Summer Vacation: Chapter Four

 

Showered With Love

 

By Sailor Lum

 

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Disclaimer: The characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. Same goes for any characters from Angel that should appear. Any other characters are mine and may be used for other fanfic (Just note that they’re mine if you use them.) 

 

Content rating note: This fic is rated NC-17 for Spuffy hijinks.

 

Continuity note: This story takes place after “Snow Bunnies”, which takes place after the seventh season of Buffy assuming that the apocalypse is averted and all the Scoobies live. Giles has gone back to England (with any Slayers in training that survived) and Anya has decided not to go along. The story also assumes that Cordelia and Angel are dating by this time or, are at least on fairly friendly terms and acknowledge feelings for one another. The last episode I saw before starting this series was “Showtime” for Buffy and “Spin the Bottle” for Angel, so anything that occurs after may or may not apply to this series.

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1

 

Spike woke up to the sound of running water and the Slayer’s singing. He sat up in bed and inhaled the scents of Buffy’s shampoo, soap, and skin wafting out from under the closed door of the bathroom. He smiled and then opened his eyes and looked around. No Scoobies.

 

Now, where’d those buggers run off to? he wondered. Not that I mind.

 

He swung his legs over the side of the bed, stretched, and was about to make his way over to the bathroom door, when he spied a note on the end table.

 

Went down for breakfast and thought we’d let you sleep in, since you don’t really need food anyway and had a hard night yesterday.

 

-Dawn

(And Willow and Xander and maybe Buffy if she’s out of the shower by the time you read this).

 

Spike smiled slyly, set the note back down and continued to make his way to the bathroom. There was no guarantee she would let him in, but it would have been impossible to even ask if the others were milling about.

 

When he got to the door he just stood there for a moment. His Buffy was behind there, happy and singing. His and happy. Bloody soul’s worth all the trouble if it makes this possible, he thought. Hear that Sparky? Glad to have you aboard regardless, but this is what I got you for.

 

Behind the door, Buffy was rinsing her hair as she hummed her song. Despite the incident with Drusilla yesterday, Buffy was in a good mood. She was bound and determined to keep her end-of-apocalypse resolution - Let go and have fun when you can. Because all work and no play makes Buffy all dead inside. And that just sucks.

 

Then Buffy saw a big marquee in her head that said ‘How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Vampire,’ followed by an image of her riding Spike and waving a big cowboy hat. Buffy giggled to herself as she bent down and dipped her head in the spray of water, her fingers working at her hair to get all the shampoo out.

 

Then, as she stepped out of the spray, her Slayer sense began to tingle. Vampire. Vampire outside the door. She smiled. My vampire.

 

Before he could even knock, Spike heard Buffy say, “Spike? Do you want to come in?”

 

Spike was taken aback a moment, then laughed. “How’d you know it was me, Goldilocks?”

 

“Hello~ Slayer, remember?”

 

“How could I forget?” he chuckled as he attempted to open the door…which was locked. Not that he couldn’t bust it down. He scowled at the door. “Ha Bloody Ha, Slayer. Very funny.”

 

Then he heard a click as she unlocked the door.

 

He tried the door handle again and the door opened easily for him this time. Spike poked his head through the door, caught sight of Buffy’s glistening body through the cracked-open sliding shower door and then slid in the room shutting the door behind him and locking it. He was already rock hard, enticed by the sight and smell of her.

 

Buffy smiled slyly as she heard Spike emit a rumbly little growl from deep in his chest. Then she swayed her body for him and was rewarded with a combination human moan and vampire growl.

 

Spike felt that old panting reflex come on full force as he stepped over to the shower and slid the door open a little more so he could step in. He had one foot on the edge of the tub when Buffy turned and placed a wet hand on his chest, stopping him. He gave her a confused, protesting look.

 

“You have to take your pants off first. No clothes allowed in the shower,” she said, giving him a playful smile.

 

Spike looked down at his pants then back up at Buffy and smirked. He chuckled as he stepped back and removed the offending article of clothing. Now completely naked, he started back towards the shower, his cock bobbing up and down slightly with each step.

