Spike dialed Buffy's number for the hundredth time. He wanted to talk to her, needed to. He couldn't believe that she had said those worlds to him. He wanted to tell her he loved her too. That he always did, but every time he dialed her number the phone would ring many times and she wouldn't answer. Finally he gave up and got his coat. He decided to go and talk to her in person. He wanted to tell her how he felt in person. He got in his car and drove to her house. He got out of the car and Buffy was sitting on the porch, her head buried in her hands. He walked up to her.

"Buffy" he said and she looked up quickly.

"Spike. . .what, what are you doing here?" she asked, getting up and walking backward, up to the top step of the porch.

"I need to talk to you" he said and he came toward her, but she backed away.

"About what?" she asked, pretending not to know what he was talking about.

"You bloody well know what about" he said.

"Spike I. . .what I said, I didn't. . ." Buffy said.

"Buffy, I have to tell you something" Spike said.

"What?" she asked and he came right up to her.

"I love you too" he whispered to her.

"You do?" she asked.

"Yes, very much" he said sweetly and she kissed him.

"Now our relationship doesn't just have to be about sex" she said excitedly and he laughed at her.

"It never was luv" he said and she hugged him.

"Come inside, I want to tell Faith" she said, pulling him inside and upstairs. "Faith!"

"What?" Faith asked hurriedly. She thought something had happened.

"Spike, Spike and I said I love you to each other!" Buffy said and Spike chuckled at her. She was acting like a child.

"Well it's about time" Faith said.

"What do you mean?" Buffy asked.

"B, come on, I've known you two were crazy in love with each other for a long time" Faith said.

"Well, why didn't you tell me?" Buffy pouted.

"Because it's not something you tell someone, you had to figure it out on your own, and I'm glad you finally did, congratulations" Faith said and hugged Buffy and then Spike.

"Thank you" Buffy smiled.

"Thanks Faith" Spike said.

"Well you're both very welcome, oh, what time is it?" Faith asked, lifting Spike's hand to look at his watch and it read 5:00. "God, I have to get to work."

"With Mike?" Buffy asked with a smirk.

"Yes, why?" Faith asked.

"You love him" Buffy said in a sing-song voice.

"What are you talking about?" Faith asked.

"Oh come on, I know you're hot for him" Buffy said. "But you better not date him, he's like thirty-five."

"He is not, and besides, there's another guy that I would like to date, but I don't know if he like's me" Faith said.

"Why wouldn't he, you're beautiful" Buffy said. "Who is it?"

"No one" Faith said.
"Faith" Buffy scolded. "Spike, can you give us a little girl time?"

"Sure" Spike said and kissed Buffy on the cheek. "I got to go anyway, I'll call you, I love you."

"I love you too" Buffy said and Spike left. "Now, tell me who is guy is."

"Okay, his name is Levant Taylor, he's really hot, and sweet and, I really like him" Faith said.

"Levant, that's a nice name" Buffy said. "Do I know him?"

"You tell me" Faith said and got out her yearbook and opened it to his picture.

"Ooh, I do know him, I was in math and history class with. . .oh, L.T. see that's the only name I knew him by" Buffy said.

"Oh, well do you think he'd go out with me?" Faith asked.

"I'm sure, if you'd ask him, wow, I've never seen you act this introverted before" Buffy asked.

"Well don't tell anyone" Faith said.

"I won't" Buffy said and Faith got ready for work.

"Okay, got to go, see you later" Faith said and left.

Buffy worked on her homework while Faith was at work. She had to write a short story for English and she had no idea what to write about. She finally got an idea. She would write a story about a girl in love with a dangerous guy and she finds out that she's pregnant.

"Okay mom, want to hear what I have for my story?" Buffy asked her mother.

"Sure honey, let's hear it" Joyce said.

"Okay, the story's about a girl named Julianne who's in love with this guy named Brogan James, the only thing is that he's this like dangerous drug dealer, and she sleeps with him and she finds out that she's pregnant. This whole story is about how she's trying to tell him that she's pregnant. Maybe I'll write a sequel to it about her having the baby and raising it or something" Buffy said.

"Well honey it sounds really interesting" Joyce said.

"Thank you" Buffy said and Joyce closed her eyes. "Mom, are you okay?"

"Uh, I don't know I. . .oh. . .Buffy, call 911, now" Joyce said and Buffy's heart jumped as she ran to the phone. She didn't know what was wrong with her mother, but all she knew was that she needed help.