By
PassionFish
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PART THREE
"Love and Life"
A fortnight, a month, two
months, three passed in no time for the Scooby Gang, slayer and her vampire
mate. Buffy was slowly healing from her
loss, but Spike was with her the entire time aiding in her recovery. His support meaning more to her then anyone
else's.
Her friends still didn't
know about them and frankly whilst she knew it would be easier if they did
Buffy was glad they didn't. She was
more scared then ever to tell them, especially what had happened the last time
she was intending to tell all. It was
hard explaining absences from after school Bronzings and shopping trips but her
friends accepted that maybe she just needed more time alone.
Buffy had told them that
Angelus had killed her father. It was
the truth in her heart anyway and it aided in her swift dusting of the
brown-haired vampire. Everyone had been great, even Principal Snyder was
reasonably lenient, though Buffy had a sneaky suspicion that Giles' inner
ripper had plenty to do with that.
Since Buffy had sought
Spike out in the mansion their relationship had continued in its' intensity and
their bond grew stronger every day.
Buffy knew Spike was still careful around her and not a day went by when
she didn't curse Angel and Angelus for what they'd done to her, to them.
*
"Spike!" Buffy rushed to the window, eagerly
embracing her lover. She felt his arms
hug her tightly back.
"I missed
you." Spike whispered into her hair
and Buffy smiled. It was Monday. Things were always harder on a Monday, since
they'd spent the whole weekend, as usual, pretty much solely with each other. Then the arrival of Monday and school, the
lengthy absence from one another pained them more than either could say.
"I missed you,
too." Buffy kissed him, tugging
him towards her bed.
*
"Tell me about your
day." Spike requested, gazing down
from his position on his side to Buffy, who was laying on her back.
"Run-of-the-mill
boring Monday." Buffy stated,
smiling at him. "Giles is getting
that look in his eye again - the one just before he goes on a mad training
kick. I know it’s a bad sign when he
reopens the chest of weapons in his office!" Buffy giggled and Spike chuckled in return.
"Oh, Cordy and
Xander are back together again."
Her eyes absently scanned her room as she spoke.
"Already? I thought the queen of hairspray would make
him wait at least a week!"
"She was gonna but
then she has some dinner she needs to dress him for on Friday, hence the early
make-up." Her eyes moved back to
his. "What about you? What did you do today?"
"Oh, run-of-the-mill
boring Monday." Spike smiled as
Buffy giggled. "Actually, my day
was very productive."
"Slept through it,
huh?" Buffy asked, a knowing look
on her face.
"Uh huh!" Spike declared proudly.
*
"We've seen it like
a billion times, Spike! Don't you ever get tired of watching it?" Buffy's exasperation shone clearly through
her voice.
"No! You can never tire of a good action movie."
Buffy sighed, not wanting
to get into this discussion again and relaxed as Spike settled her against him
as the famous opening credits for James Bond TM flashed on the screen.
"Do you want to come
Christmas shopping with me?" Buffy
asked, half an hour later. She'd been
thinking how good it would be to get all her friends prezzies in LA, also her
mother had offered her card and permission to let her go so why not take her up
on the offer? No reason why Spike
couldn't take her, anyway the extra time would be nice. Even though they were careful she never felt
truly safe when they met up in Sunnydale, her bedroom being the exception what
with the strong lock on her door.
"Say what,
pet?" Spike asked, not removing
his eyes from the chase seen on the television.
"You. Me.
Shopping. LA. Money." She stated.
"Yeah, sure, when
d'ya wanna go?" His eyes darted
briefly to Buffy before fixing back on the screen.
"Next weekend? Will you take me?"
"Gladly." Spike growled lustfully, rolling her on to her
back as he began to kiss down her neck.
One of the many love scenes that featured in the OO7 film played in the
background.
"Spike!" Buffy giggled, pushing half-heartedly at his
shoulders, "That’s not what I meant.
Will you drive me there?"
"Oh yeah." Spike moved over her, sliding into her. He had every intention of 'driving' her
there.
*
"Thanks mom, I
really mean it." Buffy smiled at
her mother as Joyce retrieved her credit card from her bag.
"Well, I figured you
could do with a break and anyway I know you can take care of
yourself." Buffy had decided to
tell her mother about her being a slayer after her father had died. Joyce had been accepting slowly, but Mr.
Giles had aided in any extra information she required.
"Don't be back too
late." Her mother called as Buffy
grabbed her coat.
"I won't!" Buffy called back.
"Guess I'll see you
after midnight then!" Joyce
muttered good-naturedly to herself then involved herself in categorizing art.
