SO. . .DOES THIS MEAN SHE'S GOING TO PICK SPIKE? OR MAYBE HER FEELINGS FOR
RILEY ARE TOO GREAT. . .HMMM. . . ANYWAY R/R!
Buffy crumpled up the 20th piece of paper. She had been trying to find the right words to tell him. She had made a decision days ago, but she just didn't know how to tell him she couldn't be with him. She knew who she wanted to be with. Faith came up the stairs and into the room.
"Hey B" she said.
"Hi" Buffy sighed with frustration as she crumpled up another piece of paper and threw it on the ground with the others.
"Okay, mom's gonna kill you, look at this mess" Faith said and picked up one of the pieces of paper and un crinkled it and red it. "'I'm sorry to tell you'" she read and then picked up another. "'I'm sorry to inform you that'" she picked up another. "'This pains me to say' B, what are you doing?"
"Writing a letter, or at least trying to" Buffy said with a sigh.
"What? Why?" Faith asked.
"Sweetie, I can't tell anyone until I've sorted it out okay" Buffy said and began writing again.
"But you promise you'll tell me?" Faith asked.
"Cross my heart" Buffy said.
"Okay, but it's Friday, Bronzing, the national day of Bronze, you're going right?" Faith asked.
"Uh, yeah, of course" Buffy said.
"Okay, we have to get ready" Faith told her.
'O-okay, hold on" she said and wrote a little more and then sighted with frustration and crumbled up the paper and got up. She wanted to look hot because she was telling him that she chose him. She got out a black leather skirt that was long to her ankles and had a slit up the right side. She put on a white tank top that was really low cut and tight. She put on her black healed sandals and curled her hair. She put on some dark eye shadow and dark eye liner.
"B, you ready?" Faith asked.
"Uh-huh" Buffy said and came out of the bathroom.
"Wow, talk about making a statement" Faith said.
"Yeah, ready?" Buffy said and grabbed her jacket and they left.
Spike and the rest of the band were getting ready to perform. They had set up all their equipment and things that they needed and they were all ready.
"Hi boys" Hannah said as she came behind stage.
"Hey Han, what's up?" Devon asked.
"Um, I need to talk to Riley" she said.
"Okay, what about?" Riley asked.
"Come with me" she said pulling him away and into the storage room. Once in there and the door was shut she kissed him passionately.
"Whoa, wait a second I can't- I-I mean we can't, not here, what if Buffy-" he began.
"What if Buffy what? Found out? Please, she's way too self absorbed, and way too blonde for that kind of detective work" Hannah said.
"Look-" he began again.
"I thought you loved me" Hannah said.
"I do, baby, I do, but. . .I just have to talk to Buffy first okay, just let me talk to her" Riley said and kissed her.
"Fine, but hurry, I can't take much more of this, though, sneaking around does have it's perks, I fell naughty" she said with a seductive smile.
"Me too" Riley smiled and kissed her again.
Buffy and Faith arrived at the Bronze and went backstage to see the guys.
"Hey peeps" Faith said setting down her jacket and sitting on the couch next to Tommy.
"Hey, hey Buffy" Spike said.
"Hi" Buffy said back and sat next to Spike on another couch. "So, where is everyone else? They should be here, they said they were coming" Buffy asked.
"They'll be here soon" Faith said, and began talking to Xander, Oz, Devon and Tommy.
"So uh. . .have you made your decision yet luv? I know that I've asked you before, but. . ." Spike whispered to Buffy.
"Yes, I have, but I want to talk to Riley first okay" Buffy said.
"Who did you choose?" Spike asked.
"After I talk to Riley" Buffy said.
"Why do you want to talk to him?" Spike asked, Buffy rolled her eyes. "Because I chose you okay, I want to tell him." He got a huge grin on his face.
"Really?" he asked.
"Yes" Buffy whispered sweetly and then expanded her voice to talk to everyone. "Hey where's Riley?"
"Uh, he was talking to Hannah, I think they went in the storage room" Tommy said.
"Okay, thanks, uh, I'm going to go talk to him" Buffy said. She got up and walked to the storage room and heard people talking in there and then some boxes falling over. "Riley?" she opened the door and saw Riley and Hannah making out. "Oh my god."
"Buffy" he said as he quickly broke the kiss. Buffy looked hurt for a second and then mad.
"What the hell is going on?" she asked.
"Uh, god I really wanted to talk to you, I didn't want you to find out this way I- we're. . .kind of. . ." Riley tried to explain.
"Sleeping together" Hannah said.
"You two? How long has this been going on?" Buffy asked as everyone else joined her at the doorway.
