KNOCK KNOCK….

Eunice quickly walked to the door and opened it to find the two handsome men that were currently in her life. One that she absolutely adored, the other, the source of her best friend's heartache.

"Hey, baby!" Jet heartily wrapped his arms around Eunice, who was too busy shooting a death stare at Spike to realize Jet was hugging her.

"Eunice…." Spike said, giving her a little wave to stop her from staring at him.

"Hmph…" She turned around and walked into the kitchen.

"Where's my love?" Spike asked, an excited grin spreading upon his face.

"Oh, she's dead." Eunice responded, with much bounce. Spike and Jet exchanged bewildered looks, then looked back at Eunice.

"What do you mean?" Spike asked, confused.

"The woman that you really love is dead. Remember that plane crash near the Bahamas two years ago?" Spike looked at Jet again, then back at Eunice, taking the very hard jabs that she was throwing at him.

"That was Julia."

"Yes, I know. You did say your love, right? It's certainly not Faye."

Spike sighed, trying his hardest to stay calm. "I do love Faye."

"No, I don't think you do." Eunice threw the dishtowel that she was using to clean the counters into the sink and walked out of the kitchen, stepping face to face with Spike. "In fact, I know that you don't because if you did, you wouldn't cause her so much pain."

"Eunice..." Jet tried stepping in but there was no stopping her.

"Ever since you entered her life, you've been nothing but trouble and a source of her for her. Well, she's a person in this so-called relationship that you two have. She has feelings, just like you. But you're so inconsiderate and selfish that you don't even recognize it. All you want is for Faye to be just like Julia but Faye is her own person and she won't bow down to you any long-"

"What's going on?" Faye stood in the entrance to the hallway, rubbing her eyes and yawning.

"Tell him, Faye. Tell him that you don't need him. Tell him about all the pain that he's caused you." Eunice pointed her finger at a disoriented Spike.

"I can't do that, Eunice." Faye responded, softly, walking over to Spike.

"Why not?" Eunice asked, slapping her arms to her side, irritated.

"Because I love him. He's my life and…I think you should butt out."

Eunice's mouth was now gaped open. "I've been there for you. I was the shoulder you cried on when he hurt you! And you're going to take him back?"

"He's the man I love. I can't control it."

"Get out of my face." Eunice pointed to the door, whispering, trying to control herself from getting too loud.

"I already have my things packed." Faye responded, turning around to gather her bags from her room.

Eunice shot a look at Spike. "I hope you're happy. I really hope you're happy."

As Faye returned, with three suitcases, she looked over at Eunice.

"I'm sorry but…this is how I feel. I'm following my feelings and I'm trusting them to lead me the right way."

Eunice crossed her arms over her chest. "Well, they're leading you into a brick wall right now."

Faye shrugged, shaking her head. "Let it be." With that, Spike grabbed all of her bags and he and Faye walked out of the door and caught a cab to their beautiful new condo.

Eunice stayed at the door watching as if she were waiting for Faye's anticipated return. She couldn't believe what had just conspired. She and her best friend's first fight. Over a man. Jet stared at Eunice, ready for anything to happen.

"Eunice, are you o-"

Eunice put her hand up as if she were telling him that she was done. "I'm just looking out for her." Eunice said, softly, still staring at the door. "I just wanted her to know that…I'm still looking out for her. After Carter…it seemed as if…I had no choice…" Eunice's eyes began to well up with tears.

Jet caught her as she collapsed into his arms, weak from the pain of her losing her best friend.

"Faye knows that you're there for her," Jet whispered into Eunice's ear. "She knows."

"Do you agree with what she said?" Faye and Spike were now in their condo, sitting on their California King-sized bed, looking at each other.

Faye inhaled, then responded. "No, sweetheart. I don't. I love you…so much. I'm just so sorry that she blew up on you like that."

"No, no. I'm not upset or anything. It's just…I didn't expect for all that to come out of Eunice." Spike chuckled, trying to lighten up the moment. Faye kept her head and eyes straightforward.

"Faye?"

Faye jumped at the sound of her name, black circles beginning to form around her eyes.

"Get some rest, okay?" Spike stood, looking down at his lover, who was currently completely unsettled and adrift.

Faye nodded yes and fell backwards onto the bed, immediately falling asleep. Spike gently kissed her forehead and walked to the door to look at Faye one more time, admiring her beauty before leaving the room.

Faye woke up to the tune of a beautiful and melodic music box on one of the nightstands, playing a song called 'Memory.'

Faye sat up, loving the music box's harmony. As the song finished, she grabbed it from the nightstand, admiring the gorgeous gold and satin textures possessed. She turned it on its back, feeling some words that seemed to have been engraved. She rubbed her fingers against the words before bringing it closer to her face.

"To my dear, beloved Spike -
May you never forget our love.
-Forever, Julia"

The words hit her like a bullet. She slammed the music box down onto the nightstand and smashed the top closed.

As tears began to cloud her vision, Eunice's words began to swarm around in her head. Was Spike trying to bring back a lost memory? Was he trying to make her be more like Julia? Faye tried her hardest to get these thoughts out of her head but they began to consume her. She crawled up into a ball on her bed and cried herself back to sleep, hoping that she and Spike's love was real and not based upon a memory that Spike could never regain.