Until the Day I Die
Author: Pumpkin Belly
"As years go by I'll race the clock with you. But if you die now know that I die too, I die too."
Buffy absently made her way around Spike's bedroom. If she hadn't climbed down the stairs to get to the room she would never have guessed it was underground.
The floors were covered in rugs. The bed took up a majority of the room but still left room for a small closest and table. Floor lamps stood in the corners of the room, providing enough lighting. There was a mirror next to the closest even though Spike could have no possible need for it.
As Buffy explored, Spike went hunting for clothes, "Here." Spike called when he found what he was looking for.
"What?" Buffy asked of the object Spike was holding.
"Something for you to wear to bed." Spike explained, holding out the clothes to Buffy. She looked questionably at the clothes. "They're not dirty slayer, just an old pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt. You don't have to wear them. You could just stay in what you have on." Spike said eying the clothes Buffy was wearing.
Buffy also looked down at what she was wearing. Her outfit consisted of a blue halter-top, which was slightly dirty for the fall to the ground she and Spike took, and pants which were tight fitting jeans, although a nice pair of pants not the best to get comfortable in.
"Thank you." Buffy said taking the clothes from Spike with a smile.
"There's a small bathroom through there." Spike said pointing to a small hallway.
"You have a bathroom?" Buffy asked, "You live in a crypt."
"This plumber I knew owed me a favor. He came in and set everything up. Nice shower too, hot water." Spike shrugged.
"Good to know." Buffy said walking towards the aforementioned room.
Buffy returned from the bathroom five minutes later. The black sweatpants Spike has given her were rolled up around her waist and the shirt hung off her a little. Spike, however, was not wearing a shirt at all; Buffy stifled her gasp when she walked back into the room.
"Thank you again." Buffy said placing her clothes on the table next to Spike's bed, "This is so much more comfortable than what I was wearing before. Fashionable, yes. Comfortable, no." Buffy laughed.
"Ahh the price you pay for fashion." Spike teased.
"That's the way of life." Buffy said, trying to cover a yawn but failing miserably.
"I'm sorry I'm boring you luv." Spike said catching her yawn.
"It's been a long night." Buffy objected, crawling into the bed.
An uncomfortable silence filled the room. Spike was the first one to break it, "I'm going to go check upstairs." Spike offered climbing up the ladder.
"Be careful." Buffy called up after him.
She snuggled into the covers, trying to get warm and comfortable. The thought of sleeping in the same bed as Spike was causing her slight anxiety. Buffy tried to push thoughts of Spike sleeping next to her, shirtless, out of her mind, which was proving to be a harder task then she thought it would be.
Upstairs she could hear Spike walking around, most likely checking all the windows that his crypt possessed. He stopped and stood still for a while. Buffy assumed he was feeding. Then Spike began descending down the ladder.
Buffy feigned sleep as Spike approached. She prayed that he wouldn't notice her heartbeat increasing as he approached the bed. Or hear her less than even intake of breath when he climbed under the covers. Or notice that when his leg brushed up against her, she got shivers all over her body.
Unfortunately for Buffy, Spike noticed her increasing heartbeat and her abnormal breathing. Fortunately for Buffy he didn't mention any of these things. He smirked at Buffy's "sleeping" form. Moving closer to her than necessary, which only elected a faster heartbeat.
Spike finally settled into the bed, but not before he had "accidentally" brushed Buffy's arms or legs. He closed his eyes and thanked whatever God was responsible that he was in bed with the women he loved.
Buffy, however, was praying that her heart would stop trying to escape her chest and that she would be able to get some sleep. Which didn't seem likely with the blond vampire sleeping next to her.
TBC
A/N: Thank you, everyone who reviewed. You all encouraged me to write this chapter faster. I'm hoping the next chapter will be out soon, but my teachers think that projects are what us students live for. So I have 5 of them right now all due within the next 2 weeks. I'll try to make time for this and Soul Searching, though. Please continue to review and feel free to leave suggestions or things you'd like to see.