"All I'm sayin' is a couple cheeseburgers. The cows are already dead and waiting for someone to eat them," Xander stated.
"Ew," Dawn said. "That makes me crave any meat product, much less."
"With ya there," Anya said.
"Found them!" Giles said, very excited.
"Yea!" Anya wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a hug. Once they parted she gave him a kiss. "Good job Rupy."
"Now, lets looks for this Orb of Galactica."
"Galadria Rupy," Anya corrected.
"Yes, right. Galadria."
In the back room Buffy and Spike were sitting on the couch, making out. Spike slowly pushed Buffy back so they could lie down, well kinda. Buffy laid back and had the book resting in the curve of her spine. Spike continued kissing her, his hands lingering under her shirt.
"Wait," Buffy said between kisses. Spike stopped. "This book is quite uncomfortable when you're lying on top of it." Buffy sat up a little and removed it. She placed it on the floor. "Okay." They continued kissing.
Just as Buffy started unbuttoning his shirt, the door opened. They bolted into sitting position. "Ow!" Spike exclaimed when Buffy over jumped and hit his nose with her head.
"Sorry," she said sincerely. Spike's hand was covering his nose. "Are you bleeding?"
"Thankfully not."
"Sorry," Willow apologized, "but we were just wondering how the book was working for you? Did you find anything useful? Jog any memories?"
"Uh, yeah. Just a few."
"Well that's something. We possibly found out how we lost our memories. Something about an orb and burning it in a demon's fat to break the spell."
"Gross," Buffy said.
"Pretty much. Well, I'll just leave you… yeah." Willow shut the door.
Buffy took a deep breath and let it out. She picked the book off the floor and started reading.
"Wait, what about…?" Spike made hand gestures that referred to their make out session.
"We should really pay attention to the memory loss thing."
"Well, yeah we should, but that doesn't change what we want." Spike moved closer to her.
"Randy, come on."
"All right. But next time you want a break, let me know. I'll speak British to ya." He smiled and left.
Buffy continued looking through the book.
"I found one," Tara said in a low voice. No one heard her.
"No, there isn't even a food place open Xander," Willow argued.
"Well then someone look for a witch menu and zap me up something big and delicious."
"I found one," Tara said a little louder. Dawn's gaze turned to her.
"What Tara?" Everyone stopped talking when they heard Dawn's question.
"I found one." All but Anya and Giles, still looking for the orb, walked over to her. "It says here that there's a simple spell used with eye of newt and a Fire of Bronum that can erase ones memory."
"Eye of newt?" Xander repeated.
"Kill your appetite?" Spike asked.
"Actually I was thinking how good that could taste."
"Ew," Dawn commented.
"Wait, here's another one. It's used with a crystal and a special herb. Oh, it only removes a part of someone's memory," Tara read.
"That's definitely not us," Xander said.
"Well shouldn't we check'em out anyway?" Dawn asked. "I mean, spells can probably go wrong and instead of a part it was the whole memory."
"Must be a pretty bad witch if that happened," Willow said.
"There's another," Dawn said, pointing to the next paragraph.
"What's this book called?" Xander asked.
"Well this chapter is called Forgetful Spells and Future Sights," Tara answered.
"There's a chapter called forgetful spells? Why couldn't we have thought of that two hours ago?"
"It has the Orb of Galadria in here too, but Dawn said it first."
"We should write them down in the Cliff Notes versions and then we'll assign everyone one of the spells," Willow suggested.
"Good idea Willow," Tara said with a smile. She placed her hand over Willow's.
Xander turned his head away. Dawn walked past him. "Hey Dawnie."
She turned her head. "Dawnie?"
"Sorry, Dawn. So, uh… you got a boyfriend?" Dawn made an 'are you kidding me' face and walked away. "Call me."
Buffy was reading the passage about the Chinese slayer. Luckily, whoever had it next, translated it. She read about how she was very attentive and ready fight. She had a positive attitude and always gave a fast death. "Sounds pretty over the top." Buffy turned the page. The picture caught her eye. He looks kinda like Randy. Buffy looked at it closer. The guys hair wasn't slicked back but that was definitely his face structure.
The door opened. It was Spike. "Hey. I know it hasn't been long, but I need a break from them." Buffy looked at him with terror. "What's wrong?" Spike took a couple steps toward her.
"Stay away!"
He ceased. "What? What's wrong?"
Buffy shut the book and slid it to him. He took the two extra steps it took to reach the book. "Page twenty five."
Spike sorted through the pages. He went to far and back tracked. He looked closely at the picture. "Looks like me."
"It is you. Spike," she said with disgust.
Author's Note: If you haven't already, I ask that you check out my other two stories. They're called 'Eclipse' (dark and some humor, finished) and 'Betrothed' (not finished and full of humor). Please send me reviews or I might be so crushed I can't finish the story. :)