A/N: Thanks so much to everyone who's reviewed this story!

Zee: I said before that I know it doesn't make sense that the Scoobies are in the middle of college while Draco's about to start school, but it's my story and I don't want it to make sense... ::pouts::

This chapter is slightly rated R. Don't say I didn't warn you...

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Chapter Four

"I'm hungry," Spike said.

I sighed and got up from my seat on the toilet. I went into the kitchen and microwaved the blood that I found in Giles' refrigerator. Before he left, Giles told me what to do if Spike got hungry. I poured the blood into a mug, stuck a straw in, and brought it into the bathroom. I then held out the mug for Spike to drink from the straw.

He drank quietly for a minute until he randomly stopped. "You're in my way," he said flatly. "Charity's gone mad again. Move!" He started thrashing about wildly in his chains. I jumped out of the way, afraid that he'd use some suppressed vampire strength and rip out of the chains suddenly, and then he'd leap on me and attack.

"Can I have my blood back?" he asked. So I had to sit in this awkward position so that I wasn't in front of the TV, but so Spike could still drink his blood.

This was going to be a long day.

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And it was. Giles finally came back what felt like 800 years later.

"How was he?" he asked me, entering the bathroom and nodding at Spike.

I shrugged. "How is he usually?" I asked.

"Kind of cranky," Giles replied thoughtfully.

"Then he's normal." I responded.

I stayed at Giles' house and had to eat dinner with him. Spike moaned about how lonely he was in the bathroom the whole time. It got kind of annoying.

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But that night, Willow announced that she would be spending the night somewhere else. That left Buffy and me all alone in her room.

"Can I please sleep on your bed, Willow?" I begged. I was not going to sleep on that disgusting, itchy rug another night when I didn't have to.

"Oh, sure," she responded, somewhat regretfully. "Well, I'd better be going. See you all tomorrow."

"Bye," Buffy said as she closed the door behind her friend. She turned around and made a face at me. I made a face back and then kicked off my shoes and fell onto Willow's bed.

"Does everyone have those TV things around here?" I asked, noticing that there was one on Buffy's desk. The first time I had ever watched something on "TV" before was just that day, watching Passions with Spike.

"Most people do," Buffy replied, sitting on her bed. "Let's watch it." She picked up the remote and turned it on.

Immediately a young girl with an obnoxious voice appeared on the screen singing a song. I made a noise of disapproval and Buffy changed the channel. Then came a group of three boys and three girls sitting around a coffee table on couches and chairs. The blond one made a stupid comment and Buffy laughed. I looked at her, confused. She sighed and changed the channel. Now there were three young blond girls and a man with dark hair and a large nose. He was lecturing the girls about something. This time it was Buffy who didn't like the show and she turned the TV off and heaved a big sigh.

"There's nothing on," she replied.

I nodded. "I could tell," I informed her.

"Hungry?" she asked.

"I guess," I said with a shrug.

She hopped off the bed and to a small refrigerator. Inside was a small assortment of food. I declined everything, while Buffy took an apple and began to munch on it. She opened a book and started reading and eating. I couldn't help but stare at her. The way her lips moved over the apple and her teeth bit down. Hard.

Jesus, Draco, you're getting horny watching a girl eat a bloody apple, for Christ's sake.

She looked at me. I swallowed. Her chewing slowed down as she stared at me. She swallowed. She put down the book and the apple. She sat up and walked toward me before turning and leaving the room. I moaned quietly.

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When she returned almost 30 minutes later, I was sprawled out on Willow's bed in my boxers, staring at the TV with my eyes glazed over. She looked slightly surprised.

"I got hot," I grumbled in response.

She nodded and sat back down on her bed. It had started to rain and the water pattered against the window behind our beds. Buffy picked up the apple she hadn't finished eating and started biting into it again.

Aw, bloody hell.

I licked my lips as my heart rate sped up again. I tried to remain calm, but suddenly a clap of thunder rang through my ears and I fell off the bed in surprise. I'd never been this nervous around a girl before- even an older one. Buffy looked at me, but didn't say anything. I got up and lay back down on the bed again.

We watched TV in silence for seven long minutes until Buffy got up to throw away her apple core. Right as the core fell into the garbage can with a "thud" the lights went out and the TV turned off.

"Shit," I heard her whisper under her breath. There was silence and then suddenly "thump". "OW!" There were a few stomps until something fell on me. It was Buffy.

I could hear her breathing in my ear. I could feel her breathing against my chest. I could see nothing. Suddenly I could taste her mouth against mine and my wishes had finally come true. The tension overcame us. And then she stopped.

"Wha-?" I tried to say. But I couldn't speak.

"I can't do... that," she said quietly.

The weight lifted off my body and I could hear her lie down on her bed again.

It was then that I finally realized that there was a blackout. I got up and poked my head outside the door. There were a few flashlight beams dancing around the hallway, and there were many curious and scared voices grumbling and shouting around me.

"The storm's caused a power outage," I heard someone say from a few feet away.

Huh?

I went back inside and lay down on Willow's bed again, facing away from Buffy's bed. I could hear her get up, open the door and then close it. She was gone. She didn't even want to walk by me when I was in the doorway. I got under the covers and quickly drifted off to sleep.

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