Disclaimer: Pay attention because you only get this once they are not mine.
AN: Okay so I was looking over this the other day and decided that SlaYeRGiRLkal was right my chapters are to short. So I decided to put them some of them together. Then I went insane and decided that I needed more detail in the chapters so I added it. I kept all the dialogue the same though so the plot hasn't changed at all. So for those of you that have already read portions of this story you're not missing anything. Oh and I'm really sorry I stopped updating for so long my computer got a virus and it was very unhappy. I also tried to fix all the mistakes I made. Okay now on to the story.
It was raining but she wished it was snowing. She hated the rain it made everything look so depressing. But snow made everything look clean and fresh. They used to play outside in the snow before he became to cool to. Soon after that he became to cool to have anything to do with her.
"Buffy pay attention! If I catch you looking out that window one more time your staying after school with me." said Mrs. Mackender annoyed to catch one of her favorite students looking out the window.
"Better yet." she said as she walked to the window and closed the curtain.
"Now look at what you've done." hissed Drusilla from behind her.
"You'll get over it." Buffy hissed back.
Buffy smiled to herself, she could imagine Drusilla sitting behind her faced pinched. That look of complete disdain. The best part would be her pinched lips and her eyes glaring at the back of her head.
The bell rang signaling the end of the period and the end of the day. Buffy grabbed her books and walked to her locker. After throwing all but one book into it she raced to the bus.
As she walked onto the bus she saw Drusilla and Spike cuddling near the back and, seeing it was the only place to sit, she sat in front of them. She could hear Drusilla whispering in Spike's ear. Buffy could feel his glare and knew what Drusilla had been saying.
"Oh well" Buffy thought, "its not like he talks to me anyways."
She pulled The Secret Garden out of her bag and opened it up to the last page she was on. The bus pulled up to her stop and, without putting her book away, she grabbed her bag and got off the bus.
As she started to walk down the street Spike ran to catch up with her, "I can't believe how rude you were to Drusilla today."
"Hmmm?" Buffy replied taking her nose out of her book.
"I said I can't believe you were so rude to Drusilla today." Spike said the anger evident in his voice.
Realizing that she was going to do some fast-talking she innocently said, "What are you talking about?"
"How mean you were to Drusilla."
"Why what did I do?"
"You know." He said.
"What are we twelve now?" Replied Buffy as she reshouldered her bag.
"Don't play stupid." He growled.
"I wasn't."
"Yes you were."
"I didn't do anything!"
"What?" yelled Spike grabbing her arm to stop her.
With a roll of her eyes Buffy asked, "Do you want me to spell it out for you?"
"You know I don't remember you being such a bitch." Spike grumbled.
"Yeah well that's what happens when you ignore a persons existence for four years." She retorted.
"You are such a bitch."
"When did you become such an asshole?" Buffy asked pulling her arm free of his grasp so that she could continue her walk.
"When did you start to swear?"
"Right about the time you became to good for me." Buffy replied
Spike at least had the decency to turn a light shade of pink. Seeing this as her chance to escape Buffy ran the rest of the way home.
"Hey mom I'm home." Buffy said as she walked through the front door, "Mom where are you?" She called as she was walking down the hall, "Whatever." She mumbled under her breath when she still hadn't gotten a response.
Taking off her shoes she ran up to her room. She reached under her bed and pulled out a worn box. She got up off the floor and walked down the hall to her bathroom. She closed and locked the door and turned the shower onto cold.
She sat on the toilet and then opened the box she shifted through the contents until she found what she wanted. It was a small notebook. She opened it and started to flip through the pages. On some pages there was just writing, but on others she had tapped things on to them. On one page there was pressed flowers with writing to tell where each of them was from and the date. On another there was ticket stubs, and on another there were photos taped into the book with descriptions under them.
She found the page she was looking for, it was covered in pictures of a little girl with blond hair and a young boy with brown hair. As her eyes roamed over the pictures a small, sad smile graced her face. Hearing a knock on the door and her mothers muffled voice she got up and turned off the shower.
"What?" Asked Buffy.
"I'm home." Her mother said.
"Where were you?"
"I had to go to the store."
"Oh." Buffy said glad that her mother couldn't see her rolling her eyes.
"I'm home now if you need me." Joyce said.
"No, I'm good." Buffy said wishing her mother would leave her alone.
"Are you sure?" Joyce's worried voice asked.
"Yep…can I go finish taking my shower now?" She asked in a tense voice.
"Yes go ahead. Just don't use up all the hot water you need to do the dishes."
"I know, I know." Buffy said as she turned the shower on to hot. After taking off her damp clothes she got into the shower.
"God I can't believe that he scolded you!" Said Buffy's friend Willow later during their phone call.
"I know I couldn't believe it either." Buffy obviously still upset by the encounter with her ex-best friend.
"He hasn't talked to you in what three years."
"Try four."
"What a jerk." Willow said mad that her friend had to deal with Spike.
"Tell me about it." Buffy said as she rolled over on her bed and switched the phone to her left ear, "Changing the subject drastically, what's for Biology homework?"
"Ummmm…..page 194, problems 1-5." Willow said looking at her assignment notebook.
"Thanks."
"No problem." Willow said always ready to help out her friend.
"Oh crap!" Buffy said as she looked at her clock
"What?" She asked in alarm.
"I needed to do the dished two hours ago." Buffy said with a groan.
"Buffy" Willow sighed
"What?" She said not understanding why Willow sighed.
"Nothing. Go do your dishes." She said wondering why she was best friends with someone so different.
"Okay talk to you later, bye."
"Bye." Willow said as she heard the click on the other end of the line.
