Buffy woke up to the smell of pancakes. She looked over to the dresser, there was none there. Then she looked over to the chair, Spike was sitting in it. He was holding a plate of pancakes with syrup on them and a glass of orange juice. As soon as she noticed this she jumped out of the bed and grabbed the things from him. She swallowed down half of the food when she realized that Spike's eyes were sad.

"Spike, what's wrong?" Buffy asked. She set the food aside and Spike looked away.

"Spike?" She repeated.

"Was it good?" He asked her.

"Was what good?" Buffy asked.

"The pancakes." Spike said, "I've never made them before."

"They were wonderful. But Spike, what's wrong?" She asked, she put her hand on his cheek.

"I'm sorry." Spike whispered.

"Sorry? For what?" She asked. Spike swung out his fist and within seconds she was unconscious.

"That." Spike whispered. He placed his lips onto her and gave her a soft kiss.

He picked her still body and carried her out of the room and down the stairs.

………………………………...(Later)

"I'm getting sick and tired of waking up in pain." Buffy said, she opened her eyes and gasped.

"I'm home?" She asked. She jumped off her bed and then touched her face. Her face hurt and then she remembered why.

"Stupid Spike." She said, she ran down her stairs and saw her mother on the couch.

"Mom?" Buffy asked as she walked into the living room. Joyce looked up from the couch and smiled.

"Buffy." Joyce smiled. She jumped off of the couch and gave her daughter a hug, "Where were you?" Joyce asked a few minutes later.

"I was …. On a vacation." She answered.

"On a vacation? Without telling me? Your seventeen. You can't do that, you grounded." Joyce said.

"OK. But can I call Giles first?" She asked.

"Go ahead." Joyce said.

Buffy ran to the phone to call her watcher, when a face in the window caught her eye. She smiled and the other person smiled back. The face disappeared and Buffy frowned.

"Bye Spike." She whispered. She grabbed the phone and called her watcher to tell him what happened… Well, not exactly everything.

And they went on with there lives. Buffy never did see Spike again after the exchange of smiles. And for some reason, she was OK with that. Even though she never saw him, she could sense him sometimes with her slayer sense, and that made her happy.

Hey. Another story added to the list of finished. How was it? It wasn't as sad as my Nothing Good Comes From Breaking Up. I figured I owed it to people to not make an ending like that ever again... at least not for a while... Reveiw?