„Get lost. " Angel had said and Spike had turned on his heel and strode out of the office without even a last backwards glare at the other vampire.
He had then gone out into the darkness and had attacked the next best thing he could find which so happened to be another vampire attacking a young girl.
Spike got rid of the attacking demon easily and fast and soon sent the girl on her way home, harshly advising her to be more careful in the future.
For some time, during the period he had been chipped, killing other demons had been one of the few things that could make Spike feel satisfied, but now, standing above the pile of dust that was once a vampire and was now being scattered by the wind it seemed that for the first time in his unlife he had done what Angel had told him. He felt lost…lost and alone. The feeling seemed to envelope him, pricking at his unbeating heart and finding approval of his soul and conscience.
"I see you've already found a trouble-spot without me." a voice suddenly sounded from behind him. Spike did not even need to turn around to know who it was. He would have recognized Lindsey's southern accent anywhere.
"What d' you want?" Spike asked, not in the mood for one of Lindsey's pep-talks now.
"Nothing." The other man replied nonchalantly. "Just happened to be around."
Spike really didn't care to think of the reasons why he was now lying in the bed of his dingy basement apartment, smoking a cigarette while Lindsey lay curled up next to him, lazily drawing circles on the vampire's abs. All that mattered to Spike at that moment was that for the first time since he had come back from really being dead he didn't feel alone and completely empty, cold, although he should not be perceptive to temperature any longer. He felt happier with Lindsey there… warmer.
"You weren't just around, were you." Spike stated quietly, it was not a question.
"You're right, I wasn't." Lindsey replied, propping himself up on one elbow to look into Spike's eyes."
"Then what was it? You didn't have a vision?"
"No. I was looking for you, Spike."
The vampire frowned slightly. "Why?"
"You looked kinda lost." The ex-lawyer explained, moving closer to spike and snuggling against him once more.
Spike exhaled some smoke and stubbed out his cigarette on the nightstand, then reached over and drew Lindsey into a closer, more intimate embrace. "Well, I'm bloody glad you found me, then."
