Buffy and Spike made their way back to Wolfram and Hart.
'You don't think we should carry on looking for her do you?' Buffy asked. Spike shook his head.
'Nah not much point really', Spike replied.
'We work well together though', Buffy said smiling, Spike smiled back.
'Yeah we do.'
Just at that moment Angel emerged from the corner street, and walked into Buffy.
'Oh sorry', Angel apologised not looking at her, he obviously thought she was a stranger.
'Angel what are you doing here?' Buffy asked. Angel looked up and his face went blank.
'Oh Buffy hey I didn't realise it was you.....and um what am I doing here.....I was...erm actually looking for you.....guys', Angel answered.
'What for?' Spike asked coolly.
'Well I just wondered where you'd got to is all', Angel said.
'Right', Spike said making it clear he didn't believe him. Angel scowled at him.
Buffy explained to Angel about what had just happened with Drusilla.
'She got away?' Angel said.
'It weren't her fault', Spike said defending Buffy.
'I didn't say it was, besides if someone was to blame it would probably be you', Angel said coldly.
'Hey!' Buffy stepped in between the argument that was brewing.
'Anyway as I was saying yes she got away and there was nothing we could do about it', Buffy continued like nothing had happened.
'How about run faster', Angel suggested. Spike looked furious.
'Right that's it', Spike fumed and he punched Angel.
'Spike!' Buffy exclaimed quickly grabbing the back of his jacket. Angel was holding the side of his face.
'Come on that the best you got I crushed you before and you all you do is give me one lousy punch, your mother could punch harder than that', Angel said. Spike let his arm fall to his side, his eyes were shimmering dangerously. Angel knew he'd pushed it too far he didn't know much about his mum except of what Dru had told him about Spike siring her than having to kill her. Buffy was staring at Spike waiting for some kind of reaction.
'Don't you ever, EVER talk about my mother again, you understand', Spike snarled.
'I'm surprised you can even live with yourself', Angel said, he didn't know why he was saying this it felt like he had no control of what was coming out of his mouth like he was standing a few metres away watching himself say all these nasty things.
'I....', Spike began.
'After what you did to her, does Buffy know?' Angel said glancing over at Buffy. Spike didn't say anything he refused to talk about his mother to Angel. 'I take that as no(Spike opened his mouth to tell him she did know but then closed it again) I'm not surprised you didn't tell her I mean making your mother a vampire than having to kill her after is a bit embarrassing', Angel said.
'What about huh you killed all your family (Angel looked away) plus your family's friends and their friends and their children, in fact you've pretty much slaughtered half of the UK haven't you', Spike spat. Angel was staring at the floor, but not really seeing it at all. Spike grinned it gave him great pleasure that this had got to Angel.
'The only difference is Spike is that yeah I killed my family I put them through hell but at least at the end of it they died and their souls went to heaven you on the other sent your own mother to hell where she is spending eternity suffering for something that you should be paying for but no you're here without a care in the world', Angel snarled. Spike felt a tear roll down his face, Buffy and Angel stared.
'I-do-care', Spike said his voice cracking with emotion. Buffy put her hand on Spike's shoulder, feeling very awkward and very sorry for Spike at the same time.
'Are you ok?' she asked him. Spike nodded, wiping his eyes and still staring blankly ahead of him.
'Let's go', Buffy said to Spike throwing Angel a dirty look.
'Spike I....' Angel called, running to catch up with him. Spike halted but didn't turn around.
'I....I'm sorry that was a really...really stupid thing to say and I know you don't want to think about it so I'm sorry I reminded you.....but she might not even be in hell who knows....cos I don't...I mean I've never been staked so I don't where vampires go I just assumed they go to hell because I went to hell but that was different....'
'She is in hell', Spike interrupted. He turned around to face him, his eyes were puffy but he was deadly serious.
'I felt how close I was to hell so I know... vampires don't get forgiven and just float up to heaven, they suffer.....they pay for all the lives they've took, for all the families they've torn apart....we're going to hell you even said it yourself', Spike said.
