Blind Sided Date

Title: Blind-sided Date 1/1

Author: Nita

Rating: G

Disclaimer: Joss, WB, Mutant Enemy, Fox,
Microsoft…oops again! Not Microsoft!

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Dedication: To my amazing beta, Quienna and all the
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Note: This fic was totally inspired by the song by
Stroke 9 called Little Black Back Pack from their
Nasty Little Thoughts album. Makes me laugh!

**
Willow was fuming!

“He had no right to do that! Who the hell does he
think he is anyway?! British clod!” she ranted to
herself as she stalked towards Giles’ apartment.

**
It had all started with Buffy’s attempt to set her up
on a blind date. Buffy was convinced that Gary Millers
was the missing half of Willow. He was one of the
smartest brains in UC Sunnydale. Plus he was gorgeous.
And even more of a plus, it seems that he had long had
a crush on Willow. Actually ever since, Willow topped
the Computer Programming 203 class that they were both
in. Buffy had learned of his crush from Riley and
immediately began to plan the blind date.

“He’s a nice guy! You will love him!” she had declared
as they sat in Giles’ apartment researching the latest
big bad.

“Buffy, I really rather not. I-I’ve got homework and
wicca practise!” Willow replied.

“Oh yeah! That’s a whole lot of fun! Come on Willow!
You haven’t gone out with a guy since…since Oz.” Buffy
said, carefully.

“That’s not true!” Willow protested.

“Oh yeah? Name one!” Buffy challenged and before a
sound could come out Willow’s open mouth, she added,
“And Xander doesn’t count!”

Willow closed her mouth to think again then her eyes
brightened.
“Spike! I went with Spike to get groceries!”

Buffy gave Willow an exasperated look.
“Listen to yourself! Spike! Groceries! Come on Willow!
I meant romantic going out! Not babysitting going
out!” Buffy exclaimed.

“I’ll have you know that we had fun! Spike is really a
hoot when he’s not threatening you with bottles or
trying to sink his fangs in you.” Willow said,
sincerely. She remembered that night clearly. At first
Spike had been surly but after a few minutes out of
Giles’ apartment, they had began to joke and laugh.
For the first time in a long time, Willow didn’t feel
so uninteresting. Spike always had something to add to
whatever she babbled such that her babbling was not so
much a babble but rather a well thought out comment.
By the end of the night, they had become rather good
friends.

“Besides, I promised Spike that we would watch the I
Love Lucy reruns they are showing tonight, with him.”

Buffy took a deep breath. “I’ll tape it for you! Look,
Willow. What harm could it do huh? He’s a cute
harmless guy. And you two have so much in common! You
will definitely have a lot to talk about! If not for
you, do it for me! Pleaseeee!”

Willow finally conceded. What harm could it do?
**

Spike clenched and unclenched his jaws. He couldn’t
believe Willow cancelled their date. Date? Ok, not
date. A casual hanging out session. And she cancelled
their ‘casual hanging out session’ to go on a date.
With some jerk called Gary.

<It’s too soon for her to go on a date! She will be on
a rebound and that guy will take advantage of her! The
stupid Slayer! She doesn’t think before sending her
friend into the arms of wolves!>

Spike angrily attacked the remote control. Finally he
threw it on the couch in exasperation and stood up.

<Hell! If the Slayer won’t keep an eye on the little
redhead, then I will!>

Spike put on his duster and was out of the door in a
flash.

**
“…and so I tried to run the back-up program and ran
into a firewall. Not that it was too hard to get
through but it was rather irritating! Know what I
mean?” Gary asked as he continued with his monologue.

<Boy do I ever!> Willow thought to herself. Gary had
been talking about his latest software program the
whole night. Willow had given up trying to get a word
in hours ago. She looked at her watch. 9:15. Has it
only been 45 minutes? She felt like an eternity had
passed since they had set down at the café.

<Not like with Spike.>
In the midst of their conversation, Willow had
frequently thought back to her night of fun with
Spike. They had been out for hours but to Willow, it
had ended too soon.

Her little black backpack was clutched in her hands as
she waited for Gary to take a breath. As soon as he
did, she was going to make an excuse and a run for it!

He stopped and before he could start again, Willow
interrupted.
“ERM…look Gary, I would really like to hear more about
the System 2000 but it’s rather late and my parents
don’t like me out too late.”

“I thought you lived in the dorms?” Gary asked
suspiciously.

“I do. It’s just that er..er..they call in to check up
on me! Yeah! Parents! Ha! Can’t live with them! Can’t
move away from them!” Willow laughed weakly.

“Oh. Ok. Let me walk you to…”

“THAT’S NOT…er…I mean that’s not necessary. You’re
probably tired and have to get back to your Systems
2000.” Willow said as she stood up and hitched her
backpack upon her shoulder.

“No. I insist!” Gary said, smiling and trying to act
like a gentlemen.

Willow out on a fake smile and nodded.

And so began the longest walk of her life.

**
They finally reached the dorm. Willow turned towards
Gary and began to say goodnight.
“So I had a really…er…interesting time.”

“Yeah me too! I enjoyed talking to you.” Gary said
with a smile.

<The pleasure was all yours!> Willow thought to
herself.

“Ok, I’ll see you around!”

“Wait! Can we go out tomorrow night?” Gary asked.

“Hmm…I’ll have to check my schedule. I’ll call you!”
Willow said.

