The Gypsy 10: Needs and Worries

"Yeah so I had to go to the high school again. Mom made me take Spike over there for a tour." Buffy sat on her bed later that evening talking on the phone.

"Sooooo, how was it?"

"Pretty horrible, Spike and I were at each others throats the whole way there. Then I go up stairs to see my old locker and guess who was up there roaming around the halls?"

"Angel."

"What was Angel doing roaming around the halls of the school?"

"Good question. I didn't see him actually get into anything. But it was highly suspicious. Seriously it was weird."

"Did he see you? Did you talk to him?"

"No he didn't see me I watched him from the other end of the hall."

"What about Spike? What did he say?"

"He wasn't too happy, when he came upstairs after me I grabbed his arm to get his attention and he completely fell over. It was kinda sad. He hurt his knee or something because he limped home. I asked him if he wanted to come back to my house for ice or something. I think I hurt his pride because he told me it was nothing."

"Sounds like you defiantly hurt his masculine ego."

"Yeah and I definitely made another mistake today. I told him he was some one who would have a seat at the shrink's office."

"You didn't? Buffy that's horrible."

"Yeah I know but it just came out of my mouth before I had a chance to think we'd been shooting insults at each other the whole way there. It just came out naturally. Willow, I'm not ready to go back to school and have to face Angel every day. "

"I know but Xander and I'll be there to help. Angel wouldn't dare start anything. It'll be ok. Maybe even Spike will be a good friend too, if you quit hurting the poor boy's feelings."

SHE had crossed one too many of his lines in the sand today. Spike sat back on bed leg propped up on a pillow heating pad on his knee. He didn't like the observation she made. Someone like him would need a shrink, wouldn't he? Was that the image he presented? Well maybe there was some truth to it but that wasn't for her to throw in his face. Little miss "prefect" had enough problems over her own. What was that with that Angel fellow? Spike had gotten that she didn't like him; but what had he done for her to sneak around and spy on the bloke? It was an interesting layer to Buffy. He'd probably hear all about it when school started. Probably something like he's the quarter back she's the head cheerlead rubbish. Oh well gossip wasn't something that interested him too much. So he turned the music in his head phones up and tried to drown the thoughts of the day's events out of his head. He was just about to sleep when a knock came at his bed room door causing him to jump. The jump jarred his sore leg and made him groan.

"William aren't you coming down for dinner?" Spike threw his headphones off and onto the night stand.

"What?" Spike propped himself up on his elbows."

"I've made diner, I'd like you to come down." Rupert spoke to Spike's closed door.

Spike glanced at the alarm clock by his bed in was time for diner. "Hum I'm not hungry Dad, maybe later." He hope this would make his dad leave him alone. But like he had realized long ago he wasn't so lucky.

Rupert opened Spikes door "Is something the matter?" then he saw his son laid up. "What happened? Are you alright?" Rupert's face went white and he forgot all about the food he had left warming on the stove.

"I'm fine Da." Spike shifted uncomfortably on the bed to try and show that nothing was wrong.

"What did you do?" Rupert was getting upset which sent Spike on the defensive.

"Nothing, I tripped. Everything's fine, just leave me alone"

"Do you need anything; is there anything I could do?" Rupert was doing nothing more than trying to help his son. But he was running in to the wall he ran into time and time again with William. He couldn't held him if he didn't want the help.

"No I've got what I need, I'm fine." Spikes hard look stopped Rupert's attempts and he decided to back down.

"You'll yell if you need something?"

"Yeah." Spike nodded his head. Rupert knew better. William wasn't going to ask for anything, he didn't want help especially not from Rupert.

"Ok then." Rupert turned to go; he didn't look back though he wanted to. There was nothing he could do not until William wanted him too. Rupert's greatest hope that William would open up to him this year. If he didn't Rupert wasn't so sure William would make it.

To be continued....

Whoa sorry if that's a crazy downer way to end a chapter. This whole story is like crazy mad angst I think we might need a bit more happy stuff. Haha. And I totally think I've figured out the next layer of the story. And I think it's time that they went to school don't you think so too?