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[thedemonmagnet]

To say Xander was nervous was an understatement.

He kept pacing the small clearing where he'd asked Spike to meet him. It had taken him a while to talk himself to even bid on Spike at the auction, but he knew that he'd never get the opportunity, or work up the nerve, to ask the ex-vampire this otherwise. It was kind of embarrassing in a way, that Spike was the only person he felt comfortable asking this of, but that's how it was.

Still, he was afraid Spike wouldn't want to do it and just laugh in his face. It was...kind of pathetic really, but then what else was new for him right? Just add it to the ever growing list. The worst Spike could do was laugh after all. Or tell Buffy. Oh yeah, telling Buffy was worse.

He was getting himself so worked up that he almost chickened out a couple times, but at the moment, he was just pacing and hoping Spike would just hurry up already.

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[scoobys-heart.livejournal.com]

Xander just shrugged his shoulders with a bashful look, though he was smiling as he realized that was the closest thing to a straight 'yes' he was going to get out of Spike. "Basically? Yeah. Odd I know but when have I ever done the smart thing?"

And yeah, it had been tempting to have a day of the Big Bad doing whatever he wanted, but this seemed more productive and he had been completely honest when he said it was the only way he would get up the nerve to make this request. Plus, if he used his day productively...Jill wouldn't mind the idea of the whole thing so much.

[fangyandgrr.livejournal.com]

Spike shrugged and peeled his shirt off. "S'your day, mate. Do whatever you like with it." He approved of Xander's choice, both for Xander's sake and his own, but he wasn't going to say that. "Let's get started then."

[scoobys-heart.livejournal.com]

Okay, so he totally couldn't help staring as Spike pulled his shirt off. The guy was fit! But when he realized what he was doing, he suddenly got self-consious and nervous. His fingers played with the hem of his shirt as he wondered if he should follow suit and blurted out to cover himself, "how can you still be so pale on a tropical island?"

[fangyandgrr.livejournal.com]

With a soft snort of amusement Spike jerked his head toward the leather duster. "Not a lot of UV action gettin' through that, is there?" He kind of liked the paleness; it was a point of pride almost that he'd managed to keep his vampiric pallor nearly intact even on a tropical island.

[scoobys-heart.livejournal.com]

Taking a deep breath, Xander pulled his shirt off over his head, figuring with the heat and what they were going to be doing it couldn't hurt. All the swimming and stuff he'd been doing with Clark had been helping, not that he noticed when compared to Superman-lite. And of course he kept talking to keep his nervres at bay. "Yeah, I was wondering about that too. I know it's probably a stupid pride thing or something but isn't that leather just cause you to burn up?" He chuckled, "well not literally of course, not anymore."

[fangyandgrr.livejournal.com]

Spike chuckled, rolling his shoulders and stretching to loosen his muscles. "Jus' habit, I guess. I like the look. It's hot sometimes, but you get used to it, after a bit."

And then he spun on his heel and lunged at Xander, tackling him around the waist and slamming him to the ground. "First lesson: Always be ready for an attack," he drawled as he pulled back, smirking down at him.

[scoobys-heart.livejournal.com]

Xander had had a wonderfully witty comment to make about the duster he really did.

If he could remember it when he caught his breath. Which wasn't looking like it was going to happen. "....ow!" Was what he finally managed to blurt out as he sat up, rubbing his back and wondering if taking off his shirt had been the best idea. "Noted." His voice was slightly strangled as he glared weakly at Spike.

[fangyandgrr.livejournal.com]

Spike chuckled and got to his feet, holding out a hand to help Xander up. "Good. Now we'll get down to the basics."

[scoobys-heart.livejournal.com]

Taking the offered hand, Xander managed not to wince as he got to his feet. "Right. Basics. Can't be too hard right?"