Chapter 8
Bribing you with ice cream
Buffy could do nothing to stop it; She saw Jenny reaching for Cordy’s bedroom door as she stepped out of the bathroom. She moved fast in hopes of catching Jenny before she could enter the room but when the door flew open and Jenny came to a abrupt halt she knew it was too late.
Sighing, she moved closer to look into the room seeing Cordy and Xander just pulling apart from a passionate kiss. She felt guilt flood through her; she had promised to keep an eye out so they could have some time alone but she had desperately needed to go to the bathroom. She had only been gone a moment but it seemed a moment was long enough.
She watched Xander stand about to offer what Buffy assumed would be an explanation but Jenny raising her hand stopped him.
“Rupert could you come here please,” Jenny called out, “Buffy dear could you please keep William distracted, I would rather he didn’t find out this way.” Buffy nodded numbly looking over at Cordy.
“I’m sorry,” she whispered to her, Cordelia smiled softly understanding. She could tell that Cordy didn’t blame her but it didn’t help to ease her guilt. Moving down the stairs Giles passed her on his way up; Buffy wasn’t paying attention when she almost ran right into Spike’s firm chest.
“What’s going on up there?” he asked confused. She turned looking up the stairs sighing, turning back to face him, putting on her biggest fakest smile she did the only thing she could do, She lied.
“Nothing, just Xander playing a practical joke on your mom,” she laughed, Spike sighed Buffy guessed Xander was a practical joker from way back by the look on his face.
“I better go save him from my mother’s wrath,” he said attempting to move past her.
“Your mom has it covered. Cordy was telling me about this awesome ice cream place that just opened up a few blocks from here and I have a wicked craving, you wanna come, my treat,” she put on the sweetest smile she could muster but she could still see the uncertainty in his eyes.
“Buffy I…” she quickly cut him off, “Just as friends, we’re meant to be starting over right, so what’s a better way to get to know each other than a chat over ice cream.”
“Okay fine but I’m buying.”
“I guess I can live with that,” she smiled in relief, as well as excitement, it was just a chat over ice cream but it was also time… time alone with him.
“I’ll just let mom know we’re going out,” he said walking up the stairs; fear gripped her as she chased him and gripped his arm.
“I’ve got it, Jenny, Giles, William and I are going out for ice cream, be back soon,” she yelled up the stairs.
“Okay have fun kids,” Jenny called back, Buffy smiled at him but Spike looked slightly confused. She was acting strange, jumpy even. Watching her grab her coat and open the door Spike decided to let it go, grabbing his coat and following her out the door.
Buffy and Spike had, had a blast, the afternoon had started out with just a simple chat over ice cream. They had talked about everything: family, friends, school, Cordy and of course past loves. They had then driven to Spike’s favorite spot, Sunnydale lookout.
The sun was just starting to go down and Buffy realized as she stepped out of Spike’s car just how beautiful Sunnydale truly was.
“Wow it’s beautiful here, how did you find out about this place?” she asked as they stood looking out over the town.
“I use to bring Drusilla here,” they had briefly talked about Dru; he didn’t say much, just that he had loved her and she had left him for someone else.
“I’m surprised you’ve never been here luv.”
“I have, we were parked over there in the shrubs,” she said pointing at a small clearing in the bushes, “I didn’t recognize it at first, didn’t really get to see this part of it”
“We? As in you and a guy?”
“Angel O’Connor, we dated for a little over three months when he brought me here after the spring dance. I thought I loved him and he loved me,” taking a deep breath she continued, “I was wrong.”
“About him or you?”
“Both,” she whispered, he knew he shouldn’t pry but every part of him was itching to know.
“What Happened?”
“We slept together in the back seat of his car; I thought he loved me. It was the first time I had sex; after that he started avoiding me, acting strange and then about a week or so later the rumors started,” she whispered.
“Rumors?”
“That the only reason he had asked me out was because his stupid jock friends had bet him that he couldn’t bed me, sweet, virginal, innocent, Elizabeth Summers. I confronted him and it turned out to be all true and he dumped me,” she sighed. He couldn’t help but feel bad for her. He would like to rip this Angel’s head off, instead he placed a supportive hand on her shoulder.
“I’m sorry luv, I’m sorry you had to go through that,” she smiled softly at his words.
“It’s okay, it was six months ago but I’m over it. If it wasn’t for Cordy I don’t think I would have gotten through it though,” she whispered.
“What do you mean?” he asked confused.
“Angel is the star quarter back. Mr. Popularity; all the guys wanted to be him and all the girls wanted him and most of all no one was game enough to put him in his place, except Cordy. It drove him crazy she was the only one who turned him down.
“She told him the only chance he would have with her was if she was unconscious,” Buffy began to laugh and Spike joined in, “she wouldn’t let him put me down and when she heard him telling his friends that I was bad in bed and not worth a second go, she broke his nose,” Buffy smiled at the memory. Spike gasped in shock, his little baby sister had broken a full grown man’s nose?
“You’re kidding when was this?”
“Around six months ago.”
“Why didn’t my parents tell me about this?”
“Well she didn’t get into heaps of trouble. You see when she heard him say that stuff about me she went up to him and pulled him aside and told him if he didn’t shut his mouth about me and stop spreading lies she would tell the entire cheerleading squad how small him dick was,” Buffy laughed out loud.
“She went to walk off and he grabbed her on the arm hard enough to bruise her, she warned him to let go but he wouldn’t so she punched him in the nose, breaking it. One of the teaches had seen the whole thing and stood up for her to Principle Snyder, she ended up with a week worth of detention,” Spike smiled, proud Cordy could defiantly take care of herself.
“She’s a good friend, I owe her a lot, if it wasn’t for her the rumors might never have stopped. I was so embarrassed,” she whispered looking down at her feet, he placed a finger under her chin forcing her to look at him.
“This Angel is a git! And he’s wrong luv, you are amazing, wonderful, and beautiful, caring person who deserves more than some wanker who can’t see what he has.And I can tell you for a fact that you are amazing in bed; had me dreaming about it for weeks afterwards,” she blushed at this but she couldn’t help but wonder if she was so great then why didn’t he want her anymore?
Maybe Angel was right, maybe she wasn’t worth a second go.
“So does that make you a git too?” she smiled trying to keep it light.
“Maybe,” he whispered, he wanted her, god he wanted her so bad, she smiled softly at him as he looked up into her eyes, she could see him moving closer to her, only moments now and his lips would be on hers.
Her heart was pounding in her ears, she had been hoping, praying that he would see her this way again. His lips brushed softly on hers, so softly they felt like feathers but the ringing of her mobile phone must have halted him and he abruptly pulled back, moving away from her as she answered it, running his hands through his hair he sighed.
“To close” he thought, he had let himself get too close to her again. He didn’t know if he could do this, make it through the Christmas break with her, without touching her. Maybe he should just head back to L.A; no his parents wouldn’t let him, he hadn’t spent a Christmas with them in four years and he wanted to spend time with them too.
“Suck it up mate” he told himself, he just needed to keep his distance from her and everything would be fine. He turned to face her when he heard the mobile phone click close.
“It was Cordy she wants me to go shopping with her,” Buffy smiled nervously, should she mention the almost kiss?
“Right I’ll drive you home,” he said sounding almost annoyed, quickly hopping into his car and revving the engine “Guess not” she thought slipping into the passenger seat, starring out the car window silently the rest of the way home.
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