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Here is the original Ch 14 I wrote. Hope you guys aren't too confused with the chapter numbering. Well enjoy! Disclaimer in full effect!
Buffy and Spike were sitting lazily on the couch watching TV. Thanksgiving was next week and Buffy was curious as to what Spike’s plans were. Looking over at him she asked, “So what are your plans for Thanksgiving?”

Spike looked over at her. “Well I’m supposed to go to my Uncle’s in Sunnydale. Why do you ask?”

Buffy shrugged. “I was just gonna see if you wanted to go with me to my parents for dinner,” she said casually. Spike grinned. “Well thanks pet, but I already told Willow we could ride together,” he said apologetically, and then got an idea. “Why don’t you come with us, my uncle has more than enough room for you to stay with us,” He asked hopefully.

Buffy thought about it for a minute. Her parents really wouldn’t like the idea of her staying off with Spike even though they would be at his uncle’s house. With a wary look she said, “I don’t know. I don’t think my parents are gonna let me stay with you at your uncle’s.”

“Just tell’em you’re staying with Red. Come on Buffy it’ll be fun. We can all go out and spend time at some of mine and Red’s old hang outs,” he persuaded.

Buffy thought about it and eventually caved. “Alright I’ll go,” then giving him a look she added, “but I still have to talk to my parents,” she mentioned to let him know it wasn’t a done deal.

Spike nodded his head. “Not a problem. Just let me know so I can tell my uncle we’ll be having another guest.”

“I‘ll call my mom tomorrow and then I’ll let you know,” She said reassuringly.

“Just make sure you tell her we’ll be gone till Sunday,” he reminded her. Buffy nodded her head and couldn’t help but feel excited.

Buffy convinced her mom into letting her go by agreeing to come and have dinner with them the night after she got back. Trying to finish packing for the trip, Buffy stood in front of her closet with a frown on her face. She couldn’t decide on what to bring. Spike told her that they would be going out Friday and Saturday night, but other than that they would just be bumming around the house. Getting frustrated, she called Spike to her room.

“Spike come here,” she whined. Spike walked into her room “What can I do you for luv?” he asked intriguingly.

Buffy jutted out her lip. “I can’t decide on what to bring, help,” she said in a childish voice.

Spike chuckled. “Alright pet lets see what you have so far,” he said soothingly.


Buffy smiled gratefully. “Well I have PJ’s, under wear, a couple pairs of jeans, a few sweaters, and some socks,” she listed off the items for him.

Spike took charge. “Alright, now if you set your things out by days it will be easier, so if you take this pair of jeans,” he grabbed the pair she had laid out on the bed, “and you put it with this sweater, you have one days worth of clothes,” he pointed out. “Now on the days when we want to go out you just set the extra outfit with that day, got it.”

Buffy was surprised. She would have pictured him the type to just throw a bunch of clothes in a bag and go. Placing her hands on her hip she looked at him with determination. “Okay, I can do this.”

Spike gave a nod of his head. “Good. Now if you’ll excuse me I need to go do something manly after standing here and picking out clothes with you,” he told her as he left her room. Buffy let out a laugh and finished packing her things.

Buffy did a mental checklist to make sure she had everything. Putting the last few things in her toiletry bag, she went to the kitchen and made sure the coffee pot was turned off and that there wasn’t any garbage in the can. She looked at Spike’s closed door and shook her head. It was already after ten and he still wasn’t up yet. She went to his door and knocked.

“Spike its after ten, you need to get up. Willow will be here in less than an hour.” When all she got was stone silence, she turned the knob to check if it was locked. When it opened she stuck her head in. He was a tangled mass in his sheets and his hair was a mess of curls tussled from rolling around. . She bit her bottom lip to keep from laughing. Tip toeing across the room she leaned over and whispered in his ear, “Spike time to get up sleepy head.”

Still half asleep Spike reached out and pulled Buffy in the bed with him. He snaked an arm around her waist and snuggled up against her mumbling unintelligibly.
Buffy let out an “eep!” when she found herself being pulled in the bed. She was so caught off guard that she laid motionless for a moment. When her mind finally processed that she was in bed with Spike she shook him. “Spike wake up,” she demanded as she tried to wiggle out of his grasp.

Spike opened his eyes groggily and tried to focus on the person in his bed. When he saw Buffy staring at him with panicked eyes, he wrinkled his brow in confusion. “Buffy what are you doin’ in my bed?” he asked, his voice still thick with sleep.

Buffy began to blush profusely looking away from him. “Oh, well see I came in here to wake you up, but you kinda pulled me into the bed with you,” she explained nervously.

Spike looked at her slightly embarrassed, and moved his arm. “Sorry pet, forgot to tell you I can be an active sleeper,” he confessed as he scratched the back of his head nervously.

