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Chapter 7: A Truthful Lesson - Part 1

The rest of that weekend had passed in a whirlwind for Buffy, and

unfortunately she hadn't seen Spike since. Not that he hadn't wanted
to see her, but he had been away for the past week and a half on a
job. She called him most days, mostly because she couldn't exactly
have him call the hospital looking for her. She wanted to tell him
the truth, not have him stumble upon it when he tried to call her at
home. So, she had contented herself with calling him and enjoying
hearing the sound of his voice. And those feelings seemed to be
pretty much mutual. Spike had admittedly found it strange that she
never wanted him to call her, but he just put it down to the crazy
hours she seemed to work at the hospital.

Both parties were relieved when the day came for Spike to get back
after being away. Buffy because she could finally get rid of the
burden of lying to him and Spike just because he couldn't wait to see
her again. Buffy had been doing good since that night with Spike. The
doctors were seeing an improvement in her medical status, it was a
slow improvement but it was more than they had seen previously, and
it was all because of what she had told her mother. Since meeting
Spike, she wanted to get better. So she had finally started eating 2
meals a day. They were small, but it was more than they had been able
to get her to eat before, hence the improvement. Spike meanwhile
hadn't felt so good since everything with Dru had started. He always
put on a brave face, but in truth in prior weeks, he had started to
doubt if he could do anything to help his sister. He had almost done
the one thing he had said he never would and give up. But being with
Buffy had given him a renewed sense of hope. He felt that if he could
find love so easily, then maybe he could help Dru. He was blissfully
unaware of what was to come.

The day that Spike was due to visit Dru in the hospital Buffy paced
her room. She knew he was going to be there as he had asked her on
the phone if she would be working, and of course she said she would.
She had chewed her nails right down in anxiety. She was so afraid
that when she told him he would walk away. She felt that if he did,
she wouldn't survive because thus far he was the only thing that had
made her want to get better. Eventually she gave up pacing and went
for a walk in the grounds to take her mind off the whole thing for a
little while. She walked around for about 45 minutes before looking
at her watch, when she saw the time she knew that Spike would be
there soon, so she decided to go back inside and wait until the end
of visiting and then she would get him alone.

Spike was walking towards Dru's room when he saw her. He could only see the back of her, dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a white tank top, but he knew it was her. He could just tell. Somehow he knew that he would know her anywhere. He hurried to catch up to her. She was standing in front of a closet looking at something. He snuck up behind her, opening the closet door quietly before taking her hand and pulling her inside.

Buffy let out a squeal when she felt herself pulled inside, only to
let out a breath when she saw her captor.

"Spike, you asshole you scared me half to death." she scolded.
He couldn't help but laugh at the shocked and frightened look on her
face, it was very childlike and he thought it was adorable.

"Awe, baby, I'm sorry." he apologized wrapping his arms around her "I didn't mean to scare you, I just had to do this." he said as he
leaned down to kiss her. She tried to protest she really did, but the
moment she felt his lips on hers she surrendered. She gave in and let
him kiss her, allowing him immediate entrance to her mouth, moaning into the kiss. When they broke apart she felt like he had kissed her breathless.

"Mmm, I've missed you." she murmured against his shoulder.

"I missed you more." he said, kissing her neck, still holding her in
his arms, slowly working his way back up to her lips. This time she
didn't try to stop him, she gave in willingly. She gave herself over
to him completely. His hands tangled in her hair pulling her closer
to him. He felt like he wanted to devour her hole, and she knew that
she would gladly let him. He started to work his hand between them to undo the button on her jeans, suddenly her mind was screaming at
her 'No, what are you thinking. You can't do this again without
telling him' so she reluctantly pulled away. He looked at her
confused at her reaction. He had thought that she wanted to. And was
afraid that he may have tried to push things too far.

"Buffy." he started.

"No Spike," she interrupted him before he could continue "don't
worry. It's not you. It's just that I really have to talk to you
about something, but not here. Meet me after your visit. I have to
see a patient now. I'll meet you here after visiting." she promised
with a kiss on the cheek, she straightened her clothes and exited the
closet, she waited until she saw him go toward his sister's room and
then turned to go to the cafeteria to see if she could find Anya. She
needed some advice on how to tell him.

Spike walked dazedly to Dru's room, wondering what Buffy had to tell him. He was afraid that she would break up with him, just when he felt things were going right and had basically decided that anything
would be better than that. But he put on a happy face for Dru's sake
and walked in the door.

"Spike." she called out gleefully when she saw him, leaping out of
bed to go and hug him.

