~*~*~*Later that day*~*~*~
Buffy sat curled up in Spike's lap on the bed flicking through the channels on the TV in the corner. "Spike?"
"Hmm?" he stroked her hair.
"How am I going to tell them?"
"I don't know, Luv. You'll know when the time's right."
"Yeah, I guess." She paused. "What time is it?" Spike picked up her wrist.
"You're the one with the watch. 5:15."
"Shit!" she jumped up. "I gotta go upstairs and get ready. Supposed to meet Dawn, the gang and the potentials at the Bronze in an hour!"
"Where are they anyway?"
"Faith, Dawn and the potentials except Kennedy went to the beach, she went with Will, Xander and Anya to supper somewhere."
"Ah."
"The sun should be set by then. Wanna come with?"
"Why not." Buffy picked up her sandals and threw a clean tight black T- shirt shirt at Spike from the dryer. "Meet you upstairs in an hour." She ran up the two flights of steps from the basement to the 2nd floor and went into the bathroom. She stripped of her clothes and turned on the shower. She got in washed her hair and body and shaved her legs and underarms. She let the hot water run over her clean body for a minute then turned it off and wrapped a towel around herself. She walked into her room, brushed and dried her hair and pulled on a black Jean miniskirt and a red tank top. She put on black sneakers and put mousse in her hair to make it wavy/curly. She put on watermelon lip-gloss and whitish pink eye shadow with black eyeliner and mascara. She went downstairs and Spike was sitting on the couch with an almost empty mug.
"Thought I'd eat before we leave." He said, getting up and walking into the kitchen.
"Good idea." He came back out without the mug and looked her up and down.
"Mmm...You wearing a coat or anything?" he pulled on his leather duster.
"Nah to warm." She grabbed his hand and their fingers automatically intertwined. Buffy locked the door behind her and they headed to the Bronze.
"So what's with the little outing?" asked Spike. "Figured you'd want them training all the time."
"I do but they were doing really well and I needed some fun and it's only one free day so I figured why not. And Faith wanted it to and she figures we can have some single slayer fun."
"And you don't have fun with me?" Spike said in mock offence.
"I have lots of fun with you but I need Bronze dance-y fun. I haven't had that in a while."
"Well getting the potentials trained is important, you haven't had time for Bronze dance-y fun, Pet."
"I miss it." They reached the Bronze and immediately let their hands fall apart. Buffy pushed the door open and scanned the crowd for Faith, Dawn, the potentials, Xander, Anya or Willow. She saw that they all had taken over the area of the Bronze that contained chairs, couches and tables. Faith noticed Buffy as she walked over to the area and came towards her and Spike.
"B, Floor, now, Dance. Let's go." She said taking Buffy's hand and raising it into the air with her own. Buffy turned her head and winked at Spike as Faith led her to the floor. When they got through the medium sized crowd and to the dance floor the song changed to 'All the small things' by Blink 182. Buffy glanced at the stage noticing for the first time that there was no live entertainment tonight. She and Faith found a spot on the floor and started to dance.
Spike glanced over at them as he headed to the bar to get a drink. Buffy was side on to him as was Faith. Buffy had one knee between Faiths and one of Faiths knees was between Buffy's and they were inches apart moving their hips to fast music. Spike looked away for fear of getting aroused by the swaying of his lover's hips. He bought a simple beer and headed back toward the gang and the potentials.
"Hey Spike." Said Willow cheerfully as he walked up next to where she was seated in Kennedy's lap on a plush red couch.
"Hey Red."
"Where's Buffy?" asked Xander from beside Willow and under Anya.
"Oh she got me pissed off and I shoved a sword through her neck." Spike answered sarcastically.
"Faith pulled her off to the Dance floor before she could get over here." Said Willow with a smile. Spike sat on the arm of the couch and took a sip of his beer.
"Anyone have a clue why Buffy even agreed to this tonight?" asked a potential from a chair across from Spike.
"You guys were doing really well and I needed good old Bronze fun. And it's only one night so why not?" Said Buffy her and Faith walked up behind the couch Spike, Willow, Xander, Anya and Kennedy were sitting on. "And Fay wanted to have..." Faith cut her off.
"Single Slayer Fun." She said. "You need to loosen up B."
"Yeah, that." Said Buffy. "Fay, come get a drink with me."
"Smirnoff."
"You know it." The Slayers walked away to the bar and the potentials stared after them confused. They'd never seen Buffy act that way before.
"You know she's not always strict and set on training." Said Dawn.
"She can be fun when it comes down to it." Said Anya.
