Previously on the Spike Channel, Riley had killed
Spike and the Scooby Gang had gone to Spike's crypt
where they had found a journal. The life of William
who was called by his so-called friends William the
Bloody, because they thought his poetry was bloody
awful, and who later became known as Spike. The gang
had finished reading the journal at Gile's house. The
one that surprisingly took the death of Spike harder
than anyone was Xander, not that anybody but his
girlfriend Anya noticed, but that was usual in the
life of Xander Harris. Now we go back to our program
on the Spike Channel, where we left off.
Anya and Xander didn't go straight to his house they
made a slight detour to Willie's place. Willie for
once didn't give them an argument about them being to
underage to drink, except when they started to leave
the place without paying for the Tequila bottle they
had asked for. Anya had simply turned around and gave
him a look that rivaled some of the ones she used to
five during her demon days.
At Xander's apartment. Anya is sitting cross-legged
on the floor facing Xander who is half-sitting and
half-lying on the couch.
Anya and Xander had finished off the two bottles of
beer they had found in Spike's crypt and now they were
half way through the huge bottle of Tequila. Actually
it was mostly Xander that was drinking it; Anya had
only taken a few sips from it and was sitting
contentedly on the floor listening to Xander's slurred
comments.
"Buffy likes Spikes butt."
A: < Maybe that girl does have some good taste, he
does have a nice ass. >
"She told her that she likes him."
A: "What? " Buffy likes Spike"
"Nooo Wills like Spike."
A: < I knew she liked the bad boy type, hmm I wonder
if Tara knows. > <O.k I have to speed this up I won't
have that much time left. > "How about you, do you
like him?"
"Shmells nice."
A: "Is that all"
"Funny guy, makes me laugh."
A: "Xander do you miss him."
"Yes."
A: "Do you want him back."
A sobbed 'Yes' was her answer.
Anya catches the bottle before it falls to the floor;
she pats him on the shoulder and holds him until he
cries himself into a deep sleep.
"Don't worry Xander I'll get him back for you."
She kisses on the cheek and then goes to the kitchen
to throw away the bottle. She lets herself out the
front door and locks it. She had someone she needed to
call.

At Anya's place. She has taken out an old leather
notebook and going through the list of names.
"Aha! I was right, she does owe me a favor."
She stands up and recites a small chant.
"I summon the one that travels through time and space,
I summon thee Morgan to help me change what was done
that should be undone."
A minute later a black haired girl in a long flowing
white robe appeared, with a brilliant light in the
background.
"What took you so long."
M: "Is that you Anyanka, I heard that you became
human, I didn't think it was true though."
"Yes, its true, but enough with the theatrics
already."
M: " Oh, sorry about that, but humans seem to expect
it, you know." The brilliant turns off, and she is now
wearing modern clothes. "So why you called me, you
know I can't help you get your powers back, it will be
against one of the rules."
"Oh, I already got that straighten out, I just need to
fix some things before I leave and that's were you
come in." "You know that favor you owe me?"
M: "What about it?"
"Well I'm calling you on it."
A few minutes later.

M: "Let me see if I got this straight you want to
travel back in time to two nights ago, to save a
vampire from being dusted by the slayers boyfriend."
"You want to save him because your boyfriend likes
him, but who has been in total denial mode up to now."
"Yeah that's right." "Why?"
M: "Oh, nothing I was just making sure I got all the
details straight." < Man being human sure has changed
her. In the old days she would have probably cut
something off instead of playing matchmaker. >
"All right take my hand and hold on." A second later
they both had disappeared.

Two nights ago.
"There he is Morgan, what do we do know?"
M: "Don't worry I'll take care of it."
Spike is standing in front of Buffy, both don't notice
Riley creeping up behind Spike with a wooden stake,
that is until they hear a tree branch break. Spike
turns around in time to grab the Riley's hand that is
holding the stake. Buffy gets upset and starts yelling
at Riley and takes the stake away.

