Back to the belly of the beast, although they hope to find no beasts, with or without bellies.

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Continued from here.

Spike would actually have been delighted to see Angel again, since he had some more opinions he felt like expressing, preferably with a satisfying crunch of bone beneath his fists, but given Wesley's strong feelings about how such an encounter could unfold it was probably for the best if they avoided him. "We'll be quick. There's nothing else you want while we're there? Anything from your office? A rare book or two from storage?"

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[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I guess we will." They drove in silence for a minute or so. "Do you want to put the radio on?"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Refusing to let himself flinch at such a blatant rejection, Spike said flatly, "Whatever you want."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I thought maybe you could find something you liked and tell me why." Wesley tried to smile in Spike's direction. "You're going to teach me, aren't you?"

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"If you want." Spike recognized that Wesley was making an effort, though, so he forced himself to continue with more warmth in his voice. "It'd be easier with my CDs than with the radio. That way I could ease you into things."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"We wouldn't want to start too abruptly," Wesley agreed. "One never knows what might trigger another apocalypse."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"I don't think you're going to hate the Clash that much," Spike said, nearly matching Wesley's conversational but strained tone.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"I highly doubt I'm going to hate any of it." Wesley slowed down a bit as they approached a turn he needed to make. "Be puzzled by, maybe."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Spike glanced over at Wesley for the first time in a few minutes. "Why would you be puzzled? It's music; it's not hard to understand."

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

"By how it's different," Wesley explained, suspecting that no matter what he'd do a bad job of making Spike understand. "From other kinds that you like, for example."

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

"Maybe we should start with music you like," Spike said. "It'd give us someplace to begin where you already know what you're hearing."