 

When he entered the shower, Buffy stepped backwards into the shower spray and began running her hands over her body, making sure to include her breasts with each sweep. It had the desired effect, causing Spike to moan, “Ohhh~, Buffy~” deep in his chest. “Oh~, baby, yes~” he continued as strolled toward her, one hand sliding down his chest and abdomen and stopping just short of his raging hard-on.

 

When he got close enough for the tip of his erection to press against her abdomen, Buffy began running her hands over him instead. Spike closed his eyes and made a low “Mmmmm~” sound, basking in the touch of her worshipful fingers on his cool flesh.

 

Then Buffy stepped aside slightly, exposing his stiff member to the shower spray. Spike’s eyes fluttered open as he groaned and jerked his hips forward reflexively. Buffy pressed herself to his side and began rolling one of his erect nipples between her thumb and forefinger, eliciting more groans from him and causing him to hump into the spray.

 

Spike slipped an arm around her waist and held her to him as he undulated. Buffy watched with bemused fascination as his cock swayed up and down in the hard shower spray.

 

“Spike~?” Buffy queried as she raked a fingernail down his chest to his bellybutton.

 

“Uhn~?” he replied.

 

“Are you aware that you’re fucking the shower?”

 

Spike stopped dead and looked at her. Then with a quirk of an eyebrow he asked, “Jealous?”

 

Buffy laughed and stepped in front of the spray with her hands on her hips. “Here I invite you into my nice warm shower…”

 

“Screw the nice warm shower, luv. I just wanna’ come in your hot little quim.”

 

Buffy’s cheeks flushed crimson and her breath caught in her throat. It had been so long since he’d turned on the overt dirty talk that she was momentarily stunned.

 

Spike moved in to embrace her and slipped his now almost unbearably hard member in between her thighs as he did so. He gave her ass a squeeze and pressed her to himself while he rained kisses on her forehead and ran his fingers up and down her spine. The sudden barrage of sensation caused Buffy to become dumbstruck and she moaned unintelligibly.

 

Then Spike covered her lips with his own in an open-mouthed kiss as he began undulating into her. As his shaft moved in between her thighs and against the swollen lips of her sex he could feel the combined slickness of her arousal and the warm water from the shower.

 

Then Buffy came out of her stupor and began sucking his tongue with vigor as he slid it into her mouth. Spike uttered a series of muffled growls and grunts and began humping her with rapid abandon. Buffy responded by tightening her thighs around his cock and pitching her hips into him resulting in further stimulation of her clit as it struck his pelvic bone. That and the friction she was already receiving from the rapid movement of his shaft brought her off in mere moments.

 

“Ah! Ah! AAHH!!!” Buffy cried into the crook of Spike’s neck as she came, her body shaking and shimmying against his. As her orgasm continued to roll over her, she mewled and buried her fingers in his hair, ruffling it.

 

“Uh~! Uhn! Ughhhh~!” Spike groaned as he finally climaxed, squeezing his eyes shut and holding her tight. He came in great spurts. His semen hit the shower wall in wet splats and coated Buffy’s inner thighs on the way out.

 

They held each other for a moment, gently swaying in the shower as they came down. Then Buffy pulled back a bit and looked up at him pouting. “Hey~ I thought you said you wanted to come inside me~” she said, her lip curling up just enough to let him know she was teasing.

 

“I do,” he replied. “Jus’ got carried away, is all.” Then he gave her a predatory look and added, “Still wanna’ come inside you~” He moved a step forward to press her tightly against his body again and she stepped back.

 

“But now the shower’s gone all cold~” she teased as he advanced and she continued to step back towards the wall.

 

“We’ll keep you out of the spray then. You know the cold doesn’t bother me,” he continued seductively as he joined her in the pocket of space between the shower spray and the wall.

 

“But the others will be back from breakfast soon~” she said smiling, unable to keep a good poker face.

 

Spike smiled wide, showing her a row of pearly whites as he continued to advance towards her. “No, they’ll be stuffing their faces awhile yet, I think,” he said.