'But your mother didn't get a chance to kill very many people did she...I mean you staked her quite quickly after from what Dru told me', Angel replied.
'It doesn't matter vampires are evil and their doomed....all of us, not just us two', Spike said.
'Well I'm sorry I said it anyway, I've done just as bad if not worse so I shouldn't really be.....', Angel began.
'Little too late for apologies mate', Spike growled, and he punched Angel in the stomach.
'Well I take it back then', Angel retorted straightening up like nothing had happened. Angel stormed off.
'You didn't mean it anyway, Spike shouted after him, you were just trying to make yourself look like the nicer guy for Buffy.'
'I don't need to try to be the nicer guy Spike, I already am', Angel replied calmly. Spike started out for Angel but Buffy grabbed him by the arm.
'We're leaving', Buffy said through gritted teeth.
'Yeah after I've punched his face in', Spike said jerking his head in Angel's direction.
Angel carried on walking, he didn't look back. But he'd won, he'd got to Spike and he hadn't even needed to lay a hand on him.
Eve knocked at Lindsay's front door. When he opened it a grin spilt across his face and they kissed.
'I've been waiting for you', Lindsay whispered. Eve poked his nose with her finger, laughing playfully.
'How are things going at Wolfram and Hart?' Lindsay asked, still in Eve's embrace.
'Alright....but I wish I could see more of you', Eve said sadly.
'Oh you know I can't go near that place too often, can't let the senior partners see me....I don't want to be sent to that hell dimension again', Lindsay replied.
'I know it's just I miss you and it's hard because I'm fighting on the senior partners side again....well sort of anyway and I'm fighting on your side too', Eve moaned.
'Everything will turn out alright in the end I promise you', Lindsay said.
'You mean it?' Eve asked.
'Hey have I ever let you down', Lindsay replied. Eve said nothing.
'I won't fail again', Lindsay promised, more to him self than Eve.
'I believe you', Eve said softly and leaned forward to kiss him again.
'You don't think we should carry on looking for her do you?' Buffy asked. Spike shook his head.
'Nah not much point really', Spike replied.
'We work well together though', Buffy said smiling, Spike smiled back.
'Yeah we do.'
Just at that moment Angel emerged from the corner street, and walked into Buffy.
'Oh sorry', Angel apologised not looking at her, he obviously thought she was a stranger.
'Angel what are you doing here?' Buffy asked. Angel looked up and his face went blank.
'Oh Buffy hey I didn't realise it was you.....and um what am I doing here.....I was...erm actually looking for you.....guys', Angel answered.
'What for?' Spike asked coolly.
'Well I just wondered where you'd got to is all', Angel said.
'Right', Spike said making it clear he didn't believe him. Angel scowled at him.
Buffy explained to Angel about what had just happened with Drusilla.
'She got away?' Angel said.
'It weren't her fault', Spike said defending Buffy.
'I didn't say it was, besides if someone was to blame it would probably be you', Angel said coldly.
'Hey!' Buffy stepped in between the argument that was brewing.
'Anyway as I was saying yes she got away and there was nothing we could do about it', Buffy continued like nothing had happened.
'How about run faster', Angel suggested. Spike looked furious.
'Right that's it', Spike fumed and he punched Angel.
'Spike!' Buffy exclaimed quickly grabbing the back of his jacket. Angel was holding the side of his face.
'Come on that the best you got I crushed you before and you all you do is give me one lousy punch, your mother could punch harder than that', Angel said. Spike let his arm fall to his side, his eyes were shimmering dangerously. Angel knew he'd pushed it too far he didn't know much about his mum except of what Dru had told him about Spike siring her than having to kill her. Buffy was staring at Spike waiting for some kind of reaction.
'Don't you ever, EVER talk about my mother again, you understand', Spike snarled.
'I'm surprised you can even live with yourself', Angel said, he didn't know why he was saying this it felt like he had no control of what was coming out of his mouth like he was standing a few metres away watching himself say all these nasty things.
