Chapter two: Smooth sailing…or not
Buffy awoke feeling a lot better than she had yesterday after her run in with Spike. She got out of bed, had a shower, got dressed in a pair of dark denim jeans and a red ¾ top and applied some lip gloss. She was supposed to meet Harmony at their lockers (which were located next to each other) like she did every morning before first period, but this morning, her mum wasn’t able to give her a ride, so she was forced to walk to school and now, she was running late.
“Ok, your main assignment for this semester will be relatively simple, bit will require a lot of work and team effort” the English teacher, Ms Walsh began “I will put you in pairs and you will research and present an essay each as well as an oral presentation together on an important or well known person in English literature, it can be an author, poet, I don’t mind. Grades will be based on both the assignment and your ability to work as a team. Once I have paired you with someone, there will be no changes, is that clear?” she asked, as murmured ‘yes’ and ‘whatever’s’ filled the classroom she continued to speak “Ok, lets begin, the pairings are as followed…” Ms Walsh read out names of all the people of the class then came to the final pair “And finally, William Rayne and Buffy Summers, although it appears Miss Summers hasn’t arrived today so Mr Rayne, you’ll have to begin on your own, the rest of you, get into your assigned pairs and get to work”
The class did what the were told, they divided into pairs and began talking and flicking through various text books. Spike, however was sitting beside an empty seat with one single thought running through his mind: What the hell kind of a name is Buffy?
Buffy ran to her locker, grabbed the books she needed and bolted through the empty halls to her class. She walked through the door to be greeted by a less-than-happy Ms Walsh
“Oh, Miss Summers, you’ve decided to come to class have you?” she asked
“Yes, I’m sorry I’m late Ms Walsh, I…” Buffy began, only to be cut off
“I’m not interested in excuses Miss Summers, you’re here now, take your seat next to Mr Rayne and he will fill you in on the details of the assignment and the two of you can get started” Ms Walsh said, pointing to the empty chair beside Spike who was smirking at her and had a very amused look on his voice
“Him?” Buffy asked
“Yes, him”
“No, no, not him, anyone but him, so not him” Buffy said in a rush
“Miss Summers, the pairings stay as is and, considering the fact that you came into my class late, I don’t really think you’re in a position to be arguing, do you?”
“No Ms Walsh” Buffy grumbled, heading over to take her seat next to Spike
“Well, well, well luv, I had no idea you were in this class, if I had of known, I think I may of shown up more often” Spike told her, Buffy groaned
“The fact that I am paired with you just proves my theory” Buffy said
“And what theory would that be?” Spike asked interested
“Ms Walsh really is an evil bitch monster of death”
“Oh come on, you know you wanted to be paired with me” Spike said, determine to annoy her as much as possible
“Whatever, what’s this assignment that we have to do?” she asked
“Well, we have to pick someone and do a report and oral presentation on that person” he told her
“Great, sounds easy enough, have you chosen anyone yet?” she asked
“Nope, I was waiting for my partner to show up and is your name really Buffy?”
“Yes, my name is Buffy, why?”
“Because it’s a strange name” he told her bluntly
“Whereas the name Spike just reeks of classical elegance” she said sarcastically
“So Goldilocks, I see you’re not wearing a white shirt today, wise decision” he said, smirking
“Can you just pick someone to do this report on before the bell goes so we can get started next lesson?” Buffy asked, flipping through one of the text books on the table
“Well, we’ve already lost time and fallen behind the rest of the class due to your lateness, maybe we should get together sometime after school to work on it” Spike suggested
“That would mean I would have to spend more time with you than I have to, right?” Spike nodded
“Then I’m thinking not”
“Actually Miss Summers, I think Mr Rayne’s suggestion is a very good one” Ms Walsh said from behind her, causing Buffy to jump
“Yes Ms Walsh” Buffy said as Ms Walsh began to walk away, she turned around to see spike smirking at her
“So then pet, I guess that’s settled, I’ll come to your house after school”
“Yeah right, I don’t want you to know where I live, if we’re going to do this, we meet somewhere or go to your place” Buffy told him firmly
“Ok then, we’ll go to my place after school tonight and do it there” he said, running his tongue over his front teeth
“Ok, I’ll meet you out in the parking lot after school, do you have a car?” she asked, ignoring his previous innuendo
“Yes, I have a car” he told her “I’ll see you tonight”
Just then, the bell rang and everyone began packing up their books and heading out of the classroom
“Great” she said sarcastically, before also heading out of the door
“See you tonight Betty” he called after her, but she just ignored him and continued walking
“Oh this should be fun” Spike said, unable to wipe the smirk off his face
Lunchtime for Buffy couldn’t have come sooner, not only was she stuck with Spike for English; she had to put up with an hour and half of science with smelly Mr Cherry, this day could not get worse.
