TITLE: Easily Forgiving
AUTHOR: Leah
EMAIL: fraser@escape.ca or sunnyhell44@hotmail.com
DISCLAIMER: Spike and Dru don't belong to me. They belong to Joss and co.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: I actually had no reason to make Spike shirtless, but during math class, the thought is nice.

Easily Forgiven

Spike's blue eyes surveyed the darkened room he was trapped in. He was

tried to a chair in the windowless room, stripped down to just his pants.

He writhed uncomfortably against the ropes that held his hand behind the

chair, then peered into the darkness when he heard something move.

"Hello?" He called. He could feel someone watching him and he scanned the

room frantically, searching for the source of the gaze.

"Who's there?" Spike was becoming frightened now. "When I get out of here,

I'll break your neck."

"My neck?" Someone purred and Spike stopped struggling against the bonds.

"Dru?" He asked, waiting for her to come out of the darkness.

She slipped out of the shadows and walked toward him. She was wearing a

long black dress and her brown hair was done up in curls.

"Baby?" Spike murmured, still not quite believing she was there.

Drusilla stopped, then walked around to the back of the chair and untied

the ropes.

Spike stood up, rubbing his wrists and faced her.

"I've missed you Spike." She said, staring at him. "I know I've hurt you.

Can you ever forgive me?"

He opened his mouth to speak, then slammed it shut.

*No way Spike!* He thought. *No way! She cannot just walk back into your

life, apologize and make everything just swell again. She ruined her life

and you can't forgive her that easily.* He stared at her for a moment and

thought about everything she was to him. He had spent nearly his whole life

with her. She was his world, his everything. *Damnit Spike!* He yelled at

himself. *It's not that easy She has to work for your forgiveness.*

Drusilla batted her eyes.

Spike felt his dead heart drop to his toes.

*God I love her.* He thought, then smiled. "Of course I can forgive you

ducks." He wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed the side of her head.

She wrapped her arms around him. "I love you Spike."

He smiled. "I love you too baby."

The End