Buffy and Spike were half way home before Buffy decided something needed to break the silence. Glancing over at him she asked hesitantly. “Spike what’s going on between us?”
Spike stopped and grabbed her arm. Buffy stopped and looked up at him. There were so many emotions playing behind his eyes that it was hard to judge what he was about to say.
Spike let go of her arm and shoved his hands in his pockets nervously. “Not really too sure luv,” he told her honestly.
“Well honestly that makes two of us,” she said trying to lighten the mood. Turning serious she apologized, “Spike I’m sorry. I never meant things to go as far as they did tonight.”
“Don’t apologize Buffy,” Spike told her gently. “Besides, I wasn’t exactly complaining,” he admitted with a lopsided grin.
Buffy began to blush. Hesitantly she asked, “So, what do we do now?”
Spike sighed and started walking again. Buffy fell in step with him as he replied, “Well we can’t ignore what happened tonight, but we don’t have to over analyze it just yet either.” He hoped she would understand what he was trying to say and not take it the wrong way.
Buffy got a thoughtful look on her face and asked, making sure she understood him right, “So you want to wait and talk about this later?”
Spike let out a sigh of relief. “Just till we get back to LA and we can sit down and talk this out properly.”
Buffy was glad he didn’t want to get into things while still having three days left in Sunnydale. With a grateful smile she agreed. “Okay, when we get back to LA.” They walked lazily the rest of the way back to Giles’ house in comfortable silence. Walking up the steps Spike went to unlock the door, but Buffy placed a hand over his to stop him. “Spike, I just wanted to tell you I had a really good time tonight,” Buffy admitted in almost a whisper.
Spike looked at her with deep eyes. “Me too luv.” Without thinking he leaned over and placed a feather light kiss to her lips. Before she had time to react, he opened the door and walked in. Glancing behind him he saw a bewildered Buffy standing in the doorway.
Buffy didn’t even have time to blink before Spike left the sweetest kiss to her lips that she had ever had in her life. She was so surprised she didn’t even notice he had walked in the door. She looked to him with wide eyes. “Spike?” she asked meekly
Spike walked over to Buffy and brushed her cheek with the back of his hand. “Good night Buffy,” was all he said and went up stairs to his room.
Buffy stood there and watched him go up the stairs. Her head was spinning from all the emotions running through her mind. Spike Livingston had kissed her, and this time not on a dare. It may have only been a brush of his lips against hers, but it was enough to make her weak in the knees. Placing a hand to her lips she muttered, “Good night.”
When she heard the door to his room shut she made her way to her own room to try and get the sleep she knew would never come.
Spike leaned against his door with his eyes fused shut. He hadn’t intended on kissing her, but god help him if he couldn’t help himself. She looked so sweet and innocent standing on the porch with the light from the full moon casting an angelic glow down on her. Stripping of his clothes, Spike climbed in bed and lay awake replaying the tender kiss he had just shared with the girl he felt he was slowly falling in love with.
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Buffy didn’t get much sleep that night, she laid in her bed tossing and turning as thoughts of the bleached blond that was in the room next ran through her mind. She knew that today was going to be a little awkward for them because they would be stuck in the house together all day for the Thanksgiving holiday. Pulling her self out of bed she gathered her things and headed to the bathroom.
Spike didn’t sleep a wink. After giving up on sleep, he got up and decided to get a shower before everyone got up. Wrapping a towel around his waist he opened the door to find Buffy standing there wide eyed. “Uh, morning pet,” he greeted nervously. God he sounded like such a ponce.
Buffy was about to reach for the handle of the bathroom door when it opened to Spike standing there in nothing but a towel slung low on his hips. Her mouth went dry. Looking at him with wide eyes she managed to get out, “Uh, morning, I was just coming to get in the shower,” she explained averting her eyes from his body.
Spike stepped out of her way to let her in the bathroom. “S’all yours,” he said smiling beside the fact that he felt awkward as hell.
Buffy smiled shyly and thanked him. “Thanks, well I guess I’ll see you down stairs then,” she said timidly as she closed the door.
Spike stood outside the closed door. He had seriously fucked things up between them. Buffy was acting like a skittish kitten around him. He just hoped that things wouldn’t be so tense once they were around Willow and his uncle, because they really didn’t need fifty million questions to add to the stress they were already under. Spike was lost in thought when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He nearly jumped out of his skin. Whipping around, he faced Giles with an amused look on his face. Spike glared at his uncle and yelled, “Bloody hell, you scared the shit out of me!”
