Livin' Life in the Fastlane

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A/N
Thank you for reviewing me, although there could still be some more *hint*. I hope you enjoy this chapter as I take the relationship between Buffy and Spike a little bit further and reveal a bit of the Big Bad in this story. Keep reviewing me, otherwise I won’t know if I’m doing okay. Constructive Criticism is also appreciated. I hope you like it, let me know.
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Previously on Livin’ Life in the Fastlane:

Spike and Buffy spend the rest of the evenin a n a nice little café. Spike tells Buffy that he wants a serious relationship with her and she must admit to herself that she has feelings for him, too.

Chapter 10: Lessons

Next Day at BSR

“Hey guys?” Buffy’s voice was heard through the garage.

For heads turned around and stared at their boss.

“The customer rides out for today?” Buffy asked her co-workers.

“Yep. Everything clear for today, General Buffster!” Xander mock saluted.

“Okay, Private Ouch-tharts”rts” Buffy smiled her sweetest smile at him.

“Hey what’s that nickname for boss?” Xander queried, moments later he yelled “Ouch, that hurts” after Buffy hit him on the back of his head.

“We talked about nicknames in public, didn’t we, Xander?” Buffy’s smile still in place.

“You are the meanest woman in the world. I think I have to inform the labour union about my boss being a hitter” Xander grimaced.

“Poor Xander” Dawn and Willow giggled.

“Come on, guys, it seems like we got the rest of the day off, so I thought maybe we could go train” Buffy offered her plan for the rest of the day.

“Should be okay with me” Dawn answered.

Willow and Xander nodded at her while Spike undressed her with his eyes.

“Spike?” she asked.

“Yeah, pet?” he answered.

“You wanna go train?”

“Sure, pet, whatever you want me to I do” Spike curled his tongue behind his teeth into a smirk.

“Okay, let’s roll” Buffy tried to hide the blush that crept up her cheeks “Xander, Willow, Dawn, take your rides. We’ll meet at the airfield. I’ll drive with Spike.”

“Uh… Buffy you want us to go for coffee first?” Dawn smiled sweetly at her sister while elbowing Willow who started to giggle.

“I think I heard someone telling me he doesn’t want to race today” Buffy told Spike who stood next to her still smirking.

“Hey, that’t fat fair” Dawn whined “you are so not funny”.

“Okay, enough. Fifteen minutes, airfield. Last one there pays for the coffee afterwards” Buffy said.

“Xander?” Spike grinned at his buddy “do you have enough money? If not, I think I remember a bank being down the strip.”

“Get ready to loose, Bleach Boy” Xander countered.

“Enough let’s go” Buffy took Spike’s hand and pulled him to his car while Dawn, Willow and Xander entered their rides.

The moment the other three cars left the garage Spike’s lips where on Buffy’s. It started out sweet and soft but grew more passionate the longer it lasted. Buffy felt Spike’s tongue trace the outline of hers as it demanded entrance. As she opened her mouth a fierce battle between their tongues started and was called a draw when both of them had to separate because of the great need for oxygen.

“Good Lord, how I wanted to do that since this morning. Tell me again why I can’t have the sweetest treat of all?” Spike told her between pants.

“Because Xander would have a heart attack” Buffy answered also panting.

“Well” – kiss – “let” – kiss – “him” – have – “it” – long kiss.

“Bad Spike. Be nice to your co-workers. Don’t play with their lifes” Buffy laughed at him.

“That’s right, I’m the Big Bad so I don’t care as long as I get what I want. Right now I want you” he told her and attacked her mouth again.

They kept making out for a few minutes as Buffy abruptly stopped him.

“We have to go now if we don’t want to pay for food and drinks afterwards” she told him.

“I believe I must be doing something wrong if you still can manage to check the bleeding watch while I am kissing you” Spike growled.

“No you’re doing perfect, but I know how to keep my money and for that fact yours too right now” she smiled at him and gave him a little peck “now let’s go. I’ll show you a little shortcut the others don’t know. If you are as good as I think we should be there first.”

