Chapter Nine-Healing and Feeling Better

Spike woke up at 11:01 the next day. He looked around and saw that he was in Buffy's bedroom.

"Hey," Buffy said softly. Spike looked over to the left. Sure enough, Buffy was there, looking at him with teary eyes.

"Hello, luv," Spike tried to say, but it kind of came out like-"He, lu"

"You don't have to speak, Spike. Just rest for now. I know how you must feel. Well...I don't, but...," Buffy paused, "Just rest."

Spike closed his eyes as Buffy watched him fall asleep in the chair that she was sitting in. When he was asleep, she stared at him. He looked so peaceful.

All of a sudden, she heard a knock. She went downstairs and opened the door. There stood Willow...and TARA!

"Hey Wils! Hey Tara!" Buffy said. Then she gave Willow a hug and was going to give Tara a hug, but then she remembered that Tara didn't know her.

"Hey Buffy!" Willow said, "We came up here so Tara could get the feel of the town. Her mom is staying in a hotel nearby so that we could watch over her."

"Okay. Do you want something to eat?" Bufy asked them.

"N-no thanks." Tara said, "I had s-something before I left."

"I did too," said Willow.

"Okay, well, I better get back to taking care of Spike," Buffy told them, and started to walk away.

"Buffy!" Willow exclaimed, "What's wrong with Spike?"

"It's a long story," Buffy began. Then she told Willow what happened. Willow was shocked.

"That doesn't sound like something Angel would do! Want me and Tara to help?"

"No that's alright, I'll take care of him. Thanks anyway, though."

"Okay. See ya!" And with that, Willow and Tara went to the Espresso Pump to hang.

Bufy watched them leave. Then she went back upstairs and sat next to Spike. This healing wasn't going to take that long…but seeing Spike in this much pain was heart breaking.

Three Days Later...

Buffy went into her room to see Spike asleep. She didn't move an inch once she saw that he was sleeping. He looked perfect when he slept. She lov...liked him even more when she saw this.

She had been staring so long, that now Spike was awake and staring-concerned- right back at her. Once she realized this, she jumped up in surprise.

" 'Ello, pet, " Spike said.

"Hey. I just came in to see how you were feeling and I saw you sleeping so I was watching for you to wake up without me actually waking you up, because you would probably be mad if I did that, and I didn't want you to be mad at me, because then I'd be sad. Wait a minute! No rhyming! I hate when I rhyme because I sound like Dr. Sue...nevermind. So I'm standing here staring at...I mean watching for you to wake up, and I guess that I zoned out without realizing it, and well, it looks like I was staring at you but I wasn't, I swear! And don't twist that in your brain! I was just waiting for y-" Buffy was interrupted by Spike.

"Umm, luv, it's alright, really," Spike replied, hoping that by interrupting her he was saving her oxygen. She had been saying those things so fast, she was now breathing hard.

"Oh, okay. So um...how're ya feeling?"

"Better," Spike told her.

"That's good," Buffy said.

"Buffy?" Joyce yelled.

Buffy froze. Her mom was back. She didn't answer her.

"Oh, god! We have to hide," Buffy said.

"You," she corrected herself, "NOW!"

"Slayer, I don't know where to hide," Spike replied.

"Well," Buffy started, but was cut off when the door opened.

Joyce looked in, "Hey, hone-" But she stopped her sentence when she saw Spike, "What's going on here?"

Tehehe. There! You got your update. Not very long, granted, but it's an update. A cliffhanging update.