TITLE: Cheater

AUTHOR: Me, who else? *Wink*

DISCLAIMER: I own none of the characters. Everything that happens in the story in real-time(not flash backs) is my made up plot, however the flashbacks are all based off of my own personal life. Yep, this is a 75% true story Kiddies. Brace yourselves ;)

CONTENT: S/B with some minor S/Dru, S/other and some minor B/Ang

TIMELINE: This is AU, therfore, there is no timeline. There are years listed though on the flashbacks. Just a warning.

FEEBACK: If I could live off it I would. So come on, feed me. *wink*

DEDICATION: This is dedicated to CJG. You know who you are ;)

SUMMARY: Buffy and Spike have known eachother since Junior High, while on her way to his house she think back over the years about their rocky start and even rockier relationship.

WARNING: This is not Fluffy. This is like real life and as we all know life isn't always happy. I warned you. So no flames that you want me to write something fluffier because I don't do that.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PRESENT

Buffy softly laughed at the memory. From then on, it had been a Love-Hate relationship between the two. Him snapping her bra straps and alternating between the nick-names 'nice-ass', 'goldilocks' and 'bitch', and her kicking him randomly and pulling various other pranks that came to mind. Though they constantly tried to best one-another, there was a mutal respect that couldn't be defeated. Willow suprisingly developed a crush on Spike and even though Buffy liked him too, she figured he didn't like her that way. She tried to set them up, Willow was still her friend, and if Buffy couldn't be happy, then Willow might as well be.

Everyone else could see that they were head over heels for each-other. Even if they themselves hadn't fully realized it yet. Spike's friends would always smile knowingly when Buffy was brought up and the same went with Buffy's friends, except for Michelle, who was currently swimming the strong current of 'Da Nile'.

Like all young loves, there were obstacles. Such as Spike's girlfriend Druscilla. Well, girlfriend would be stretching it a bit since they would date for a week then be broken up for about a month. But since his girlfriend was one of Buffy and Willow's friends, it made the whole situation a lot more confusing. After him and Druscilla would break up though, he would, as revenge, date one of her friends. Even though Druscilla had alot of friends, they broke up so much that he ran out of people to ask out except Buffy and Willow. Willow liked him so much and made it so blatantly obvious that she did that it took all of the fun out of it. And Buffy was...he just didn't feel comfortable doing that to her. But, he asked her out anyway, and she rejected him.

'I never was one for cheap parlor tricks...'

Buffy smiled to herself. They had become good friends. That was why when he asked her out for the second time in the eighth grade, and he really meant it, she had been hesitant. She didn't want to ruin the friendship. But she said yes. She might have been cautious, but she wasn't stupid...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JANUARY 11, 1998

Buffy couldn't believe it. First her friend Dawn had said that Spike liked her, and now here's his friend Xander telling her that Spike wants to talk to her.

"Alright..." She said as she followed him outside the blue-glass double doors to the covered outside hallway, where Spike stood, nervously wringing his hands. His eyes met hers and instantly, like a shield had gone up, he was calm and collected. She smiled to herself and greeted him.

"Hey Spike, What's Up?" She questioned him, smiling at him, even though she herself was nervous.

"Well, I uh...." He began, "Well I was just wondering, if you would ummm..like to go out with..umm..me." He raised his eyes to hers with a hopeful glance and she was breifly reminded of the 'begging puppy' look.

She smiled at him "Yes."

He was looking down at the floor when she said it and she could tell he was wondering if he had heard correctly.

"Yea, I'll go out with you." Buffy smiled at him again.

He let out a breath of air and laughed, obviously relieved. He looked at her and smiled widely, as though he had just won the lottery.

"I guess this means we should hug now..." Buffy suggested with a little smile and he nodded in a mock business like gesture. Buffy laughed and awkardly hugged him. She'd never really hugged him before. It was nice.

'He smells good...a little spicy...I could get used to this...'

Buffy smiled and laughed before, quite literally run-skipping back to her english class. Once she arrived at her table she smiled extra wide at all her friends.

Anya stopped mid-doodle and looked at Buffy suspiciously. "Ok, How many orgasms did you get and who gave them to you?" She asked Buffy.

"Spikejustaskedmeout." Buffy said in one breath, she couldn't stop smiling.

"Come again?" Anya asked.

"Spike just asked me out. Just now, outside, and I said yes!" Buffy said happily. Her friends swarmed her, saying how great that was and how happy for her they were.

By the time the day was over, Buffy had heard the word 'congratulations' so many times she figured if she never heard it again she would probably be happy. As she got on the bus home she smiled to herself. After nearly two years of wondering if he was ever gonna come around, he finally had.

'I guess congratualtions are in order....'

TBC...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~