A/N: Hey people! Thanks for all the reviews you are all so sweet! Don't worry I have absolutely no intention of letting Riley spoil these two as your about to see! Lol hopefully you like it and please give any suggestions about what you would like to see, bearing in mind I want to stick to the canon (loosely)
Disclaimer: When I have Joss's brains and imagination I know I will be in heaven and last time I checked you cant post on the internet on the net.
"I am so never gonna get the vamp dust out of this dress, I'm like a walking crematorium" Buffy grumbled brushing off the remains of the final vampire off her dress.
"That has to be one of the scariest images ever," Xander said shuddering.
Willow walked over to Buffy and followed her line of vision to see Riley checking the place for more vamps "So Riley's back huh?"
"Yep"
"And he doesn't know about you and Spike"
"Nope"
"How you holding up?"
"Remember what I was like after we blew up the high school?"
"Fire bad, tree pretty?"
"That about sums it up"
Willow nodded in understanding and slipped her fingers into Buffy's and giving her a reassuring squeeze, which Buffy returned.
"Um Buff?"
"Yeah?"
"Kinda hurting my hand here"
"Oops, sorry"
Buffy let go of Willow's hand and seemed to snap out of the daze she was in. Riley was back. Riley was back. Somehow repeating it didn't make it more real. She had absolutely no idea how to handle this. The unwelcome undead storming the restaurant where she was having dinner, she could handle. But ex-boyfriends showing up while she was dating a member of said undead was just a situation to alarming to consider. Still, all panic aside she knew she was going to have to talk to him. Now all she had to do was start making coherent sentences.
With a face not unlike the one she had worn when she had been forced to play Dawn's mistletoe game, she walked over to where Riley was standing.
"Riley"
"Buffy"
See this is good, Buffy thought. I initiated contact; and I actually said a word to him. Huh, and I thought this was going to be awkward.
"So how you doing?"
"Good, festive gatecrashers aside. You?"
"I'm good, also. We were actually on our way to your house when we saw the vamps come in through the back door"
"We?" Buffy asked confused.
"Sam Finn, glad to finally meet you" Sam's voice could be heard saying as she appeared from nowhere next to Riley.
"Buffy this is Sam, my wife" Riley said uncomfortably.
Buffy just stood there open mouthed staring at Sam. She shifted her gaze to Riley.
"Who?"
"I'm guessing Finn hasn't told you about his ball and chain yet has he, I bet this must be abit of a shock" Sam explained giving Riley a playful nudge.
Buffy just continued staring at Sam. "I'm sorry, what?"
Sam looked at Riley unsure how to handle the dumbfounded woman in front of her. Riley looked just as confused.
"Buffy, are you OK?"
Buffy snapped out of her daze for the second time and started rambling in a high-pitched voice "Me? I'm fine, I'm more than fine I'm…a person who's more than fine and did I mention that I was fine?"
"Once or twice" Riley commented
Sam tried to rectify the situation "I'm sorry to just drop this all on you, but I promise there are no more surprises, well, apart from…"
"Solider boy? What the hell are you doing here? I thought you were down in South America liberating the masses or something like that," Spike yelled with his mouth hanging open, eyes flashing amber.
"Nice to see you to Spike. You missed your friends by the way, but then you probably had nothing to with that right?"
"Been here five minutes and your already accusing me of something? Glad to see you haven't lost any of that sanctimonious crap" Spike shot back, seething.
"Spike…" Buffy began
"You probably organized this whole thing didn't you? A little Christmas meal for all your buddies"
"Are you gonna let him talk to me like that?" Spike asked Buffy.
"Like Buffy gives a damm about you"
"Everyone just STOP" Buffy shouted
Both Riley and Spike shut their mouths, but continued giving each other looks filled with venom.
"Spike, go check on Dawn I lost her during the fight"
Spike felt like hitting something. He couldn't believe Buffy was sending him away in front of Riley. He stormed off swearing to himself.
Buffy gave herself an internal shake; she needed to keep her head together if she was going to survive Riley's impromptu return
"So that was Hostile 17 huh? He's just like you described him,"
Buffy gave Sam a brief look of hatred and then turned to Riley "Listen I hate to sound rude but is there a reason why you're here?"
