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"Spike?"
He stood in the door of his apartment
and stared in amazement.
"Buffy? How?"
She smiled. "Andrew of course. Did you really think he could keep a secret
this big?"
Spike looked down. "Hoped. I-I wanted to be the one to tell you. When the time was right."
"And when
would that be, Spike?"
"Don't know."
"There's a lot you don't know."
"Like what, love?"
"Like
I do love you, you big dope."
He was reaching to take her in his arms when a pounding on his door awakened him.
Opening
the door, he stared in amazement.
"Spike?"
"Buffy?"