'I....', Spike began.
'After what you did to her, does Buffy know?' Angel said glancing over at Buffy. Spike didn't say anything he refused to talk about his mother to Angel. 'I take that as no(Spike opened his mouth to tell him she did know but then closed it again) I'm not surprised you didn't tell her I mean making your mother a vampire than having to kill her after is a bit embarrassing', Angel said.
'What about huh you killed all your family (Angel looked away) plus your family's friends and their friends and their children, in fact you've pretty much slaughtered half of the UK haven't you', Spike spat. Angel was staring at the floor, but not really seeing it at all. Spike grinned it gave him great pleasure that this had got to Angel.
'The only difference is Spike is that yeah I killed my family I put them through hell but at least at the end of it they died and their souls went to heaven you on the other sent your own mother to hell where she is spending eternity suffering for something that you should be paying for but no you're here without a care in the world', Angel snarled. Spike felt a tear roll down his face, Buffy and Angel stared.
'I-do-care', Spike said his voice cracking with emotion. Buffy put her hand on Spike's shoulder, feeling very awkward and very sorry for Spike at the same time.
'Are you ok?' she asked him. Spike nodded, wiping his eyes and still staring blankly ahead of him.
'Let's go', Buffy said to Spike throwing Angel a dirty look.
'Spike I....' Angel called, running to catch up with him. Spike halted but didn't turn around.
'I....I'm sorry that was a really...really stupid thing to say and I know you don't want to think about it so I'm sorry I reminded you.....but she might not even be in hell who knows....cos I don't...I mean I've never been staked so I don't where vampires go I just assumed they go to hell because I went to hell but that was different....'
'She is in hell', Spike interrupted. He turned around to face him, his eyes were puffy but he was deadly serious.
'I felt how close I was to hell so I know... vampires don't get forgiven and just float up to heaven, they suffer.....they pay for all the lives they've took, for all the families they've torn apart....we're going to hell you even said it yourself', Spike said.
'But your mother didn't get a chance to kill very many people did she...I mean you staked her quite quickly after from what Dru told me', Angel replied.
'It doesn't matter vampires are evil and their doomed....all of us, not just us two', Spike said.
'Well I'm sorry I said it anyway, I've done just as bad if not worse so I shouldn't really be.....', Angel began.
'Little too late for apologies mate', Spike growled, and he punched Angel in the stomach.
'Well I take it back then', Angel retorted straightening up like nothing had happened. Angel stormed off.
'You didn't mean it anyway, Spike shouted after him, you were just trying to make yourself look like the nicer guy for Buffy.'
'I don't need to try to be the nicer guy Spike, I already am', Angel replied calmly. Spike started out for Angel but Buffy grabbed him by the arm.
'We're leaving', Buffy said through gritted teeth.
'Yeah after I've punched his face in', Spike said jerking his head in Angel's direction.
Angel carried on walking, he didn't look back. But he'd won, he'd got to Spike and he hadn't even needed to lay a hand on him.
Eve knocked at Lindsay's front door. When he opened it a grin spilt across his face and they kissed.
'I've been waiting for you', Lindsay whispered. Eve poked his nose with her finger, laughing playfully.
'How are things going at Wolfram and Hart?' Lindsay asked, still in Eve's embrace.
'Alright....but I wish I could see more of you', Eve said sadly.
'Oh you know I can't go near that place too often, can't let the senior partners see me....I don't want to be sent to that hell dimension again', Lindsay replied.
'I know it's just I miss you and it's hard because I'm fighting on the senior partners side again....well sort of anyway and I'm fighting on your side too', Eve moaned.
'Everything will turn out alright in the end I promise you', Lindsay said.
'You mean it?' Eve asked.
'Hey have I ever let you down', Lindsay replied. Eve said nothing.
'I won't fail again', Lindsay promised, more to him self than Eve.
'I believe you', Eve said softly and leaned forward to kiss him again.