"Wait that's it."
M: "What did you expect, a bolt of lightning."
"Well yeah."
M: "Oh I can't do that anymore especially on a
hellmouth, something about attracting to much
attention." "I don't' know I wasn't paying much
attention when the higher ups were explaining the new
rules." "All right time to go."
They disappear and leave the Slayer and Riley
arguing while Spike stood to the side uttering curses
about Riley's mother and the horse he road in and some
other words not appropriate for human consumption.
Anya and Morgan arrive back to when they started
except of course things have changed.
Riley still had left, but slayer was still unhappy,
and the gang never read spike's journal, and Xander
didn't get drunk.
M: "So what are you going to do now Anyanka."
"Its time for me to say good bye to some people."
"I'll see you soon though."
M: "O.K., see you around Anyanka." With that said
Morgan disappears in a flash of light.

Since it was still a few hours till Giles opens his
shop. She left a note taped to the door with only two
lines.
I quit.
I got my old job back.
A
She will leave it to Gile's to explain it to the
others; she had only two people she wanted to explain
face to face. She had to hurry though, Ta'hoffren had
only given her until noon to finish up any business
before he restored her powers, and she wanted to say
good-bye while still human.
Spike's Crypt
Spike woke up when someone opened the door to his
place letting the light in.
A: "Spike, we need to talk. Wait, where's Harmony?
Not that I care or anything."
"Gone went off to L.A to live the club life or
something, I don't really care, at least she didn't
burn my stuff like last time."
A: "Anyway I just came to tell you that I'm leaving."
"Finally leaving the whelp for a real man are you."
A: "No." "If you must know I'm getting my powers
back."
"Well good for you luv." "At least once of us is."
A: "Well see that's why I came to talk to you about."
"Spike have you ever had a male orgasm friend."
Spike blinked a couple of times, he couldn't
understand what shagging a man had anything to do with
what they were first talking about.
"Why did you want to know?"
A: "Oh I'm just asking."
"Well you see I have always been faithful to my Dru,
but (He starts to reminisce) there was this one
bloke."
"It was before Dru started to really pay attention to
me...(he trails off thinking about that time)."
A: "Well good then." "I want you to be Xander's new
orgasm friend, you will have to be patient with him,
he never been with a man before....
"What?" "What are you babbling about?" Spike knew
exactly what she was talking about, and the truth was
he had already shagged the whelp and the two witches
in his mind already. Not much to do when you couldn't
go out in the daylight.
A: "What I'm saying is I don't want Xander to be
alone after I leave."
"And how do you bloody know the wh.. Xander won't run
screaming in the other direction."
A: "I just know, but you have to have patience."
"I guess so." "I'll have to think about it."
A: "Yeah, you do that." This being said with a smirk
on her face, she left.
Spike's left standing in the middle of his crypt with
a silly grin.

Now to go have a talk with Xander.

Part Two  

Previously on the Spike Channel Anya with a little
help from her friend Morgan went back in time and
saved our favorite vampire, Spike. Now we return to
our program.

At Xander's place, Anya had let herself into the
apartment and had been greeted by a smiling happy
Xander.