"Whoa" Faith said at the sight of Hannah and Riley.
"Uh. . .th-three months" Riley said.
"Three months!" Buffy shouted. "Is that why-" she began, and then lowered her voice a little. "Is that why you didn't want to sleep wit me? Because you were doing it with that slut?"
"Hey! You can't-" Hannah began to say and get up.
"Get up, and I swear to god I will knock you back down" Buffy said through gritted teeth and Hannah refrained from getting up. Buffy pushed past everyone and stormed out of the club and into the parking lot, followed by Faith and Spike.
"B-" Faith began.
"No, don't" Buffy said.
"Buffy, luv-" Spike tried, but she cut him off too.
"No, I just need some time to-to think okay" Buffy said and got in her and Faith's car and left.
"I guess now she doesn't have to feel so guilty about you two sleeping together" Faith told Spike.
"How did you-" Spike started.
"She's my sister, of course I know" Faith said and walked back into the club.
Buffy sat in her room thinking, she wasn't crying, just thinking. She couldn't believe that Riley had been cheating on her for two months. How could she not have known? She looked at the note she had started and ripped it up. She didn't owe him any explanation. She was glad that she had chosen Spike. He would never cheat on her, she didn't think. She went over to her bed and laid down. She hated Riley, she just. . .she hated him. She didn't know how since she thought she loved him thirty minutes ago, but maybe she didn't love him, maybe she never did. Maybe she was just so afraid of getting hurt again that she convinced herself that she loved him. Did she love Spike? She was just so confused. Her head began to hurt as all these thoughts popped in. She closed her eyes and tried to make them go away, but they wouldn't. suddenly she heard footsteps coming up the stairs and then Someone enter her room. She was turned away from the door, so she didn't see who it was, until she heard the deep English accent and smiled a bit.
"Hey luv" he said and sat on the edge of her bed.
"Hi" she said quietly.
"Are you okay?" he asked her
"Sure" she said, turning to face him. "How-how could I not of known? All this time her. . .and him. . .together. . .how could I be that stupid?"
"You're not stupid luv, you just. . .I don't know" Spike said.
"Doesn't matter anyway, I mean I was going to break up with him, but. . .I'm sorry" she said.
"For what pet?" he asked.
"I don't want you to think that. . .I-I mean I still want to be with. . ." she said. He leaned down and kissed her.
"Don't worry about it" he told her.
"Your gig, what about the performance tonight?" she asked.
"Well if we hurry we can still make it" Spike told her.
"Okay" she said and he took her hand and started to lead her downstairs. "Wait, um, can we kiss in front of Riley so he knows just how over him I am?"
"Using me to get back at your ex?" he asked with the rise of his eyebrow.
"That's horrible I know" she said.
"Oh no it's not, I've always hated him, I'd be happy to" he said. She smirked and kissed him.
Buffy and Spike went back to the Bronze and Dingoes were just about to go onstage.
"Man, you're back, I was beginning to worry" Devon said.
"Had some business I had to attend to" Spike said, still holding onto Buffy's hand.
"Ah, I see, Buffs you okay?" Devon asked.
"Yeah, I'm just fine" Buffy said.
"Good, come on Spike" Devon said. Spike gave Buffy a small kiss on the lips before going onstage.
After the performance Buffy went backstage to see her new boyfriend and the rest of the gang.
"Hey guys, that was awesome" Buffy said and sat next to Spike on one of the couches.
"Thanks" Devon said.
"So, where did Riley go, he wasn't onstage?" Buffy asked.
"He quit the band" Xander said.
"Why?" Buffy asked.
"He said that it wasn't for him" Oz said. "You should be glad though, I mean he isn't hanging wit you clique."
"I am" Buffy said.
"You sure you okay luv?" Spike asked.
"Fine" she said and laid on the couch with her head on his lap. He stroked her hair.
"Okay. . .so, what's up with you two, I mean are you guys. . .?" Xander asked.
"A couple? Yes" Buffy told him. Spike smiled at that. He loved to hear them as a couple.
"When did all this happen?" Oz asked.
"A while ago" Buffy said.
"A while as in two hours or as in longer?" Devon asked.
"About two weeks" Buffy said.
"So you were cheating on Riley too?" Xander said. "Small world."
"I know that I sound like sort of a hypocrite, but. . ." Buffy said.
"No, it's okay, we're your friends, not his, so of course we're going to take your side" Tommy said.
"Thanks you guys, hey where's Faith?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, I saw her, 'round back making out with some guy" Spike said. Buffy rolled her eyes and got up.
"I'm going to go look for her" Buffy said and went out into the back parking lot of the club and didn't see Faith. "Faith?" Buffy walked a little longer and to her horror there was her sister, on the ground, and she had been beaten up very badly.
