Authors note - Ok, I had a review that asked for me to post more than one chapter a night. So I've decided that I shall do 2 a night - on one condition. I have to recieve over10 reviews beforetomorrowand 5 every night after thator it goes back to one. I think that sounds fair! Let's look at it this way - it took me months to write this story whilst it'll take you 10 seconds to review. You do the maths!
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"Well I say we shouldn't worry about things we can't change, and lets concentrate on the things we can" smiled Willow.
"Huh?" moaned Buffy.
"You and Spike" she grinned.
"What 'me and Spike'?" yelled Buffy. "There is no 'me and Spike'.
"Not yet anyway" grinned Dawn.
"Maybe you should give it a test run" said Tara cautiously.
"What do you mean?" moaned Buffy.
"Tara's right and this is the perfect opportunity" laughed Willow.
"I lost you" sighed Buffy.
"What I mean is, Xander, Anya and Richard are all upstairs and the rest of us like Spike. So no ones going to mind if you and Spike get together for a little while"
"Willow, I think you've completely lost it" sighed Buffy again. Sure, the idea of playing happy families was tempting, and she was shocked by how much support her friends were giving her, but she just couldn't bring herself to agree.
"He's not Angel, sweetie" said Tara gently.
"I know" agreed Buffy. "But neither was Riley…"
"You can't compare him to them, that's not fair on Spike" said Dawn.
"Besides, think of it this way. You're comparing him to Angel with a soul; which is unfair seeing as how he doesn't have one. If you really want to compare him to anyone, it should be Angelus" sussed Willow.
"She's right" agreed Tara.
"But compared to Angelus he's a saint!" exclaimed Buffy.
"Buffy, you want to hear something interesting?" asked Willow.
"Am I going to like it?"
"That doesn't matter. Back when the demon was on the loose, things got pretty hectic and Anya and Xander, well…"
"They ganged up on Willow" filled in Tara. "Tried to force her into using magic"
"What?" asked Buffy, shocked. "I don't believe you"
"Spike stood up for her, and even when Xander turned on him, he still only told him to back off Willow" smiled Tara proudly.
"He did?" questioned Buffy, shocked that she wasn't more, well, shocked!
"Totally" smiled Willow. "And you weren't even around to see him do it"
"Buffy, please, just give Spike a chance" smiled Dawn.
"Yeah, and if it doesn't work you can always ask Tara to make you forget" added Willow.
"Safety net" she whispered to Tara, as she nodded in agreement.
"Hey" smiled Buffy. "You didn't slip up, you didn't even start saying I!"
"Yep" laughed Willow. "I'm well on the way to non magicy Willow"
"Ok" stated Buffy. "Here's the deal. I give Spike a chance if you two give it another go"
Tara and Willow looked at each other and smiled.
"I think that can be arranged" smiled Willow.