Chapter 5. Hard

Buffy and Spike sat at the bar in the Bronze looking at all the people dance.

"Doesn't look like much is happening to night." Spike said as he lit up a cigarette.

"Nope."

"Wanna hit the cemeteries?"

"Um…"

"Well I have to pick up some stuff from my old place. I left some clothes there. If they are still there."

"Right, well I'll come with! Nothing happening here anyway."

They both get up and leave the Bronze and walk down the ally onto the street. Tom comes out from the shadows and watches them walk for a few seconds follows them to the cemeteries.

"Here it is." Spike sighed.

"Yeah." Buffy said awkwardly.

Spike opened the crypt door and walked in to the dark.

He looked around. "Still got my fridge, chair and oh look the TV is smashed." He turned to Buffy who was stood in the doorway. "Are you coming in?"

"Yeah." She hesitated and stepped in the crypt and memories came flooding though her mind. "Where are your clothes?"

"I left them in here." He opened a tomb and rummaged around and took out a black bag. "Still here. It's not the nicest place to keep them, but at least I have some more wear."

"Doesn't look like anybody is living here." Buffy said.

"Guess again." A vampire said who was stood in the doorway and walked in along with three others.

"Spike." The vampire said.

"See you make you self nice and comfy."

"It will do."

Spike walked up to the vamp. "Well it won't be yours for long." Spike punched the vampire and started fighting it.

The other two vampires joined and started fighting Buffy. Tom watched from a distance, Spike got knocked down and Buffy staked the other two vamps and went to his need. Tom watched them.

"Are you okay." She said and comforted him.

"Yeah." He said in pain. "Just hurt my back."

Buffy helped him up and he fell into her arms. They both were inches away from each other and just looked at each other. Tom saw and looked at them in disgust and walked away.

"Sorry." Spike smiled.

"It's okay. We better get you home."

They walked back to the house, Spike was sat on his pullout bed in the basement and Buffy was sat next to him.

"Are you sure you're okay?" She smiled.

"I'm fine." He said.

"Turn around and let me see you back."

She went to turn him around herself and he grabbed her hand to stop and she quickly pulled hers away from his.

"I better go see Tom." She said quietly and left.

Tom was sat upstairs with Dawn watching TV.

"Hey Buffy, how's Spike?"

"He's okay, just hurt his back."

"That's great news!" Tom said sarcastically and stood up.

"Why do you have a problem with this? With him."

"You do the math Buffy! He is a vampire, it's your job to kill him and then again you're paling around with him." Tom shouted at her

Xander and Anya walked in.

"Hey guys-" Xander said and stopped.

"Oh! A fight." Anya smiled.

"He is different."

"Right he has a soul."

"Tom this is how things work around here. Get use to it."

Tom stormed out of the house and Buffy followed him.

"Do we follow?" Anya said happily.

"What's with her?" Dawn asked.

"Shes not a demon anymore." Xander told Dawn.

"Why not?"

"Halfrek wasn't liking the work I was doing."

Tom stopped and turned around and saw Buffy. "What now?"

"Tom I can understand you being upset about this…But-"

"Xander told me about your past with Spike."

"He did?"

"And I'm just scared that I might loose you to him."

"Me and Spike are not like that anymore."

"I seen the way you look at him they way you are together. You have feelings for him."

"I don't." Buffy lied.

"Really?" Tom laughed.

"I don't. I want you I'm with you." She said queitly.

"But you don't love me." He said.

"How do you know?"

"I know."

"Well looks like you don't. Your one of the best things that has happened to me and for you to say you know I don't love you! Well your wrong."

"Sorry." Tom said and went and hugged her and she returned the hug.

Spike came limping out of the front door.

"Where you going?" Buffy asked.

"Out I'm meeting someone."

"Would this someone be dead?" Tom said.

"No. She is a human girl."

"Oh." Buffy said. "Have fun." She smiled.

"I'll try." Spike said smiling and walked past them.

Buffy took a deep breath and smiled at Tom. "Shall we."

Tom smiled back and they walked inside.

"Hey! Buffy want to here the latest news!" Dawn said excited.

"Yeah okay." She said

"I'm not a demon anymore."

"Your not?" Buffy smiled.

"Wait you were a demon?" Tom said.

"Yeah, but not a very good one." Willow laughed.

"That was only because I was rusty! I have been around humans to long and been one for to long."

Spike into Town and went to meet a girl outside a nightclub they both walked and sat by the bar.

"So Spike. What do you do for a living?" The lady said.

"Not a lot. How about you?"

"This and that." The lady smiled.

Spike sighed all he could think about was Buffy.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Look Teri I cant do this."

"Do what?"

"Date."

"Why not? I thought we were having fun."

"I'm in love with someone else and well the thing is. I can try so hard to get her out of my mind, I can date and that wont help. I know we have this feeling thing between us but…She belongs to someone else." Spike smiled at Teri and got up and left. He couldn't kid himself and try and forget about Buffy when everything he did was for her. Even if she didn't hear it from Spike himself she knew that he was trying and was a better man for her.

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