Chapter 4- Trouble's Here
"What are you doing here?" Willow asked Angel as he walked into the room.
"I think the better question is what is Buffy doing with Spike?" He said, his eyes staring a hole through Willow.
Willow had a new hate for Angel since he left Buffy. She remembered how it was when he told her that he wasn't taking her to prom and that he was leaving after they defeated the mayor. She had cried on Willow's lap and Willow hated Angel ever since then. "What are you doing here Angel?" She said coldly, making sure that he knew she wouldn't give any information away.
"I have news for Buffy. Something bad is coming." He said in his usual over-dramatic voice.
"Well leave a message with Giles and go home." Willow said even meaner than she meant to.
Angel looked at the witch. She was tougher then she use to be, it was obviously the magick in her. She also still held a grudge against him, or maybe she was holding that grudge so that Buffy would think she hated him. Then Buffy would send him away. "I know what you are doing." He said in his other common voice, the 'I know everything' voice.
"Really. Enlighten me." Willow said.
"You are pretending that you hate me so that Buffy will send me away. You are supportive of whatever she and Spike have."
"You think that?" She said. He nodded. "You have no idea why I hate you. First, Buffy hates you enough as it is. I don't think she would care if I did. Two, yes I am supportive of them but that isn't the reason I don't like you. I don't like you because I was there when you told her that you were leaving her. She cried on my lap and told me that she felt like dying. I was there holding her when she told me that she felt like she couldn't breath. What gave you that right? To just throw her away like you never loved her. And what's worse is that you keep coming back, making sure that she still remembers you and that she is still suffering while you are gone."
"It's not like that Willow. You don't understand." He said, hurt and surprised at Willow standing up to him.
"Really? Then how is it? Cause every time you show up you screw things up for her. It's bad enough that you left her, but to keep showing up after and then leaving again... it's wrong. It's like you ripped her heart out and then you keep coming back for more organs. So just tell Giles what's going on and leave. She doesn't need to see you."
"Right cause that worked out so well before." He said. "I'm glad that you are sticking up for her but I have to see her this time."
"Fine, but I warned you." Willow said. Angel walked out of the door with his leather coat billowing. Willow looked back at Tara, both knowing that trouble was coming.
Spike's crypt-
Buffy woke up in the arms of Spike. She immediately jumped up and rushed around the room trying to find her clothes. Spike sat up in the bed and watched her. "You okay love?" He said when she stopped in the middle of the room.
Buffy just looked around for a minute until what she had done really sunk in. "I slept with you." She finally said. Spike couldn't tell if she was disgusted or if she was happy. She walked, talked and showed no emotion. He stayed silent, not wanting to say anything that could get him staked. "I slept with you." She said again.
This time he knew what it was that had her acting strange. She was in shock. She couldn't believe that she had let her defenses down like that. "It's all right slayer. I won't tell anyone."
She looked at him, feeling slightly bad that she didn't want him to tell anyone. But she couldn't bear to tell him that she didn't care. She did care about what others would think. Willow was one thing, but her mom and sister, Giles, or Xander where not going to be that supportive. "I have to go." She said, grabbing her coat and walking towards the door.
He caught up with her and blocked her way out. "You can blame it on Red's spell. I'll even take the blame."
"Why?" She asked him.
"Cause I don't care what they think of me and I don't want to see you so upset." He said.
Buffy looked into his eyes and could see that he really cared about her. "It's fine Spike. Let's just no bring it up. I have to get home."
Spike was a little upset, but he didn't care for her to see it. "Right slayer. Well off you go." He said and moved out of her way. She left and suddenly the crypt felt really empty.
The Magic Shop-
Buffy walked in an hour before she had to patrol. Giles was sitting at a table talking to someone. She stopped dead in hr tracks when she looked at who Giles was talking to. "Angel." She said under her breath. She hadn't seen Angel since he showed up beating the shit out of Riley. And with everything that had been going on with her and Spike, she had a lot to hide from him.
"Buffy." Giles said, seeing the blonde standing near the door in shock. "I'm glad you are hear. Angel has some..."
Buffy regained her composer and walked toward the back door that lead to the training room. "Come with me." She said to Angel. He got up and followed her.
The training room-
Buffy walked into the room, Angel close behind her. Nothing was said between them at that moment. It was obvious on Angel's face that something was bothering him, more then just the dire news he usually brought. "Why are you here?" Buffy asked him.
"Cordelia had a vision." He started, calmly. "She said you were in a lot of danger. That she could feel something coming after you, some great power, and that you wouldn't live through it."
Buffy took in his words carefully, showing no emotion on her face. "Thank you for telling me." She said. "I'll have Giles work on it."
