Love Hurts

A/N:- This chapter tells of the murder and the abuse that Buffy suffered .It deals with rape so if this upsets you them please skip this chapter. Thank you Millie and Jamie for your reviews . I hope you both enjoy this chapter .

Chapter Three


Buffy curled up on her bed and tried not to think of her Mum or Dad or the fact that she was now in a foster home.She had no chance of getting a new home as she was too old. Not that she wanted a new home or even cared that she was in the foster home at this point. Nobody could take the place of her parents.

She was fast asleep when Faith , Amy and Harmony returned to the room.They managed to get themselves ready for bed without disturbing her and soon they were all asleep.

The following morning was hard for Buffy. She woke disoriented, expecting to be in her own bed with the usual sounds of her Mum downstairs cooking breakfast. The noise she heard was deafening , all she wanted to do was bury her head under her pillow and ignore the rest of the world. Unfortunately, the other room mates had already woken and were busying themselves with getting ready for breakfast and were dancing around to the radio.

"Best wake up B, Elisabeth will come round soon and you don't want to still be there when she does"
"You go, I'm not in the mood for food"

Faith huffed and sat on the bed. "Starving yourself won't help you know. I was like you when I first arrived but the sooner you jump right in and keep occupied, the sooner you're out of here"
Buffy stared at Faith for a few seconds and then caught Amy's eyes.She smiled and nodded at her, silently agreeing with Faith. Slowly, Buffy got up and went into the bathroom. She closed the door after telling the girls she would be downstairs in a few minutes.
Faith, Amy and Harmony left the room to go down to the food hall. Each hoped that Elisabeth was too busy to notice Buffys absence.

"So what do you think she's here for? Do you think she's a trouble maker, maybe here cos she got caught by the cops" Harmony said .
Faith shook her head "No, her clothes, hair and stuff, says she's loaded and kids with that kind of upbringing, they don't end up here "
Cordelia smirked "Maybe she got into the other kind of trouble" she mimed a baby bump "You know what the posh types are like about that.She probably shamed them and that's why they sent her here"
Faith watched as Buffy walked into the dining room .Her hoody was pulled up over her head to hide her face and she walked to the table at speed. She sat and barely acknowledged her room mates.
Across the room, a pair of blue eyes watched her too. Xander noticed his distraction and followed the path of his friends gaze.He rolled his eyes and leaned into Spike.
"She's out of your league man.Just look at her ,emotional baggage and needy, do you really want to get lumped with that?"

Spike threw a dirty look Xanders way and then shrugged "Just looks like she could do with a friend"
"And she has some , look .She's with Faith and her bitches, she'll be okay.Feel bad for her , yeah , but seriously Spike, you need to stay out of her way.Remember Cecily and the shit you got for even liking her?"

Spike sighed and looked back at Buffy. She still had her hood up and she sat picking at her top.No, he didn't need to get his heart trampled again , but he felt drawn to her.Xander stood up and drew his attention away from her.They left the hall without a backwards glance.

"You need to eat something, been here a day and I haven't seen you eat a thing.Now, do you like burgers?"

Buffy looked up from her lap and frowned "Uh , yeah, guess so, but seriously ,I can't eat , I feel sick"
"Bull, Buffy quit feeling sorry for yourself and eat" Faith replied

Buffy set her teeth firm and growled "I said I'm not hungry!" she stood hard and rushed from the dining room.She pushed past the small group that were making their way out of the room and ran outside into the yard.Buffy ran to the end of the building and hid in the shadows , bending and retching her empty stomach .Tears ran down her cheeks and she collapsed from the grief.

Spike stood and watched from his spot in the shadows .He let the cigarette hang from his lips as he witnessed her fall to the gravel. Maybe Xander was right, but he couldn't ignore her. Slowly he stepped forward.
Buffy heard gravel moving and looked up sharply "Who's there?" she wiped the tears from her cheeks and sniffed .A shock of white blond hair and a plume of smoke appeared , accompanied by the bluest of eyes and black leather. "Who are you? And are you spying on me?"

