AN: Spike is back and Buffy is the only one that tells him off.
Chapter 24
"William, would you please put out that cigarette? You're on school grounds here."
"Fine."
He threw his smoke as far away as possible, of course to the side of the hallway, where it landed exactly in front of Buffy. She just stood there, mouth wide open at the sight. The teacher went away and Spike came slowly towards her. He brushed past her and whispered.
"Close your mouth, luv, you'll catch flies this way."
Afterwards he just walked on, strolling down the hallway. Buffy, and with her the rest of the school, watched him go. She caught some girls drooling over her boyfriend-although-he-didn't want it anymore and cast a cold glare at them. He was hers!
The secretary had mentioned where exactly his locker was and gave him a new lock, because he couldn't remember the old code. It had been way to long since he had been to school. A raven haired girl stood at the locker next to his. She hadn't seen him yet and he intended to keep it that way.
"Spike! You're out of the hospital!"
"Yeah, luv, as you can see."
He didn't answer further but just put away his books in his locker. He wondered why everybody kept staring at him. Lots of people believed the tale that had been going around about his amnesia and he decided to play along for a while.
"I think I'm supposed to know you, right?"
"I'm your. . . girlfriend."
He was a bit taken aback by that statement, Dru had quite some nerve. He grinned suddenly and decided to end the nice guy routine once and for all.
"Look luv, I may have amnesia, but I'm not that stupid. Find yourself another fool to convince that he's in love with you. I think I would know it."
Behind him, Angel smiled bitterly. He had what he wanted, but not in the way he had seen it. Dru was hurt, and by her own former lover and he had nothing to do with it, so she couldn't blame anyone. But damn, that guy had changed!
Buffy had heard the conversation between her boyfriend and his ex. She didn't like Dru, but that the girl didn't deserve. She knew what it was like to be in that kind of situation. She hurried to catch up with the now bleachblond Englishman.
"You have become a very cruel man, Will."
"Who. . .? Oh, it's the blonde bird who can't keep her mouth closed when she looks at me."
"I actually wanted to talk some sense into your thick skull, but apparently you're not waiting on that. You can just go to hell for my part, Carrington!"
He watched the girl walk away. He was amazed, Buffy was actually the first who didn't talk to him like he was sick or didn't forgive him. Spike smiled to the back of the girl.
"Still can't keep your hands off what's mine, huh?"
He turned around to see the same guy he had pushed to the lockers minutes ago. He really had no care of what Angel was going to say to him. If the American would just keep out of his way!
"As far as I'm concerned everything here is yours, mate. I don't care, if you just stay out of my way."
"Was not planning anything else. . .just stay with your hands off my girl!"
"And who's that?"
"Buffy."
"That blonde? Wouldn't dream of it, mate. Ta."
How tiring could a day at school be? He had to think every time about the spike and how hard and unbendible it was to keep from bursting into fury and stalk away. The ponce and Buffy had been the last drop.
"Will!"
Fuck, another crowd to face.
"Yeah?"
"How are ya! We've been wanting to see you for a long time now."
"And who are you again?"
"Xander and Willow."
"Let me guess, some of my best friends in the whole wide world." He grinned.
Xander and Willow played along with the game, because they knew he recognised them without any problems. He seemed to think hard.
"Hm. . . Let me change that right now. Let us pretend I don't like you and you don't like me and that we've never seen each other before. That way I can go without any problems. Goodbye."
***
"He's not the same anymore. I like William, but that Spike character. . ."
"How he treated us was. . . not very likeable."
"Maybe he's just confused. What do you think, Buffy?"
"I think I'm going to make sure he remembers me. He will get to know me again, even if he doesn't want to."
Chapter 24
"William, would you please put out that cigarette? You're on school grounds here."
"Fine."
He threw his smoke as far away as possible, of course to the side of the hallway, where it landed exactly in front of Buffy. She just stood there, mouth wide open at the sight. The teacher went away and Spike came slowly towards her. He brushed past her and whispered.
"Close your mouth, luv, you'll catch flies this way."
Afterwards he just walked on, strolling down the hallway. Buffy, and with her the rest of the school, watched him go. She caught some girls drooling over her boyfriend-although-he-didn't want it anymore and cast a cold glare at them. He was hers!
The secretary had mentioned where exactly his locker was and gave him a new lock, because he couldn't remember the old code. It had been way to long since he had been to school. A raven haired girl stood at the locker next to his. She hadn't seen him yet and he intended to keep it that way.
"Spike! You're out of the hospital!"
"Yeah, luv, as you can see."
He didn't answer further but just put away his books in his locker. He wondered why everybody kept staring at him. Lots of people believed the tale that had been going around about his amnesia and he decided to play along for a while.
"I think I'm supposed to know you, right?"
"I'm your. . . girlfriend."
He was a bit taken aback by that statement, Dru had quite some nerve. He grinned suddenly and decided to end the nice guy routine once and for all.
"Look luv, I may have amnesia, but I'm not that stupid. Find yourself another fool to convince that he's in love with you. I think I would know it."
Behind him, Angel smiled bitterly. He had what he wanted, but not in the way he had seen it. Dru was hurt, and by her own former lover and he had nothing to do with it, so she couldn't blame anyone. But damn, that guy had changed!
Buffy had heard the conversation between her boyfriend and his ex. She didn't like Dru, but that the girl didn't deserve. She knew what it was like to be in that kind of situation. She hurried to catch up with the now bleachblond Englishman.
"You have become a very cruel man, Will."
"Who. . .? Oh, it's the blonde bird who can't keep her mouth closed when she looks at me."
"I actually wanted to talk some sense into your thick skull, but apparently you're not waiting on that. You can just go to hell for my part, Carrington!"
He watched the girl walk away. He was amazed, Buffy was actually the first who didn't talk to him like he was sick or didn't forgive him. Spike smiled to the back of the girl.
"Still can't keep your hands off what's mine, huh?"
He turned around to see the same guy he had pushed to the lockers minutes ago. He really had no care of what Angel was going to say to him. If the American would just keep out of his way!
"As far as I'm concerned everything here is yours, mate. I don't care, if you just stay out of my way."
"Was not planning anything else. . .just stay with your hands off my girl!"
"And who's that?"
"Buffy."
"That blonde? Wouldn't dream of it, mate. Ta."
How tiring could a day at school be? He had to think every time about the spike and how hard and unbendible it was to keep from bursting into fury and stalk away. The ponce and Buffy had been the last drop.
"Will!"
Fuck, another crowd to face.
"Yeah?"
"How are ya! We've been wanting to see you for a long time now."
"And who are you again?"
"Xander and Willow."
"Let me guess, some of my best friends in the whole wide world." He grinned.
Xander and Willow played along with the game, because they knew he recognised them without any problems. He seemed to think hard.
"Hm. . . Let me change that right now. Let us pretend I don't like you and you don't like me and that we've never seen each other before. That way I can go without any problems. Goodbye."
***
"He's not the same anymore. I like William, but that Spike character. . ."
"How he treated us was. . . not very likeable."
"Maybe he's just confused. What do you think, Buffy?"
"I think I'm going to make sure he remembers me. He will get to know me again, even if he doesn't want to."