Chapter 6 "You! Who?"

It's only been four and a half hours since their bad experiment with the assassinator bounty and already Spike was getting frustrated lying on the old yellow/brown couch like a vegetable. Not only was he becoming very board, but no one seemed to occupy the ship.

Jet was out with Ed getting the parts for the broken down air conditioner, the dog was more likely outside waiting for their return, and Faye...who the hell knew where Faye went, if it wasn't for another bounty.

Then his mind drifted off to his wrench comrade. Then in a flash, memories quickly came rushing through his head. He remembered back to the day he met her, to the day he left her, to the day he came back to her and then to the events of today.

Her sweet smile, he never seen that coming from her, never thought she kept such a beautiful thing. He started to wonder when and how long has she had something like that.

If he had not left to fight against Vicious, if he had not gone to see Julia that time when Faye sent the message, and if he had been there to be back sooner to see his comrades, to see Faye sooner. He wondered if he was the one to first see Faye's breakdowns, to see Faye's happiness come back alive than it's ever been, to be the first one to see Faye smile the way she does.

It sadden Spike to know that he wasn't there for any of that. He wanted to know who was the one to built her back up again after she fell, and who ever it was, only angered Spike, because that person managed to get someone as stubborn as Faye, to help her get back up to her feet. He wanted to be the only person to do such things to Faye.

He was getting tired of moping around about a loss, he wanted to think of the happier things that will become of the future. He knew for a fact that eventually, Faye would kinda forgive him, and if not that, then she would think of it never even happened, she would start talking to him again (saying his name or not) and she would move on from the past, she would start becoming the old Faye, but at the same time this new one too, and it was in a very good way at that.

Spike thought that now would be a good time to get him a good O' cigarette.

He barely managed to sit up and it was a great success, but reaching for his pack of cigarettes on the 'so-called-coffee-table' that was the real bitch. He grunted in pain trying to get a reach to them but he failed miserably when he touched the tip of the carton only making the cigarette box go further away from his reach.

He let out a loud groan when he slowly flopped back down on the couch to his original position as pain shot up his spine and the pain to the gun shot wound. He had to give up on the cigarettes and just wait until someone would eventually get back to help him out.

000

Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, and still, no one a boarded the ship yet. Spike thought about taking a nice long nap but the heat on the ship was something he could not stand anymore.

Just when he was to give another try to reach his cigarettes, he heard the faint sound of laughter. Faye's laughter to be exact. But along with her laughing was shared by another person's laughing. One that Spike was not familiar with, it sounded deeper. It couldn't be Jet's either, because this laughter was a little too happy.

As Spike heard the foot steps of the two coming towards the room he occupied, Spike closed his eye's as if he was back to sleeping.

"Shh, stop, your gonna wake him up." Faye said trying to keep her volume of laughter down herself.

"Huh? Who?" The masculine voice questioned in response.

As Faye entered the main room, she hovered over Spike's sleeping form. She looked at his sleeping daze, and she couldn't get her eyes off of him. When he slept, he looked so peaceful, but she quickly shoved the fantasy thought aside when she heard the person behind her hover over the couch as well to see what caught Faye's interest.

"Oh, hey um Faye..."

"Shhh, he's gonna wake up" she cut him off hoping not to make Spike open his eye's to see two people hovering over him like the way they did. He would more likely be in total shock and if not shock then in a burst of outrage, to see Faye and a total stranger to him, watching him sleep.

Faye quickly pushed the guy over to the kitchen, making sure not to make so much noise to wake Spike. She could never tell if Spike was faking his sleep or not but Faye knew not to take the chance to find out.

Both Faye and the guy entered the kitchen, still having a bit of laughter still in them. Faye then opened the fridge door to find her plastic box of strawberries. As she took that out she managed to take out a bottle of whip cream with her. After setting both of the foods down, she decided to take out one of the strawberries out of the box and filled the tip full of the whip cream.

