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Chapter 2

"Oh, I can't wait to get home and go on that trip. Are you sure you don't want to come, honey?"

"Yea, I'm sure. I'm gonna spend the week with the girls. My parents are away and I haven't spent much time with them since we started college." Spike said as he grabbed his bag from the conveyor belt.

He was careful not to mention just how much one on one time he was intending on spending with Buffy. He could feel him and Cordy drifting apart and every time he started thinking about life without her, it naturally led to thinking of life with Buffy. He was going to use this week to find out if she felt the same.

"Oh, there they are!" Cordy squealed as they approached the girls. Cordy hugged Buffy while Spike hugged his sister. They then switched partners. When they were all sufficiently reacquainted they grabbed their bags and walked to the car.

"Oh my gosh, I have missed you girls." Cordy said as they got in the car. "How is your senior year going?"

"Glad it's almost over." Dawn sighed into the rearview mirror.

"Trust me, Bit, you'll miss it when it's gone." Spike warned with his signature smirk.

"As if." Dawn scoffed.

"What about you, Buffy?" Spike made eye contact with her through the mirror.

"Well, I don't really have the money, or the hate for this place to leave after high school. So even when it's over, Dawn will leave me here at UC Sunnydale by myself, so yea, I'll miss her."

"You're not coming to NYU with us?" Cordy yelled. "But, I was looking gorward to the four of us being together again."

"Yea, Buffy" Spike raised his voice and made no effort to hide the fear from his face.

"I thought we always planned to go to school at the same place?"

Buffy then turned to face them in the back seat. "Well, I didn't get the scholarship I needed, and with Mom dying I'm gonna have to find a place of my own."

Buffy had been living with Dawn and her parents since her mother passed away from a brain tumor the previous fall.

"Come on, Buffy, you know you can always rely on Dad and Jenny. And I'm sure me and Cordy can get you some funding."

Cordy nodded. "Yea, we've made a lot of connections up there."

Buffy sighed. "I appreciate that and you guys can try, but as of now it looks like I'll be studying journalism right here."

The car came to a stop. "Okay, Cordy, here's your stop."

"Ok, bye, guys. See you Sunday."

"Bye," they all said in unison. Buffy and Dawn both noticed the lack of affection Spike and Cordy showed each other in saying goodbye, then realizing they hadn't really been very affectionate since they picked them up, but neither girl brought in up.

"Oh, drop me off at the paper." Buffy told Dawn once they started driving again. "I have to finish going over some stuff before the break."

"Working at a paper?" Spike asked as he raised his eyebrow.

"Yea, she's doing an internship at The Herald." Dawn informed him.

Spike smirked. "Impressive. Our little Buffy is a reporter."

"Not yet, but someday." She shrugged. "Dawn, just drop me off right here, and I'll catch the bus home."

"The hell you will!" Spike yelled, instantly hating the idea. "I'll come pick you up. Just call me when you're done."

Buffy smiled. "Okay then. It shouldn't take long, just come by around eight?"

"You got it."

"Okay, see you then." Buffy got out of the care then. She assumed that Spike was just being the protective big brother type. But it still was nice for her to think he cared.

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