Sunnydale Police Department

"Hello Miss Summers, I'm sorry to have to call you in. I know there is nothing more that you want but to move past this but I needed to see you." Detective Charles Gunn said to Buffy as she and Spike sat in his office.

Buffy just nodded.

"What's going on here Detective? I thought you got all you needed from her the other night." Spike asked.

"We did. In fact we have enough to throw him away and lock away the key, however… well he has alibis. Pretty strong ones too." Gunn said looking sadly at the young blonde sitting across from him.

"What?" Spike asked, outraged.

"Well he says that he was with his friends the whole night. One of those friends is Forrest Richards." At Buffy and Spike's blank stares he continued. "Forrest Richards is the son of my chief here." He paused giving them some time to follow his trail of thought.

"Which means that the chief wouldn't let his son's friend get caught up into something like this…" Spike said.

"He doesn't want his son and in turn he himself to get a bad name for hanging around a rapist." Buffy finished.

"Exactly." Gunn told her. He felt bad for her. She seemed like a nice girl who just mad the mistake of walking home alone at night. She didn't deserve it…not that any girl did, but her, well she just seemed to nice and be treated so poorly.

"So what do we do now? What happens?" Spike asked as he grabbed Buffy's hand and held it.

"Well Finn is threatening to sue for defilation of character." Gunn told them.

"WHAT?" Spike yelled jumping up. "You have got to be kidding me. He rapes my friend and then threatens to sue? This guy is unbelievable."

"Well if it goes to court wouldn't there be a way to prove he DID rape me?" Buffy asked Gunn.

"Yes but no jury would dare rule against him because of who he has backing him. My chief could make lives very hard for some people." Gunn told her quietly.

"So what should I do then?" Buffy asked.

"It al depends on you. If you can live with the fact that you were raped and your rapist isn't behind bars where he should be, where he can't ever do it to someone else, then forget it. Drop the charges and hope he doesn't sue. Or you continue this and hope you can deal with all the pressure that will come on you for it. It's really your call."

"I need to go." Buffy said quietly before getting up and walking out of the office.

Spike looked at her walk out of the office and then looked at Gunn. "I should…"

"Yeah… here's my card. Give me a call when you find out what it is that she wants to do." He said handing his card to Spike.

"Yeah I will. Thanks." Spike said following Buffy out.

Parking Lot of Sunnydale Police Station

"Luv you okay?" Spike said as he walked out of the police station.

Buffy just nodded as she continued walking to Spike's old beat up Dosoto.

"Don't lie to me luv." He said turning her around so that she was facing him.

Buffy sighed heavily and looked up at him. "What do you want me to say? I was raped and because the rapist is friends with the police chiefs son, I may not be able to do anything about it. Either I let him go and risk him doing it to someone else or go after him and let his friends make my life and the lives of my friends and family hell because of it. It's REALLY not something you can decide over a little walk."

"I know luv, I know." He said pulling her into a hug.

"Spike what am I going to do?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I want him to pay and I don't want to give him the chance to do it to someone else, but I don't want it to cause problems for my friends."

"How about you talk to them then?"

"I guess." She mumbled before pulling away.

"Let's go get something to eat." He said climbing into the car.