FLASH BACK TO CHAPTER ONE:
"So will you go?"...."Will you?"
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"Sure Spike, I'll go." She smiled sadly at the thought of him leaving.
"It's from 7 to 10, ok? It's at my place, on Saturday." As she nodded and started to walk away, she turned back and asked, "Who all is going?" "Um. Xander, Devon, Parker, Angel, Oz, Cordelia, Willow, Harmony, and Anya." Buffy thought this over, "So you and I are going sort of as a couple, then?..."
Spike smiled and stated simply, "yeah. Yeah. We are, is that okay?" Buffy walked up to him, smiled and nodded her head. He slowly took her chin gently and guided her lips to his own. She broke it off first. "I have to go, Spike!" She smiled and walked away quickly, leaving him to think about her and what the party will be like.
LATER THAT DAY
Buffy couldn't concentrate all day during MESA she struggled with the labs and was so flushed at the mention of his name. Willow and Xander were in her lab. But, Willow wasn't learning, she was teaching them, and Xander had failed as well. "Gee, Buff, I think you shouldn't go." Xander said with a frown. "I think he'll expect from you..." Willow rolled her eyes. "Xander is probably just jealous, he'll get over it." Buffy grinned and put their project by the teacher's desk, and they walked to the parking lot, where their parents were waiting to pick them up. "See ya later guys!" Buffy called as she shut the car door. She was going to ask her mom to go to the party. It was not going to be an easy task.
Thinking things over carefully, she began meekly, "Um. Mom?"
her mom nodded with recognition as she turned the car to the left lane, "Yes. Dear"
Buffy took a deep breath, "Spike is having this really great party and I really want to go he's not that bad and it's a farewell party for him Faith is going and so is Willow, Cordelia too. And Xander and Oz, and, I know you don't care who's going but I'd really like to go." She finished with a gasp for air.
"Yes." Buffy looked amazed at her mother. "So that's all, just yes?" Her mother smiled, "No..." Buffy rolled her eyes and kkicked her feet up onto the dashboard, "what now!?" "The condition is that you be home before eleven and come back looking presentable." Realizing what her mother thought, "NO! Um, no mom. You see, we're not-I won't-we' weren't thinking of that!...But yeah, I'll definitely be back by eleven. "Buffy smiled at her mother and didn't bother to tell her it ended at 10.
"I know he has other ideas, Buffy, they always do. Just watch out for yourself." Buffy rolled her eyes at her mom. Spike just wanted to have a good time before he left. But inside, Buffy knew he wanted more, and maybe, just maybe, she did too.