Two days till Christmas

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Two days till Christmas Chapter 7

“Ok…so what does it mean?” She asked.

“The key…is to my heart. To me. I love you Buffy. I am in love with you…” He swallowed nervously. “And the stake…I had made especially for you, figured you’d want a memento of dusting my ass when I made the confession that I was in love with you…” He dared a glance in her direction.

She was staring wide eyed at him. Her mouth was hanging open. Buffy was in total shock.

“Buffy?…You gonna say anything Luv?” Spike asked glancing at her.

“Is that why you…when he…why you were outside?” She demanded harshly. “Were you sitting outside my window?”

“I was watchin’ you sleep is all. Buffy…” Spike said softly. “I ... love you. You're all I bloody think about. Dream about. You're in my gut ... my throat ... I'm drowning in you, Summers, I'm drowning in you.”

Buffy gasped. “Spike…I don’t know what to say…but I do know I want to be around you all the time and I like your arms around me…I’m willing to give this a shot…I’m in love with you too.”

Spike was at her side instantly and wrapped his arms around her pulling her close and inhaling her heady scent. “Do you mean it? Buffy please tell me I’m not dreaming…”

Buffy could hear the emotion in his voice. “Spike…I mean it. More than any words I’ve ever spoken to you before. I want to try…”

Spike whooped for joy and picked Buffy up twirling her about the room. Buffy giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck. Spike sat down on the bed and pulled her closer in his lap.

Buffy leaned her head on his shoulder as her giggles subsided. Buffy lifted her head and looked into his eyes. They were drawing her in. She watched, fascinated as his tongue darted out and licked across his bottom lip.

Before Spike knew what was happening Buffy leaned in and kissed him softly. Spike instinctively pulled her closer and rubbed her back gently. She broke the kiss and pulled back to look into his eyesow.”ow.”

She leaned in and kissed him again hungrily. Spike let his fingslidslide down her back coming to rest on the hem of her shirt. He gently let his fingers graze the soft skin of her back that was now exposed to his fingers. Buffy pulled him closer and deepened the kiss, letting her warm tongue explore his cool mouth.

Spike reached around her to cup one of her breasts in his hand.

~*~*~ Riley touching her with cold hands. Calling her a bitch, whore. Hurting her. NO! STOP PLEASE STOP!!! ~*~*~

“Stop…Spike…” She pulled back from the kiss. Spike looked searchingly into her eyes.

“Sorry Luv. Too much touching…” Spike withdrew his hand from her shirt and let it rest gently on her back once again. “I’m sorry Buffy. I’m such a git sometimes.” He closed his eyes, turning his head from her.

“No. Spike it’s not your fault…it was…I just had a flashback…it just means we have to move slower…can you do that?” She whispered.

“I can do anything you ask of me Luv. I’d be celibate for the rest of my unlife if you asked.” Spike looked into her eyes and she could see the sincerity reflected back at her.

“Well…I wouldn’t go that far…Just need to slow down for a little while…” Buffy sighed resting her head on his shoulder.
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Riley sighed again. Maggie was right. It wasn’t the time to go after Buffy. But that didn’t mean he couldn’t hunt. On the contrary, he had an advantage. None of his friends knew he was dead.

He waited until the next evening to try out his new tactics.
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They spent the next day and a half in bed together only leaving to quickly eat. They talked and held each other, really getting to know one another’s deepest thoughts and desires.

They talked about Spike’s past and how much he had changed. They talked about Buffy having pushed him away and the reasons behind it. She was scared to let herself love him. Terrified. She didn’t want to admit that he really had changed, cause what if she did and one day had to kill him? Or send him to hell? Would she do it? Hell yeah. Slayer. It is the job description, rid the world of evil demons. But it would destroy her. Because she did love him. And now suddenly something was giving her the courage to try.

“So now what?”
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“Mom, Giles…I… we need to talk to you.” Buffy said. She glanced shyly from one of them to the other.

