HEY, GUYS! THIS IS A STORY FROM MY OLD PROFILE & I WANTED TO CONTINUE IT SO I TOOK IT, MADE SOME CHANGES & CHANGED THE TITLE. HERE'S THE FIRST CHAPTER FIRST & THEN I'LL CONTINUE. PLEASE R/R!
"Oh my god" Willow Rosenberg said as she and her best friend, Buffy Summers made their way up to her room. They had a large bowl of popcorn and two cans of soda.
"I know, he is so hot. God, if I could just…ooh!" Buffy squealed as they sat on Willow's bed.
"He is a hottie" Willow said, putting a piece of popcorn in her mouth.
"Yeah…but no use ranting over something I could never have" Buffy said.
"What do you mean?" Willow asked.
"Come on, Will, a girl like me, hooking up with a guy like that, please. That would happen when hell froze over" Buffy said taking the remote and turning on the movie. Willow took the remote from her and turned it back off.
"Buffy, you're doing it again" Willow said.
"What? What am I doing?" Buffy asked.
"W-well one, y-you're being all…y-you know, avoidy and stuff, and two you keep putting yourself down. You have the lowest self-esteem of anyone I have ever met, even lower than me, and that's low" Willow said.
"I'm fine" Buffy said.
"Yes, if you define 'fine' as having lots of issues, then yes, you are defiantly fine" Willow said.
"Look, it's just that, I've had my share of bad relationships. I just don't have very good luck with this sort of thing…and the thing that happened…before that, I was…considered 'cool'. One moment, one stupid mistake, and it was all taken from me, everything. I went from beauty princess to…" Buffy trailed off.
"My best friend?" Willow offered with a small smile. Buffy smiled back at her.
"I'm sorry, Will. I don't mean to bring you down. Bad—bad, Buffy" Buffy said jokingly.
"No, it's okay. I understand. I mean, if I had everything, I'd certainly not want to be hanging with someone like me" Willow said.
"What do you mean 'someone like you'? Will, you're a great person. You are the only one I can talk to that I know would always keep my secrets. You are my best friend, and you always will be" Buffy said. Willow smiled and Buffy smiled back. "So, speaking of relationships. Taking a couple steps back to darker blue waters, what about you and Oz? He seems..."
"Not my type?"
"Sure he is."
"Oh yeah cuz I always date musicians" Willow said sarcastically.
"You could" Buffy said.
"And you could date Spike" Willow told her.
"No, no I couldn't. And if you say anything I'll kill you" Buffy warned.
"I won't" Willow promised. Finally she turned the TV back on and they began to watch the movie.
Cordelia Chase and her gang were sitting on the bleachers watching the football players practice. Lindsey with her acrylic nails and designer sunglasses, Harmony with her new nose and her designer perfume, Haylee with her lipstick and new designer jacket, and then there was Cordelia, with her designer everything. From contacts to socks, everything was designer and cost a fortune.
"Look at that guy" Cordelia pointed out number forty-three, David Hallard.
"Ooh, score" Harmony said.
"Mmm-hmm, I'm tellin' ya, girls, there is nothing like knowing you could have any guy in the world" Cordelia smiled.
"So, who are you going to pick? The junior prom's coming up" Lindsey asked.
"Um…" Cordelia said, scanning the football field with her eyes, and then they traveled past it to the pavement. There he was. A leather-bound, bleached blonde hottie. "Him." They all looked at Spike.
"Wait, Spike Jamison? Cordy, I don't think that's a good idea" Lindsey said.
"Nobody asked you" Cordelia scoffed.
"Cordy, she's right, he's dangerous. He's into, you know, all those kinds of things dangerous people are. Drugs—" Harmony began.
"Sex and rock and roll? My kinda guy" Cordelia smiled and stood up and walked down the bleachers, her friends following.
"Cordelia, stop! He hangs out with the biggest druggies in our school. You don't do drugs, it's bad for the complexion" Harmony said.