*
"Hello,
pet." Spike reached across and opened
the door of his blacked-out Desoto when Buffy stopped by the open window. He was parked a couple of blocks away from
the slayer so as not to arouse Joyce's suspicion. Though Joyce knew Buffy was dating someone there hadn't been a
formal introduction. Joyce had seen him
briefly when he 'dropped' Buffy off for the night.
"Hey." Buffy got in and was immediately slid over
to her lover as his lips came down on hers.
*
"What do you think
of this?" Buffy held up an old,
tattered magic book.
"Hmm?" Spike glanced up from his perusal of the
shelves. He shook his head at the
infamous book in front of him. "I
doubt red would appreciate the darker side of the dark arts."
Buffy pouted, "Well,
what should I get her, O' Sultan of the Undead?"
Spike reached forward for
the book that had been next to it, "How about this?"
Buffy looked at the
choice and smiled. It was a demon
removal spell book.
"Perfect." She reached
up to kiss him softly.
They walked over to pay
for their choice. Buffy frowned when
the man behind the counter hissed as Spike came close and whipped out a
crucifix.
"Hey!" Spike objected loudly while Buffy snatched
the cross away, scowling at the old man.
"We'd like to buy
this." Buffy placed the book on the counter, the man took it
carefully then typed in the price on the register.
"$35
please." The man held his hand out
for the payment, still watching Spike uncomfortably. Spike raised an eyebrow, half-considering vamping out and eating
the little man.
With an evil grin his face
rippled into it's true form and he pulled back the slayers' hair from her
neck. He ducked his head and scraped
his fangs lightly across her jugular.
The man behind the desk
jumped back with a cry, holding the book in front of him protectively.
"Spike..." Buffy childed, turning her head to kiss
him. His human mask dropped back down
and she broke the kiss. She handed the man her mother's credit card and watched
him swipe it through.
Buffy retrieved her
mother's card and took her purchase, "Oh, here you go." She handed back the crucifix.
"Miss, maybe you
should keep that." The man's eyes
darted to Spike as he pushed the cross away.
"I've got my
own." Buffy placed it on the
counter, taking Spike's hand as they left the shop.
*
"What was
he?" Buffy asked once they were
outside.
"Dunno, pet. Smelled human. Probably one of those second sight blokes or your everyday
warlock. Those buggers can usually tell
if you’re not human. Or it could have
been the big mirror behind us that I didn't reflect in."
Buffy burst out laughing
and Spike chuckled, letting go of her hand so as to light a cigarette.
Buffy looked up at the
designer shoe shop and then at the no-smoking sign hanging in the window. "Why don't you meet me in here when
you're done."
"Okay,
love." Spike watched as she placed
a quick kiss to his lips before heading inside. His eyes crossed to the jewellery shop across the road and he
smiled. It was time to do some of his
own Christmas shopping.
*
Spike quickly tucked the
jewellery box away into his duster as Buffy emerged from the shop with a bag of
her own.
"You know, I'm not
sure I even wanna give Cordy a Christmas present, I mean I LOVE these shoes and
she'll probably hate them." When
Spike only smiled lightly Buffy sighed,
"I know, you're right. Okay, so
I've got Xander, Oz, yours, Wills and Cordelia's. Just Giles left."
"What about your
mum?" Spike asked, "And did
you just say you'd got me a present?"
"I got hers in
Sunnydale and yes, I got you one."
"When?! I've been with you the whole
time." He tried tugging at her
bags but she shoed his hands away with an amused smile.
"Spike! No.
You'll have to wait. You're
still coming round on Christmas eve aren't you?"
"Of
course." Spike answered
immediately then frowned, "What about your mum? Won't she be home?"
"Since when has that
stopped you?" Buffy asked and
Spike smirked. She rolled her eyes and
continued. "And, she's actually
going to Caroline's for Christmas."
"Caroline?"
"My aunt in
Colorado."
"So I have you all
to myself." He asked eagerly.
"Yup." Buffy smiled at his tone and Spike pulled
her to him, kissing her soundly on the mouth.
"Hmmm." Buffy hummed with a smile as he broke it
off.
"Good."
*
At five past midnight the
Desoto pulled up two blocks from Buffy's house. Buffy gave Spike one quick kiss then told him to meet her in her
bedroom once he'd taken the car back.
Buffy got in and spoke
briefly with a just-going-to-bed Joyce, who looked more than relieved to see
her baby safe and well. Buffy had
kissed Joyce goodnight before fixing herself a hot drink and taking it and her
bags, travelled upstairs. She opened
her bedroom door and smiled at Spike who was sat on the bed.
Spike glanced at the
clock as she walked over to him. It was
nearly one am, they still had four hours before he had to go.