Author's note: This is some Christmas fluffiness, lol. Enjoy!
Christmas came too quickly, three days before and Buffy still hadn't found anything for Spike, she felt like she was lacking, majorly. She wandered through the mall her arm linked with Willow, and Xander carrying their bags, Anya was out of town for Christmas.
They walked past Spencer's gift shop, "I have to go in here…" Buffy said as she peered inside.
"We never go into Spencer's…" Willow said as Buffy started pulling her inside.
"I know…" She looked around, "But I need to find a present for someone…" Buffy started wandering through the store. If she couldn't find something for Spike in one of the funniest stores in the mall then he would be impossible to buy for him.
Xander followed, "Who are you shopping for, maybe we could help?" He tried to put some effort in as he pushed the button on a toy and laughed as the toy pulled down his pants and farted.
Buffy smiled as she looked to the top of a shelf and saw an FX Lightsaber Replica, "I found it…" She smiled and went to the counter, "The ummm… lightsaber… do you have on in red?"
The clerk nodded, went around back, took one off the back shelf and brought it to the counter, "$49.99…" He said in a dull tone as he set it on the counter.
Buffy pulled out her credit card and charged it; Willow came up beside her "Your mystery man is a nerd?"
"A geek…" Buffy corrected and smiled and the man wrapped it up in some festive paper since it was Christmas. "Nerds are the weird guys with the pencil pockets and freckles... He's waaay hotter than that..."
Xander followed up to the counter also, "That's awesome!" He said as he watched the gift disappear underneath paper, "Man I wish I had one of those…"
Buffy giggled as the clerk handed her the wrapped package, "Thank you…" She turned to Xander and started walking, "Sorry, not for you, hun…"
The day after Christmas Joyce let Buffy know she would be out of town for the night, and Buffy's first reaction: Call Spike. Within a half hour of Joyce's departure, Spike was knocking at Buffy's back door. She opened it with a wide smile and jumped into his arms, "Merry Christmas!" She said as she gave him a kiss and took his hand.
"Merry Christmas to you too, luv…" He said rather surprised at how ecstatic she was as she dragged him into the living room.
She sat them in front of the Christmas tree and pulled out her present to him, "I got this for you…" she giggled, hoping she did well for Christmas.
Spike smiled and took the rather large present from her; "You really shouldn't have..." He had an evil grin on his face as he began tearing though the wrapping paper, "Oh right!" He said as he looked at his present, "Finally the lightsaber to go with the costume…" He smiled and looked up at Buffy then gave her a big kiss, "I got you something too…"
For a moment Spike dug through his leather jacket and produced a small box, "Here…" He took her hands and put the box in them then smiled before letting her hands go.
Buffy bit her bottom lip and looked at the small black box, it had a small white bow on top and she already knew some type of jewellery was inside. She took a deep breath and opened it; her eyes took amount to adjust as she was completely unready for what was in the small box.
"Oh my god…" was all she could say as she stared at a platinum ring, it was a promise ring. It was band style with a gold strip that ran along the centre of the ring, with three small diamonds, "Spike…"
Spike smiled and dug around in his pocket, pulling out an identical one, but without the diamonds, and slid it onto his ring finger. He took the small box and removed the ring from it and took Buffy's hand, "There's an inscription… it says 'To My Goldilocks'" He slid the ring onto Buffy's finger and smiled as he looked at it.
Buffy was completely silent, not knowing what to say, she was so emotional she felt tears start to form in her eyes, "Oh my god…"
Spike immediately pulled Buffy into his lap and wrapped his arms around her, "I'm sorry if I did something wrong…" He kissed her cheek and neck trying to keep those tears from falling.
Buffy just shook her head, "No it's so beautiful, it's so beautiful, I'm so happy… and all I got you was a ligthsaber…" She hid her face in Spike's chest and took a deep breath, taking in his scent and trying to calm herself down.
"Luv… you didn't even have to give me anything, really…" He lifted Buffy's chin until she was meeting his eyes, "Thank you so much, you did beautifully, I wasn't even expecting anything… thank you, it's brilliant…" He gave her a soft kiss and leaned his forehead against hers and gazed into her eyes.
