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VIII (II)

As soon as Riley left the table, Buffy brought a hand to her chest, breathing relieved.
She couldn’t be with Riley and think about something else. She couldn’t do all that stuff at the same time.
She didn’t want to leave the Bronze, not until it would be the moment to come back home.. her house!

Her eyes wandered around the pub, as she tried to empty her mind. That constant thought was taking her away from reality and she couldn’t allow herself that.
Her eyes fell on something that wasn’t supposed to be there: a black leather coat, the typical duster that only a certain person could wear.

She felt herself getting hot, as she instinctively brought her hand to her foulard.
She looked at the coat with great attention, from the shoes to the colour of his hair, and she blinked: it wasn’t him.

< Black hair. It’s just a damn insignificant guy with a dark attitude!>

She growled, cursing in her mind.

< Who the hell allows other people to wear that coat? Only Spike can wear it! Wait. What the hell am I thinking? I don’t care about who wears that damn coat! Even the last of the nerds could wear it, I just don’t care!>

Riley came back to the table, making Buffy calm down.
“There was so much crowd..” he apologized, giving her the glass.
Buffy thanked him with a smile, staring at the glass: red, the cocktail was red, red as blood, her blood… Spike’s blood.

She passed her tongue on her upper lip, as a small drop of sweat rolled down her forehead.
It was too much, she couldn’t stay there a minute longer, she wanted to be alone!

She looked at her watch, and then at Riley.
“I gotta go!”
Riley frowned. “ Already? Why? It’s just midnight!”
“I know but..” Buffy looked for a believable excuse. “Giles! Yeah, Giles told me to go to him for midnight to..” she tried to think as fast as possible. “.. do Meditation, yes, we have to do meditation!”
“Now?” he wondered in disbelief.
“Yes!” she struck back. “It’s a Chinese antique method, and you must do it after midnight, because that’s when your body and mind reach the exact amount of relax! Plus, I gotta hurry, you know that Giles is a maniac with the punctuality!”

Riley nodded upset. He had other plans for the end of that night, he would have never thought that .. Chinese Meditation would screw up everything!

Once they were outside, Riley wrapped an arm around Buffy’s shoulders and walked her to Giles’ house.
Buffy would have liked to go there alone, but her guilty sense was already devouring her.
After all, she was sure it was just a moment of weakness, and it would go away quickly.

She couldn’t lose Riley due to her weakness. He was his normal fiancé, it would have been stupid to dump him.
She were coming out from a moment of crisis, she knew that there would have been no .. dark episodes in her private life anymore.

Behind them, two blue eyes, flashing yellow with jealousy, observed the couple, without losing sight of them.
“So, you hung out with Soldier Boy tonight..” Spike muttered, before disappearing in the darkness.

TBC

Lots of spuffy moments coming soon!





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