Hey here is Chap 5 please enjoy it thanks to everyone who reviewed please let me know that you think
The song is we close our eyes by Allister
Disclaimer – I don't own Buffy or the song though I do wish I owned Spike and his sexy duster mmmmmm!!
As Buffy stayed knelt down in the mud oblivious to the rain around her
"Noooo" she moaned softly "Not again"
As the gang stayed seeming stuck in place at Buffy's singing outburst slowly as if moving through water Spike walked out into the rain until he stood in front of Buffy. Kneeling down until he was eye level with her
"Pet, come on! 's rainin" he said softly as he softy brushed wet strands of hair off her face "you'll get sick" still Buffy didn't reply Spike frowned deep lines ran through his forehead. Rain tricked down his face slowly his arms slid around her Buffy's body and lifted her up
"Come ON pet! If ya get sick ya gonna have to eat Nibblets cookin'" said Spike smiling slightly at the horrified look that passed across her face. Shivering Buffy turned to him
"That's a scary thought" she said smiling with a shrug of his shoulders Spike took off his beloved duster and draped it around Buffy's shoulders as they walked the short distance back to the porch. Once they were under the protection of the tin roof, Spike got a halfhearted slug on the arm from Dawn
"Oi what's that for Platelet?"
"Oh does 'ya gonna have to eat Nibblets cookin' ring a bell?" said Dawn mockingly in a bad English accent
"Wellllllllll truth 'erts Pet" said Spike with a shrug "Now let's get inside Rupes can put on a pot o' tea an' the Slayer needs to dry off by my reckoning" as he softly steered Buffy towards the door
"Hey why does Captain Peroxide make decisions around here?" said Xander
"Well as much as it pains me to admit it he's making quiet a lot of sense" said Giles as he took of his glasses and polished them as he walked
towards the door. When the gang was inside Buffy headed up stairs and the gang all sat down in the lounge area. A few moments later Giles appeared carrying a tray.
"Now Rupes here can play mother an' pour the tea," said Spike as he relaxed into the sofa. Reaching out he took the cup of tea Giles handed him and said
"Thanks" as he sipped the amber liquid the silence in the room was deafening
"S-s-s-o what's going o-o-on?" Tara asked finally
"I don't rightly know Tara," said Giles after a moment of thought
"Do you think it's just Buffy?" asked Willow
"Well the only urge I have had is to have a lot of loud sweaty sex with multiple orgasms with Xander," Said Anya causing Xander to go tomato red. Through clenched teeth he said
"An, remember babe that talk about private conversations"
"Yes... well a question was asked Xander therefore people are interested" Anya said with a shrug grabbing a cup of tea and adding 10 spoons of sugar.
Spike looked over his cup and chuckled lightly before he said
"Good brew Rupes"
"Thank you... Spike" said Giles almost awkwardly
"So Glinda" said Spike turning his body slightly in Tara's direction "I was right bout the mumbo jumbo then"
Tara nodded
"Y-y-yes there is a red glow s-s-surrounding all of our b-b-bodies definitely magic"
"Thought as much," said Spike with a sigh "could smell it"
The gang sat quietly the silence only broken by the occasional clink of china on china and the soft slurping of warm tea. After 10 minutes or so Buffy slowly made her way down the stairs wearing a pair of dark denim
jeans with a off the shoulder white shirt and Spikes leather duster with her hair loosely around her shoulders still damp from her un-expected shower. She took in the scene in front of her Giles with a cup of tea in his hands was sitting on the 3 person couch with Anya and Xander who were holding hands and stealing sly glances at each other. Tara was sitting on the arm on the chair Willow was sitting on running her fingers softly through her hair. Dawn was sitting on the floor with her back leaning on the chair Spike was sitting on. Buffy's eyes were instantly drawn to Spike a cup of tea balanced in his hand the other reaching down to grab some popcorn resting besides Dawn chuckling at something Dawn was looking at in her Cleo magazine.
Buffy couldn't believe how NORMAL it all looked, and she also couldn't believe the strange feelings she felt when she thought of Spike, sure they shared a kiss but when he put his arms around her body, how it was HIM who came to help her from the rain while her friends stood in stunned silence. She pulled the duster tightly around his body inhaling the smell, which was uniquely Spike. A mixture of alcohol, cigarette smoke, blood and what a hit of what could only be pure Spike! God she was addicted to it already and that could only lead to trouble shaking her head she slowly finished her decent.
"So" she had to carefully choose her words "has anyone else... burstintosong?" she finished quickly
"No pet but Glinda says its magic all right an' it effectin' all of us so I won't be surprised," said Spike softly looking Buffy square in the eye
"Well I want to know where the freaky back ground music comes from" said Xander suddenly "And the crazy dance moves"
"Hey yeah!" said Willow "it's kind of weird, even for all the things that happen to us" Buffy smiled this was the gangs way of telling her everything would be ok. As she made her way over to sit next to Giles, she could feel Spike's gaze burning into her back.