 

Buffy backed away some more and then gave out a yelp as her butt collided with the large plastic shower nozzle. Spike stopped in his tracks only barely touching her.

 

“Let’s move to a less pointy side of the shower,” Buffy suggested.

 

Buffy hopped through the now chilly spray and made her way to the other side. A little smile touched the corners of Spike’s mouth as he watched her bottom jiggle a bit on the hop. Then the predatory look returned. A sheet of water poured over his face briefly as he strode under the spray and then he was through it and upon her.

 

Buffy shivered slightly at the touch of his cool chest to her back as Spike hugged her from behind. Gooseflesh broke out across her skin and her nipples hardened into rosy-colored points.

 

“Cold, luv?” Spike purred into her ear, his fingers coming up to brush against her nipples. Buffy gasped and arched her back. Then she mewled and ground her butt into his groin as he stroked and petted the rosy points.

 

Spike moaned, overcome with the sensation of soft Buffy butt rubbing hard against his erection, which had returned full throttle the moment he had touched her nipples. In danger of coming again, he stopped his attentions to her nipples and grasped her bum with both hands, stilling it.

 

“Huh?” said Buffy. And then she felt the head of his cock against her anus and her eyes widened. He wouldn’t *dare*~! she thought.

 

Spike could feel her stiffening and said, “I’m not gonna’ give it to you up the arse, if that’s what you’re thinkin’.” Buffy relaxed. Then Spike stroked her arm and added, “Just restin’ a bit before I put it in, luv. Cunny, not arse.”

 

“Okay. Good,” said Buffy. “You had me worried for a minute there. I like that you’re getting less-”

 

-shy…no, he hasn’t really been all that shy. He’s been shy for *him* but…

 

“-um, that you’re getting more, um…”

 

-bold…no, he’s been bold. Just not with the dirty talk as much…

 

“-um…” Buffy finally trailed off. She frowned in thought.

 

 “Guess I’m bein’ more assertive today, luv,” Spike said in a low voice, stroking her belly and making her quiver.

 

“Mmm~ yes, that’s the word,” Buffy said as she leaned her head back against his shoulder.

 

“Good or bad?” Spike purred moving one hand down to her pussy and the other up to her breasts.

 

Buffy moaned and grasped his shoulders, lolling her head against his chest. “Assertive good. As long as you don’t assert yourself up my butt,” she said dreamily.

 

Spike chuckled and kissed her shoulder. He kissed her skin softly, moving from her shoulder to her neck. He sucked gently at a pulse point and had to fight back the urge to bite when she grasped the back of his head and pressed his mouth more firmly to her. Oh, how she trusts me~! he thought, thrilling at the idea.

 

And then he began laughing against her neck as another thought occurred to him.

 

When Buffy heard him laughing and felt his hands cease their fondling, she released his head and asked, “What’s so funny?”

 

“You trust me to suck on your neck and not bite you and yet you don’t trust that I won’t ram my Johnny up your bum the first chance I get~!” Spike said, giggling like mad.

 

Buffy rolled her eyes and bent forward, bracing herself against the shower wall with her forearms. “You know, if you want to come inside me, time’s a waistin’~” she said waggling her bum.

 

“Sure~ Change the subject, luv,” Spike teased still chuckling.

 

“Well if you don’t want to…” Buffy teased starting to straighten up.

 

“I want to, I want to!” Spike said quickly grabbing her hips.

 

Buffy smiled and bent forward once more.

 

Spike positioned himself at Buffy’s entrance, cunny not arse, and ran his tongue up her spine as he pushed himself into her. Buffy shivered and moaned and pulsed around his cock as she came a little.

 

“Ohhh~ Buffy~,” Spike moaned, his own body quivering against hers as he pressed his chest flat against her back and brought one forearm up to the wall next to her own. He willed his body not to release just yet. He wanted a little more time to bask inside her.

 

Buffy felt Spike’s hand move down to her quim once more and she bucked her butt back against him as he stroked and rubbed her clit. He rocked into her with a slow, steady motion, panting heavily in her ear.

