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Juliatheyounger
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy et al own these characters
Summary: Sequel to Hot Chocolate…Marshmallows (of course). Not only is Buffy going out with Spike but now she's got Armageddon to deal with as well.
Rating: R (I expect)
Spoilers: Season 5
Feedback: Yes please (with sugar on top?)
Distribution: If anyone wants it then, yes, please! But let me know so I can feel all flattered.
Author's note: Yup I've done it, started the Hot Chocolate sequel (yeah as if I could leave it there, we haven't even dealt with the chip or Angel yet!) mwhahahahaha… Let more pointless crap ensue!
For those who came in late and can't be bothered to read Hot Chocolate…
Buffy has finally admitted to Spike that she loves him after quite a bit of sex and a fight or two. Buffy has told the Scooby Gang she is seeing the blonde undead one. Xander has accidentally walked in on Buffy and Spike during a rather inopportune moment and Willow and Tara, not knowing Spike and Buffy were sort of seeing each other, asked him to be the…er…three in a threesome. Giles thinks they are just going on a date.
Oh yeah and there was stuff about demons and crap.
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Buffy and Spike stood outside the door to the Magic Box, bickering about whether or not to hold hands as they walked in. They were there for a late night research session and the Scoobies were waiting for them inside. This was their first appearance together since Buffy told the gang she was seeing Spike. And Buffy wasn't exactly sure how they were going to react. Hopefully not too wiggy.
" Just give me-" Buffy grabbed Spike's hand in exasperation.
Spike tried to pull away but Slayer strength held him.
"Buffy don't worry about it," he growled.
"Spike! You just said - Fine." Buffy let go of his hand. She looked up and saw Spike smiling down at her. He leant over and kissed her on the cheek.
Buffy turned to goo. A little shyly she reached up and kissed him on the mouth.
"Come on Big Bad, lets go face the music."
Spike gave Buffy a crooked grin and followed her inside. Just walking in together would be more than enough for the Scoobies to cope with in one go anyway.
Six pairs of eyes looked up as the door to the Magic Box opened and they walked in.
"Hi!" said Buffy.
Spike waved a hello. He happened to glance at Willow and caught her eye. She immediately turned bright red and looked away.
There was a mumble of hellos, almost everyone trying to avoid looking at Buffy and Spike. Except from Anya, who was very intrigued by everyone's behaviour, Dawn who was grinning like a cheshire cat, and Giles who didn't realise the full extent of their relationship. Buffy had told him Spike was taking her on a date, following the sound principle that what Giles didn't know he wouldn't lecture her about.
"Hi guys!" Dawn cried, jumping up. "Want some pizza?"
"Thanks Dawny."
Buffy sat down and Spike hesitated a moment before sitting next to her. The silence in the room was palpable.
Anya looked between the various faces. Xander, Willow and Tara were all looking rather embarrassed and were doing everything in their power to avoid eye contact with Spike and Buffy, particularly Spike. Anya sighed. Xander had been going on and on for the past three days about walking in on Buffy performing oral sex upon Spike. Anya had suggested to Xander that perhaps they could have sex in front of Spike and Buffy, if it would make him feel better. For some reason, however, he didn't find this idea comforting at all. He'd just muttered something about bleached vampire's witty comments. It had seemed a perfectly logical solution to Anya.
Spike also surveyed the Scoobies. If Buffy hadn't been looking so nervous he would have revelled in this. The love of his life looked so pained however that he was almost sorry he was responsible for putting her through this.
They all sat there for a few minutes in tense silence.
"Oh for pity's sake!" Giles exploded. "This is getting ridiculous. Buffy and Spike are going on a date, yes. True, I hope it will be the first and last, no offence, Spike. But it's not the end of the world. So would you all stop being so awkward about it." He glared around the room. "And for heaven's sake Spike would you please stop looking at Buffy like that!"
Spike looked up startled, completely oblivious to the fact that he'd been gazing at Buffy with undisguised adoration and longing.
Buffy looked at the others, panic evident on her face. Please don't let them tell about the smoochies, she thought. Thankfully they all just murmured apologetically and Giles settled down with a huff. Buffy breathed a sigh of relief and caught Xander's eye. He winked at her, and she knew it would be ok.
"But-" Anya began. Luckily Xander chose that moment to kiss his girlfriend very, very soundly on the mouth.
"So what have you found out so far?" Buffy asked, deciding to change the subject.
"Not a great deal," said Giles grateful for the relief from tension. "Eviscerated corpses, people going missing then being found days later, disoriented, but apparently unhurt: it could be practically anything."
Spike grabbed a slice of pizza.
"Don't forget the livers," put in Xander just as Spike took a bite. "They've been finding household pets minus their livers. And eyeballs."
"Xander..ewww?" Willow said with a warning glance at a wide-eyed Dawn.
Spike kept eating, not at all put off by the descriptive conversation.
Buffy was looking at Spike hoe into the pizza with a slightly sick expression on her face.
