Chapter twelve:

Once Spike got outside the door he spun Buffy round and kissed her.

"Did I mention you look amazing?" He purred.

"Yeah you said that." She said smiling up at him.

"Ok well did I mention you not only look amazing, you look absolutely delicious, good enough to eat pet." He said pulling her flush against his body.

"Eat huh, maybe later." She said seductively.

"Oh, you're killing me luv." He said walking her backwards.

"Your already dead sweetie." She said back.

Spike stopped and kissed her then turned her round so they were facing the road.

"Err, Spike, where's your car?" She asked as she looked at the empty road Spike slapped his hand to his head.

"Damn, I knew I forgot something." He said.

"Brilliant, what are you going to do?" Buffy said turning her head and looking at him.

"Sorry babe, were just gonna have to catch a ride from a friend." He said putting his fingers in his mouth and wolf whistling.

"Spike, I am not hitching a ride from one of your demon friends, not in this dress and defiantly not in these shoes, if you think for one second that is going to happen you...have...got..." Buffy trailed of as a white stretch limousine pulled up at her feet.

Spike smirked at the look on her face; he crept up behind her and put his mouth to her ear.

"Before that pretty little mouth of your interrupted, what I might have said is, catch a ride from a friend, who happens to own the limo service down town." He whispered.

"Oh my god, OH MY GOD!" She squealed before turning round and hugging him with a big smile on her face.

He loved to see her happy, the smile on his face equalled the one on hers Buffy was about to kiss him when she saw the limo door open by a very tall thin man, she pulled away from him sharply and grabbed his hand pulling him towards the limo.

"Hey, where's my kiss?" Spike asked She turned round to him and grabbed the lapels of his coat and whispered to him.

"Come and get it." She said with a mischievous smile, before sitting in the limo and crossing her legs, giving Spike an eyeful of her legs. Spike smirked and dove into the limo after her, Buffy squealed in excitement The limo driver chuckled and slammed the door and went into the front and started up and drove to the destination Spike gave him before.

Across the street a pair of brown eyes watched as the limousine drove away.

Buffy and Spike fooled around in the limo for about half an hour before they came to a stop. Spike reached for Buffys hand and they climbed out, Buffy gasped when she realised they were at LA pier, she hadn't been here since she was a kid, she looked up at the bright lights and smiled, for the first time in years, she felt like a normal girl on a normal date with her normal boyfriend, ok, the last part was not quite true, but he was normal to her, he wasn't just a vampire, or a soulless demon, he was Spike, her Spike. She turned round and smiled at him. He smiled back at her then brought her to him, kissing her soundly before breaking the kiss and leading her to some of the rides.

After Spike and Buffy rode every ride and won a huge bear, which didn't make Spike too happy because he won it for her and that just encouraged her to call him her 'big cute cuddly bear'. After dropping the teddy bear off in the limo, the went and sat in a nice restaurant and ate a three course meal, then hand in hand the walked along the beach.

"Did you have a good time tonight pet?" He asked her. Buffy smiled up at him and put her head on his shoulder as they walked along the shore.

"Very much." She stopped and wrapped her arms around his torso.

"Thank you," she told him, softly. "For making this the best birthday ever."

"That's ok baby, it was my pleasure." He said putting his arm around her and pulling her into his side.

"I'm just glad the B.b.c hasn't come this year."

"What's the B.b.c, other then a British broadcasting company?"

"No, not the bbc, my B.b.c, the Buffy birthday curse." She said.

"Birthday curse, what are you chatting about girl?" Spike said.

"Well, on my seventeenth, I lost my virginity and my boyfriend tuned into a maniac trying to kill me, then on my eighteenth, Giles drugged me and I had to go up against this insane vampire named Zack, then on my nineteenth, Giles turned into a demon and I nearly killed him but you remember that one, and now, I'm twenty years old. What do you think will happen this year?" She asked trying to make a joke out of it.

Spike stopped them and kissed her softly.

"There will be now more talk of this curse, I am not Angelus so I cant lose my soul, ain't got one to lose. No one is going to drug you with out me ripping the head off, and, well the only demon you will be seeing tonight is me, so theirs no need to worry, pet." He said as he leaned his head down, finding the luscious, sweet taste of her lips.

They stayed that way for what seemed like hours. Tasting each other. Feeling each other. Loving each other. Buffy finally pulled away, taking in mouthfuls of the much-needed oxygen. But not even oxygen could compare to the way Spike's mouth fit perfectly with hers. The way his body felt pressed up intimately against hers. The way his eyes danced with passion when she pulled back from their kiss. Nothing could compare. She loved everything about him. He bent down slightly and rested his forehead against hers. She closed her eyes, as the sensations of his mere presence overwhelmed her.

"God, I love you," she whispered.

"I love you too," He whispered back.

They kissed again, before settling down on the sand with her seated in between his legs.

"Spike promise me something."

"Anything baby."

"Stay with me forever, don't leave me." She whispered craning her neck to look up at him.

"I promise with all my heart, I will never leave you." He said leaning down and kissing her.

'Its time.' He thought as he searched the pocket of his duster, then all of a sudden his eyes flew open.

'Oh shit, I left it at home.' He said.

Buffy realised his stirring and broke the kiss.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I was just wondering... if I'm staying round yours tonight?" He asked.

Buffy smiled and leaned closer into him pressing her forehead against his.

"Of course you are, do you think you would be able to get out of my clutches tonight, after you did all this?" She said before kissing him again. Spike smiled and stood up grabbing her hand and pulling her up Buffy curled up into his side as they walked, she got a text message and realised it was from her mom.

'Buffy, thought you would like some time with Spike, Dawn and I have gone to visit a old friend of mine, Happy birthday baby, love mom :) '

Buffy smiled and showed Spike the message, Spike growled and picked Buffy up carrying her the rest of the way to the limo.