Lunch came around and Buffy immediately decided stopping by Spike's office would be a good thing. She was sure he'd be throwing students out the window by now. On her way though, Giles cut off her route, signalling with a nod of his head for her to follow him. Being strong as always Buffy followed, chin held high, knowing she had nothing to defend other than how she felt about Spike. Their feelings were of course mutual, nothing like the idea Giles was set on. She followed him into his office where he closed the door and motioned for her take a seat.

She followed him with her eye's watching him take his spot at his own desk, but not sitting herself. Some how she felt stronger standing than sitting at his level, it worked because her confidence showed. "I've already talked to William..." She started speaking without giving him a chance to start the conversation, "You can think what you want, Mr. Giles, but our feelings for each other are mutual. He didn't force himself upon me at any point. In fact he's saved me a couple times from another boy's advances. I'm grateful I have him in my life."

For a moment Giles had issues remember hold old she was and just why they were having this conversation. He almost dismissed her right there before he remembered and cleared his throat, taking his glasses off and wiping them with anal habit. "Well yes Miss Summers... but I'm sure you can see why I find it rather... difficult to believe any of this was completely mutual."

Buffy nodded, finally taking a seat, "This morning, was my initiation. I wanted to make out with my fiancé and I did. If you want someone to be punished, then punish me as if you caught me with some pimple faced boy my age. But don't punish William. Neither one of us came to each other looking for anything. I'm not trying to get a better grade and he doesn't have some sick desire to get his rocks off. Love just happened to work out this way, and we've learned to work around it, even with people snubbing us at every corner."

Giles was once again taken aback by her words. He'd known Buffy for some years now. Coincidentally moving from the middle school to high school libraries, as she moved from school to school. He hadn't realized just how logical of a thinker she was. He cleared his throat again, "Well... I think we're done here. You've done quite a stupendous job of explaining... I will be seeing you tonight for dinner."

Buffy nodded, once again standing, head still held high and left the room without so much as another glance towards Giles. She had spoken, and was now finished with the conversation. She returned to her original route towards Spike's classroom, reaching the classroom only to find it locked. She pulled out her phone, texting him quickly, 'Where are you honey?' she stepped outside and leaned against the building as she waited for Spike to reply. After a long agonizing minute her phone vibrated and she quickly opened the message, 'Corner of the staff parking, smoking a whole bloody pack of fags...'

Buffy shook her head and went to the spot he usually parked in, finding him in his car exactly where he had said. She slipped into the passenger's seat looking at him as he laid back in the driver's seat with a cigarette hanging from his lips. She frowned seeing the ash tray over flowing and snatched the one in his mouth. She put it out quickly and turned to see him frowning, his brow furrowing in a pout as he leaned forward and put his chin on the steering wheel.

"This time I will have my bollocks chopped off." He said quietly.

Buffy shook her head, "It's not as bad as you think...I mean-"

Spike caught her off there, "No. It's worse than you realize. I will be deported Buffy... then put into jail. In jail I will sit while my entire career combusts into flames taking my family along with it." He looked at Buffy, as if he were accusing her, "I'm not just talking my teaching career Buffy, I'm talking my entire life will end."

She caught the look and vibes he was radiating; in that moment, he was blaming her. "Fine William. You're right; your entire life will end." Slightly hurt Buffy opened the car door and left him.

"Shit..." he realized what he had said and quickly started the car, following Buffy as she walked back to the school. He rolled down the passenger's side window, talking as he followed her, "Buffy..." she didn't look at him, "Please... baby... get in the car..." She continued, noticeably ignoring him, "Goldilocks."

She stopped at that, not able to resist her favourite nickname from him. She glanced over before quickly getting into the car. In the car she was silent as Spike rolled up her window and shifted the car into the next gear. They left the school grounds, but didn't venture far, simply parking discreetly amongst other cars in a grocery store parking lot.

Spike shut off the car and turned to Buffy, trying to grab her hand, but she pulled away, "Babe... please..." she met his eyes in an expectant look, so he continued, "You know the only thing I'd have to look for after doing jail time is you. But, are you seriously going to leave your life here and move to England?"

Buffy nodded, "Yes I would. So would your 'brother's'... and Holly. You know that."

Spike looked out the windshield, "I know..." it was barely a whisper, "I'm just scared. And can you seriously blame me? Try and see it from my view. Everything that I would lose. And even if you did come over sea's... what kind of future would we have? Our life would be a scandal until we disappeared from the world completely like a bloody urban legend..."

Buffy couldn't understand how he was missing the reason she was pissed about his comments earlier, "But we'd be together..."

"Luv... I know... its romantic enough to think that way, but in reality..." He sighed turning to her, "You remember Cordelia going on about your 'pimp' at the bronze?" Buffy nodded, "How it made you feel so awful... like a prostitute as I remember you telling me later that night." She nodded again. "Well... even if we get married when you're of age, that's how the media's going to twist it. I do not want that.

"If I'm thrown in jail... you're just going to be seen as some little shedevil who did me for the grades. On top of me being a sick freak. You're going to hear about you being my 'baby mama' or night's the paparazzi caught some young girl who looks like you going into a hotel room with a guy and claim you're cheating on me." He sighed, "I just want us to be official before we're exposed... just a quiet wedding... with our close friends... somewhere... remote... just us. It would make everything more legitimate in the eyes of the world, alright. It would keep so many people from getting hurt, alright?"

Buffy nodded understanding a bit more now. She hadn't really thought about paparazzi trash twisting anything to get a story. Spike laughed to himself and she looked up, "After the first two years where we really started getting big all around the world, not just the UK. That is when I just decided to become outrageous. Started with some bullshit story a gay guy came to the media with. Saying some shit about me liking to dress up like a woman..."

The following year I did a funny ass Buffalo Bill knock off with Nick and gave it to Saturday Night Live. They loved it." Buffy laughed having heard about that. He dropped his voice extremely low, imitating Buffalo Bill from Silence of The Lambs, "Would you fuck me?" he did a little shimmy with his shoulder's and Buffy giggled as he continued, "I'd fuck me..."

"That's horrible..." She laughed before reaching over and interlacing her finger's with his.

"yeah it was..." he smiled, "I do those things for fun... it makes it harder for the media to pin anything on me... but something like this..." he squeezed her hand for emphasis, "It would just spiral out of control until it destroyed everyone involved..."

Buffy nodded, "I know I'm sorry..."

"No no... I'm sorry sweetheart... I should have thought before going off on you..." He leaned over giving her a kiss before checking his watch, "What do you want for lunch then?"

Buffy shrugged, "Not really hungry..." Spike unhooked their hands and started the car as she continued, "Did we just have our first fight?"

Spike shrugged, "We nit-pick at each other all the time... but this subject is a bit more sore than other's I believe... definably one of our much much more serious fights..." She nodded and at a stop light Spike leaned over, giving Buffy an adoring kiss in way of another apology, "I'm sorry baby, I love you, my goldilocks."

Buffy bit her lip a tad once the kiss was broken, "I love you too honey."

At the school Spike parked in his usual spot and clicked the car off, "I'm going to have a cigarette before class gets started."

Buffy nodded giving him a quick peck on the cheek before escaping the confines of his car and rushing into the school to get her books. Spike lit his cigarette, relaxing back into his seat and watched Buffy go back into the school. He frowned again though as the weight of everything occurring began to weigh down once more on him.

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