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Chapter Nine


Spike carried the exhausted Slayer up to her room and tucked her into her bed. She looked so peaceful , her hair fanned across the pillow and a smile on her lips. God he needed to get past this crush.
Buffy was friendly and she would reach for his hand if she was close by , or if she was worried , or scared, or laughing . They had even hugged on occasions, friendly hugs, nothing more. The night at the Bronze was the one night that she had made him feel that there could be something more , but she was drunk, so he didn't take it to literal.

He laid on the bed in the spare room and listened to her heart beat. He closed his eyes and fell asleep , her heart beat was his lullaby.

Riley had been briefed and was sent out alone to do some recon work. The outskirts of town were rarely patrolled as demons focused on the more populated area's of town.

The creepy looking mansion looked empty and on closer inspection, Riley found that it was indeed empty.
'Who would have a place like this and not live here?' he thought to himself 'I'll check out our records when I get back to base' .
No HST's within it's vicinity, he moved on.
The large house gave him the shivers, there was something about it that was just plain wrong. The light that came from it was dull, obviously candle light. Either some young lovers had found the derelict building and were having a nice time or it was demons, possible vampires. If that was the case, Riley would scope the place, find out how many, and then report back to base.The problem with Riley was that he also had a bad case of the big heads. He thought he was invincible. That was mainly down to the drugs and hormones that the Initiative fed their men.

Cautiously, Riley made his way to the back of the building and found a sash window that was ajar and he climbed in.

Harmony was upstairs trying to sleep but finding it hard. No-one warned her that going from human blood to pigs blood was likened to a drug addict coming off cocaine , she was going cold turkey. She hated Buffy and Spike a little more than usual . Her delirium was interrupted by a noise downstairs.
She dragged herself off the bed and she stood at the top of the stairs. Not exactly mensa material, Harmony shouted down to the intruder.
"Hey whoever you are, I'm not scared of you , you know.I'm a black belt in some Chinese martial art or something and I can so kick your ass"
Riley froze. One girl alone, maybe she has run away from home or something?
"I can still hear you down there, I'll count to ten and you better be gone"

Harmony stumbled down the stairs and landed at Riley's feet.

Riley knelt down to help Harmony up "Are you all right Miss?"
"Fine" she snapped " How would you feel if you fell down the stairs" she looked up and saw who it was.It was Him.
"Here let me help you up" He got her onto the couch that had been left and looked at her foot."This looks broken, let me take you to the hospital"
"No, it's okay really, it's probably just badly bruised or something and I heal quickly, really quickly"
Alarm bells rang in Riley's head, her admission that she healed quickly, she was cold and she was pale and he was sure that he could see a bite scar on her neck.Yet she was beautiful and brave. She was not unlike Buffy, maybe less intelligent but who cared about that so long as she didn't ramble on when you were with friends or making love.
"Why aren't you scared of me?" she asked
"Should I be?" he gave a questioning look
"Well yeah, I'm a vampire"
"Let me give you some advice , don't go bragging that around Sunnydale" he warned
"Why not? It's the hell mouth, if you can't brag about it here where can you?"
Riley laughed "Listen Miss , there are guys out there that are capturing vampires and running all kinds of nasty tests on them, do you want to be one of the test subjects?"
"No" she sat deep in thought " Are you one of them and hey! did you put that chip in my Spikeys head?"
"Yeah we did, it's kind of what we do"
"Are you going to do that to me.?"
"No, I think I like you just the way you are"

Riley smiled at her and patted her hand , it seemed to put Harmony at ease .They talked and he fell asleep with his head in her lap.When he woke up Harmony was asleep with game face on , he questioned his loyalty to his cause and decided that he could have both. He left her asleep and crept out, his shift at the Initiative was due to start and he could grab a shower before he started.
He smiled as he recalled her face as she told stories of going to school here and how animated she had been . She had a bubbly personality and she was attractive, her figure was also a plus.
He was aroused by her and was about to relieve himself , in his haze he didn't hear the door open

"Hey Finn, you in here, clocks ticking mate, we're moving out in ten"

Riley jumped and almost fell on his ass, his erection forgotten as the door swung shut.