"Anya, what are you doing here so early? I though you
were working today."
A: "Well I was, but well, I have something tell you
Xander." < O.K I seen this done in some movies now
where to start, what was it that they always said
first? Oh I remember now. > "Xander I think we need to
talk."
< Oh not the, I think we need to talk speech. I know
were this conversation is going, I knew it was too
good to last, it always ends. So what's your excuse
Anya. > Xander sat down on the couch.
A: "Well we always know that there has always been a
possibility that I will regain my powers someday, well
I have, I'm getting my powers back at noon today."
< Well that's a good excuse to break up. >
A: "Ta'hoffren payed me a visit a while ago, well it
seems that the demon that took over my job royalty
screwed up." "She granted a wish to the wrong person
instead of the one that had summoned her, and well
it's a long story and full of things you don't like to
hear." She looked at her watch, she noticed she had
only one hour left. "I just came to break up with you
and say goodbye."
"If being a vengeance demon makes you happy well then
that makes you, well unless of course you decide to
come back and do some of that vengeance you do so well
around here." "Have you told the others yet?"
A: "I left a note for Gile's, and I talked to Spike."
"You talked to Deadboy Jr?" "You told him you were
leaving before you told me." "Let me guess, he asked
for the chip to be taken out." Gets a panicked look.
"Oh God please tell me you didn't, did you." "Tell me
he is still de-fanged, and not plotting my death even
as we speak."
A: " No, that never came up, we were discussing
something else." "Besides he wouldn't kill you."
At this Xander gets up from sitting on the couch and
starts ranting waving his arms in the air. "Why not?"
"What, I'm not worthy enough to be killed by the
bleached wonder." "He knows I'm a nummy treat, any
vampire would be lucky to bite me."
A: "You know you two should get together, Harmony just
left him." "Yeah you should get together and do some
of that male bonding."
"Eww, why should I bond with him?"
A: "Why not?" "I think Giles and him bonded a little
when he was living with him, besides how many male
friends do you have?" "And the guys from the
Construction Company don't count." "You need to have a
guy friend who knows all your secrets, someone who
knows about the slayer and everything that happens
around here each week."
"Says who?"
A: "Oprah." This said with a look that could be only
be described as, Duh who else.
"Well then I guess it must be true."
A: "So you're not angry with me about leaving."
"I wont lie, and say no but it is your decision and
your life." < Having to be mature sometimes really
sucked, that's why I'm lying to your face while my
heart feels like its being stepped on. >
A: "I hope we can still be friends."
"Oh course we will Anya." < I'll probably never see
you again, but sure why not. >
A "Good, well then this is goodbye then."
"I guess so."
Xander awkwardly hugs Anya goodbye and watches her
leave and closed the door behind her. He looks around
the apartment and decides to leave. "Its only Saturday
morning and my weekend already started out badly, I
might as well go and brave the mall I still have to do
some of my Christmas shopping." He felt like crying,
but at that moment he just couldn't cry, so he decides
to pretend that nothing happened, and besides he
needed to buy some chocolate if he was going to mope
and have major crying jag later.
Later at Spike's Crypt he has received more visitors.
Spike had been watching t.v. when he heard a knock on
the door.
"Enter." He turns around and sees both Willow and Tara
looking around.
"I'm alone, Harmony's gone, so come in all ready and
shut the door you're letting the light in."
"Hi spike, were having a small get together this
Sunday on Christmas Eve, you don't have to come if you
don't want to but were just going to exchange some
presents after we bring Mrs. Summers home from the
hospital."
Spike hold up his palm in front of her face to get
her attention. "First stop babbling Willow."
"Sorry."
"Second, I'll show up for your party, but only if
there's blood in it for me."
"Of course."
"Where is the party going to be held at."
"At Buffy's house."
"Does she know your inviting me?"
"It was her mom's idea actually."
"Bet the slayer hated that." From looks of Tara and
Willow he knew he was right. "Oh I'm definitely
showing up then."
"Well good then, I think."
After the girls left, spike sat down on top of the
coffin. < This place is starting to feel like a
freaking bus stop. >
"Hmm maybe I should get something for Joyce, and a
gag gift for the slayer." "I wish it was night
already, I got some shopping to do."
At the Mall.
After circling the Mall twice, xander finally found a
parking space at the very end of the parking lot. <
Let see I already bought presents for both Willow and
Tara, I just need to find something for Giles, Buffy,
Dawn, Mrs. Summers, and Spike. Wait why am I buying
something for Spike? A little voice in his head
answered, because its Christmas. Well O.K. then. >
Xander wandered aimlessly around the Mall for a while,
looking in all the shop windows trying to see if he
saw anything that he could buy for his friends. Two
hours later he had bought a journal with the picture
on the front of a sorceress and stars in the
background and he also bought a black fountain pen for
Dawn. For Gile's he had bought a c.d. of one of the
groups he liked. He bought Mrs. Summers a small gift
basket filled with fruit. The only ones he hadn't
bought gifts for, were Buffy and Spike. He took a
break and went to the food court loaded down with his
gifts. Seeing that all the tables and counters were
all taken he decided to buy something that he could
eat standing up, which was pretty much anything
actually. He decided to just buy a pizza and a coke.
He waited in line for about fifteen minutes. After
finishing eating and throwing his trash away he walked
to the other side of the Mall he hadn't been to yet,
hoping to find something for the last two people on
his list. He finally found something for a Buffy in a
religious shop. He bought her a silver necklace with a
cross.
< Now what do I buy for Jr. > After half an hour he
still hadn't found anything for Spike, so Xander gave
up, he stop on his way out of the mall at one of the
candy stores and bought all sorts of chocolate, and
different varieties of candies. He was the envy of
every kid in the stores, and the cashier was all too
happy to ring up his purchase. Xander left the mall
happy to be leaving the place and ready to go home.
Later that night Spike does some shopping of his own.
Spike is going through Angel's things he had left
behind at the mansion.
"Aha! I should have known that the pouf would hide
some of it in here for a rainy day." Spike had been
going through the books in the library and finally had
found a book with a false middle, he found a wad of
cash all one hundred dollar bills. He begins to count;
the total amount is four thousand dollars.
" If he left it behind then he wont miss it."
Spike puts the money in one of his pockets of his
leather duster. Spike takes one last look around and
leaves taking two large old books with him, he heads
in direction of the Mall; it was going to be open
twenty-four hours.

