Chapter Ten
Buffy's door opened. It was Spike. "Hey." He looked at Buffy in confusion. "That's supposed to be around your forehead ninja girl."
"Spike?" she asked.
"Yeah." He took his hand off her doorknob and walked into her room. "What's goin' on?"
"She accidentally swallowed the last pill," Willow answered.
"How do you accidentally swallow a pill? That's like saying," he gave it a quick thought, "you accidentally shot someone."
"How are they the same thing?" Buffy asked.
"Because you're tellin' me you accidentally put the pill in your mouth and swallowed, which is as dumb as someone sayin' they accidentally took a gun, pointed it at someone, and pulled the trigger."
"You just know everything don't you!" Buffy yelled.
Spike gave a little chuckle. "I can't even argue with you when you look like that."
"I suggest we talk about the real problem here. Not only do we have to worry about Xander being in love with Mrs. Summers, but now we have to worry about Buffy seeing someone and falling in love for forever."
"Ya know, Xander being in love with my mom forever wouldn't be too bad. We could turn him into a butler or something," Buffy said.
"Pizza's here!" Joyce called up the stairs.
"Okay!" Buffy yelled back. "Spike can you leave so I can actually look at Willow."
"No problem. I'd rather have pizza than see you two mackin' it." He left the room.
Buffy untied the shirt and looked around, getting her eyes used to seeing again. "I have a sort of plan. Can you stay here tonight and then tomorrow we can try and work something out?"
"You want to know if you have the day pill or Xander does," Willow said, catching on to Buffy's suggestion.
"Yes and I want you to be here the moment I found out so we know whether we can be relieved or not." Buffy considered the two possible outcomes. "Actually, neither way is good. If he has the day pill he'll be over my mom but that means I have the forever pill. And if he has the forever pill he's gonna be obsessed with her for the rest of his life. I'm in a lose-lose situation." Buffy plopped her head back onto her pillows.
"Well, let's not think about this until tomorrow evening. But right now, I'll call my mom and ask to stay over."
"Thank you Will." Buffy gave her a big hug.
After calling her mom and getting the result she wanted Willow went downstairs to get pizza for both of them.
"Hello Willow. Where's Buffy?" Joyce asked.
"Oh she's really into this movie we're watching, so I offered to get pizza." Willow grabbed four slices and went back upstairs.
The next day, at four o'clock, Buffy had Spike call Xander. She had her silk robe she got for Christmas last year, tied over her eyes. "Find out if it was for a day or not."
"All right. All right." Spike picked up the phone and dialed Xander's. "Hello Mrs. Harris. This is Spike, is Xander there?… Thank you." Spike hung up the phone.
"Well?" Buffy asked.
Wanting to make fun of the obvious answer to Buffy's stupid question he said, "He was there but she said he was busy cleaning their pet giraffe."
"They have a pet giraffe?" Willow asked, not getting the joke right away. "Oh. Joke."
"She said he left ten minutes ago to come here."
"Here? Is that good?" Buffy asked, guessing where in the room Spike was to ask.
"Not sure," Spike answered.
The door opened and closed. Spike looked out of the kitchen and saw Xander. "Hey man," Xander greeted.
"Hey," Spike said.
"Hey Willow. Buff-" Xander was puzzled by Buffy's display. "Are you guys playin' a game or something?"
"Oh, the robe. I just felt like wearing it," Buffy said. "So, are you over here for a reason?"
"Well, I wanted to hang out with my best friend and seeing as he lives here, I thought this would be where I could find him," Xander answered, rummaging through the fridge. "Ooo, pizza." He pulled out the two slices that were wrapped in aluminum foil.
"But are you still attracted to Joyce?" Spike asked.
"What?!" Xander asked, mid-chew.
"Joyce, are you still in love with her?" he repeated.
"No! Why?"
"Because you were all over her like you were with me yesterday," Buffy stated.
"What?" Xander asked again, beginning to enter hysteria.
"It's true mate. I was worried," Spike said.
"Why is this happening to me?"
"It's the aspirin you took."
"What? Since when is that a side effect? That should be written in huge bold letters on the bottle!" Xander panicked.
"No. Come here." Spike took Xander into the dining room and told him the whole story.
"So the next guy Buffy looks at she'll be in love with forever?"
"That's the conclusion."
"Shitty. Well at least it's not just the first person you see. If so then-" Xander pointed to Spike. Both looked repulsed. "Okay, so pizza time."
"This isn't good," Buffy said.
"The next man you see, you're going to fall in love with right?" Spike asked.
"Yes, for crying out loud. We've established this too many times and you just told Xander not a minute ago."
"Okay, calm down. I have a suggestion." There was a pause. "Why don't you just look at me?"
Xander, Willow, and Buffy looked at him with open mouths.
