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Chapter 3

Buffy opened her eyes slowly as the events from the previous evening floated through her mind. She blinked and reached out to where William had fallen asleep beside her. Her eyes opened all the way and she shook her head slightly, trying to break through the sleepy haze around her. She sat up slowly as she realized that she was alone in bed. Buffy frowned until she heard his voice filter into her bedroom from the master bath. She got out of the bed and wrapped the sheet around her walking towards the sound of his voice.

"Yeah, I really am bloody quitting…she is worth it…ok…so you can do it?…Thanks, mate…I mean it Clem…Thanks" Spike hung up the phone and turned around to see Buffy standing nearly naked in the doorway. He couldn't help but smiling and walking over to take her in his arms. "Morning pet."

"Morning. Who were you on the phone with?" She asked cautiously. Spike kissed her hair and began to rub her back.

"Just a business associate. I called to tell him that I wouldn't be coming back."

"You don't need to quit your job William!" Buffy exclaimed in surprise.

"I want to." Spike whispered and paused trying to think of a way to explain it to her without telling her exactly what he did. "I, uh, travel a lot for my work, but I don't want to do that anymore. Not now that I found you. I want to settle down." He felt her smile against his chest.

"You really mean it?" She asked hesitantly. "You're sure it's not too soon." She was a little wary but she had never felt the instant connection that she had with William with anyone before. So she shut off the warning bells that the vagueness of his answer usually rang.

"Yeah." Spike leaned back to look at her. "You're everything I've been looking for. I'd be a fool to spend more time away from you than I needed. I can find a new job here." Spike leaned down to kiss her and Buffy melted in his embrace. Spike relaxed into the kiss and began pulling at the sheet that she had wrapped around herself. Buffy reached down to his partially buttoned jeans. She giggled as he pushed her gently towards the shower. As she looked at him in delight Spike felt his heart squeeze painfully. He hoped that his plan to keep her safe would work, he didn't know what would happen to him if he lost her.

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Spike woke up slowly and couldn't help the smile that he felt forming on his face. He was in bed with Buffy. Actually, Buffy was more lying on top of him than the bed, but that was nitpicking. And if pressed, he had to admit that he like waking up to find them cuddled together. His mouth tilted down in a frown when he remembered the call to Clem. He had to get this taken care of quickly.

Getting out of the bed carefully so he wouldn't disturb Buffy, he got out his portable phone. It was more of an office actually. It could be used as a computer and a digital camera. Carefully arranging Buffy, he took some pictures of her while she was sleeping, then sent them to Clem through the encrypted e-mail program he used. Clem was a master of doctoring photos and he knew that if anyone would be able to fool Glory it would be his old buddy from MI6. Putting away the phone, Spike leaned down and kissed the top of Buffy's head. She murmured in her sleep and rolled over. Spike smiled. Now on to more important things: breakfast.

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Buffy woke for the second time that day alone in the bed. She frowned and went to find William. She peeked inside of her bathroom and her frown deepened. He wasn't there, and his clothes were missing too. She pulled on a T-shirt and went downstairs feeling a little gloomy. Where did he go?

As Buffy walked down the stairs, her mood picked up when she heard a distinctly British voice singing Ramones hits which were punctuated by the clatter of pots and pans.

"Ba ba bah ba, bah ba ba bah ba…I wanna be sedated." Spike sang under his breath as he poured some more pancake batter onto the frying pan. He reached for the open bag of chocolate chips and added a few more to pancakes cooking and stuffed a handful in his own mouth. Buffy crept closer and wrapped her arms around him from behind. Spike jumped in shock and knocked her to the ground, the spatula in his hand clattering to the floor.

"Buffy!" Spike yelped, cursing his survival instincts as he saw a bruise start to form on her arm where she had bashed into the counter top. She blinked up at him and gave him a watery smile.

"Hey." She offered weakly and started to get up on her own, but Spike moved to her side and helped steady her on her feet.

"Sorry pet. I didn't hear you coming and you startled me." He inwardly kicked himself again. "You're hurt." He mumbled and kissed the bruise on her arm. Her earlier smile started to come back.

"It's just a bruise. It'll be gone in no time." Buffy replied as Spike pulled her close to him. She nuzzled her face against his chest and let her arms wrap around his back. Spike began to stroke her hair and he found his eyes closing in contentment. He loved being here with her, it was so quiet and peaceful- a far cry from his other life.

"Not really how I pictured saying good morning though." Spike replied and Buffy giggled against him. Spike leaned down and kissed the crown of her head and Buffy sighed happily. She moved back to look back at him and he looked at her with a serious expression on his face. Buffy wondered what he was thinking about when he looked at her like that, but then he was kissing her and she couldn't think of anything else. Spike pulled her closer to him and ran his hands over her arms and into her hair when- the smell of something burning pulled him back to reality.

"Oh bollocks! The bloody pancakes!" Spike pulled away and Buffy laughed as he turned off the burner and threw the pan with the smoking pancakes into the sink. He turned to her and gave her an annoyed look. "It's not funny, pet." He said sullenly.

"Yeah it is." Buffy gasped out between giggles. He gave a pouty and petulant look. "Oh sweeetie!" She said and wrapped her arms around his neck trying to contain her giggles but his poutiness just made her want to laugh more. "What do you say we go out for breakfast?"

"I just wanted to do something nice for you is all." He said trying hard not to let her embrace spoil his pout. Buffy leaned up and kissed him softly on the lips.

"I haven't laughed that hard in years William. Now, let's get dressed and we can go to this little café that's right around the block." He couldn't stop a smile from forming on his face at her words and he slid his hands down her body to cup her bottom and pull her close.

"Shower first?" He asked in a hopeful voice. Buffy giggled again.

"Of course. We have to wash all that pancake batter off you, don't we?" She asked mishcheviously.

"What pancake batter?" Spike asked.

"This!" Buffy said and she stuck her hand in the bowl of the leftover batter and smeared it all over his bare chest before turning around and running upstairs to her bathroom. Spike looked down at his chest and at the blobs of batter that dripped off her hand as she ran up the stairs. He could swear that his heart skipped a beat.

"God, I love her." He said under his breath before starting up the stairs after her, grabbing the bowl of batter on his way. "Best not run too far, pet!" He yelled and could hear her laughing under the spray of the shower. He smiled and went to join her thinking that this was the best morning he had ever had in his sad excuse of a life.

AN: Just a short chapter but full of spuffy love! more plot to comeas long as you...keep the reviews coming!