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Well I'm back! Here is the latest update. I'm so glad you guys have stuck with me. There will be some spuffy goodness in a few chaps I promise! Well enjoy! Disclaimer in full effect.
Buffy and Giles pushed their cart through the overly crowded grocery store. They were currently in the spice aisle looking for pumpkin spice for the pumpkin pies. Giles let out an aggravated sigh. “Well it looks like they are completely out of pumpkin pie spice,” he pointed out to Buffy.

Buffy scanned over the aisle and then thought of something. “Giles do you remember what most of the ingredients are?”

Giles frowned for a moment and the caught on to what she was saying. “Yes, we could just by the individual spices and then mix them ourselves,” he said enthusiastically.

Buffy gave him a proud smile. “Yep, think smarter not harder I always say,” she chirped.

Giles gave her a grateful smile. “Buffy my dear you are an absolute angel.”

Buffy gave Giles playful look. “Yeah well what can I say, when you’re good, you’re good,” she said with mock indignity.

Giles let out a full belly laugh. “I do say, you have been hanging around William far too long,” he teased.

At the mention of Spike, Buffy felt butterflies in her stomach. This was getting to be ridiculous. She couldn’t even hear his name without reacting like a young school girl with her first crush. Careful not to show her true feelings, Buffy let out a forced laugh. “I guess you’re right.”

Giles sensed by Buffy’s hesitation that she was trying to hide how she really felt about his nephew. Giles grinned at Buffy knowingly. He was about to make a comment when he saw one of the elderly women from the book club that was sponsored by his library. As the little woman approached him he smiled at her. “Mrs. Witherspoon, how nice to see you,” he greeted politely.

Mrs. Witherspoon returned his smile. Noticing the young blond girl in Giles’ company she commented, “I didn’t realize you had a daughter Rupert.”

Giles looked to Buffy and than back to Mrs. Witherspoon. “No, unfortunately I’m afraid you’re mistaken, Buffy is not my daughter-” before he could finish his sentence the elderly woman was looking at him accusingly. Dear Lord, did she really think that he was romantically involved with Buffy? Making it very clear as to his and Buffy’s relationship he continued, “Buffy is here with my nephew, William, for the holidays.”

Buffy noticed the slight look of disdain on the older woman’s face and immediately knew what she was thinking. It wasn’t that Giles was a bad looking man, but gross. He was like her father’s age. Shifting somewhat uncomfortably, Buffy kept a sweet smile on her face and waited for the two adults to finish their conversation.

Mrs. Witherspoon smiled disbelievingly. “Well I must be off, you two have a nice dinner tonight,” she said with slight suggestion in her voice as she walked off.

Giles simply gave her a nod of his head and watched, still somewhat shocked, as the little old woman walked away. Giles turned to Buffy with apologetic eyes. “Buffy I’m truly sorry if Mrs. Witherspoon offended you.” Then with a shake of his head he added, “Apparently the old bat has finally lost it.”

Buffy looked at Giles and then let out a giggle. At first Giles just stared at Buffy, but then was able to see the humor in the situation and became infected with laughter as well. Giles and Buffy finished their shopping all the while laughing over what Mrs. Witherspoon was suggesting.

Spike was making a cup of tea when Buffy and Giles walked in the door laden with grocery bags. Spike stopped what he was doing and grabbed the bags from Buffy. Setting the bags on the counter he asked Buffy, “So, how was your outing pet?”

Buffy and Giles exchanged a look and burst out laughing once again. Spike looked at them as if they had lost their minds. “What’s so bleeding funny?” he asked curiously.

Buffy wiped a tear from her eye and managed to compose her voice. “Well, while Giles and I were shopping we ran into some lady that Giles knew from the library and she-,” Buffy couldn’t finish what she was saying because she started another bout of uncontrollable laughter.

Giles cleared his throat and finished the explanation for Buffy. “Mrs. Witherspoon thought that Buffy and I were a couple,” Giles said fending off his own laughter.

Spike got a look of disgust on his face. “That’s not funny, that fucking gross,” Spike yelped horrified. The thought of his uncle and Buffy together was enough to make him want to throw up.

Giles gave his nephew a look. “Hey!” Giles said indignantly.

“Well, the thought of you and Buffy? No, I don’t even want to go there,” Spike went on, still grossed out.

Buffy laughed at Spike. “Spike you act like that kind of thing never happens. I can’t tell you how many men Giles’ age I’ve seen with women who look barely old enough to drink.”

Giles gave Buffy an appreciative look. “Thank you Buffy. But I must say the idea of me with someone your age is rather disturbing,” Giles pointed out.

Spike raised a brow at his uncle. “You think? It’s not disturbing, it’s flat out perverse.”

Buffy walked over to Spike and handed him his cigarettes and change. “Oh lighten up Spike, it was funny and you know it,” she patronized.

Spike looked at Buffy. “Yeah well funny or not, I’ll probably be scared for life,” he retorted dryly.

Giles shook his head and chuckled. “Buffy, I think we’ve had enough fun mocking William for one day.”