Buffy crumpled up the 20th piece of paper. She had been trying to find the right words to tell him. She had made a decision days ago, but she just didn't know how to tell him she couldn't be with him. She knew who she wanted to be with. Faith came up the stairs and into the room.
"Hey B" she said.
"Hi" Buffy sighed with frustration as she crumpled up another piece of paper and threw it on the ground with the others.
"Okay, mom's gonna kill you, look at this mess" Faith said and picked up one of the pieces of paper and un crinkled it and red it. "'I'm sorry to tell you'" she read and then picked up another. "'I'm sorry to inform you that'" she picked up another. "'This pains me to say' B, what are you doing?"
"Writing a letter, or at least trying to" Buffy said with a sigh.
"What? Why?" Faith asked.
"Sweetie, I can't tell anyone until I've sorted it out okay" Buffy said and began writing again.
"But you promise you'll tell me?" Faith asked.
"Cross my heart" Buffy said.
"Okay, but it's Friday, Bronzing, the national day of Bronze, you're going right?" Faith asked.
"Uh, yeah, of course" Buffy said.
"Okay, we have to get ready" Faith told her.
'O-okay, hold on" she said and wrote a little more and then sighted with frustration and crumbled up the paper and got up. She wanted to look hot because she was telling him that she chose him. She got out a black leather skirt that was long to her ankles and had a slit up the right side. She put on a white tank top that was really low cut and tight. She put on her black healed sandals and curled her hair. She put on some dark eye shadow and dark eye liner.
"B, you ready?" Faith asked.
"Uh-huh" Buffy said and came out of the bathroom.
"Wow, talk about making a statement" Faith said.
"Yeah, ready?" Buffy said and grabbed her jacket and they left.
Spike and the rest of the band were getting ready to perform. They had set up all their equipment and things that they needed and they were all ready.
"Hi boys" Hannah said as she came behind stage.
"Hey Han, what's up?" Devon asked.
"Um, I need to talk to Riley" she said.
"Okay, what about?" Riley asked.
"Come with me" she said pulling him away and into the storage room. Once in there and the door was shut she kissed him passionately.
"Whoa, wait a second I can't- I-I mean we can't, not here, what if Buffy-" he began.
"What if Buffy what? Found out? Please, she's way too self absorbed, and way too blonde for that kind of detective work" Hannah said.
"Look-" he began again.
"I thought you loved me" Hannah said.
"I do, baby, I do, but. . .I just have to talk to Buffy first okay, just let me talk to her" Riley said and kissed her.
"Fine, but hurry, I can't take much more of this, though, sneaking around does have it's perks, I fell naughty" she said with a seductive smile.
"Me too" Riley smiled and kissed her again.
Buffy and Faith arrived at the Bronze and went backstage to see the guys.
"Hey peeps" Faith said setting down her jacket and sitting on the couch next to Tommy.
"Hey, hey Buffy" Spike said.
"Hi" Buffy said back and sat next to Spike on another couch. "So, where is everyone else? They should be here, they said they were coming" Buffy asked.
"They'll be here soon" Faith said, and began talking to Xander, Oz, Devon and Tommy.
"So uh. . .have you made your decision yet luv? I know that I've asked you before, but. . ." Spike whispered to Buffy.
"Yes, I have, but I want to talk to Riley first okay" Buffy said.
"Who did you choose?" Spike asked.
"After I talk to Riley" Buffy said.
"Why do you want to talk to him?" Spike asked, Buffy rolled her eyes. "Because I chose you okay, I want to tell him." He got a huge grin on his face.
"Really?" he asked.
"Yes" Buffy whispered sweetly and then expanded her voice to talk to everyone. "Hey where's Riley?"
"Uh, he was talking to Hannah, I think they went in the storage room" Tommy said.
"Okay, thanks, uh, I'm going to go talk to him" Buffy said. She got up and walked to the storage room and heard people talking in there and then some boxes falling over. "Riley?" she opened the door and saw Riley and Hannah making out. "Oh my god."
"Buffy" he said as he quickly broke the kiss. Buffy looked hurt for a second and then mad.
"What the hell is going on?" she asked.
"Uh, god I really wanted to talk to you, I didn't want you to find out this way I- we're. . .kind of. . ." Riley tried to explain.
"Sleeping together" Hannah said.
"You two? How long has this been going on?" Buffy asked as everyone else joined her at the doorway.
"Whoa" Faith said at the sight of Hannah and Riley.
"Uh. . .th-three months" Riley said.
