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Later the next day Spike got a knock at his door, only it wasn't who he thought it was gonna be.
"Harmony? What the bloody hell are you doing here?" Spike exclaimed, noticing the sun was starting to set, he couldn't believe how much time had gone past.
"Can't a friend just stop by, and since when wasn't I able to just to come into your place?"
"Harm, one, we are not friends. Two, I'm not a vampire anymore and your not on my invite list!"
"You know what, fine, I can't remember why I came over here in the first place."
"Why did you come pet?"
"I don't know. I was just lonely, I guess. I mean, well, I haven't exactly got a new job yet and I don't have any friends, so I thought, that maybe, we could hang out," Harmony answered.
"Forget it."
"We can go get drunk, if you like?"
"Ok, I'm in," Spike said grabbing his coat.
Buffy and Dawn were sitting in the living room of their new house, watching t.v.
"I can't believe we got a house so fast," Dawn said when the commercials came on.
"Me neither. It's weird huh? I mean one minute we were in Rome the next bam we're in L.A."
"Yeah, I know. Me, Xander and Tara were thinking of throwing a birthday party for Willow. You could invite Angel and Spike and their friends if you wanted. You know so there would be more people," said Dawn, hoping that Buffy would agree.
"That's a great idea, really I mean it. It would be a great way for everyone to get to know each other better."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure, I'll ask them tomorrow, besides Willow definitely deserves a party."
"Good, then we're all set. So did you Angel have 'fun'?"
"Eww, Dawn, no and gross. I don't like talking to you about that stuff, it gives me the wiggins."
"You know I'm seventeen right, you know the age you were when you and Angel…"
"If you want to live to see Willow's party then you will end your sentence right there missy," Buffy said interrupting her sister.
"Ok, ok."
The next day Spike woke up, face down on his couch, where he had passed earlier this morning. He got up, took a look in the mirror and decided to go to bed to sleep his hangover, thanking god, or whoever the hell it was up there, that Harmony had gone back to her own place last night. She had left the bar before he had, he knew she had, it was the last thing he could remember clearly.
Spike opened his eyes when he heard a knock at the door, he thought he had only dozed off for five minutes, but saw that he had actually been asleep for five hours when he looked at his alarm clock. At least the thumping in his head had stopped. Sluggishly he got out of bed and headed for the door. As soon as he entered the living room he sensed her. Buffy was on the other side of his door. Her very presence seemed to completely wake him up. He ran to the door, hauling it open to let the slayer in.
"Hey Spike, is it ok if I come in?" Buffy asked (as if she needed to).
"Yeah sure. So what brings you here?"
'What brings you here?' Spike thought to himself, 'I can't believe I just said that.'
"Well, I wanted to know if you would like to come to Willow's birthday party. And I brought food, cos I figured you still didn't have anything edible in your fridge," Buffy replied, showing Spike the brown paper bags she was carrying.
"In answer to your question, yeah I'll come to the party. So what did you bring?" he asked, curious as to what Buffy had bought.
"Mostly junk food, ice-cream, cookies and so on and I also got you some steak and other dinner stuff, which I'm going to cook for you," Buffy said, walking into the kitchen and starting to unpack the food.
"You're gonna make dinner for me?" Spike inquired stunned by her gesture.
"Sure, why not?"
"I just never thought that you would actually be doing something like that for me."
"Well I am. So do you think you could find a home for all this stuff while I start on the dinner."
"Yes ma'am," he said, unable to keep the smile from his face.
"What?"
"Nothing."
Buffy smiled coyly back at him and then began the task of preparing the food. Spike offered to help her but she politely told him that he didn't have to as she was doing this for him, suggesting that he go watch t.v. or something until the dinner was ready. And besides she wanted to do it herself anyway. Spike decided he would play the new x-box game he had got the week before.
"So what did you do yesterday?" Spike asked Buffy as they sat down to eat.
"I met up with Angel and the guys, Gunn's doing fine by the way, I think he and Illyria have been living at Fred's place. Angel Investigations is up and running again someone actually came in for help yesterday, you know it was kinda weird, the whole money thing seems a little strange to me, although I guess it shouldn't cos Giles is giving me money for slaying now, but that's from the watcher's council, Angel takes the money from the people he helps, but then again he is putting his life on the line. You know I called you this afternoon but there was no answer. Where were you?"
"Well I was sle…I was out getting some more cigarettes this afternoon so you must have phoned when I was out," Spike said deciding that he didn't want Buffy to know that he had been sleeping the whole time.
"Oh. I went shopping with Angel too yesterday, clothes shopping in fact, it was so funny…"
"Was it just you and Angel? Or were the others there?"
"Nope, it was just the two of us. It was such a blast. We asked the guys if they wanted to go, but they all insisted that they were too busy. Angel is really good at picking out clothes, he has impeccable taste…and you probably really don't want to here this, I'm sorry,"
'God, this is stupid, I can't be nervous, I have got to stop rambling' Buffy thought.
"No need to apologise love, I did ask you what you did yesterday."
'He called me love. Well ok he does it all the time and to other girls, but still.'
"Right. So what do you think of the food?"
"I think it's amazing, you really are multi-talented aren't you?"
"Thanks."
They continued talking even after they had finished eating, only Buffy let Spike do most of the talking as she felt she had already said quite enough. Buffy looked at her watch totally shocked that it was now actually ten p.m.
"Look Spike, I would absolutely love to stay, believe me, but I really need to get home to Dawn. She is so gonna kill me. I promised her that I'd watch movies with her again. Right, the party's tomorrow night at seven o'clock at the Hyperion, you will be there?"
Spike nodded in reply.
"Great, gotta go, love ya, bye," she said giving him a kiss on the cheek before running to the door.
Spike stayed glued to his chair not sure if he could believe his ears. Buffy had just said 'love ya'. God he hoped she meant it.
