For Disclaimer, summery and distribution- see chapter one
The Graveyard again
That evening Buffy and Spike set out for patrol, they had just checked on Joyce to make sure she was asleep & had Willow create a barrier around her room to keep any child hungry demons out, she had also taken the liberty of doing a protection spell on the sleeping child.
The couple walked hand in hand through the graveyard as they had done the previous night, they kept their eyes peeled for any sign of movement.
"Joyce'll be okay y'know" Spike reassured the small blonde slayer at his side, "Willow'll take care of her if no one else will".
Buffy just sighed in response then, without looking up at her companion, she spoke in a sad voice;
"I just can't help but worry that...her being filled with the blood of both the slayer and a powerful creature such as a vampire, will make her seem..."
"appealing" he finished for her
She gave him a surprised look, then she breathed heavily, drawing in the air around her as if trying to sense anyone listening. then she finished her sentence;
"yeh...appealing to any demon that she may come across, if my instincts about her likeness to Dawn have any truth in them".
They walked in silence for ten minutes before Spike spoke to her again.
"Buffy...she'll be fine, I'd die before I let any harm come to her".
Buffy smiled for the first time that evening and gripped Spike's hand tightly, the arrival of the first demon of the night took them entirely by surprise and spike was thrown backwards into the trees whilst Buffy began combat.
Right...he thought as he lifted himself off the ground, he felt a slight stabbing pain in his shoulder which he shook off as being a branch, then he said to himself..."that was just intrusive" and he lurched out at the nearby demon that had just been thrown backwards by Buffy into spike's open arms.
"you do realise I'm gonna have to kill you for that rude intrusion of our romantic walk don't you" he didn't give the demon time to respond before easily breaking his neck.
He walked slowly back over towards Buffy;
"just one" she exclaimed, "I thought we were gonna get alot more than that" she looked around as if expecting a group of them to jump them, staying alert because she didn't believe THAT was all there was to that fight.
Again, the two of them didn't notice the two flashes of red hair pass behiend the trees where Spike had fallen minutes ago.
(right...I have decided that I'm not gonna continue on this story without reviews...so far I have one, thank you bloodNdarkness so...I would like at least 10 reviews before I go on with the story)