Title: Blood Lies
Synopsis: It's Buffy's birthday! Throw in a party,
reveal a thing or two about 'the Key', have a fight with
a god, & this could be Buffy's most memorable
birthday yet... until she finds out about Spike's gift to
her.
Note: A post 'Blood Ties' BtVS episode.
Rating: G
Date: Tuesday, 07 February, 2001 : 11:12:20 PM
Written by: The Resident Web Vampyr © 2001.
Credits: Buffy, the Vampire Slayer is a property
of its creator Joss Whedon & the powers that be. Read more
here.
Characters in play: Buffy Dawn Spike
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part one.
Aftermath of the fight between Glory v. Buffy, Spike, and
the Scoobies. Buffy and Dawn came home at peace with each
other. Dawn accepted the new revelation about her
identity. She never thought that after what happened, her
family still accepted her as a part of their lives and
she never felt more secure than ever. Now that this part
of her life is over, she must now face the daunting task
of finding out her purpose, being 'the Key'.
She came close of knowing what she is for though. First,
with a certain patient in the hospital; he kept mumbling
words like destroyer & must destroy. That was the
first time she actually believed that she is in fact,
'the Key', other than the fact that a certain vampire
suggested it to her after reading Giles' notebook. Then
came Glory. Now, that was a bit confusing. Where did
she come from? What happened to Ben? I was just talking
to him when Glory finally showed up in front of my face.
I can't even explain it to Buffy... maybe there's a
logical explanation to all of it. I bet Buffy has an idea,
Dawn thought.
Buffy is her room after a tiresome evening having to
fight Glory for the second time. Although she becomes
stronger and stronger as days go by, Buffy knew it will
take a lot more to defeat Glory --strength, skill, wit,
and a little help from her friends. It's fortunate that
Willow & Tara cast a spell that would temporarily
transport Glory to another place or even another town,
until she can figure out what to do next. Now that Dawn
finally accepted her new role as 'the Key' she can move
on to the more important step: how to defeat Glory.
Buffy looked at the wound at her chest, she can still
feel the burning sensation it caused. It was her 20th
birthday and this may be the most memorable day, yet.
"Hey..." Dawn standing at her door looking
perplexed. "Does it hurt still?" she asked.
"A little. Don't worry, I heal fast..." Buffy
smiled. "I thought you were sleeping?" she
asked Dawn.
"I can't sleep..." she walked towards her
carrying a box. "I thought you should have
this," Dawn handed her a crushed box of chocolates
she found while tidying her bedroom. It was the same box
of chocolates Spike intended of giving her sister that
night. She must've left it there when she was sulking
earlier that day. "I ate some of it since I
originally was not planning to give it to you."
"Chocolates?" Buffy said confused.
"I thought it would make you heal faster," Dawn
smiled.
Buffy opened the disarrayed box. Dawn clearly ate some of
it based on the empty slots, plus the wrappings of some
chocolates were disarranged. It was definitely mishandled
in some point in time. "You bought me
chocolates?"
"No. Actually, it isn't from me," said Dawn.
"It's from Spike."
Buffy looked at Dawn, speechless.
part two.
The following day, Buffy pays a visit to Spike. This time
not to accuse him of anything but to clarifying the
meaning of his 'gift'.
"What's the meaning of this?" Buffy showed him
the empty box of chocolates still with the gift trimmings
that came with it.
Spike recognized the badly-beaten box, his gift to Buffy.
He also noticed that it was empty. "Uh..." he
chuckled. "Did you like it?" Spike asked
sarcastically.
True, she ate some of it and did enjoy it, but that's not
what she came for. "That's beside the point,"
she glared at him defensively.
Spike, half-smiled answered, "It was your birthday,
wasn't it?" He examined the box and what's left of
it, "It looks like you had a feast with it... if I
may add." Spike turned to Buffy, who's still
unconvinced, and said "Will you lightened up? It was
a sodding gift, okay? ...between friends..." he
said, starting to get pissed. "Didn't you get the
card that came with it?" he asked. "I composed
a little poetry for you, you know," he said proudly,
changing the tone of his voice.
"A gift on my birthday..." said Buffy,
thoughtfully. "Uhm, what's next? A date on
Valentines' Day?" she said sarcastically.
"It's up to you baby," said Spike as he slowly
approached her. "Only say the words..." he
mused.
Buffy backed up. She doesn't want to hear what's coming.
"You know what? I'm getting pretty creeped out here
so you'd better not try to do something foolish,"
she warned him. Buffy watched Spike walked towards her,
with the box in his hands. He stopped abruptly in front
of her, close enough to see the fine lines of his face,
the blueness of his eyes, and the visible pout of his
lips.
"Not unless you want me to," he smiled
wickedly. He started to lean for a kiss; the chocolate
box between them.
"Buffy!" cried Dawn, standing at Spike's
doorway, arms crossed.
Surprised to see Dawn at the crypt, both Spike and Buffy
turned around to look. Buffy immediately toggled with the
chocolate box from Spike and pushed him aside.
"We...er, I was just talking to Spike how delicious
these chocolates are..." she presented her with the
box which was obviously, empty.
"It's empty," said Dawn flatly.
"Well, that how good it was," Buffy grinned.
She gave the empty box back to Spike without looking at
him. "What are you doing here?" Buffy asked
curiously.
Dawn approached them. She turned to Buffy then said to
Spike. "I just wanted to say 'thank you' for helping
out," Dawn smiled shyly.
Buffy stared at her younger sister, eyebrows crossed.
"Glad to hear a Summer girl showed an appreciation
for once," Spike pierce a glance at Buffy then
reconsidered his statement, "Well, come to think of
it, you're technically not a Summerian, not even
human." He looked at Dawn. "But, it doesn't
matter. You're cool," he smirked. Spike turned
around and sat on the concrete coffin, lighting a
cigarette.
Buffy grabbed Dawn's arm and said, "Okay, we're
leaving."
Dawn, still smiling at Spike, followed Buffy. "See
you later?" she asked him.
Spike puffing out a smoke, nodded his head. Dawn stepped
out of the crypt getting a curious glance from her
sister. Buffy looked back at Spike, figuring out what
Dawn said and how her younger sister beamed while talking
with him. There is something that Buffy cannot pinpoint
at this time but Spike definitely has something to do
with it.
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