 

“Spike~,” she moaned breathlessly, “Spike~, Spike~ I love you~, William~ Spike~ love you~.”

 

Spike moaned loudly in response. That had done it. He couldn’t hold on any longer and began rocking into her rapidly, speeding towards climax.

 

They both cried out, their voices echoing in the shower as they came. Spike felt as if his knees were going to buckle as her powerful quim worked him over. And when he practically collapsed onto her back and Buffy felt his full weight on her as he quivered, she couldn’t help feeling a sense of womanly pride along with the pleasure.

 

When they were both done and panting, Spike steadied himself and nuzzled and kissed Buffy’s neck whispering “I love you”s in her ear.

 

Then both lovers’ heads shot up when they heard the telltale beep of a keycard being used and the door to the hotel room opening.

 

“Buffy~! Spike~! You guys missed breakfast~!” Xander bellowed, turning his head this way and that looking for them.

 

Crap! Buffy thought.

 

“Is Buffy still in the shower?! I can’t believe it! What a shower hog!” said Dawn.

 

“Where’s Spike?” Xander asked, sounding wary.

 

Double crap! thought Buffy.

 

“Buffy~?” Willow asked, knocking on the shower door. She could still hear the shower running, so someone was in there.

 

Buffy and Spike looked towards the door wide-eyed.

 

“Buffy?” Willow asked, knocking on the door again.

 

“I’m in here~,” she said as she and Spike stood up straight and disentangled.

 

“Where’s Spike?” Xander asked coming up to the door.

 

“Um…um…” Buffy stammered looking to Spike for assistance. He shrugged at her indicating his lack of ideas. Well, you’re a big help, she thought.

 

“Spike~, Spike, where are you~?” Dawn called in a sing-song voice, looking around the room.

 

“Yeah, here, Spike~! Here, boy~!” Xander called, whistling as if calling for a dog.

 

Spike emitted a growl and Buffy shushed him.

 

“Xander~,” Willow scolded.

 

 “Phffft! He’s not even here~,” said Xander.

 

 “Where is Spike, Buffy?” Willow asked again.

 

Having now had time to think up an excuse, Buffy said, “He told me he was going to get some candy and pop. You know, out of those snack machines they have downstairs.”

 

“Candy and pop for breakfast?” asked Dawn.

 

“Ah, yes, the breakfast of champions,” said Xander, looking up dreamily as he remembered the good old days of junk food breakfasts.

 

“Guess he, uh, just had a craving or something,” said Buffy.

 

Spike smiled and whispered in her ear, “Sure did, pet”

 

Buffy smiled and rolled her eyes. Then she heard the TV come to life as Xander flopped down on the couch and turned it on. Uh, oh. How am I going to get Spike out of here? Think, Buffy, think. Buffy thought for a moment and came to the conclusion that someone would have to be let in on the secret.

 

“Spike…” she said softly, turning to face him.

 

“Thinkin’ about telling The Witch?" he asked tilting his head and raising an eyebrow.

 

Buffy nodded her head yes.

 

Spike gave her a nod and retreated to the other end of the tub. Then he sat down and tucked himself into a ball. Catching on to what he was doing, Buffy peeked outside the shower to see if the smoky-frosted shower doors were hiding him enough. Deciding that they would hide him well enough under casual inspection, she closed the door on her side so that only her head was sticking out and called for Willow.

 

Upon hearing Buffy’s call, Willow left her spot on the couch where she had sat down next to Xander and made her way to the bathroom door. “Yes, Buffy?” asked Willow. “You aren’t stuck in something are you? ‘Cause you’ve been in there a really long time and I wasn’t going to say anything but-”

 

“Stuck in something?” Buffy asked.

 

“Yeah, like Mary Tyler Moore on the Dick Van Dyke Show. Her character got her big toe stuck in the faucet of the hotel bathroom in one episode,” Willow said.

 

“Okay, A) I did not get my toe stuck in the faucet and B) you’ve been watching way too much Nick at Night with Xander,” Buffy said, indignant. “Anyway, I just need, um…Well, just come in a second.”

 

Willow shrugged and went in.