The guy came behind her wrapping his arms around Faye's waist. He lowered his face to the nape of her neck to place small butterfly kisses up to her earlobe. She started to giggle at this for he lightly placed kisses to her most sensitive places on her neck. She took the strawberry full of whip cream, and placed it at the tip of his nose and smothered the rest to his lips. She was getting squirmy at the embrace he had on her.

She turned her body to face him and gave more of a series of laughter and an apologetic smile, she cupped his face and started to lick and kiss the places where the whip cream was still on his face. He had to laugh at the thought of her licking him clean from his face, but also the fact that she was getting the whip cream on her face as well. She still had the strawberry in her hands and baby fed it to him.

"Taste good?" She heartily laughed at the sight of her lover enjoying to be fed by her. After finishing the strawberry off her fingers, he started to taste and nipped her fingers clean from the juices of the strawberry that flowed down.

"Hmmm, I think it needs a little bit more flavor to that." he said in a low and seductive way, as he grabbed the bottle of whip cream and placed some on the tips of her finger. After doing so, Faye grabbed the bottle from him and started to spray it all over his face once more. She went on laughing at the sight of him. He really did look like someone who had just been slapped with a pie to his face. He started to lick her fingers clean again and then smothered the left over cream from his face and started smothering Faye's face with his.

She had a scream along with more of her laughing.

She had to find a way to keep down for not to wake up the man that was several feet away from the kitchen and the only way to keep it down was for her to capture this mans lips with hers, and that's exactly what she did and she enjoyed every moment of it.

The guy felt the same way and only wanted to deepen the kiss further. Her hands had found its way around his neck, to only play with the tip of his strait raven hair, while his arms found its way around her waist again. His arms then went on its own by going lower and lower down from her waist to her bottom. His hands then found a rhythm to go up and down her thigh and started to go more rougher each stride he did. He started to lift her up off to her feet and placed her down to the counter table. His lips left her own and started to nip at the nape of her neck.

She giggled when he found her 'spots' again "Nooo, you can't do this, not here." she whined when he didn't here her commands. She didn't want him to stop, but she did because she was right, this wasn't the place to do that. Jet would be coming back any moment now, and the fact that another person in the other room could be listening to their little passionate moment.

Little did Faye know that was exactly what was going on. Spike could hear and see the whole commotion of what was going on in the kitchen. He peeked through one of his eye lids and was very curious who this new guy in Faye's life. He started to get very disturbed at witnessing the arms wrapping, light kissing, sweet talking and laughing, but what got him under his last nerve was the ass-grabbing, but the thing that was getting him to boil was the fact, she was letting and enjoying this to happen.

Even though Spike didn't even know the guy, or have anything against the guy, something about him made Spike go through an outrage within himself. He didn't trust the guy and was very suspicious about him.

Spike was fully awake when he watched Faye protest against her 'lover'. He was really relieved to see that Faye didn't want any more of the guy's touches and kisses. It was like a weight lifted off his shoulders to know Faye was starting to get a bit uncomfortable.

Faye was still on the verge of laughing but quickly quieted down when she looked past her lover's shoulders to see Spike fully awake witnessing the whole thing with a not-so-happy-face on, actually he had the face of a madman acting like a bull with steam coming out of his ears and nose, ready to go charge at the only thing that had the color red, and it seemed like her lover was the one wearing it.

"Um hey...you-you're finally awake. Um...Steve? This is the guy I told you about earlier." Faye said squeaky than what she intended to with a shaking voice.

The guy named Steve finally turned around to face Spike, "Oh, so this is the famous guy who risked his life for an angel only to be brought back to this hell hole of a universe." He said with a bit of sarcasm and a hint of anger in his voice. He knew almost everything about him, Faye told him a while ago that this is the guy Faye fell head over heals for, risk her life numerous times to save his, treated to all his wounds, and she was still stampeded on when he left for a women who was never there for him, and already dead. He never knew what he had. He was the guy who made her drink to get herself wasted and depressed only to be tooken advantage of from the other men in the bar. How dare he hurt someone like Faye numerous times. The only thing Faye never mentioned to him was the name of the sick bastard lying down before him.

