Willow stood in the hallway staring at her teary eyed friend confused.
"What do you mean 'she is right', Dawn…what did you do now?" Willow said with an accusing glare and arms folded.
Dawn sat relaxed and kicked her legs up onto the table and glared back, "I haven't done anything I simply told her the truth…she loves Spike." She gave herself a smug little smile before looking back at her sister concerned, she was reaching near convulsions. "Buff…come on it's not that bad, calm down it will be ok." She crossed the room to her sister and placed a comforting arm around her.
Buffy moved into her sister's embrace and slowly began to slow her breathing. "It's…it's just that…I mean come on!" she stammered not sure how to get the right words out. "This is a big deal! How can I honestly be in love with Spike, and after everything he has done to me I can't believe this…" She sat there the tears finally leaving her eyes. Willow stood uncomfortable at the edge of the hallway before slowly sliding onto the floor in front of Buffy.
"Buff…I think there is something you need to know about Spike…" She said lowering her head a little. Buffy scrunched her eyebrows in confusion.
"What do you mean, and why do you look so nervous it can't be as bad as my new found love." Buffy attempted at a chuckle.
Willow shook her head and looked up at Buffy. "No its not bad, I just…it's gonna be a shocker." Buffy nodded waiting for her to continue the curiosity beginning to burn in her eyes. "Buff…seems our little pal Spike went off and got himself a soul…" Willow looked into her friends eyes to see what Buffy was feeling, there was a look of shock and still burning curiosity. She moved out of her sister's arms, stood up, and walked into the hallway. She came back into the living room with her coat on and looked at Willow with a blank expression.
"Where is he Will…"
Willow didn't ask questions seeing the determination in her eyes. "The old cemetery, the biggest crypt they got…"Willow chuckled a little. "Figures Spike has to go overboard with everything…" Willow cleared her throat, she looked up to say goodbye to Buffy, but she was already gone….
Spike awoke on the coach, somewhere in thinking about his Slayer he had fallen into a dream. It didn't surprise him everything about her was like a dream to him. He grabbed a bag of pig's blood out of the fridge and drank until he felt satisfied. Looking around his crypt he realized how alone he really was. It was really beginning to amaze him how much extra time he had on his hands. He couldn't really go anywhere, his whole life had basically in some way or another revolved around the gang. He chuckled a little to himself thinking never even liked them and they were the biggest part of the day. Tired of sitting and waiting for Buffy he decided it was finally time to go find her, preparing himself for the biggest beating of his life he walked out of his crypt door.
He had only made it about a block before he saw her…walking towards him at a fast pace, it almost looked like she was crying. Spike froze where he stood, feeling like he was cemented to the sidewalk. The closer she got made him feel like his heart was beating again and racing rapidly. She stood a few steps away from him and stared at his face, not able to make out her expression he lowered his face to the ground. He felt a hand come underneath his chin and pull his face up to stare into her eyes. He was held in a trance until he felt a sharp blow to the side of his face.
"That was for Anya…"She said in the fiery tone that he had missed so much, making everything worth it. She flew her fist again into the other side of his face, "That was for leaving." Another blow to his stomach sent him to the ground. "That was for the bathroom…" Spike stood up with his head to the ground, like a child being scolded. "And…" He heard the hesitation in her voice, making him look up as her tone went from fierce to soft.
Staring into his blue eyes she couldn't hold it back any longer. "And…this is for what you did for me and for you coming back…" Buffy hesistated for only a moment before pulling his face to hers, kissing him softly but with an edge of passion.
It took a moment for Spike to comprehend what was happening before responding to her and pulling her closer to embrace her. He felt like he was in a dream and was about to wake up, the feel of her lips, the smell of her hair…it was all too good to be true. Buffy pulled away slowly with a small nervous small across her face.
Spike gave her his famous smirk and the only think he could manage to say was… "Hello Luv."