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Title: Caught Between Two Lovers
Author: Pattyanne
snapkik@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: All I own is the story
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Summary: Set early second season. A
retelling of Spike and Buffy's first meeting.
For the purpose of the story Angel does not
exist and Spike is different.



Part twenty-nine.....

Two Less Lonely People In The World



~~~~~~~~~~
"I was down, my dreams were wearing thin
When you're lost, where do you begin?
My heart always seemed to drift from day to day
Looking for the love that never came my way"
~~~~~~~~~~


Buffy stared at Xander, surprised when he pulled
a silver hip flask from inside his jacket.

"Where did you get that?"

He had dragged them all outside a few minutes ago,
instructing everyone to get a cup of fruit punch first.

After taking a quick look around for authority figures,
he unscrewed the cap on the flask and poured a shot
of something into his own cup.

"I knocked over a liquor store on the way to the dance,"
he replied, rolling his eyes at her. "Where do you think
I got it? My house is better stocked than the sport's bar
on 14th street." He began adding a shot to everyone's cup.

Willow stared doubtfully at the punch in her cup. "It smells
weird," she said, wrinkling her nose.

Oz placed one hand on her back. "Don't drink it then, babe."

She sighed. "No, I will. It's...sort of a rite of passage," she
said nervously. "Isn't it?"

"That's right," Xander cut in. "It's a step beyond sneaking a
beer in the basement. Next thing you know...we'll be sip-
ping fine champagne."

The words made Buffy smile, a smile she hid by raising
the cup to her lips and taking a tentative taste. The others
followed suit, except for Cordelia who'd refused to even
consider tasting it.

It tasted as vile as it smelled. Buffy swallowed and made a
face of pure disgust. "It tastes...like cherry flavored turpen-
tine," she choked.

"I tried to warn you," Cordelia murmured, patting her on
the back. "Are you going to throw up?" she asked, suddenly
backing away a few feet.

"I'm...I'm trying not to," Buffy coughed, her eyes watering.

Xander noticed that Oz had swallowed the liquor without
flinching, and attempted to do the same. "Whoa" he gasped,
shaking his head after the liquid burned it's way down his
esophagus. "Not....bad."

Willow stood frozen, clutching the cup in her hand, reluctance
to participate in this "rite of passage" written all over her face.
Oz solved the problem by taking the cup and drinking
the spiked punch for her.

Buffy was about to toss the remnants of her cup into
the bushes, but was startled by the sound of a car starting
up with a roar.

The five of them edged out away from the building to see
what was making all the noise.

Tires screamed on asphalt, and an engine revved again.

"Geez," Xander said, gazing toward the far end of the
parking lot. "Oh, man," he added. "That is one hell of a
car."

Buffy's cup dropped from her fingers, hitting the ground
and staining the hem of her dress. "Oh..." she whispered,
her eyes wide with shock that turned to distress when she
saw the car leaving the parking lot. "No....wait."

She knew that car. She had ridden in it, tried to drive it,
dented it....and been made love to in it's back seat.


~~~~~~~~~~
"Then you smiled, and I reached out to you
I could tell you were lonely too
One look, then it all began for you and me
The moment that we touched, I knew that there would be"
~~~~~~~~~~


Without a word, she left her friends behind and
began to follow the car, starting to run when it
picked up speed.

"Wait!" she cried, almost screaming the word. "William,
wait for me!"

The car pulled out into the street, and she ran faster,
trying to get to it before it was out of sight.

She made it all the way across the parking lot without
mishap, but when she stepped down from the curb
to run in the street, her foot turned on a chunk of loose
asphalt. Thrown too suddenly off balance, she went
sprawling to the ground.

Her ankle bent painfully beneath her, and she scraped
the palms of her hands when she tried to keep her face
from connecting with the road.

Attempting to stand, her ankle warned her not to and
she caught her dress under her knee, sending her right
back to the ground, hitting her chin and leaving an ab-
rasion.

