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Buffy woke up the next morning, surprised to find herself in her bed. She remembered being on the couch and Spike rubbing her feet. Apparently she must have dozed off at some point and he had brought her to bed. Smiling at the thought, she got out of bed and went to the bathroom.

Walking into the living room, she noticed his door was open and he was still asleep. Not wanting to disturb him, she walked over to shut his door, but was stopped by a sleep filled voice.

“Mornin’ luv, sleep good?” Spike asked as he propped himself up in the bed. He heard her when she went to the bathroom, but just hadn’t managed to get himself out of the bed yet.

Buffy looked up at him. He looked adorable with his sleep tousled hair and sleepy eyes. Smiling shyly she replied, “Like a rock. Sorry if I woke you, but I was just gonna shut your door before I turned on the TV.”

“No worries luv was already awake. Just bein’ lazy is all,” He assured her as he crossed his arms behind his head and leaned against the head board.

Buffy noticed when he raised his arms that the sheet covering his waist had ridden down low on his slender hips. Unable to avert her eyes, she simply stared at him.

Spike noticed Buffy staring at him, well better yet at his lap. Glancing down, he saw that the sheet was barely covering his bits and pieces. With a smirk he asked, “See somethin’ you like pet?”

Buffy looked up at him with wide eyes. She was so busted. Felling her cheeks burn bright red she opened and closed her mouth as if to say something but no words came out.

Spike let out a laugh. “Only natural that one of these days you’d get curious and sneak a peak.”

Buffy didn’t know what to say. She was blatantly staring at him and had been caught. With a huff she said, “Whatever, I wasn’t looking at you. I was just zoned out is all,” desperately trying to cover up.

Spike raised a brow at her disbelievingly. “Right, you keep telling yourself that luv.” Slinging his legs over the side of the bed, he grabbed the boxers that were sitting on the floor and pulled them on and up in one swift move.

Buffy saw him sit on the edge of his bed and turned her eyes. She knew for a fact that he had nothing on under the sheets. Why did he insist on being so open with his nudity?

Spike saw her turn her head and shook his head. “Don’t worry, m’all covered up.”

Buffy turned to him and rolled her eyes. “Please. What makes you think I want to look at you?” She asked indignantly.

Spike walked over to her and stopped right in front of her. “Never said you did luv,” he said as he brushed past her to go to the kitchen.

Buffy could feel the heat coming off his chest as he brushed against her. She crossed her arms over her chest and begged her body to not react to his touch, but apparently her body wasn’t listening because there were two very evident knots under her thin tank top. Walking back to her room, she grabbed a sweatshirt and threw it on.

Spike looked at her quizzically when she walked out of her room with a sweatshirt on. “Cold luv?”

Buffy instinctively looked down at her chest and then back to him. Spike let out a full belly laugh. Buffy glared at him and snapped out “What the hell are you laughing at?”

Spike wiped the tears from his eyes and looked up at her. “You luv. I ask if your cold and you automatically look to see if your high beams are on,” he said playfully.

Buffy continued to glare at him. “God you are such a pig. Any descent guy would just have said nothing and kept his rude comments to himself,” she said angrily.

Spike grabbed the tea he had made for himself and went to the couch. “Well aren’t you the one who always says I’m a pig? Don’t want to disappoint,” he called over the couch.

Buffy plopped next to him on the couch and crossed her arms in a pout. Spike looked at her out of the corner of his eyes and figured he better quit picking on her. Changing the subject he asked “So what are your plans today?”

Buffy let out a sigh. “Don’t know. Hadn’t really thought about it, why?”

Spike turned to her. “Well maybe we could hang out today, get to know each another a little more.”

Buffy wrinkled her brow. “But you do know me; you live with me for god sakes. How much better can you know me?”

Spike grinned, that question could be taken so many different ways. Not wanting to piss her off, he opted for the cleaner version. “Sure I know you, but I want to know about you. You know like if you have any talents or what your major is for that matter.”

Buffy realized they really didn’t know each other. Thinking it couldn’t hurt, she agreed. “Sure why not. How about we go to the promenade and have some lunch and we can play a little game of twenty questions.”

Spike took a sip of his tea and nodded his head. “Sounds like a plan. We can get ready and then head out, yeah?” Buffy agreed and went to go get ready. Spike finished his tea while waiting for Buffy to finish with the bathroom. Once they were both ready, they headed out the door to get to know one another a bit more.


“Okay your turn,” Buffy said as she took a bite of her salad. They had grabbed some lunch from the deli and were sitting in common area of the promenade. They had just got into the questions and Buffy found that Spike was really quite interesting. He was going to school to become a lawyer. He was an only child and he liked sports. He secretly loved to write and was once in a band back in England.

“Right then, what is you major?” he asked.

Buffy didn’t even have to think twice. “Pre-med. I would love to be a pediatrician some day, or even work on a maternity ward, get the chance to be around all those babies,” she said wistfully.

Spike had to smile at the way her eyes lit up when she talked about what she wanted to do with her life. She would make a great doctor one day. She just had a way of making people feel at ease.

Buffy smiled and said, “Okay it’s my turn.” Spike took a bite of his sandwich and mumbled around his food “Shoot.” Buffy thought for a minute. She knew all about the normal stuff from Willow, but she wanted to know something a bit more personal. With a serious face she asked, “Have you ever been in love?”

Spike nearly choked on his food. Coughing a few times, he looked up at her. “Where the bloody hell did that come from? I thought we were sticking to the basics here.” Buffy shrugged her shoulders. “We never said anything about what questions we had to ask, now spill.”

Spike studied her for a minute. Why did she want to know if he’d ever been in love before? It wasn’t something he really liked to talk about. Truth of the matter it still hurt. Hesitantly he answered, “Yes, I’ve been in love before.” He wasn’t able to hide the hurt in his voice.

Buffy instantly felt bad for asking when she heard the hurt in his voice. Shamefully she hung her head. “Sorry, that was none of my business. I shouldn’t have asked.”

Spike placed a hand over hers. “S’alright pet,” he told her reassuringly. With a wicked grin he added, “But now it’s my turn.”

Buffy braced herself for the worst. Spike put his finger to his chin thoughtfully. After making her wait, he asked, “What do you expect to get out of our living situation?”

Buffy wasn’t expecting that at all, she figured he would ask her something embarrassing. Thinking for a minute, she looked at him with sincere eyes. “Well at first I thought it would be a fate worse than death to have to share a room with you,” she paused thoughtfully and then continued. “But now, I guess I expect to get a new friend out of the deal.”

Spike knew she was waiting for some piggish question to come out of his mouth, but he wanted to show her that he could be a decent guy too. Her answer had truly surprised him. He thought maybe she would make fun of him and treat his question like a joke, but she actually took the time to think it over and give what he hoped was a sincere answer.

When she said she wanted to be friends, it was a little bitter sweet. Yes it was great that she wanted to be his friend, but he was slowly beginning to see her in a new light. Telling himself nothing could ever happen between them, he looked at her and smiled. “Well then pet, that’s exactly what you’ll get,” he told her, trying to make himself believe it as well.

They finished their lunch and started back to their room to watch a movie and just enjoy the rest of the day together. Buffy was really glad she had decided to spend the day with Spike. He was turning out to be a really great guy. But getting to know this side of him made it even harder to ignore the little voice in the back of her head that was telling her she was falling for him. Pushing those thoughts away, she reminded herself that they were just friends and nothing more. Right?





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