Chapter 3

Madison woke up to screaming girls all waiting to use the one bathroom. She hated this, sharing a bathroom; she was guaranteed to be the last.

Madison had a better idea.

Spike laid in a cold sweat once again. He had the same recurring dream again. The one where she blamed him for not saving her. In this dream she called him a pathetic worm and a monster. Spike closed his eyes again and tried to get back to sleep.

His efforts were ruined by the loud knock on his door.

Who could this be? Spike thought, half asleep.

He got out of his king size bed and answered the door.

Stood on the other side was Madison, she was wearing her pajamas and had a toothbrush in her mouth.

"Can I use your bathroom?"

Spike leaned to the side and let Madison into his place. It was big, leather couch, a view over L.A and a bedroom with an en-suit bathroom.

It was decorated in dark colors, ones that matched Spike's personality.

Although it was slightly messy and the floor was covered in whiskey bottles, oh and it reeked of cigarettes, it was a pleasant enough place.

"Gosh don't you ever clean up in here." Madison said. Spike ignored the young slayer and sat on the couch.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I tent to ramble."

"Yeah, you do." Spike fired back.

"Sorry."

"It's okay. I just like to be left alone these days."

Madison sat next to Spike.

"why? If you don't mind me asking."

"I do." Spike stood up and opened the door to the bathroom.

"You wana use my bathroom, there it is. Just. Just don't take long you have a lesson with Faith and the rest of them."

Madison stood up and walked to the bathroom where Spike's out-stretch hand was holding out the door for her.

"I'm sorry."

"Just don't talk to me."

Faith was teaching the slayers advanced slayer moves when the door opened and Madison came in. everyone turned around to look at her, Madison went up to Faith.

"I'm sorry I'm late."

"Why are you late?" Faith asked making Madison feel ten inches small. She gradually felt even smaller as the conversation went on.

"I was using Spike's bathroom and then I got lost…."

"You were with Spike?" Faith arched an eyebrow.

"Yeah."

"Can he also say the same?"

"Yeah. I swear."

"Drop and give me 20"

"Uh?"

"You wana make that 50, slayer?"

"No. I'm sorry."

"Don't be. Just do it."

Reluctantly Madison dropped to the floor in push-up position.

"Come on. We don't have all day."

Madison knocked on Spike's office door, she then entered.

Spike was sat at his desk, hands in head and sleeping.

"Hey." Madison shouted waking Spike up.

"Jesus Christ. You could have given me a heart attack."

"Yeah but your already dead." Madison joked.

"What do you want?" Spike asked waking himself up.

"Faith had such a go at me today in gym. I mean can you believe it?"

"From Faith. Yeah." A little smirk appeared on Spike's face.

"Was that a smirk form you Mr. Spikey?" Madison poked him in his chest.

Spike laughed and tried to pull her away. He then noticed that she reminded him of her. Her looks, her smell, the way she acted.

"Don't." spike was now back to serious mode.

"I'm sorry."

"I have work to do. And, don't you need to sleep. You have a field trip tonight."

"Oh yeah, how fun. Maybe when we get back me and the girls can braid each others hair and talk about boys." Spike laughed. "Bite me. All the girls hate me."

"I'm sure they don't."

"They do. And to be honest, I'd rather hang with you than go in the bedroom with them."

"Well, you can't stay here. Why don't you go in my bedroom? You know where it is."

Spike handed Madison the key card.

"Okay, on one condition, you tell Faith I was with you this morning that's why I was late."

"I can't she'll think something's going on."

"Fine looks like I'm staying here."

"Okay, okay you win." Spike mockingly put his hands up in the air; Madison took the key card off Spike and was gone.

Faith, Willow and Dawn were in the private canteen for those in charge. They really liked having the power they did. Especially Faith.

Giles and Spike walked in followed by Xander. They each went to the doughnuts; expect Spike who went only to his private blood stash.

"Faith can i have a word?" Spike asked placing a mug of blood into the microwave.

"Yeah sure, you can have more if you want."

"Uh?" Spike looked confused.

"Never mind. So what's up?"

"It's about the new girl, Madison." The microwave popped and Spike took his blood out of the microwave, it was hot. But that never mattered to Spike. He was a vampire after all.

"Yeah, she said she was with you this morning." Everyone stopped and looked at Spike to se what his response was.

"Yeah, she was using my bathroom."

"You sure that's all?" Xander asked standing next to Giles and placing a warm jelly doughnut in his mouth.

"What are you saying?" Spike wasn't impressed with what the mortal had said.

"I'm saying, she's a young attractive girl. And you two are close."

"She's nothing more than a slayer to me."

Spike stormed out forgetting his blood. He didn't need it, he needed something stronger. Much stronger.

Madison returned to her dorm with the other slayers looking at her.

"Where were you?" Vi asked looking suspicious.

"Out."

"Look, Madison. I'm just a concerned friend here. I don't want you getting into trouble. Do we girls?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Look, what can you tell me about Buffy?"

"Sit down." Kennedy said.

"Buffy was a slyer." Kennedy started.

"She was a legend." Someone else said. Everyone agreed.

"Yeah, she was the one who had the idea to make us all slayers."

"So, what does this after do with Spike?" Madison asked.

"He loved her. And she loved him, very much. But because she was the slayer she didn't get together with him." Explained Kennedy.

"Well she did. But it didn't last. No one knows why." Rona stepped in.

"So what happened to her?"

"She died. There was this battle that we were in, and Spike died in that. But then he came back to life and stayed in LA. And then we came and helped this other vampire, Angel, to fight in this battle with the circle of the black thorn."

Everyone nodded.

"It was wicked, Willow did this thing where she sent out an energy bolt and killed the entire demons. But, unfortunately, it got Buffy. She died in Spike's arms."

Madison now realized what Spike's problem was, he lost the love of his life. She didn't pity nor feel sorry for the guy; she wanted to be his friend. But he was holding back, wasn't letting anyone in. Madison was going to change that.