Buffy reluctantly got up to follow Spike. She then stopped mid-step, "No." Spike looked at her confused.
"No what?" Spike asked as he looked at her.
"I am not going to follow you on a wild goose chase to find Parker, you probably don't even know where he is. You just want to get me away from the table to ruin my one nice date, well it isn't going to happen Spike."
"Buffy…" Spike started and trailed off as he saw Parker coming back to the table. "Bloody hell."
"What?" Buffy asked confused. She turned around to see what he was staring at. She looks as Parker sits down at the table. She turns around to face Spike again, "Oh you knew where he was did you." Before Spike can answer she turns around and walks over to where Parker is sitting. "Hey, what took ya so long?"
"Oh, I…I.. went and grabbed a quick drink." Parker replied.
"Oh" Buffy said not convinced. She then started to smell a perfume that reminded her of….Faith… Buffy looked at parker and on the corner of his mouth saw a smudge of lipstick that he some how missed. Buffy let out a chuckle of disbelief and got up and headed for the exit.
Parker got up and grabbed her arm and looked at her confused. "What is the matter."
Buffy glared at him "Oh nothing just the fact that you were sexing up another girl on this date kinda got to me a little bit. You didn't do a very good job cleaning off the lipstick. Now let go of me."
Parker let go and Buffy was about to leave but she turned back around and stared at him. "Oh bye the way you missed a spot." Buffy said and then hit him squarely in the jaw. Everyone in the Bronze just stared at her in disbelief. She turned around and left, leaving a bloody lipped Parker on the ground.
She got out into the parking lot when she remembered that she had come with Parker. It was getting cold out but she decided to walk. She got home and heard screaming inside so she sat on the porch. She sat there for a few minutes and burst into tears. She heard footsteps and looked up to see who it was. "Spike? What are you doing here?" Buffy asked between sniffs.
"Buffy, I saw what happened at the Bronze and I had to come see if you were ok. I felt awful. Parker is a real jerk and I tried to explain that to you but you wouldn't let me. I know I was a jerk to you, I really screwed things up. But Buffy please just give me a chance to show you, I can be a nice guy." Spike said to Buffy as she stared at him her eyes softened and Spike looked at her hopefully
"Spike it is going to take me a while but…..I am willing to try. I just don't know how long it is going to take before I will trust you. But will you just hold me…." Buffy said her eyes brimming with tears.
"Sure pet." Spike said. He walked over to her and held her in his arms and closed his eyes and sighed as he felt hot tears fall onto his shirt. His own eyes brimming with tears he tried to hold them back. Gotta be strong…for her. Eventually he could hold back no longer and the tears found their way down his face. Buffy felt the hot tears fall on her head. She turned up her head to look at him and saw the tears on his face. She brought her hand up and wiped them away with her thumb. Their faces were inches apart Buffy hesitated…..
A/N: I know another Cliff hanger, I'm sorry but I had to do it. It was too good of an opportunity to pass it up. Leave Comments for what should happen next! I love all of my reviewers you guys are great.