"I'm not gonna do drugs. There's no way I would ruin this face when I spend so much money on designer makeup. Just come on" Cordelia said and walked up to Spike and his gang. He was sitting on the steps smoking a cigarette with his friends. "Hi."
"Uh…hey" Spike said grimly.
"What do you want, Malibu Princess?" Tatiana asked sarcastically.
"Well, I don't want to talk to you, that's for sure. I don't communicate with the dead" Cordelia spat back. Tatiana started to get up, but Spike stopped her.
"Tot, hold your knickers. What do you want?" he asked Cordelia.
"I was wondering, umm…prom's coming up in like a month and a half, and I was wondering if you wanted to go—" Cordelia began.
"With you? And why would I want to do a thing like that?" Spike asked, cocking his head with a smirk.
"What?" Cordelia asked, surprised.
"Listen, luv, you think you're all hot, and yeah, you actually are, but I'm not interested. Truth is, I like my women…smart" he said, smirking bigger.
"You can leave now" another one of his friends, Kelly said. Cordelia and her friends walked away, Cordy completely stunned that she had actually been turned down.
Buffy made her way home the next morning. She had spent the night at Willow's and they had a good talk about everything. She opened the door and her mother was sitting on the couch.
"Hi, honey, have fun at Willow's?" Joyce asked.
"Umm, yeah, fine" Buffy said, putting down her stuff.
"Come here, sweetie, I have to talk to you for a second" Joyce said. Buffy went over and sat next to her mom on the couch.
"What it is?" Buffy asked.
"Well…you know how after the divorce I got custody of you and your father got custody of Dawn?" Joyce asked.
"Uh-huh" Buffy said.
"Well, umm…he's sick" Joyce said.
"What? What do you mean?" Buffy asked.
"He has something wrong with his heart, that's all he told me. Dawn is going to come live here with us" Joyce said.
"Oh, okay, is dad gonna be okay?" Buffy asked.
"I'm not sure, sweetie. You know as much as I do" Joyce told her.
"Well when? I mean, when does she come?" Buffy asked.
"Tomorrow" Joyce said told her.
"Tomorrow?! Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Buffy asked.
"I'm sorry, honey, I just…didn't know how to tell you. And I've only known for a few days" Joyce said.
"Ok...How does Dawn feel about this?" Buffy asked.
"Honestly, I'm not sure. I haven't talked to her yet, only your father" Joyce told her.
"Wow, ok" Buffy said, trying to take in everything.
After their talk Buffy went upstairs. She had to lie down for a while. Was her father dying? Buffy and her mother had left Los Angeles for Sunnydale seven months ago. Seven months of not seeing her sister. She did miss her, even though she could be a real brat and kind of annoying, but all little sisters were like that probably.
Buffy's eyes opened and there was sunlight. She didn't realize that she was falling asleep, it just sort of happened. She got up and went downstairs and Joyce wasn't there. She had left a note on the fridge saying that she went to pick up Dawn. Buffy got out a bowl and poured some fruity pebbles and some milk in it and began to eat. She went into the living room and turned on the television. Cartoons, a Saturday morning tradition for the sixteen year old blonde. Suddenly the door opened and Joyce and Dawn came into the house laughing and giggling like best friends. Buffy put down the bowl and stood up.
"Oh, Buffy, you're up" Joyce said.
"Yeah. Hey, Dawnie" Buffy said.
"Hi, Buffy" the ten year old smiled and hugged her. "I missed you."
"I missed you too" Buffy said.
"Umm, Buffy, since Dawn has never seen our house why don't you show her around" Joyce suggested.
"O-okay, uh, let's start down here and then we'll go upstairs" Buffy said and she and Dawn went into the kitchen. "All right, this is the kitchen, obviously. Uh, down there is the basement, out there is the back yard, uh…" they went into the dining room. "This is the dining room, and you saw the living room." They went upstairs and into Buffy's room. "Umm, this is my room, and the door's always open. Well, not literally, I don't like my door to be open, but if you ever need to talk, I'm here, just knock first." They went into Joyce's room. "This is mom's room" they went into the spare room. "And through here is you're room. I-I'll help you get it the way you want."
