Sunnydale California

4:00 am

Spike walked into the mansion carrying a pissed off slayer over his shoulder.

"Spike let me go!" Buffy hissed as she pounded on his back.

"Fine." He growled dropping her unceremoniously on the couch.

"Ouch. You big doof that hurt." She said as she tried to get up.

"No can do luv." He said pushing her back down onto the couch. "Angelus!" He yelled for his grandsire.

"What do you want Spike?" Angel asked coming down the stairs.

"Take care of your annoyingly stubborn wife." He said pointing toward Buffy.

"What happened?" Angel asked her as he moved toward her. She looked fine to him.

"Nothing! Spike's just being an idiot." She told her husband.

"Am I now?" He turned to his grandsire. "This bloody bint of yours nearly got herself killed." He said.

"What?" Angel roared. Buffy just glared at Spike.

"No I didn't I was doing my job." Buffy protested.

"No you weren't you were taking unnecessary risk, you stupid little bint."

"Will someone just tell me what the HELL happened!"

"We were out patrolling and got ambushed by 13 maybe 14 vamps. We fought and this girl gets knocked down. Didn't think much of it so I continue to fight thinking she can handle herself. I dust the vamp in front of me and see her struggling with a vamp. She goes to kick it, he grabs her foot and twist. Now I've seen and heard some pretty cringe worthy things but what I heard snap didn't sound good. So I dust the vamp and she's on the floor. I told her to stay down, there were only about four vamps I'd take care of them. But of course Buffy the Immortal Vampire Slayer over here will have none of it. I keep fighting then I hear struggling. I turn to see your wife punching a vamp, not to bad for someone with a hurt like hers. I turn back to my fight thinking she'll be okay. Dust the vamp in time to see Blondie here get punched to the floor. Vamp bout to suck her dry. When I dust the vamp and go to check her foot she punches me and decides she rather fuck up her foot more by walking here instead of letting me carrying her. So when she turned to leave she nearly fell. I caught her and carried her here. Bitch nearly smashed my spine to pieces with them lil fist of hers." Spike finished.

Angel turned to Buffy. "Have you lost your goddamned mind? What were you thinking?"

Buffy just glared at him. "I was thinking that I'm the slayer and my job description does not say sit there and let someone fight for me." She said getting up.

Angel pushed her back onto the couch. "You're not going anywhere." He turned to Spike. "First off thanks. Seconly call Giles and tell him to come here. Thirdly your staying here, there's blood in the fridge. Call Giles for me first though."

Spike nodded and went into the kitchen to heat up some blood and call Giles.

Angel turned to Buffy. "Buffy what's going on with you? You've been weird since yesterday. What's going on? Baby talk to me." He said pulling a stray hair from her face.

"Nothing is wrong with me. I'm fine. Why did you have Spike call Giles?"

"Because you're going to need to get that checked out." He said pointing to her foot.

"Angel I'm fine. No need for a doctor. I'll be healed by tomorrow."

"Watcher's on his way." Spike said as he entered the room with a mug of blood.

"Thanks" Angel said to his childe.

"Yeah thanks." Buffy said sarcastically.

Angel bent down in front of his beloved and checks her foot. "Does it hurt?" He asked softly touching the quickly swelling part.

Buffy didn't say anything at first. She refused to let Spike know he was right. Angel pressed down harder. "Ow okay, okay yet it hurts. Damnit." She yelled kicking her husband in the chest.

As Angel slowly rose to his feet, Giles entered the mansion.

"Now what is going on?" Giles asked, still half asleep.

"Slayer here needs to see a doc." Spike said heading back into the kitchen for more blood.

"What happened?" Giles asked Angel going toward the two.

"Patrolling. Her foot may be broken." Angel told the watcher. " I need you to take her to a doctor."

"No problem."

"Spike open the garage door for Giles." He told his childe. Giles pull the car into the garage and I'll put Buffy in the car." He told the watcher.

Giles and Spike only nodded and did as he said.

Angel picked Buffy up. "Come one. Off you go."
"I don't need to see a doctor, Angel." She said struggling to get out of his arms.

"Yes you do now stop fighting before I drop you on the floor. And don't fight with Giles either, just go, let them check you out. Oh and Buffy don't punch the doctor this time."

"Whatever." She grumbled.

Angel sighed heavily as he carried her to the garage. She can be so stubborn. Please just go. Put my unbeating heart at rest." He pleaded.

"Fine" Buffy said sighing.

Angel kissed her softly on her forehead and placed her in the car. "Thank you my beloved."