A/N: I watched Normal Again the other day and as I've had a liking for the pairing of Spike and Xander recently this came to my head and refused to go away, so I decided to write a short chapter and see how it went. This is completely un beta'ed so any mistakes are mine (surprise surprise) It's the first fic I've wrote in a while so it's probably really rubbish (speaking of, if anyone actually wants me to continue either of my old fics, just let me know) This may have a small amount of slash but not for a long time, and this is my first fic based on a relationship as well.

Anyway please please please review this if you like it and I'll write another chapter!!

Disclaimer: Joss and M.E.

Summary: What if it wasn't Buffy who got stabbed by the demon in Normal Again, but Xander. Spike/Xander William/Alex

Warning: Nothing as of yet, maybe in later chapters

Rating: PG-13

Spilers/Timing: Season 6, my spin on the episode Normal Again.

"Pet, pet can you hear me?" Xander looked around foggily and saw a pair of concerned blue eyes staring back at him. It was kind of nice to see soeone looking at him in a concerned way, especially after all the trouble with the demon - the demon, he had to tell Buffy! He struggled to stand up but found he was to weak, he looked at the blue eyes again before he made the connection.

Those blue eyes belonged to Spike, not exactly the person, or vampire, he wanted to be around, even if he was fangless.

"Spike, what are you doing here?" A flicker of emotion passed through the blonde's eyes, it looked almost like hurt, but on Spike? No way.

"Pet you're not there, you're home, with me" Xander gave him an annoyed look, whatever game the vampire was playing, he was not in the mood for it.

"Spike you don't live with me anymore, rember you got your crypt. Now help me up I need to go find Buffy"

"Look at me, look at me Alex"

"Alex? What the hell are you going on about Spike? My name's Xander, no one calls me Alex"

"Come on luv, try to remember, for me?" The door behind them swung open and a doctor walked into the room, it was only then that Xander took in his surroundings. He wasn't in his apartment like he had originally thought, but he was in a hospital room, in the corner on the floor, with a very concerned looking Spike crouched down in front of him. Xander looked up at the doctor.

"Where am I?"

"You're in hospital Alex, you haven't been very well for a while now. William here has been very worried about you. Now can you tell me, what do you remember?" What did he remember? Everything, of course he did, maybe he got hit on the head and they were checking for concussion, yeah that must be it.

"What do I remember? A demon, I have to go and tell Buffy, it was too strong she's going to need to-"

"No Alex, that's not real, none of it is. You need to try and stay focussed on what's real. Focus on William, can you do that for me?"

"William, what are you.... That's Spike"

"No luv, I'm Will remember? Please try and remember"

"Spike, I'm not stupid, this is one of your stupid games and when Buffy hears about this she is going to stake your ass so quick you won't-"

"Alex please, try and listen to what we are telling you. Sunnydale, the slayer, the vampires, they don't exist. You're in London, in England, and you've been in hospital for nearly 6 years now. You've had William here very worried, we weren't sure if you were going to wake up or not" Xander was beginning to get annoyed, everyone kept cutting him off when he tried to say something.

"Wake up? What do you mean? Oh I've got it, I'm asleep, this dream is just some freaky side effect from that demon that stabbed me, I'll be find when I wake up later"

"You are awake Alex, please listen to what the doctor's telling you"

The doctor looked at Xander before turning around to Spike.

"William, I think it may be best if you went home and had a rest, we'll contact you immidiately if there are any changes, but you can't expect him to accept all this straight away, it's been a long time since he has been this aware of his surroundings and he has been doing extremely well at the moment, he may need a bit of time for things to sink in though"

Spike reluctantly tore his gaze away from Xander, looked at the doctor,then looked at Xander again he bent his head down gave Xander a quick kiss on the cheek and stood up and walked out the door, leaving a very confused Xander staring after his retreating form with one hand on his cheek.