Her eyes filled with tears, and she could no longer
hear the car. He was gone. For some reason he had come
here tonight to find her, then left without her.

Not caring that she was lying in the street, she laid
her cheek on her arm and began to cry....


~~~~~~~~~~
"Two less lonely people in the world
And it's gonna be fine
Out of all the people in the world
I just can't believe you're mine"
~~~~~~~~~~


....when she felt a pair of strong arms picking her
up and carrying her back to the safety of the sidewalk.

Opening her eyes, she looked into the dark blue gaze
of her lover. "William?" she murmured softly.

"Sweetheart...are you all right?" he asked, concern
for her overwhelming any other emotion he had been
running from.

Buffy wound her arms tightly around his neck, hiding
her face. "I am now."


~~~~~~~~~~
"In my life where everything was wrong
Something finally went right
Now there's two less lonely people in the world
Tonight...."
~~~~~~~~~~


Feeling her arms around him, taking in her scent and
the warmth of her body, he knew that he had behaved
like an idiot.

Buffy loved him. If she had been dancing with her
friend...well, that was all it had been, a dance. No
matter what that boy might feel for her, she felt nothing
like it for him.

When he had glanced into his rearview mirror and saw
her running after him, he'd taken his foot off the gas. But
when she'd fallen, he'd swerved into the curb and left
the car without turning the engine off or closing the door.

Covering her soft hair with kisses, he tightened his
arms around her and rocked her a little, hushing
her sobs the way he always did.

Only seconds later, he heard running feet and looked
up to see her friends coming towards them, Xander
in the lead, calling Buffy's name.

Although he managed to keep his face from shifting,
Spike couldn't suppress a warning growl as he held
Buffy closer.

"She's all right," he said curtly. "I've got her. You
just...go back inside. I'll take care of her."

The four kids stopped about ten feet away, looking
worried.

"Buffy?" Xander said, ignoring Spike's words. "Are you
okay?"

She nodded, without raising her head. "Yes," she
said quietly, sniffling. "You guys...go back inside.
I'm fine."

Spike turned and began to carry her towards his
car.

Xander, unwisely, tried to follow. "Wait a second! Hey...
you wait!" he demanded. "You can't just show up here
and take her like that. She fell down...she probably hit
her head."

"Xander..." Willow interjected, trying to shut him up.

But he refused to be silenced. "No, Will...he can't do
that. Can't just try and take her."

Spike kept walking.

"Hey!" Xander yelled. "I'm talking to you. Who the hell do
you think you are?"

Turning on him, Spike's eyes flashed with anger and
dislike. "I'm her husband!" he snapped.

~~~~~~~~~~
"Just to think what I might have missed
Looking back, how did I exist?
I dreamed, still I never thought I'd come this far
But miracles come true, I know 'cause here we are"
~~~~~~~~~~


Four faces turned white with shock, four mouths
gaped open.

Buffy raised her head and met William's direct
gaze. Smiling tremulously, she lowered her head to
his shoulder again, sighing deeply.

Placing another gentle kiss on her hair, he turned
and continued towards the car. As he set her down
on the passenger seat, he heard Xander say, "Did he
just say he was her husband?"

"Yeah, that's what he said," Willow replied.

There was a short pause.

"When did she get married?"

Spike paid no further attention to the conversation. He
closed the passenger side door and went around the
front of the car to the drivers seat.

Before he put the car into gear, he reached for
Buffy. Pulling her across the seat, he wrapped her in
his arms and kissed her, deeply and passionately.

When he felt her arms sliding around him, the
heart he thought had stopped forever, took flight.


~~~~~~~~~~
"Tonight I fell in love with you
And all the things I never knew
Seemed to come to me somehow
Baby, love is here and now...there's

Two less lonely people in the world
And it's gonna be fine
Out of all the people in the world
I just can't believe you're mine
In my life where everything was wrong
Something finally went right

Now there's two less lonely people in the world
Tonight......"
~~~~~~~~~~


TBC

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