Buffy got out of the bed and smoothed out her clothes. Not wanting to make a big deal out of it she reassured him. “Don’t worry about it, I’ll know next time to stay on the other side of the room,” she said playfully trying to ease some of the tension.

Spike grinned at her. “Yeah that might be your best bet.” He looked next to the bed for his boxers. Remembering he hadn’t wore any the day before, he looked up at Buffy. “Would you mind handing me a pair of boxers from the drawer over there,” he asked as he gestured to the dresser she was standing next to.

Buffy turned away blushing as if he was standing before her naked. “Oh well I’ll just go so you can get on some clothes. Willow will be her soon, so you better hurry,” She chattered nervously.

Spike chuckled. She looked absolutely adorable when she was nervous. Her cheeks turned a gorgeous shade of pink that made her look almost child like. Nodding his head he said, “Sure thing pet, I’ll be out in a minute to take my shower.”

Buffy walked out of his room and shut the door behind her. She looked up to see Willow standing in the door way. She looked at Willow as if she had been caught with her hand in the cookie jar. “Willow it’s not what it looks like,” she tried to explain.

Willow looked at her friend with an amused look. “Well it looked like you leaving Spike’s room all rumpled, but hey, if you say it not what it looks like then I guess I’ll just have to believe you.”

Buffy rolled her eyes. “Well it’s true so you can quit looking at me like that,” she said indignantly.

Willow gave her a look that said ‘what ever you say’, and went and sat on the couch. Buffy sat down next to her. “So, what are we going to do after we get to Sunnydale?” Buffy asked conversationally.

“Well I have to go to my parent’s house first, but if you want I can show you around town after you get settled in,” Willow suggested excitedly.

“Sounds good, but we may not get there anytime soon if lazy ass in there doesn’t hurry up,” she muttered sarcastically.

Spike walked out his of his room and yawned. “I heard that,” he warned.

Buffy turned around and scowled at him. “Do you think you can hurry up? Some of us would like to leave already.”

Spike walked to the bathroom mumbling under his breath about impatient women, and shut the door.

When Spike was finally ready to go, they got their things together and loaded up Spike’s Desoto. Once everyone was in, Spike started the engine and pulled out of the campus to start the journey to Sunnydale.
They passed the ‘Welcome to Sunnydale’ sign at a little after noon. The three friends had spent most of the trip with Willow and Spike telling Buffy stories about Spike’s summer visits to Sunnydale. Buffy hadn’t realized how well her two friends actually knew one another. When they pulled into Willow’s parent’s driveway, Willow climbed out and got her bags from the trunk.

“Buffy I’ll call you later this afternoon and we can go site seeing,” Willow said as she walked to her parent’s door. Buffy smiled brightly and called to her friend, “Sounds good, I’ll talk to you later Will.”

Spike and Buffy pulled up to Spike’s uncle’s house. Spike got their bags and they headed to the front door. Buffy couldn’t help be feel slightly nervous. Spike turned to her and smiled. “Come on pet, let’s get inside and get settled, yeah?” Buffy nodded her head and followed Spike in.

Giles heard someone come in the front door and poked his head around the corner where he saw his nephew and a very attractive blond standing in the entry way. He smiled and went over to greet them. “William you made it,” he said as he hugged his nephew. Turning to the young blond girl he offered his hand. “You must be Buffy, so glad you were able to join us.”

Buffy smiled shyly and shook his hand. “It’s nice to meet you too Mr. Giles. You have a lovely home,” she said politely

“Why thank you, but please just call me Giles. So how was the drive over?” He asked

Spike stretched his arms. “Not bad since we left fairly early.”

“Well that’s good. William won’t you show Buffy to her room, I’m sure she would like to get settled”

Spike picked up their bags and nodded in the direction of the stairs. “Follow me pet,” he requested as he made his way up the stairs.

Spike placed her bags on the bed and turned to her. “There we are luv. You can put your things in the dresser over there,” he gestured to the far wall. “I’ll be sleeping in the room next door if you need anything and the bathroom is straight across the hall. When you’re finished putting your things away just come downstairs, I’ll be down there waiting for you.”

“Alright, I should be down in just a minute,” she told him. Just as he was about to leave, Buffy stopped him. “Hey Spike?”

He turned back to look at her. “Yeah luv?”

Buffy offered him a shy smile. “Thanks for letting me come,” she said gratefully

Spike gave her a lopsided grim as he replied, “No problem. I’ll see you down stairs in a bit,” and then he left shutting the door behind him. Buffy blew out a puff of air and went to her task of putting her things away.



Thanks to blondiebear, Crystal Pegasus, Brittney, B, spikes_niblet, MidnightGirl, spufette, Heaven, Brunettepet, and Lindsay for the reviews on the last chap, it was all for you guys! Love y'all to peices! Kuddos!





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