SHEíS LIKE THE WIND

Disclaimer: I own nothing. I own less than nothing. Buffy & Co belong to Joss, WB, Mutant Enemy (Grr, Arg) and anyone else who has a hand in. The title of this story and the lyrics are from the song Sheís Like The Wind, written and sung by Patrick Swayze/Stacey Widelitz/Wendy Fraser, owned by Trophy Productions Inc/Strawberry Fork Music Inc (BMI) and are taken from the soundtrack to the Vestron Motion Picture ëDirty Dancingí.

Thanx: SMG, DB and the crew for giving me an escape route from the Hellmouth that is Duplo International! I love you guys for it!!!

Authorís Note: The only excuse I can offer is that I was having a retro evening!!! Please consider this defence before finding me guilty. The lyrics are in Italics.

ëSheís like the wind through my tree

She rides the night next to me

She leads me through moonlight

Only to burn me with the sun

Sheís taken my heart

But she doesnít know what sheís doneÖí

Buffy.

Amazing how one short word could cause such a myriad of emotions. A word that could bring a smile to my lips and at the same time a blood tear to my eyes. It could warm my non-beating heart, make me catch my non-breath and tie me up in knots.

There was no doubt she was under my skin.

ëFeel her breath on my face

Her body close to me

Canít look in her eyes

Sheís out of my league

Just a fool to believe I have anything she needs

Sheís like the windÖí

Why am I doing this to myself? Iím a vampire and sheís the Slayer. We canít be together. Weíre mortal enemies; and yet. When weíre together thereís something. A spark. A flicker of hope. Maybe she is the one.

ëI look in the mirror and all I see

Is a young old man with only a dream

Am I just fooling myself

That sheíll stop the pain

Living without her

Iíd go insaneÖí

We keep walking away. But for how much longer? Itís getting harder and harder to walk away and I know she feels that too. Weíre both trying to deny something that wonít be denied. This is stronger than both of us. I need her more than I have ever needed anything before. She is my hopes, my fears, my dreams.