I've Never…
After
PG-13
Summary: Set during and after the end of The Gift. Dawn dies instead of Buffy. Buffy doesn't want to be alone in her house so she turns to Spike for company. With a pink dress and a lot of alcohol involved the two become closer. AtS crossover.
Disclaimer: We own nothing, it all belongs to Joss
It was early the next morning when Buffy woke up alone. Memories flashed through her brain from the previous night. The Bronze. Dancing with Spike. Her and Spike…Oh god…her and Spike didn't, did they? All of a sudden she hears the toilet flushing. Next Spike walked back into Buffy's room. NAKED.
"Mornin' luv." Buffy just looked at him and said nothing.
"Is everything okay?" Spike questioned nervously.
"I'm fine, fine, good, better than good. I'm fine."
"No your not. I can tell. You regret what we did?"
"No, I don't regret anything. Well maybe a little, but as much as I don't want to admit it by the way, I remember what happened last night and I'm the one who…who suggested that we…move it up here."
"Great, I should've known you were gonna be like this."
"I'm not that predictable and could you please cover yourself up." Buffy said while tossing him a pillow.
"Fine, I'll get my clothes and leave."
"Spike, you don't have to leave; besides the sun is out."
"I meant leave the room, slayer." Buffy tensed when he called her slayer instead of Buffy. Spike saw her tense up but just ignored it and walked to his room.
Later that night Buffy sat alone in the middle of her bed going over everything that had happened, in her head.
"You regret what we did?"
"Maybe a little."
"I should have known you were gonna be like this."
"Fine I'll just get my clothes and leave."
"Spike you don't have to leave."
"Wait a minute. I didn't want him to leave. I really didn't want him to leave. That's got to mean something, hasn't it?" Buffy asked herself, "I really should try to make things better between us. That's exactly what I am going to do." Getting up, Buffy made her way to the room that previously belonged to her mother and now Spike. Just before she got to knock on the bedroom door there was a knock on the front door. As she opened it she heard,
"Hello Buffy."