He nodded at her, but she had turned from him. Willow's words rang through his head. And what's worse is that you keep coming back, making sure that she still remembers you and that she is still suffering while you are gone. He could tell that Buffy was upset about something, but he wasn't sure if it was him. "Is there something wrong? It's nothing that you can't handle." He said.
She turned on her heels and looked right at him. "No. It's isn't that." She couldn't exactly tell was it was. She felt this gnawing feeling in the pit of her stomach. But which vampire was responsible for it.
He moved closer to her and place his hand on her shoulder. "Then what's wrong?" He asked.
She moved away from his touch. "Nothing." She said.
His eyes become filled with anger. It was Spike. "It's Spike." He said in almost a growl.
She turned fast and looked him dead in the eyes. "What does Spike have to do with me?"
"You tell me. When I followed your scent upon coming here, I saw you and him together." He was upset.
She looked at him, anger in her eyes. "Damn you Angel!" She said. "How dare you come to Sunnydale and spy on me! What gives you that right?" He went to answer her but she cut him off. "I don't want to hear it." She said, running out of the training room and out of the Magic Box.
Spike's Crypt-
Angel walked through the graveyard, intent on making Spike pay for daring to touch his girl. He kicked in the door of Spike's crypt. Spike jumped up and was ready to fight. His eyes got wide when he saw Angel.
"Peaches?" He said.
Angel didn't answer him. He just lunged at Spike. The two were fighting soon, each taking equal amounts of punches. But neither one of them were winning. Spike kicked him and sent Angel flying towards the door. "Stay away from Buffy." Angel growled.
"She isn't yours anymore Peaches. You're the genius who left her." Spike said coldly.
"You think you give her what she needs? Or more so what she wants?" Spike didn't answer Angel. "It's amusing." He said with a chuckle. "You always did get my seconds." Spike had heard enough. He sent a punch to his face, but Angel easily ducked. "They always come back to me and that's what pisses you off. You know that she will always love me more."
Spike had heard enough. "Get out." He growled. Angel backed away and left, leather coat billowing behind him.
Spike's crypt-
She heard him arrive downstairs and couldn't help but talk to him. Buffy had many weaknesses and Angel was one of them. But their conversation instantly turned into an argument. So she ran out of the house and headed straight to Spike's crypt. Thoughts swirled in her head, but mostly she thought about how much she hated Angel. Although she would always love him, she hated him. Hated the way that he returned and thought that he knew what she needed. She walked into Spike's crypt.
He looked surprised to see her there. "Thought you'd be off with Peaches."
Buffy hit the wall, her hand going through it. She looked up at Spike's surprised look. "He makes me so..."
"Mad!" He said, coming over to her and helping her get out of the wall.
"Yes." She said, pulling out. Spike stood behind her. Suddenly she jerked out, falling backwards onto Spike. Both hit the floor. Buffy rolled off of him laughing. "I shouldn't let him effect me like that."
"I shouldn't listen to anything that ponce says." He said.
"It's not like he has any right to tell me how to live my life." Buffy said.
"It's not like I choose who I fall for." Spike said.
Up until he said that Buffy was in her own world. But she quickly snapped out of it when she heard Spike. She turned her head and sat up. "What?" She asked.
Spike didn't know what to say. He had been so wrapped up in his thoughts and anger that he had forgotten she was there. He knew what he said, what he meant, and how he felt. But she'd run from him if he told her, he knew she would. "Nothing slayer." He said getting up and walking away.
Buffy got up and followed him. "What did you mean by that?"
"Nothing slayer." He said again.
She knew what he had said. She knew what it meant. She just had to hear it. "Tell me Spike." She said.
"Fine." He said, suddenly turning around. "I love ya. I don't know how or why but I do." He said irritated.
She smiled and turned to leave. "That's all I needed to hear." She said, walking out but stopping at the door.
"Buffy!"
She heard Spike yell at her and she smiled. The door swung open and suddenly they were face to face. "Yeah?"
He smirked. "Stay with me." He said in a low whisper.
She stepped back through the door and he closed it behind her. "I can't." She said.
He stepped closer to her, suddenly trapping her with her back against the wall. "That doesn't mean you don't want to." Something about this was familiar. "Tell me you want me." He said in a low, seductive voice.
She kissed him, a deep and passionate kiss. Breathless she spoke. "I want you."
"You can't blame this on Red." He said.
"I know." She said. He leaned into kiss her and she kissed him back.
A/N: I've had this chapter on my computer for so long, that I finally realized that I have used most of my ideas on Reckless Surrender. So I am going to end this chapter. There's so more Angel coming up and a surprising character death. (Don't worry readers of Reckless... it's not going to be the same person)