Title: Best Laid Plans 13/16
Author: Forsaken2003
Pairing: Spike/Xander
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own none; all belong to Joss Whedon
Comments: Always welcomed!
Summary: Xander decides he wants to help Spike and Buffy get together. What better way than to pretend they are dating?
Warnings/Spoilers: Season 5
Beta'd by: Whichclothes

Part Thirteen

"This is a mess," Buffy said as she swept a vampire off his feet. "First I steal Xander's boyfriend and now we don't even have any sort of romantic feelings toward each other!" She plunged a stake into the vamp's chest and watched as it turned to dust. "Like I didn't have enough guilt already!"

Spike took out his own vampire. "You're not the only one in this!" Spike snarled. For weeks he'd been in a pretend relationship with Xander and he'd buried any feelings that he started having for Xander because it was Buffy he'd wanted. Chalk it up for another plan that he fucked up. What the hell was he supposed to do now?

"We have to make this right," Buffy declared as she put Mr. Pointy away.

"And how exactly are we going to fix this?" Spike asked. There was nothing to fix considering their entire relationship had been a ruse.

Buffy huffed. Didn't Spike know she wasn't the brains of the group? "I don't know! We'll figure something out. Right now we should get to the Bronze before they think we ditched them."

Xander was having an amazing time. He danced with Willow and Tara a couple of times before Jared came over to Xander, asking him to dance. He'd seen Xander with Spike weeks before and worked up the courage to talk to Xander.

"Your boyfriend isn't going to be jealous, is he?" Jared asked his lips close to Xander's ear. Their bodies were pressed close against each other.

"No. No. We uh, we broke up," Xander said. His jaw clenched as he thought of Spike. He and Buffy hadn't shown up yet and God knew what they were doing right now.

"Really? Why?" Jared asked curiously.

Xander really didn't want to talk about this. He'd rather talk about vampires then this. "There was someone else. For him I mean, not for me."

Jared pulled away slightly, just enough to look at Xander. "I'm sorry. You probably don't want to talk about it."

"It's fine. Actually it's not. I'd just prefer to accept it wasn't meant to be and move on," Xander explained.

"On to bigger and better things," Jared and attached his lips to Xander's.

The kiss was different than any Xander had experienced with Spike. Spike's lips were soft while Jared's were slightly chapped, but it was still nice. Not as nice as kissing Spike but it was still good. Xander pulled away. He looked like he was properly kissed. "Wow."

"Took the words right out of my mouth," Jarrod said with a smile. "How would you feel about going somewhere a little quieter?"

Xander looked over at Willow and Tara. They were still dancing together. They probably forgot that Xander was even there. "Yeah, why not? What's the worst thing that could happen?" The words fell from his mouth before he could stop them. There was nothing he could do about it now. He couldn't take them back.

Jared smiled and started his way through the crowd sure that Xander would follow behind him. They went to the alley exit.

Spike and Buffy made it to the Bronze in record time. They both scanned the crowd, looking for Xander but only finding Willow and Tara. Spike pushed his way through as little warnings from the chip fired in his head.

"Where's Xander?" Spike asked, startling the girls apart.

"What?" Willow asked, looking confused. "Oh, he was dancing with some guy. I'm sure they were just here."

Tara looked around the room searching for Xander. "Maybe he's in the bathroom?"

"Yo, you looking for that guy in the ugly Hawaiian shirt?" a brunette girl asked, butting into their conversation.

"Yeah, you've seen him, pet?" Spike asked.

She nodded her head towards the alley exit. "Him and some hottie made their way back there. You probably want to give them a few minutes though," she said with a wink and went back to dancing.

A small growl left Spike's throat. Xander was in a dirty alley with some guy he'd just met? Was he insane? He led the pack as Buffy, Willow and Tara trailed behind him, all concerned about Xander.

Jared was sucking on Xander's neck as he rubbed up against Xander. Xander's eyes were closed; it wasn't Jared he was thinking of, it was Spike. He imagined that it was Spike sucking on his neck, that it was his tongue that lavished his skin. Xander moaned loudly. The warm touch of Jared's hands threw Xander off his fantasy of Spike. They should be cold and giving him goose bumps.

There was a growl and suddenly Xander was no longer being touched. Opening his eyes to see what Jared was doing, Xander was shocked to see Spike, Buffy, Willow and Tara all staring at him. He noticed a stake in Spike's hands. "Huh?"

"You are a bloody idiot," Spike snarled. "What the fuck were you thinking coming out here with a vampire?" he demanded to know.

"Jared was a vampire?" Xander asked. He looked down and saw a small pile of ash. Yup Jared had been a vampire. "But he wasn't cold."

Spike rolled his eyes. "He'd just fed. All that fresh blood warmed him up. Hasn't the watcher taught you anything?"

Xander sighed and leaned against the brick wall. Of course Jared had been a vampire. Just another demon trying to kill him. Probably not before a little nookie of course. "Great. Thanks for the save."

"Xander, what were you thinking coming out here with some stranger? Don't you know what goes on back here?" Willow asked, sounding naïve.

"Yeah Wills, I know what goes on back here," Xander replied. "Look why don't we just go back inside?"

Buffy ushered Willow and Tara back into the Bronze but when Xander went to walk around Spike he was shoved back, stumbling before he caught his footing. "Hey!"

"What the hell were you thinking?" Spike hissed. "Were you even thinking at all?"

"Look, it was a mistake. I thought he was just your average guy looking for a good time. He's dust in the wind so let's move on," Xander said. "Come on, you don't want to keep Buffy waiting." Once again he tried moving past Spike but was stopped. "What?" Xander asked, irritated. He had a raging hard on and now the only person who was going to take care of it was himself.

"I want to talk to you," Spike said. His hand was wrapped around Xander's bicep.

Xander managed to get out of Spike grasp. "I'm not really in the mood for talking. I just want to go home. Just go back to Buffy; I don't want to keep the happy couple apart," replied Xander bitterly. He managed to pass Spike, leaving him alone in the dark alley.

"Bugger."