Running from the Inevitable by The Enemy of Reality
Chapter: Chapter three

04/02/2011 12:33 am
He dropped her unconscious but still alive form to the floor and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

 hee  - hhe hhee - Spike would have killed her.  :)
Funny you should say that! At first he actually did kill her but my beta suggested I should just make him not drain her completely dry, so there you go. ;) Thank you for reading and reviewing, gorgeous!!! :D

annie
01/14/2011 02:36 am
 Oh. My. God. So. Many. Twists. And. Turns. Don't. Know. Where. To. Start.

...

*breath*

First of all, totally funny how Spike is convincing himself of his non-feelings for Buff. Funny, and doesn't all of Spike's so called 'plans' go straight down the shitter? 
And the women with the crossbows was waaaay left field, sooo didn't see that one coming. And typical Spike, what with all the wrong-girl's-name-while-in-bed-with-someone. And really all of the foot-to-mouth-decease he really can't shake.

Ah, and Buffy. With the denial again, huh? Okay, she DID thank him for saving her life, which is a step in the right direction here. But, BUT. She was straddling Spike and decided to un-straddle him. What?! And then, THEN! She catches him with his hand down his pants, literally! And decides it has to stop and wakes him up before the good stuff? Get a grip girlfriend! That Buffy seriously needs some professional help (from Dr. Spike, baom-chica-wow-waa).

Cause if I had a self-groping hottie like Spike next to me, you just KNOW that I wouldn't stop him. What am I saying, of course you know what I'm saying. The one that needs to wake up and smell the peroxide-blond-uber-hotness-lying-next-to-her is Buffy.

Onward! See you at the next galaxy!

Hee... expect the unexpected. That's my motto!

*hands you aspirator* ;)

He's just a bloody riot, isn't he? Poor vamp just can't seem to acknowledge what's staring him right in the face... besides Buffy's boobs that is. Though those have something to do with it too. Haha... indeed they do go straight down the shitter... with a splash and all. Okay... gross. :D

That's why I did it of course. I'm crafty that way. Next time you'll see me winning as a US president without even having to be American. That's how crafty I am. Spike just runs off with his mouth and can't stop! It's like a verbal diarrhoea. And it always gets him in trouble.

Oh, Buffy, the queen of denial. At least she thanked him, as you cleverly observed. And I know! That girl needs some sense knocked into her. I mean, if I was straddling Spike, the last thing I'd want to do is climb off. But that is Buffy for you, with all her morlas and stuff. Pche, I say! PCHE! Damn the morals. And Spike with his hand down his pants... mmm... she only woke him up because if he did something naughty, she might have said to hell with it all and jumped his bones. ;)

I hear ya. There will be quite a lot of smelling eventually. ;) And that sounded way pervier than it did in my head. Oh, well...

See you, captain! Do not crash into that alien over there. He looks quite friendly. I apologize for the randomness. It's 2:27am here.

Thank you for the delicious review!!! :D

01/13/2011 02:17 am
Fantastic!  Really loving how ambiguous Spike's thoughts are but we know where they truly lie.  Just keep fooling himself..hee-hee..  
Hee... you got that right! He's definitely trying to convince himself he doesn't feel anything for Buffy, but he can only go so long before he has to face the truth. ;) Thank you for the sweet review!!! :D

01/09/2011 01:54 am
Can't believe Spike didn't take a taste or two.  Hee :)
I know! He's behaving so well. *g* Thank you for being made of win!!! :D

01/07/2011 04:16 pm
The Enemy of Reality? Oh no, it's the Enemy of UST in this chapter. There was straddling...and parts...and friction...and then arrows? Arrows? What's up with that?! I voted for more straddling. Did you not receive my absentee ballot?

I liked how Spike has been outed from the curly hair closet. Yay! I expect Buffy to remark on that at some point in the future.

And in terms of banter, I'm going to have to give this round to Spike once again, even though I feel it may be unfair as Buffy is impaired. Impaired, you say? Yes, says I. First, she's suffering from post-break-up slump. Then she's had a lot of ice cream. Lactose, bah. Then she's a bit muddled from being too close to Spike's hot-albeit-cold bod. And now she's been shot. It's hardly fair. I blame the lactose.

And that being said, I can't wait for more and I think I see that I won't have to. Yay!!!!
LMAO! Maybe I should change my penname. What do you think? ;) Though it would probably be Enemy of RST (resolved sexual tension) since I like to tease both Buffy and Spike, and you readers so much. *g* Ha! You didn't see the arrows coming... or, um, flying as the case may be... did you?! Quite a device plot on ym part, I have to admit. But as long as it keeps them together, I'm not feeling guilty for it. Hee... more straddling will be there, promise.

That's possibly the awesomest sentence ever! :D And nope, once he's outed, there's not a way out.

How could I possibly argue with the very reasonable and strong points you made?! I can't. Therefore I agree... Spike is the winner of this round.

Nope, just added more. Yay! Thank you for the funny review!!! :D

Sarah
01/05/2011 10:20 am
Denial Spike is so much fun to read!! Dr Freud would have a field day with him!!

I love the way you handled his confusion and conflicting emotions (comfort her/torture her/hug her/kill her), Spike is certainly one befuddled vamp!! In fact, the way you've written his thought process in this chapter is very similar to what I would imagine it to have been like early in S5 (esp. in the episode Out of My Mind). Also his way of distracting Buffy was pure Spike, I could just hear him saying that "If you wanted to handle my manly parts, all you had to do was ask, pet."