 

“What is it, Buffy? Did your period start or something? Do you need a tampon or a pad?” Willow asked.

 

“No, it’s not that. It’s just…Promise you won’t freak out,” Buffy said.

 

Willow eyed her friend carefully and raised an eyebrow. Then she heard the shower door slide on its track at the other end of the shower. Her eyes flicked over to see Spike peeking out from that side. He snaked an arm out and hung it over the edge.

 

“Hi, luv,” said Spike, affecting a casual air.

 

Willow stared and blinked at him. Then she turned to Buffy.

 

“Fibber,” Willow said with a sly smile.

 

Buffy breathed a sigh of relief. “Will you help us?” she asked.

 

“Of course. What are best friends for?” Willow said, smiling warmly.

 

“Thanks,” Buffy said, returning the witch’s smile.

 

“Think you can get Harris and The Bit out of the room?” Spike asked.

 

“I should be able to…if I can pry Xander away from the TV.” Willow thought a moment. Then she snapped her fingers and said, “Oo! I got it! The gift shop!”

 

“The gift shop?” queried Buffy and Spike.

 

“Don’t see how snow globes and souvenir playing cards are going to pry the boy away from the telly, Red,” said Spike giving her a look.

 

“Gotta’ agree with Spike on this one,” said Buffy.

 

“Well, the gift shop has more than just those things. Liiiiike for instance…the Girls of Winter calendar. Scantily clad girls in cold weather. What guy could resist? And since I like girls too, it won’t seem strange to ask him to come down and check it out. And I could offer Dawn spending money. Voila! Room cleared!” Willow said with a self-satisfied smile on her face.

 

Spike nodded his head and smiled. “Bloody brilliant, Red!”

 

“Shh!” said Buffy. “Keep it down.”

 

“Sorry, pet,” Spike said.

 

“How long can you give us?” Buffy asked, turning to Willow.

 

“Hmm…I’d say…about twenty minutes. After that, Dawn will get bored and drag us out or come back up by herself,” said Willow.

 

“Got it,” said Buffy with a little nod.

 

And you have to tell me everything, later, sent Willow.

 

Buffy gave her a mildly surprised look.

 

Best friend privileges, Willow sent smiling.

 

Buffy gave Willow a little smile before closing the shower door on her side.

 

Spike watched this inaudible exchange. He could tell the witch was sending something to Buffy and guessed that she wanted an explanation or perhaps just info. Probably just info, judging by Buffy’s reaction.

 

Spike tucked his arm back in the shower and not being able to send the message telepathically he gave Willow a look he hoped she would interpret as ‘Thank you.’

 

The Witch gave him one of her cutie-pie smiles and sent, You’re welcome.

 

Spike smiled and closed his door.

 

Then Willow turned, exited the bathroom, and put her plan into motion.

 

 

2

 

It took fifteen minutes for Willow to pry Xander and Dawn away from the television. When Buffy finally heard the door to the hotel room click shut, she threw open the shower door and hopped out.

 

“Brrrrrrr~!!” said Buffy shaking and shivering.

 

“Cold, luv?” Spike asked chuckling and leering at her as he opened the door on his side. “Want me to warm you up? No wait. Can’t use that line. Damn.”

 

“Are you just the horniest vampire ever??” Buffy said.

 

Spike shut off the faucet and then replied, “Could be…” For emphasis, he stepped out of the shower pumping his semi-hard cock and gave her one of his lewder expressions, tongue hanging out.

 

Oh my God~,” Buffy said, eyes gleaming with a hint of amusement as she turned away and put her hand to her forehead. “Could you be any more obscene?”

 

Spike thought a moment.

 

“That’s not a challenge~,” Buffy added. “And where’s your soul? It’s falling down on the job here.”

 

“Sparky has voiced no objections since there’s nothing wrong with a little obscenity between two people who love each other,” said Spike, his voice taking on a Giles-like Oxford accent.

 

“You…are hopeless~,” Buffy said, kneeling on the floor and bending over to pick a pair of underwear out of her travel bag.