Sunday night at the Summers residence everyone has
arrived except for Spike. No one mentioned Anya. The
group started to pass out gifts figuring Spike had
decided not to show up. They opened the gifts from
Xander first. He got hugs from the girls and thank
yous from both Mrs. Summers and Giles. Spike showed up
as they had finished opening all the gifts except the
ones that for him those had been put in a small pile
on the coffee table in the living room.
"Joyce good to see you, you're looking lovelier than
ever."
"No I don't, but it's nice of you to say."
Spike put down the shopping bags he was carrying and
hugged her, while Dawn moved away from her mother and
stood behind Buffy. He took Dawns place on the couch
and sat down next to her.
"You will have to forgive me Joyce but I'm not good
with wrapping things, so my presents aren't wrapped."
"That's all right Spike, it's the thought that
counts."
"All right then, Joyce since I know that you are going
to be resting for a while not being able to leave the
house until you recuperated I bought you some
magazines, the ones full of gossips about famous
people."
"That's very thoughtful of you Spike."
Spike takes out two large books from a bag and gives
one each to Willow and Tara.
"These spell books used to belong to my Dru, but I
doubt if she remembers about them and they were just
laying around accumulating dust, so I'm giving them to
the both of you."
Tara shyly said, "Thank you Spike."
"Yes, Thank you Spike, and yes Giles I know the rule
about doing any spells before getting your
permission."
Giles nodded, he wasn't that worried, he just wished
spike hadn't given them spell books, there was no
telling what type of spells were in them.
Spike passed out the rest of the presents, for Dawn he
had bought her a calligraphy set, for the watcher it
was a bottle of scotch, and for Xander he had bought
him the boxed set of the cartoon movies of the Scooby
Doo. Finally the last gift was for the slayer.
"Slayer I was going to buy you a gag gift but since it
is Christmas, I have decided to be nice to you but
only for your moms sake, so here." From a small bag he
pulls out a charm bracelet.
All the girls ooh and aah about it.
"Thank you Spike, look you even picked out some
charms representing things about my life."
"Yeah, the book stands for Giles, the computer for
Willow, the angel for the pouf, the one shaped as a
peppermint candy stands for the whelp, and the spike
is of course me." < Maybe this will make her treat me
more better. >
"Well here's your presents spike." Giles hands him
three boxes.
The one wrapped in blue was from the Summers it was a
complete outfit, black jeans, a blue sleeved shirt,
black socks, and a pair of black boxers. The box
wrapped in green was from Willow and Tara contained
the same thing, except for the colors, dark blue
jeans, a dark green shirt, dark blue socks, and a pair
of dark blue boxers. The smaller box was from Giles;
it was a carton of cigarettes. After he thanked them,
everyone looked at Xander.
"I know I'm going to regret this later, but I thought
about it and well Spike I have some room in my
apartment." "I know that you complained about living
in the basement with me, but I think if we work out a
system I'm sure we can share the apartment without it
being too much of a problem, but if you don't want to
that's all right." He stops talking when he realizes
everyone is still staring at him. Mrs. Summers, Tara,
and Willow were smiling at him, but everyone else were
looking at him like he was crazy, Spike's face was a
total blank."
"You mean that whelp."
"Yes, I do." < I know I'm going to regret this
tomorrow. >
"Well then I guess I should get my things from the
crypt."
People take that as a cue to leave. Spike kisses
Joyce on the cheek. "Merry Christmas Joyce."
"Merry Christmas Spike."
"Hurry up Spike before I change my mind, Merry
Christmas everyone."
"Merry Christmas Xander."
Xander and Spike get into Xander's car putting their
presents in the backseat of the car.

