Different Ending to 'End of Days'

Buffy chased after Spike before he could go out the back door in the kitchen.

"You're a dope!" Buffy exclaimed in a semi-soft voice. "I'm a what?!" Spike said. He couldn't believe what was coming out of the girl's mouth.

"A dope...and a bonehead and you're shirty!" Buffy blabbed all out.

"Have you gone completely Carrot-Top?!" Spike exclaimed in a hush voice, trying to not disturb the sleepers in the house.

"You see this?" Buffy referred to the scythe in her hand, "This might help me fight this war...this could be the key to everything and the only reason I'm holding it is because of you...because of the strength that you gave me last night." Buffy whispered the last few words.

Spike just kept staring at Buffy, taken back by her bringing up the topic of last night again. He thought that she would want to forget the night before and never mention it again, that the subject was off the table.

"I'm sick of defensiveness and weird mixed signals...I've got Faith for that. I don't know how you felt about last night but I will not—"Buffy was interrupted.

"Terrified." Spike interrupted her.

Buffy looked confused, "Of what?" she whispered.

After a moment he turned back and looked at her, "Of this...you...me...last night was..." He paused and saw Buffy was waiting for him to finish his sentence.

"Was what?" Buffy asked.

"...the best night of my life." Spike said.

Buffy let out a small sigh and started at Spike with understanding and a soft face.

"All I did was hold you, watch you sleep...and it was the best night of my life." Spike continued, "It may not mean that much to you but---"

"It did." Buffy cut in. Spike looked surprised at Buffy's confession, "Look you don't have to say it because—."

"I'm not." Buffy cut in again, "And unlike you...I though it was nice not...terrifying..."
Buffy looked disappointed. "No...no...I-It wasn't—"Spike tried to explain, and not letting her get the wrong idea about his choice of words, "I wasn't terrified of that...I guess I was scared of the next day. Today. I didn't know what was going to happen. Did you want to wake up and forget everything that happened in that house? Would you...I don't know...ignore me?"

"Why would you think that?" Buffy questioned.

Spike raised an eyebrow that said 'Oh come on!'

"Well...alright...I would have done that BUT that was the old me...in the past...and now...things are different."

"Different?" Spike questioned.

"Yes, different. Both of us are different from last year because we learned from our mistakes." Buffy explained.

"So...today is the day after and you say not to be terrified so...now what?" Spike asked.

Buffy looked down for a minute at the floor and back up at him, "I don't know...maybe we should have some time to think about this more." She came to a conclusion.

"Alright...I can do that." Spike said and gave her a little smile and went for the back door knob. However, when Spike was just about to open the door he felt an arm on his left shoulder. Spike turned around and saw Buffy. She had her hand still on his shoulder and she brought her other hand to reach out and slowly bring Spike's face closer to hers and into a kiss.

The kiss was unlike any of the kisses before. It wasn't hard and messy; it was more soft and gentle. It only lasted a minute before Buffy pulled away. Spike's face express read speechless and shocked.

"I didn't have to think very long." Buffy said and gave a cute little innocent smile. Spike still didn't respond, "I have to go on this little mission...I'll be back soon." Buffy said.

Buffy opened the kitchen door to leave but not without looking back at Spike. She just smiled at him staring in shock at her still. She shook her head and ventured out the door with her scythe still in hand and the feel of Spike's lips on her mouth. 'Today is a good day.' Buffy thought to herself.

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Caleb raised Buffy's scythe against her and ready to strike.

"I was hoping it would go down like this." Caleb said to Buffy on the ground.

"Hey!" an angry British voice yelled.

Caleb turned around and got a monster punch in the face by Spike. Buffy was flabbergasted, "Spike".

Spike turned from hurt Caleb on the ground to Buffy, "You didn't think I'd let you go and have all the fun now did ya?" he said with a smirk and picked up the scythe.

A growl came from Caleb as he hopped to his feet facing Buffy and Spike. Spike handing Buffy her scythe so she could finished her own fight. Buffy gripped the handle of the scythe tight.

"You are so going to lose wanker." Spike mumbled and backed away from the two fighters. In the end Buffy was left standing. She chopped Caleb in half and turned to Spike with a mischievous glare. "You followed me!" she whined with a tiny hint of a smile. "Who me?!" Spike pretended to be insulted, "I'd NEVER do that!"

Buffy shook at her head. 'He can be such a child sometimes', she thought. Buffy slowly started to approach him and was about to speak when a voice made them both turn instantly.

"Umm...am I interrupting something?" said Angel from the bottom stairs of the temple. He had his arms crossed over his chest and holding a file. He glared at the sight before him.

To be continued...