Spike had never been this suckered before. Buffy had somehow managed to persuade him to take her to see a play. He hadn't seen a play in.... well forever . It had always been Darla and Angelus' thing and he'd been dragged along to keep Dru quiet. As far as he was concerned it was a load of bollocks. Like anyone talked like that any more and where the hell was the violence? Only thing he didn't complain about was the fag and alcohol breaks. Not that he complained to her, nope the cursing and moaning was all in his head, after all , it wouldn't bode well to piss off the Slayer.

The university had a lot to answer for, it seemed that Buffy was going through a culture phase, and she was dragging him kicking and screaming along with her. He was a bloody vampire, what did he need culture for?

Finally the curtain fell and the boring tripe was over. He breathed a sigh of relief and led Buffy out of the theatre. He lit up a fag and blew out hard. The tension in his shoulders began to ache and he needed to vent. So, he walked her home, such as a gent would, and kissed her hand , told her he would see her at sundown tomorrow and left her , stood on the front deck, gob smacked.

Buffy enjoyed his company. If she was honest she was bored beyond belief by the play , but he seemed to enjoy it.
'Must have been the Victorian in him coming out' she thought. Still, she had expected him to want his usual cup of hot chocolate and those mini marshmallows he loved, she did not expect him to kiss her hand and leave her .It was almost like they were courting back in his day. She looked up at the stars and sighed . As if!

She went to her room and got changed ready for a late night patrol. She needed to go and at least get in one good fight so she could sleep. The night had left her frustrated through boredom. She climbed out of her window and ran off towards Wakefield cemetery. Restfield was pretty much covered since Spike lived there.

Spike had toured Restfield and there was no action, which made his fury worse, so he made his way to the next one along, Wakefield, smaller but still managed it's fair share of demon activity.

The blood curdling scream alerted Spike and he took off at a fast pace.
The blood curdling scream alerted Buffy and she took off at a fast pace.

"You?"
"You?"
"What are you doing here ?" they said at the same time
They smiled and sniggered

Just behind them the vampire had his meal in a choke hold , but watched as Spike and the Slayer faced each other.
"Couldn't settle so I wanted to get a bit of demon slaughter in, it's good for the soul you know" he joked with a wink
"Hmmm , so" she replied "Wha' you doin' 'ere princess?"
"Same really, although I thought you had Restfield covered?"

The vamp behind them stood listening, his meal struggling against the death grip on is neck.The vamp rolled his eyes at the two stood before him and figured the Slayer was too preoccupied to notice if he just had a nibble, she couldn't be that bad if she was involved with William the Bloody. He bought his fangs down and was about to break the skin .....

UH UH UH!I wouldn't if you don't want to be dust, let him go"

The vamp stared at Buffy and released his grip, her attention was now on him.
"Could you be any more Bon Jovi... tut you scream eighties , you can't be more of a fledge though, otherwise you would have the cells to go some place that's not here"

Before he could answer Buffy threw a stake casually and it hit home, sending the trashy vamp to the grass, dusted.

"Really don't they have any vamp stylists or something"

Spike shook his head, this girl was something else.

"So, now you done me outta my spot of violence what am I to do? he smirked, tongue over teeth.

She rolled her eyes "Walk me home, I'll make you some chocolate." her smile was mischievous and he couldn't resist, bloody demon wouldn't let him, poncy git that it was.

They came across another vamp, which Buffy let him dust, because he needed to, she could feel the tension in him.It felt like static electricity rolling off of him.

Joyce was still up when they came home and Buffy looked guilty as soon as they walked in and saw her.

"I thought you were in bed already?"
"I.. uh... heard a scream and went out the window to get the uh vamp" she looked down knowing her Mum would know a lie when she heard one.
"So I can see, but did you have to bring it home with you?" Joyce winked at Spike and went into the kitchen"I guess you both will want some cocoa then"

Harmony waited patiently , Riley had said that he would come by and bring her some blood over from the resources at the Initiative and it would definitely be human. Just because the Slayer had said she couldn't bite and that she should live off bagged blood, didn't mean it couldn't be human bagged blood. Who was she harming by doing that?

Riley made it after his shift and had given her the blood straight away. She shifted to game face and growled as she drank the rich blood . Riley had been shocked but actually found her demon to be quite attractive. To his shock, he actually started to wonder how it would feel to have this girl bite him whilst he was making love to her.
Snapped out of it by the sound of slurping, he stared and grimaced as her blood coated tongue licked at her lips.

