| Title: Love Is Sharing Series: Love Is� Author's Name: Scarlet Author's Email and URL: [email protected] www.geocities.com/karenmnick Disclaimer: Joss Whedon and UPN own Buffy the Vampire Slayer in totality. No profit is made from this piece of fiction and no copyright infringement is intended. Distribution: Anywhere, just let me know. Rating: PG Pairing: Andrew/Spike Feedback: Yes! Dedication: Author's Notes: Takes place in the vague area of Dirty Girls. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Spike is so cool. Take today, for example. Things got pretty heated in the kitchen. I mean, I�m a generous guy. I didn�t say anything about the pizza rolls or lunchmeat or the last Dr. Pepper. And when Faith took the last Hot Pocket-even though it clearly had my name on it-I tried to be forgiving. But today there was only one Red Baron individual sized pepperoni pizza circling in the microwave and I wanted it, but so did Faith and Rona and Vi. Now, I know what you�re thinking. I had no chance in Hades of getting the last pizza, right? Well, the argument started to get bad. I�m talking Defcon 1 here. And just when it looked like Faith might join the Dark Side for the sake of a microwave pizza, Spike walked in. Did I mention that he is so cool? �What are you girls yelling about? A vampire can�t get a lick of sleep with you three yapping in here.� �It�s cool, Spike. Just a difference of opinion.� Faith smirked at Spike, as if sharing an inside joke. �That�s the thing, girls. You can�t have differences of opinion.� I could see him getting ready for a big speech. The kind Buffy gives. I hoped it wouldn�t be too boring, but I don�t think anything Spike could say would be that boring. �This is an apocalypse, ladies. We don�t have time for your petty arguments or your little feuds. Is this what you�re going to be doing when The First appears? Are you going to be bitching about food just when we need to be together? It�s this kind of thinking that�s going to get you killed.� �Whatever.� Faith left the kitchen and even though she almost knocked me off the counter when she left, it was a cool exit. �Now, you two have to find a way to overcome your differences. We have to all be together now, whether we like it or not. How about you two go in and tell Harris you�re hungry and out of food? I�m sure he�ll be glad to leave Estrogen Central to get hamburgers.� Vi and Rona gave him suspicious glances, then finally left to find Xander. That�s when the microwave dinged. �There. You want to split it with me?� I looked around the kitchen then and guess what? There wasn�t anyone else there. He was talking to me! So Spike just ripped it in half and even though his piece was way bigger than mine, I took it. It was so cool! And then he asked me how I was doing. Like it was no big deal. We just sat there on the kitchen counter and ate pizza like�like friends. He didn�t say much, but I think he could feel the bonds of brotherhood forming. Now, don�t tell anyone but Spike is kind of messy, too. I mean, they say no one is perfect but you don�t expect that to include vampires. It�s kind of cool when you think about it. When he was almost done with his pizza, I noticed a little tomato sauce on his chin. I tried to point it out, but no matter how hard he stretched his tongue, he couldn�t reach it. It was a big blob, too. So I helped him out. Cause that�s what friends do. I just rubbed my thumb over his chin and got it. I don�t think vampires like to waste food. Must come from the whole �drain them dry� mentality. Anyway, after I wiped the sauce off, he grabbed my hand and put my thumb in his mouth. Here�s something I learned; I thought vampires were supposed to be cold but his mouth is so totally warm. Maybe it was the pizza. His tongue is kind of rough, like a cat�s tongue or like sandpaper. He licked my finger clean and stared at me the whole time. I usually hate it when people stare at me. Generally, it�s because of something I say but I hadn�t said anything so I don�t know why he did that. Maybe he wanted to know if there was any sauce left on his face. Spike staring didn�t bother me the way it usually does, though. It made my feel really�nice. �You�re all clean,� I said. He just sighed and jumped off of the counter. �You can have the rest of mine.� He seemed really disappointed. Maybe the pizza wasn�t what he expected. Microwave pizza is never as good as the real thing. �You don�t want it now?� �Vampires and pizza don�t usually mix.� �Oh�because of the whole garlic thing, right?� I nodded sagely. �No, we just don�t like them very much.� �Oh.� Then he left. So, uh, I learned some very useful things today. Vampires don�t really like pizza, but they�ll eat it if it means the little locust don�t get it. Their mouths are sometimes warm. And something about sharing, too. They like to share. Did I mention that Spike is so cool? *** The Rocky Horror Picture Show is one of the most underrated films of all time. Spike agrees. It�s cool that we agree on stuff. I mean, we didn�t really agree so much as I put the tape in and he didn�t leave the room. But he thought it was underrated. I could tell. The potentials have no taste. They wanted to watch some girlie movie that didn�t even have Julia Roberts in it. Why bother? But even Xander said he would watch and now we are all sitting in the living room. The music starts and I think some of the potentials are even getting into it. Barry Bostwick is so hot. It�s weird. I feel like I should check on Spike. Like I should make sure he�s having a good time. I know this isn�t my house or anything, but sometimes I feel like a hostess. Or, uh, host. Buffy doesn�t really care about stuff like that. I look at Spike and he doesn�t appear uninterested. That�s a good sign. I�m good at picking out movies. Jonathan even said so. He� I stop. I can�t look at the television. The light is too bright. I remember now why I like this movie. Jonathan liked it. He could sing all of the words. I take a deep breath and turn to look at Spike but he is already looking at me. I wonder if he knows I�m having one of those redemptive moments we talked about. Probably. Vampires are very in-tune with humans. *** I have a confession. Meatloaf scares me. Not the food, the singer. And when he comes onscreen, I usually have to fast forward. But I can�t now because I�m watching with other people, which is cool and different at the same time. Usually it�s just me watching by myself when I�m at home. But anyway, Meatloaf is scary which is why I in the kitchen making popcorn instead of in the living room. Popcorn is a tricky thing. If you pop it too long in the microwave, it�ll burn. But if you don�t pop it long enough, then all you get is a little handful of popcorn and a bunch of useless kernels. You can�t follow the button on the microwave that says �popcorn� either because that is always wrong. So I�m trying to find the perfect time. This is the third bag and it better work. There�s only one more and Buffy will kill me when she finds out I ruined the other two. �Having trouble?� Spike must have to go to the bathroom. He�s just stopping by on the way, probably. �The microwave is kicking my ass!� He grins at me. �Popcorn is a tricky thing.� �Yeah.� �I once put a fork in the microwave,� he admitted. �You didn�t!� �I did. Nineteen ninety-two. Dru didn�t let me live that down for two years.� �That�s tough.� �Yeah.� We�re quiet for a minute trying to think of something to say. �I think maybe I just have to have faith, you know? In the microwave, I mean. Not the slayer.� �I got it.� �Well�� �Good luck,� he says, then he�s gone. This time, the popcorn is perfect. |
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