"Thanks" Dawn said sadly.
"What's wrong, honey?" Buffy asked.
"Nothing, I just miss dad. I'm glad to be here with you and mom, I am, I'm just worried about him" Dawn said. Buffy smiled and pushed the long brown hair out of Dawn's eyes.
"I'm sure he'll be fine, Dawnie" Buffy said.
"I hope so" Buffy said and Joyce came up the stairs with some blankets and pillows.
"Uh, Buffy, Dawn's going to sleep in your room tonight since her room's not ready yet, is that okay?" Joyce asked.
"Uh, yeah, of course" Buffy said. "I'll get the roll-away." She went into Dawn's new room and got the roll-away bed out of the closet. "Here, we can put it here." She put it next to her bed.
"Okay, so, celebration in order, the Summers women together again. Lunch?" Joyce asked.
"Sure" Dawn said.
"Sure" Buffy agreed. "I'm going to get ready." Joyce and Dawn went downstairs to let Buffy get ready. She went to her closet and got out a pair of jeans and a black tan top that had a colorful, pink, orange, lime green and yellow pattern on it. She put on her black 'Jimmy Choo' heeled shoes and gray jean jacket. She put her hair in a messy bun and put on some makeup. After getting ready she went downstairs to where Dawn and Joyce were. "Okay, I'm here and pretty, let's motor."
"Okay, ready, Dawnie?" Joyce asked her youngest daughter as she grabbed her purse and jacket.
"Yep" Dawn said, putting on her jacket as well. They all went out to Cesar's Castle for lunch. After that they went shopping for new school clothes for Dawn. Once they were done, Buffy called Willow and Xander and asked them to come over.
About a half hour after Buffy called her friends, they arrived at her house.
"Hey, guys" Buffy said, letting them in.
"Hey, Buff" Xander Harris, Buffy's other best friend said as they entered the house and went into the living room.
"Hi, Ms. Summers" Willow said with a smile.
"Oh, please, Willow, call me Joyce. Ms. makes me sound like an old widow or something" Joyce said, Willow smiled again.
"Umm, Dawnie, these are my friends. This is Willow Rosenberg and Xander Harris. Guys, this is my little sister, Dawn" Buffy introduced them.
"Hi" Willow said in the same friendly tone she always used.
"Hi" Dawn said.
"Nice to meet ya, Dawnmeister" Xander said, Dawn smiled. "Okay, our annual Saturday night tradition of fun. Movies, pizza, popcorn, soda, followed by lots and lots of barfing. Who's with me?"
"Umm, Dawn, we're going to watch some movies, want to join us?" Willow asked.
"Uh, sure. Is it okay, Buffy?" Dawn asked.
"Of course" Buffy said.
"Okay, I'm going to leave you guys alone to your fun. The money for the pizza's on the coffee table, enjoy, I'm going to bed" Joyce said and went upstairs.
"All right, let me order the pizza and then we'll start the first movie. Xander, what ones did you bring?" Buffy asked.
"Classic horror and trilogy movies" Xander smiled, holding up the tapes.
"Please don't let the name 'The Godfather' come from your lips" Willow said.
"Okay, I'll let the guys on the TV say it" Xander said and slipped the movie into the VCR. Buffy and Willow groaned.
"Xander, every time it's your turn to bring the movies you bring 'The Godfather', what is up with you and this movie?" Buffy asked, picking up the phone.
"It's a classic" Xander said, sitting on the floor in front of the couch.
"Well after watching it 500,000 times it should be" Willow joked and took a seat on the couch, stretching her feet out to make herself more comfortable.
"What do you guys want on the pizza?" Buffy asked.
"The usual" Willow and Xander said in unison.
"Right, Dawnie, any preferences?" Buffy asked.
"Well, what are you guys getting?" Dawn asked, making herself comfortable on the oversized chair.
"We always get pepperoni, mushrooms, Canadian bacon and pineapples" Buffy told her.
"That's fine" Dawn said.
"Are you sure? You're okay with all those things?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, it's fine." Dawn said.
