Chapter 2

Spike opened a bottle of whisky and swigged it down. His head was banging already but he didn't care he just wanted to get so drunk that he wouldn't wake up for the next couple of days.

"Drinking your problems away again"

Spike looked towards the door only to growl under his breath, "What the hell are you doing here"

Angel smiled and walked in "Happy to see you too" he answered sarcastically

Spike ignored him and carried on drinking.

"So had another fight with Buffy have you"

"No what's it to you any way?" he snapped

Angel shrugged "The last time I saw you drinking whisky like it was water, was when you and Dru had a huge fight"

Spike sighed "years ago now mate I wouldn't spit on her if she was on fire, if I saw her today"

"Yeah you would probably be the one who set her of fire in the first place" Angel smiled

Spike nodded and brought the bottle to his lips, "want some," he said offering it to Angel

"No you drink it I stick to the non alcoholic now"

"What you gone soft in your old age"

Angel shook his head and sat next to Spike on the floor "sort of, it got me into to much trouble"

Spike cocked his head suddenly curious "Spill it"

"Not much to spill Spike, just got drunk and ended up singing a certain song"

"Oh Mandy you came and you saw without taking" Spike sang

"Shut up or I will shove that bottle so far up your arse that it will take years to come out" Angel snapped

"Sorry mate couldn't resist," he said laughing

Angel shook his head "So anyway you and Buffy what's going on there"

"There isn't a me and Buffy she has gone cold again"

"Well maybe if you wasn't so wet she wouldn't walk all over you" Angel answered

"I'm not wet just off my game is all" swigging the contents back, Spike threw the bottle on the floor "besides Bitch has it easy if I wanted to I could be a lot harder on her"

"You couldn't and you know it face it Spike she has you right where she wants you"

Spike glared at him "yeah like you know everything' she had you right where she wanted you if my memory serves me correctly"

"I walked away though"

"Yeah only because the dear departed Joyce Summers told you too," he answered feeling angry

"No she didn't Buffy was leaving school and she thought it would be best if her daughter didn't have me to distract her' I left of my own accord" he snapped back

"Your choice was it" Spike shook his head "so you're telling me you were going to leave her anyway, because I think that's bollocks"

Angel looked at him "it doesn't matter now that was years ago, you have to concentrate on the hear and now"

"Why you so bothered anyway you hated the thought of Buffy getting it on with me"

Angel cringed, even now the thought of his ex with Spike made him feel sick. "I have my reasons"

"What's that?" he asked

"You're a complete prat Spike," Angel answered

"So again I ask why are you here," he said ignoring Angel's comment.

"Because Giles called and said a big bad evil is about to hit here and Buffy is going to need my help"

Spike shook his head, after all the Scooby gang and he had been through he was still second best. "So what big bad then, do you know?"

"No only that it is going to take more then one vampire with a soul this time," he answered trying to soften the blow.

"Right so its game faces at the ready" Spike stood up "Woh Okay head spinning, sitting down now" he said and flopped into the chair.

"How much have you had" Angel said picking up the bottle

"Err one maybe two, No wait four," he said shaking his head

"Right in that case its coffee time" he said standing up "we will get you nice and sober then pop over to see Giles"

"Why me" Spike growled.

An hour later, Spike sat at the table "Okay I'm sober"

"Good now you need to go and have a shower and then we will head over to Giles," Angel said taking Spike's cup and putting it in the bowl

"Quite the domesticated vampire aint ya" Spike said watching Angel

"When you live on your own you learn to be" he answered washing the cup "But then I guess some people are just born slobs"

"Hey don't come here and slag off my home mate, its fine for me," Spike snapped

"Yeah I'm sure it is for a pig," Angel answered sarcastically

Spike clicked his tongue "Pigs are clean animals"

"Yeah you could learn from them"

Spike clenched his fists, he was sober and pissed off "look don't start Okay I'm now fully sober and getting slightly, no correct that really annoyed"

"Okay sorry I was making just a statement that's all"

"Well don't bloody bother" Spike sighed "why don't you go ahead without me got to get some shut eye before tonight's session," he answered changing the subject.

Angel nodded knowing he had hurt him "Yeah right well you do that I'm going to see Buffy"

Spike stood up suddenly feeling wide-awake "scratch that I will come with you I mean two heads are better then one and all that shit right"

"Angel shook his head "right come on then have you got a way to hers from here"

"Yeah there are tunnels that run through here takes you smack bang into her front yard"

"Angel threw him a curious look.

"What I just got lucky," Spike, answered

"Yeah in more ways then one" Angel said shaking his head again.

Buffy woke up and glanced at the clock, she had fallen asleep watching old reruns of kung fu movies. She slowly sat up and yawned.

"Finely been calling you for five minutes now," Angel said smiling at her

"Hi what are you doing here?" she asked confused

"Giles called said a big bad is coming thought you would need help"

Buffy smiled at him, she reached out her hand and he helped her up and into his arms. They held each other for what seemed like forever, when he finely let her go he looked at her

"It's good to see you Buffy"

"You to how have you been since, you know" she said trying to be delicate

Angel sighed, it had been ages since he had thought about Wesley Gun and Fred, the friends he had lost in battle. "You know I'm getting there, and the same to you, how is Xander.

"He is not coping; it's been a year now"

Angel nodded "but still painful, you were lucky Buffy your soul mate came back"

She stepped away from him "he is not my soul mate we are just friends that's all, why is everyone so obsessed about getting us together"

"Maybe because you're meant to be," Angel answered gently.

Buffy sighed "But why, I mean we didn't work out so what hope is there for Spike and I"

"You know with us it was very different, you were younger then and a lot more was at stake, with Spike its better" he touched her hair "Just give him a chance"

"I can't," she said shaking her head

"Why not"

"Because if I do he will leave me and I will be alone again," she answered tearfully

Angel was about to answer when Spike walked in "right I see you two are well acquainted so I will be sodding off now" he glared at Angel and walked into the kitchen.

Angel sighed "See Prat" he answered

"Huh" Buffy said confused

"Its okay Spike has got the wrong end of the stake again"

"Again huh"

Angel shook his head "Spike thinks you and I are back on"

Buffy stifled a laugh "oh my god you aren't serous"

"Thanks" Angel snapped hurt

"No sorry I didn't mean that, but just the thought of you and I back together is crazy" Buffy suddenly lost the urge to laugh "it is crazy right" she asked him

"Of course we could never be like we were, on the other hand"

"What" she said

"You and I did have our moments it wasn't all bad," Angel said

She nodded, both of them thinking on what was, or what could be.

"No its nuts" Buffy said snapping Angel out of his thoughts.

"Yeah nuts"

They both laughed, but both felt very uncomfortable, old feelings had started to surface again.

To be continued