I've had a lot of people ask how old Buffy and the other counselors are and how old the 'campers' are. Buffy and the other counselors are around 18 years old and I said in the summary that the 'campers' are 13-16, but the ones that I'm focusing on are definitely 16 if not a little older.

PS. It might seem like Spike's asking a lot of questions at the beginning, but I only did that because I was trying to answer any questions that the readers might have about what's going on.

SUMMER LOVE

By Spuffy

Chapter 8

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"BUFFY" Spike called.

Buffy was sitting at the edge of the lake with her feet dangling in the water.

"You seem to sit here and cry a lot" Spike pointed out.

"And you seem to comfort me a lot" Buffy replied as Spike sat down beside her and rubbed her back lightly.

Buffy leaned over and rested her head on Spike's chest.

"Do you want to tell me what's wrong?" Spike asked, "Is it Mackenzie? Do you miss her?"

"I do miss Mackenzie, but right now there's something else upsetting me" Buffy replied as she absent-mindedly drew circles with her finger on Spike's chest.

"What is it?" Spike questioned.

"Brooke was rapped" Buffy replied, a tone of sadness in her voice.

"Tonight?" Spike asked. Buffy nodded.

"By who?" Spike asked.

"Brody" Buffy replied. Spike's body tensed, how could something like that happen. He should have talked to Brody more.

"But weren't they going out?" Spike asked.

"Ya, he just didn't know when to stop" Buffy replied.

"The police took Brody away," Buffy said.

"What are they going to do with him?" Spike asked.

"I don't know" Buffy replied.

"Is Brooke going to go home?" Spike asked.

"No, she really doesn't want to deal with her family right now. She thinks they'll ask too many questions" Buffy replied.

"Where's Brooke now?" Spike questioned.

"She's sleeping, so are all the other girls in my cabin" Buffy replied.

"So, why aren't you sleeping?" Spike asked.

"I could ask you the same thing" Buffy replied.

"I couldn't sleep, had a lot on my mind. So I went for a walk" Spike replied.

"Same" Buffy replied.

Buffy and Spike laid down on the grass beside the lake. Spike had his arms rapped around Buffy; her head snuggled into his chest.

It wasn't long before Buffy's breathing slowed and she was fast asleep. Spike picked her up softly off the grass and carried her in his arms to her cabin. He opened the door and quietly walked through the cabin into the back room where Buffy's bed was. He placed her under the sheets and kissed her on the forehead and then headed for the door.

"Spike" Buffy called quietly.

"Yes luv, I'm here" Spike replied.

"Stay" she said.

Spike took off his boots and climbed into Buffy's bed with her. Buffy quickly adjusted herself and then placed her head on Spike's chest again.

Spike set his watch alarm so that he could get up and out of there before anyone else woke up.

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*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*

Spike's watch alarm sounded softly. He quickly turned it off and took a minute to watch Buffy's peaceful sleeping form. He kissed her on the forehead before leaving the cabin.

He slowly walked along the path to his own cabin. He couldn't help but wonder if any of the girls in Buffy's cabin had seen him leave.

Spike crept up the stairs to his cabin and snuck into his bedroom. He quickly took off his shoes and shift then climbed into bed. Although something didn't feel right. And he knew just what that thing was. Buffy wasn't in his bed with him. He couldn't feel her warm body against his. How was it possible that he missed her this much when they weren't even really going out yet? Was he in love with her already?

He had so many questions and all he knew was that he couldn't wait to see Buffy at breakfast.

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Buffy stood in the cafeteria's line shifting her wait from one foot to the other. This morning when she had woken up Spike wasn't there anymore and she really wanted to see him. She went up on her tipi toes to get a better look around the cafeteria.

"Looking for someone?" Spike breathed down the back of her neck. She quickly turned around and gave him a hug.

"I missed you this morning" she whispered in his ear, so that no one else, but him could hear her.

"Wish I could have stayed, but I can't imagine what someone would say if they found me in your bed" Spike replied in a whispered tone.

"Oh, the line's moving" Buffy said, taking Spike's hand and pulling him along with her.

"What can I get for you today?" the cook asked.

"I think I'll have the eggs please" Buffy replied. The cook quickly dished her out a plate of eggs.

"And for you?" she asked Spike.

"Umm, I think I'll have the eggs too, thanks" Spike replied.

Buffy and Spike went and sat with the other counselors, at the counselor's table.

"Mornin' all" Spike said cheerfully.

"Geez Spike you're sure cheerful this morning. What did you get some last night?" Xander joked.

"Ya, did some honey from the city warm your bed" Angel added.

"Wouldn't you like to know" Spike replied with a coy smile.

"Okay, new topic" Willow said, seeing that Buffy was getting uncomfortable.

"So who's going to supervise what sport today?" Cordy asked. Today was sports day and there were six sports, Fieldhockey, Soccer, Swimming Races, Volleyball, Basketball and Rugby. There would be 2 counselors at the Swimming Races and 2 at the Volleyball and then the rest would all have one at them.

"Okay, who wants to do fieldhockey?" Willow asked, getting out a piece of paper to write this all down.

"I will" Cordy said, Willow wrote it down.

"Who wants to do Soccer?" Willow asked.

"I do" Faith said, Willow wrote that down.

"Who wants to do swimming races? We need two people for this one" Willow said.

"Spike and I will" Buffy said quickly and almost a little too eagerly.

"Okay, Buffy and Spike for swimming races" Willow said.

"Who wants to do basketball?" Willow asked.

"I will" Xander replied. Willow wrote it down.

"Who wants to do rugby?" Willow asked.

"I will" Angel replied, Willow wrote it down.

"So I guess that leaves Oz and I with volleyball" Willow said.

"Sounds good" Oz said in his usual monotone voice.

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AN next chapter is the sports day.

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Spuffy

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