Giles walked out of his room to see his nephew standing in his towel staring at the closed bathroom door. Giles heard the shower running so he knew Buffy must be in there, but wondered why William was just standing there staring at the door. Walking over to spike, Giles placed hand on his shoulder. When Spike jumped startled, Giles couldn’t help the amused look that crossed his face Giles chuckled softly. “William might I ask what your doing standing in the hallway half naked?”
“You shouldn’t sneak up on folks you know,” Spike grumbled angrily.
“Well that very well may be, but that still doesn’t explain why your standing here staring at a closed door,” Giles replied as he studied his nephew with a knowing look. William wasn’t fooling anybody; he was standing there thinking about Buffy.
Spike saw the knowing look in his uncle’s face. Spike glared at his uncle. “Oh just go and sod off,” he snapped at him as he stomped off to his room, slamming the door behind him.
Buffy heard the two British men in the hall and opened the door. Just as she stepped out she heard a door slam. Looking at Giles confused she asked, “What’s going on?”
Giles was grinning like a mad man. Looking at his nephews shut door he shook his head and chuckled. “Oh the usual, William acting like a spoiled brat,” he said teasingly. Turning to Buffy he sighed. “I was going to go to the grocery store for a few last minute things for dinner; would you care to join me?”
“Sure, just give me a minute to finish getting ready and we can leave,” she accepted appreciatively. This would give her a chance to be away from Spike for awhile.
“Very well. I’ll meet you in the kitchen”
Buffy finished with her hair and applied her makeup. Spike was still in his room. She debated on whether or not to let Spike know she was leaving with Giles. Knowing Spike would be upset if she didn’t; she went and softly knocked on his door.
Spike was pacing his room with a lit cigarette hanging from his lips. His uncle would have his ass if he knew he was smoking in the house, but to be honest he really didn’t care. When Spike heard someone knocking at his door he automatically assumed it was his uncle. He walked to the door and yanked it open barking out, “I thought I told you to sod….” Spike saw Buffy standing there and lowered his voice as he finished. “off.”
Buffy crossed her arms across her chest and raised an eyebrow at him. “I take it you were expecting someone else,” she teased.
Spike gave her a sheepish look. “Sorry pet thought you were Rupes.”
“Apparently,” she commented dryly. They stood there for a moment before Buffy let him know the real reason she had came to his room. “I just wanted to tell you I was going to go with Giles to the store.”
Spike leaned against the door frame. “Alright,” he replied. Remembering he was low on smokes he asked, “Do you think you could pick me up a pack of smokes while you’re out, I have some cash here,” he said as he pulled some money from his wallet.
Buffy rolled her eyes. “Fine, but don’t think this will become an everyday thing. I don’t want to be a contributor to you dying of emphysema,” she commented exasperatedly.
Spike smirked at her. “I didn’t know you cared luv,” he teased.
Buffy noticed that the uncomfortable vibe between them had lifted somewhat. For that, she was more than grateful. Snatching the money out of his hands she quipped, “Yeah, well you’re like a stray puppy, you just can’t help but fall in love with it.” It didn’t take two seconds for her to realize what she said. Looking at Spike with wide eyes she quickly tried to recover. “Oh! I didn’t mean that I was in love with you, I just meant that, uh…..” she fumbled senselessly as she looked any where but at him.
Spike lifted her chin with his finger so he could look her deep in the eyes. “Buffy I know what you meant,” he reassured her with a warm smile.
Buffy felt a chill run through her from his deep gaze. How was it he could make her weak in the knees from a simple smile? When his eyes became too much for her to handle she turned and looked away. Shyly she said, “I better get down stairs, Giles is waiting for me.”
Spike let out a sigh. This was going to kill him to have to pretend that there was nothing between them. Giving her a weak smile he agreed, “Yeah, you should go. I’ll see you when you get back,” he said mournfully. Why did it always have to come down to this?
Buffy gave him a soft smile and went to meet Giles in the kitchen. Spike watched as Buffy walked away. Shaking his head, he closed his door to think about what Buffy really meant to him.
Buffy walked in the kitchen and gave Giles a forced smile. “All ready.”
“Right then, we just need to let William know we’re leaving and we can be on our way,” Giles informed her.
“I already did,” Buffy said a little too quickly.
Giles noticed how quick Buffy said she had talked to William. Not wanting to make a fuss over it he smiled brightly at the young girl. “Right then, let’s get going shall we. I still have lots to do as far as dinner preparations,” he said as he opened the back door for Buffy.
Buffy nodded her head and walked out the back door. Giles could see now that the next few days the blond couple stayed with him were bound to be quite interesting to say the least.
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What can I say, I'm a postin' machine. Enjoy! Oh, FYI, I won't be posting again till monday cause I have a thing I have to go to so this will have to hold you over til then, Kuddos! Disclaimer in full effect!