Buffy opened her eyes and rolled over to turn the alarm clock off. She sat up and let out a large yawn as she stretched her arms wide over her head. She got out of her bed and rubbed her eyes as she made her way over to the closet. She looked inside her closet and picked out a red spaghetti strap and black leather skirt and boots. She walked into the bathroom so that she could get dressed and do her hair and make-up. She walked out of the bathroom completely freshened up and made her way downstairs.

Buffy saw her mother sitting at the counter still in her pajamas, she opened her mouth to tell her mother that she had heard the conversation last night but closed it almost immediately, she decided to find out how long her mother would go without telling her. She walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bowl and milk and then made her way to the cupboard and grabbed some Cheerios and sat back down at the counter. "So…do you have the day off or something…." Buffy asked trying to figure out something to say about the fact that her mother wasn't at work and not trying to sound like she knew what was really going on.

"Huh…oh yea." Joyce said hiding her head behind her newspaper trying not to look guilty. She really didn't like to hide things from her daughter, she was just trying to find the right time and place to do it.

"So….I guess I am going to head to school now….bye." Buffy hurried over to the other side of the counter and gave her mother a quick peck on the cheek. "Love you, bye"

"Love you too, have a good day at school." Joyce shouted as Buffy hurried out of the door.

Lunch

Buffy hurried outside and looked for Willow and Xander, when she finally spotted them she went over and sat next to Willow. "Hey Wills, Hey Xand." Buffy said with a fake smile spread across her face.

Willow frowned when she looked at Buffy's smile. She knew Buffy's smile and that definitely was not anything like it. Willow guessed she didn't want to talk about it or she would have said something so she just ignored it. "So do you guys want to go to the Bronze tonight?" Buffy asked hopefully.

"Sure" Xander and Willow said in unison.

"Oz is going to be playing tonight anyway and I always love to hear his band." Willow said with a smile.

Bronze

Buffy entered with Willow and Xander standing on either side of her, and all of them made their way to an empty table they saw. Each of them took a seat close to each other and looked at all of the other people dancing with their dates and having a good time. Xander looked around and his eyes landed on a beautiful girl who also seemed to catch his eye. She gave him a seductive look and then walked outside of the Bronze.

"Uh…guys I will see you later…" Xander said, never bothering to look at his friends as he rose from his seat and made his way to the Bronze exit. Willow and Buffy looked from Xander to each other and just shook their heads. After about 3 songs Oz came over and asked Willow if she wanted to go dance. Willow made sure it was ok with Buffy before walking off with her boyfriend onto the dance floor.

Buffy sighed as she looked around the Bronze and saw that just about everyone was with someone, then she looked at the empty seats beside her and sighed again. She hated being betrothed to Angel. She never even liked him in the first place and she never had a chance to date anyone else. She glanced around the Bronze again and her eyes landed on a bleach blonde hottie sitting by himself on the other side of the Bronze. She stared at him in amazement. She had never seen anyone so gorgeous before.

Suddenly Spike turned his head to see who was staring at him and watched as she blushed and ducked her head. Spikes' eyes widened, as he looked her over. He hadn't seen someone that beautiful before and he could just tell there was more to her than just her beauty. He just had a feeling that he had to meet this girl and soon.

He rose from his seat and made his way across the dance floor over to where the girl was sitting. "Hello miss, I was just wondering if you would care to dance." Spike said kindly, his more gentleman side taking over. Buffy stared up into his icy blue eyes as Spike looked into her emerald green ones.

"I would love to…."