A/N: Hello Everyone! If your wondering where the timeline is...well to be honest I'm not totally sure...I know somewhere in season five, hope that helps at least a little. If you want to add your two cents, I like that idea. So thanks for the reviews. I like getting them they make my day. That just doesn't sound right oh well.

Disclaimer: I own Spike he's tied up in my bathroom. Actually I don't own Spike or any of the characters, they belong to Joss.

Chapter Four

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

Giles' house turned library quiet, everyone grabbed a book that Giles had set out with many still left over. Buffy looked around the room and sighed in frustration. Spike had taken the last available comfortable chair in the room. Buffy walked over to him lifting the book off his lap causing him to look up at her with a slight puzzled look.

"Get comfortable," She whispered so as not to disturb anyone else. Spike leaned back in the chair shifting somewhat before Buffy sat down on his lap getting cozy with her own book on her lap. She handed him back the book he was reading which she could tell right away was one in Latin as she couldn't read a word on the page and she opened her own looking down at the page with frustration.

A half an hour later, Buffy groaned having been sitting too long. Spike squirmed underneath her and she turned to observe him with bright green eyes. He gazed back at her with an intensitiy that made her shiver.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" he drawled disturbing the silence of the room. Buffy gave her best pout in the world as she stared at him.

"You moved," She stated obviously. Willow ducked behind her book with a big smile and Xander almost gagged when he noticed the two were sitting together. Anya seemed to gush at them and was ready to say something when Xander stopped her.

"I'm so sorry I moved, didn't know I had the bloody Queen of England on my lap," He retorted tartly moving again just to prove his point. She grinned evilly at him before giving another groan as she stretched her arms causing him to squirm again.

"Oh, am I making you uncomfortable, William? Now there's a hottie, prince William, yummy," She said and soon found herself on the floor at his feet looking up at him.

"I don't need to put up with this abuse," He stated. Xander watched the progress of what could be an exciting fight that he hoped would end in a dusty end for the vampire.

"I think I found something on the blood bond," Giles said not noticing they were in the middle of an argument and that everyone was watching the fight with interest compared to the books they were reading.

"One moment Giles," Xander said still engrossed in the verbal fight. Willow turned to Giles to explain what was going on.

"Actually, you will have to put up with my abuse because we have to get through this whether we like it or not. On top of that, you'll take it because..." Buffy said matter-of-factly.

"Sod off! Enough is enough. Rupes, what did you find?" he asked dismissing Buffy which left the blonde fuming where she stood beside him.

"Well according to the text, Buffy has more blood than a normal human being," Giles said taking his glasses off to stare at the group. Spike shivered at the thought but it went unnoticed by everyone as Buffy was now listening to Giles.

"So what does that have to do with anything?" Buffy asked taking in the information. Spike stared at her like she had lost her mind.

"I'm guessing she can sustain Spike's life," Willow said looking at Giles. Xander turned to glare at Willow for even suggesting such a thing. Anya went to say something but again Xander stopped her.

"Precisely. Spike can feed off of Buffy without ever killing her as long as she is healthy which the Slayer usually is," Giles said looking at Buffy to see how she was doing with the new information. Buffy's eyes were wide and she was looking at Spike with an almost scared look. Dawn stared at her sister with concern but was smothering a smile behind her glass of water.

"You are kidding me! You mean he gets to bite me but won't Spike's strength and everything increase since it's Slayer blood. Furthermore won't it leave a mark and besides that it will hurt," Buffy remarked starting to pace around wildly trying to calm her nerves. Spike grinned before furrowing his brows in a questioning look.

"Well yes it will make him stronger. A vampire's bite hurts so I guess yes it would hurt," Giles responded trying to find the right words to explain what she was asking.

"Rupes I believe you're not helping," Spike said pointedly. Giles nodded as Buffy continued to pace. Spike sighed as he stood grabbing her, forcing her to stop moving. "Look at me." Buffy sighed as she looked up at him into his cobalt blue eyes. "Luv, you're scared. I understand that. Giving me more strength was not on your top ten list of things to do but it will help when the bloody time comes. To it leaving a mark, yes it will but it'll make vampires a little more frightened of you. As well I promise I will try not to make it hurt but there's no guarantees." Buffy blinked at him processing everything he had said to her when one thing he said stuck out.

"Wait a second, why would your bite mark make vampires a little more frightened of me?" Buffy asked looking at him for an answer.

"You get this one, Rupes," Spike said walking away to sit back down in the chair running his fingers through his bleached blond hair.

"Actually, I'm not entirely sure myself," Giles answered staring at Spike for the answer. Spike raised an eyebrow at the ex-Watcher and sighed.

"Did I just hear Giles say he didn't know something? Quick! Mark it on the calendar," Buffy remarked getting a laugh out of the gang. When everyone was settled down again Giles cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.

"I've heard rumours but nothing that is certain," Giles replied glancing at Spike. Spike rolled his eyes at the younger man.

"Bloody hell. Well you see pet...vampires mark their mates," Spike said in explanation. Buffy looked at him tilting her head to the side to look at him from another angle.

"And other vampires will know I'm marked. Is there some kind of undead rule book I don't know about?" Buffy asked sarcastically.

"I doubt it but if a human is marked, another vampire won't want to do serious damage or any damage for that matter because the one who marked the human will do severe harm to the other if something happens. We, undead, tend to be possessive," Spike replied quietly.

"Oh," Buffy said. All was quiet as everyone thought his or her own personal thoughts. Willow seemed to be thinking the hardest because she was staring at the wall like it was very interesting.

"Wait a second," Willow said. "If they are to be connected what's in it for Buffy?" Buffy nodded turning to Giles for the answer.