Spike opened the door for Buffy and entered the driver’s side after she got in. Spike leaned over to her to kiss her again. “Smoke ‘em” Buffy said as the two of them took off for training.

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Airfield, L.A.

“I told you, you would need money” Spike grinned at Xander who was still moping around cause of his loss.

“I still think you cheated Spike” Dawn said “there’s no way that Buffy can look so thoroughly kissed and still you are here first.”

“On that I would like to recite one of my favourite movie quotes: Mess with the best, die like the rest. And as you see Nibblet, I seem to be the Best so you can suss out who you are!” he smirked at her.

“Okay, that’s a dare and I will teach you a lesson because I won’t be dared by some Bleached Brit” she countered “a hundred bucks that I cross the line first.”

“You sure you want to lose your pocket money against me? I think I learned a few things about cars over the last few weeks and I don’t think your Mitsubishi Eclipse, although I think it’s a cool ride for a girl, won’t stand a chance against my Skyline” Spike’s smirk grew even bigger.

“Okay you asked for it now you got it Spikey, today’s lesson will be: Why the faster car never makes the better driver!” she lightly growled at him.

“Okay” Buffy tuned into the conversation “as much as like you two bickerin’ at each other and even as funny as it is for everyone else let’s get to the deal. A quarter mile, one hundred dollars Dawn against Spike. Right?” The two contestants nodded “Good. As you all see, Spike still has to learn the finer techniques of street racing we will be racing in teams. That means I will drive with Spike” Buffy gave Dawn a little wink “and Xander, you will ride with Dawn. With that we should have equal weights and nobody is handicapped.”

Everybody agreed to the conditions and got into the respective cars, except for Willow who would give the starting signals and was giggling slightly because she knew what would happen. Lessen number one, never let anything distract you in a race.

“You drive in silence or do you fancy a piece of goof music?” Spike asked after Buffy and himself got into his Skyline and prepared for the race.

“Let’s hear your music” she smiled at him. She knew she was evil but he had to learn his lessons.

“Music it is then” Spike used his remote control to fire up his speaker system and To Hell we Ride from the Lost Prophets could be heard.

“Hey, for you as a punk I never thought you would listen to Nu Metal” Buffy laughed at him

“Well you see as there is nothing else that seems to sound like the music I like I chose them and they are good” Spike answered her, his trademark smirk in place.

“Okay. Let’s go” Buffy said and signalled Willow that they were ready. Willow checked with Dawn and lifted her arms for the ready signal.

“Oh and Spike…” Buffy smiled sweetly at him.

“Yeah baby” Spike turned his head and was lost in her green eyes.

“Good luck, you will need it” she said and put a searing kiss to his lips.

The moment their lips met Willow’s hands fell and Dawn was off.

“Bloody Hell” Spike screamed and took off after the younger Summers sister.

Long story short, he never caught her and was left to cross the finish line second. He stopped the car “You did this on purpose” he growled at Buffy who started to leave the car snickering.

As soon as Spike left his car he found Dawn standing in front of him and holding her hand out to collect her money. Spike pulled out two fifties and handed them over to the dark-haired girl anything else than amused. Dawn took one of the fifties and put it into her pocket and handed the other one over to Buffy who still smiled.

“I told you, you shouldn’t dare me” Dawn told him smugly and strolled over to her ride to give it a little kiss.

“Now Spike” Buffy started “which two lessons did you learn today?”

“First to never have a woman in your car when you want to race and second that cheating seems to be one of the daily servings in this business” he said, his annoyance clearly shown in his voice.

“Oh come on Big Boy, don’t be upset, we have to show you the rules out there. If you want to be the best and we want you to be one of our best you have to know them. So I want to correct you, lesson one means, don’t let anything EVER distract you when it comes to racing. Lesson two, however any race ends, the money or the treat is always handed over to the winner. You understand?”

Spike nodded “Why did the Lil’ Bit give you the half of the money” he queried.

“Oh, that’s a tradition at BSR. From everything we win the half of it goes into the garage and the firm. It gives us the opportunity to save some money and to finance our sport. You never know when you can need some money” Buffy told him.

“But what I don’t understand is why I couldn’t win? You would have gotten your fifty bucks anyway” Spike asked.

