"Mom get the phone." Buffy yelled from her bed
"Mom?"
"God it's too early too." Buffy thought to herself as she rolled out of bed
"What?" She growled into the phone
"Well, hello to you too princess." The voice on the other end of the phone said
"Who is this?"
"What you don't recognize your old pals voice? You know I didn't even have to look your number up in the phonebook."
"I'm sure you're very proud of yourself. Now what do you want Billy?" She said as she rolled her eyes.
"Just to talk.'
"Billy you never wanted to just talk when we were younger and it's seven o'clock in the morning so make whatever you have to say quick."
"What's wrong with calling at seven in the morning."
"Some of us were sleeping."
"I thought you were a morning person."
"I was when I was twelve and went to bed at eight."
"What time did you go to bed last night?"
"That's none of your business."
"Alright fine if you want to be that way."
"What is the point of this unpleasant phone call?"
"Drusilla is coming over today."
"And I care because?"
"I thought you might want to apologize."
"I think you can go to hell!" Buffy said as she slammed the phone back into its cradle.
As she was walking into the kitchen Buffy found a note from her mother, saying that Ted had called in sick and she had to go into work.
As she was pouring herself a glass of Orange Juice the phone rang again.
"Hello."
"I just thought you might want to ease your guilty conscious."
"Billy…" Sighed Buffy.
"Don't call me that anymore?"
"Why it was fine five minutes ago?"
"Just don't"
"What do you want me to call you, Bubba?"
"Ha, ha very funny."
"I thought so. What do you want me to call you?"
"Spike."
"You are not honestly going to expect me not to laugh every time I say that name are you?"
"Yes, what's wrong with Spike?"
"Now that is the question of the hour."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Nothing forget I said anything?"
"No what did you mean?"
"Why do you think I should apologize to Drusilla?"
"Four years ago you would of." Stated Spike
"Yes and four years ago you wouldn't have let me."
"Yeah but that was before."
"Before what, you knew her?"
"Yes."
"Really
"Yes."
"Now what are you using to define know, talking to her or sleeping with her?"
"I've never had sex with her."
"I find that hard to believe."
"It's true."
"Listen Spike I didn't want to apologize to Drusilla on yesterday and I don't want to apologize to her now."
"Yeah but.."
"I need to go."
"Buffy."
"Goodbye Billy." Buffy said as she hung up the phone. She started to walk back the counter to finish pouring her Orange Juice but then turned around and walked back over to the phone. She picked it up and dialed a number she didn't think she would ever have to dial again.
"Why are you even talking to me again anyways?" Asked Buffy the second Spike picked up the phone.
"Huh?
"Just in case you were wondering I didn't have to look up you number either."
"Who is this?"
"You just woke me up and told me I should apologize to someone I hate and you want to know who this is?"
"Buffy."
"Ding, ding, ding, now tell our lucky winner what he's won."
"Buffy."
"Well Buffy our lucky winner has won a years supply of car wax." Said Buffy making her voice an octave lower.
"Buffy?"
"What is she there?"
"No, not yet."
"Then you can answer my answer my question."
"Fine. What is it?"
"I want to know why you decided to start talking to me again."
"Because you were rude to Drusilla."
"No really, I'm serious why do you need me to apologize to Drusilla?"
"I already told you."
"Oh I get it."
"What?"
"You screwed up."
"What?"
"Yeah, what did you do forget her birthday or something? Well that doesn't matter, all that does matter is that you need to save face and you need me to help. Ha, take that Sherlock Holmes."
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh don't try to pull that crap on me, I've known you since I was three and you were four. So because you screwed up you need me to help you convince your lover."
"She's not my lover." Spike interjected.
"Yet. Now where was I? Oh never mind I remember. You screwed up you need me to help you convince your lover that you're the big man on campus. In order to do that you need to get me to apologize."
"No I don't."
"Yes you do. Here's the thing I don't get why didn't you just say something?"
"What?"
"I'll apologize to Drusilla for you."
"What's in it for you?"
"Nothing."
"There has to be."
"No there's not. Do you want to know why? Well if not I'm going to tell you. When we were five we made a promise. We said that no matter what, even if were not friends anymore, which we thought would never happen. Boy do things change. Anyways even if we weren't friends any more we would be there for each other. Right now you need me so I'll be there, just like the song."
Not hearing a response onthe other end ofthe line she said,"The I'll be there song."
"Of course I just didn't think you knew it."
"Are you saying that you think I'm musically challenged? 'Cause you know dogs don't really howl when I sing anymore. Now it's more of a whine but hey anything's better than a howl right? Well of course its better what a silly question. So do you want me to come over?"
"Yes."
"Okay what time?'
"Well Drusilla's coming over at one so…"
"I'll come over at one thirty."
"Perfect."
"I know bye."
"Buffy."
"Yeah?"
"Thank you."
"You know I'll always be there for you."
"Even if I don't talk to you for four years?"
"Don't you dare think that I'm not still pissed at you, but yeah even if you don't talk to me for four years. You don't get off that easy though, understand?"
"Right, sorry."
"That's okay just don't forget again."
"I won't bye."
"Bye."
AN: I'm sorry it took me a couple of days to update my computer had something wrong with it which I don't really understand but it's better now. So yay!