“Ok.” Gary smiled and began to lean in to kiss Willow.
Willow leaned back. Gary leaned even more in. Willow
leaned back so far that she lost her balance and
landed on her ass. As she fell, she reflexively
grabbed Gary’s jacket to regain her balance but only
succeeded in pulling him down atop her.

And that’s how Spike found them.

“GARY! Are you all right?” Willow asked as she
squatted down beside him.

Gary was holding his nose to stop the bleeding.
“He..he broke my nose!” Gary replied, his answer
coming out as a whine.

“Yeah! And if I could I would break more things than
just your nose, you frigging sot!” Spike yelled as he
grasped his head trying to get rid of the pain.

   <Don't wanna talk about it
   I say why not?
   Don't wanna think about it
   I say there's got to be some good reason
   For your little black backpack
   Up, smack, turnaround he's on his back
   and>

“SPIKE! HOW COULD YOU?!” Willow scolded as she stood
up.

“HOW COULD I? The freaking bastard was trying to rape
you!” Spike defended himself.

Willow went speechless momentarily. She turned around
a full circle, gesturing to the crowd that was
gathering.
“Rape me? We are in a public place!!”

Spike frowned as he realized that he may have been
wrong. But no way was he going to admit it!

“Hasn’t stopped others before, pet! Besides, what are
you doing with him?! Just yesterday you were swearing
off guys and now you are making out with one in
public!” Spike shouted.

Willow shook her head furiously.
“YOU HAVE NO RIGHT! I’LL DO WHAT I DAMN WELL PLEASE!”
she yelled.

She felt like crying. She felt humiliated. Plus her
backpack was all bloody. Of all the things to hit Gary
with, Spike had to choose her backpack!

Spike had had about enough. Fine if the witch didn’t
want his help.

   <Don't wanna tango with you
   I'd rather tangle with him
   I think I'm gonna bash his head in
   And this shouldn't concern you except that
   Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack
   back>

“Yeah whatever. I’m going back to the apartment.”
Spike said and turned around to walk back.

“I-I’LL SUE!” Gary threatened once Spike’s back was
turned.

Spike turned back to look at him causing Gary to
visibly shrink away. Spike just smirked. He looked at
Willow and gave her a salute, then walked away.

Willow stamped her feet in frustration. She tried not
to meet the amused gaze of the onlookers. Most of whom
she knew. This whole night was a disaster.

“I can sue you know.” Gary said once more, softly.

“Oh shut up, Gary!” Willow replied and walked away to
her dorm room.

Spike sullenly flipped through the channels. Seems
like all he was doing these days. Just then there was
knock on the door. Spike got up and opened it.

Willow was standing there. She stepped in and looked
around.

“Where is Giles?”

“Sleeping.” Spike answered.

“Good.” Willow said before beginning her attack. One
finger jabbed into Spike chest as she moved forward,
forcing him to back away. She followed him all the
way, continually jabbing him.

“You <jab> are <jab> an <jab> idiot <jab>! How <jab>
could <jab> you <jab> humiliate <jab> me <jab> like
<jab> that! <jab> I <jab> *thought* <jab> we <jab>
were
<jab> friends! <jab>”

“OW!” Spike said before catching her stabbing finger
in his hands. “We are friends, pet! I thought you were
in danger! I was coming over to ask you how was your
date and I saw the twit on top of you! What was I
supposed to think?”

“Did you even think?!” Willow exclaimed.

“No! I reacted! I thought you were in danger and just
wanted to protect you!” Spike shouted back.

Willow fell silent.
<A need to protect me? Does he really care for me that
much?>
A warm fuzzy feeling engulfed her body.

Spike realized what he had said. Was he really getting
a soft spot for the witch? A really mushy soft spot?
Like his sire and the slayer type? He almost shuddered
at that last thought.

   <And I can feel you
   Yes I can
   What about that don't you understand?
   And I sense you
   It's something sensual
   But it's less than I planned
   Don't wanna

You're trying to find a reason for the way you feel

   tonight
   You're mind is lined with layers of lead
   Have you heard one thing that I've said?>

They stood there staring at each other for while. They
heard sound of sirens outside and it broke their
silence. They looked away, a bit flustered.

“Look, I’m sorry I ruined your date, pet. I’m sure the
twit will forget about it and call you.”

“Heavens no!” Willow exclaimed earning a raised
eyebrow from Spike. “I mean, it’s ok. I don’t intend
to see him again.”

Spike grinned.
“That boring huh? Well luv, you’ve had a taste of the
best and you can’t settle for less!” Spike said, with
a proud grin.

“Oh! I went out with Angel?” Willow teased.

Spike gave her a glare then smiled.
“So he *was* boring!”

“Well let’s just say that he makes me look like
Lucille Ball!” Willow replied, grinning in return.

“Actually, you both do have that red hair.” Spike
replied. He looked at the television where Lucy and
Ethel were standing atop the bumper of two cars trying
to get them apart.

“So if you are up to it, I believe we have a date with
the Ricardos and the Mertz!” Spike said as he pulled
Willow towards the couch.

Willow sat down and leaned back, putting her foot up
on the table as did Spike.
“You know, I still haven’t forgiven you. You owe me a
backpack! Also, you should apologize to Gary.”

Spike smirked and increased the volume as sounds of
the laugh track filled the room. But not before
whispering,
“In your dreams, Red.”

The end!