Chapter 30
"And then you remembered, didn't you?"
Spike wasn't listening to anything that was being said. He kept his eye on Angel and waited for the moment when the football player would be alone.
"I'm sorry, luv, what did you say?"
"You aren't even listening to me." Buffy pouted. Xander and Willow laughed at her face and Spike smiled lovingly at her. He gave a look to his two friends that made clear it was better for them to go ahead to class.
"Errr... come on, Will, we still have things to do. Let's go. . . Important things."
Xander dragged Willow along, which left Spike and Buffy alone.
"That was not nice of you." She said as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"There's something I have to ask you, luv. . . I know you won't like it, but I want to have a talk with Dru."
"Dru? Your ex-girlfriend Dru? Why?"
"When I got shot, I was thinking of apologizing to her. It's the right thing, I've been awful to her."
"And the things she did? I couldn't stay with you at the hospital because she told the nurses she still was your girlfriend. She knows damn well what she is doing! You're just as obsessed with her as he is!"
Spike sighed, what was it with women and that soddin' American? They just couldn't let him be. Buffy was about to leave when he took her arm and turned her around so he could look into her eyes.
"Look at me, Buffy. You're my love, the only one, and the only one I'm obsessed with. Say you trust me enough to let me talk to her. Please."
"How many times have you said that to her?"
"That's an unfair call, luv. How many times did you say to Angel you loved him?"
In his own way he was practically begging her to help him out. Why couldn't she understand he just wanted to make a clean slate and start over. . . with her.
"If you have to." She sighed and kept her eyes at the level of his chest. He took her chin between his fingers so he could kiss her.
"I just have to close this chapter, luv, so I can start another. I'll be back as soon as possible."
And then he left her. She slowly walked to class, looking behind her as she watched him go between the lockers. Spike knew where he could find Druscilla. Between the few trees that still stood on the parking lot of Sunnydale High.
"Hello Dru."
"Hello William, it's nice to see you are better."
"I've been wanting to talk to you."
"Here I am." She smiled.
"I hope you understand that Buffy is my girlfriend. I've loved you, Dru, really. . . But a man can't live up to a ghost of someone. Your memory of Angel, it clouds your mind."
"Who do you think you are, talking to me like you know everything?"
"I've been there, luv, he's been my rival. He probably still is."
"I chose you, when it mattered. I was there."
"Yes, trying to keep Buffy away."
"No! I. . . I didn't know. . . I just needed. . . You scared me so much." She managed to say before bursting into tears.
"It's okay, pet."
He took her in his arms for a moment and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"You're a strong person, Dru, you'll manage. Don't worry about me anymore and stay away from Angel, alright?"
She nodded and he gave her a light kiss on the cheek before letting her go and walking away. He knew she was watching him go, but he vowed to himself not to look back. That would make it so much more difficult.
He watched Angel from the corner of his eyes. He was setting books in his locker, or so it seemed. Spike made his way towards his enemy and casually leaned against the locker next to Angel's.
"American."
"Get away from me, Spike, I don't want anything to do with you."
"Are we playing it tough all of a sudden? I want to settle this."
"Good for you."
"Come to the old factory on Main tonight."
Spike turned around and was about to go, when Angel grabbed his arm. He looked at it as if some sort of garbage just fell on his sleeve.
"And if I won't?"
For the first time since he had come into school that day, Spike smiled. "You will because you have to. You're dying to know what I want. . . Or what I might have against you."
"You're crazy."
"Maybe. Are you going to take that chance? See you tonight, American."
He took a few shortcuts through the halls back to his girlfriend, who was still waiting for him.
"Luv, you should have gone ahead. Now we'll both get in trouble."
"I'm not letting you alone again, don't you believe it. Did everything go okay with Dru?"
"I think she'll be fine."
"And Angel? I saw you talking him to him."
"Oh, I just told him to stay out of my way."
"And then you remembered, didn't you?"
Spike wasn't listening to anything that was being said. He kept his eye on Angel and waited for the moment when the football player would be alone.
"I'm sorry, luv, what did you say?"
"You aren't even listening to me." Buffy pouted. Xander and Willow laughed at her face and Spike smiled lovingly at her. He gave a look to his two friends that made clear it was better for them to go ahead to class.
"Errr... come on, Will, we still have things to do. Let's go. . . Important things."
Xander dragged Willow along, which left Spike and Buffy alone.
"That was not nice of you." She said as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"There's something I have to ask you, luv. . . I know you won't like it, but I want to have a talk with Dru."
"Dru? Your ex-girlfriend Dru? Why?"
"When I got shot, I was thinking of apologizing to her. It's the right thing, I've been awful to her."
"And the things she did? I couldn't stay with you at the hospital because she told the nurses she still was your girlfriend. She knows damn well what she is doing! You're just as obsessed with her as he is!"
Spike sighed, what was it with women and that soddin' American? They just couldn't let him be. Buffy was about to leave when he took her arm and turned her around so he could look into her eyes.
"Look at me, Buffy. You're my love, the only one, and the only one I'm obsessed with. Say you trust me enough to let me talk to her. Please."
"How many times have you said that to her?"
"That's an unfair call, luv. How many times did you say to Angel you loved him?"
In his own way he was practically begging her to help him out. Why couldn't she understand he just wanted to make a clean slate and start over. . . with her.
"If you have to." She sighed and kept her eyes at the level of his chest. He took her chin between his fingers so he could kiss her.
"I just have to close this chapter, luv, so I can start another. I'll be back as soon as possible."
And then he left her. She slowly walked to class, looking behind her as she watched him go between the lockers. Spike knew where he could find Druscilla. Between the few trees that still stood on the parking lot of Sunnydale High.
"Hello Dru."
"Hello William, it's nice to see you are better."
"I've been wanting to talk to you."
"Here I am." She smiled.
"I hope you understand that Buffy is my girlfriend. I've loved you, Dru, really. . . But a man can't live up to a ghost of someone. Your memory of Angel, it clouds your mind."
"Who do you think you are, talking to me like you know everything?"
"I've been there, luv, he's been my rival. He probably still is."
"I chose you, when it mattered. I was there."
"Yes, trying to keep Buffy away."
"No! I. . . I didn't know. . . I just needed. . . You scared me so much." She managed to say before bursting into tears.
"It's okay, pet."
He took her in his arms for a moment and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"You're a strong person, Dru, you'll manage. Don't worry about me anymore and stay away from Angel, alright?"
She nodded and he gave her a light kiss on the cheek before letting her go and walking away. He knew she was watching him go, but he vowed to himself not to look back. That would make it so much more difficult.
He watched Angel from the corner of his eyes. He was setting books in his locker, or so it seemed. Spike made his way towards his enemy and casually leaned against the locker next to Angel's.
"American."
"Get away from me, Spike, I don't want anything to do with you."
"Are we playing it tough all of a sudden? I want to settle this."
"Good for you."
"Come to the old factory on Main tonight."
Spike turned around and was about to go, when Angel grabbed his arm. He looked at it as if some sort of garbage just fell on his sleeve.
"And if I won't?"
For the first time since he had come into school that day, Spike smiled. "You will because you have to. You're dying to know what I want. . . Or what I might have against you."
"You're crazy."
"Maybe. Are you going to take that chance? See you tonight, American."
He took a few shortcuts through the halls back to his girlfriend, who was still waiting for him.
"Luv, you should have gone ahead. Now we'll both get in trouble."
"I'm not letting you alone again, don't you believe it. Did everything go okay with Dru?"
"I think she'll be fine."
"And Angel? I saw you talking him to him."
"Oh, I just told him to stay out of my way."