Buffy smiled wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled Spike in for a long and passionate kiss. When they finally broke both were out of breath, Spike's started kissing slowly down Buffy's neck, kissing and nibbling his way down to her collar bone.
Buffy bit her lip and leaned her head back giving Spike more access, "Oh wait! I wanted to watch a movie!" Buffy broke out of Spike's grasp and made her way to the TV. She started searching enthusiastically through her DVD collection as Spike got up and sat on the couch.
"What do you want to watch?" Buffy looked at Spike for a second then turned back to the DVD's.
He smirked and took off his jacket and started untying his boots, at school he looked like a ponce, but on his time off he wore his regular clothes, and Buffy loved that about him, "I want to watch something scary…"
Buffy frowned, "Scary… scary…" She pulled out two DVD's, "The Exorcist, or… Resident Evil?" Buffy smiled as she glanced at her ring, it was so beautiful, and she couldn't help but be ecstatic every time she looked at it.
"I love zombie movies… but which one will have you cuddling up to me, while you try and hide from the scary parts?" Spike smirked as he finally removed his final boot.
Buffy rolled her eyes and looked at him, "Both… probably… but Resident Evil will have more hiding…"
"Oh well Resident Evil then! Figured that would be obvious…" Buffy picked up the remote and threw it at him. He smiled as it hit his chest and stretched out on the couch as Buffy put in the DVD.
Spike started fast forwarding through those pesky adverts they put before the main menu, while Buffy ran about the house and turned off all the lights. It was pitch black, TV being the only exception, when Buffy returned. She grabbed a nice thick blanket from the closet and joined Spike on the couch, being sure to cover them both up.
Finally the main menu came around and Spike hit the play button and officially settled down next to Buffy with his arms carefully spooning her against his chest.
45 minutes into the movie and the two had honestly stopped watching by about 15. By now Spike had no shirt, and Buffy was beneath him as he kissed down her neck. Buffy moaned and ran her hands through his hair, she noticed just how long it had become since he first came to school, now she could almost pull on the short hairs and entangle her fingers in it.
Spike recaptured Buffy's lips, and slowly started to unbutton her blouse, she did nothing to stop him. They both knew their limits for now, and they trusted each other to the fullest. Spike found though that kissing and unbuttoning was so much harder than you would think, and by the time he reached the last button he had lost all patience and pulled the last button until it went flying.
Buffy punched him in the arm, "Babe…" She inspected the empty space where the button should be, "You broke my shirt…"
Spike smirked and pushed her blouse a bit passed her shoulders so he could kiss and nibble from her shoulder and all the way along her neck. So soon the blouse was forgotten, not to mention removed and discarded onto the floor with Spike's shirt. Spike smiled and stopped kissing, as he just took a moment to take in just how beautiful Buffy was.
"God, you're stunning…" He whispered as he slowly ran a hand across Buffy's stomach, up across her breast, past her shoulder and up her arm until he reached her ringed hand. She blushed and smiled as well as Spike's fingers intertwined with his. Spike's eyes were so full of love as he looked her over once again, and Buffy felt that emotion from the present exchange pull at her once again.
Luckily though Spike once again descended upon her with the most fulfilling kiss she had received from him. He grasped her hand in his own as he poured every ounce of his heart into that kiss. Buffy could honestly see this wasn't just a fling to him; it really was just as special to him, as it was to her. Buffy's free hand came about eventually wrapping itself around his neck and pulling him closer, if it was possible.
Spike's phone began to ring in his jeans pocket, and Buffy could feel it vibrating against her thigh. Reluctantly Spike broke their kiss, and reached down to grab it, "Are you fucking kidding me!" said as he looked at the name, "Nick" he threw the phone across the room not caring if he would need to buy a new one. Buffy giggled and Spike took her hand once again in his then kissed her.
I know I ended that chapter in quite a hot moment, there's a reason… I'm trying to grow the relationship, it's more than just the spuffy spuffy goodness, and shirtless Spike everywhere. So bare with me then… it's hard to put sexy parts in almost every chapter with out delving into the actual sex part… and I'm trying to make them wait a bit…