Buffy looked through the peephole seeing it was Willow, Xander and Anya, "Shit…" she said and took a step back, "Okay just stall them, they don't have to come in…" Buffy opened the door and stepped half of her body in and half out of the house, "Hey guys…" She smiled.
Spike peered around the corner and saw the kids, "Bollocks…" He said under his breath and quickly made for the back door. He slipped outside in complete silence and hid in a dark corner of the yard, no one would notice him unless they approached him.
"We came over to meet the man who has probably been giving you orgasms" Anya said and Xander quickly covered her mouth.
"Can we come in?" Xander asked in a nervous tone.
Buffy looked over her shoulder and saw no movement from the kitchen, "He's not here…" She said and quickly turned back to them.
Willow looked closely at Buffy, and then at her drive way, "Whose car is that?" She asked, none of them recognizing the Desoto that Spike drove when away from the school.
Buffy bit her lip; there was no excuse for that. "It's-uh…"
Xander shook his head, "Buffy why are you so secretive about this guy?"
"It's just… there is a lot you guys wouldn't understand about him…" She frowned, "Now… he was just about to leave… so I'm going to bed, good night you guys…" She quietly shut the door then watched through the peep hole until they left.
Spike kneeled in the shadows, waiting for Buffy to appear in the kitchen, when she did he booked it to the house. "Did I do well?"
Buffy jumped and smiled, hugging Spike, "Yeah… I thought you left!"
"No, I'm here, luv…" Spike hugged Buffy back; he peered at the mugs of tea, "Tea's cold…" He shrugged picking up Buffy, and carrying her upstairs to her room. They flipped off all the lights as they went up, and the last light to go out was her bedroom light.
Xander sighed as him and the rest of the gang watched the lights in the house slowly go out, but no mystery man left the house, "He's spending the night…"
"I'm worried about her…" Willow said from the back seat.
They all nodded in agreement, then Xander started the car and took everyone home for the night. They all had a lot to think about.
The rest of Buffy's vacation flew by way to quickly, she spent the rest of her mom's time away with Spike at his house, and it was probably the most fun filled time she'd ever had. The boys were always up to something, one morning Holly and Buffy went to bed and Spike, and his mates spent the entire night creating a gargantuan marble shoot that started at the top of the stairs and ended all the way in the kitchen.
Another time, Holly and Buffy went shopping for the day and found the boys had decided a paintball fight would be a great idea, sadly though they all seemed to have terrible and left the house in three colours and several windows broken. Well most of the windows broken, were ones for Nick and Holly's room.
But now Buffy had returned to her home, her mom was back and she felt really lonely. Willow and her had talked a bit, but not like they used too. She was sitting on her bed as she brushed her hair and listened to the radio, one of Falling Down To Summerset's song's came on and Buffy smiled.
There was a soft knock at Buffy window and she rolled eyes as she got up and opened it, "Didn't you learn from last time? You fell and hurt yourself…"
Spike climbed through the window and smirked as he lifted Buffy's chin, "Yes, but you did such a brilliant job of curing my ailment…"
Buffy blushed and gave him a kiss, but froze as she heard a creak outside her door, "You need to get out." She whispered.
Spike looked to the door, seeing it was locked, he grabbed Buffy and kissed her passionately, his tongue battling with hers. Joyce knocked on the door, "Buffy are you alright?"
Buffy pushed Spike off and glared; he just smirked and started climbing out the window, giving her one last kiss before climbing down the tree. Buffy turned to her door and went to unlock it, she smiled as she opened it slowly, "I'm fine…"
"I heard you talking…" Joyce frowned looking immediately at the window as she thought she saw something move just outside of it.
"On the phone…" she held up her phone, "But I know it's getting late so I'm going to bed…" She kissed her mom on the cheek then hopped into bed, "Night…"
Joyce opened the door a bit and peered around the room, seeing nothing out of place, she nodded, "Goodnight, honey…" She closed the door and went back to her room.
Once the door was closed Buffy hopped out of bed and went to the window. She let out a small gasp when she saw a red rose he left on the window sill for her. Slowly she picked it up and smelled it, "God he's so romantic…" She closed the window and turned out her lights before climbing back into bed. She sat the rose on her bedside stand and sighed happily.
He might not be there tonight, but he left something for her, so she's knows he'll be there when she needs him. She smiled as she grabbed a pillow and cuddled up to it, trying to imagine it was Spike holding her.
Spike stood below at Buffy's tree for a moment, staring up at Buffy's window as he smoked a cigarette. A smile spread across his face when he heard Buffy gasp. Once the window closed he walked to his car which was parked around the block, and took off.
Once again he didn't go right home, but instead cruised the back roads for some time, still thinking about Buffy, eventually at about 3 in the morning he made it home. As quietly as possible he opened the front door and snuck in, just as he started up the stairs a lamp went on, "Where have you been?" Nick asked from the couch, David was sitting next to him like two parents catching their teen on a late night.
Spike slowly turned around, "No where… just drivin'…" He smiled and took another step up the stairs, "I'm just gonna go-"
David and Nick both sighed as they let Spike go up the stairs; they were just messing with him. Though it tripped him out more than it was meant to, "What do you think he was doing?" David asked.
"From the looks of it, nothin' good…" Nick replied as he got up and went to bed.