Chapter 10 second chance.

Spike walked into the Summer residents at night fall he looked up the stairs and Buffy was thumping down them in a hurry.

"Hey!" She said cheerfully.

Spike smiled and looked at the ring on her finger and his smiled grew.

"So, I'll just be a few minutes I just have to find my jacket." She rushed around the living room lifting up things.

"Um.." Spike said picking up denim jacket from the stairs.

"Oh, right." She laughed and slipped on her jacket. "Lets go?"

"Lets!" Spike said and opened the door for her.

They walked out and shut the door Dawn came down from round the corner of the stairs and sat down.

"Dawn what are you doing?" Willow asked as she walked out of the dining room.

"Those guys are so more than friends."

Willow sighed. "Just let them deal with it, Spike is different now."

"Still doesn't mean he didn't try to rape Buffy."

"Yes and I'm all for hating Spike for trying to rape Buffy, but Buffy believes in him and I think he has changed." Xander said walking down the stairs with his tools. "The shower is fixed!" He smiled proudly.

"Good, I stink." Dawn said and hurried up the stairs.

"See your wearing the ring." Spike nodded at her as they walked to the cemetery.

"Yeah, it's lovely thank you." She smiled sweetly.

"It's okay anything for a second chance."

It went quiet for a while until Spike spoke again. "Something bad is coming."

"I know." She sounded a little scared.

"You do?"

"Before you came back, things were a little crazy."

"Such as?"

"Evil, lots of Evil."

"So what is it?"

"The first."

"The first?"

"The first Evil, it's what evil fears. It tried controlling Angel he tried to kill himself."

"Shame." Spike laughed and saw Buffys face and his smile faded. "You were saying?"

"Giles knows more he's flying in about a week to let me know more. But it's going to be bad. All I know about The First is that it can take form of dead people to make you and twist your mind. It can't fight but can get people to fight for you."

"Thanks for filling me in!"

"You just came back I had to get my head around you being here first."

"Understandable." He shrugged.

"So are you going to be in the battle?"

"That's why I'm here. For my second chance."

"Good because I need you here."

"That's me big old strong Spike."

"Not just for the fighting." She mumbled.

Spike didn't reply and she linked her arm though his.