"What's wrong Luv?" Spike asked when Buffy came running into the house at sunrise and attached herself in his arms, not that he minded.
"Lorne," Buffy gasped.
"Lorne hurt you? But Lorne never hurts anybody." Spike clarified.
"He told me."
"Oh, he told you something you didn't want to hear, but if I know Lorne it was something you needed to hear." Spike guessed
"He said I needed to make peace with my past. I think he wants me to go back to Sunnydale." Buffy explained.
"Well if you're going back, so am I" Spike declared.
"What?"
"I can't let you go back there unprotected. The Watcher's Council might be waiting to take you away somewhere and I'm not going to loose you. Not after I've finally found you." And then Spike did the craziest thing he'd every done in his life or unlife. He kissed her.
Buffy was so stunned that it took her a few moments to get really into the kiss and a few more moments for her head to get the message to her heart that this was wrong. "Oh my God"
"Buffy" Spike asked concern by her reaction to his kiss.
"Spike, I can't. I just can't." and with that she was out the door and into pure daylight to deal with her emotions in peace, at least until sunset. "Why do I always have to fall for the redeemed vampire?" In the mean time she needed to settle a few things. "I guess they lied when they said you can't go home again, because that's exactly where I'm headed. I just hope Giles really isn't going to let the council take me away."