 

Yes. Yes I am, Spike thought as he watched the pretty display before him. Spike licked his lips and felt himself harden fully as he gazed at Buffy’s glistening bottom and pink folds. Oo~, now I’m getting a wicked idea~. Sparky’s speaking up. Shut up Sparky.

 

Spike used vampire speed to crawl on all fours, come up behind Buffy, and ram his face into her exposed quim. Buffy let out a startled squeak and fell forward, prostrate.

 

“Spike, what are you doing?!” Buffy said peeking behind at Spike from her prostrate position.

 

Not hearing any anger in her tone or seeing any on her face, Spike pressed his luck and his lips to her pussy and began moving his mouth and tongue over her.

 

Buffy felt her face flush and arousal stir. “Spike~!! You’re defeating the purpose of Willow’s distraction~!” she said, although made no move to push him away or move away herself.

 

Spike pulled his mouth away and said, “Sorry, luv. Lost my head.” He felt an uneasy feeling that he couldn’t quite call guilt worm through him a little and then it was gone as stiff Mr. Willie overruled.

 

“I could put it on liquefy,” Spike suggested, giving her a hopeful look.

 

Buffy looked up at the clock and then back at him.

 

“You’ve got two minutes,” Buffy said.

 

Spike’s face lit up and he snapped up into position behind her.

 

Buffy gave him a quick smile and turned her head forward to rest on her forearms.

 

“On your mark,” she said.

 

Spike grabbed her hips.

 

“Get set,” Buffy continued.

 

Spike positioned himself at her entrance.

 

“Go!” she yelled gleefully.

 

Spike plunged into her and began thrusting himself into her at vampire speed. His hips blurred with their motion and both Slayer and vampire made frantic grunts and whimpers. Buffy began scrabbling at the floor as an intense and speedy orgasm rushed towards her. When it hit she let out an ear-piercing scream that could be heard all over the hotel.

 

Spike snarled and morphed into vamp face as she clamped around him. Then he let out a feral, although still human sounding, roar as he shot into her. He released her hips and fell back on his hands as he pitched up his hips and arched his back, spending into her rapidly. He convulsed wildly as she squeezed every last drop out of him.

 

Finally, his human face returned and he collapsed onto the floor, slipping out of her in the process. Buffy remained in her position, mewling softly and out of breath.

 

After a moment of rest, Buffy got up as fast as she could and nudged Spike with her foot. “Get up, get up! There’s only a few minutes left! They could be here any moment!” she said.

 

Spike groaned as he sat up. “Hot. Damn~,” he said. “That was-”

 

“Pants, now! Talk, later!” Buffy said cutting him off and throwing the black sweatpants his way. Then she stumbled back over to her travel bag and threw on the first pair of underwear she saw.

 

Spike pulled his sweatpants on sluggishly. *God*, I’m starving. Shoulda’ had a pint of blood first, he thought as fuzz danced in front of his eyes. He lurched over to the door then paused with his hand on the doorknob. “Hey, luv?” he asked.

 

“Go! Shoo! We can cuddle later,” Buffy replied as she struggled with her pants.

 

Spike felt in no position to argue. His demon body demanded blood.

 

After exiting the bathroom, Spike made straight for the cooler. He snatched out a packet of blood, bit into it, and drained it dry in minutes. Then he grabbed another packet, threw the empty one away in the trash bin, and sat down on the couch.

 

He scanned around for the remote. Finding it, he flipped on the telly. He was immediately greeted by the ‘Friends’ theme song. He flipped around a few minutes and then landed back on ‘Friends.’ Theme song over, he tossed the remote aside and bit into Blood Packet Number 2.

 

Xander, Willow and Dawn walked in to find Spike sitting on the couch sucking blood straight out of the packet.

 

“Hey, Spike!” Dawn said bounding over. “Check it out. I got you a gift. Ta da! It’s a snow globe!” she said holding it out to him.

 

Spike took it, shook it, and smiled around his packet of blood.

 

“You like it?” Dawn asked.

 

Spike nodded his head.

 

“Hey, hey watch it, Mister! That’s a very white couch you’re sitting on!” Xander said pointing at Spike with a serious look in his eye.

