Movie night
SUMMARY: Buffy goes to the movie theater with her boyfriend, hoping for a smooth night out. But they have an unfortunate encounter.
DISCLAIMER: The characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer all belong to Joss Whedon and his crew. I'm merely using them to amuse myself and others.
RATING: PG-13
SPOILER: a year after As you were.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Buffy stood in front of the movie posters, waiting for her boyfriend to come back with the popcorn and other fattening goodies. She looked once more at the title of the movie they were going to see. Blood and gore, starring Arnold Schwartzenegger and Vin Diesel. She shook her head, not believing she actually agreed to go see that God-awful movie. But if it could make Spike happy, she'd suffer for two hours. She'd probably get her reward afterwards. She gave him a side glance and saw that he was leaning on the counter, waiting for his order. That's when she heard the voice.
"Buffy?.. Buffy Summers?"
She turned and was faced with a tall, slender, brunette woman. "Huh, yes?.."
The brunette smiled at her, and Buffy thought she recognized her.
"Don't you remember me? Sam."
Recognition sunk in. "Sam! Yes, you're... Riley's wife, right? Wow, it's been a long time!"
"Yes, I know! It's been a year I think."
Buffy winced slightly at the bad memories. "Yeah, demon eggs and all that. What kind of baddies bring you back into town this time?"
Sam was about to answer when they got cut off by Spike who was standing next to the condiment counter holding two shakers of popcorn flavor."Pet! Want salt vinegar or Ketchup on your popcorn?"
Buffy looked at him and made a horrified face. "Ewww. Spike, how gross! Neither."
He shrugged, and started shaking some Ketchup over the popcorn. Buffy rolled her eyes at him and went back to the conversation.
"Sorry about that."
"No problem. That's you're boyfriend?"
Buffy nodded enthusiastically.
"Lucky girl, he's a hottie!"
She gave Sam a warning glare, feeling a little insecure in front of that woman that everybody seemed to find perfect. "Hey, hands off." She said half joking.
Sam put her hands up in mocked surrender and Buffy changed subject.
"So, what brings you to good old Sunnyhell?"
"Oh nothing bad. We've been sent for recruiting and for some vacation from the wild life. I was starting to miss civilization."
Buffy laughed, a little uneasy. "And I assume... Riley came with you?"
Sam smiled sweetly at her. "I tried to leave him in the jungle, but it didn't work. He's in the washroom."
"Oh." Buffy looked nervously around, really not wanting a confrontation between her boyfriend and her ex. This was supposed to be a fun night out. Her first in a month!
"Here you go kitten." Spike said, approaching with popcorn and an ice tea in one hand, and his pockets full of gummy bears and chocolate bars. "One popcorn for the lady."
"Spike, I'm not eating that. It's full of..."
He pulled another popcorn from behind his back and shoved it in her hands. "Here princess. None-ketchupy popcorn for you." He gave her a quick kiss on the forehead. "Didn't want to hear about it all bloody night."
She smiled up at him, almost forgetting about Sam. "Thank's babe, that's really sweet." She suddenly remembered about the young woman standing awkwardly in front of them. "Oh, Spike, this is Sam. Sam, my boyfriend, Spike."
"Hey." Spike eyed Sam suspiciously.
"Nice to meet you huh.. Spike."
"Pet.." he looked at Buffy. "I thought I knew all of your friends..."
Buffy opened her mouth to answer, but Sam was faster. "We met last year while I was on a mission with my husband. We're in the army."
The petite blond lean into her boyfriend and whispered "Sam is Riley's wife."
She almost laughed at Spike's comical expression. "You looked like a smart enough bird.. Up until just now. You married that schmuck?!"
Buffy laughed nervously and grabbing Spike's hand, she squeezed it to make him shut up. She looked apologetically at Sam. "Spike and Riley aren't exactly in good terms, if you know what I mean."
Spike got a little insulted. "In good terms?! The bugger shoved a plastic stake through my heart once as a joke and I'm supposed to what? Praise him? I don't bloody think so. No offense intended ducks. You seem nice enough despite your pillock of a husband."