"You should have seen her when she first came here." Said Xander. "She was a ball of teenage fun then."
"Xander had a crush on her." Said Willow smiling mockingly at him.
"Did not!"
"Did too.She's only so hard on you guys so you're prepared for what you have to face you know. She's been through a lot unprepared. She knows what it's like and she doesn't want you guys to have to." Said Willow.
"Because you can tell how much she cares about us." Said another potential.
"How can you even say that?" asked Willow. "Of course she cares."
"And here she comes." Said Faith walking up behind them again. "Don't worry she didn't hear."
"So what's up with all the sitting around anyway?" asked Buffy. She walked up next to Spike with a clear bottle that said Smirnoff Ice in red. The bottle was identical to the one Faith was holding. The song changed from another fast one to a slow song. "I love this song!" said Buffy. She laid down her drink and grabbed spike by the wrist. "Spike we're dancing."
"You've got to be bloody kiddin' me Slayer." He said as he followed her to the dance floor.
"Has Buffy ever gotten drunk that fast before?" asked Xander as Buffy laid her wrists on Spike's shoulders her fingertips grazing Spike's back and Spike's Hands found Buffy's Hips.
"She's been drunk before?" asked a potential.
"There was this one time that someone put something in the beer and everyone who drank it got drunk really fast and turned into cavemen and..." Dawn's story was cut off by Willow.
"She's not drunk Xander. She just likes the song."
"More like she just likes Spike." Said Faith.
"What?" asked Xander.
"You can't see it can you?" said Faith. "They're definitely together or screwing or something." Said Faith.
"Okay eww." Said Dawn. Willow turned her head to be greeted by the sight of Spike putting slight pressure on Buffy's hips with his hands and Buffy smiling and tracing lines on his shoulder blades.
"That's just wrong. We should talk to her." Said Willow.
"And you never saw it coming?" asked Faith with a smirk. She took a sip of her drink and shook her head. "Never walked into the house to Buffy's screams of pleasure or Spikes Growls?"
"She's my sister not really wanting to know that." Said Dawn.
"Faith, shut up." Said Xander. "That's gross and not true, you're just trying to scare us...right?"
"Wrong." Said Faith looking at Buffy and Spike. "Look, how can you think I'm kidding?" Willow turned her head again.
"She's whispering in his ear and he's smirking, not good people." She said.
Buffy sat curled up in Spike's lap on the bed flicking through the channels on the TV in the corner. "Spike?"
"Hmm?" he stroked her hair.
"How am I going to tell them?"
"I don't know, Luv. You'll know when the time's right."
"Yeah, I guess." She paused. "What time is it?" Spike picked up her wrist.
"You're the one with the watch. 5:15."
"Shit!" she jumped up. "I gotta go upstairs and get ready. Supposed to meet Dawn, the gang and the potentials at the Bronze in an hour!"
"Where are they anyway?"
"Faith, Dawn and the potentials except Kennedy went to the beach, she went with Will, Xander and Anya to supper somewhere."
"Ah."
"The sun should be set by then. Wanna come with?"
"Why not." Buffy picked up her sandals and threw a clean tight black T- shirt shirt at Spike from the dryer. "Meet you upstairs in an hour." She ran up the two flights of steps from the basement to the 2nd floor and went into the bathroom. She stripped of her clothes and turned on the shower. She got in washed her hair and body and shaved her legs and underarms. She let the hot water run over her clean body for a minute then turned it off and wrapped a towel around herself. She walked into her room, brushed and dried her hair and pulled on a black Jean miniskirt and a red tank top. She put on black sneakers and put mousse in her hair to make it wavy/curly. She put on watermelon lip-gloss and whitish pink eye shadow with black eyeliner and mascara. She went downstairs and Spike was sitting on the couch with an almost empty mug.
"Thought I'd eat before we leave." He said, getting up and walking into the kitchen.
"Good idea." He came back out without the mug and looked her up and down.
"Mmm...You wearing a coat or anything?" he pulled on his leather duster.
"Nah to warm." She grabbed his hand and their fingers automatically intertwined. Buffy locked the door behind her and they headed to the Bronze.
"So what's with the little outing?" asked Spike. "Figured you'd want them training all the time."
"I do but they were doing really well and I needed some fun and it's only one free day so I figured why not. And Faith wanted it to and she figures we can have some single slayer fun."
"And you don't have fun with me?" Spike said in mock offence.
"I have lots of fun with you but I need Bronze dance-y fun. I haven't had that in a while."
"Well getting the potentials trained is important, you haven't had time for Bronze dance-y fun, Pet."
