Moving on

Chapter 5: While You Were Out

By: Rogue-Slayer13

Summary: See pervious chapters.

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"Ello?" Spike answered with a yawn.

"Hey it's me Fred, sorry to wake you," came the reply.

"No problem, besides, there are worse things to wake up too."

Fred blushed on the other end of the phone. "Well, I uh, I just wanted to say that I've had a lot of fun these past couple of days and I, well I was wondering if you'd like to come over for dinner tonight." Fred mentally slapped herself for sounded so nervous.

"I'd love to Pet. Do I need to bring anything?"

"Just yourself," Fred replied with a smile.

"What time should I be there?"

"Five or six or y'know, whenever."

Spike chuckled. "How 'bout five-thirty?"

"That works for me."

"Okay Pet, I'll see you then."

"Okay, see ya," Fred replied as they both hung up the phone.

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Buffy got up late the next afternoon. After calling Dawn and Andrew once again she got dressed and headed down stairs. She stopped by a small restaurant and got something for lunch and then headed over to Spike's apartment.

"Angel better have given me the right address," Buffy said to herself as she hailed a taxi.

"You look awfully happy this afternoon," Owen pointed out as Spike came into the living room.

"I'm going out tonight," Spike replied with a grin.

"With that bird from Celeste's?"

"She's not just some bird. She's a wonderful woman."

"Somebody's in love," Owen said in a singsong voice while he danced around the apartment.

"Shut up." Spike threw a throw pillow at Owen, successfully hitting him in the back of the head.

"So, shall I wait up or are you not planning on coming home tonight?"

"It's not like that."

"I'll assume that you'll have your keys with you then."

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Buffy got to Spike's apartment at about four-thirty in the afternoon. She knocked on the door and was shocked when Spike didn't answer it, but someone other guy did.

"Oh um, is Spike home?"

"Nope, he went out to pay a couple of bills," Owen replied.

"Do you know when he'll be home?"

"'Fraid not, after he gets done with the bills, he's going out on a date."

"A date? Do you know with who?" Buffy asked.

"Some Fred girl he ran into at Celeste's he says he used to know her."

"Okay, well will you tell him that Buffy stopped by and would like to talk to him?"

"Sure thing."

With that Buffy headed back toward the stairs and Owen went back inside the apartment.

What type of girl is named Fred? Buffy thought.

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"Hey!" Fred gave Spike a hug as he entered her apartment.

"Hey Luv, I hope you don't mind, but I brought you some flowers."

"They're beautiful!" Fred took the flowers from Spike and went into the kitchen to put them in some water.

"I'm glad you like them Pet."

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"So how'd it go talking to Spike?" Andrew asked.

"I didn't talk to him," Buffy replied.

"Why not?" Dawn asked.

Buffy had gone back to the hotel then called Andrew and Dawn who were on speaker phone in Rome. "He was out paying bills."

"You could've waited for him."

"No, I couldn't, he was going out on a date once he got done with the bills."

"A date? With who?" Dawn asked.

"Some girl named Fred who he says he knows from somewhere."

"Oh I know her. She used to work at Wolfram & Hart with Angel," Andrew stated.

"So she's evil?" Buffy and Dawn asked.

"No, she came over from Angel Investigations. You really shouldn't be so biased about the people at Wolfram & Hart," Andrew replied.

"You could go and see him tomorrow?" Dawn suggested.

"I told his roommate to have him call me."

"Well see, he'll call once he gets home," Andrew said.

"I hope so."

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"You don't have to help me if you don't want too." Fred put some ice cream into two bowls.

"If I didn't help you then I couldn't do this." Spike bopped Fred on the nose with a whip cream dipped strawberry.

Fred gasped and touched her nose which was now covered in whip cream and without missing a beat grabbed a strawberry of her own and smeared it all over Spike's cheek. "How dare you!"

Soon a full blown whip cream fight erupted in the kitchen, resulting in Spike chasing Fred throughout the apartment until she collapsed in a fit of laughter on the couch.

"I give up! I give up!" Fred squealed.

"I thought so," Spike remarked as he ate the strawberry that he'd been threatening Fred with.

"So much for the desert." Fred looked toward the kitchen which was covered with whip cream and melted ice cream.

"C'mon Luv, I'll help you clean up." Spike stuck his hand out for Fred.

"You better," Fred replied taking his hand. "You started the war that made the mess."

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To Be Continued . . .

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