On the road again...

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Continued from here.

Spike shifted slightly to try to see more of Wesley's face. "We could leave your car and take the new one, but that wouldn't make much sense. Would you feel better if I promised not to stop off at any bars on the way back to your flat?"

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[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I suppose so." The cleaner's, which was fortunately in the same direction as the mall -- not to mention Wolfram and Hart -- was just ahead. Wesley pulled the car into a parking space. "I'll just run these in. I'll be right back."

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Spike pulled the blanket back over himself to block any stray rays coming through the door as it opened. "I'm not going anywhere."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

It didn't take Wesley long to go inside and hand over the laundry bag -- technically, for most people, the working day wasn't yet over, so he didn't have to wait his turn. When he returned to the car, he said, "There. One thing done."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike had spent the time while Wesley was away checking out what had fallen under the front seats. "Did you know you have two knives, a stake, and a vial of holy water down here? And there's also something squishy and furry that could be an old prune or some sort of mummified head. Knowing you, it's probably the head."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"The first four don't surprise me," Wesley said, pulling the car back out onto the road. "I'd really like to be able to say that there isn't a mummified head on the floor of my car, but sadly I don't think I can."

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"Guess it comes with the job." Spike used the stake to push the object in question further away from himself. "It's a lot neater than my car ever was, though, so I can't complain."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you didn't have a collection of stakes and holy water, at the very least," Wesley said. He tried to imagine what type of clutter Spike might keep in a car, and failed. "What was it messy with?"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"There was holy water; Dru liked it." Spike could still remember with satisfaction the sight of Angel's tortured flesh. "There was some of everything in my car. Clothes, weapons, music, whatever. Everything I needed to leave quickly." He decided not to mention the fast food wrappers, the blood stains, and the occasional unwilling passenger.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Drusilla liked holy water?"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Spike said, wondering how he got himself into these discussions. "She, uh, liked playing with it."