"This better not be giving you an appetite," she groaned.
Spike looked at her, his expression one of wounded innocence. Then took another piece of pizza.
"Don't mind me pet, I'm just enjoying the pleasant dinnertime conversation."
Buffy shuddered and turned back to Giles. Her Watcher was also looking slightly sick at this moment, but it might have been the almost relationship quality to the exchange than anything else.
"Anyway getting back to the case at hand…" Giles said.
"Its aliens I tells ya," said Xander firmly.
"Xander, here believes it all points to extra-terrestrials," murmured Giles, pinching the bridge of his nose in a long-suffering manner.
"Well it does make sense Giles," Buffy said brightly. "Unexplained disappearances, animals missing their squishy bits. Looks like its anal probe time in good ole Sunnydale."
"Buffy, there is no such things as aliens."
"But there are demons, vampires and hell gods."
"Exactly."
"Fine, we'll put Xander's theory on the back burner for the moment. Any other suggestions?"
"Er..no, but that's what tonight is for. Research." Giles reached for a book.
"Damn, looks like my plan to come up with a quick and easy solution just fell through." Xander grinned.
"I don’t know why you are all so keen to believe in aliens. I don't know how you propose to fight them if it is indeed extra-terrestrials causing these problems."
"Same way they did in the Tommyknockers G-man. Same way."
"And how was that, pray tell?"
Xander looked embarrassed. "I don't know, but it was a long book."
Giles didn't dignify that with a response.
"I'm with you Rupert," put in Spike. He was leaning back in his chair, feet propped up on the table, taking in the proceedings. "If there are such things as aliens I imagine Mr Adams had it right and they're getting ready to demolish the earth for a hyperspace bypass as we speak. Sides, I met the bloke what did them crop circles."
"Oh?" Everyone looked at him in interest.
"Yeah, very nice blood type. Piquant."
Buffy glared at him, and Giles winced.
"I was joking?" Spike rolled his eyes. He grumbled to himself. "Would've been bloody funny if any of you lot had a sense of humour."
"Well…there…there could be aliens.." said Willow thoughtfully. "I mean, we already know there are a lot of dimensions…who knows what's out there."
"And what's different between aliens and big scary green demons?" put in Buffy.
"Yeah but why the bloody hell'd they want to come here and stick bits of medical equipment up Billy Joe's posterior?"
"Kicks?" suggested Xander. He and Spike grinned at each other, they thought they were funny.
Anya decided it was time she aired her extensive real-life knowledge of all things not particularly nice.
"Actually people have been claiming that kind of thing has happened to them long before anyone even knew about flying saucers. They've only been calling them aliens since about the twentieth century."
"Yes, the whole Visitors concept is quite old," agreed Giles, warming to the topic. "I recall reading about victims, in the middle ages even, waking and finding themselves unable to move, claiming odd looking people visited them in the night and performed weird-"
"Uh, Dawn, can you please go into the training room and get my sweater for me?" Buffy asked suddenly. Dawn was listening to the conversation with wide terrified eyes.
"Buffy!" The thought of going alone into the dark training room suddenly scared the socks off Dawn.
"Dawn! Please? Now?"
Dawn frowned and bit her lip. "Can you come with me Spike?" It was the closest she was going to come to admitting she was scared.
Spike shot a glance at Buffy. The Slayer gave him a pleading look. A grin flickered at the corners of his mouth but Spike only nodded. "All right, come on then Little Bit."
"See, you guys have scared her," Buffy hissed when they were out of the room.
"So you sent the kid into a dark room with a vampire?" noted Xander.
Buffy's eyes grew wide. "He better not tell her anymore stories!"
"I'll go too," murmured Tara. Truth be known, she was getting a little creeped out by the discussion as well. She remembered the Gentlemen all too well to take stories of visitors in the night lightly. Willow squeezed her hand. She'd noticed Tara had been a bit quiet.
After a little while the trio returned. Tara had found Spike and Dawn sitting on the training mat pigging out on some chocolate they'd discovered stashed behind the weapons cabinet. Dawn was complaining about some horrible girl at school. Tara had been a little embarrassed near Spike at first, considering what they'd been doing only a week earlier, but he didn't mention it and the witch soon relaxed. They had sat there for awhile, eating chocolate and talking about not much, until Tara and Spike decided it was safe for Dawn to go back inside.
Everyone was in full research mode when they returned. Tara sat down next to Willow who was surfing the Net on her laptop. The red-headed witch gave her lover's hand a squeeze.
"Here's your dumb sweater," Dawn said, dropping Buffy's sweater in front of her. "And was that your chocolate in there, because I just ate it."
"Did you now?" said Buffy, trying not to rise to the bait. She knew Dawn was just trying to salvage some pride.
Spike brushed his hand gently across Buffy's back as he moved back to his seat. Buffy smiled at him and gave his hand a quick squeeze as he sat down. Spike winked at her and picked up a heavy tome to start some Scooby-style research.