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.

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PRESENT

Buffy leaned her forehead against the cool glass of the window and stared at the beautiful night sky. The moon was full and ripe and hung in the air directly over the small Jeep. The stars twinkled like diamonds and it looked exactly like the sky from Catalina. After their first night there, everyone had woken up refreshed and energized, ready to start a day of what was supposed to be alot of fun: Canoing.

'Well it was fun, I just felt like my arms were going to fall off afterwards. Of course, that morning had to be my favorite part of the whole day...'

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MARCH 27, 1998

Buffy wearily opened her eyes and sat up in the tent she shared with Willow. She could tell the sun was up because the front flap to her tent was partially open. She shook her head and rubbed her eyes. She noticed Willow was already up and was grabbing her toiletrie bag.

"Come on Buffy, Let's go take our shower before everyone else steals the hot water." She said, already walking out of the tent.

Buffy grabbed her bag and wiped the sleepys from her eyes one last time before following Willow out. She leaned a little on Willow as she put her shoes on, but then she was steady enough to begin the fifty-yard trek to the bathrooms.

The bathrooms and the showers were in two seperate rooms, though both part of the same hut-like building. The bathroom looked like a normal school bathroom, albeit a little ramshackle. And the showers however were school showers as well.

'Not much for privacy are they?'

The girl's restroom was on the side nearest the camping grounds and the boy's was on the opposite side. The chaperones had seperate showers from everyone else and their restroom was little more than a suite compared to the camper's.

'I don't understand why they get an actual shower stall and we don't. All they do is give orders and complain...'

As they neared the bathrooms, Buffy and Willow passed several other 'camps' of students who had woken up but were still drowsy enough to remain in bed. Of course this didn't stop them from yelling catcalls at Buffy and Willow as they passed, it only encouraged them. She noticed one guy was yelling at his friends and saying they were being crude. He was kinda tall, had sandy blonde hair and bright blue eyes.

'Cute...but I'm taken.'

She smiled her thanks at him as they passed and he gave a little nod, almost a salute. Buffy had to stop herself from bursting out with laughter.

'Calm down Soldier-Boy'

After Buffy and Willow had reached the bathrooms and brushed their teeth and washed their faces, it wasn't until both their faces were sopping wet that they realized they had neglected to bring a towel. Buffy volunteered to go back to Camp and get the offending items while Willow finished up there. When she reached Camp Buffy noticed Spike was sitting up in his cot with his head on his arms, looking out at everyone walking by, including her. She smiled and grabbed the towels before heading back to the restrooms. Halfway there something occured to her.

'Damnit! Why didn't I do something? I could've done something besides smile and walk away! The other girls and guys are all mostly asleep and SO ARE THE CHAPERONES!'

She shook her head at herself and continued on her way until she had made it to Willow. After the two had taken their respective showers and toweled off, they now had to make the long trek back to Camp in their towels and a smile.

'This should be easy...It's just like walking...semi-NAKED!'

After awhile the catcalls and various remarks were pointless to listen to so she just ignored them. When they reached camp and had finally managed to change back into their clothes Buffy breathed a sigh of relief. That was until she noticed Spike eyeing her from his tent. She smiled to herself and walked over to the small army green tent and peeked in. He was sitting on his bed and he had a notebook in his hands, he was writing something in rapid-fire scribble and she gently cleared her throat. He jumped a little as he noticed her and smiled when he saw who it was. Then he thrust the notebook in his duffel bag like it was contaminated and weakly smiled at her.

"Hey," She said sitting down next to him and leaning her head on his shoulder, "What are you doing?"

He smiled a little and wrapped an arm around her waist, "Writing is all. Nothing important."

She smiled back and gave him a light eskimo kiss, "Oh really? Well then you won't mind if I read it?"

He sheepishly smiled and shook his head, "Naw, you wouldn't want to read it, it's like my journal luv, all naked ladies and hot lesbians, fast cars and heavy metal..."

She laughed and smacked his shoulder as he rambled on. "Would one of those naked ladies happen to be me?" She asked in mock-innocence.

He smiled and leaned forward, kissing her soundly on the lips, his tongue just barely touching her teeth, "What do you think luv?"

'I think someone's horny....*mental giggle*'

She smiled and kissed him harder on the lips than she had before, she had something planned...

'Here goes nothing....'

She brushed her tongue against his lips as he gently massaged her arm with his left palm. He was so suprised by this that his eyes opened in shock especially when she teased his mouth open with her tongue. From then on it was a war of dominance, her tongue versus his and who could go without air the longest. There was also the subtle battle over who could drive eachother craziest. He was randomly massaging her arms, her hips, her stomache, other places...she decided she was gonna win this.

She flipped them so that she was ontop and he was beneath her and she ground her pelvis against his. He gave a whimper and detached his mouth from hers, "Bloody hell woman, you trying to kill me?"

Buffy laughed and gently kissed his eyelids then his nose then both of his cheeks before finally kissing his lips. Then she dismounted from him and lay next to him on the cot. He wrapped an arm around her and gently kissed her forehead.

"I love you, you know that right?" He whispered into her ear. His crystalline blue eyes searched hers and she smiled as she nodded.

"I do now." She smiled, " I love you too." She leaned her head on his chest as his arms circled her like a protective blanket. She could hear Spike's breathing level out and knew he had fallen asleep. She smiled at his sleeping form. He looked so innocent...she gently traced the scar on his eyebrow. He whimpered in his sleep and she leaned back against him before finally drifting off into sleep herself.

TBC...

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