A/n: ok I'm really sorry for not updating sooner but I'm grounded. Because of C's. I'm grounded for being average. How stupid is that? So I'm reduced to using the crappy school computers and one little orange floppy disk I stole. The remnants of my life all reside in one floppy disk. Pathetic no? Sorry talking too much again well here's chapter 3.

Ch.3 Wild Wednesdays

Faye did not sleep very well that night. She kept tossing and turning as she thought about her problem with Spike. Finally around three in the morning she had had enough. She got up and dialed Spike's number.

"hello?" Spike's sleepy voice answered.

"Stop keeping me awake at night! Aren't you satisfied with bugging me during the day?" Faye yelled and hung up the phone leaving a very confused Spike on the other end. He shrugged and went back to sleep.

Faye, feeling much better after yelling at Spike for interrupting her sleep, also dozed off. Only to be woken two hours later by her alarm clock. Grumbling under her breath she got up and got ready for school. With here car still in the shop she was forced to ride the bus to school and putting up with a bunch of middle schoolers and immature freshmen did not improve her already bad mood.

Faye spent all of first hour, which was her least favorite class trig, writing a note to her friend Danae. She ranted about everything that had happened the past two days, which mostly involved Spike. Feeling a lot better Faye turned her attention elsewhere (obviously not the lesson).

That day at lunch her friend wanted to discuss the note with her. Not exactly Faye's favorite topic.

"I can't believe you like Spike." Danae was saying.

"I do not like him." Faye maintained.

"Oh come on Faye you have all the classic signs." Danae persisted.

"What's that suppose to mean?" Faye snapped.

"Lets see. You can't sleep at night because you think about him, and you constantly think about him. You want to protect him from his slut girlfriend. you let him into your house and you barely let me in. plus you get all red every time I say his name." Danae listed counting off each item on her fingers. "need I say more?"

"alright." Faye cut her off. "so maybe I don't hate him. Maybe its just a friend thing." Faye said hopefully.

Danae only raised an eyebrow.

Faye sighed in defeat, "so what am I gonna do about it?"

"Well first of all you gonna have to pry him away from that cheerleader Julia." Danae said.

Faye's face darkened at the mention of Julia's name. Danae noticing this giggled.

"God, Faye if I had a mirror." Danae smirked.

"Shut up!"

"Oh this is just too funny. The notorious heartbreaker Faye Valentine falls for punk stud Spike Spiegel. So how's it feel to be on the other end for once? Now you know how all those guys felt." Danae was laughing hard now.

Faye didn't find it so amusing. She found it even less amusing when Spike approached their table.

"So Faye you need a ride home again today?" he asked leaning against the table.

Faye was about to say no when Danae spoke up.

"You bet. Her car isn't gonna be out of the shop for weeks." Danae said.

Faye shot her friend a look that said I'm going to kill you for this.

Spike turned to Faye, "really so what's wrong with you car?" he asked.

"They're not sure. That's why it's gonna take so long." Faye muttered.

"Well I'd be glad to give you a ride until its fixed." He said.

"Uh, oh I wouldn't want to be a burden." Faye said quickly. She was just getting use to the idea of liking Spike. She wasn't sure that being around him all the time was a good idea.

Spike stuffed his hands in his pockets and shrugged. "it's no big deal..." he began when a voice interrupted.

"Oh there you are Spike, I was looking all over for you." Julia said coming up to them.

She shot Faye a hateful look. "What are you doing talking to these losers?" Julia sneered.

"Just that; talking so why don't you get lost and let us finish our conversation with no more interruptions from worthless dogs." Faye snapped, standing up.

"I wasn't talking to you, you bitch!" Julia yelled.

"If you gonna talk about me, you're talking to me." Faye growled.

"oh look, the little loser is jealous. Because? I have the guy." Julia mocked.

"You don't have anything." Spike said quietly.

Julia turned to him in shock. "Spike? What are you saying?"

"I want nothing more to do with you." Spike said. "Go back to Vicious." And with that he turned and walked off.

Julia starred at him for a minute before following. But not before giving Faye a dark look and a threat.

"You'll pay for this bitch." She warned.

"Oooo, I'm terrified." Faye muttered.

"I hope Spike's okay. It was about time he dumped that slut." Faye said after Julia had left.

"Look at you, defending your man." Danae said.

"Spike's not my man." Faye said stubbornly.

"Soon Faye, soon."

"Oh shut up Danae."

Just before lunch ended Faye got up and decided she needed a breath of fresh air. Or that's what she told herself she was doing. I hope Spike's okay. Faye thought. I wonder if I'll run into him... no I'm not here to look for Spike I just need some air. However Faye's searching eyes immediately spotted a green haired figure over by a tree. Spike was sitting with his back against the tree, hands folded behind his head and eyes closed.

"Spike," she called hesitantly.

Hey opened his eyes. "Hey Faye." Was all he said.

Faye, unsure of how to proceed, fell back on her old habit of yelling at him. "Spike you jerk. You left with out telling me where to meet you for that ride."

Spike raised an eyebrow and the hint of a smirk could be seen on his face. "My bad."

Faye sighed and sat down next to him. "Are you alright Spike?" she asked softly.

He didn't look at her but rather stared up at the blue sky through the branches of the tree. "No," he said truthfully, "but I will be."

"I know it's not really my place to say it but you can do so much better than her." Faye said.

"yeah? Like who?" he asked.

The question caught Faye off guard. She hadn't really expected him to answer. "um, well, um, I don't..." she scrambled for something to say when she caught spikes grin from the corner of her eye.

"gee, Faye why the blush?" he asked, all innocence.

She smacked him on his head. "Jerk! That's not funny. And I wasn't blushing." She added.

"I knew you liked me Faye!" Spike teased.

Faye made a face. "Do not!" she turned away to hide her blush.

She could fell him grinning. She stood up spluttering in embarrassment. "To think I came out here because I was worried about you. I was trying to help and all you do is tease me. You're insufferable!" she fumed.

Laughing, Spike reached out to pull her back down next to him only somehow she wound up in his lap instead. Faye, surprised to say the least, starred up at Spike from her suddenly lower vantage point. Neither moved. Once again Faye found her eyes locked with Spike's, unable to look away. Her heart felt like it was ready to pound out of her chest and she was having difficulty breathing. "Clumsy," she muttered but made no attempt to get off Spike's lap and he made no attempt to move her.

"Faye, I, uh," Spike faltered.

"Yes?" she prompted.

"will you go out with me?"

a/n: okay I know its short. Deal with it. So about the cliffy, what do you think is gonna happen? Anyway review, review, review!