The only things that Spike took from his crypt were
some candles and the big steamer trunk. When they got
to Xander's apartment, he gave Spike a spare key and
showed him the room that he had set up for him in case
he had taken up his offer to be his roomie.
There wasn't a lot of furnishing in it. There was
only a twin bed, and a small dresser to put his things
in. The only window in the room had been taped up with
tin foil, a window blind and a heavy curtain making
the room completely dark. The rest of the apartment
windows had window blinds and heavy curtains also, so
spike could wander around the apartment during the
day.

Part Three  

Previously on the Spike Channel Xandre had been
dumped by his girlfriend Anya, because she was getting
her powers back. The gang had gathered and exchanged
presents at the Summers residence; Xanders present to
Spike was to offer him a room in his new apartment.
Now back to our program.
Christmas Eve at Xander's apartment
Spike's P.O.V
< I cant believe the whelp ask me to move in with
him. I thought he was playing a bloody trick on me
until we went to my crypt and picked up my stuff after
the party. The room that he fixed up for me is smaller
than the entire crypt, but at least the T.V in the
living room has good reception and he does have cable
so I can't complain much. The slayer and the watcher
probably think the kid has gone out of his mind. I
wasn't surprised that nobody mentioned Anyanka at the
party, I always did get the feeling she was looked
upon as an outsider like I am. The only reason they
kept her around was because she was dating the whelp
and she knew a lot about other demons. Xander told me
before he went to his room, is that he was only
getting one week off from work so he plans on sleeping
in, so if I could please try to be quiet in the
morning. I just told him whatever, but the truth is
I'm not a morning person, I tend to sleep in late, the
only reason I get up during the day is to watch my
shows. And that's another thing, because of the
freaking holiday they wont be giving "Passions" on
T.V, instead they'll be giving that touchy feely movie
that they give every year since it was made, "It's a
Wonderful Life." I really hate the holidays this year,
its just another reminder that I won't be spending it
with my Dru. I'm really am going to go out and stock
up on liquor for New Year's, I'm going to need it. I'm
laying here on my new bed, and I won't say I'm not
happy to be sleeping on a mattress again because I am,
but I won't tell the whelp that. >
Xander's P.O.V
< I'm lying here on my bed trying to fall asleep,
but I keep thinking about Anya leaving, I thought I
feel bad about her leaving a lot longer, but I had a
cry fest alone yesterday night and the chocolate I ate
helped. I shouldn't have eaten all that candy earlier
today its going to keep me awake for a while longer. I
have to face the facts that as much as I love Anya I
was not in love with her, but it still hurts that she
left. This is not how I pictured to be spending my
Christmas Eve, I thought I be spending it with my
girlfriend in my new apartment. I still can't believe
Spike actually bought all of us presents, wait do we
know he bought them, he could've easily stolen them.
Either way he sure knows what to shop for a person.
Tomorrow after I watch a, "It's a Wonderful Life" I'll
watch the new movies he gave me. I wonder if his
missing Dru; I hope he doesn't become suicidal like
last time. >
Dec 25, 2000 Christmas Day
"What are you doing whelp? Give me back that remote!"