“This day officially sucks” Buffy said, slumping down into her seat next to Harmony
“Why, what happened?” Harmony asked, sounding not at all interested
“Well, my mum couldn’t give me a ride this morning, so I was late” Buffy began
“Oh, is that why you weren’t there this morning?” Harmony asked
“Yeah, anyway, like I was saying, I was late, and Mrs Walsh was totally mad, then she decided it would be fun to pair me with Spike for an English assignment, so now I have to go to his place after school” Buffy said angrily as she pulled an apple out of her bag and began to eat it
“Well, that does sound sucky, but at least you’ll be able to spend time with Spike” Harmony told her, causing Buffy to choke on her apple
“What the hell is wrong with you, spending time with Spike is so not a good thing” Buffy told her after she had recovered
“Whatever, I just think you two would look totally cute together”
“You are crazy Harm, and anyway, why would you want me going out with your ex-boyfriend?” Buffy asked
“Just forget it, what do you have after lunch?”
“Umm, music, how about you?”
“Ugh, you’re so lucky, I’m stuck doing maths, but at least I get to see Riley” Harmony said excitedly
“Wow, that’s great” Buffy said sarcastically, but Harmony didn’t pick up on it
“I know, he is so cute, and I totally think he’s going to ask me to prom, who are you going with?”
“I don’t know, I’m the new girl, so probably no one will ask me” Buffy said
“Are you kidding? You hang out me with, all the cute and popular guys that I turn down will definitely ask you to go with me”
“Jeez, thanks Harm, that makes me feel so much better” Buffy told her, once again with sarcasm, but, once again, Harmony didn’t notice
“No worries, what are friends for?”
“Right”
Just then, the bell went and everyone began making their way to class, Buffy picked up her bag and sighing, began to make her way to music.
Music was one of Buffy’s favourite subjects, she got all A’s in her theory classes and her teachers always told her she was a great singer, she always loved going to that class above all of her others, but today, she hated it.
It was horrible, all through the class, she couldn’t concentrate and she could’ve sworn that all of the clocks were moving three times quicker than they were supposed to, and it wasn’t long before she was sitting on the curb in the parking lot, waiting for Spike to turn up.
“You wouldn’t be waiting for me would you pet?” a familiar British voice asked from behind her, she quickly stood up and spun around to face him
“Don’t do that, you nearly gave me a heart attack” Buffy told him
“Are you ok?” Spike asked, and Buffy was shocked at the concerned tone in his voice, until…
“Because, if you’re not, I’d be happy to give you mouth to mouth resuscitation” He told her with a smirk, she just shook her head and bent down to pick up her bag from the ground
“You’re a pig Spike”
“So I’ve been told, are you ready to go or what?” he asked, Buffy nodded and they began walking
Buffy continued following out of the parking lot until they came to a stop
“What the hell is that?” Buffy asked, pointing to the thing the were standing in front of
“Well Buffy, that is what we call a motor-cycle” Spike told her slowly
“I know what it is smartass, why are we standing in front of it?”
“Well luv that would be our ride”
“No way, I am so not getting on that thing with you” she told him, taking a few steps backwards
“Why not? I know you’ve been looking for an excuse to wrap your arms around me” He said, running his tongue over his front teeth
“As if, you told me you had a car”
“And I do”
“Then where is it?” she asked
“At home in the garage”
“But you said…” Buffy began, but Spike cut her off
“You asked if I had a car, I told you I did, which is the truth, you never asked if it was here or weather or not we would be driving in it” He told her “Now, are you going to get on or are you going to walk?”
“How far is it to walk?” she asked
“Bloody hell woman, put this on” He told her, handing her a helmet “And get on the bike”
“Ok, ok, just drive carefully please” she told him, putting her helmet on and doing it up
“Always do pet” he told her, as he also put his helmet on and climbed onto the bike
Buffy got on behind him and grabbed onto his shoulders tightly, Spike smiled and grabbed her hands, moving them around his waist
“Its safer if you hold on here” He told her before she could argue
“Yeah right” Buffy mumbled into his back, but Spike either didn’t hear her, or totally ignored her.
