her pulse beating so close to my lips.

I don't feel it and it shocks me when I realise what's happened. I feel like a fledgling again, feeling for the first time as your fangs slip out and your face changes to the familiar visage of a vampire.

And before I can stop myself I can taste her blood seeping down my throat and she's screaming for me to stop but I can't no matter how hard she fights against my body I grip harder and harder until I'm done.

Until she is dead.

I let the body fall to the ground and peer once more behind me, seeing the darkness settled around me.

"I knew you would." Came the soft shadowy voice.

"NO!" I yell in horror at what I have done and turn to run, but find nowhere to run to.

I am stood at the edge of the cliff, watching the sea crash against the sharp rocks beneath.

And so I jump.

My body tears in two as I make impact and I scream into the night at the darkness that sits atop the cliff watching my death -

I wake up and see the floor coming towards me, as I tumble out of bed, entangled in the quilt and landing hard on my chest.

"BLOODY HELL!!" I can't help but scream as pain shoots from my wound and across my skin. I try to move from the quilt but find myself completely tangled in it like a caterpillar in a cocoon.

But it is not long till my screams are heard and I hear worried footsteps coming up the stairs.

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Laughter consumes my body as I fight desperately with the tears threatening to pour down my face at any moment!

If only you could see Spike now!!

The once big bad vampire is presently wrapped up in a cocoon of blankets and thrashing around like a killer whale stuck on land!

I lean against the door frame and slide down it so I am crouched on the floor and take deep breaths trying to calm myself down.

"Bloody help me woman! Don't just stand there" Says 'the whale', his face turning bright red as he lifts his head up from the ground which just fuels my laughter even more.

He realises why I am laughing and within seconds ceases moving so I can stop my insane giggling. Calmly I look at him and the laughing subsides. His deep blue gaze stares back at me and thank god I am sat on the floor because if I was standing right now, I'm sure I would fall.

I crawl towards him on my hands and knees and reach for the blanket and slowly unravel it from his body, freeing his arms from their position tightly pressed against his chest.

And oh what a chest.

He is lying on the floor clad in only his black boxers, his bare chest exposed to me. God what I'd give to lick that!

I swallow hard as I stand and look away not noticing the foot that hooks around my ankle and pulls me to the ground, his hands working fast as he rolls me up in the warm blanket.

"See what you think of it now, Slayer!" He stands back his hands on his hips as he stares down at me on the floor.

Ah.

I see what he means by hard to get out. I thrash slightly one way and roll the other but it is no use. I am stuck.

Damn it.

He quirks his eyebrow and smiles that familiar cheeky smile. "Ain't easy is it luv." He mocks and I stop moving and stare at the ceiling above me.

I feel him lower to the ground as he moves over me, our bodies almost touching but not quiet. His face is opposite mine now and I find his eyes in my vision. He is so beautiful.

There is a moment that passes between us and I know it is not just friendship that he looks down at me with. It can't be. There is something else deep in those bluey eyes that state something else. What it is still remains a mystery to me.

For a moment I think he is going to kiss me, his head tilts slightly to the side and I swear his head is moving closer to mine. I take a sharp in take of breath as I realise what he is about to do, he IS about to kiss me.

Unfortunately that gasp is enough to spoil the moment and bring him out of his stupor.

Stupid Buffy. Grr.

He instantly looks away from me and unravels the blankets from my body, helping me stand.

I look at him once more before leaving the room in silence.

God damn it, why do I have to breathe?

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