X: "Oh come on Spike the movie, ' It's a Wonderful
Life ' is going to be starting, it's a classic you
know."
"Yeah I had a chance to see it a million times before
and I have always been lucky I have always been doing
something else when it came on the telly."
X: "You never seen, ' It's a Wonderful life'?"
"No and I never want to, so hand over the bloody
remote."
X: "I cant believe you never seen it." "Look Spike
I'll make a deal with you, if you watch the entire
movie with me, I'll..."
"You will do what whelp?"
X: "I don't know, what do you want me to do?"
All sorts of images pop into Spikes head. Spike
sighs, he decides that in order to get Xander to trust
him, he can't use some of his ideas for him just yet.
"I want you to dress differently for a month, and I
get to choose the clothes."
Xander thought about it for a few minutes, he knew
that Spike could make him dress really funny looking
that will make him a laughing stock to the citizens of
Sunnydale, but then again there was no way Spike could
sit through the entire movie.
X: "It's a deal."
They shake hands and both turn and face the
television where the talked about movie was starting.
A few hours later.
X: "I can't believe I lost."
"Yeah well I spent most of my life and unlife having
to sit through boring and very tedious events." "Try
having to go to a party where you don't know anybody
and all they talk about is the latest horse they
bought or the latest deal they did in business, and
the only thing you want to do is heave or kill them
already."
X: "If you were a vampire why did you have to go to
those things."
"Angelus and Darla were always dragging me and Dru to
those things, and trust me when they said you have to
go you did, if not you be punished severely."
They spent most of the day arguing and fighting on
who had the right to use the remote, and every so
often Spike will gloat about winning the bet.

Dec 26, 2000.
"Get ready whelp, because as soon as the sun goes down
where going shopping."
X: <What have I gotten myself into. Note to self never
make a bet with a vampire, especially Spike. >
Later at the Mall
"Hurry up whelp, we don't have all night, the shops
are going to be closing soon."
Spike is standing in front of the dressing room with
his arms crossed in front of him.
"If you don't come out I'm going in." He hears Xander
gasp and a few seconds later he exits the dressing
room and stands in front of spike. He looks
uncomfortable and mortified.
"Oh bloody hell stop acting like that, its just black
jeans, and a black shirt, I didn't make you put on a
dress."
X: "There to tight." "The pants are skin tight and
this shirt is small and feels like velvet or something
close to it."
"Yeah, but they look great on you pet."
X: "Really." Xander looks at the sales lady and
finally notice she is practically drooling. He turns
back to Spike and grins. "I guess I can get used to
it, it's only for a month, right?"
"Right, it's only a month, now hurry up we have to go
buy a few more things."
Xander goes back to change into his old clothes; both
Spike and the sales lady watch him walk away. Spike
tells the sales lady that he will be buying three
different pairs of the same outfit in the same size
like the one Xander is wearing but in blue, red, dark
green. They spend the rest of the time at the mall
shopping for a pair of Doc Martins, and a black
leather duster.

Dec 27, 2000. Scooby meeting at the Magic Box.
Spike walks in with a smirk on his face and stand to
the side of the door to get a good view of everyone's
reaction to Xander's new look, no one had seen him yet
that day. The door opens again and Xander walks in,
his wearing the same outfit that he tried on in the
mall, the only difference is he is also wearing his
new Doc Martins, and his new black leather duster.
"Oh my God Spike turned Xander!" Buffy exclaims while
taking a stake out of her pocket and stands in front
of her friends to protect them.
"Hello chip remember, can't bite." < Idiot. >
"Oh yeah, wait then why is Xander dressed like that?
You're human right Xander?"
X: "I lost a bet."
"Oh well that explains it, there's no way you dress
like that. I mean you are not the dark dangerous
type." Everyone laughs; everyone that is except for
Spike, Xander chuckles but only half-heartily.
X: < What wrong with the way I dress? I'm not just a
goof up. >
< Oh the slayer has just moved to second place on my
to kill list, right after I kill any boys of the
Initiative that I can find. >
The gang researched some new prophecies for the
coming year and then went their separate ways.
That night Spike could hear Xander crying in his room,
he finally got up and went to Xander's room and
comforted him in a similar manner like he used to for
Dru. He sat down on the bed and put a hand on Xanders
back and rubbed in a circular motion. "Sshh it's all
right pet, no one going to hurt you." After a while
Xander falls asleep and Spike went back to his own
room.
Xander's P.O.V
I was hurt by Buffy's comment earlier about my
outfit. I know she thinks I'm just a complete walking
disaster, but I'm more than that. I mean I saved her
from the Master a long time ago. So when I came home
and went to bed I started thinking about all the
shitty stuff that has happened in my life, and all the
things I have done to help the group that nobody ever
acknowledge, so its no real surprise that I started
crying. When I heard the door opening I knew it was
spike, who else could it be. I was mortified that he
caught be crying but the tears wouldn't stop falling.
I thought he was going to tell me to shut up and act
like a man, just like my dad used to tell me whenever
he saw me cry when I was a kid. But Spike didn't say
anything at first, he just sat on my bed and started
to rub my back and he kept telling me it was going to
be all right, I didn't believe him, but I did feel
better. When I woke up the next morning he wasn't
there, so for a moment I thought it was a dream, but
the pillow was still a little damp from my crying last
night. Through an unwritten code we pretended that
nothing happened, I later went out and rented movies,
ones with lots of blood and gore like he likes them,
it was my way of saying thank you.

