At around nine p.m. Spike put his sunglasses back on and picked up the still sleeping Erin and walked back to his brother's truck. "You are so luck I'm a gentleman Erin." Spike said as he placed her in the front seat. He got in himself and started up the truck. He looked down to see that Erin was still sleeping soundly. "I don't think even a X.A.N.A attack could wake her up right now." He thought to himself. "Five days and one X.A.N.A attack later she'd better sleep like a log."
After about a half-hours worth of driving, Erin was starting to toss and turn. When she finally calmed down she ended up with her head on Spike's leg. "Comfortable Erin?" He asked clearly uncomfortable. At that time she gripped Spike's pant leg and started to moan as if she was crying. Spike pulled over to the side of the road and started to debate with himself on whether or not to wake her up. "If this is what's keeping her up at night then I should wake her up. But if I do she'll stay awake for another five days." He thought. He finally decided bad sleep was better than no sleep. "Erin…." He whispered softly as he held her hand. It was then he noticed a tear rolling down her cheek. He wiped the tear away with his index finger. "Erin I'm right here…" He whispered as he bent down to her ear. "…and I'll always protect you."
At the School Parking Lot
Somehow Spike managed to calm Erin down and drive back to school. Now the real challenge began, getting Erin into her room without anyone seeing. Spike could only think of what would happen to his and Erin's reputation if anyone saw them like this. So he quietly and cautiously carried her back to her room. He turned the knob but to his dismay, it was locked. So he reached into Erin's coat pocket and pulled out the key to her room. He opened the door to see the only one there was Fang. "(Looks like you guys had a fun night.)" He joked. "Shut up Fang." Spike barked as he laid Erin down on her bed. "So how long have they been going on?" He asked. "(What?)" "The nightmares." "(She asked me not to tell you about this.)" Fang replied sheepishly. Spike sat down and seemed to be in deep thought, then it hit him. "So when did she tell you this?" "(About a week ago.)" Fang replied. Spike grinned. "Thank you Fang." He said patting him on the head and walking to the door. He opened the door to see Ulrich and Yumi kissing. When they saw Spike they instantly broke apart. "We were never here." Ulrich said. "Gotch'ya Romeo." Spike said calmly walking to his room. Fang howled in his approval. "Shut up Fang." Yumi said. Fang just snickered.
In Spike's room
Spike entered the room and to his surprise not only was Lance there but Odd and Jeremy were there too. "What the hell are you doing here?" He asked calmly. "We're here to talk about our resent defeat." Jeremy replied. "Great just what I need, that damn dragoon popping back into my head." Spike growled. "Aw Spike wants to keep Erin in his thoughts as long as poss-" Lance was cut short by Spike hurling a pillow at him. "Oooo have I reach a soft spot." Lance taunted. "How long do you expect to live Lance. Cause at the rate your going it ain't going to be long." Spike threatened. "Hey if you guys are going to fight we need time to sell tickets." Odd joked. "Anyway back to the subject at hand. How'd all thoughts guys get their gifts?" Jeremy interrupted. Just then Ulrich walked in. "From what they said X.A.N.A gave them to em." Spike replied. "But how?" Jeremy looked around. "We don't know Jeremy it's not like we can just ask him." Ulrich said. "Maybe we can." Spike replied somewhat ashamed. "What do you mean?" Ulrich asked. "Well … ah … awhile ago Erin was in … ah pretty bad shape so I went to talk to her." He replied
Flash Back (Hard to fallow who perspective actualy)
Yumi and Fang slept while Erin worked on her computer. "Three days sense the attacks and still no leads on the biker." Erin said to herself. "You've got mail." Said the computer. "Please don't be who I think it is." Erin wined. She opened the virtual envelope, and to her dismay it was who she thought it was.
Erin I'm tired of talking to you this way. I hope we can meet tonight. I will await your reply at 3:30 p.m.
Love, X.A.N.A
"Why dose he always put love?" She asked. Just then the doorknob started being worked. In a flash Erin closed the E-mail, and grabbed her gun. The door opened to revile a dark figure standing in the doorway. Erin pointed her gun at the figure. "Hey hey Erin it's me Spike." The dark figure said. "Spike… what the hell are you doing in here?" Erin whispered setting down her gun. "I couldn't sleep." He replied. "Okay… so how'd you know I was awake?" She asked. "I know you all to well Erin. Anyway I was wondering if you'd like to go for a walk with me." He replied. "At 12:00, in the dead of night, when it's snowing?" Erin said in disbelief. Spike nodded. Erin sighed. "Sure why not."
Some Where On The School Grounds
"You cold?" Spike asked. "No I'm fine. What about you?" Erin asked noticing that Spike didn't have a shirt on. "No, I don't feel a thing actually." He replied. Erin looked into his eyes (which is very difficult considering he has sunglasses on) and stared into them for a few moments. "Are you drunk?" She asked. "Not at the least." He replied. "How much did you have?" She asked. "Just a swig before I came to your roo…" Spike stopped himself realizing what he had just said. Erin looked at him as if to say 'your hopeless'. "What? You took my smokes what else do you expect me to do?" Spike argued. "I didn't say anything." Erin replied. "So is there something you wanted to talk about?" "Actually I was going to ask you the same question." Spike replied. Erin didn't answer. "Erin you don't sleep, you hardly eat … I … I just want to know what's wrong." Spike said in a caring and fearful tone. "There's this guy. He seems really intent on going out with me." Erin replied. "I'm sorry." Spike apologized. "It's not you." She replied looking down as if ashamed. "Erin what happened? Guys have done this before and you just ignored it." Spike asked clearly concerned. "Nothing." Erin answered quickly. Spike looked at her in disbelief. "Erin no matter what I'll be there to protect you." He replied. Realizing what he just said he changed the subject. "It's late we should go back to bed."
End Of Flash Back
"So sense I didn't get anything important out of her … I … I snuck into her room before we went out and read her ah (clears his throat) E-mails. There uh … there were quite a few from X.A.N.A." He said. "What kind of E-mails like threat what?" Lance asked. "Ah (clears his throat) love." He said quietly. Lance looked at his brother wide eyed.
Okay it's not long but I can only work so well under presser. Oh and ah many thanks to kmc99. Okay anyway I love hearing from you guys. Tell me what you want to read give me questions I can answer. I don't mind. Anyway check out kmc99's fics there in my favorites section. Later…………
