Chapter 15: Body Talking
Buffy headed up the stairs to Spike’s office slowly, she didn’t want to alert him of her arrival. She walked into the office without making a sound. He was so focussed on his work that he didn’t hear her until she was two steps away from his desk. He looked up with a slightly confused look. When he saw it was her, he smiled and that told her enough to know he was extremely happy to see her.
She closed the rest of the distance between them and Spike pulled her into his lap not wasting any time and gave her a passionate kiss.
“Hello there, kitten. I didn’t hear you come in,” he said after breaking the kiss.
“I noticed you didn’t. You are always too busy with work to notice me,” she said with a teasing pout.
He growled at her and pulled her lips into his mouth. “You little minx, I always have time for you.”
She looked at the papers on the desk. “Anything I would need to look at?” she asked with a grin.
Spike chuckled at that and gave her a squeeze swirling his chair towards the desk. “You haven’t even started and you’re already talking business. Now who’s the one busy with work huh!” he teased tickling her in the sides.
Buffy squirmed in his lap trying to get away, but Spike held her tight.
She stilled her motions as he stopped tickling her, noticing the change in her demeanour as she blushed slightly. She assumed the bulge she was now feeling had something to do with it.
She couldn’t help but shift a little bit to try and get more comfortable in his lap, and felt the bulge grow even bigger, as she heard Spike gasp. She stilled again and didn’t know what to do. She was too comfortable sitting on his lap, but she didn’t want him to be uncomfortable for her sake. She tried to get up, but he held her tighter to him, stopping her actions.
“Don’t, Buffy.”
“But...”
“Don’t worry about it sweetheart. It happens, automatically really. It’s what you do to me. But please don’t be afraid.”
Spike looked at her, and she could see the slight concern in his eyes. The thing was, she wasn’t scared. She was intrigued that she could do this to him. And quite frankly, she was really curious about it too.
“I’m not… afraid,” she said looking down, blushing profusely when she saw the full form of his crotch.
She looked back into his eyes and knew he had seen her looking there.
“Does it hurt?” she asked nervously, feeling stupid for asking and looked away again.
“No baby, it feels good,” Spike told her gently putting his finger on her chin as he turned her face towards him.
“But isn’t it uncomfortable?” she asked curiously.
Spike couldn’t help but chuckle. “That is it a bit. But it’s not important. We’re taking our time, Buffy. Now give us another kiss. You can see that as your payment,” he told her grinning.
Buffy giggled at that, feeling herself relax again and complied with his wishes.
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Buffy and Cordy were dancing like there was no tomorrow. Tonight was a night to celebrate.
Buffy had called her friends and told them to meet her at the pub because she had something important to tell them. Afterwards, she’d called her mother, with whom she’d been on the phone for over an hour. Joyce had been almost as excited as Buffy when she was told the news.
Going back at their table after a few dances Buffy sat down and grabbed her drink.
“So guys, I have something important to tell you,” she said, smiling at her group of friends who were looking at her expectantly. She stayed silent for a few moments and saw the agitation on some of the faces.
“Come on Buffy, spill,” Cordelia said at last.
“I got a new job!” she almost squealed.
Everyone was thrilled to hear the news. Hugs were exchanged and congratulations were said.
“So what’s the new job?” Xander asked curiously.
“Well, you’re standing there, right now, actually,” she said with a brilliant smile. “I’ll be responsible for ‘Little London’, doing administrative work and hiring new people. And probably some other stuff once I’ve got the hang of things. Spike’s got plans for expanding and he asked me to work for him so he can focus on further development of this place.”
She could tell everyone was excited for her. But when she looked at Xander, she saw the same look on his face he’d had before, when he’d called her off for kissing Spike in front of everybody.
“I hope you can be happy for me, Xander,” she said, softly so no one else would hear. She really didn’t want another scene. This was her celebration and she would be damned to let Xander’s jealousy get in the way. “And if you can’t make yourself do so, I will have to ask you to leave now, because really Xander, I want this job. This is something that can make me happy, that is already making me happy. And if you can’t get past the fact that Spike and I are together, and that I’ll be working for him, I’m really sorry. But I won’t let you get in my way to happiness.”
She knew she was being harsh. But damn, he could be such an ass sometimes. And she just wanted to make sure that he knew what she thought.
“Now, let’s celebrate.” she told everyone, avoiding his glare.
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Later that evening, Buffy and her friends were once again on the dance floor, Spike watched as Xander made his way over to the bar.
“I hope you can be happy for her,” Spike addressed him without a smile.
“Like I have any say in this anyway. She seems to think it’s a good decision, even if I think she’s making the biggest mistake of her life,” he replied evenly.
Spike couldn’t believe this guy. He was supposed to be Buffy’s friend but all he could do was be negative about her choices.
“You better start acting like a friend and stop this stupid jealousy of yours. She’s not going to let you treat her like that. If you want to stay her friend, you better get yourself together and make peace with her,” he said getting angrier by the minute. “And if you do anything to hurt her, to even make her rethink her decisions; you’ll have me to deal with. And trust me, you don’t want that,” he threatened and then walked away.
Before he had taken two steps, he heard Xander call his name and turned around.
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Buffy heard a loud commotion and looked up to see what it all was about. That’s when she saw Spike behind the bar, covered in beer. She saw Xander standing next to him, with an empty beer glass, both looked extremely pissed off.
She stormed towards the bar, fuming because of Xander’s behavior. "What the hell do you think you're doing huh?" she shouted.
Xander's face was one of disgust. "I can't believe you, Buffy. How could you lower yourself to this? You have so much more potential than to be with someone like him."
Buffy couldn't believe her ears. "What did you say?" she asked indigently.
Xander just shrugged.
"What the hell gives you the right to say that? You don't even KNOW him, let alone are you able to judge my decision. I don't know what's wrong with you, but I just found out that I don't know you at all," She said, beyond angry.
"I think you better go now, and don't come near me for a while," she said, turning her back on him and looking at Spike.
His shirt was completely soaked through with beer, and it was sticking to his chest like a second skin. If the situation hadn’t been different she’d have thought that he looked damn hot.
“Are you ok?” she asked quietly.
“I’ll be fine, luv. I’m just going to dry myself off and get changed,” he said, motioning to one of the other bartenders that he would be back soon.
He walked up the stairs to his office with Buffy behind him.
“I’m really sorry, Spike,” she whispered, feeling humiliated by her ‘former’ friend.
“It’s ok, luv. This isn’t your fault. I should be the one who’s saying sorry, you just lost a friend,” he replied gently while taking off his shirt.
Buffy looked at his perfectly shaped upper body, slightly glistering from the beer. She couldn’t take her eyes off of him. She realized that this was the first time she’d seen him without his shirt and he looked damn good.
“Buffy?”
She looked up at him and saw him smiling at her with a glint in his eye. He’d seen her watching him and he was smirking at her. “Like something you see baby?” he asked her teasingly.
She blushed and swatted him playfully on his arm. “You better clean up before you catch a cold.”
As he was cleaning himself up, she thought about the evening. It had started off well, everyone was happy for her, and Xander had kept his mouth shut for awhile. But apparently when he’d gone to the bar and encountered Spike he couldn’t help but open it.
Spike must have seen the sad look on her face as she was pulled against his hard body. “It’ll be ok baby. Let’s go down stairs and have another drink. This was a night to celebrate, right? So let this not spoil the evening.” He kissed her on the lips lightly and took her hand in his own, walking her down stairs towards her friends.
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