 

Spike gave him a deadly look and sucked some blood out of the packet loudly.

 

The hair stood up on the back of Xander’s neck. And for the first time, in a long time, Spike looked genuinely scary again.

 

Spike could smell the fear on him and feeling very self-satisfied and vindicated, turned his attention back to the telly. I still got it, he thought. Yeah, baby.

 

Dawn and Willow looked just as stunned. And then Dawn dissolved into laughter. “You got him good!” she squealed.

 

“That’s not funny,” said Xander, his hair still standing on end.

 

“Xander, Spike’s just teasing you. He’s not really going to bite you,” Willow said, patting her dear friend’s shoulder for reassurance and struggling to stifle a laugh.

 

“It’s still not funny,” Xander replied.

 

“What’s not funny?” Buffy asked, finally exiting the bathroom.

 

“Spike gave Xander the evil eye and a major case of the wiggins,” said Dawn gleefully.

 

“I’m not even gonna’ ask,” Buffy said.

 

“Look, Nibblet got me a prezzie,” said Spike, having polished off his meal. He shook the snow globe in the air.

 

“Ah, simple pleasures for simple minds,” quipped Buffy.

 

“Hey~ now~!” Spike said.

 

Buffy gave him a playful look.

 

“Dawn, isn’t there something you wanted to ask Spike before we leave tonight?” Willow asked.

 

“Oh, yeah! I almost forgot!” said Dawn. “Spike~ there’s a Dance Dance Revolution game down in the arcade~ Will you play it with me~?” she asked in her sweetest voice.

 

Spike gave her a look.

 

“Pleeeeease~ You used to play with me when Buffy was dead~” said Dawn attempting to do the Buffy Summers Pout.

 

The others turned to Spike and raised a collective eyebrow.

 

“Only to cheer The Bit up!” Spike said coming to his own defense.

 

“For old times’ sake~ Pleeeease~,” Dawn begged.

 

Spike sighed, “Oh, all right. For old times’ sake, then.”

 

Dawn squealed and hopped up and down a few times.

 

“But none of you can watch,” Spike said pointing to the others.

 

“Awww~ You mean we can’t watch you shake your booty~?” asked Xander.

 

Now it was Xander’s turn to receive the look.

 

“Note the sarcasm, people~!” Xander exclaimed.

 

“C’mon, Spike,” Dawn said as she grabbed the vampire’s hand and led him out the door.

 

“Why don’t you go down to the arcade too, Xander?” asked Buffy.

 

“I do not want to see Spike’s booty~!” Xander wailed in protest.

 

“No, silly~! Go down and play a game. Away from Spike and his booty,” said Willow.

 

“Oh…well in that case…If anyone needs me, I’ll be at the Dead or Alive 3 machine,” said Xander.

 

As soon as the door closed, Willow bounced over to the couch and sat down. She patted the seat next to her, looking almost giddy. Buffy gave her a slightly confused look and then sat down.

 

“So, spill! How’d that happen?” Willow said motioning towards the bathroom door.

 

“Um…Why are you so happy??” Buffy asked, now looking very confused.

 

“Well, duh!” said Willow. “This is a thing of good, right? You’re in love with Spike, right?”

 

“Yes…And I can understand you being, you know…supportive and…understanding…but…” Buffy said trailing off.

 

“I like Spike,” Willow said. “Even pre-soul. As long as he wasn’t trying to kill us. I’m not saying we were ever best buds or anything, but I never really had anything against him as a person. And now I think we’re kinda like friends. And I know what he did. But I also know what it’s like to feel desperate and messed up. To do things, or almost do things, that you wish you could take back. So, maybe it makes me a bad person but I just can’t hold ‘that’ against him. So I say, yay! Yay, to love. Now give me details.”

 

Buffy dropped her head in her hands and laughed weakly. “Wills~,” she said looking up affectionately.

 

“Now, come on. How did Spike wind up in the shower with you?” Willow said, looking very much like her old high school self again.

 

Buffy smiled and answered, “I invited him in.”

