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“So you see…not so quiet really…why were you there anyway?” Buffy stated after she had told both vampires how she knew they were in Rome.
Angel spoke up; as Spike still seemed to be absorbing the information Buffy had presented…did she love the Immortal? How could it be? “ Um…there was a demon head thing we had to deliver…its all sorted now”
“Yea thanks to your hunny” Spike spoke harshly stuffing his hands in his duster and retrieving his cigarettes and lighter, he lit up…he was too stressed.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Buffy bit back at him giving him a deadly look. She did not have time for his jealous vampire crap.
Spike moved forward ready to launch into a huge attack on Buffy’s recent notch on her bedpost but Angel intervened stepping in front of Spike blocking him from Buffy.
He spoke hastily so Spike could not interrupt and make a fool of himself…he wasn’t one to really think before he spoke! “Its nothing…um…The Immortal delivered the head to us…and everything’s fine…isn’t it Spike?” he gritted his teeth flinging Spike a ‘you better agree look’.
The peroxide blonde let out a huge sigh before flinging himself onto Angels leather couch, propping his feet up on the table in front of him “whatever captain forehead said.”
Buffy still had the shocked look on her face ever since she heard Angel mention the Immortal…how did he know? Finally the wheels started turning in her brain before she realised… ‘Ah yes…the spying!’
“I see” she simply stated as she looked to see a pissed of Spike, trying his hardest to appear as though he didn’t feel her staring at him.
He felt it…it made him feel like he was on fire again. Her intense gaze bore into him he pictured her beautiful emerald eyes and the temptation was too great. He rose his head to lock eyes with Buffy, his Buffy they seemed to stay that way forever. Both starring into the endless pits of their eyes the emotion, the pain, and the love behind them.
Her breath caught in her throat, as he looked back at her, really look at her, into her soul, as she did to him. How she could gaze into his piercing blue diamond eyes forever. However, she had to get over him, she had finally found someone she really cared about, who cared about her. She knew what she had to do, she didn’t want to but she had to, she broke the gaze and looked everywhere but at him.
“Uh Angel it’s been a long trip and I wouldn’t usually ask but could I…”
She was cut off when Angel gave her a slight smile and told her she could stay as long as she needed, he buzzed in Harmony to show Buffy to a spare bedroom.
“Buffy…it’s really you!” the excited high-pitched shrill came from the open door, she bounded straight over to Buffy and encircled her in a huge hug. The giddy blonde continued, squeezing Buffy tightly restricting her from saying much, “Its so good to see you…so how’s it been? It’s been years! Well you can kinda tell on you…haven’t I told you to cleanse, tone and moisturise!?”
“Harmony…I...Cant. breathe” Buffy managed to squeak out before Harmony dropped her arms and raised them up to her mouth in an apologetic stance.
“ Oops sorry…must be the vampire strength!” she chuckled, picking up Buffy’s bags and trotted out of Angels office, nattering away “So Buffy we have loads to talk about you know Kimberly Aschoft well she’s now a vampire…I know could you imagine them teeth on that face…”
Buffy couldn’t help it, she looked at Angel with a confused face, rising an eyebrow ever so slightly, “Seriously…she works for you?”
Angel looked embarrassed, he stuttered a bit while shifting from foot to foot slightly. “Yea well uh…” was all he could stutter. Why did being around Buffy always bring out the idiot in him?
“I feel sorry for you” Buffy chuckled as she started to walk out of Angel’s office, a voice made her freeze in her tracks,
“You feel sorry for him?! You don’t realise what I had to go through when she realised her ‘Blondie Bear’ was back” Spike scoffed standing up from the couch and positioning himself in front of Buffy.
She let a soft smile grace her lips before she looked back up and realised that Spike now stood directly in front of her, her eyes glazed over and cold Buffy was back, Spike could feel it.
He leaned in and whispered in her ear, “Why are you hiding behind those walls pet?”
She was almost going to lean into him, break down her barriers and fall back into his arms, just to be touching him again made all the sense in the world.
Nevertheless she didn’t allow her heart to control her mind, with slight hesitance she pushed Spike away causing him to trip, he grabbed on to her arms for support, only to pull her down on top of him.
For a while they remained like that, all you could hear was the ragged breathing of Buffy. A part of her was flustered that she had allowed this to happen, and the other was flustered because she had a gorgeous vamp underneath her. She rose slowly, balancing her weight on her forearms, she leant over Spike before whispering in his ear,
“Stay out of my love life…pet.” She snarled before jumping up completely and exiting the room.
Spike lay motionless on the floor, still unable to move at the feel of Buffy on top of him again. The other from the pure hate in the tone of her voice, why was she being so hurtful? He had finally thought that she would no longer look at him with disgust but instead respect as he had sacrificed himself for her and the rest of the bloody world. But it wasn’t like that, he didn’t care who was around, he let a tear trail down his cheek.
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“Ok so this is where’ll you stay” Harmony continued droning on, Buffy had got used to it now and learnt how to only tune in on the important parts, living with Andrew had made her an expert.
“Thanks” Buffy spoke looking around the room Harmony had led her to, it was quite large with a double bed as the main attraction; beside it was a small nightstand with a lamp resting atop it. A wardrobe lay against the wall, overall it seemed cosy yet very materialistic… “I’m tired now Harm.” Buffy sighed, yawning for exaggeration.
“Oh yeah you should get some sleep” the blonde nodded still standing right in the middle of the room, making no attempts to leave.