"We are looking for a guy who calls himself the Doctor? He's a dealer but we think he's about to get a very special package" Riley explained
"Right, some demon eggs from a sulovte demon, and these are not eggs we want any demon to get hold off" Sam finished off
Check out the army style Mr and Mrs Stepford, Buffy thought. They finish off each other's sentences. How cute. Where's a paper bag when you need to throw up?
"That's why we were heading over to you, see if you know of any likely suspects," Sam said jokily.
Buffy was way ahead off her though, a list of demon's who were going to help her deal with some anger management issues was already being drawn up in her mind. The quicker I get this over with the quicker they leave. Somehow that made her feel better.
She opened her mouth to suggest a plan of action when she caught Riley's eye and she realized something. It was now blindingly obvious to her that the first person Riley would go after would be Spike. And that would cause some problems. Suddenly a really evil thought came into her mind. Maybe she had been hanging out with Spike too much but it seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up.
"OK, how's this for a plan? You two can do a quick sweepof the cemetery's and I'll take some other haunts around here that might have some demon's who can help us" Buffy ordered.
"Right, we'll meet back at your house at 23:00?" Riley asked.
Buffy did the quickest eye roll known to man and nodded. Riley and Sam headed out immediately. Once they were gone, the gang came over.
"You OK?" Willow asked rubbing her shoulder supportively.
"Yeah, what's up with Riley being back in town?" Xander asked
Buffy shrugged watching the space where Riley and Sam had just left. "Nothing much, big bad waiting to be slain"
"Does that mean we have to fight?" Anya moaned
"No, I can handle this one solo" Buffy replied distantly, still staring into space.
Dawn leaned in and whispered in Buffy's ear "Just so you know, I think she's a total sleaze bag"
Buffy grinned at Dawn and took a big breath before walking out what was left of the restaurant.
Spike was beyond furious. Dating Buffy meant that he had to put up with a lot of crap, but what happened tonight just blew everything else out of the water. He could not believe after all they had gone through she was doing this to him. He should have known better then to get his hopes up. Well no more, he had always said he was going to leave but he meant it this time. He wasn't even going to leave a note; he wouldn't give her the satisfaction. He was just going to grab his things and leave. That is, if he could find all of his clothes, how his trousers had gotten to the top of the wardrobe he would never know. Actually, he did. The memory brought a smile to his face but it just made it worse to know that it was all ending.
He turned to leave Buffy's room when he found himself face to face with the girl herself.
"Going somewhere?" she asked calmly.
"As a matter of fact, yeah I am. So sod off and let me past" Spike growled
"Nope, I'm sorry, I can't let you leave this room"
"Oh let meguess,you've come up with another way to break my heart and you thought you would come back and get a good final dig before I left?"
"Spike…"
"Save it, I don't wanna hear it"
"Tough, you don't get a choice"
Buffy pushed him so hard he landed on the bed. She turned around and shut the door. She went over to him and sat on his lap, a leg on either side.
"Get off"
"No"
"You can't just buy me off with a quickie you know, this is serious and besides I hardly think Captain cardboard would be pleased"
"This isn't about him. Besides Riley's married"
"Oh so that's it is it? Come to screw yourself better? Well sorry luv but I wont be your boy toy"
"Spike, shut up" Buffy out a hand over his mouth.
"Now you are going to stay quiet until you listen to what I have to say is that clear?"
Spike just glared.
"Good. First off all, although Riley is back I have absolutely no intention of getting back with him, he's moved on and I've moved on and that's so not something I want to get back into. Second, I'm sorry that I sent you out but I needed to talk to Riley alone without you throwing in a sarcastic comment or insult whenever you felt like it and third and most importantly, you are not going anywhere because despite what you and indeed the rest of the world may think, I love you and there is no way I am letting you out of that door unless I am attached to you. Got it?"
Spike paused for a second, and then he ripped Buffy's hand away from his mouth and pulled her in for a long kiss. They fell back onto the bed, Buffy still on his lap.
"You know" kiss "you still look upset" kiss "so maybe" kiss " you should" kiss
"Screw yourself better?" Buffy giggled as Spike growled as he kissed her again.
After about two minutes of non-stop kissing, Buffy broke apart for air.
"Hey, is anyone using your old crypt?"
