February 5th 2010

February had swung around and Spike and Buffy were still going steady, going steady? That's so 80's… either way they had kept on the same pace, but it seemed Buffy was pushing for more than Spike thought she could handle. Sex… it was a scary word for her, but he seemed more scared of it than she was.

Isn't he supposed to be the experienced one? She was walking to school as she thought about all of this. At this point in the relationship, they both had to be very very careful about what they did. After the race with Riley, mystery man became the hottest topic in school, and is still talked about often.

It was February, the month of love, and as much as Buffy would love to love her man publicly… public wouldn't allow it. That was alright though, the nights her mom was out, Buffy and Spike had their freedom with his friends. Also after the race, Buffy's true friends shown through, Anya, Willow and Xander seemed to be the only true friends in the school.

Everyone else just wanted to know who in the world she was dating. Willow walked up beside Buffy, "Hey Buffster… who are you taking to the dance next Friday?"

Buffy sighed; Willow already knew the answer, "Nobody… flying solo…"

"You should bring mystery man…" Willow said, once again, already aware of the answer.

Buffy shrugged, "Dances aren't really his thing…" But he will be chaperoning… Buffy smiled to herself.

Mr. Pratt drew a big heart on the white board, "Ah… the day of saint valentine. A calendar day that hallmark came up with to sell cards... A time where many of you hormonal teens will have 'sexy time' with your sweet hearts…" The class laughed at Mr. Pratt's Borat accent. He sat on top of the front desk with his legs criss-crossed, "but do any of you know how to get that sweet heart to swoon for you?"

No one answered, "Angel!"

The boy looked up from the doodle he was drawing, "Huh?"

"How are you going to court a pretty girl this valentine's day?" Mr. Pratt slid off of the desk and grabbed Angels doodle from him. "Nice… a smiley face… how original…" he crumpled up the paper and threw it in the recycling bin, "well?"

"Buy her… flowers?" he asked more of a question than gave an answer.

Spike nodded; "Okay…" he wrote 'flowers' on the board, "Anya… no no… Miss Anya gets graphic…" Anya smiled from the back of the room, "Okay… Willow?"

Willow thought for a moment, looking to Buffy for some help, Buffy shrugged not knowing what to say, "I'd… make a valentine's card." It was all Willow could think of.

"Okay… cards…" he wrote it on the board, "You know… poetry is an easy way to someone heart…"

He went to his office and started passing out the small books that were in there, "We have a little bit until the magical day of love… so… you will all go through this book…" When he had them all passed out he grabbed his own copy of the small book and sat once more on top of the desk, "William Shakespeare: A Collection of Sonnets."

The class groaned and Spike groaned back, "Oh… get over it… what you need to do… go through the book, and you need to find one that you could read to someone for Valentine's Day. Now you don't have to read it to them, just write me a short paragraph about why you picked the sonnet for whomever," Willow started to raise her hand, "And yes, your person can be anonymous… due tomorrow"

Buffy smiled as she flipped through the small book for a moment, He always thinks of the neatest little assignments… she thought and looked up at Spike who was babbling on, but Buffy was daydreaming away. The bell rang suddenly and snapped Buffy back into reality. She always took her time putting her things away in this class. Just so she could get a couple of moments with Spike.

Sure enough Spike approach Buffy and watched as everyone left, "Who is your little poem going to be about?" he asked.

Buffy shrugged teasing him, "Dunno…" she gave him a chaste kiss and picked up her things as she made her way to the door. But he cut her off halfway to the door and pushed Buffy against a nearby wall as he started kissing her.

She moaned a bit and Spike broke the kiss remembering that he had students on their way, "Love you baby…" he whispered before he set her free.

Some people walked in so Buffy mouthed, 'I love you too' and left the room.

After school Buffy went to the mall yet again for presents, at least she was getting it done a bit early this time around. They went into Spencer's yet again, but Buffy didn't feel like getting Spike something funny this time around. She scanned some of the jewellery selection and smiled when she saw a thick silver chain necklace in a case, "This one." She said to the cashier.

He took it out of the case and looked at the tag, "$34.95" Buffy nodded and pulled out her 'magical card of moneyness' and charged it. She was immediately satisfied with her choice.

Buffy and Willow stood in the dress section of Macy's looking over dresses for the valentine's dance next week. After about 32 dresses Buffy finally put on the perfect one, it was red and had an open back with two small strings that wrapped around her neck to hold up the front. She twisted a bit in front of her mirror and smiled as Spike popped into her head, he would love this.

February 12th 2010

It seemed like the week had been inching by, Buffy and Spike had barely seen each other and that night was the dance. She supposed it was because he was pretty wrapped up in the dance; Mr. Giles had coaxed Spike into helping out. She was so happy when the final bell rang on Friday and she was released from school, "Finally…" she met Willow in the hall, "Wanna come over and get ready?"

Willow smiled and followed Buffy out of the school, "God its freezing!" Willow stopped in front of the school and tried to mentally warm herself up. A car pulled up beside them and Mr. Pratt rolled down his window, "Quickly! Escape into the warm confines of my car and I shall escort you home."

Willow thought it was a little strange that Buffy didn't need to give any instruction as to where her house was, it seemed their teacher knew exactly where the house was. They pulled up in front of the house and Buffy smiled, "Thanks"

Spikes smiled and leaned in for a moment, then remembered Willow was there and slowly backed away, "Anytime…" he smiled and bid Willow goodbye.

"How did he know where your house is?" Willow asked as Mr. Pratt drove away.

Buffy shrugged, "I've gotten a ride or two from him on those really nasty days…"

Willow nodded and they both went inside to start getting ready.

"Hate buggerin' dances…" Spike said as he tried to straighten out his tie a bit but just ended up growling at his reflection.

Holly came up and straightened out the tie and brushed off his shoulder. Spike was wearing and all white tuxedo with a red tied, he look stunning in it. "You look very handsome…" Holly said as she pulled his jacket closed for him, "Buffy won't be able to resist you…"

Spike smiled and turned back to the mirror, slicking back his hair a bit as he examined his reflection.

"When is your mom getting back?" Willow asked as she but some lip gloss on.

"Sometime after valentine's day…" Buffy said as she looked in the mirror.

"If mystery man knew you were in that dress, he'd be very mad that you wore it without him…" Willow said as she straightened out her own dress.

The door bell rang, that would be Xander with their car, and his dad was nice enough to let him borrow it. Buffy and Willow squealed a little bit and grabbed their purses before descending the stairs and heading out the door.