“See, when Dawn wins I don’t have to give her more pocket money so I can save a little bit of my own money. It’s a so-called win-win-situation for me” she again smiled at him.

The only words someone could decipher out of the sentences that left Spike’s mouth the next moments were “Bloody women”, “Cheating sisters” and “Unbearable”. Maybe the rest of the team didn’t understand that much because they couldn’t stop laughing at Spike’s rant.

As Buffy regained control over her body she went over to Spike, pulled his hands into hers and looked him into the eyes still smiling.

“Come on, you’re the Big Bad. One little defeat won’t take you down” she told him.

“One?” Spike exclaimed “That’s the second in a row, and the second to a member of the same family. And two times I have been tricked.”

“Oh poor boy” Buffy mock sighed “I’ll make it up to you.”

That seemed to do the trick as Spike’s smirk was suddenly back in place and his voice got that sultry touch again. “And how are going to do this baby?”

“Well…” and in that single moment Buffy made a decision and it was so easy “you see there are some things I wanted to do all day long.”

“Oh, and that would be?” Spike fixated her with his eyes.

Buffy grabbed Spike’s lips and pulled him down for a mind-blowing kiss.

“Okay, I so didn’t see this” Xander exclaimed” Can anyone please tell me that she didn’t just kiss the Bleached Wonder?”

“Xander” Willow hissed “you see this very special Xander-Resolve-Face? Be a grown-up!”

Buffy broke apart from the kiss that left Spike breathless and smiled at her stunned friend. “Xander, I would like you to meet my new boyfriend Spike.”

“Okay Bleach Boy, what kind of thrall did you use? Not only did you become my buddy over the last weeks but also you got the Buffster to a serious commitment. Tell me, how?” Xander asked.

“No thrall, mate, just the charming me” Spike smirked at Xander.

“I didn’t hear that but I think I have to congratulate the two of you” Xander smirked at the blonde pair.

The next minutes were spent with handshakes and hugs.

“So who’s up for coffee and snacks?” Buffy asked “I’ll pay because I won fifty bucks “she turned around to smile at Spike’s growling form “and because Spike and I really cheated!”

A few minutes later Buffy Summers Racing officially left the field for dinner.

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The team spent the evening with chatting about racing and other nonsense. As the evening seemed to give way to the night Buffy, Dawn, Willow and Xander started to make their way home.

“Hey, baby” Spike whispered into Buffy’s ear.

“Yeah Spike” Buffy answered.

“How about we meet, after the team has cleared out and have a bit of time alone?” Spike asked her in his most seductive voice.

Buffy shuddered slightly and nodded in agreement. “Meet me at my car later” Spike’s understanding nod was everything needed.

The team left the small diner and Buffy rejected her sister’s offer to drive her to her car with the excuse that she wanted to catch a breath of fresh air.

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Spike casually strolled out to the parking lot only to find someone leaning onto his ride and his temper flared.

“Okay, mate” he spat “if you want to end your night with your entire organs intact step away from my car!”
“Now, now William, is that a way to greet and old friend?” Angel’s voice could be heard.

“Friend?” Spike exclaimed “You think you are a friend of mine, selling m a hot car, not respecting my property?” Spike’s rage was obvious.

“Hey” Angel answered in a casual manner “I just wanted to see who pretended to be a member of the legendary Buffy Summers Racing team. We all know she doesn’t take any new drivers.”

“Well, and exactly there you are wrong mate” Spike answered now with a smirk in his face while he pushed the little button on his car’s remote that opened up the trunk “see for yourself”.

Angel threw a look into the trunk and found the team’s signatures. “Well I must say you are very lucky. I personally would have chosen a good racing team like mine to ride for but it is your decision. If you want to deal with that nutcase…”

“Be careful what you say mate or you might just find yourself at the wrong and of my hand” Spike growled at the bulky dark-haired man.

“I would say you are the one to be careful William, watch your back…” Angel said while patting Spike’s shoulder before he vanished into the night.

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To be continued…

Upng: ng: Chapter 11: The wrong end of a certain hand