Spike smirked "No love, not spying on you" he held his cigarette up "Just out here having a smoke , the wardens don't like me doing it so I come out here.Want one?"
Buffy shook her head "What's your name? "
"Spike, well that's what my mates call me ... what's your's?"
"Buffy, and that's my real name. Nice meeting you ...Spike. I best get back before they send out the search and rescue teams"
"Wait " he called after her , " I .. Faith and her girls? Not so nice pet, you can do better than to get mixed up with them.Elisabeth's tough , don't piss her off either. Watch your back" . Buffy looked at him over her shoulder and walked away.

Buffy had just stepped through the main door when someone grabbed her arm sharply.Buffy tried to snatched her arm back but found the grip just tightened.Her eyes met Elisabeth's and she cowered at the fury there.
"Where the hell did you go and why did you run out without eating?"
"I wasn't hungry " she answered

Elisabeth narrowed her eyes and gave Buffy a cold hard stare,one that would chill the bones of satan himself.Buffy tried to pull her arm back and managed to this time.
"Come with me, it seems your luck may have changed". Buffy followed, a curious gaze set on her face as they walked into Elisabeth's office. "Sit"
Buffy perched on the edge of the seat and waited until the warden had settled herself.She gazed around the room until it came back to the overweight woman sat behind the desk.
"Seems we might have been fortunate.A couple will be coming tomorrow to view children in the hopes of fostering .They have specified that they don't want any youngsters and have expressed that they want a child that will 'fit' their requirements.It so happens , you, fit the description"

Buffy felt numb, almost sickened .She had never been made to feel like a piece of prized meat ,but now? Why couldn't she just stay here for the few months until her eighteenth and then go on with her life away from here? She hoped that her mental state would put them off of her.How many couples wanted to take on a child that had the emotional problems that she had? She doubted there were any.Most wanted blond haired ,blue eyed cheerleader types that would smile and be grateful for the chance of belonging.
"What if I don't want to go?" she asked

Elisabeth slammed her fist down on the table.Hard enough for the crystal ink wells to rattle and for the water jug to spill drops onto the polished wood. "If, ' if ' , they choose you, you will go, you will not cause trouble and you will act as though you are grateful.For god sake, do you know how rare an opportunity like this comes? I didn't think so." She smirked " I doubt they'll like you anyway.Look at you. More fat on an anorexic and you look a mess.Get out of my sight, oh and before tomorrow morning ,get a bath . clean up your act and eat!"

Buffy ran back to her room and collapsed on the bed,sobbing, not even realizing that she had left the door ajar.It seemed so unfair.To loose her parents in a tragic and mindless way,but to end up in the pit of hell with a bitch of a warden, it sucked . On top of all that she could end up farmed off to foster parents who probably just wanted an older child to parade as a trophy, or worse, to use as some kind of slave.Wouldn't that just be her luck of late? As Buffy lay on her bed sobbing, Spike slipped in and hovered,trying to build up the nerve to let her know he was there.Maybe he would be lucky and she'd let him comfort her. It seemed his body had it's own way of drawing her attention to his presence.His throat dried at the thought of holding her and he coughed violently.
Buffy sat up and turned shocked eyes on him. Not impressed by the invasion of her privacy, Buffy stood beside the bed and spoke quietly so that anyone walking past wouldn't hear them.
"What the hell do you think you were doing in here? "
Spike could hardly gasp out an answer ,not that he could think of anything to say at that moment.Buffy went into the bathroom and returned with a glass of water."Here, drink this slowly"
Spike took the glass and sipped it until his throat felt better and sat the glass on her bedside.He smiled and motioned towards the bed. "I take it things are still getting you down"
" Aren't you just a regular Sherlock.Work that out all on your own?" she sat back on the bed "Sorry , guess the last three days have been too much for me .but that doesn't give me the right to be a bitch to you"
"S'ok. Need to vent, I get that ,but instead of being a bitch, how about you just tell me what's so bad?"

