Chapter 16

Buffy knocked on Spike's door the next day and smiled at the older man that greeted her. "Hey, Giles. I didn't know you were coming back already." She said and the man gave her a smile.

"Yes, I had a change of plans. I take it you're here to see William." Giles said as he let her into the house.

"Yeah, is he here?" She asked and Giles nodded.

"He's in his room. William has told me that you two are together now. I don't think I have ever seen my son quite this happy before, I believe you are the reason for that. I honestly don't think he could be with anyone better." Buffy felt touched at his words and gave him a hug. Giles always felt like a father to her, more than her real one ever was.

"Thank you, I really appreciate that." She told him as she pulled away and he gave her a kind smile.

"You're quite welcome. Would you tell him that I will be going to the market? I should return in an hour." He said and Buffy nodded as Giles headed out of the house. She then went to Spike's room and knocked on his door. She heard music coming from inside and figured that he couldn't hear her, so she opened the door. She found Spike asleep on his bed when she walked in. His arm hung over the edge and he was snoring quietly. Buffy thought he was absolutely adorable, she almost didn't want to wake him. She walked over to him and poked him lightly on the chest. That didn't seem to get a reaction from him, so she poked him harder. He still wouldn't budge and she was about to do it again, when he suddenly grabbed her arm and pulled her onto the bed. She let out a squeal as she landed on top of him. His eyes then opened and looked right at her.

"I was waiting for you." He said and she realized that he wasn't really asleep. She smiled as she gave him a kiss on the lips and then got off of him. He pouted at the loss of contact and then took a good look at her. She was wearing the leather jacket that he gave her and it really did look good on her. "I see you're wearing the jacket. It's a little warm out." He said as he sat up.

"Well, I like it. It's comfortable and the heat never bothered me anyway. You know, I was thinking about this jacket. You may not be a huge guy, but I realized the jacket wouldn't really fit you all that well. I was surprised with how well it fit me though. Is there something you wanna tell me?" He saw the smile on her face and let out a sigh.

"Alright, you caught me. It's not an old one that I just had lying around. I saw it in a store and I thought of you. I wanted to find a way to give it to you without you thinking that I bought it for you. Okay, I don't even think that made any sense." He said and Buffy laughed.

"It made perfect sense. This was really sweet of you." Spike shrugged and acted like it was no big deal.

"I didn't want you to get cold." He mumbled and Buffy didn't think he could possibly get any cuter. He was just full of surprises. Buffy threw her arms around his neck and gave him a peck on the lips. He pouted when she pulled away after only a second. "Is that all I get?" He said and Buffy gave him a smile as she planted a more passionate kiss on his lips. He wrapped his arms around her waist and deepened the kiss. He pulled away when they both needed to breathe and rested his head against hers. "I'll never get tired of that." He whispered and she smiled again as she gave him another kiss. They wondered how long it would be before they left his room.

Buffy and Spike finally walked into the Bronze later that night and instead of sitting down, they moved to the dance floor. Spike wrapped his arms around Buffy and she did the same, both of them swaying slowly to the music. They were lost in their own world, when Buffy accidentally bumped into someone. She was about to apologize, when she realized who that other person was. He recognized her also and gave her a smile. "Hey, it's Slutty Summers. I was just thinking about you." He told her and Buffy should have known those rumors wouldn't just go away. Mike was one of the popular guys at school and he always loved to make people uncomfortable. Spike pulled Buffy away and glared at the other man that dared to interrupt them.

"You better show some respect, pillock." He spat out and Mike was only amused.

"Isn't this cute? You have yourself a bodyguard. How much are you paying to screw her?" He said to Spike, who then had a look of pure anger on his face. Buffy grabbed his hand and really didn't want to cause a scene.

"Spike, let's just go." She said and his expression softened when he looked at her. He only nodded and they were about to walk away, when Mike spoke up again.

"Well, I see who wears the pants in that family. You probably like it when the little whore tells you what to do." Spike had enough as he walked over to Mike and without even thinking about it, punched him right in the nose. Mike stumbled back and held his nose, which was now bleeding. Spike didn't feel any remorse for his actions.

"You ever say that about her again and you'll be getting more than a bloody nose. You got that?" He said in a surprisingly calm voice. He noticed that Security was starting to walk over to them and he wanted to get his girl away as fast as he could. He went back over to Buffy and noticed that she had a scared look on her face. He couldn't think about that at the moment as he grabbed her hand and pulled her out of there. He just hoped she wouldn't be too mad at him.