Buffy patted Spike’s hand playfully. “Alright Spike, we’ll leave you alone,” she said in a tone you would use with a small child. Spike gave her a menacing look and then turned to his uncle. “Don’t you have food to be cooking?”

“Yes I do, so you can both get out of my kitchen,” he replied playfully.

Buffy and Spike left Giles to his cooking and went to the living room. Spike sat on the couch with his arms crossed in a pout. Buffy grinned and sat next to him. “Oh come on, you’re not really mad are you?”

Spike turned to Buffy and replied flatly, “No.”

Buffy gave him her cutest smile. “Then let me see that smile of yours,” she teased in a singsong voice.

Spike couldn’t help but chuckle. Buffy was being to damn cute for words. Buffy let a satisfied grin cross her face. “See I knew I could get you to smile,” she said proudly as she elbowed him playfully in his side.

This was the Buffy he loved to be with, playful and joking. Grinning at her he said, “What can I say pet, you bring out the best in me.” Buffy just simply smiled, satisfied.

Buffy and Spike sat and watched the football game that was on when Spike remembered something. “Oh, I forgot to tell you, while you were off being my uncle’s girlfriend, Red called,” he told her casually seeing if she would catch his joke.

Buffy had totally forgotten she was supposed to call Willow this morning. “Oh, I was supposed to call… wait, what did you just say?” So now he wanted to makes jokes.

Spike laughed. “Caught that did you?”

Buffy punched him in the arm. “Ha, ha, very funny Spike,” she said dryly. “I’m gonna go call Willow and tell her about my new boyfriend,” she said as casually as she could.

“Oh that’s it Summers, your mine,” he growled as he lunged for her, but Buffy was too fast. She was off the couch and out of the room before he could reach her.

Buffy darted out the room giggling before he could catch her.

Spike settled back on the couch and called over his shoulder, “You just wait Buffy, you’re gonna get it.” And in more ways than one, he thought to himself.

Buffy grabbed her cell phone and headed up to her room. When Willow answered the phone Buffy greeted her brightly. “Hey Wills, what’s up?”

“Buffy hey! I was wondering what happened to you, I thought that you were going to call me this morning?”

“Well, when I got out of the shower this morning I ran into Giles and he asked me to go to the store with him, so I kinda forgot to call,” Buffy explained.

“That’s okay,” Willow assured her before asking, “So how did things go with Spike last night?”

How was she going to explain to Willow that Spike had kissed her? Knowing she couldn’t lie to her best friend she just blurted it out.

“Spike kissed me.”

Willow remained silent from shock. Buffy was beginning to wonder if she had hung up. “Willow, are you still there?”

“Huh? Oh yeah, I’m still here,” Willow answered her. “Did you just say that Spike kissed you?” she was still a bit shocked by her friend’s admission.

“Well yeah, it was just a light peck on the lips, but it was still a kiss nonetheless,” Buffy explained.

Willow couldn’t help but grin. “So I guess things went pretty well then, huh?” Willow said amused.

Buffy could practically feel her friend grinning on the other end of the phone. “Okay Willow you can stop grinning now,” she huffed. “This isn’t good; things have been weird off and on all day between me and Spike and I hate the fact that every time we’re alone together there’s all this unresolved tension between us.”

Willow let out a sigh. “Buffy you two just need to let nature take its course and stop fighting the inevitable,” she suggested gently.

If Buffy let nature take over she was going to be in big trouble. There was way too much chemistry going on to let it get out of control. “Willow its not that simple,” Buffy tried to explain.

“But see that’s were your wrong. You and Spike are so hell bent on making yourselves to believe that you can’t be together, you can’t see past it. You two are meant for each other Buffy, you just have to take off the blinders and see it,” Willow pointed out.

Buffy thought about what Willow was trying to say. There was no doubt that Buffy was fighting herself about her feelings for Spike. If she let down all her defenses then Spike would have her heart in his hands. She didn’t know if she was willing to give him that much control just yet. Letting out a heavy sigh she asked Willow, “So how do I do this without getting my heart broken?”

“You can’t, but that’s just a fact of life. You just have to hope that Spike is one of the good ones,” Willow told her friend honestly.

“How are you so sure this will work out Willow?” Buffy asked her friend.
“Because I know you and I know Spike. You forget that I’m on the outside looking in. I see things you don’t, and from what I’ve seen so far, you two just fit, plain and simple.” She told her matter of factly.

Buffy let out a heavy sigh. “Well, I’m glad one of us is so sure because I have to tell you, not so confident here.”

“Buffy it will all work out, you’ll see,” Willow reassured her.

Buffy really did want to believe her friend, but the little voice in the back of her head was still exercising its rights and telling her to keep up her guard. Not wanting to talk about it anymore, Buffy decided it was time to let Willow go. “Wills I better get back down stairs, I should see if Giles needs any help with dinner.”

Willow knew Buffy was being ‘avoidy girl’, but let it go. “Alright Buffy, I’ll see you in a little while. Bye.”
Buffy tossed her phone aside and took a deep breath. She wasn’t going to let her feelings ruin the weekend. With fresh determination Buffy went down stairs to help with Thanksgiving dinner.



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