For The Love Of Spike

Chapter Eight
Buffy walked into the Magic Box, when she talked to Giles last night they had agreed to meet here, she still couldn’t believe everything that happened the night before. Angel was back and he didn’t come back for her, he came back for Spike of all people, and he was acting so strangely too. Like Angelus only without the insane want to end the world attitude. All that was missing from this three ring circus was Drusilla and Darla.
“Hey, Buffy.” Willow said to her and she snapped out of her musings at looked at the one person she should be able to talk to about anything, and nothing, still that same resentment that she felt since she punched her way out of her coffin and discovered that she was the one responsible for her being back here. Throwing her world into a tail spin so much so that she was forced to sleep with evil to feel anything but the coldness that has been invading her every waking moment.
“Willow. Is Giles here yet?” She asked, and the smile faded from Willow’s face and she nodded.
“Yeah, he’s in the training room.” Buffy said nothing more just walked over to the door, opening it she walked in, leaving behind a hurt Willow.
Giles looked up from the book he was reading and sighed, Buffy has changed so much, he thought to himself, she cares so little about the things that go on around her, where she used to take charge now she just sets back and let’s someone else take over.
“Hey, Giles.” He nodded at her, and continued with his musings , when Xander had called last night and told him what was going on and that Buffy went right into action, he had such great hopes that she gotten over whatever it was that bothering her only to have them all come crashing down after talking to her last night.
“Giles, are you listening to me?” Buffy’s impatiently said.
“Oh, what? I’m sorry, Buffy. I didn’t hear you.”
“I said do you think that Angel lost his soul?” Giles sighed and took of his glasses, cleaning them.
“I really don’t know, Buffy. I wasn’t here last night. How was he acting?”
Buffy got a frown on her face and responded.
“He was all, tell me where Spike lives, and he got all grrr a couple of times.”
Giles looked thoughtful for a minute and then he said.
“Perhaps we should call Cordelia because after all she does work with him and she would know if he has been acting strangely or not-“
“Yes, why don’t you do that, Giles? There’s something I forgot to do.”
Giles watched helplessly as Buffy yet again left in the middle of something that she as the slayer should be worried about.

Buffy walked thru the cemetery her anger building with each step, Spike has had to tell Angel about them, that’s the only reason he could possibly be treating her this way. And she was going to find out exactly what it was he told him. She kicked open the door and walked in to see Spike sitting on the chair watching TV saying nothing she walked over and grabbed him up and threw him against the wall.
“Wow, Luv and you’re not even invisible-“He started only to fade off when she punched him in the nose. “Bloody hell always the nose.”

“Save it, Spike. What did you tell him?” She asked him and when he just looked at her not answering she punched him again. “What lies have you told Angel? Huh Spikie, what little lies did you make up?”
Spike looked at her and wondered how he ever could’ve thought she would love him. He let her continue to beat on him on raising a hand to defend himself just fading off into the world that he was fast finding to be were he was spending all of his time lately. It didn’t register at first that the pounding had stopped; he looked up to find Angel fighting with Buffy.