"Three months!" Buffy shouted. "Is that why-" she began, and then lowered her voice a little. "Is that why you didn't want to sleep wit me? Because you were doing it with that slut?"
"Hey! You can't-" Hannah began to say and get up.
"Get up, and I swear to god I will knock you back down" Buffy said through gritted teeth and Hannah refrained from getting up. Buffy pushed past everyone and stormed out of the club and into the parking lot, followed by Faith and Spike.
"B-" Faith began.
"No, don't" Buffy said.
"Buffy, luv-" Spike tried, but she cut him off too.
"No, I just need some time to-to think okay" Buffy said and got in her and Faith's car and left.
"I guess now she doesn't have to feel so guilty about you two sleeping together" Faith told Spike.
"How did you-" Spike started.
"She's my sister, of course I know" Faith said and walked back into the club.
Buffy sat in her room thinking, she wasn't crying, just thinking. She couldn't believe that Riley had been cheating on her for two months. How could she not have known? She looked at the note she had started and ripped it up. She didn't owe him any explanation. She was glad that she had chosen Spike. He would never cheat on her, she didn't think. She went over to her bed and laid down. She hated Riley, she just. . .she hated him. She didn't know how since she thought she loved him thirty minutes ago, but maybe she didn't love him, maybe she never did. Maybe she was just so afraid of getting hurt again that she convinced herself that she loved him. Did she love Spike? She was just so confused. Her head began to hurt as all these thoughts popped in. She closed her eyes and tried to make them go away, but they wouldn't. suddenly she heard footsteps coming up the stairs and then Someone enter her room. She was turned away from the door, so she didn't see who it was, until she heard the deep English accent and smiled a bit.
"Hey luv" he said and sat on the edge of her bed.
"Hi" she said quietly.
"Are you okay?" he asked her
"Sure" she said, turning to face him. "How-how could I not of known? All this time her. . .and him. . .together. . .how could I be that stupid?"
"You're not stupid luv, you just. . .I don't know" Spike said.
"Doesn't matter anyway, I mean I was going to break up with him, but. . .I'm sorry" she said.
"For what pet?" he asked.
"I don't want you to think that. . .I-I mean I still want to be with. . ." she said. He leaned down and kissed her.
"Don't worry about it" he told her.
"Your gig, what about the performance tonight?" she asked.
"Well if we hurry we can still make it" Spike told her.
"Okay" she said and he took her hand and started to lead her downstairs. "Wait, um, can we kiss in front of Riley so he knows just how over him I am?"
"Using me to get back at your ex?" he asked with the rise of his eyebrow.
"That's horrible I know" she said.
"Oh no it's not, I've always hated him, I'd be happy to" he said. She smirked and kissed him.
Buffy and Spike went back to the Bronze and Dingoes were just about to go onstage.
"Man, you're back, I was beginning to worry" Devon said.
"Had some business I had to attend to" Spike said, still holding onto Buffy's hand.
"Ah, I see, Buffs you okay?" Devon asked.
"Yeah, I'm just fine" Buffy said.
"Good, come on Spike" Devon said. Spike gave Buffy a small kiss on the lips before going onstage.
After the performance Buffy went backstage to see her new boyfriend and the rest of the gang.
"Hey guys, that was awesome" Buffy said and sat next to Spike on one of the couches.
"Thanks" Devon said.
"So, where did Riley go, he wasn't onstage?" Buffy asked.
"He quit the band" Xander said.
"Why?" Buffy asked.
"He said that it wasn't for him" Oz said. "You should be glad though, I mean he isn't hanging wit you clique."
"I am" Buffy said.
"You sure you okay luv?" Spike asked.
"Fine" she said and laid on the couch with her head on his lap. He stroked her hair.
"Okay. . .so, what's up with you two, I mean are you guys. . .?" Xander asked.
"A couple? Yes" Buffy told him. Spike smiled at that. He loved to hear them as a couple.
"When did all this happen?" Oz asked.
"A while ago" Buffy said.
"A while as in two hours or as in longer?" Devon asked.
"About two weeks" Buffy said.
"So you were cheating on Riley too?" Xander said. "Small world."
"I know that I sound like sort of a hypocrite, but. . ." Buffy said.
"No, it's okay, we're your friends, not his, so of course we're going to take your side" Tommy said.
"Thanks you guys, hey where's Faith?" Buffy asked.
"Uh, I saw her, 'round back making out with some guy" Spike said. Buffy rolled her eyes and got up.
"I'm going to go look for her" Buffy said and went out into the back parking lot of the club and didn't see Faith. "Faith?" Buffy walked a little longer and to her horror there was her sister, on the ground, and she had been beaten up very badly.