Raven woke first, as usual it seemed, but then again she had never really needed much sleep and sleeping in the daytime was still strange to her.<br/>She slipped out of bed, made coffee showered and dressed while she drank it. Kissed Spike on the head then headed out to shop.<br/>It was sheer bliss being out on the bike in the warm sunshine, she had been tempted to take off and just ride, but ever mindful of the time and remembering the promise she'd made to always be there when he woke up, she kirbed the urge and headed for the nearest bike shop for new jeans.<br/>She was in luck, the second pair she tried fit her like a glove, were a good price and almost felt comfortable, well as comfortable as new leathers ever were. She kept them on, grimacing as she squeeked out of the shop, hating to have to give up her old faithfuls and looking forward to the day when these too were well worn in.<br/>The rest was fairly easy, underwear...plain and simple nothing fancy, a couple of t-shirts, vests and a long velvet skirt with a couple of tops to match, her favourite for pulling on quickly and for lounging about in.<br/>She had looked in a couple of trendy shops for  'clubby' stuff, but had chickened out at the last minute having no idea what to buy, no Spike was going to have to help with that one, she'd been 'one of the lads' for so long, anything like that was completely alien to her......<br/><br/>Returning to the bike, she shoved the bags into her saddle bags and checked the time, at least two hours before Spike woke at dusk, plenty of time for a quick visit to Malash.<br/>Pulling into the traffic, she thanked the years of courrier work and a good memory, she should be able to remeber the way....<br/>