"Yeah Faye talked about you allot, but she never mentioned your name before, it was always 'Lunkhead' or 'the bastard'. Oh please forgive me, my name is Steve, Steve Johnson, and it is good to meet you mister-" he took out his hand to shake Spike's, but Spike only looked at him, disregarding the hand in front of him.

"Spiegel, Spike Spiegel. Funny how she can talk so much about me but not once had she ever mentioned anything about you." Spike felt like he was winning this little battle (Spike thinks it's a battle (not surprising)) he enjoyed watching the discomfort from this man next to Faye.

Faye on the other hand had a scornful look on her face that said 'better run Spiegel because in five seconds I'm going to kill you' kind of look. Spike caught the threatening look on her face, but he couldn't help but put a grin across his.

Steve can see Spike was being amused by his little tactic games, but he really didn't mind because he knew two knows how to play with this game. "Hmm Spike, hey Hun, why is it you never mentioned his name? I mean it's not really all that bad, considering it being named after-"

"Steve...stop it." she whispered harshly. Faye knew exactly where this was going, and she had to get him out of there right away. Faye leaned herself on Steve and whispered words for only he could hear. Spike was having a hard time what she was saying, he only heard her mumbling about him having to leave. Spike felt satisfied at the good job he did, but all that went away when he saw Steve and Faye was too close and started have another small make out session. Spike grinded his teeth together and closed his eyes as if he was going to go back to sleep. He didn't want to watch the discussing display of Faye actually enjoying this guy's kisses and touches on her.

After finally releasing, Faye couldn't help but smile and turn red at the embarrassment of what they just did several moments ago, and made her even redder to think about their previous make out session in the kitchen. "Pick you up tomorrow at about...let say six?" Steve said while exiting the Bebop Faye waved him off "yeah, yeah six is good."

Steve turned around quickly and forgot the fact Spike was still in the room "Oh yeah, nice meeting you Spike, see you later."

"I hardly doubt that." Spike mumbled, still acting as if he was asleep.

Faye walked past Spike going into her room cursing inside, all Spike could hear was "'mumble, mumble, mumble' you really are a jerk, you asshole, 'mumble, mumble, mumble'"

Faye felt a bit sadden, upset but mostly embarrassed at Spike's behavior towards Steve. She wanted to cry. She wanted to yell. Shit, she wanted to yell and strangle at Spike's throat. As much as she wanted to strangle Spike, none of that was in her favor, and for whatever reason she couldn't put her finger on it, why not? She had every reason to blame Spike for her feeling the way she did at the moment.

Spike noticed her emotions at that moment was running haywire, he started to actually feel regrets. Those regrets. They keep coming back to him. He has not once given regrets in his life until now. His regrets kept coming back all because of her. Faye was the reason he felt regrets and he hated her for that. He hated feeling that way, though it was her fault, its not like she intended to make him feel that way. Faye being just Faye is enough to make anyone want to crawl out of their own skin. It's the way she is, it's how she looks, and she just has the natural talent to make people get drawn to her, and wants to be curious about her, without her even realizing it, without you realizing it. All because of Faye, he felt thing he never wanted to feel, he shut them all down and Faye only opened them up.

Spike knew he had done something stupid and he regretted ever doing it. He already got on Faye's nasty side, and just when she was starting to have civilized conversations again with him, things were starting to get better, he had to blow it up all over again, just to make Faye hate him more than she already has. Yup, regrets were defiantly a new thing.

000

Everyone was finally back on the Bebop. Ed was doing her silly sing-songs to Ein, Jet was fixing the air conditioner and Faye was in her room.