Dec 28, 2000
Spike's P.O.V
When the whelp woke up he didn't say anything about me
coming into to his room and comforting him, it's just
as well, I don't know who would be more embarrass, him
for crying or me for caring, god I'm becoming soft. He
later went out and rented movies for me, I know they
were for me, because its not the type of movies he
usually rents for himself.

Dec 29, 2000
(The Bathroom incident.)
Xander's P.O.V
Oh man I just walked in on Spike getting ready to take
a shower. Didn't anybody teach him to lock the door if
you are going to be using the bathroom, it's an
unwritten rule. I just got a good view of the naked
backside of William the Bloody, man Buffy and Willow
would be very jealous if they ever found this out. As
much as I try to forget the image that seems to be
forever imprinted into my memory I can't.
' A little voice in his head snickers.'
What are you laughing about?
'You.'
Why?
' Because you are lying to yourself.'
I'm not gay.
'Should I mention that incident in the locker room
with Larry a few years back, he thought you were gay
and how about those dreams you had when you first saw
him, your new roomy.'
...........
' No comeback, I thought so.'
Oh shut up, I am not gay.
' Yeah all right keep telling yourself that.'
"I am not Gay." And to prove this he pulled out all
his magazines from the back of his closet. He started
to look through all his penthouse and playboy
magazines.
< Thank God Spike didn't notice that I saw him naked.
>

Spike's P.O.V
I thought the kid was going to start yelling but he
said nothing. He thinks I didn't know that he was
standing behind me because I was facing the other way.
He forgets that vampires have enhanced hearing and I
could also smell him standing there. Xander is the
only human I know who smells like he is covered in
chocolate, hmm that's a nice visual. Wait where was I,
oh yeah. I was getting ready to take a shower and
since I'm not in the habit of having to lock a
bathroom door I left it unlock. I was about to turn
the water on, when I heard the door opening, I knew it
was the whelp, so I didn't say anything I wanted to
hear his reaction. Yeah I'm bad to the bone. If I
can't bite, I might as well mess with their minds.
Imagine my surprise when I smelled the hint of arousal
coming from him. Things are sure looking up,

Dec 30, 2000.
Spike's P.O.V
The whelp has been avoiding me all day. He left real
early this morning, and when he came home he went
directly to his room. Fine with me, as soon as the
sun went down I went to buy lots of liquor for New
Year's Eve, I'm going to try and get the whelp drunk.
Xander's P.O.V
Yeah O.K. I'll admit it, I been avoiding Spike all
day. I went and visited all the gang but they were all
busy. I finally ended up at the park to contemplate my
sexuality and I came to a conclusion. I, Xander
Lavelle Harris am a bisexual, now what do I do about
it? With that new bit of self-knowledge I still
couldn't look at Spike in the eye when I got home so I
went straight to my room.

Dec 31, 2000. New Year's Eve
10:35 p.m.
Xander avoided Spike all day until finally gave up and
came out of his room to watch the countdown on t.v.
" So whelp are the Scooby Gang coming over or what?"
X: "Ehh no, Gile's friend Olivia flew in today, and
Buffy is staying at home tonight and spending New
Year's Eve with her mom and sister." "Willow and Tara
are together somewhere doing witchy things."
< Yeah I just bet they are. >
"So its just you and me then?"
X: " I guess so."
Spike goes to the fridge where he has left some of
the beer in it earlier that day, and takes two beers
out he gives one beer to Xander and then sits next to
him on the couch.
"Cheers mate."
They spent most of the time to watching t.v and
sipping their beer every so often, waiting for the
countdown to begin, they only got up to get more beer.