"I miss it." They reached the Bronze and immediately let their hands fall apart. Buffy pushed the door open and scanned the crowd for Faith, Dawn, the potentials, Xander, Anya or Willow. She saw that they all had taken over the area of the Bronze that contained chairs, couches and tables. Faith noticed Buffy as she walked over to the area and came towards her and Spike.
"B, Floor, now, Dance. Let's go." She said taking Buffy's hand and raising it into the air with her own. Buffy turned her head and winked at Spike as Faith led her to the floor. When they got through the medium sized crowd and to the dance floor the song changed to 'All the small things' by Blink 182. Buffy glanced at the stage noticing for the first time that there was no live entertainment tonight. She and Faith found a spot on the floor and started to dance.
Spike glanced over at them as he headed to the bar to get a drink. Buffy was side on to him as was Faith. Buffy had one knee between Faiths and one of Faiths knees was between Buffy's and they were inches apart moving their hips to fast music. Spike looked away for fear of getting aroused by the swaying of his lover's hips. He bought a simple beer and headed back toward the gang and the potentials.
"Hey Spike." Said Willow cheerfully as he walked up next to where she was seated in Kennedy's lap on a plush red couch.
"Hey Red."
"Where's Buffy?" asked Xander from beside Willow and under Anya.
"Oh she got me pissed off and I shoved a sword through her neck." Spike answered sarcastically.
"Faith pulled her off to the Dance floor before she could get over here." Said Willow with a smile. Spike sat on the arm of the couch and took a sip of his beer.
"Anyone have a clue why Buffy even agreed to this tonight?" asked a potential from a chair across from Spike.
"You guys were doing really well and I needed good old Bronze fun. And it's only one night so why not?" Said Buffy her and Faith walked up behind the couch Spike, Willow, Xander, Anya and Kennedy were sitting on. "And Fay wanted to have..." Faith cut her off.
"Single Slayer Fun." She said. "You need to loosen up B."
"Yeah, that." Said Buffy. "Fay, come get a drink with me."
"Smirnoff."
"You know it." The Slayers walked away to the bar and the potentials stared after them confused. They'd never seen Buffy act that way before.
"You know she's not always strict and set on training." Said Dawn.
"She can be fun when it comes down to it." Said Anya.
"You should have seen her when she first came here." Said Xander. "She was a ball of teenage fun then."
"Xander had a crush on her." Said Willow smiling mockingly at him.
"Did not!"
"Did too.She's only so hard on you guys so you're prepared for what you have to face you know. She's been through a lot unprepared. She knows what it's like and she doesn't want you guys to have to." Said Willow.
"Because you can tell how much she cares about us." Said another potential.
"How can you even say that?" asked Willow. "Of course she cares."
"And here she comes." Said Faith walking up behind them again. "Don't worry she didn't hear."
"So what's up with all the sitting around anyway?" asked Buffy. She walked up next to Spike with a clear bottle that said Smirnoff Ice in red. The bottle was identical to the one Faith was holding. The song changed from another fast one to a slow song. "I love this song!" said Buffy. She laid down her drink and grabbed spike by the wrist. "Spike we're dancing."
"You've got to be bloody kiddin' me Slayer." He said as he followed her to the dance floor.
"Has Buffy ever gotten drunk that fast before?" asked Xander as Buffy laid her wrists on Spike's shoulders her fingertips grazing Spike's back and Spike's Hands found Buffy's Hips.
"She's been drunk before?" asked a potential.
"There was this one time that someone put something in the beer and everyone who drank it got drunk really fast and turned into cavemen and..." Dawn's story was cut off by Willow.
"She's not drunk Xander. She just likes the song."
"More like she just likes Spike." Said Faith.
"What?" asked Xander.
"You can't see it can you?" said Faith. "They're definitely together or screwing or something." Said Faith.
"Okay eww." Said Dawn. Willow turned her head to be greeted by the sight of Spike putting slight pressure on Buffy's hips with his hands and Buffy smiling and tracing lines on his shoulder blades.
"That's just wrong. We should talk to her." Said Willow.
"And you never saw it coming?" asked Faith with a smirk. She took a sip of her drink and shook her head. "Never walked into the house to Buffy's screams of pleasure or Spikes Growls?"
"She's my sister not really wanting to know that." Said Dawn.
"Faith, shut up." Said Xander. "That's gross and not true, you're just trying to scare us...right?"
"Wrong." Said Faith looking at Buffy and Spike. "Look, how can you think I'm kidding?" Willow turned her head again.
"She's whispering in his ear and he's smirking, not good people." She said.