"She hates me"
"She doesn't hate you" Riley said for the fifteenth time, rolling his eyes
"Riley, please I know when someone hates me and it was clear she wanted to rip my guts out"
"Buffy's not like that, she would never hurt a human"
"See, she may not hurt me but she's thinking about it"
"Will you stop? You've been going on like this since we left the restaurant, why are you obsessing over this?"
"I'm not obsessing"
"Yes, you are"
"I thought you said Hostile 17's crypt was over here somewhere?" Sam asked
"It's that one, and nice try with the subject change"
"Shut up Finn, or I'll kick your ass like I did in Guatemala"
Riley chuckled softly before he reached the door of Spike's crypt.
"On three? 1, 2..."
Both Sam and Riley kicked Spike's door and it sailed clean off the hinges. They both coughed and covered their mouths.
"Talk about living conditions. I think you got the wrong crypt this place is empty."
"No, Spike uses the caves below here" Riley said walking over to the hole in the floor which had light coming out of it.
Riley gestured for Sam to come over and they both dropped silently down the hole.
Candles where lit everywhere giving the place a slight glow. Riley could smell roses in the air. He wrinkled his brow; this wasn't like Spike at all.
They slowly crept through the tunnel until they came to the opening where Spike's bed was. And the sight that greeted Riley would stay ingrained on his brain forever.
Buffy was lying peacefully on her side facing Riley, fast asleep, while Spike cuddled her from behind. Both their hands were intertwined together and Buffy seemed to be holding their hands next to her heart. The candlelight made them both look like they were glowing. What killed Riley the most were the smiles on both of their faces. The look of peace and pure joy.
Riley thought he was going to be sick.
Spike stirred slightly and opened his eyes to see both Riley and Sam looking at them. He went to sit up but that woke up Buffy. She turned into Spike and lazily opened her eyes, still smiling. She whispered something Riley couldn't hear and she gave Spike a long kiss before turning round to see Riley.
This made Buffy sit up as well, and she wrapped the sheets around her.
"Riley" she whispered
Riley just held up his gun and aimed at Spike.
"Get off of her"
"Like hell I will"
Riley shot at the wall. " I said, get off of her"
"Riley, put the gun down" Buffy ordered her tone harsh.
"Not until he moves away from you"
"Fine" Buffy said and both she and Spike got up with sheets wrapped around them but they were holding hands. Buffy stood in front of Spike.
"Well, then I guess you'll have to go through me"
Sam looked worried then, when Riley didn't waver. "Put the gun down"
"Look, I get this is a shock, but we broke up a long time ago and I'm sorry if this hurts you but frankly, that's not my problem any more. I love Spike and anything you do to him, you do to me"
Spike felt a swell of pride in his chest. Ha! Take that you big Nancy boy! Riley hesitated for a second and then dropped the gun to his side.
"Thank you, now can you two wait upstairs while Spike and I get dressed please?" Buffy asked sternly.
Reluctantly, Riley and Sam turned to go. Buffy started hunting around for her clothes. Riley turned back quickly to see Spike standing there smirking. Rage blew up inside of him and he walked over and punched Spike in the mouth.
However he barley had time to see the look on Spike's face before a much more powerful fist made contact with his jaw and sent him flying into the cave wall with a crack.
Riley scrambled to get up, his nose and lip bleeding badly. Sam ran over to help him. She looked up accusingly at Buffy who was staring at Riley with pure anger.
"Leave, now. Before I do something I might not regret"
Sam helped Riley up through the hole and they both disappeared into the night.
Buffy turned to Spike to inspect the damage, tracing her fingers over his lips."He's lucky he's not that strong"
Spike was stargin down at her in wonder. "You planned this didn't you?"
Buffy drew her hand away defensively."What?"
"This. Coming back to the crypt, Riley and the missus walking in on us"
"No! How could you possibly think…Ok yeah I did" Buffy hung her head in mock shame.
"You mad at me?"
"Are you crazy? Couldn't of planned it better myself. I guess I must be rubbing off on you" Spike chuckled as he said this
Buffy grinned evilly and kissed him. "Only in the best ways"
"But you know, there is one thing I would change" Spike said when Buffy paused for breath
"Really? And what's that?" Buffy asked, drawing imaginary circles at the base of Spike's spine.
"Well if I had it my way, we wouldn't have been sleeping," Spike replied pulling Buffy in closer as she giggled.
Boy that was fun. Hehe, tell me what you think!