He revved up the engine, which caused Buffy to scream and hold onto him tighter, Spike smiled to himself once again and began driving.
After what was about a fifteen minute drive, they pulled into the driveway of a brick double story house, they got off the bike and Buffy handed her helmet to Spike and he put both his and hers away
“Wow, it’s a big house, who do you live here with?” Buffy asked
“It’s just me and my dad, come on in and I’ll give you the tour if you like” Spike told her, as he unlocked the door and they went inside
“Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous” Buffy said as she dropped her back at the door and looked around
“Yeah, mum did a pretty good job with the decorating and stuff” Spike told her
“Where is your mum?”
“Oh, um, she died a few years ago” He told her, looking down at his feet
“I’m sorry” she told him truthfully, his head shot back up to look into her eyes
“Its ok, um, lets get the tour started shall we? This, is the entrance” He told her, spreading his arms out to show her, they walked through one of the doors
“This is the lounge room” they continued walking “this is the kitchen”
Spike continued to show her through the entire house, and then he took her upstairs
“This is dad’s room, bathroom, study, upstairs lounge room and my bedroom” He told her, pointing to various doors
“I really like it, it’s definitely spacious” Buffy told him
“So pet, are you ready to go downstairs and get started on this English thing”
“Bla, do we have to, I am so not in the mood for studying right now” Buffy whined
“No, we don’t have to, we could stay up here and do…other things” Spike told her, Buffy’s eyes widened and Spike smirked at her
“Right then, downstairs and studying it is” She told him as she began to walk down the stairs, Spike chuckled and followed after her
When Buffy went back downstairs, she walked into the entrance area and picked up her bag then headed into the lounge room.
“So pet, do you want a drink before we start?” Spike asked when he entered the room
“Yeah, coke if you’ve got it please” Buffy replied
“Sure, I’ll be right back: When Spike left the room, Buffy sat down on the floor and took out her books and pens out of her bag and began flipping through the pages
“Here you go” Said Spike as he re-entered the room and handed her a can of coke
“Thanks, so who are we going to do this thingy on?” She asked, taking a sip of her drink
“I don’t know, let’s stick to someone more well known, might make it easier, how about…Shakespeare?” Spike suggested
“Yeah, Shakespeare sounds ok; do you know anything about him or his work though?” Buffy asked
“In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes, for they in thee a thousand errors note; tis my heart that loves what they despise, who in despite of view is pleased to dote” Spike recited, his eyes widening when he realized what he just did “Oh bullocks, you tell anyone I said that, they’ll be finding your body for weeks” he threatened, Buffy was incredibly shocked, but couldn’t help the small giggle that passed her lips
“Its ok Spikey, I won’t tell anybody that the big bad can recite Shakespeare word for word”
Spike sighed and shook his head “You won’t let me live that down will you?”
“It isn’t likely, and besides, it’s excellent blackmail material” she told him, then smiled at the look of terror on his face
“Don’t worry Spike, I wont tell anyone”
“Thanks” he said, no matter how embarrassing his knowledge of poetry was, it was worth it to see her smile
“So, you gonna tell me why you can recite poetry?” Buffy asked, interested in getting to know him
“Do I have to?” He asked
“Um…yes” Buffy told him, as though it was the most obvious answer in the world
“Ok, when I used to live in England I was a total nancy boy, tweed suits, funny, curly hair, glasses and a complete book worm who wrote bloody awful poetry and could never talk to girls” He told her, expecting her to laugh
“I don’t know, I reckon you would look good with your hair curly, better than having it gelled back all the time” she told him
Note to self Spike thought never use gel again
“So, what changed?” Buffy asked
“well, I had a crush on this chit named Cecily, told her how I felt and she shut me down, then I met Drusilla, she was completely crazy but she was my everything, then I came home and found her in bed with somebody else” he explained
“Ouch…I’m sorry” Buffy told him
“Not your fault, anyway, we moved to LA, my mum died and that’s when I changed, the look, the attitude, everything. Decided I would no longer be the kind of person who let other hurt me” Spike finished “so, I’ve told you mine, what’s your story luv?” he asked
“Well, my mum and dad split up, mum and I moved here and that’s about it” she told him with a shrug
“What about a boyfriend, do you, you know, have one?” Spike asked her nervously
“Nope” Buffy replied
“What? How does that work, you’re gorgeous, how can you be single?” Spike asked, trying not to show how relieved he was, it wasn’t until Buffy looked at him that he realized what he said
“Ah, you know, pretty for an annoying bint” he corrected
“Thanks” she told him dryly “Nah, I had a boyfriend named Parker before I moved, but he only wanted one thing from me, and when I wouldn’t give it to him, he cheated on And we broke up, I haven’t had a long term relationship since then…and why am I telling you this?” she asked, slightly embarrassed
“Same reason I told you I guess” Spike said
“And that would be…?” Buffy asked, searching for an answer
“I have no idea luv” he told her with a smile
“You’re kind of really easy to talk to, I feel like I can tell you stuff” Buffy told him
“Me to” He told her, giving her a look that made Buffy squirm in her seat
“Uh, we should probably get some work done” Buffy suggested, wanting to get as far away from their previous topic as possible
“Yeah, good idea, at least if we work I wont spill anymore of my dark, painful secrets” Spike said
“Ooh, there’s more?” Buffy asked excitedly
“And now would definitely be a good time to start working” Spike said as he opened his book and began writing notes, Buffy smiled at him then did the same
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“I’m bored” Buffy said, breaking the silence and throwing her pen down Spike looked up from the book he was reading and looked at her with one eyebrow raised
“Um, Buffy, we’ve only been studying for about eight minutes” he told her, Buffy groaned
“Only eight minutes?”
