Chapter Seven:
Buffy came back from school and went to her bedroom, she looked through her pockets and pulled out a flower, she remembered who had given it to her
+~+~Flashback~+~+
Buffy and Spike walked through the cemetery when they came up to a beautiful little tree
"Oh wow, its beautiful, was this here yesterday" She asked
"Nop, must have just been planted"
"Oh look at the flower right at the top" She said looking at the beautiful single red and yellow flower right at the top
"Yeah, pretty lets go" He said
"I wish I could get to it, but it's to big"
"No slayer you're just too small, look..." With that he reached up and picked the flower and gave it to her
"...Here," Spike said
Buff looked up at him
"Thank you," She said smelling it
"Your welcome, but don't go telling people I did that, got a rep to protect, can have people know I'm picking flowers for little girls" He said smirking slightly then turning around and walking away
Buffy smiled as her heart grew bigger for him, then she followed him
+~+~End Flashback~+~+
Buffy sniffed the flower then fell on to the bed and let silent tear slip down her face
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Buffy came back from patrol, she looked at her watch, it read 7:50, she sighed and went up to her room
"I hate my taste in men" she said picking up the flower and lying down on her bed
Joyce looked at her watch, it said 7:58, she walked into Buffys bedroom and found her lying on the bed
"Hey honey, wanna talk" Joyce said
"Sure, if you wanna hear bout my, ultra bad life" She said sadly sitting up
"Can we open the window, its hot in here" She said walking over to the window, she looked round and nodded her head to Spike who was sitting on the roof next to the window
Joyce came and sat next to her daughter, she glanced at the window and saw Spike peeking in
"Who gave you the flower honey"
"Spike did, isn't it beautiful, there was a tree in the cemetery and he reached up and got it for me"
"That was nice of him"
"Yeah, you know what the really upsetting thing about all of this is, no matter how I feel for Spike, I thought we we're you know, kind of friends, how can a so called friend say those things to me, laugh at my feelings, and say it would be stupid to fall in love with me, and that I was disgusting, how could he say those things to me"
"Maybe because he's and evil jerk" Joyce said looking at the window at Spike
"Yeah, he is... so why in gods name am I in love with and evil jerk like Spike" She said
Spike gasped, it wasn't all a sick joke like he thought, she didn't know he was there so she wasn't saying these things for his benefit
"I don't know honey maybe..."
"I hate him, for making me feel this way" Buffy said
"Buffy, if he was here, if Spike was here right now, what would you say to him" Joyce said
"Boy Joyce, you are one smart lady" Spike said to himself
"I would say, Spike I'm not sorry for loving you, the only thing I'm sorry for is they way you reacted and the fact that you don't feel the same, and I would say a whole bunch of other stuff that I cant think of right now" She said Spike stuck his finger in view of the window and signalled for Joyce to come down stairs in five minutes
Once five minutes were up Joyce stood up
"Err honey, I'll be back soon ok" She said leaving the room
"Can you get me some ice cream"
"Sure sweetie" Joyce said before going down stairs
She opened the front door and found Spike with a bunch of the flowers Buffy had in her room
"Can I talk to her" He said
"Spike if you hurt her again, you'll get more then a slap in the face ok" She said
Even though Spike knew with the chip she couldn't take him on, he nodded and made his way up stairs
Spike slowly opened the door, he saw Buffy lying on the bed still holding the flower
"Hope you got some mint chocolate chip for me there" Buffy said without turning around
"Sorry pet, no mint chocolate chip" He said
Buffy whirled round shocked and sat at the edge of the bed
"What are you doing here" She said
"What, I cant visit my favourite slayer" He said standing in front of her and knelling in between her knees He looked down to the floor when she looked at him and he handed her the flowers, she gasped at the bunch of the beautiful red and yellow flowers
"Better look after them, climbed about five trees to get enough to make a bouquet" He said smiling
Buffy smiled slightly then looked down at the floor
Spike lifted her chin with his finger
"I am so sorry Buffy" He said sincerely
Buffy tried to look away but he held her in place
"No, I am really really sorry for what I said, I was just shocked and surprised, but I had no right to say those things to you, I'm sorry"
"You really hurt me Spike, I thought we were friends" She said
"I know but as I said I'm sorry, but I'm also done bloody apologising, so I'm gonna do this instead, you say you love me..."
"I do lo..."
