“Spike, I am so sorry. I didn’t hear you. I thought you were just another vampire.” Buffy said closing the back door to her home as she walked inside. At the look Spike threw in her direction, she continued. “Another, un-souled, evil vampire.”

“That sounds more like a question.” Spike said, wetting a cloth for his split lip.

“I’m so sorry.” Buffy said in a soft voice, taking the cloth from Spikes hand and placing it gently to his bleeding bottom lip.

“Yeah, well, maybe I’ll find it in my heart to forgive you.” Spike said, acting as if he was pouting.

“You’d better,” Buffy said taking the cloth away from his lip that had stopped bleeding now and taking a seductive step closer to him. “Or I’d have to convince you too.”

“Yeah? And how’s that?” Spike asked, sounding a little breathless.

“Like this…” Buffy whispered, then leaned into Spike and kissed him gently, making sure not to hurt his now split lip. It took Spike a few moments to realize that Buffy was kissing him. The kiss started getting more and more passionate when Buffy broke the kiss, grabbed Spike by his hand and pulled him down into the basement with her. Once in the basement, Spike gently laid Buffy down on his bed, and started kissing her again while finding a comfortable position on top of her.

Buffy shot straight up in her bed, woken up by some unknown force. “Oh no,” she thought. “No, no, good dream. Dreams don’t hurt.” She lay back down and tried in vain for half an hour to fall back asleep. After tossing and turning and failing to sleep, she decided to go downstairs for some water, and maybe a little fresh air. Buffy tiptoed over the SIT’s and continued down the stairs.

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Spike shoot up in his cot. “God,” he said sounding out of breath, and falling back down on his cot. “Why are you doing this to me?” Spike asked to no one, looking at the ceiling.

Spike tried in vain for forty-five minutes to fall back asleep after waking up from his dream of him and Buffy. After failing miserably, he decided to get up and get a mug of blood.

When Spike arrived up the stairs and in the kitchen, the first thing he noticed was that the kitchen door was let open. He looked at it as if he was willing whatever it was that opened the door to walk through it. Finally, his curiosity got the better of him and he stepped out onto the back porch. He noticed Buffy standing on the first step with her arms hugging her body. He slowly walked up to her, careful not to startle her, but thinking that her slayer hearing had already heard him step outside. He placed a gentle hand on Buffy’s shoulder. Buffy jumped, quickly turned and without thinking, punched Spike in the mouth sending him to the ground.

“Oh, God,” Buffy said bringing her hands to her mouth. “Spike, I’m sorry.”

“Bloody hell.” Spike said getting off the ground and heading back into the house.

“I can’t believe you did that!”

“Spike, I am so sorry. I didn’t hear you. I thought you were just another vampire.” Buffy said closing the back door to her home as she walked inside. At the look Spike threw in her direction, she continued. “Another, un-souled, evil vampire.”

“That sounds more like a question.” Spike said, wetting a cloth for his split lip.

“I’m so sorry.” Buffy said in a soft voice, taking the cloth from Spikes hand and placing it gently to his bleeding bottom lip.

“Yeah, well, maybe I’ll find it in my heart to forgive you.” Spike said, acting as if he was pouting.

“You’d better,” Buffy said taking the cloth away from Spikes mouth and stepping backward away from him cautiously.

“Wait a minute. I dreamed about this.” Spike said, a confused look on his face.

“So did I.”

“As much as I hate to say this, but, I think you should be Giles.” Spike told Buffy.

“I think you may be right.”

Buffy went to the phone and started dialing Giles’s number. “To hell with what time it is,” Buffy thought, “This is just to weird.”

While Buffy called Giles, a thought occurred to Spike, and he proceeded upstairs stepping over a few SIT’s to wake Willow. “Maybe it’s some sort of spell.” Spike thought, “Maybe Red’ll know what it is.” Spike slowly opened the door, took on step inside Willows room and found himself face to face with a stake.

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