Sam frowned. "Wait a sec. You're a.. vampire?" Understanding seemed to sink in. "Oh. My. God. You are that Hostile 17 Riley wouldn't stop yapping about for two months after we left Sunnydale last time!! Wow. And you guys are still together? He'll throw a fit!" She started giggling, a hand in front of her mouth to hide her hilarity. "Well that will teach him. I told him what I thought of him messing into your personal stuff. I'm telling you what. I'll kick his ass tonight during training for staking you Spike. Would that make you feel better?"
Spike smirked at her. "You bet!"
"Talking about my man..." Sam glanced quickly at where she could see Riley standing in the middle of the crowd. "He's standing over there, seething and turning all kinds of funny shades. I guess I'd better go before the pressure makes his eyes pop out."
Buffy smiled at her, glad that she didn't take Spike's comment about her husband too badly. "Nice seeing you again Sam."
"Yeah, nice meeting you army girl, even if you have bloody awful taste in men. Now you keep your promise and kick his poofter arse for me, ok?"
"Sure thing. You two take care." And she walked to where Riley was standing.
Feeling a bit possessive and show off, Spike grabbed Buffy by the waist and pulled her to him, spilling some of his popcorn in the process. He planted a loving kiss on her mouth. "Sorry I didn't behave pet... couldn't help it."
"Spike... You never told me that. Is it true?"
He gave her a puzzled look. "What's that luv?"
"Did he really stake you?"
"Yeah. Wanker. That night after I took you to see what he was doing behind your back. He came back to my crypt and staked me. Hurt like a bugger let me tell you. He said it was a warning or something, then he started telling me that he knew what I was up to and that you would never love me."
She frowned at him. "How come you never told me that? It's kind of important, isn't it."
"You were already hurting enough. And later on, you would have just assumed I wanted to get into your knickers. So I forgot about it."
"The fucking asshole! I can't believe he did that!!" Knowing Riley was still watching them, she put her arms around his neck, spilling some more popcorn, and kissed him passionately. When she saw the other couple walking into the room, she smiled evilly at her lover. "Want your revenge fangface?"
"What are you thinking kitten?"
"Just trust me. He won't like it."
Taking her boyfriend's hand, she led him into the room. Looking around, she finally located Riley and his wife in the dark. The previews had already started. Luckily, there were two empty seats right in front of them. She went straight to that row, pretending not to see her ex. Spike gave her a questioning look, but didn't say a word, knowing that she had something in mind and if it was something to piss off Captain Cardboard, it could only be good.
They took their seats, and right away, Buffy grabed his arm and put it around her, leaning into him to nibble his ear. She had every intentions in the world to put on a good show for the people sitting being them. She felt bad for Sam who would hear about this for years, but that's what you call War Casualties. Not her fault the girl was in the line of fire... As soon as the movie started, she started feeding Spike popcorn, giggling and murmuring love words in his ear, loud enough to be heard and to be annoying. It didn't take long for the annoyed sounds to come from the row behind them. Spike caught up on the game and started smooching her enthusiastically, making smacking sounds. Soon, the annoyed sounds coming from behind them turned into angry "get a freakin room" comments, and "do you think they will shut the fuck up".
Now completely into the game, Spike threw a popcorn over his head.
"Would you quit it jackass!" was the low angry whisper he got. So he threw another one. Buffy giggled like a fifteen years old schoolgirl out on a date.
About twenty minutes before the end of the movie, and another "fuck, if they need to get laid that bad, won't they go home and get it over with" comment, Buffy decided that she had enough. She turned to Spike and purred loudly into his ear "Spike? That guy has a good point. The movie sucks. Let's go home and have some fun, k?" She heard a gasp coming from behind her.
They both got up, but last minute, Spike decided it wasn't enough of a revenge. So he turned and knelt on the seat to face Riley. Leaning over the back of the seat he gave Riley his best evil grin. "So Captain America. What is it that you said to me once? That she'd never love me? Ouch, that has got to hurt." He turned to Sam and wiggled his eyebrow at her. "Sorry for ruining your evening luv. Hope you forgive us. And by the way, did I mention you look too good to be with a bloody poofter like that?"
Laughing her head off, Buffy pulled Spike along with her and they made their way out of the movie theater. As they walked out, they swore they could hear Riley's furious growls over the sounds of the movie.
Well that sure turned out to be a fun movie night after all!