Turning stiffly she sat down on the arm next to Giles
"Well I think we should ALL stick together tonight at least until we can sort this out" said Buffy with an emphasis on all looking in Spikes general direction.
"Yes quite," said Giles as he took his glasses off and polished them "this is frightfully strange"
"mmm" murmured Buffy, a sudden movement caught her eye. Spike had stood up and was making his way to the kitchen the muscle in his jaw
clenching and releasing. As his duster flew around a corner Buffy waited a few moments until she could hear the nearly silent sound out the fridge sighing open.
"I'm gonna order us a few pizzas" said Buffy with a smile standing up and headed towards the kitchen "I'll get the usual" as she walked into the kitchen she could see Spikes hunched figure over the kitchen counter if Buffy didn't know better she would say Spike was brooding.
"Spike" said Buffy in an even tone
"Slayer" replied Spike in the same tone as he took another sip from the mug that appeared in his hand.
"Spike... I just... want to say... thanks, you know for earlier"
"S'kay" was all Spike said Buffy looked down and slowly started to move her slender yet muscular arms out of the duster's sleeves. As Spike heard the sound of the rustling leather he looked over a genuine smile on his face
"S'kay luv ya more then welcome to wear it"
Buffy smiled and wrapped the warm, soft leather tightly around her
"There's some blood in the fridge"
"yeah found it thanks pet" said Spike as he drank the last of it in a big gulp before walking over to the sink the muscles in his back rippling as he rinsed the mug under the water "well I'll be off then"
"What! Didn't you hear me we all need to stay together" yelled Buffy
"Well pet since when did your invites include evil members of the un-dead who weren't a part of your damned Scooby club?"
"Well since now and I did say all" said Buffy unable to think of anything
"Yeah well I don't need charity or molly coddling"
"It's not charity or molly coddling, and cant you speak English!"
"S'not my fault you cant speak the kings English luv just the sad watered down version that's shoved down the gobs of all American kids" yelled Spike as Buffy looked at his face she couldn't help it she started giggling
"Slay... Buffy" said Spike looking at her as his had gently cupped her chin
"Spike... no" sighed Buffy
"But luv we gotta talk bout the kiss"
"SPIKE I SAID NO!" yelled Buffy "as far as I am concerned it was a one off thing to never happen again"
"Oh every bloody time Slayer you change the soddin RULES," yelled Spike as he started walking out of the kitchen towards the lounge room "every bloody time I close my eyes you change everything" Spike said softly barely loud enough for Buffy to hear. As Spike entered the lounge room Buffy was right behind him the soft sound of a guitar filled the room and Spike eyes widened and his jaw clenched as he tried to stop the words from spewing out of his mouth, but as the magic became too strong, he opened his mouth and his rich voice sang
we
close our eyes and the world has turned around again
we close our
eyes and dream
another year has come and gone
when everybody is
running in the big race
and having a good time
we might've cast
a shadow
who am I?
I
looked, how thin the face last night
I saw him in a mirror and he
simply smiled
he told me not to worry
he told me just to take
my time
After a brief pause, the music tempo changed and became slightly more punk before Spike continued to sing. He started to move around the lounge room his movements almost smooth and powerful as she body flowed in time with the music.
we
close our eyes and the world has turned around again
we close our
eyes and dream
another year has come and gone
we close our eyes
and the world has turned around again
we close our eyes and
dream
and if you come to me
and if you touch my hand
I
might just slip away
I might just disappear
who am I?
and if
you think I'm worth it
and if you think it's not too late
we
might start falling
if we don't try too hard
we might start
falling in love
we close our eyes and the world has turned
around again
we close our eyes and dream
another year has come
and gone
we close our eyes and the world has turned around
again
we close our eyes and dream
we're on the healing
path
we're on a roller coaster ride that could never turn back
and
if you love me
and if you really try to make the seconds
count
then we could close our eyes
close our eyes
and the
world has turned around again
close our eyes
another year has
come and gone
we close our eyes and the world has turned
around again
we close our eyes and dream
another year has come
and gone
we close our eyes and the world has turned around
again
we close our eyes and dream
close our eyes and the world has turned around again
With a groan Spike sat down with a un graceful thump raising a hand to his temple he started to massage the tender flesh
"Someone put a stake in me!" he moaned
"Wow Spike you have a good voice" said Dawn "we least we could hear you sing properly this time anyway"
"Nibblet" said Spike with a slight edge to his voice
"Dawn, back off of Spike a little hmmm" said Buffy suddenly she could feel every pair of eyes in the room snap to look at her but for some reason she didn't care, it was only her and Spike who knew what they were going through right now
'Just like it always is' she thought her eyes widening at her sudden realisation. It was always Spike in her corner, always Spike who was there to comfort her in his own way. the one person who knew just what she was going through from bursting into song AGAIN, dying to... crawling out of their own grave, it was always Spike who was her rock, Spike who never questioned her and suddenly Buffy didn't know what to feel.