Chapter 3: Sunday
'I love Sunday' Buffy thought to herself as she rested on Spike's brand new leather couch that she had been calling a bed for the last week.
To Buffy, Sunday meant sleeping in, shopping, and movies. At the moment Buffy was basking in the moment of the Sunday morning by just lying on the couch. She didn't care that it was quarter till ten, that her hair was messy, and that she was still in her pajamas. On the couch she was at peace. She had a warm blanket that covered her body and all that was seen was her face; smiling with her eyes closed.
'Oh yes, I love Sunday' Buffy thought to herself again.
"FOOTBALL!!" the sound of Angel's voice came from the front door. The instant holler made Buffy's eyes blast open.
Angel and Xander barged from the front door into Spike's new furnished living room, which was accommodated with big screen TV that Angel and Xander insisted Spike to get. The two guys had pizza boxes and a case a beer in there hands and set it down on the kitchen table.
Buffy quickly covered her face with the blanket, hoping the fellows wouldn't see her. She suddenly cared that she looked like crap from sleeping, and was too embarrassed to show her face.
Xander turned around and saw the small figure hiding under a blanket and instantly smirked, knowing it was Buffy.
"Well, well, well...look what we got here Angel." Xander said and nudged Angel to look at the couch. Angel instantly smiled.
"Well all be...its Buffy, in the morning..." Angel smiled.
"Go away." Buffy said without taking the blanket off her face.
"Why would we do that when we know you're bothered by us." Xander said in his cute little playing voice.
"Please leave Harris." Buffy said under the blanket.
"Awww..." Xander said and turned to Angel, "Did you hear that? She called me Harris." Xander said.
Spike walked from the hallway and was wearing jeans and a blue T-shirt Dingo followed behind Spike, "Hey fellows." Spike looked over at the couch and smiled, "Hi Buffy."
"Great, more humiliation." Buffy mumbled under the blanket.
"Well you got to get up early to escape from us seeing you so...well, embarrassed." Angel said.
"Its Sunday...that means don't wake up till later." Buffy said.
"To some maybe...but to us it means football." Xander said.
"Come on out Buffy...lets see your messy hair." Angel smiled.
"Get lost Angel." Buffy growled.
"Nahh I'm good..." Angel smiled.
"Well if you're not going to corporate..." Xander looked at Angel and they nodded, "We're going have to sit on you."
"You wouldn't!" Buffy said.
"Oh they would love...don't think they wouldn't." Spike said from table smiling at the argument while sipping a cup of coffee. Dingo sat on the ground next to Spike's feet.
"One..." Angel started to count, and inch his way to behind the couch.
"Two..." Xander counted and stood at the foot at the couch, getting ready to see Buffy jump from under the blanket.
Buffy instantly threw the covers off her and all three guys smiled at the success of there little game. Buffy on the other hand, didn't look too happy. Her hair was messy and her pajamas were ruffled.
"You guys suck." Buffy stated and walked away from her.
"We know." Xander said with a grin.
"Nice sushi pajamas by the way!" Angel called out to her.
"Bite me!" Buffy yelled from the other room.
"You guys shouldn't tease her." Spike said and drank his coffee and read the newspaper.
"Why not? It'll make her feel like one of the gang..." Xander said and threw the pillow and blanket from the couch on the floor and sat down. Xander patted down on the couch and Dingo came up and sat next to Xander.
"You're asking for it...back in high school she was pretty good with revenge." Spike pointed out.
"Tell us more about this high school experience with Buffy...enlighten us." Angel said and sat down next to Xander on the couch.
Spike just glared at Angel and got up and walked into the kitchen.
"Why won't he just tell us?" Angel mumbled while eyeing the TV.
"Because it's the fact that Spike had a crush on Buffy." Xander said.
"What?!" Angel shot up out of his seat and looked at Xander, "How do you know?"
"It's so obvious." Xander said without taking his eyes of the TV.
"What's obvious?" the sound of Buffy's voice came from behind the two guys, which made them jump. They both looked behind the couch and saw Buffy standing in regular clothes.
"Uhh...that the Steelers are going to win." Xander said and Angel and Xander turned to the TV to avoid Buffy so she couldn't see they were lying.
Buffy looked at the back of the two guy's heads for a moment and then shrugged and traveled over to the kitchen table.
At the front door there was a knock then the door opened and revealed Willow, in all smiles.
"See, Willow knows how to knock." Buffy said to the two couch potatoes that were memorized to the football game.
"Only because the last time she didn't knock she walked in on Angel in the shower." Xander said simply.
"Shut up!" Willow and Angel yelled at Xander, but all Xander did was smile.
Willow shook her head at Xander and then turned to Buffy, "Thought you might want to go shopping or to a movie with me...get away from these lowlifes." Willow motioned to Xander and Angel.
"Sure." Buffy smiled and grabbed her coat.
Spike came back into the living room, "You girls going out?" he asked.
"Yeah...let you three have your football-drinking beer-and manly time." Willow said with a Spike.
"Alright." Spike said.
Buffy and Willow headed for the door, "Well be back in few hours." Willow said and then turned around and gave Spike a wink and left.
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There was a chill in the air as Buffy and Willow walked the streets of New York. Usually in late September you didn't have to walk around wearing a coat but that Sunday wasn't one of those days.
"Did you call Riley?" Willow asked as they walked down the sidewalk.