Buffy looked up and found herself silenced by the depth of feeling in his eyes. "Not here. Last thing I need is that beast Elisabeth riding my back anymore today"
Spike peered out of her room and waved his hand to let Buffy know that the coast was clear. He left his hand extended and was shocked when Buffy slipped hers into his as they ran down the hall. The sensation of his hand wrapped protectively around hers gave Buffy a sense of freedom for the first time in days and she had to stifle a laugh. Running through halls at speed and turning swiftly let out her tension .Tension she felt would drown her and yet hardly cared. Now , with Spike, she felt that he would protect her.As stupid as that sounded since she hardly knew him, but that was how she felt.She was tugged sharply into a room and flattened by Spikes body, all thoughts disappeared and her heart rose in her chest.She was sure he could hear it beat faster.His finger shot to her lips when she opened her mouth to speak, effectively cutting her off. He leaned in and whispered ,his hot breath tickling her ear as he did.
"Big Beth and coming this way , stay still and quiet and she'll go on by " he tilted his head and smirked .She looked utterly adorable, flattened against a wall, his body holding her there, her green eyes wide with apprehension and something he couldn't quite place. He wedged his knee between her legs to flatten them further as a shadow stopped in front of the door and could be seen through the patterned glass. Spike leaned in again ,his lips brushing against her neck "How long do you have left here?"

Buffy looked at the door and watched as the dark shape moved and more footsteps were heard growing more faint .When she turned back ,her face almost collided with his " About eight months, that's if the couple coming don't take me.How long have you got?"
"Six months,thank god" he peered around the door and saw the hall was empty. Rather than motioning Buffy out of the room, he closed the door quietly . "They're not out there but we best stay here for a bit just to make sure" . He smiled when Buffy rolled her eyes.
Spike sat up on the desk at the back of the room ,Buffy stayed against the wall." So what's your story then?" he asked.

Buffy held his gaze for a few seconds before putting her head down.Holding back the tears that threatened to spill down her cheeks ,she cleared her throat "My parents were killed "

Spike sighed,he felt like an insensitive wanker.Sure his Dad had died when he was young and he could barely remember him, but his mothers death wasn't that long ago. Couldn't he see in Buffy what his own pain had been like? He should have known. "Sorry ,I shouldn't have asked . Let's get you back ,yeah?"
"No , it's okay, I don't think I can handle seeing anyone right now,but you go if you want"
"Mind if I don't, you look as though you could do with the company"

Buffy let out a strangled laugh , "That is probably the one thing I don't need" she paused "I can be alone with you here"
"Thanks ever so"
Their eyes met again and Spike turned his head to look out of the window. The silence between them was wrought with a tension neither could ignore.Buffy slid down the wall and sat with her knee's bent , ams hugging them to her chest.

"I'd just come home from cheer leading practice and had walked into the lounge.A tall man stood holding my Father by the throat and my Mum was on the floor at his feet.I ran in and screamed while I tried to hit him and get him to let him go .My Dad told me to run, to get out, but I froze.The man looked out me, this look of ... I don't know... he had this look of absolute rage on his face ,yet his eyes were laughing.He saw me and dropped my Father. The man grabbed me and pulled me to his chest ,I struggled to get away ,but he held me too tight.I felt his body rub against me and he licked my face.

Flashback.

"She's a cute one Hank, how does it feel to know that she'll be mine once your dead? Hmm, she's young ,beautiful ,bet she'll be a gold mine once I put her to work.Think she'll be thinking of you when I'm putting it to her?"
Buffy struggled to get out of his hold, but it was useless.Angel laughed at her attempts and bent his head to her ear "Keep this up and I'll get an erection.You ever been fucked before little girl? "
Buffy stilled and stared at her parents,their faces full of fear and loathing for the man holding their daughter.Joyce reached out "Don't , don't you touch her.Leave her out of this.If you must do that, then let it be me"

Again, Angel laughed "Why would I want you? You're used up...Your daughter is fresh, never even been kissed I bet." he ground his hardness into her ass as he raised a gun "Now, do I need to remind you of the rules?" . Joyce and Hank shook their heads, their eyes full of tears. "Good ".

Angel tossed Buffy onto the couch and stalked towards her .He opened his fly and knelt before her,pulling off her cheerleader panties.He glanced over his shoulder and smirked before grabbing Buffys hair and pulled her up to his lips for a brutal kiss. He looked into her eyes and smiled around her lips,enjoying the pain he was causing them all.He felt her arms push against his chest and pulled back."You make this harder than it has to be and I'll shoot your Dad, do you want that?"

