TITLE: Fine Line
Author: spuffygrl
Disclaimer: me: (tied to a chair with wires still on my VERY red arm)
Officer: Who owns Buffy?
Me: ME!
Officer: (pulls tape off)
Me: OW! It's mine!
Officer: (pulls tape off)
A DAY IN THE LIFE…
Buffy woke up the next morning on her bed, the sun streaming into the room causing her eyes to sting in pain. Squinting up, she got up and walked downstairs-after brushing her teeth and running a brush through her hair.
"Morning pet" came Spike's cheerful voice. Once she walked into the kitchen.
"Um Spike, what are you doing?"
"It's called making breakfast."
"Yes but why?"
"Because I thought you'd sleep the whole morning away and I thought that I'd take the bit to school before I go off to class."
"Oh" she said at a loss for words. This was SO not the Spike she remembered.
"Besides, I need someone to try out this recipe before I use it for my project."
"Project?"
"Yeah luv, I'm taking classes to be a cook."
"Oh."
I'm so inquisitive in the morning Buffy thought bitterly. It was so much easier to talk to him when we hated each other. This "odd friend thing" that we declared a week ago is gonna be the death of me.
"Hey Buffy" said Dawn coming into the kitchen. "Hey Spike."
"Breakfast is served."
"Yum" smiled Dawn.
Spike bit his lip and waited apprehensively for Dawn's first bite. "So, what do you think?"
"This is good" she commented.
"Not just saying that?"
"No, it is. Buffy, you should try it."
"Um…sure." She walked over to her little sister's plate and took a bit of the odd purple-blue soup-like thing in front of her very tentatively. Slowly putting it into her mouth, her eyes lit up.
"This is really good Spike" she nodded. "And I'm not inclined to say that so you know it's true." He smiled satisfied.
Buffy walked through the halls of UC Sunnydale trying to remember all the homework she still had to do and what she had to take from her dorm room to bring home.
"Hey Buffy" Riley said suddenly coming in front of her and stopping her from walking. He leaned in and kissed her softly.
She pulled back. "Hi." She went around him and allowed him to walk beside her.
"Haven't seen you in forever" he said. "Missed you."
"Yeah, missed you too but you know with my mom and all…"
"I understand. It's okay." Buffy nodded. "So I was thinking that maybe tonight you and I could try and go somewhere. Just the two of us."
"Riley…"
"Just for a few hours."
"I don't know. My sister is kinda fragile now and I don't really wanna leave her this soon."
"Come on Buffy, it'll just be for a few hours."
Buffy opened the door of her room to find that Spike was inside. "Spike" she asked quietly, moving closer to him so that Riley wouldn't hear. "Can you watch Dawn for a few hours? I mean if you're not busy."
"Planning on going over there anyway." He shot Riley a death glare when Buffy wasn't looking.
What does she see in that guy? He though. He's such a loser. Bloody ponce wouldn't know his left from his right the stupid hick moron.
"Thanks." She turned back to Riley. "Um…tonight sounds good." Walking back over to him, she kissed him lightly, breaking Spike out of his daze
"Six it is" nodded Riley.
"See you then" she smiled. Riley left and she closed the door behind him.
"See you then" mimicked Spike in a high pitch voice that was supposed to sound like Buffy's. Rolling her eyes, she threw a pillow at him.
Buffy walked through the front door at nine that night. "I'm home" she called.
"We're in the living room" called Dawn.
Walking into the room, Buffy saw that Spike had fallen asleep on the couch and that Dawn was watching TV anyway. "He fell asleep about ten minutes into the movie" informed Dawn. "Good thing he doesn't snore."
Buffy smiled. "When the movies over" she said. "Go to your room and turn off the TV okay? I'm beat."
Dawn nodded and heard Buffy go up the stairs then come back down with a blanket. She watched her sister drape it over Spike's body slowly, almost leisurely, before going upstairs once more.
"That was just plain weird" grumbled Dawn before turning back to the TV screen.
A/n: sorry for the Delayed update. I was at a New Years Eve party so I didn't get to update until now. Sorry that I skipped around so much in this chapter but I just wanted to show you the softer side of spuffy so that the next chapter when Buffy calls to Spike for help, it's not a surprise. Oh! And something big is gonna happen in the next chapter and I'll try to make it a bit intense but not over the top. Don't worry, it's not Joyce dying. A lot of you said that you didn't want that to happen so I'll try to honor that request. I really appreciate all the lovely review and I hope you keep them coming.
I also wanted to take this moment to tell you that I most likely won't be updating as often because school is starting for me, Monday. I'll try and make a point of updating once every week or every two weeks. I was also wondering what you guys thought of me letting Spike move into Buffy's house for a while? You know so that Buffy and Dawn aren't alone. R&R and let me know.
-spuffygrl