Xander's construction work falls through, and he's forced to find another job. His first night, and who should be in the audience getting the shock of his unlife but Spike.
Spike gets bored enough to go digging around Xander's apartment
one day, and finds, to his surprise, a talent the young man once had. What he doesn't expect to find is a
story he was never told.
A disheartened Xander just wants a way for Spike to see him without the nasty thoughts or
barbs. When a gypsy woman offers to help him out, he's not exactly sure he wanted Spike to see him this way...
Xander heads out to pick up dinner for the residents at the
Summers', and finds himself in the middle of a fight. When he dials for help, an unlikely person comes to
his rescue
While out searching for a nest of demons, Xander finds a piano,
and memories, good and bad, come rushing in. Spike can't help but overhear, and learns a thing or two
about what Alexander Harris is really made of
Spike is still living in Xander's basement. Emotions the vampire
didn't know he had for the boy emerge when he finds out what Xander's been dealing with for
years
