Buffy went into the locker room not believing what just happened. Spike kissed her. At first she was like yeah! And then she was like ummmm. And then came the nooo! She was confused but it was time for class. She changed and washed her face ready to go see Spike. Spike got changed in a flash so he could see her and apologize. He knew that he shouldn't have kissed her and felt bad for making her cry. He walked out of the locker room to see Buffy sitting on a mat stretching out. She looked up the second he entered the room and smiled. He walked over to her fast and blurted out "sorry luv I...I...I...I...I am sorry. Please forgive me." "There's nothing to forgive as far as I am concerned. We need to figure out what's going on between us though." "There's nothing, nor can there ever be anything between us. I am sorry but it would mess up the group." "How?" Buffy asked hurt and trying not to show it. He sat down next to her, and she helped him do sit-ups. "We have a lot of classes together and if we went out, then broke up it might hurt our friendship and then our groups friendships. If we break up and Xander and Willow take sides, it would hurt them too." "I understand that Spike but it's only a might." "I know but I don't want to take the chance and get hurt, hurt you and hurt willow and Xander." Buffy nodded figuring that being able to be friends is better than nothing. "Xander told me you've been hurt before, what happened?" "I'd rather not talk about it." "I'll tell you my story if you tell me yours." "You've been hurt bad?" "Yea." "Ok mine's pretty boring luv but here goes: I met this girl Drusilla here at school she was the cheerleading captain and the Homecoming Queen. All she wanted was a lap dog to worship the ground she walked on. I wanted a real relationship. When I couldn't be there for her constantly she broke up with me. It hurt me to see her in the halls and I stopped coming to school I'm supposed to be a junior but because I missed so much school. I am a sophomore." "Ouch, well if it makes you feel better I am glad you are a sophomore or I would've never met you." Spike smiled and asked, "What's your story?" "Well, I had a boyfriend the Jock known throughout the school. His name was Angel. He was also Homecoming King. I became a cheerleader so that I could ask him out and feel worthy of him. I became the cheerleading captain and the Homecoming Queen so I could be cheering him on and right by his side all the time. We went out for a while and he told me he loved me but it was all a lie. He just wanted the model girlfriend and I was what he wanted for a while anyway. Until some other blonde chick with bigger boobs came along I was just trash. I ended up taking my anger out on a wall in the gym while I was practicing cheerleading moves thinking I could win him back if I was better. instead the squad kicked me off. I was even angrier than I was before and practiced more moves in the gym. I ended up kicking a wall and the entire gym collapsed and I was expelled. I had to move here. The distance between me and him and me and my friends made the pain of the breakup worse. I am still in pain but not because of him. I just miss my friends but I have made new ones here and I couldn't be happier." Buffy ended the story with tears in her eyes and a smile on her face. Spike and Buffy swapped positions so that she could do her sit-ups like she was required to. They stopped talking for like five minuets so she could do her sit-ups and they could think about what the other said. Buffy kept thinking how she was like Drusilla but was so much not like her. Spike kept thinking about how she was Drusilla in a twice as nice form. He kept thinking that he could treat her much better than that guy Angel or whatever was his name. Then he decided. "Spike?" "Yea luv." He said snapping out of his daydream. "I asked you if you wanted to walk the track?" "Sure let's." They walked out to the track and Buffy managed to keep a good foot between her and Spike. Spike kept himself from thinking about her and holding her the way they did when they hugged. Then Spike couldn't take it anymore, he grabbed her and kissed her right on the lips. He wrapped his arms around her waist. She stood there and not fully understanding what was going on but she kissed him back and enjoyed every minute of it. He broke the kiss and said, "Will you go out with me please? I love you. I can't resist this feeling any longer." "I would love to go out with you Spike." She hugged him and he kissed her. Class ended with them in each other's arms. They changed out of their gym clothes and walked hand in hand to lunch.