"It happened pretty fast. I mean, he was sick on Sunday when he was working on that translation with you, but it was just, like, a cold. Yesterday at the store he seemed better, but Angel was worried about him...which reminds me, I recruited Angel for the Council."

"Excuse me?"

"And Spike's agreed to it, too, by the way, and if you order now we'll throw in a primordial god-king for the low, low price of absolutely nothing."

Hee! I hard Giles say that 'Excuse me?' so clearly in my head. And the rest was pure Xander.

Spike snuggled down with his teddy and holding Xander's hand turned my heart to mush. I would kill for a photo of that! *g*