Buffys eyes filled with fresh tears and she shook her head.The pressure from her hand eased and he smiled at her. "Good girl" Angel rubbed her with his hard cold hands and found her to be wet enough.Without warning he pushed his swollen cock inside her.Buffy screamed at the invasion and brought her legs up to force him back .Her cries of pain echoed through the house and Hank could stand it no longer.He got up and raced at Angel , bowling him over .He landed beside him and knelt up,swinging a punch at Angels face. As the momentum carried him over Angels body a shot rang out.Buffy and Joyce screamed as they watched Hank fall to the side ,clutching his chest. Blood soaked his shirt and pooled under him.His eyes were glassy and stared at his wife.His last breath rattled in his chest and gargled from his throat .Buffy ran to her Mothers side and tried to pry the stricken woman from the floor.Angel pushed Hank with the toe of his boots before turning his attention to Buffy and Joyce.

"See, now I have a problem," he pointed to Hank . "He, used my girls and never paid, he took my drugs ,and never paid, and he gambled using the same sorry excuses ,running up a huge tab.Well ,now I won't get that money ,will I? The bastards dead and got a debt as long as your arm.So , what do you suggest we do about that then ladies?"
Joyce stood, holding Buffy to her side protectively "The house, take the house ,just give me a few days to move out, find somewhere for us to stay" Angel shook his head.
"Not gonna even touch it , the debt, it's more than this shit hole is worth." he advanced on Joyce ,holding the gun up .She felt the hot metal against he temple and swallowed hard. Her eyes screwed firmly shut as he breathed out hard and she felt it on her face.

Buffy set her lips firm and gathered as much courage as she could.She raised her leg as fast as she could ,then watched as he fell to the floor clutching his manhood and coughing. Buffy reached for Joyce's hand and tried to pull her from the lounge and towards the front door. Another shot rang out and Buffy felt Joyce fall away from her.She turned to see Joyce kneel ,holding her hand to her neck.Buffy crouched down and begged for her Mum to get up, to run.

"No Buffy , go hide , you know where, go now before he gets back up and comes after you. I love you baby , go , please" she implored. Buffy glanced to where Angel had been kneeling and saw that he had started to recover enough to get to his feet.He staggered , then turned towards the lounge doors.

"I love you too Mommy ,I'll be back when the police get here" Buffy kissed Joyce on the forehead and ran upstairs.She ran as fast as she could and turned once she reached the top of the stairwell.A shot went off and narrowly missed her.Buffy screamed out and ran down the hall to her room.Once inside she locked the door and backed away from it.Another shot ,this time it splintered the wood of the door, weakening the lock. Angel pounded against the door, each time the door weakened a little more.

"When I get in there I'm going to finish what we started downstairs .I'm gonna enjoy fucking that virgin pussy ,gonna make you mine little girl, mark you as such.No-one else is going to want it by the time I'm through with you"

Buffy shrank further into her room, she looked over to the wall opoosite and ran for it.She hit a panel and it opened.She ducked inside and pushed it shut.She could hear his muffled rant ,but couldn't make out what he was saying ,she thanked god for that much at least. Finally ,she heard the door give way and splinter off it's hinges.

Mentally ,Buffy repeated 'oh god' , her eyes screwed tightly shut. Muffled and getting louder, Buffy heard sirens.The police. Were they coming to her house? Had a neighbor or passer by heard the shots and called? Buffy prayed they had and that the bastard that had killed her Father ,would be caught and that she would be safe. The sirens seemed so loud now that they must have been outside her house now.Buffy could only pray that they would be able to save her Mom.

Present.

Spike sat close to Buffy, his arm around her shoulder.No wonder she was so depressed and hiding herself .He pulled her closer to him as she wept.He stroked her blond hair from her face and comforted her .Neither of them noticed how dark it was getting as they held each other.

Elisabeth growled low in her throat.The new girl was really causing her trouble.The couple had rang to say that they had made their choice and that they would try and rush the foster order through as fast as they could and that hoped the girl would be ready to go as soon as they heard.Elisabeth had tried to sway them to take one of the other girls, as Buffy had been less than co-operative and that she could see Buffy becoming even more so.She neglected to tell them that she was missing and could have ran away.Her thoughts weren't helped by the fact that Spike was missing too. His track record for running away was long, had he convinced her to go with him?
Elisabeth rolled her eyes .What was she worried about.Spike was always caught after only a few days and with Buffy in tow, he'd be slower . She doubted that Buffy would sleep rough.This girl was used to luxury, not dirt and the harshness of living rough. The police would probably pick them up later that night. She sunk into her office chair ,it creaked from her weight and Elisabeth smiled.Soon.