“Yea I just kinda wanna be own my own now…” she kept hinting looking at Harmony, still not putting two and two together, ‘God she's thick’, she thought.
“ Alone Harmony…Without you here…” she tried to not sound harsh, but she really was tired and she needed the sleep; to think what she was gonna do.
“Oh I get it…I’m all with the gettyness!!” Harmony spoke quickly, ‘she really is a weird girl’ Buffy thought, she said her thanks once again, glad to close the door behind the curly haired blonde.
Finally alone Buffy dropped on her large bed; she stared up at her ceiling, searching for answers she didn’t even know the questions for. Did she still love Spike? Or was it the Immortal that she loved? She remembered the first time they met; Buffy let a soft smile grace her lips as she remembered the fond memory.
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Buffy wrapped the shawl draped around her shoulders tighter to her body, there was a chill in the air and the summer night sky was filled with millions of stars, no cloud spoiled the view. Buffy carried on walking; she had just been to a colleague’s birthday party. ‘Big Mistake!’ it had been a complete waste of time, she knew no one and spent the whole night trying to avoid the flirty Italians which kept hitting on her. She had tried so many times to find a nice normal guy yet it seemed impossible…she wondered if they even still existed.
She walked slowly and sat down to rest on the wall surrounding the Trevi fountain, it was her favourite place to be, when she sat there she could think about anything and no one would bother her. As the tradition goes she threw three coins over her shoulder and made a wish. She did this nearly everyday. The wish always the same To see Spike again. The pain was still there; he still held the main place in her heart.
So many times had she tried to rid herself of him, but there he always was, as soon as she closed her eyes each night and opened them each morning Spikes face greeted her. ‘That cocky British git’ Buffy smiled wondering where he was, had his soul finally been put at rest?
She was so lost in her thoughts she did not notice that a young man was talking to her.
“Sorry…what?” she asked, sounding very dumb and blushing a deep shade of red, ‘God I’m turning in to Willow!’ she thought.
“Um…Buffy right?” the man spoke, his voice oozed with charisma, it was then she looked up at him and was struck with his blue eyes. They were unlike Spikes; instead they shone a dark rich blue, which burned into her. Her breath had been taken from her, he was gorgeous…and he knew her?
“Uh…yea” she stuttered completely unaware of who he was “Sorry do I know you?”
“No um I’m Katrin’s friend, I saw you at her party a while ago? I just wanted to make sure you got home okay, it can be dangerous out here you know.”
“I’m perfectly capable to look after my self” Buffy was quick to defend herself after all she was the main slayer, his hurt look made her soften and realise how harsh she must of sounded, “Sorry…what’s your name?
“John” he replied locking eyes with her, his sandy blonde hair was wavy, very unlike Spike’s gelled back hairdo.
Could he be the normal guy Buffy had dreamed of?
They stayed chatting for hours, they had so much in common, she didn’t know then that he had a lot of secrets of his own.
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Buffy smiled at the recollection, ‘John’ had told her the truth now, he was the Immortal, he had been around for a good few hundred of years, and would probably be around for many more. It wasn’t really this that bothered Buffy; her reputation really wasn’t to date younger guys! She had completely given up on her normal guy dream; the Immortal was a good guy. He treated her kindly, he loved her, and he even helped Angel! Buffy was positive that he was the guy of any girl’s dreams, yet she still didn’t know if she loved him.
A frown set on her features, it would be so much easier if she could just love John, and then she wouldn’t have to feel guilty. Not that she had anything to be guilty about, it was just that she felt she was betraying Spike somehow, she had sacrificed himself for her. The act was completely selfless…what could he possibly of got out of it? She smiled as she remembered their first meeting, how different it had been.
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‘Dust’ she thought as grabbed hold of the stake Xander had just thrown to her and in one swift motion the vamp she had been fighting was turned to ashes.
Out of the shadows came a gorgeous guy; he had peroxide blonde locks, gelled back perfectly. He had the best cheekbones Buffy had ever seen, and his eyes were like diamonds glistening in the night. Buffy held her breath as he walked towards her slowly clapping his hands.
“ Nice work, love.” he smirked, pouting his lips together slightly.
Buffy was in awe, he was the sexiest man she had seen, and she wore a look of confusion on her face “Who are you?”
“You'll find out on Saturday.”
Buffy was curious now who was this stranger?
“What happens on Saturday?”
Spike looked at her a smirk spread across his lips as he simply stated “I kill you.” Before walking off back into the shadows.
Buffy was left in silence, she was scared, this guy seemed way too confident, sure she had met some cocky vamps in her time, but none were this sure of winning, in front of the slayer of all people! She desperately wanted to kill him, he was a vamp, and it’s what she did.
What her friends didn’t know was that she was not silent because she was scared, it was because she was upset. She had met this incredible man and now she would have to kill him.
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Not the most romantic of first meetings Buffy agreed but at that point she believed she had fallen for him. Of course she never admitted it, to him, to her friends…not even to herself. She forced herself to not believe whatever nice warm feelings she had for Spike, they didn’t mean anything. They were illusions. She was the slayer, not the vampire layer!
Plus she had a boyfriend Angel, ‘yeah look how far that got!’ she thought. Her mind was not settled if anything it was worse…she rolled over on her side and pulled the covers up to her chin, staring In the darkness of her room, she let a lone tear fall along her cheek…who for? She didn’t know. In the morning she will decide, she had to.
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