Chapter 11
They walked around the mall going from store to store. Spike kept his mouth shut just like he promised and only spoke to ask the total of the purchase and sign the credit card receipts. Spike just loved to see her smile and he ate it up. Buffy was so excited about all the things Spike brought her, but she decided it was time to go home. She noticed that all the girls in the mall were huddled around whispering and jumping up and down screaming Spikes' name. It made her nervous so she asks to leave the mall soon the she planned. Spike said ok and called for the car to meet them in front of the mall. He motioned for the incognito bodyguard to go and get his own car so he could be there when he and Buffy came out.
They made it to the stairs outside the mall, when a herd of girls rushed them. The girls acted like Buffy was not there. They physically pushed and pulled Buffy away then down the stairs trying to get to Spike. Spike sees Buffy fall and tries to push his way towards her but the crowd only got rougher with her and then he could not see her anymore.
Buffy falls down on to the step behind her, when she tries to get up the crowds seems to only to push her around more. When she fell she lost hold of the bags she was carrying and they were scattered all over the stairs. One girl saw her getting up and told the others that Buffy was trying to hurt Spike. They started to hit and kick her and trying to hold her down for more. As the coward lessen in numbers Buffy got up weakly and made it to the top of the stairs. She turned to see Spike trying to get to her. Buffy turned and went back inside the mall, going straight to the food court bathrooms to hide. She stays there for awhile then gets up and clean her cuts and wash the dirt off her best she can. She made her way back out into the mall so she can exit from another place.
Spike saw her at the top of the stairs but could not move from his spot. When she turned he saw sadness and pain in her face. He saw her go back inside the mall and tried again to push his way though the crowd. Before he made it up one step his driver pulled him in the car and took off from the crowd of people. The bodyguard called back up and then retrieved Buffy's bags and directed the other guards to find her and keep her there. Spike was worried sick about Buffy he tried her phone he gave her when she came to work for him, it just ring. He called the head of his security and check if they found her yet.
Buffy was so scared and didn't know where to go; all she did know was not back at the mall. It was just not safe to go back there. She knew being with Spike was going to be hard but being hit and kicked by his so called fans, she hope this was just a bad day. She wandered around the streets near the mall for hours, just trying to find a way back to Spike. She lost her phone and only has her purse by blind luck. Now what to do, she just kept walking trying to find a way home without calling Spike. She could not face him right now.
Spike returned to the mall and with his security's help he searched for Buffy. They checked every store and bathroom but came up empty. "Do you think she would leave the mall sir?" one guard asked. Spike turned to the head of the group, "What should I do to find her if she not in the mall?"
Larry, Spike's chief person in this case tells Spike that maybe she was lost and for he to go home and wait for her call. Larry tells him that he will personally go around and search for her. Spike went home for all of three minutes, he got in his car and drives around the streets near the mall all night and doesn't find Buffy. After all the looking they came up with no sign of her.
Buffy walked and walked until she was exhausted. She was able to find a small 24 hour store that would let her use the phone. She looks for someone's number here in LA. Buffy finally found Wesley's card that he gave her for Spike's work use. She dials the number and waits for it to be picked up.
"May I speak to Wesley please? Hello, hi this is Buffy I'm lost and I'm scared so would you please come get me?" She is crying by the time Wesley gets the phone. "Buffy where are you? I'm going to call Spike to come and get you."
"No, don't call him will you come get me please? I can't face him right now." Buffy pleas for him to come by himself and get her not Spike. "Ok just give me the address and sit tight I will be there soon."
Wes calls Spike from his car and tells him that Buffy called. Spike sits straight up and demands the address. "Spike she ask me not to call you, she doesn't want you to come. I will go and bring Buffy home. She even begged for me to come by myself."
Spike decides to wait for Buffy, planning what to say too make everything alright. She must be so scared and lonely; he hates himself for not taking his bodyguards like he normally does. He hopes they don't have a problem because he loves so much and he just found her.