"Okay" Buffy said and ordered the pizza then took her seat next to Willow on the couch.
"So, Buffy, talk to Spike lately?" Willow asked, while they waited for the pizza to arrive.
"No, and stop it. I cannot—" Buffy began.
"Why not?" Willow asked.
"One, because of….the thing that happened, and two, he is so not interested" Buffy said.
"How do you know?" Willow asked.
"Because it's Spike Jamison okay, he's…it just won't work, and I'm ending the convo now" Buffy said.
"Who's Spike?" Dawn asked.
"Just this really hot guy that Buffy has a crush on, but she won't tell him and I know that she would have a chance with him" Willow said in one breath.
"Why are you afraid to talk to him?" Dawn asked.
"I'm not afraid, I just…okay we're done analyzing Buffy, why don't we talk about Willow and Oz, or Xander and…hey, Xand, who do you have a crush on?" Buffy asked.
"Nobody" Xander dodged.
"Oh, come on, we know you better than that, who?" Willow prodded.
"Okay fine, there is a certain girl" Xander admitted.
"Who? Harmony?" Buffy asked and her and Willow started giggling.
"No, it's not Harmony, it's…Cordelia" Xander said, coughing Cordelia's name.
"Oh my god!" Willow exclaimed as her and Buffy kneeled on either side of Xander on the floor.
"Are you serious?" Buffy asked.
"That's, uh…brave" Willow said, her and Buffy smiling.
"Yes, and I knew I shouldn't of told you crazy chicks" Xander said.
"Oh, we're sorry" Willow said sympathetically.
"Yeah, we're just kidding" Buffy said and the doorbell rang. "Oh that must be the pizza." Buffy got the money off the table and went to the door and opened it, expecting to find the pizza guy, but found Spike instead. "Uh…h—hey."
"Hey…Oh, hey, you're Buffy right? Buffy Summers?" he asked.
"Uh…yeah" Buffy said carefully.
"Hi, I'm Sp—" he began.
"Spike, I know who you are, what's up?" she asked.
"My car broke down 'few houses down. Can I use your phone?" he asked.
"Umm, sure, come in" Buffy said and let him in.
"Thanks, I'll just be a second" he said.
"Uhh, take your time, the phone's in there" Buffy said, pointing toward the kitchen and Spike went where she directed him.
"Oh my god" Willow mouthed to Buffy.
"I know" Buffy whispered and went back over to where her friends were sitting.
"Who's that guy?" Dawn asked.
"That is Buffy's fantasy lover" Willow joked and Buffy hit her playfully on the arm.
"Will, shhh!" Buffy whispered loudly.
"That's Spike?" Dawn asked, straining her neck to look into the kitchen.
"Yeah" Buffy said dreamily, and Spike came out into the living room.
"Thanks, luv, I appreciate it" he said.
"Uh, no problem" Buffy said, stumbling back up and over to where he now stood by the front door. "Do you want to sit and wait, we ordered pizza?"
"Uh, no thanks, my ride will be here any second so I'll just wait outside. Thanks again, goldilocks" Spike smiled said and left. Once he was out of the house Willow and Buffy shrieked, which made Xander cringe.
"Jeez, do you girls have to do that every time you see a guy?" he asked.
"That was not just any guy, Xander. That was Spike" Willow said.
"Oh, I'm sorry, how stupid of me" Xander said sarcastically.
"He seemed to like you" Dawn said.
"I don't know, not after what happened, no guy does" Buffy said sadly.
"Buffy, that was forever ago. I'm sure that Spike doesn't care anyway, and you had every right to do what you did" Willow said.
"I don't know, I used to think that doing the right thing would get me ahead, but it just made me sink to the ultimate low" Buffy said.
"Yeah, cuz being friends with us really sucks" Xander said sardonically.
"No, you guys, that's not was I meant. I love you guys, you know that, it's just that…I miss being popular sometimes" Buffy said.
"Buffy give Spike a chance, maybe there could be something between you two" Willow said and Buffy looked towards the door and a slight smile came over her thinking of what she and Spike could have.