Swan woke up the next morning to see her friend still asleep on the couch. As quietly as possible, she got out of bed, grabbed some clean clothes from her closet and went to the bathroom to have a shower, brush her teeth, and get ready. 10 minutes later, she exited the bathroom, wearing black, skinny jeans, a plain black t-shirt and her Dock Martens and went over to her vanity to do her make up and put on her jewellery. As she finished up, she heard rustling behind her. Spike had obviously woken up. She turned around and met his gaze. 'Hey' she said. Or thought she said. She cleared her throat and tried again. 'Hi' she mouthed, but no noise came. Spike tried the same thing, but he couldn't make noise come out of his mouth either. They both started to try and scream to see if any noise would come out, but that didn't work either. Their eyes were filled with concern and worry. Swan grabbed her notebook that sat on her desk and started to write. When she was finished, she handed the notebook to Spike 'Giles' apartment!' it read. Spike read it and was about to nod in agreement when something crossed his mind. It was daytime. He pointed to himself and the window and shook his head. 'Oh, right! It's daytime" Swan thought. She didn't want to risk him getting burned but they really needed to get to Giles' apartment to figure out what happened to them. She grabbed the blanket that was on the couch and handed it to Spike before picking up the notebook again. 'Are there any sewers that lead to Giles' apartment?' she wrote before handing the pad over to Spike. 'I think so' Spike wrote. Swan nodded. 'I'll meet you at Giles'' Swan wrote on the pad. Spike nodded. Swan put on her leather jacket and Spike put on his duster and his boots before they walked out of the apartment. Spike had run with the blanket over his head from the apartment to the nearest sewer entrance while Swan walked over to Giles' apartment.
10 minutes later, Swan arrived at Giles' apartment and knocked on the door. Giles opened the door and smiled. He gestured for her to come in and she stepped through the door. The whole Scooby gang was here including Spike, who was sitting on the couch. Swan looked at him and saw a burn on his left hand that he had gotten from the sun. Giles noticed her staring had his hand and handed her the first aid kit. Swan smiled ant Giles before sitting down beside Spike and tending to his burn. At first, he was confused when she gently grabbed his hand and put it on her lap, but then he saw the first aid kit and figured out what she was doing. When she was finished, she looked up at him and smiled sweetly, a smile which he returned. A moment later, Giles turned on the T.V and everyone watched the news report saying that the whole town was experiencing a case of laryngitis and the town would be in quarantine (kind of ironic don't ya think) until they figured out what was causing it.
Swan walked through the town, looking at everything that was going on. She picked up two message boards and continued until she got to Giles' house. she knocked on the door to the apartment and waited until Giles opened it and waved her inside. She glanced around the room and her eyes immediately landed on the bleached blond vampire who was sitting on the couch with a wet cloth on his arm. She gave a look of confusion to Giles before he started to write on a spare piece of paper. 'Spike got a little burnt running from the sewers to here' it read. Swan nodded and quickly grabbed the first aid kit that was on a nearby shelf and walked over to Spike. She gave him an apologetic mile before gently grabbing his arm and resting it on her knee. She then proceeded to clean and tend to his burn until it was bandaged up. When she was done the looked up at him to see him gazing at her in adoration. 'Thank you' he mouthed, forgetting for a moment that he couldn't speak, but the words were simple enough for Swan to make out.
After hours of researching, they couldn't find anything. The sun was setting, and Swan was getting hungry so she pulled out her message boards and wrote, 'We should be getting back, the sun is almost set' and showed it to Spike who nodded. 'We should get going' Swan wrote on her message board and showed it to Giles who nodded in return. They opened the door and walked towards Swan's apartment. She unlocked the door and stepped into the apartment. A few minutes after they hung up their coats, Spiketripped over her shoes, landing on the floor. Swan burst out laughing silently as he tried to get up. 'Sorry' she wrote down on her message board. He got up and sat on the couch. After a moment she joined him and the relaxed fora while. Swan had fallen asleep on the couch, and her head was resting on Spike's shoulder. After a while, Spike decided to get himself some blood and to make her something to eat. 'It's just to thank her for letting me stay here' he thought to himself as he started to fry up some vegetables he got from her freezer. He also added a few corn pieces to the frying pan. 20 minutes later he was finished and had successfully made Swan a dinner that she would hopefully enjoy. As Spike plated up her food, Swan began to stir and eventually she woke up. She rubbed her eyes and looked around for Spike. When she didn't see him, she began to panic. 'He wouldn't run away... would he' she thought for a moment before noticing a bleached-blond vampire coming into view from the kitchen. She smiled and then frowned when she noticed him carrying a plate of cooked food. 'What's that for?' Swan wrote on her message board. 'Eating' Spike wrote his reply simply. 'Oh. I didn't know you like human food?' Swan scribbled onto the message board. Spike looked at her like she was stupid and wrote his reply on his message board. 'Did you hit your head or something? It's for you' it read. Swan smiled in delight by his act of kindness. 'thank you, blondie,' Swan wrote, and Spike nodded and gave her the plate and sat down beside her. She took a few bites of her food before swallowing and looking at Spike. 'Who knew vampires could cook' she thought. before continuing to eat her food. When she finished her food, Swan washed the plate and put it away. After that, she grabbed her black pajamas and went into the bathroom to change and get ready for bed. A few minutes later, Swan emerged from the bathroom and hopped into bed. She tried to say 'goodnight' to Spike but obviously couldn't, so she just turned on her side and fell asleep.
The next day was spent looking for the gentlemen after Giles 'friend' saw one out of the window. Buffy had left around six to patrol around the town and the rest of the gang had stayed at Giles' apartment to research. Swan and Spike were sitting on the couch, reading a book on demon dimensions while Anya slept on the couch. 'I'm going to get some blood' Spike wrote on the message board and showed it to Swan who nodded. He got up and headed to the kitchen where he got out his blood from the fridge and vamped out while drinking it. He brought his mug to the sitting room and was about to sit beside Swan when he knocked down some books that were on the coffee table. He bent down to get them and when he picked them up, he was still vamped out. At that moment Xander walked in and saw his girlfriend sleeping with her hair dangling from the couch, and Spike beside her vamped out with a little bit of blood on his lips. The next thing Spike knew was he was being pummelled to the ground by Xander. Swan jumped up and tried to shout Xander's name. Anya also woke up and was very confused about why Xander was punching Spike. Swan ran over to Xander and dragged him off Spike so he could see that Anya was ok. Anya tapped him on the shoulder, and he spun around and kissed her. After a moment, he stopped and gave Spike an apologetic shrug before turning to Anya and the two walked out of the apartment. 'You ok?' Swan wrote on her message board and showed it to Spike. He shrugged and sat back down with her to continue reading the book. After an hour they went back to Swan's apartment and went to sleep.
Spike walked through the graveyard, looking around, it was night and there was a full moon. His eyes fell on a girl who was sitting on top of a gravestone, her legs dangling. The light from the full moon illuminating the girl. As he stepped closer, he noticed who it was. Elizabeth Swan. "Hey blondie," she said as he approached her, her hips swaying side to side. "Hey" he replied, stepping closer. She jumped off the headstone and stepped towards him. "Well, what are you waiting for?" Swan asked a cocky grin spread across her red lips. "Nothing" Spike murmured, grabbing her, and kissing her. When they broke apart, Swan looked at him and smiled. "I love you" she whispered. Spike smiled. "Love you too, snow" he replied before leaning in for another kiss. And then Spike woke up, bolting up in bed, gasping for air he didn't exactly need.