Imagine That

Author: Richess a.k.a A. N. H. Richards
Email: richess78@hotmail.com
Summary: Set after Crush. Spike is thrown into a flux and he has no one to help him get out of it.

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Disclaimer: I own nothing & I am tired of saying it you all know who owns the characters & rights of BTVS. But I own the soccer team and Josh and anyone else not introduced on the show.
Author's Notes: This fic is dedicated to Val and Alexandria for letting me use them in this fic. Thanks to Magan & Jill for betaing this chapter.

Part 6

Spike sank down in the bed, that he had woken up in two days earlier, in a new body. So many things had been strange. Even stranger then getting used to a new body was getting used to looking at yourself in a mirror and seeing a complete stranger. Spike sighed as the phone rang.

He begrudgingly answered it. "What?"

"Uhhh Josh, hunny?" The voice asked in an uncertain voice.

"Ehm…yeah who's this?" Spike asked irritated.

"It's me hunny it's your mom. Jeesh you'd act like we haven't spoken to each other is weeks or something," The woman laughed.

Spike had to comprehend this for a moment, it was bad enough to be in a new body and wondering how he was going to get back into his old one; but now this dead guy's body he was occupying had a family too and obviously someone that tried to murder him, "Bloody great!"

"What did you say hunny?" The voice asked.

"Nothing mum, mommy, mother... What did you want?"

"Well I… uh just wanted to know when you visited on Sunday ehmm… if you were bringing anyone with you?" They way she asked the question made Spike suspicious.

"No... mum."

"Thank god!" She sighed in relief.

"But… I won't be able to visit with you this Sunday."

"Josh you promised your little brother that would be there for his game Sunday and for your sister's rehearsal dinner, we planned this day and the dinner all around you." She scowled him, "Your match is on Saturday there is no reason you can't come and be with your family on Sunday."

Spike didn't want to disappoint the nice lady, obviously she cared about her son. Although in all rational terms, he was dead. Well spiritually anyway. "I had a little accident at school the day before yesterday and I am not going to play in the game."

"What happened hunny? It wasn't HER, was it?" The woman suddenly became defensive.

Her? Spike didn't know who this her was suppose to be, "Uhhh no mum."

"Well what then…"

His saving grace was the light knock at the door. "Hold on a sec."

Spike got up slowly and answered the door. To his surprise Buffy was standing there with a fresh ice pack in her hands smiling up at him. He had only ever seen her once in the daylight and that time he was trying to kill her, but now with the light streaming in through the hallway windows, she looked almost angelic, her soft blond hair was in a lose pony tail with a few tendrils hanging around the side of her face. She was wearing a pastel blue pullover with a black jeans. He was so taken with his examination of her every feature, that he forgot that Josh's mother was on the phone.

"Hi S—Buffy." He tilted his head drinking in every inch of her.

She blinked a couple of times trying to figure out why the tilt of his head seemed familiar to her. "Hey Josh. I saw your little mauling on the field and figured I'd come check on you."

'JOSH!! JOSH!!! JOSH MICHAEL ELMERT! ANSWER ME'

Buffy smiled as she heard the screeching voice on the other end of the phone. "I think someone is waiting for you."

"Yeah…" Spike just stared.

"The phone?" Buffy laughed.

"Ohhh bloody right." Spike finally pulled his gaze away and went back to finish the conversation, "Sorry mum… A friend… Yes she's a girl… No it's not Valerie... Mum she's standing right here… But… Fine… She's got the beautiful smile and her eyes can hypnotize the strongest of men… I am… I… But… I can't… Well… Then I could… No I can't… He did what… But I just told you two seconds ago… Already… She probably has plans… Fine."

Spike wondered how Josh ever survived with his overbearing mother. "How would you like to spend a day with me at my parents place." This has to be the weirdest thing I could ever possibly ask the Slayer.

Buffy looked at him like he grew an extra head. She and Josh had civil and short conversations and some minor flirting during there project many months ago but her meeting his parents on what one might be considered a first date, did not seem all that great. "Well I…"

"Bloody hell, one sec." Josh remained silent as the voice blared in his ear on the other end of the phone and then handed the phone to Buffy, "She wants to speak to you."

'No' Buffy mouthed. Talk about being put on the spot. Josh shoved it again her direction and 'Come on' he mouthed to her.