“Yup, but we could take a short break if you wanted to” He told her
“Yeah, we could take a break or just stop the whole studying thing all together” she pleaded
“Nope, never thought I would say this, but we have to do work, I don’t want you failing because of me”
“Thanks Spike, that’s really sweet” she told him, amazed at what a different person he was then what she first though, suddenly her eyes widened
“Wait…you’re only saying that so I feel guilty about not doing work, aren’t you?”
“No” he said not at all convincingly, “Did it work?”
Buffy picked up a nearby cushion and threw it at him, causing them both to start laughing
“Can I have a look at what you’ve written and compare it to my stuff?” she asked
“Sure” Spike said, handing her his piece of paper
When Buffy finished reading she looked up at him with a shocked expression on her face
“What?” Spike asked nervously
“This is incredible, did you really write that in such a short amount of time?”
“Um, yeah” Spike said, not used to having people praise his work
“Its excellent” she told him, he gave her a shy smile in return
“Can I ask you something?” she asked
“Fire away”
“Why aren’t you ever in class? I mean, I’ve been at that school for two weeks now and I only found out today that we have English together, what’s up?” she asked
“Nothings up, I just don’t feel like going to class, so I don’t” he told her shrugging
“But why? I get that no one really likes school, but you seem to be really smart and you’re good at English, It would show if you turned up more often” she told him
“What if I don’t want it to show?” he asked her
“Why wouldn’t you? Being smart isn’t a bad thing Spike, what do you want to do when you leave school?” she asked
“Why does that even matter?” he asked, slightly agitated
“It matters because this is our last year at school, the more you stuff around now, the more it jeopardizes your future, why would you want that?” she asked, not understanding his attitude
“You wanna know why I am the way I am?” he asked, but continued before he had an answer “I’m like this because no one wanted the old me, people actually want me like this” he said, raising his voice
“It shouldn’t matter what people think of you” she told him
“oh right, this coming from someone who is nothing more than one of Harmony’s sheep” he said, knowing he had gone to far and choosing not to notice the hurt expression on Buffy’s face
“You know what? Fine! I’m going” she told him, packing up her things
“Good, go” Spike told her standing up
“I can’t believe you! All I wanted was to have a civil conversation with you, get to know you, I can’t believe I was actually enjoying your company” Buffy mumbled as she headed for the door
“Yeah, well, let’s not forget who started this conversation” he told her smugly, Buffy walked through the front door and turned to look at him
“I really don’t like you” she told him
“Believe me when I tell you Goldilocks, that feeling is definitely mutual:
Buffy turned away and began to walk down the path; she didn’t stop until she heard Spikes
“Have fun walking home” he called out before slamming the door
Buffy groaned and started walking again before giving up and getting out her cell phone to call a taxi
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Spike was back in the lounge room pacing. He knew he shouldn’t have gotten angry at her; it was just a sensitive topic she chose to bring up.
He sat down on the couch and put his head in his hands, arguing really wasn’t what he had in mind when he thought about spending time with Buffy,
He really had to learn to not open his mouth
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ONce again, i am so sorry for the lack of updates, but please leave reviews and let me know what you thought of this chapter if anyone out there is still reading this...thanks guys