"I agree with Red but I'm not complaining," Spike said. Buffy glared at him before tapping her foot impatiently waiting for Giles to answer.

"Well there's more. To make the redundant power permanent, Buffy's blood has to get into Spike's blood without Spike's getting into hers," Giles replied translating the text as best as possible.

"That didn't answer the question," Xander declared. Willow giggled quietly into her hand.

"Well, from what I can tell, Buffy doesn't get anything out of the blood bond." Giles said. "Just a warning, which I'm sure you know. Do not in anyway shape or form get any of Spike's blood in you." He locked eyes with Buffy making sure his point stuck in her.

"I kind of like the idea of her being a vampire. Bring out the monster beneath the surface," Spike commented tilting his head observing Buffy.

"I would not be a good vampire. Also there is no monster beneath the surface. You would make a better girl than I would a vampire," Buffy retorted. Spike growled at the comment his eyes flashing gold.

"Whatever, let's get going. I dislike being cooped up with all these people. As well I'm getting hungry." He said grabbing her wrist. "Come on Dawn." Dawn nodded getting up from her spot on the floor.

"How are we going to get you home?" Dawn asked innocently. Spike turned to her with a smile.

"We will walk of course," Spike replied. Buffy grabbed him, shaking him fear creeping into her eyes as she gazed at him.

"So what, you can turn to dust?" she asked her voice shaking. He stared at her in amusement that she was showing she cared about him.

"Didn't know you cared so much, luv," Spike teased when suddenly fire seemed to spring to her green depths. Buffy took his wrist opened the door pushing him out in the sun. Spike screeched looking at her as the sun touched his skin.

"Buffy!" Dawn exclaimed as smoke rose from Spike. Buffy sighed pulling Spike in closing the door as he nursed his wounds.

"God, even Dru didn't torture me like this," Spike stated with a growl.

"And yet you're still here," Xander commented. Spike shot him a murderous glare then leaned heavily against the door.

"I'll call Mom to pick us up," Dawn said heading for the phone. Spike tried to nurse his burns as best he could.

"I'll look after those once we get home," Buffy said looking them over from a distance. Spike looked at her with a slight glare.

"Mom will be here in a minute," Dawn called to her two guardians, giving everyone else a hug. A horn honked and Dawn waved as they prepared for Spike to go outside

Once they were home, Buffy sat Spike on her bed in her dark room and went to get the cleaning products to disinfect the burns. She walked in to find him staring at the wall lost in his own thoughts. She looked him over making her smile.

"Spike, let's see the damage," Buffy said startling him out of his thoughts. Spike showed her the burns on his arms they were almost healed. She sighed placing her hands on her hips.

"Kind of healed faster than usual," Spike looked down as one particular burn healed right there.

"Strange. Maybe it has something to do with the bonds," She said giving a thoughtful look that caused Spike to smile at her cuteness. 'The Slayer and cute in the same sentence, god what has happened to me?'

"Perhaps. What about something to eat?" he asked with a shrug of his shoulders before looking around the room as if a container of blood was going to appear out of thin air.

"Well...you can feed from me," She stated putting her hands on her hips again. He turned to stare out the window that was open enough to allow a cool breeze filter into the room.

"I can't. You couldn't understand," Spike replied. Buffy looked out the window as well before turning back to look at the vampire.

"Try me," She said sitting down beside him placing a hand gently on his leg. He turned to the hand on his leg in fascination.

"You see luv...the sucking, feeding of blood is kind of like...," He started before trailing off as he turned again to stare out the window.

"It's like what Spike?" Buffy pushed for him to tell her what he wanted to say. He looked at her through his eyelashes reminding her strongly of a shy schoolboy.

"It's like the taking of a woman," He said softly. Buffy's vivid green eyes enlarged to take in his statement.

"Oh...so not to keen on, um, feeding off me yet," Buffy tried to ignore the awkward silence that had descended over them.

"I would, just not sure how the chip will act," He said taping his head lightly for good measure. Buffy nodded in understanding.

"Well we will never know unless you try," She said moving aside her hair to expose her neck turning her back to him. He stared at her neck for a moment contemplating whether he should or shouldn't do as she asked. She gave a deep breath preparing herself. Spike wrapped an arm around her waist pulling her towards him. He switched into game face, he bit down as gently as possible not wanting to hurt her. Buffy let a small gasp escape her lips at the feel of his fangs going into her flesh. She felt the blood leaving her body but none of that mattered; the feeling from the bite was pure euphoria. Spike pulled away stunned by the taste of her blood. His body had never reacted to a person from feeding, like this before in all his entire undead life.

"Did I hurt you?" he asked huskily allowing his features to smooth back to normal. Buffy shook her head in response.

"Um...actually, quite the opposite," She said gulping rather loudly. Spike noticed her body's reaction and wide blue eyes met stunned green.

"That's never happened before," Spike commented quietly. Buffy nodded before looking down at her lap.

"Hey, at least the chip didn't kick in," She said trying to be positive about the whole situation that was going on around them.

"Thank God for that," He replied remembering how awful it felt when he even remotely tried to hurt a human being and trying to feed for the first time was like torture. He shivered at his own thoughts.

"Do you think we should finish the bond?" Buffy asked. Spike shrugged his shoulders carelessly.

"Might as well," Spike replied watching as she went into her closet, taking out a chest and pulling out two knives from the very bottom. Buffy handed him a knife and watched as the blade bit into his hand allowing blood to pool towards the surface. She quickly did the same groaning at the slight pain she felt at having to cut herself. She quickly squeezed several drops of her blood out to fall into Spike's open wound. There was a sudden bright blinding light.

To Be Continued...

Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Also I was wondering if I should change the rating as I'm thinking Spike needs to swear more, what do you guys think? I'll update as soon as possible. Please Review.

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