"No...not yet." Buffy said and looked down at the ground as she continued to walk.
"Afraid to?" Willow asked.
"Sort of...I mean...I was going to the day after the big whole runaway from the alter thing but...I just kept putting it off...I don't know what to say. I mean, what do you say to someone after you do that?" Buffy asked.
"I don't know...maybe should speak face to face." Willow said.
"I don't know...Riley can be very level headed at sometimes, but I don't that is going to be the case this time." Buffy said.
"What about your parents? Why'd they say?" Willow asked.
"My parents at the moment are not speaking to me." Buffy said.
"What?! Why?" Willow asked.
"Because they thought I made the biggest mistake of my life for leaving Riley." Buffy explained, "They don't care about my doubts...they don't care that I really don't love the guy...all they care about is the money of Riley's parent's estate."
"I see..." Willow nodded.
Buffy sighed and stopped walked and turned to Willow, "I'd say the last week I had hanging with you guys is probably the most fun I had in years. I feel relaxed." Buffy said.
Willow didn't say anything and just looked at Buffy and sort of felt sorry for her. She never realized that the girl standing in front of her has so much unhappiness.
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After a few hours of shopping Buffy and Willow stopped by a Starbucks to rest there shopping shoes and get something warm to drink. Willow started talk about how she got to know the three guys that were currently watching a football game.
"...Xander I knew since preschool, I broke my yellow crayon and he gave me his and well...the rest is history." Willow said as she sipped the rest of her coffee.
"And William and Angel?" Buffy asked.
"You know you can call him Spike, right?" Willow changed the subject.
"It's weird to call him that...he'll always be William..." Buffy smiled.
"Yeah...tell me about that." Willow said, she was dying to know about Buffy and Spike's past since the day she saw Buffy in the wedding dress. Willow knew there was something about the girl that affects Spike.
"What's to tell?" Buffy asked, "We went to high school together...we were real close...we were neighbors, best friends." Buffy said.
"Nothing more?" Willow asked.
"Umm...no." Buffy said and gave Willow a confused face, "We told each other everything...I told him everything. He was the first to know when I had my first kiss...was the first to know when I got a date for the prom..."
Now it was Willow that looked at Buffy with confusion, Willow was almost certain that there was something more between Buffy and Spike.
"It was hard when we drifted apart..." Buffy said and looked into her coffee cup, "It felt like...I don't, I lost a part of me."
Willow just nodded.
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When Buffy and Willow came back to Spike's place it looked like the three fellows and Dingo hadn't left the couch the whole afternoon.
"Don't tell me you guys still haven't left the couch...it's almost five o'clock." Buffy said and put down her bags.
"We know...we found a new show to watch." Xander said.
Willow looked at the TV, "Spongebob Squarepants?!"
"You better believe." Angel said without taking his eyes off the TV.
"Hey Buffy there something in the other room for ya." Spike said without looking at her.
"Which room? What is it?" Buffy asked.
"The room near the bathroom..." Spike said.
Buffy looked at the three with narrow eyes, thinking they were up to something. She then walked down the hall and opened the door next to the bathroom and gasped.
The room had a brand queen sized bed with pretty green sheets and many pillows, and a night stand with a lamp next to the bed. Against the wall was a vanity makeup table with a nice sized mirror. On the other side of the wall was a four draw dresser. There was a pretty pattern light green rug spread over the hardwood floor that matches the theme of green to the room. The beautiful room brought Buffy to tears.
Buffy turned around to see Willow, Spike, Angel, and Xander standing down the behind her, smiling at Buffy's face expression.
"What...what is this?" Buffy asked with a smile.
"Well Buffy, it's your new room." Xander said in an announcer's voice.
"My what?" Buffy asked.
"We thought you would prefer this than the couch." Spike said.
Buffy's shoulders dropped and she breathed out breath and looked around the room. The four observes started to walk into the room.
"I...I can't believe this." Buffy said, "You guys did this all...for me?"
"Why not?" Xander asked.
Buffy was deeply touched. She never knew anyone that would go to all this trouble just for her. She had only been there a week and she was already getting her own room.
"Spike sort of got you all this stuff to make you stick around." Angel said.
"William...you...you did all this?" Buffy stepped closer to Spike.
"Yeah." Spike said softly.
Buffy shook her head with a smile, "I can't believe...this must of cost you so much—"
"Don't worry about it." Spike cut her off.
"I don't deserve this." Buffy said to him.
"Yes you do luv." Spike said.
Buffy moved forward and put her arms around Spike and gave his a warm hug. Xander, Angel, and Willow watched the hugging couple have there moment.
"So this is what you call football?" Buffy asked when she broke the hug with Spike.
"Yes...football has many meanings now...it could be the sport or decorating your friend's room." Spike said with a smile.
"Well I'll keep that in mind for the next time you guys watch want to 'watch football'" Buffy said and hopped on her new bed and took a pillow that was lying on her bed and examined it. She waited for the right moment and then hit Xander with it.
"That's for this morning." Buffy said with a smiled.
"Told you she was going to get back at you guys." Spike said.
"Oh yeah?!" Xander said to Buffy and grabbed a pillow and hit her with it.
Willow then grabbed a pillow and started to hit Angel and Spike with it. Pretty soon all five of them were engrossed into a pillow fight in Buffy's new room. Dingo ran into Buffy's room, barking, wanted to start to play too. Buffy knew this was a Sunday she never would forget.
TBC...