CHAPTER FOUR


Walking through the dark woods, the moon was flickering above the tall trees. The dry leaves crunching under their feets. It was almost dawn.

Spike looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was about to come up.

"Fred," He said silently to her. "I need to go somewhere dark."

She looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was coming up. "Oh, right. I know this tiny, old house. It bad but it has a lot of shade."

"Where is it?" He asked, hurrying.

"There." She pointed out, it was a mile ahead of them.

"God, that's a long way." The sun was coming. "I got to run, and I know I will get burnt. You might have to drag me."

"Ok, don't worry. We will make it." Fred said, uncertain.

They both looked up and then started to run.

Coming out of the woods, into bare sunlight. Spike screamed and fell to his knees.

"Oh god." Fred said in horror.

She held him up and he swung his arm around her neck, she started to run. He ran with her.

"We are almost there." Fred said, she saw that his right arm was getting burned.

Couple of more steps, she swung the door open and laid him on the old, dusty bed.

She gasp for breath. She never ran that fast in her life. She needed something to wet and then she remember she never took out the cloth that was in her back pocket. She pulled it out and put some water on it from the sink.

She walked over to Spike from where she laid him. "There you are." She said, gracefully.

He sighed in relief and then suddenly smelled blood.

He turned his face to resist it.

"Fred, get out of here. Leave now!" He said, loudly.

"Why, what's wrong?" Fred said worried.

"Leave--" Spike turned his vampire face at her and she gasp.

"Oh, crap!" She muttered and hid in the corner.

He ran right to her. "You think I don't see you there?"

She closed her eyes tightly and wondered why he didn't smell the blood when he cleaned it and was with her.

She screamed, again.

He shook his head and turned into his human-like face.

"Fred! It's me. I am so sorry!" He shook her to get her attention. "Fred, open your eyes!" He held her near and she continue to keep her eyes shut.

* * *

With a blanket over his head, Angel walked into the woods. He looked down to see foot prints of two people taking the same path.

He chuckled. "You forgot to cover up the evidence!"

* * *

"Fred," He whispered. She opened her eyes and she saw that he was holding her. "I am so sorry."

"It's okay, why did you go out like that? I mean there was blood everywhere in the basement and it's the same blood from the cloth...."

She just rambled on. He chuckled at her.

"I don't know. I just did," He was still holding her. "It won't happen again, if it does, just put a stake through my heart."

She looked at him and she shook her head, "I can't do that."

"Sure you can. You did it to the other vampires in the basement."

"No, I can't do that to you."

She hugged him and he gently stroked her hair.

* * *

Still walking, Angel saw a tiny house.

He chuckled, sensing they were in there.

* * *

"We need to get out of here!" Spike said, sensing Angel was near.

"There's nowhere else to go."

"He's coming Fred, Angel is coming!"

She looked at him and heard the door slam against the wall. Angel was here.

"Haha," Angel snickered. "I knew I'd find you!"

He walked right to Spike and started to punch him.

"What are you doing!" Fred screamed at him.

Angel suddenly looked at her.

She looked at him.

No words were spoken

Spike was on the floor, about to give Angel a beating of a life time.

* * *

It was night time and they were back at the hotel, sitting at the table.

"When did this happen?" Fred asked, giving Angel a fresh cloth to clean up his face.

"I don't know. I don't remember. It must of been when we were killing the demons."

Her mind kept going back and forth. He was jealous? Angel was jealous of Spike? Why? Was it just the spell, making Angel jealous? Did Spike like her as she liked him? Or was he on some kind of spell, too?

"Bugger this." Spike said, getting from the other side of the table.

She didn't want Spike to go.

She looked at Angel and Angel gave her one of his looks.

"Go after him."

"Spike," She yelled. "Wait up!"

He was almost out the door, he turned because he heard Fred's voice.

"What are you doing?"

"Leaving," He looked down at the floor.

She was hurt. The kisses were just part of the spell, then. She was hurt that he didn't have the same feelings for her. She wanted to cry.

"No we don't," Fred said, taking his both of his hands and linking it with hers. "But we do."

Spike looked at her and smirked.

She kissed him.

"I love you."

He kissed her back.

"I love you, too."

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I hope you liked this S/F fan fic. This is not the end, I will write an Epilogue soon! Til' then, take care!