"Now hold on a minute luv, we cant get to that bit yet, not yet its still to soon, but I do know that I do feel something for you, but I don't know what, so I'm willing to give us a shot, you know, like as in me and you" He said nervously
"Spike what are you saying" Buffy said hopefully
"It means this" He said before leaning in and kissing her breathlessly
When he pulled back she sucked in a sharp breath and smiled at him
"Get the picture luv" He said smirking
"Not quite, do you mind doing that again" She said with a cheeky smile
He laughed and kissed her again When he broke the kiss he looked at her
"No still don't quite get it" She said again
"Well I'll show you another way then" He said pulling her up
"What, I thought we were gonna do more of the kissing thing"
"Nope, were going out, if its alright with your mom" He said pulling her by the hand out the door
"Some big bad you are, your afraid of my mom" She said laughing
"She's a nice lady, but she's kinda frightening when she wants to be" Spike said as they went down the stairs
"Err I heard that" Joyce said coming to the bottom of stairs
"Mom I'm going out with Spike for a while" Buffy said grabbing her coat
"If that's alright with you," Spike said
"Yes its fine with me Spike Buffy's a grown woman" She said getting a little closer
"Just don't forget what I said" Joyce said before walking away
Spike watched her go then felt Buffy grip his hand again
"So were are we going"
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Buffy came back from school and went to her bedroom, she looked through her pockets and pulled out a flower, she remembered who had given it to her
+~+~Flashback~+~+
Buffy and Spike walked through the cemetery when they came up to a beautiful little tree
"Oh wow, its beautiful, was this here yesterday" She asked
"Nop, must have just been planted"
"Oh look at the flower right at the top" She said looking at the beautiful single red and yellow flower right at the top
"Yeah, pretty lets go" He said
"I wish I could get to it, but it's to big"
"No slayer you're just too small, look..." With that he reached up and picked the flower and gave it to her
"...Here," Spike said
Buff looked up at him
"Thank you," She said smelling it
"Your welcome, but don't go telling people I did that, got a rep to protect, can have people know I'm picking flowers for little girls" He said smirking slightly then turning around and walking away
Buffy smiled as her heart grew bigger for him, then she followed him
+~+~End Flashback~+~+
Buffy sniffed the flower then fell on to the bed and let silent tear slip down her face
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Buffy came back from patrol, she looked at her watch, it read 7:50, she sighed and went up to her room
"I hate my taste in men" she said picking up the flower and lying down on her bed
Joyce looked at her watch, it said 7:58, she walked into Buffys bedroom and found her lying on the bed
"Hey honey, wanna talk" Joyce said
"Sure, if you wanna hear bout my, ultra bad life" She said sadly sitting up
"Can we open the window, its hot in here" She said walking over to the window, she looked round and nodded her head to Spike who was sitting on the roof next to the window
Joyce came and sat next to her daughter, she glanced at the window and saw Spike peeking in
"Who gave you the flower honey"
"Spike did, isn't it beautiful, there was a tree in the cemetery and he reached up and got it for me"
"That was nice of him"
"Yeah, you know what the really upsetting thing about all of this is, no matter how I feel for Spike, I thought we we're you know, kind of friends, how can a so called friend say those things to me, laugh at my feelings, and say it would be stupid to fall in love with me, and that I was disgusting, how could he say those things to me"
"Maybe because he's and evil jerk" Joyce said looking at the window at Spike
"Yeah, he is... so why in gods name am I in love with and evil jerk like Spike" She said
Spike gasped, it wasn't all a sick joke like he thought, she didn't know he was there so she wasn't saying these things for his benefit
"I don't know honey maybe..."
"I hate him, for making me feel this way" Buffy said
"Buffy, if he was here, if Spike was here right now, what would you say to him" Joyce said
"Boy Joyce, you are one smart lady" Spike said to himself
"I would say, Spike I'm not sorry for loving you, the only thing I'm sorry for is they way you reacted and the fact that you don't feel the same, and I would say a whole bunch of other stuff that I cant think of right now" She said Spike stuck his finger in view of the window and signalled for Joyce to come down stairs in five minutes
Once five minutes were up Joyce stood up
"Err honey, I'll be back soon ok" She said leaving the room
"Can you get me some ice cream"
"Sure sweetie" Joyce said before going down stairs
She opened the front door and found Spike with a bunch of the flowers Buffy had in her room
"Can I talk to her" He said
"Spike if you hurt her again, you'll get more then a slap in the face ok" She said
Even though Spike knew with the chip she couldn't take him on, he nodded and made his way up stairs
Spike slowly opened the door, he saw Buffy lying on the bed still holding the flower
"Hope you got some mint chocolate chip for me there" Buffy said without turning around
"Sorry pet, no mint chocolate chip" He said
Buffy whirled round shocked and sat at the edge of the bed
"What are you doing here" She said
"What, I cant visit my favourite slayer" He said standing in front of her and knelling in between her knees He looked down to the floor when she looked at him and he handed her the flowers, she gasped at the bunch of the beautiful red and yellow flowers
"Better look after them, climbed about five trees to get enough to make a bouquet" He said smiling
Buffy smiled slightly then looked down at the floor
Spike lifted her chin with his finger
"I am so sorry Buffy" He said sincerely
Buffy tried to look away but he held her in place
"No, I am really really sorry for what I said, I was just shocked and surprised, but I had no right to say those things to you, I'm sorry"
"You really hurt me Spike, I thought we were friends" She said
"I know but as I said I'm sorry, but I'm also done bloody apologising, so I'm gonna do this instead, you say you love me..."
"I do lo..."
"Now hold on a minute luv, we cant get to that bit yet, not yet its still to soon, but I do know that I do feel something for you, but I don't know what, so I'm willing to give us a shot, you know, like as in me and you" He said nervously
"Spike what are you saying" Buffy said hopefully
"It means this" He said before leaning in and kissing her breathlessly
When he pulled back she sucked in a sharp breath and smiled at him
"Get the picture luv" He said smirking
"Not quite, do you mind doing that again" She said with a cheeky smile
He laughed and kissed her again When he broke the kiss he looked at her
"No still don't quite get it" She said again
"Well I'll show you another way then" He said pulling her up
"What, I thought we were gonna do more of the kissing thing"
"Nope, were going out, if its alright with your mom" He said pulling her by the hand out the door
"Some big bad you are, your afraid of my mom" She said laughing
"She's a nice lady, but she's kinda frightening when she wants to be" Spike said as they went down the stairs
"Err I heard that" Joyce said coming to the bottom of stairs
"Mom I'm going out with Spike for a while" Buffy said grabbing her coat
"If that's alright with you," Spike said
"Yes its fine with me Spike Buffy's a grown woman" She said getting a little closer
"Just don't forget what I said" Joyce said before walking away
Spike watched her go then felt Buffy grip his hand again
"So were are we going"
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