Buffy through her arms up in defeat. "Hello Mrs. Elmert. Well I… We aren't… I see… I can't… Ohhh ok… Well… See you Sunday Mrs. Elmert."

Spike couldn't help but laugh, finally a demon Buffy couldn't defeat… a domineering mother.

Buffy handed him back the phone scowling.

"Yes mum. He's coming by tomorrow night at 8. Ok. Bye." As Josh hung up Buffy wanted to throttle him but decided hurting the wounded is not on a Slayer to do list.

"So what exactly did she say to you?" Spike asked as he hung up the phone.

"She basically asked me if I was your new girlfriend? And even if I am not I can't not come over for dinner Sunday. That was the basic gist." Buffy relayed.

"Well that's mum." Was all that Spike could think of to say.

Buffy smiled as he turned from her embarrassed, "I think she just wanted to make sure I wasn't like Val."

"Uh yeah Val." Was the only thing that Spike could think of to say as he sat back down on his bed putting the new ice pack to his tender skin.

Buffy sat down next to him, "Yeah she's a real Dru."

Spike stiffened, "Who's Dru?" Spike just wanted to hear Buffy's response.

Buffy looked around the totally sport driven décor, "Just a weird psycho I know. Not important. But after your break up with her it seemed pretty tense."

"I guess." Spike gently put the ice pack to his throbbing skull.

"What really did happen to you?" Buffy winced as he grimaced at the pain.

"I don't know. I just woke up and there I was with my skull nearly caved in." Josh smiled.

Buffy got up and headed toward the door, "Well I have to go and meet Willow."

"Ok, just remember to meet me here Saturday at 8. His... my dad is coming to pick us up." Spike couldn't believe those words came out of his mouth.

Buffy smiled shaking her head, "I don't think I will have a choice when it comes to your mother. Bye Josh."

"Later Sl—Buffy."

Well at least being in this body is turning out to be interesting, he smiled as she closed the door..

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Buffy opened to the door to the crypt. She could hear laughter from downstairs. She slowly descended the stairs to find Spike in covered lump on his bed but he wasn't alone.

Another giggle from the female voice could be heard from underneath the sheets.

Suddenly the female peered out from under the sheets at the top of the bed, "Ehm Spike… Slayer's here."

"Who Alex?" A muffled voice came out from underneath the sheet then suddenly the other lump in the bed appeared up next to the female.

Buffy of course was slightly uncomfortable with the whole situation, "Spike what are you doing?"

"Why do you want to know Buffy? You want to join me and Alexandria here." Spike said licking his lips before kissing the petite brunette. The deathly pale female giggled. She wasn't even minutely afraid of Buffy as most fledglings are.

"I just came to ask you about Josh."

"Who?" Spike asked uninterested. As Alexandria disappeared underneath the sheets again. "I don't KNOW!" Spike voice suddenly went high pitched.

Buffy felt like she was in a peep show seeing this disgusting display of lust.

"Hold on a sec Slayer." Spike lifted the sheet and grumbled something to the fledgling.

"Fine." She huffed as she sat up next to him covering her self with a sheet and giving Buffy an annoyed look.

"I don't know who Josh is… ooooooh you mean that guy that attacked me in the club. I don't know who he is."

"Fine, you got your answer, get out." Alexandria had had enough of this.

"Excuse me." Buffy set her hands on her hips quickly getting impatient.

"Did I stutter blondie. G.E.T. O.U.T. You are interrupting a sexual marathon here with your petty little Slayer stuff."

Buffy looked at her then Spike who just shrugged, "Remember I did offer you to join. Bet you are limber."

Something about his leer of her seemed off.

"Miss goodie two shoes over there wouldn't know what to do with you." Alexandria laughed, then turned to the Slayer, "If you want some lessons on how to please a man stick around."

Buffy didn't know heads or tails of what was going on, two days ago he was professing his love for her and she was uninviting him from her house and now he was here with some floozy vamp practically having sex right in front of her. For once and for all, she was glad that she was right about Spike. A leopard can never change its spots.

"Just stay away from Josh. And keep your little ho-bag here under tight wraps. You wouldn't want her to accidentally trip and fall into one of my stakes." Buffy turned quickly on her heels and left.

"What a bitch!" Alexandria huffed just before Spike disappeared back underneath the sheet.

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TBC…