 

Willow gasped, her eyes sparkling with scandal. “So you just woke up this morning and said, ‘Gee, I think I’ll invite Spike in to have a shower and some sex with me’? I’m assuming you had the sex.”

 

Buffy rolled her eyes. “Yes, we had the sex,” she said. “And I sensed him outside the door. He was gonna’ knock anyway.”

 

“And ask to come in? If that’s true then this must have not been the first time for take two of your relationship. I can’t picture Spike just asking for sex out of the blue after what happened between you two. And I’m talking the whole thing not just the ‘thing.’ So, when was the first time?” asked Willow.

 

Buffy blushed crimson.

 

Willow gasped. It must have been before we started the trip!

 

“I know~ I know what you’re thinking~,” Buffy said guiltily. “It’s just that, I don’t know, I had this urge to kiss him and tell him I love him. And then I wanted to show him and…and I just wanted him.

 

Wait a minute, if Buffy had said she loved him before the trip then he wouldn’t have been surprised that she really meant what she said about the trip being like a big first date…So that’s not it, Willow thought.

 

“And I know we should have waited till we found a more private place but…We only did it on the floor and in the bathroom I assure you! We didn’t do it on the table or anything~!” Buffy said.

 

“You did it in the RV!? While we were sleeping?! What if someone woke up?! I mean, I coulda’ handled it, but Dawn would have been majorly embarrassed and Xander would absolutely have flipped out big time! He would have had, like, ten cows~!!” Willow exclaimed.

 

“I know~ I know~!” Buffy wailed. “But I was kinda’ ishy on the bathroom at first but it didn’t end up bothering me so now we just do it in there.”

 

“Well what if someone has to use the bathroom while you two are in there?!” asked Willow.

 

“Oh…we didn’t think of that,” Buffy said meekly.

 

Willow shook her head and sighed. “You two have a tendency not to plan ahead, you know that?”

 

“I know,” said Buffy.

 

“And for the love of the Goddess, don’t do it in the RV anymore~! It’s just too risky,” said Willow.

 

Buffy pouted. “Then where are we supposed to do it~?” she whined.

 

“At the campground, at the hotel, at a rest stop... Heck, do it in the bathroom of a 7-11 if you want. I’ll help cover for you. And even if you get caught in one of those places, it will be a lesser kerfluffle than doing it in the RV. ‘Cause Xander will have big, big problems with knowing you did it in the Winnebago. Especially, while he was asleep in the same room,” Willow said.

 

“How big of a kerfluffle do you think it would be?” asked Buffy.

 

“On a scale of one to ten? One hundred,” replied Willow.

 

“That’s a mighty big kerfluffle,” said Buffy.

 

“Yep. It might kill him,” quipped Willow.

 

“He’ll have to know, eventually. About Spike being my lover, that is. Let’s plan to never tell him about the RV,” said Buffy.

 

“Good plan,” Willow said.

 

“What about Dawn?”

 

Willow pondered a moment and then said, “I don’t think she would be comfortable keeping the secret. She’s been a little touchy about secrets, still.”

 

“All right, so we’re keeping this between you, me, and Spike until after the trip,” Buffy affirmed.

 

“Now…give more details about you and Spike. Is it good?” asked Willow, the gleam coming back into her eyes.

 

“What do you think?”

 

“I’ll take that as a yes.”

 

“How good?”

 

“Willow!”

 

 

3

 

Buffy and Spike cuddled on the couch in the RV, the Red Lodge fading behind them as Xander began the drive to the next rest stop on the way to their next destination.

 

“Hey, guys, how about a road song?” asked Dawn.

 

“Oo! Scooby-Doo!” suggested Willow.

 

“I’m down with that!” said Xander.

 

“God, no!” said Spike.

 

“Too bad~ Majority rules~ Hit it everybody!” said Dawn.

 

Scooby-dooby-Doo~ Where are you?~ You got some work to do, now~ Come on Scooby-Doo~ Where are you? We need some help from you, now~” sang everyone but Spike.

 

“Oh, bollocks~,” said Spike dryly. “Stake me now.”

 

 

--- To be continued

 

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