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Chapter 8: In the Middle of the Night
Last time...
Upon Faye's cry, he woke up in a cold sweat, only to find that the cry wasn't from his dream.
Faye thrashed in her sleep.
Spike, who just couldn't let her suffer like that, brought it upon himself to wake her up. He noticed that it was 1 am, he had only been asleep 2 and a half hours.
"Faye," he said, shaking her gently, "Faye, wake up, it's just a dream, wake up."
Faye's eye's snapped wide open, the second she realized she was safe, she clutched Spike and buried her face in his chest, the tears that plagued her dream still streamed down her face. Spike was stunned at this action, it was so un-Faye like, but he reasoned that she must have had one hell of a nightmare, so he rapped his arms around her shoulders comfortingly. "It's ok, Faye, nobody's going to hurt you."
Now...
Sekart stormed the hotel in an angry rage. Faye was gone, the rose was about to lose all it's petals, and he cast off his only other possible victem, it wouldn't have the same affect for him to just kill a random whore looking for a one night stand, and there was just no replacing the thrill of literaly scaring your enamy to death.
He scouled.
He couldn't just not honor The Rose, that would surely lead him down a dark path, but there was no opption for him, even the whore idea was out because the casino didn't let in that sort of crowed and he refused to sink to the level of his idiot men and pick up girls from such places as the ice cream parlor, that just wasn't what Mr. King did, and since Mr. King was the one with the tab at the hotel, he was the one who altimately called all the shots. He had dug himself into a real hole.
"Faye," he sneered, "You will be sorry you ever crossed my path, that man whore of yours too, he undoubtedly got you out of here, I swear it on my Rose that you will pay!"
In the end, Sekart settled for a sacrificial killing of one of his men, since the infuriating men who had let Ms. Valentine were... missing... he would have to make do with someone else. Killing men was no where near as fun as killing women. Oh well, he could probably force a womanly scream out of whom ever he picked.
"You there," he said seeing one of his men.
"Yes, boss?" the man asked without a second thought.
"I have a special task for you and I want you to come with me," he said calmly, leading the man away from the crowded casino.
Faye suddenly came to, her eyes snapped open as she realized what was going on, as she realized whose arms she was in. Ashamed with herself, she pushed away and lowered her gaze.
"I'm sorry," she whispered, wiping her tears away embarrassed. "I was just a little shaken up."
"Are you sure you're ok?" Spike asked sceptically, "I've never seen you this 'shaken up' before."
"Really," she said regaining her composure, "I'm perfectly fine, you don't need to fret over me."
"This has to do with Sekart, I'm guessing," Spike said, crossing his arms defiently. "So why don't you just tell me what happened between you two."
"Spike," she said, "My past is none of your business, and you had better not just expect me to break down and tell you everything."
"You're right, it is none of my business," he said with a small smirk, "but after all I've done for you, the least you could do is spill the details, or even just give a brief over view, either way, I won't stop asking until you give up."
"You're going to be asking for a long time then," Faye said, deciding to brush the tangles from her hair.
"Eh, I'll wear you down eventually," he said confidently, "But seriously though, why make it such a big secret? Maybe you'll feel better getting it off your chest."
"Hmph," she said in annoyance, "Don't even pretend that you only want to know for my well being, we both know perfectly well that you are just curious and nosy."
"Yes," he said deciding not to fight it, "Can you blame me for being curious about why I was woken up at 1 am by your screams?"
Faye's face paled, "Why can't you just mind your own damn business!?" she demanded. "I mean, I don't go around expecting you to give me all the details of your past, so why do it to me?"
"Well, for starters," Spike replied with a yawn, "I don't scream out in my sleep, you did, or do, for all I know this is a common occurance and I just don't usually hear it."
Faye glared at him with all her might, if she had the power of lazer eyes, Spikes head would be an unidentifyable pile of ashes.
"Faye," he said in a more serious tone, "Tell me what happened, tell me why you were screaming, tell me why you were crying, I have never seen you like this before, and frankly, I don't like seeing you like this."
"You know," Faye said solemly sitting on the end of the bed, staring at the ground, "I could have ended this all before it started. In the casino," she said with a grim smile, "he was standing all alone without any of his protection, I had my gun aimed at him and everything... but... I froze. I couldn't shoot him, he knew it too." She turned to Spike, "Do you have any idea what it's like to have a complete stranger have that sort of power over you? Do you? I could have killed him. This whole mess was my fault."
"Don't beat yourself up over it," Spike said, "It's going to turn out ok, you'll see."
"Spike, I lived with him for 8 months without a single clue as to what was going on, it's amazing that he didn't decide to kill me during that time, not counting the times when he came home drunk, but that's not the point! I had hoped that I was done with him, I could have even turned him in... but..."
"This has something to do with the fact you couldn't shoot him either, right?" he guessed.
"I just don't think I can bring myself to hurt him," Faye admitted. "Even after everything he's done to me, I just can't."
"Faye," Spike asked firmly, "Were you in love with him?"
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A/N: A bit o' cliff hanger... What will Faye say to that question? Yes, she did give in easily, but it is around 1am, she's tired, sure to be easily manipulated, Spikes tired too... I'm sorry if this chapter was a disappointment after having to wait almost a month for it, but hey, the fic's almost over and it will be much better when you can just read it straight through... I think...
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