Harmony bounced around and sang, not that she had a good voice, he really had to find a way to shut her up.She stopped abruptly and looked round at him and growled, she leapt across the room at him and kissed him hard. Her fangs sliced into his lips and she lapped at the droplets of blood that rose . Riley felt extremely turned on and scared shitless at the same time.Harmony tore at his clothes and had his army issued sweater off within seconds. She broke away from the kiss and gave his torso the once over, he felt it must have been acceptable as she started kissing her way down his body, stopping at the waistband of his combats,she pulled hard on the belt and the thick leather snapped like it was cotton, having removed that she gave one hard tug and his combats were gone. Harmony giggled at his white Y fronts and tore then from his body.

"Don't ever wear those again" she demanded.

Riley simply nodded.


Harmony glanced down and her mouth twisted into an evil grin. He wasn't the largest man , but she could work it. Maybe with a little work she could get him to use it to it's full potential. She licked her lips and looked up at Riley. He really needed to have the farm whipped out of him she thought.

Riley had never had a blow job like it, she used blunt teeth , sharp teeth , hard sucks and soft licks, he couldn't control himself any longer.

Harmony came up, grimacing and a pout formed

"You really are the worst ever, it's so not fair!"

Riley bolted upright and his mouth dropped to the floorboards. How could she say such a thing? The girls back home were impressed by his size and his stamina. It wasn't his fault that she had worked him up to the point were he couldn't take any more!

Harmony grinned with evil intent, she hopped of the bed and went to the bedside cabinet, reaching in, she grasped what she was after. She hid them behind her and made her way back up the bed.

"I'm going to teach you to be better baby" she smiled and it wasn't one that made you think happy thoughts.

She cuffed him to the bed and then made her way back down to his groin. she placed a cock ring on him and giggled as the member swelled again.

"I'll show you how good it can feel"

Riley gulped.


His screams of passion and pain rang out into the night, but nobody heard or took any notice.

Spike stood on the back porch , leaning against the railing, his hands clasped in front of him, his fag clutched in between his fingers. The smoke rose and was carried away on the gentle breeze, he watched as each wisp slowly bled into the air around it until it disappeared altogether.He was stood out here having a fag and figuring out a way to tell Buffy that he had to go away for a while, so that he could sort out his feelings and his head. He was so confused. His demon was crying out for her, to take her as his and to never let her go. The man in him wanted her too, that was true, but he couldn't let her touch his darkness, couldn't keep her in the darkness with him. Buffy was a warrior for good and was like the sun itself. Sometimes he thought she would burn him .

"Hey you"
" 'Ello luv, can't you sleep?"
"Nope, why are you out here, I know creature of the night and all that but I thought you would be asleep by now. Not long now and the sun will be rising"
He looked up at the horizon and saw the sky had lightened "Not long pet"

Inside he was wishing that he could stay here and watch it rise, with his arms wrapped around her.

"Buffy, luv"
"Hmm"
"I'm going away for a bit, jus' to get myself sorted"
"Oh.. how long for?"

He hated that tone in her voice, like she would break she was so fragile.

"No idea, I'll come back , always do, can' seem to stay away for long"

She wanted to scream out , shake him, kiss and hug him and tell him not to go. She wanted to tell him that she had fallen for him and that she needed him.But she couldn't, and he was leaving her, like they all did.

Spike could hear her heart beat faster and he could smell her tears before they even formed in her eyes. He closed his eyes and hung his head, this was harder than walking away from Dru .

"Spike ?"

He looked up at her, her eyes were glassy , threatening to spill a torrent of tears down her cheeks and her voice was raspy. He felt it then, knew that she felt the same way, that she was scared that he wouldn't come back.

"Luv?"
"Hold me"

He turned his back on the horizon and held her tight to him, he breathed in her scent , took into his memory how she felt in his arms and every angle and slope of her face and every freckle on her bared shoulders. Buffy stared into his ice blue eyes and wanted to drown in them.
Neither of them took any notice of the smoke that slowly rose from his back.

He let her go and she turned away so that she could wipe her tears away, not wanting to show him and cause him more hurt. Buffy looked over her shoulder and he had gone.She whispered on the breeze, hoping he'd still hear her.
"I love you Spike"