Chapter 4
Buffy walked out of her room later that night and headed to the bathroom. She stopped when she heard a guitar coming from Spike's old room. She walked over there and opened the door a crack to see Spike sitting on his bed playing the guitar. She smiled because it was something she hasn't seen in a while. She opened the door wider and he looked up and saw her standing there. He stopped playing and put his guitar down. "You still mad at me?" He asked her and she waved her hand in the air and walked into the room.
"I'm over it. I just wanted to give you a hard time. It's in my nature." Spike smiled at her.
"Don't I know it." He saw her just standing there and sighed. "Come over here." He said and she smiled and jumped on his bed. He laughed at her antics as she tried to make herself more comfortable. She rested her head on his shoulder.
"I miss this. Why did you have to move?" He let out another sigh.
"You know why, Buffy. It wouldn't be cool if I still lived with my parents. I have to live my own life." Buffy looked at him.
"Why can't I move in with you?" Spike laughed until he saw the look on her face and realized she was serious.
"You know Joyce wouldn't allow that and I can't look after you all the time." Buffy got angry and moved away from him.
"I don't need you to look out for me. What part of I can take care of myself does no one get? You're supposed to be different and yet you still treat me like a kid just like them. I need to get out of this house if I ever want to grow up because mom sure as hell isn't letting me." Spike put his arm around her and pulled her back down on the bed.
"It'll take time, your mum just worries about you. You know that." Buffy sighed.
"I know that. She also wants to keep me here because she doesn't trust me." Spike looked down at her.
"That's not true." Buffy met his eyes.
"Oh, really? Who was the one that burned down the gym in high school? Which was so by accident, but still caused me to get suspended. Who was the one that got pregnant at 15 and had a miscarriage? Who was the one that got caught smoking in the bathroom at school which led to another suspension? I can go on." Spike nodded.
"Okay, so you made some mistakes. Who hasn't? May I remind you the many times I was caught smoking? Or the time I was found having sex in the janitor's closet at school?" Buffy smiled at that.
"Yeah, that was a good one." Spike slapped her leg lightly and grew serious again.
"You see my point. We both made mistakes and Joyce is still there for us. She loves you and only wants what's best for you." Buffy looked away from him.
"She never wants me to leave this house. I'm going to grow old here, I can tell. I'm gonna get married and end up raising my kids here. I mean if you made just as much mistakes, how come you were allowed to move out?" Spike rolled his eyes.
"I'm older than you. When you're older you'll be allowed to move out also. You only turned 18 recently. You just have to be patient." Buffy glared at him.
"I'm not a very patient person." He smiled when he thought of something.
"No, but you are a very ticklish one." He said as he then started to tickle her stomach. She laughed and tried to push him away.
"Stop, you jerk! That's not fair!" She continued to laugh when Joyce walked upstairs and heard what was going on in Spike's room. She looked in to find Spike tickling Buffy. Joyce smiled when she saw her daughter. It has been a while since she's laughed like that. Joyce continued to walk to her room with the smile still on her face.