They walked around the mall going from store to store. Spike kept his mouth shut just like he promised and only spoke to ask the total of the purchase and sign the credit card receipts. Spike just loved to see her smile and he ate it up. Buffy was so excited about all the things Spike brought her, but she decided it was time to go home. She noticed that all the girls in the mall were huddled around whispering and jumping up and down screaming Spikes' name. It made her nervous so she asks to leave the mall soon the she planned. Spike said ok and called for the car to meet them in front of the mall. He motioned for the incognito bodyguard to go and get his own car so he could be there when he and Buffy came out.
They made it to the stairs outside the mall, when a herd of girls rushed them. The girls acted like Buffy was not there. They physically pushed and pulled Buffy away then down the stairs trying to get to Spike. Spike sees Buffy fall and tries to push his way towards her but the crowd only got rougher with her and then he could not see her anymore.
Buffy falls down on to the step behind her, when she tries to get up the crowds seems to only to push her around more. When she fell she lost hold of the bags she was carrying and they were scattered all over the stairs. One girl saw her getting up and told the others that Buffy was trying to hurt Spike. They started to hit and kick her and trying to hold her down for more. As the coward lessen in numbers Buffy got up weakly and made it to the top of the stairs. She turned to see Spike trying to get to her. Buffy turned and went back inside the mall, going straight to the food court bathrooms to hide. She stays there for awhile then gets up and clean her cuts and wash the dirt off her best she can. She made her way back out into the mall so she can exit from another place.
Spike saw her at the top of the stairs but could not move from his spot. When she turned he saw sadness and pain in her face. He saw her go back inside the mall and tried again to push his way though the crowd. Before he made it up one step his driver pulled him in the car and took off from the crowd of people. The bodyguard called back up and then retrieved Buffy's bags and directed the other guards to find her and keep her there. Spike was worried sick about Buffy he tried her phone he gave her when she came to work for him, it just ring. He called the head of his security and check if they found her yet.
Buffy was so scared and didn't know where to go; all she did know was not back at the mall. It was just not safe to go back there. She knew being with Spike was going to be hard but being hit and kicked by his so called fans, she hope this was just a bad day. She wandered around the streets near the mall for hours, just trying to find a way back to Spike. She lost her phone and only has her purse by blind luck. Now what to do, she just kept walking trying to find a way home without calling Spike. She could not face him right now.
Spike returned to the mall and with his security's help he searched for Buffy. They checked every store and bathroom but came up empty. "Do you think she would leave the mall sir?" one guard asked. Spike turned to the head of the group, "What should I do to find her if she not in the mall?"
Larry, Spike's chief person in this case tells Spike that maybe she was lost and for he to go home and wait for her call. Larry tells him that he will personally go around and search for her. Spike went home for all of three minutes, he got in his car and drives around the streets near the mall all night and doesn't find Buffy. After all the looking they came up with no sign of her.
Buffy walked and walked until she was exhausted. She was able to find a small 24 hour store that would let her use the phone. She looks for someone's number here in LA. Buffy finally found Wesley's card that he gave her for Spike's work use. She dials the number and waits for it to be picked up.
"May I speak to Wesley please? Hello, hi this is Buffy I'm lost and I'm scared so would you please come get me?" She is crying by the time Wesley gets the phone. "Buffy where are you? I'm going to call Spike to come and get you."
"No, don't call him will you come get me please? I can't face him right now." Buffy pleas for him to come by himself and get her not Spike. "Ok just give me the address and sit tight I will be there soon."
Wes calls Spike from his car and tells him that Buffy called. Spike sits straight up and demands the address. "Spike she ask me not to call you, she doesn't want you to come. I will go and bring Buffy home. She even begged for me to come by myself."
Spike decides to wait for Buffy, planning what to say too make everything alright. She must be so scared and lonely; he hates himself for not taking his bodyguards like he normally does. He hopes they don't have a problem because he loves so much and he just found her.