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Hey guys!!! Here's the final chapter and I'm really proud of it! Please please please review and I hope you all enjoy!!! Thanks for staying with me all this time! I highly suggest listening to the song when the CD is played. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWAyN88JlLk
One week later

Buffy sniffled as she kicked a pebble down the road. Spike was being completely unfair with her. He hadn’t spoken to her since prom night; he even seemed removed in class. Willow hadn’t been much help, telling her over and over again that their “breakup” (as she called it) was for the best. After all, Buffy was moving clear across the country, right?

But it can’t be for the best! Not when it hurts so much, she spoke aloud. She quickly looked around in case anyone was watching her, but she was the only one on the street. Wanting music to match the mood, she clicked on her iPod and played Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt”. Sighing heavily, Buffy shook off the feeling and kicked the pebble farther down the road.

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

He wasn’t watching her. He didn’t care about her; if he did, he wouldn’t have broken her heart so maliciously. Her Spike was completely unfeeling to her predicament. And there it was, “her” Spike. He didn’t really seem like hers.

What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

Buffy hugged her arms tightly around her. She just missed him. Well, not just. She missed him terribly and she felt like a stupid kid for thinking it could work. And he had told her to pick a school!! Granted she already had… but still.

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

A tear rolled down her cheek and she didn’t bother wiping it away. Maybe he was better off with Drusilla, keeping her in an attic in his house like a caged animal. Maybe he just liked the control. Buffy felt confused and naive. In a small fit of anger, she kicked the pebble too far away.

What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

But that was just it, wasn’t it? Of course Spike didn’t want her to leave him, but it was more than that. He didn’t think she could be on her own! He wanted to take care of her and he couldn’t do that if she was across the country in New York. Since the beginning, our relationship was about teacher and student, but now the balance of power is equalizing and he can’t handle it! Buffy gave herself a mental pat on the back for her breakthrough and for her choice of vocabulary.

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Or maybe it was all in her head: she didn’t know. The thought popped in her head to give him another show through the window. Buffy shook her head back and forth. It wouldn’t prove anything beside her desperation. The ball was in his court now and if he really wanted her, the way she wanted him, then he’d do something about it.

She wasn’t just the girl next door, right?

…………………………………….

Spike watched Buffy from afar. Hiding behind a tree like the creepy stalker he knew he was being, Spike saw her kick at the ground in frustration. Part of him hoped it was about him, but that was a lot to ask considering how he had treated her. He couldn’t forgive himself. Spike didn’t even know what to think anymore. When had his life become so complicated? He blamed Dru for his problems…

But that was just it, wasn’t it? He was doing just what Dru did to stay together. Dru had lied to him about her pregnancy to keep him on a leash. Hell, he’d married her for it! And here he was guilting Buffy into staying with him. What did I expect from her? he mumbled.

He was terrified of losing her. In fact, the single week they’d remained apart had been more torturous than anything he’d experienced. Spike began following to and from school mid week and while he wasn’t proud of his actions, he could not stop himself. He itched for her, yearned for her. He couldn’t even imagine life if she moved away.

Spike knew he was too attached, but he ached when she wasn’t in his arms. He’d let it go too far and there was no going back.

There was only one thing to do.

Spike breathed in and out deeply, closed his eyes and walked back to school.

…………………………………….

Buffy stared at the clock deciding if it was broken. She could have sworn she heard it ticking, but it didn’t seem like it was moving. Maybe it broke at the exact same time yesterday? Or at 11am that morning? The doorbell interrupted her reverie. Buffy did not want to hope it was him, but it did not stop her legs from moving a little quicker than usual to get to the door. Almost out of breath from going down the stairs,
Buffy jerked the door open only to find no one there.

Maybe someone ding-dong-ditched her? She tried not to let her disappointment color her voice as her mother asked who it was from inside. “It’s no one, mom. Just some neighborhood…” she gasped at the sight on the ground before finishing, “kids.”

On the ground before her door lay a large, red rose and a white poster-board with, “Meet You Upstairs” written in black marker. Buffy looked around excitedly, but found no one near the door. After collecting the items, she shut the door and ran upstairs. To her grave disappointment, she did not find Spike up in her room. Although she wasn’t quite sure how he would have managed that feet, considering she had been in there since she came home from school.

