Trust

Buffy could barely believe her eyes, Spike and Faith! Faith and Spike! It was wrong, it was all very wrong! Seething with hatred, Buffy rushed forward and grasping Faith's shoulder sent her flying into Spike's rock walls.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"

Buffy shrieked at them both, but her tear filled eyes were focused steadily on Spike. His eyes had worshipped her; he had kissed the ground she'd walked on! He'd gone to the ends of the world to get a soul for her; to prove himself worthy of her. He loved her!

"I thought I told you I never wanted to see you here."

Spike's strangely calm voice told her, Buffy felt her face harden,

"And I thought you loved me! I guess we were both wrong huh?"

A flicker of pain finally registered on Spike's face but it was distant. His eyes that had always been so piercing and bright seemed closed off somehow.

"I did love you Buffy, I can't- there aren't words for how much I loved you-"

"Really? Then why are you lip-latching with Queen-Slayer-Slut over there?"

Faith, who had been planning to watch with amusement at how this quarrel between past lovers turned out, decided she wouldn't be passive after all. She took her place at Spike's side, and casually slung an arm around his right hip, curling herself underneath his arm.

"You hurt him B, you tore into him again and again till eventually there was nothing left! Love ain't eternal B, it's hard to kill but like everything else it can be eventually and you killed it B."

Faith shrugged, but her eyes were gloating with bitter revenge.

"You killed his love for you."

Buffy turned to Spike, fully expecting to hear him declare Faith wrong, that he was mad, alright damn furious with her, and he was hurting more than he had ever before but he still loved her! He wasn't like the rest of them! But Spike lowered his head, his eyes looking at his feet.

"I think you should leave, Slayer"

Buffy felt herself shake.

"Which one?"

Spike looked at her then, his eyes cold and lacking the twinkle of amusement they once held.

"Oh I think you know."

Buffy stared at him in disbelief, and something wet trailed down her cheeks.

"I can't believe this happening."

Spike looked at her in turmoil then, and for a brief second she thought she could see his eyes screaming at her for help, but then a second later they were stone cold.

"Get used to it Slayer, I'm with Faith now and after this whole First thing blows over we're leaving, I finally found what I've been looking for."

Spike turned to Faith then.

"I've just been looking in all the wrong places...."

Faith seemed to almost melt under his gaze, and Buffy felt her anguish multiply tenfold as she remembered the power of that gaze, Spike's ability to look into her eyes and make her feel he was looking straight into her soul.

"I love you Spike..."

Spike smirked,

"I love you too Baby"

Something then struck Buffy, just when had they gotten together? Spike had only moved out of the Summers' home yesterday, and he had spent today supposedly crying out his torment and agony with Dawn – That didn't exactly put him in a frame of mind to declare love for somebody else later on in the night....

"I don't know what magic you've worked on him Faith but I will find out. And when I do-"

Faith let out a long laugh, but it sounded forced and harsh.

"Magic! Oh I'm soooo over that! C'mon B, I learned my lesson from Angel-"

"You must have! Dawn spent all day with you Spike! You were mess she said! I know you, maybe you might have had a fling with her like you had a fling with Anya but you would never love her! I know you!"

Again, there was this strange brief second of turmoil in his eyes, and Buffy thought he looked touched, but the brief spark was snuffed out and suddenly Spike was right in front of her. His cold hands were latched around her wrists, and his eyes were now furious!

"IT'S OVER SLAYER! OVER! DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME RESEARCHING FOR ME CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO FIND! WE'VE GOT THE FIRST TO DESTROY AND THEN WE'RE FINISHED – FOREVER!"

With that Spike bodily threw her out onto the graveyard ground, and without a second glance slammed his crypt door shut. Shaken, Buffy slowly rose to her feet, but of one thing she was certain – Spike didn't love Faith. She had seen his eyes screaming at her for help as he tried to fight whatever enchantment Faith had him under. Spike needed her, and this time she wasn't going to let him down.

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Lisi the slayer