Spike was getting tired of hanging around the ship, and felt the need for a drink anyways. Even though he still had the injuries, it wasn't as bad as it was earlier that day, he managed to finally get the pack of cigarettes, and walk around the ship, but he was desperately wanting to get off the ship.

He started to walk into the hanger, it was the coldest room and the darkest room on the ship. He noticed that all three crafts was there and was about to start off his own space craft until he heard the small crack of a lighter and the flame burning a cigarette, and it was near or on top of Faye's craft. He knew someone was in the room and he had the slightest clue of who that might be even if the room was almost pitched black.

"They say not to speak of the dead, especially the ones closest to you, because if you do, that means your finally letting them go to the next world without you." Faye said in a low monotone voice.

"And what happens if you never speak of the dead?" Spike didn't know where this was going, but he was still going along with it. He still wanted to know why Faye never said his name since he got back, or in that matter, till they thought he had died.

"They will haunt you, they will make you remember things that you try so hard to forget, but even so...even after they give you all that pain to remember things, you still want them sticking around, you don't want them to leave you yet." Faye continued. She jumped off of her Redtail and headed towards Spike, throwing out the unfinished cigarette in her hands.

"I never spoke about my family of the past because I never had a memory of them, I never knew who they were. That's why I was persistent to know who they were and who I was, they kept haunting my dreams, little by little I started to remember things, that video. That video was just another way to mess with my head and want me to feel more grief and me wanting to know more about my past. Finally knowing the whole truth, I remembered my parents, my siblings, everyone...and when I said their names out loud...I felt better about myself, the weight on my shoulders was finally lifted, and I felt like, I was finally free from those nightmares, they left me alone and I felt happy about that."

Faye was now face to face with Spike "...but with you, you died. I could never say your name because I believed you were dead, and you hurt me greatly, but still, I wanted you here, I didn't wanted you to go yet. You haunted my dreams every single night and you still do. I hate you for doing such things to me, but if I called your name out, I will know that I'm truly left alone. The thing that's so funny about this is...I did say your name, I said it over and over again, because I was finally working up the courage of being alone, but after all that, you still haunt me. I see you right now, standing over me, if I say your name now, you'll mightgo away and maybe this time for good and I don't want to take the chance of starting the process of feeling hurt all over again, but you're still dead to me, even now."

Spike listen to every word she said and he watched every tear flowing down her face. He felt pain for her, he knew what point she was trying to make. He was dead to her still, but she wants to believe he's not.

"Faye, look at me. I'm standing right here because of you. Believe it or not, you're the one that saved me that night. I intended to stay alive that night so I can come back here. I just thought, I just needed to get away from it all because I wanted to recover from my past. I'm just like you Faye, I'm still trying to find my past too, yeah sure I never really lost it to begin with but I was still trying to figure things out about it. I was never dead, I'm still not dead, and if I were, then you're definitely starting to go crazy. Jeez Faye, talking to your self, thinking I'm right here-" He was trying to lighten up the mood, and it definitely worked when Faye was trying her hardest not to smile and laugh at his comment and pushed him away from her.

They started to laugh a little more and stopped for a moment when Spike was trying his best to get serious again "So Faye, do you think you can say my name again?"

Faye gained her composer again "Yeah sure Spike, I can say it again."

Faye was giggling at the stupid way the two were acting now. Spike swung his arm around Faye's shoulder and started to walk back to the ship. "I think this is the outcome of our beautiful relationship Faye."

Spike thought for a moment, 'Regrets may be new, but maybe some regrets are definitely worth it.'

Note: That was my 6th Chapter, it was probably another quick Chapter. Yeah and there is a reason for this story to be posted on the 'Rated Mature' this Chapter did indeed have a little fluff, but in next chapters there would be Adult language, heavy violence, and more mattress mambo, just telling you ahead of time of course. I promise to update more Chapters, but please promise to give the reviews. Will appreciate it. Spanx-- !