11:45 p.m. Both guys are slightly intoxicated by now.
X: "Our lives suck."
S: "Yeah look at us, both of our ladies left us less
than a week away from Christmas, not that I love
Harmony, but at least she always there for a good
shag."
X: "Anya always wanted to have sex, even when I didn't
want to."
S: "I wished Harm stayed around until at least after
New Year's Eve, right now men all over the world are
getting lucky."
X: "Don't remind me." He doesn't says anything for a
few minutes then he asks a question that has been
lurking around his mind for a while now. "Spike can I
ask you something, have you ever slept with a guy."
S: "I'm a vampire, we shag anything as long as it's
able to hold a position for a few minutes."
X: "So, that's a yes?"
S: " Why do you ask?"
X: "Just wondering." A pause "So did you ever fuck
Angel?"
S: " No."
X: " Oh."
S: "I never fucked Angel, I did have sex with Angelus
in the old days, of course he always called them
lessons."
Xander doesn't says anything and they continue
drinking until after the people announced on t.v that
it was midnight and it was officially the year 2001.
Jan 1, 2001.
X: "Happy New Years Spike."
S: "Happy New Years mate."
Neither of them knew who made the first move, all
they remember is that one-second they were wishing
each other a happy New Year and the next thing they
know they were making out on the couch.
Clothes were taken off and thrown, and eventually
after a lot of groping and kissing they went to
xander's room.
****** I'm not yet good at writing smut so you will
all have to use you imagination. ******

Xander woke up to the phone ringing and to slight
headache. He turns on the bedside lamp but when he
started to get up to answer the phone, that's when he
realized there was another body in his bed whose arm
was around his waist. He looked at the hand and his
gaze traveled up to the arm, the shoulder, the neck,
and finally to the face of Spike.
< Spike! > Xander wonders what happened last night,
until the alcoholic distorted memory comes back to him
in full force.
Xander peeked under the blanket.
< Nice. >
" Xan pet, go answer the bloody phone and tell whoever
it is to call back later, some of us are trying to
sleep through a hang-over." Spike removes his arm from
around Xander's waist and turns over and goes back to
sleep this time lying on his stomach.
X: "Yeah I'll go do that." Xander looks around for his
boxers but doesn't see them. < Oh well its not like he
hasn't seen the full monty already so who cares. > He
gets out of bed and goes to the living room to answer
the phone on the way there he finds his boxers on the
floor next to couch. He picks up the phone and says
hello.
X: " Not so loud Willow, and Happy New Year's to you
too."
W: "Xander did spike get you drunk last night?"
X: "We both did, it's a good thing you called Wills,
because something happened last night."
W: "What happened?"
X: "Are you sitting down? "
W: "Now I am."
X: "I had sex last night."
W: "Anya came back?"
X: "No, not Anya, look Willow you promise not to
freak?"
W: "I promise I won't freak."
X: "I slept with a guy last night."
W: (silence)
X: "Willow you still there?"
W: "Yeah, so did you like it?"
X: "Well the parts I can remember, I was drunk."
W: "Is the guy anyone I know."
X: "Well first I have to ask, are you alone?"
W: "I'm with Tara."
X: "O.k. the guy I slept with last night was Spike."
W: (Silence)
X: "Willow?"
W: "I'm happy for you xander, and if Spike makes you
happy then that's all that matters."
X: "Thanks Wills, but you do know Buffy can't know
yet, she'll stake first then ask questions later."
W: "Don't worry I wont say anything to anybody and
neither will Tara."
X: "Thanks Willow, tell Tara Happy New Years from, and
bye."
W: "Bye Xander, say hi to Spike and tell him Happy New
Years from me and Tara."
Xander hangs up the phone and goes back to his
bedroom, he gets back in bed. The bed shifts and Spike
turns over and puts his arm around Xanders waist
again.
"So who was it?"
X: "Willow, her and Tara just wanted to wish us a
happy New Years."
"That's nice." Spike goes back to sleep.
Xander closes his eyes and goes back to sleep.

The End