Chapter 6: A Walk Down Memory Lane
"Guys suck." Buffy said plainly to Willow.
Both girls sat at a café talking about the incident Buffy had with Riley the night before.
"Not all guys suck." Willow replied.
"Yes they do…all guys." Buffy said. "See that guy over there…" Buffy pointed to a young man ordering coffee at the counter, "You see he looks like a nice ordinary guy...probably has a girlfriend or a fiancée, however I bet his little girlfriend doesn't know that he sucks."
"Buffy…" Willow started.
"Maybe I should become a nun or something." Buffy grumbled.
"I know things look pretty bad now, but trust me…there are other guys." Willow said, "The right guy is just around the corner."
"So she was pretty upset huh?" Angel asked Spike.
Xander, Spike, and Angel were walking in Central Park with Dingo talking about night before.
"Yeah…she went to brunch with Willow this morning…I don't she wants to be in same room with a guy at the moment." Spike said sadly.
"But she didn't mind being with you last night." Xander pointed out.
"I-I guess." Spike said, "I just wish I could do something for her."
"Maybe you should swoop in." Angel said.
Spike looked up at Angel with questionable eyes, "Swoop?"
"Yeah…you swoop in and show her that there are decent guys around." Angel explained.
"Well then maybe I should tell her to keep away from you." Spike said.
"Me!" Angel was taken back.
"Well your no Romeo Peaches…" Spike pointed out.
"Hey, I can be very romantic man…just last month I took a girl out on a carriage ride around the city." Angel said.
"Really…and what was her name?" Spike asked.
Angel thought for a moment and guess, "Marissa?"
Spike and Xander exchanged a look together and both said in unison, "Melanie!"
"Vicki! Right, right…Vicki, I knew that." Angel laughed nervously while Xander and Spike rolled their eyes.
When Buffy got back to her apartment she called out see if anyone was home, "William?"
She received no answer, so she shrugged it off and walked further into her apartment and checked the answering machine and saw one new call. Buffy pressed the button to play the message and Riley's voice came out of the machine.
"Hi Buffy it's me…I guess your probably wondering how I got this number, uhh I called your parents and told me you were staying here. Look, I don't want to leave things like…that….I thought that maybe we could talk or something. I'll be in at the apartment here if you want to come over…or just call or something…bye." Riley's message ended and Buffy didn't move one spot from were she stood. She simply stared in a daze.
Buffy stood outside an apartment door, trying to keep cool as she knocked. She waited a few minutes until someone opened the door; it was Riley. He seemed surprised to see her and a little happy. However Buffy didn't give him a smile.
"Buffy…" Riley said.
"Let's talk." She stated.
Spike unlocked his front door and walked in with Dingo on a leash. He sat his keys down on the table next to the door and crouched down to get unhook the leash attached to Dingo's collar. However, while Spike was down on his knees he noticed he wasn't alone in his apartment, a pair of legs wearing panty hose and high heals walked towards him. Spike traveled up the legs and up woman's body to see a to the lady's dark black hair. The black haired lady smiled a little down at Spike.
"Hello Spike." The woman said.
"Dru…" Spike said when he stood up straight to look at her face to face.
TBC….