Chapter 7: The Last Peaceful Evening

"Are you sure you're alright?" Spike glanced at Buffy as they exited the med-lab, "You don't feel dizzy or nauseous?"

They walked down the hallway towards the elevator.

"For the last time, I'm fine." Buffy said, "Don't you trust the doctors?"

"No, not really." Spike admitted, "Doctors don't always tell you the truth, and since this are Wolfram and Hart doctors then they must be lying on top of there lies."

"Spike they didn't find anything. I don't see what the big deal is, sometimes on patrol I inhale a bit of vamp dust by accident…" Buffy pointed out.

Once they got to the elevator Buffy pressed the 'Up' button and waited.

"Maybe we should get a second opinion. Maybe we could get some x-rays or some more blood tests…OR maybe…" Spike was going to continue but Buffy shut him up with a kiss. She kissed him long and hard, trying to make him calm down and put all his worries to rest. When she pulled away she smiled to see he was speechless.

'I just know what he likes.' Buffy thought to herself as she smiled at him.

"What were we talking about?" he whispered to her in a daze.

"Dinner…you…me…tonight." Buffy stated.

"Alright…" Spike smiled but then shook his daze away, "Hey, wait a minute…you distracted me on purpose!"

Buffy rolled her eyes and grabbed Spike's shoulders, "Spike…I'm fine…honest. Stop worrying." She whispered.

"When it's about you, I always worry luv…" Spike whispered back.

The elevator dinged and out came Angel worried and in a big hurry. He was about to run down the hall to the med-lab but he back tracked when he saw Buffy and Spike.

"I heard…" Angel said and came up to Buffy and Spike. Angel turned to Buffy, "You alright?"

Buffy sighed, "I'm fine! Will everyone stop worrying…please." She said and walked into the elevator.

Spike and Angel exchanged a glance with each other and then got into the elevator with Buffy.

Later that evening Buffy and Spike returned to Spike's apartment. Buffy came through the door seeming a little upset, she was carrying a bag of food in one hand. She set the bag down and turned to Spike and crossed her arms across her chest—giving him a sour look.

"What!" Spike asked from her look.

"We couldn't even get through dinner without you making a fuss…I sneezed and you wanted to call the paramedics." Buffy threw up her hands in let out a big sigh.

Spike shut the door and walked up to Buffy with a little innocence face.

"Look...I'm sorry." He said softly and put his arms on her waist, "I'm sorry I embarrassed you but do you blame me? It's your first day out with that dusty stuff from the sarcophagus in your system…"

"You just know how to make a girl special don't ya?" Buffy sighed and walked over to the couch and sat down. Spike followed and sat down next to her. "So much for our first date…" Buffy mumbled.

Spike paused and thought about it, "That was our first date?"

Buffy laughed and looked at him, "What did you think it was?"

"Not sure…never really thought about it." Spike admitted.

"You never thought about it because your mind was preoccupied if I sneezed or coughed." Buffy shook her head.

"Sorry love…" Spike said and put his arm around her shoulder and started playing with her hair.

Buffy leaned closer into Spike and patted his knee, "Its okay…it's the best outing I had in a while actually…"

"So…you've been on dates after the crumble of Sunnydale…" Spike stopped playing with her hair and waited for her to answer.

Buffy moved her head to look him in the eye and saw him waiting for her to answer, "…what if I did…would you be jealous?" She whispered.

Spike sighed, "Well…yeah."

Buffy smiled and gave him a quick his on the lips, "Good...but to make you feel better you'd be glad to know I didn't go out on any dates…"

Spike breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Thank god."

Buffy laughed and kissed him again, but a little longer and more passionate. When they broke away Buffy noticed that both of them were laid out vertically on the couch with Spike on top of her. They didn't start kissing again but their lips were very close and the lust in their eyes looked like they wanted to kiss again.

"Thought we were taking it slow…" Spike said in a whisper.

"Me too…" Buffy whispered back, "Guess…this is as slow as we go…"

"You sure you want to—" Spike was cut off by Buffy kissing him again.

A few moments later when they broke apart Buffy said, "I love you…"

"I know…" Spike whispered with a smiled and went in for the kiss again.

While Buffy and Spike were making up for lost time with a night of passion, some action was also taking place in the Wolfram and Hart med-lab. However, there was no one in the lab to take note of what was happening-- all the employees turned in for the night.

Inside a test tube was Buffy's blood sample, which was starting to act a little funny. The red blood began to boil like as if it were a pot of water on the stove. The boiling increased rapidly until the test tube couldn't take it anymore, and then the tube shattered.

TBC……