Part 3

(AN: Never ask your friends to help you with your story lines. Right now my friend Helen is singing "Buffy and Giles, Buffy and Giles, they have sex la la la and he takes out her earring and licks it!" Something tells me I'm not going to use that idea... Or am I? evillaugh)

"Slayer, It's about time you woke up now. You're home safe. Buffy?"

The sound of him calling her woke her up.

"Rise and shine Sweetheart" he said with relief.

She blinked slowly, then took in her surroundings with surprise.

Buffy moaned at the pain in her head. Funny, she didn't remember bumping her head before she went to bed... Come to think of it she didn't remember going to bed.

She took in the sight of the unfamiliar room and the worried stranger sitting next to her.

"Um... Where am I?" She asked fearfully.

"Home Princess, safe an' sound." he pushed a strand of her sun-kissed hair out of her face

She continued to look around frantically "Ok... And... who am I?" She asked with panic.

"What the bloody hell?"

Spike gaped down at her taking in her frightened look. He couldn't recall her looking so frightened and lost before. Her lip quivered and her eyes filled with tears.

"Um... D-don't worry pet, you must be suffering from amnesia or something. I'm bettin' your Witch pals can clear that up real quick." He told her reassuringly, trying to make his voice shake with as little worry as possible.

She was terrified. Her mind struggled to grasp on to something, anything so that she wouldn't feel so lost.

"Witchcraft? Something Magic happened?" She sobbed, eyes darting around her with fear. "I don't... I can't..." She tried to climb off the bed but was stopped by Spike's gentle hand on her arm.

"Don't think on it now Luv. Just get some sleep. I'm sure that in the mornin' you'll be as right as rain."

"but I..." She began.

"Where do you think you're gonna go rushing off to now Pet? You don't know where you are. You're safe here." he interrupted.

She realised he was right and drew her knees up to her chest, looking over them fearfully.

She jumped in surprise when a young dark haired teenager bounced energetically into the room.

"Spike I got the...Buffy! You're awake!" Dawn rushed over to her sister happily, but then drew away when Buffy flinched from her touch. "What'd I do?" Dawn questioned, hurt.

"It's not you Sweet-bit, Buffy here is suffering from some kind of memory loss."

"B-Buffy?" Buffy stammered.

"S'your name Goldilocks."

"Oh."

"So she doesn't remember anything at all?" Dawn asked with wide eyes.

"Dawn, I think we should let Big Sis get some rest now alright? She looks real tired."

"But I..."

"There's nothing you can do to 'elp her now. I'm just gonna see to her scrapes and bruises and I'll be on my way... besides, you need to go to bed. You've got school tomorow or what-not." Spike sent Dawn off to bed.

When Dawn left, Buffy seemed more relaxed.

"Thankyou... I just couldn't deal with that right now. She's my Sister?" Buffy asked as Spike dressed her wounds.

"Yep. Don't worry love, I understand how disoriented you must feel right now. Just know that... I love you and I wouldn't ever do anything to hurt you." He told her with fierce emotion.

"Are... Are you my boyfriend?" She asked, surprised at his declaration.

"If only Kitten." He finished on her wounds and pressed an icepack to the large bump on her head.

"Hold that there for me Luv... Listen don't think about that now. I just wanted you to know that you can trust me to look after you." He said with such sincerity that Buffy couldn't help but believe him.

"Spike?" She said softly.

"Hey how did you..." He looked up with surprise.

"It's your name isn't it? It's what my Sister... Dawn called you."

"Yeah, that's me."

"Spike I trust you." She gave him a weak smile.

He never thought he'd ever hear her say those words to him and he felt sad at the thought that when she got her memory back she'd probably go right back to hating and not-trusting him again. He returned the smile with one of his own "Well that's something Buffy. That's something."

Well maybe when she realises how well I looked after her she'll change her mind. he thought with hope.

He'd tended to her wounds and now he was going to leave her alone in this house she didn't know. She panicked at the thought.

"There you go. All patched up. I should get..."

"Stay."

"Buffy? What?" He looked at her with confusion.

"I'm scared." She admitted timidly "Will you stay? I feel safe with you here." She added.

He was never one to turn down a request from her "Ok Luv, I'll just be downstairs. Shout if you need me."

"No! Can you... Will you sleep in here... by the bed?" He noticed that she hadn't called the bed her's. Whatever was wrong with her, it was serious.

"Only if you promise not to kill me when you get your memory back."

"I promise."

