A/N: If you haven't seen The Gift you might be a little confused at first.
I've Never…
And She Was Dead
PG-13
Summary: Set during and after the end of The Gift. Dawn dies instead of Buffy. Buffy doesn't want to be alone in her house so she turns to Spike for company. With a pink dress and a lot of alcohol involved the two become closer. AtS crossover.
Disclaimer: We own nothing, it all belongs to Joss.
"Buffy it's started"
Buffy turns to see the portal growing ever larger.
Down below, Spike starts to make his way up the stairs.
"Blood starts it, and until the blood stops flowing, it will never stop." Buffy stares at Dawn in anguish. Tearfully Dawn states,
"You know you have to let me. It has to have the blood." Buffy gets a realization look on her face. She turns to the portal slowly.
As Spike sees the scene play out before him, he realizes Buffy's conclusion, as does Dawn.
Before Buffy could do anything, Dawn pushes her aside and heads for the portal. As Buffy staggers near the edge Spike catches her just in time for them to see Dawn throw herself into the portal. Spike turns to look at Buffy. Buffy looks aghast, puts her hand to her mouth as she realizes what just happened. Spike quickly puts his arms around her, as she stares in shock past his shoulder.
As Buffy and Spike make their way downstairs the rest of the group made their way around Dawn's dead body.
After what seemed like hours, Spike finally broke the silence, "Buffy, luv, I'm gonna get going the sun will be up soon."
Buffy turned to Spike with tears in her eyes, "Take me home." Spike just looked at her and gave her a nod. And without looking at anyone else they headed out of the construction site.
As the two blondes made their way to 1630 Rivelo Drive, Spike noticed Buffy starting to nod off as they walked. So he came to the conclusion of carrying her the rest of the way. With much to his surprise she didn't pull away, she didn't even say a word. She just fell asleep in his arms.