Suddenly, a light flickered from across the street. Buffy almost tripped over a pile of clothes in her spastic attempt to get to her window. The light came from a flashlight in Spike’s bedroom window. Just then, she noticed a CD on her desk that said “Play Me”. Looking out across the street, she saw spike open his window and shine his flashlight on a white board similar to the one she found on her doorstep. It said:

PLAY THE CD

Buffy smiled at his antics, but was still a little wary. She wondered how he even managed to get the CD in her room without her noticing. Just then, she noticed a new sign in his window:

I KNOW, I’M A MAGICIAN.

Jackass, she thought to herself as she put the CD into her 90s style boombox. She recognized the tune as Betty Hutton’s “It’s Oh So Quiet” and smiled, figuring she knew where this was going.

It's oh so quiet
shh shh
It's oh so still
shh shh

I AM SORRY, BUFFY the next sign stated.

I AM A JERK.

You're all alone
shh shh
And so peaceful until...

I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO

WHEREVER YOU WANT TO SCHOOL.

You fall in love
zing boom
The sky up above
zing boom
Is caving in
wow bam
You've never been so nuts about a guy
You wanna laugh you wanna cry
You cross your heart and hope to die

SO IF THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT, I CAN’T STOP YOU,

BUT IF THAT’S THE CASE

AND IF YOU FORGIVE ME LIKE I CAN’T FORGIVE MYSELF

'Til it's over and then
shh shh
It's nice and quiet
shh shh
But soon again
shh shh
Starts another big riot

I’LL COME WITH YOU.

You blow a fuse
zing boom
The devil cuts loose
zing boom
So what's the use
wow bam
Of falling in love

I KNOW IT’S SUDDEN, BUT I LOVE YOU

AND I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOU.

SO IF YOU’LL HAVE ME

MEET ME OUTSIDE

It's oh so quiet
It's oh so still
You're all alone
And so peaceful until...

Buffy didn’t know what to think. She quickly ran to her computer to get some paper to respond, but it must have told him she chose to meet him outside. Buffy ran outside as the CD continued to blast.

You ring the bell
bim bam
You shout and you yell
hi ho ho
You broke the spell
Gee, this is swell you almost have a fit
This guy is "gorge" and I got hit
There's no mistake this is it

They met with open arms on the street between their two houses.

“Buffy I missed you so much, I love you, please take me back!” He begged between frantic kisses.

“Spike, I-“

“I’ll do anything, I promise.”

'Til it's over and then
It's nice and quiet
shh shh
But soon again
shh shh
Starts another big riot

“What about your job?” she asked, pushing him away. “What about your career?”

“What about my job?”

“I don’t want to be the reason you leave everything behind!” she said as her eyes welled with more emotion than she could handle.

“I gave my two weeks notice. I’m yours Buffy. I don’t want to fight or control you. I’m sick of the lies we tell people, I’m sick of hiding. I just want you. I want us. And I know I’ve been a wanker for a while now but I want to make it up to you.”

“I want you too,” she responded quietly.

You blow a fuse
zing boom
The devil cuts loose
zing boom
What's the use
wow bam
Of falling in love

“Then what’s the problem?” he asked sensing her hesitation.

“I love you Spike, I do. But you can’t just do these spectacularly wonderful, romantic things and expect me to fall all over you every time. You’ll have to work for it, you hear me?”

“I hear you, Buffy. And I won’t be resentful, scouts honor; I can teach anywhere. And I don’t want you to let me come because I’m guilting you into it. You can only say yes if you really want me there.”

“Yes, yes! Of course I want you to come…“ Buffy exclaimed.

“So do I, luv,” he said waggling his eyebrows. Buffy smiled at his antics.

“I don’t know whether to be mad at you or kissing you or-“

“Kissing would definitely be of the good,” he said with a smirk that made her knees tremble.

“What made you even do all this?”

“Well I’m the boy next door, so I just used it to my advantage,” he replied thoughtfully.

“Well it looks like we won’t be neighbors anymore.”

“But then there are always bathroom curtains and other clear surfaces to look through…” he said with a leer that made Buffy laugh.

“I love you,” she said sincerely.

“I love you too, my beautiful Buffy,” he said dearly as he kissed her once again.

The sky caves in
The devil cuts loose
You blow blow blow blow your fuse
When you've fallen in love

ssshhhhhh...



THE END



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