Spike grabbed one of the pillows off the bed. He lay on the floor and covered himself with his coat. He listened as Buffy's breathing evened out and she had fallen asleep. He stayed awake for a long time. Watching over her.

Buffy awoke to a pair of sparkling blue eyes looking up at her from the floor.

"Good morning Luv" Spike said softly. Wondering what her reaction would be and hoping she wouldn't bolt like a frightened rabbit.

"William!" She shrieked and leapt up, throwing herself on top of Spike and holding tightly onto him.

Spike patted her back gently in confusion. Since when did she call him William? "Er, you alright there pet?"

"You're not dead, you're not dead, you're not dead" She kept repeating. Spike realised that she was crying yet again. He swore silently. "What's all this about Luv?" He asked gently.

Buffy pulled away and looked him over, checking for any injuries. Then she gasped "William! What did you do to your hair?"

"It's been like this for a good 30 years luv and It's Spike. You never call me William." She drew back as if she'd been slapped.

"What are you talking about?"

"Luv, I think you're still confused. You hit your head last night and couldn't remember anything. What do you remember now?" He brushed her dishevelled hair back, tucking it behind her ear.

She looked at him with tear filled eyes and Spike felt his heart break for her.

"The last thing I remember is Willow comforting me because I was told you were dead." She told him softly.

"Now why would a thing like that bother you?" He joked, trying to lighten the mood.

Buffy didn't understand the humour "Well I didn't particularly enjoy being a Widow when we've only been married for a year. I thought you'd left me. You promised you never would." Tears of relief mixed with confusion cascaded down her cheeks.

Spike looked at her, surprise evident in his clear blue eyes. "Love..." He began, not sure of how she could continue. "That never happened... I... Er, you hate me. We're mortal enemies."

She was beyond confused. Buffy stood up suddenly, shaking with anger. "What are you trying to say? Is this some twisted joke? You're saying it's all some kind of mistake and that you actually hate me?!"

"No Kitten." He rushed to reassure her "'m just saying that we never got married or anything. You hit your head and you're confused..."

"Don't do this." She begged him "I just lost you. I can't go through it again." She sank back to the ground and buried her face in her hands.

His heart broke for her, he could imagine how scary it must be for her, not really knowing what was what. He knew that he wasn't going to fully rest untill she was back to normal.

"Sweet'eart I love you." She lifted her head and regarded him with a look of pure relief. "But that isn't how things happened. Listen to me please, I'm going to explain so you understand ok?"

She nodded her assent.

After he'd finished he looked up and saw her watching him with an incredulous expression on her face. "Love, are you sure you're not the one who hit their head? Because that would make so much sense." She asked

"No Slayer I promise you." Did she just call him 'Love'?

"But that's the part that's so unbelievable... The Slayer, Vampire thing." She was still slightly shaken and looked more fragile than Spike had ever seen her before.

Well that can be easily remedied he smirked He reached into her wardrobe and removed a crowbar from one of her kit bags. "Here, bend this in half."

"Don't be stupid William, I could never do that." She rolled her eyes.

"You won't know until you try." He gave her a little wink and another smirk.

Buffy sighed. How on earth did he expect her to... She looked down at the crowbar that she had just neatly bent in half with no effort at all.

He looked seriously into her eyes. "See how strong you are? You have to be careful with that." He warned. She was still looking down at the now useless metal with her mouth open.

"More proof?" He Vamped out. "See Luv, I'm telling you the truth." To his surprise, She didn't scream at his vampiric vissage, but just looked at him in fascination. She leant forward, reaching out to touch his face.

"May I?"

"Be my guest."He couldn't help the purr that escaped him as she caressed the ridges of his face. Over his forehead and along his nose. Even along one of the protruding fangs, testing it's point for sharpness.

"My William" She whispered leaning in and brushing her lips gently over his. Her tongue snaked out and after it stroked down one of his fangs, his human countenance returned.

"B-Buffy" He almost whimpered as he pulled away. "I'm not... I'm not him. I'm not William. I haven't been him for a long time, and we can't do this. I'd be taking advantage of you in your confused state." It took every ounce of his self-controll not to move his lips back to hers.

Buffy looked deeply into his eyes. "You say that... But I can see it. You're the same, William or Spike... They're both the same person. Mind and soul."

"Don't have a soul Slayer" He said bitterly. With her, it always came down to the soul thing.

"You do. It may be deeply buried, but I can see it in your eyes." She said sincerely.

He tilted his head and contemplated what she'd said for a moment. He shook his head and thought rationally "I think it's time we brought your Witch friends into this Luv. They'll probably know a cure right away."

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