"Hi Dru, how are you, pumpkin?" he asked with a smile. She looked
like a little girl, she always did.

She gave him a dazzling smile and hugged him tight, when she pulled
away she twirled around answering his question.

"Oh, Spike, I have been doing so very well. The doctor, he says I'm
doing better all the time. I only had one episode this week." she
announced as she came to a halt.

A smile split Spike's face at the words and he thought maybe he had
been right, maybe she could get better

"Dru, that's great. I'm glad you're doing better. I worry about you."

"Oh, my William. You don't have to worry, I'm alright. The pixies
told me I will get all better." she whispered In his ear.

He sighed, the pixies were still talking to her so she couldn't be
doing all that great, maybe there had been some improvement but there was still a long way to go.

She saw the look on his face and felt hurt that he though she was
crazy.

"I'm not as crazy as you think Spike. I know I'm not well in some
ways, but in others I am fine." she scolded him as she climbed back
into bed. He walked over and sat on the edge, taking her hand in his
and looking at her apologetically.

"Dru, I know you're getting a bit better, but talking about pixies
will make the doctors think you're crazy. I just want you better,
pet. I want you home. I miss my sister." he told her, sadness evident
in his voice, and it was soon reflected in her eyes, and a tear fell
slowly down her porcelain skin.

"I'm sorry William, I'll stop talking of them I promise, I just want
to go home. I want mummy and daddy back. I miss them." she cried. Her tears began to fall freely as did his and he held her whispering
softly in her ear

"Me too pet, me too."

He held her close for a long time until he felt her go limp in his
arms. When he looked down she was fast asleep in his arms. He laid
her down and stood up. He watched her sleep for a few minutes before placing a soft kiss on her forehead and turning to the door. He
decided that he may as well go and find Buffy.

Buffy hadn't been able to find Anya, she had looked around everywhere she could think of, but she wasn't around. She had stopped to have a can of juice and then decided to head back to her room to freshen up. When she opened the door, she got the biggest shock of her life.

Spike saw Buffy open the door to a room, thinking it was a patient's
room, he started towards, deciding to wait there until she was done.
When he saw a man in the room, his suspicions were not aroused at
all, he simply assumed that was the patient. He walked up to the
door, but was alarmed when he heard raised voices. However he did not intrude straight away, instead he remained by the door, listening to
hear exactly what the problem was.

She couldn't believe her eyes when she opened the door. Standing
before her was the tall brunette man she hated more than anyone else
in the world. The reason for all of her problems. He looked at her
with an evil smile when she entered the room

"Hello Buffy. Been a while."

She stared him dad in the eyes.

"What are you doing here? What do you want?" she ground out.

"Now come on, is that any way to talk to the man you love." he
sneered.

Spike looked on in shock, but didn't move.

"I don't love you. I hate you. You are a monster and I will never
love you." she snapped

The brunette stalked towards her laughing, and talking in a menacing
tone

"Now, now, baby, that's not nice. I know you've missed me. Come on
give me a kiss." he leered leaning towards her. She felt repulsed but
she knew she couldn't push him away, she could feel his breath on her
cheek as he whispered in her ear.

"I'm back."

"Get away from me. You are the reason for this. You are the reason
I'm here. I hate you. You sick bastard." she screamed as she tried to
get away tears starting to form in her emerald eyes..

Spike was still stood in shock in the hall, watching the events
unfold in the room.

"Come on Buff, you know you want me." the brunette said as he roughly pushed her against the wall, pulling at the buttons on her jeans, roughly pawing at her breasts. She was terrified, but felt powerless to stop him, just like she always had. She never could stop him, never get away. This was her one chance at getting away and yet he found her.

Standing in the hallway Spike suddenly snapped when he saw the man
touch her and he burst through the door, pulling him off of Buffy. He
hit him in the jaw, then punched him again and he heard a crack of
bone when his fist connected with the other mans nose.

"Listen hear you bastard, don't ever lay your hands on my girl. I
ought to get security, harassing a member of hospital staff, but I'll
give you the chance to walk away, but I warn you." Spike was cut ff
as the man's laughter filled the room

"What is it?" Spike snarled

"Oh nothing," the other man laughed "it's just that I could've sworn
you just called her a member of staff." the other man saw Spike's
confused look and let out another bark of laughter. He continued as
he saw what was going on.

"Oh this is too good, let me tell you something about our little
Buffy." the man said.

Buffy had a horrified look on her face, she couldn't let him find out
like this.

"Xander, No." she cried.

Yet Xander didn't halt was he continued with the news that would
shock quite a few people in the room.