The introduction of the vengeful females was a great touch and I adored Spike's protecting Buffy from the arrows and the following scene in the car (with Buffy of course opening the argument with "This is your fault.")

I also love the way you've handled Spike's reaction to the whole injured Buffy scenario - irritated, confused, angry, concerned and wholeheartedly ticked off!! I especially liked his argument proving it all came back to being Buffy's fault!! And yet despite all this he still helps her and doesn't succumb to his baser vampire instincts.

And can I just say - that last scene?! Completely caused a melt down of my higher cognitive functions!! Sleep-riddled, curly haired Spike in a rather compromising position!! Swoon!! I can understand Buffy blushing - I'd be a gibbering mess!! And then of course Spike changing once again from unlikely rescuer to rude irritant with his "can't blame a bloke for catching a free peep-show." Marvellous!!

Congratulations on a brilliant chapter 3 and I look forward to the revealing of more gems of your imagination in chapter 4. :)
Haha, poor Dr. Freud's head would probably explode if he had to analyze all the stuff going on between Buffy and Spike. ;)

I love it that you love it! It makes me very happy to know I managed to portray his confusion about the conflicting feelings towards Buffy. Hee... S5 Spike definitely had that frustration going on, especially in that episode... all about trying to kill her, complaining about her shampoo commercial hair and then dreaming of snogging the life out fo her. ;) Love that episode! It's so awesome to know you could hear him saying that! Makes me so very mushy. He was rather crude with that comment... but that's what I love about him too. *g*

The vengeful demon women were a good plot device to have Spike and Buffy alone, having to depend on each other. I've always thought that if faced with threat, the two fo them would automatically team up (like with Acathla) even if they didn't necesarily like each other. Hence Spike protecting Buffy. It will be quite an adventure.

Hee... well, of course it's Buffy's fault! :D It was her name being called out that had caused this entire situation. Never mind the fact it was Spike who calld the name. ;)

Yes! I love causing melt downs like that... who needs a brain anyway?! Poor Buffy didn't know how to deal with that too hot to handle visual so she reacted with violence and arguing... and ended up straddling him. Well... best laid pland and all. ;) Happy you liked that!!

*blushes* You're made of win. Thank you for the delicious review!!! :D

Jeleyne
01/05/2011 07:31 am
Ooh, an update!  Nice evocative description in "and the fact she made him feel like his worthless human self made his fangs itch."  Maybe he doesn't mean it literally, but just the idea of itchy fangs conveys a very unpleasant sense of discomfort. Doesn't seem like there's a lot you could do about itchy fangs. Probably even sinking them into something doesn't help much.

"And he wasn’t that hungry anyway."  Right. Can we say totally deluded? Although he didn't drain the motel clerk, which is either a point in his favor or testimony to his well-fed state.

"In throes of passion, he had called out a wrong name. For some reason, the bird got real offended at that"  Yeah, and he'll really need to watch that kind of thing around Buffy; the girl wields a mean stake. Um, Spike, word of advice here - that's why sometimes it's smarter to stick with "pet" and "luv" and "baby"... oh, and "princess" works, too (but absolutely not for Buffy if she's ever heard you use the word for Drusilla. Trust me on that one...) 
Hee... gotta love the enthusiasm. ;) You bet your pert little ass itchy fangs are uncomfortable. It was a tie between literal and metaphorical sense, more leaning towards the latter. Spike just wants to tear into the Slayer's neck and tear it out to add that third notch on his belt, but for 'some reason' he can't. And that makes him terribly frustrated. And nope, not even sinking his fangs into someone else makes the feeling go away.

LOL Yup, deluded thy name is Spike. Poor vamp jusr can't seem to admit his attraction to Buffy. Take the almost draining as a point in his favour. ;)

You crack me up with your commentary. :D I agree with you completely, Spike better sticks with the neutral cute little nick names, but the alcohol totally made him blurt that 'Buffy' out. Good thing Buffy doesn't know what really happened to make the vengeful women attack them... but you know, truth has a way of coming out eventually. ;) But if he calls her his 'dark wicked plum', she'll slap him so hard his head will spin around. Guaranteed. Thank you so much for the brilliant review!!! :D

01/04/2011 05:33 pm
I had to re-read the last chapter before reading this one because i had completely forgotten what was going on in the story cos i just finished reading your other story 'Denial' - which btw was amazing! - but anyways i loved this chapter, mainly because i love when Spike goes all knight-in-shining-armor.. so sexy!
And i dont know if youve noticed this but your beginnning to create a pattern where Buffy is angry at the end of each chapter keeping me thinking 'ooooh what happens next?' the suspense is killing me!!!!!!!!!
xo.
Stuff can definitely get all mixed up when you're reading more stories at the same time... I can symphatize. ;) Happens to me too. It's awesome that you liked Denial since this story is of a similar mold... more fun than angst. Hee... Spike is more like a knight in shining leather. ;) Gotta agree with the sexyness that is him. Even more so when he's all protective without actually wanting to be. LOL I have not noticed that pattern. :D With two of them, it's just a matter of time before Spike inserts his foot in his mouth and makes Buffy angry. *g* I apologize for torturing you with waiting! It won't be too long for the next chapter though. Thank you for the delicious review!!! :D