A/N: this chapter is more serious after all I've posted this under angst,
though I don't think It'll be really angsty, just realistic.
"Since when?" he asked in a disbelieving tone, while she got up and put her shirt back on.
"I don't know, I guess it started when you were wearing Xander's Hawaiian shirt, I think that made you loose like zillion brownie points on the evil scales."
"I'll give you that, I looked like a bleeding ponce, but I was still the Big Bad, I almost split you Scoobies up" She raised her eyebrow at him.
"And then defended us from the demons so that we wouldn't stake you, seriously Spike when was the last time you tried to hurt us?" she wondered out loud. He shrugged
"Funny thing is, I think I did worst to you when I wasn't even trying" he took along drag from his cigarette. Like when I slept with Anya, like when I tried to -god I can't even think it- hurt her, like when I wasn't there to fight That Warren guy, like when I let her die, he thought to himself.
"It doesn't matter you know?" almost reading his thoughts.
"How can you say that all the things I did, all that happened last year it was my f-"
"What!? your fault?"
"It was"
"Yeah sure, because you were the one who ripped your best friend out of heaven, or let me guess did you try to end the world? Or was I supposed to flay you because you killed Tara?"
"Well if I hadn't let the slayer die, you wouldn't have gone to the 'bad place' and broken up with your bird, or I would have been here to help her capture the nerds and the wanker wouldn't have a chance at shooting and so on..."
"Your insane logic amaze me sometimes Blondie" she shook her head, "and there is no way you could have stopped any of what happened"
"I know, but a guy gets lonely and bored down here, I start wondering" he shrugged.
"I'm kinda glad you weren't here last year Y'know? At the end I mean"
"Why's that?" he really wasn't sure why Willow was trying to make him feel appreciated.
"I think I would've kill you"
"Well I kinda wanted to kill myself too" he looked so hurt and ashamed it was painful it was easy to sympathize with him, she felt that way too.
"No, I don't mean it for what you almost did...I- I didn't know at the time"
"Then why would you-"
"I was really pissed Spike, I think that if you had cross my path I wouldn't even had stopped to make sure you were a pile of dust, I would just wave my hand and bye-bye vamp"
"And what would've bee so bad about that?"
"Look to tell you the truth I kinda like you, you're nice when you want to be, and right now I'm with Buffy, you're our strongest warrior, so yeah the whole killing you would've been a shame"
"Well I like you too Red, if I was still evil I'd bite you in a beat" he joked
"Uhmm how sweet" she replied while finishing putting on her shirt.
"I know, the soul gets the better of me out"
"So I've been told." she said with a warm grin.
"So why are you here really?"
"I told you, I heard you were great, and she wasn't wrong"
"Right cause it is so Buffy to talk about my –ahem- skills"
"Well she kinda let it slip and then blushed, kinda made me wonder"
"Why? Doesn't your new Bird help you out with your aches? "
"Oh she would, but I don't know maybe I wanted an excuse o talk to you? And you really are good, you know, maybe when this is all over you can't make a living out of this" she grinned at him
"Right. Glad you I liked it, though I didn't give you same treatment as the slayer"
"Oh I figured, you're good but that wasn't blushing material"
"Right, next time bring a bottle of baby oil and I'll give you something to blush over"
"Oil Huh?" he nodded as she stood up and made her way to the stairs "I'll keep that in mind, so what do you say same time next week?"
"Sure thing Red, is not like I can actually say no to you right?"
"Oh please like giving me a massage every week is so horrible for you" she scolded at him as she open the basement door and he just shrugged.
Coming out to the kitchen Willow couldn't help but chuckle at the absurdity of her situation, Blackmailing her best friend ex shag toy into giving her massages was just the first stage on her plan to make Buffy jealous or at least make her have any reaction so that she could work out thins with the vampire, she hadn't anticipated however the sight that was waiting for her on the other side of the kitchen when the blond slayer was glaring daggers at the redhead.
"Since when?" he asked in a disbelieving tone, while she got up and put her shirt back on.
"I don't know, I guess it started when you were wearing Xander's Hawaiian shirt, I think that made you loose like zillion brownie points on the evil scales."
"I'll give you that, I looked like a bleeding ponce, but I was still the Big Bad, I almost split you Scoobies up" She raised her eyebrow at him.
"And then defended us from the demons so that we wouldn't stake you, seriously Spike when was the last time you tried to hurt us?" she wondered out loud. He shrugged
"Funny thing is, I think I did worst to you when I wasn't even trying" he took along drag from his cigarette. Like when I slept with Anya, like when I tried to -god I can't even think it- hurt her, like when I wasn't there to fight That Warren guy, like when I let her die, he thought to himself.
"It doesn't matter you know?" almost reading his thoughts.
"How can you say that all the things I did, all that happened last year it was my f-"
"What!? your fault?"
"It was"
"Yeah sure, because you were the one who ripped your best friend out of heaven, or let me guess did you try to end the world? Or was I supposed to flay you because you killed Tara?"
"Well if I hadn't let the slayer die, you wouldn't have gone to the 'bad place' and broken up with your bird, or I would have been here to help her capture the nerds and the wanker wouldn't have a chance at shooting and so on..."
"Your insane logic amaze me sometimes Blondie" she shook her head, "and there is no way you could have stopped any of what happened"
"I know, but a guy gets lonely and bored down here, I start wondering" he shrugged.
"I'm kinda glad you weren't here last year Y'know? At the end I mean"
"Why's that?" he really wasn't sure why Willow was trying to make him feel appreciated.
"I think I would've kill you"
"Well I kinda wanted to kill myself too" he looked so hurt and ashamed it was painful it was easy to sympathize with him, she felt that way too.
"No, I don't mean it for what you almost did...I- I didn't know at the time"
"Then why would you-"
"I was really pissed Spike, I think that if you had cross my path I wouldn't even had stopped to make sure you were a pile of dust, I would just wave my hand and bye-bye vamp"
"And what would've bee so bad about that?"
"Look to tell you the truth I kinda like you, you're nice when you want to be, and right now I'm with Buffy, you're our strongest warrior, so yeah the whole killing you would've been a shame"
"Well I like you too Red, if I was still evil I'd bite you in a beat" he joked
"Uhmm how sweet" she replied while finishing putting on her shirt.
"I know, the soul gets the better of me out"
"So I've been told." she said with a warm grin.
"So why are you here really?"
"I told you, I heard you were great, and she wasn't wrong"
"Right cause it is so Buffy to talk about my –ahem- skills"
"Well she kinda let it slip and then blushed, kinda made me wonder"
"Why? Doesn't your new Bird help you out with your aches? "
"Oh she would, but I don't know maybe I wanted an excuse o talk to you? And you really are good, you know, maybe when this is all over you can't make a living out of this" she grinned at him
"Right. Glad you I liked it, though I didn't give you same treatment as the slayer"
"Oh I figured, you're good but that wasn't blushing material"
"Right, next time bring a bottle of baby oil and I'll give you something to blush over"
"Oil Huh?" he nodded as she stood up and made her way to the stairs "I'll keep that in mind, so what do you say same time next week?"
"Sure thing Red, is not like I can actually say no to you right?"
"Oh please like giving me a massage every week is so horrible for you" she scolded at him as she open the basement door and he just shrugged.
Coming out to the kitchen Willow couldn't help but chuckle at the absurdity of her situation, Blackmailing her best friend ex shag toy into giving her massages was just the first stage on her plan to make Buffy jealous or at least make her have any reaction so that she could work out thins with the vampire, she hadn't anticipated however the sight that was waiting for her on the other side of the kitchen when the blond slayer was glaring daggers at the redhead.