“What’s wrong?” Joyce asked clutching Rupert’s hand tighter.

“Nothing’s wrong. I just have something to tell you.”

“Is it Dawn?” Joyce asked turning her frightened eyes to her daughter. Giles wrapped his arm around her pulling her closer to his body.

“No…no it’s good news. I am in love with Spike.”

Her announcement was met by silence. “Did you hear me?” She asked. “I said I’m in love with Spike, and he’s in love with me.”

“A soulless Demon again Buffy?” Giles questioned harshly.

“Rupert!” Joyce scolded pulling away from him.

“Joyce honestly…the only thing keeping him from…”

“Don’t you Dare Giles… Do you know how rare it is for any normal living breathing human to make as many profound choices and life changing decisions as Spike has? He did it for me. Because he is in love with me. How can I not want him in my life in every capacity I can get? He watches my back, and is strong enough to help me train, He knows what I am, I kill his kind. And he is so much in love with me he turned his back on the only life he’s known in over a hundred years to be a better man…so that maybe possibly I could love him back. I do. I love him.” She glanced questioningly at them awaiting their reply and clinging almost painfully to Spike’s hand.

Spike just stood there gazing lovingly at her.

“I’m glad you have found someone who loves you that much Buffy. Welcome to the family Spike.” Joyce said softly embracing the couple.

Giles closed his eyes and sighed. He stood up from his stool and moved stiffly towards them. “I am truly sorry for my reaction. It’s ingrained in me. The council…Spike. I have seen you change and it is beyond explanation, I have seen you save lives of innocents, I have seen the evidence of your love. The Council be damned I think you are good for Buffy.”
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“Hey Graham.”

“Hey Ri…long time no see man. How was your Christmas?”

“Great. I’m hungry.”

“Me too man, let’s head over to…” His words were cut off as Riley grabbed him and pulled him closer, sinking his fangs into his friend and draining him dry.

Riley smiled evilly. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand cleaning himself quickly. “Not so hungry anymore. Now I want to play.” He said to himself making his way out into the night.

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“Slayer. Let’s bloody go already…” Spike growled. He was impatient to get out there and get a spot of violence before he was forced to hang out with the whelp.

“Ok…ok I’m coming.” She said quickly pulling on her boots. They were getting ready to patrol and then heading to the bronze. “Sheesh. I was just getting ready.”

“You expect to patrol in that outfit?” He scoffed.

“Well…yeah I was hoping that it would be kinda slow…I wanted to look extra special since it’s our first official date as a couple.” Buffy smiled sweetly at him.

Suddenly her looking all sexy and dressed up in a skirt and blouse with high healed boots wasn’t such a bad thing. Spike would get all of the violence and she would get to walk in there sexy as hell and rub up against him. He grabbed her hand and they were out the door.
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“Hey.” She smiled at him, leaning a little closer and brushing softly against his arm. The crowd of people in the club giving her an excuse to stand closer.

“Hey yourself.” He smiled back. Music filled the room from the band onstage.

“I heard you and Buffy broke up. Want to get out of here?” She said suggestively running her fingertips down his arm.

“Yeah…do you have someplace we can go?” Riley asked.

“I have a house.” Harmony answered.
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“He’s in there…scent’s a bit off…” They were standing outside the bronze.

“Are you sure?”

“Vampire Luv…I can smell him…”

“Well…I’m going to have to face him sometime…may as well be now. And if he gets to close to me I’ll just kick his ass. Again.”

“So brave Kitten.” He leaned in and kissed her softly. “Mmmm Buffy you taste so good.” He whispered softly against her lips.

“So do you…” She whispered back. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled herself closer to his body.
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Harmony grabbed Riley’s hand and pulled him out the back door.

“How far is it?”

“Five minutes.”

“Hurry.”
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“Buffy took a deep breasquesqueezing Spike’s hand she pushed open the doors and stepped inside.
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