Terror ran through Buffy's body. The sun had just set and as usual she was facing the evils of the night. Just tonight, the evil wasn't a vampire or demon. It was-
"Please!" Dawn begged following Buffy upstairs as she gathered her weapons for patrol.
"Get mom to take you." Buffy said.
"I can't go with mom. It'd give her a headache."
Buffy just looked at her.
"Pretty please with cherries and all that stuff on top. This is the biggest thing to ever happen to this town. I have to go."
"No!" Buffy replied. "I'm not going to the concert with you."
"Some sister you are." Dawn complained before going back downstairs.
Buffy sighed. She did feel a little bad for not going with Dawn, but there was no way she was going to be seen at a Britney Spears concert. It wasn't like Dawn really like Britney that much. She wouldn't want to go at all if her friends weren't going. Buffy grabbed a stake and went downstairs. Dawn was sitting at the bottom of the stairs sulking.
"Can you move?" Buffy asked as nicely as she could manage.
"I'm not talking to you." Dawn said.
Buffy sat down next to her. "What time is the concert?"
"Why do you want to know?" Dawn asked.
"We don't want to be late, do we?"
An hour later, after Buffy had finished a quick patrol, the sisters and Willow, who Buffy had dragged along, were standing in line to get in the arena. Dawn was hyper and kept singing Britney songs.
"My loneliness is killin' me. I must confess-" Dawn sang. Then, she paused and shouted. "Hey, Xander! Willow, look Xander's here."
Xander sheepishly made his way through the crowd to them. "Hello ladies." he said.
"Didn't realize you had a thing for Britney Spears." Buffy greeted him. She and Willow exchanged amused glances.
"Yeah, well, she has so much talent. I admire her singing and dancing. Mostly, the dancing."
Before anyone could respond, Anya ran up to them with Giles in tow.
"Look, Xander," Anya said. "I bought all 11 Britney t-shirts, 4 Britney hats, all the posters, and-"
"Giles!" Buffy exclaimed, cutting Anya off midway through her spiel to impress Xander. "What are you doing at a Britney Spears concert?"
"Um, I-I wasn't aware the young lady was performing tonight." Giles said awkwardly. "I thought there was to be another performance." Drat! he thought That NSYNC concert must be next month.
"Oh, come on, British man." Xander replied. "We all know why you're really here."
"I don't know what you're referring to Xander, but I am certain it is incorrect. I was going to get return my ticket, but they wouldn't let me." Giles said.
"Then, stay." Buffy said. "We can all hang out together. You know, have a Scooby night out."
"Yeah and this night just keeps getting interestinger and interestinger. Who knows what'll happen next." Willow said cheerfully.
"I have a feeling it's about to get even more interestinger." Buffy replied nodding toward a familiar figure at the concession stand.
"Isn't that Spike?" Giles asked. And everyone laughed.
Spike turned around and saw the gang. He tried to leave, but was stopped by Riley who had just gotten in the other line.
"Riley," Buffy said. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be resting?"
"I called and your mom said you were here, so I decided to come." he replied. "Hi everyone."
"How'd you get a ticket?" Dawn asked, skeptically. "It's been sold out for months."
"Would you believe I found one lying on the ground?" he replied.
'Let me see that." Spike said. He looked at the ticket and said "This is mine. I dropped it after the girl ran off."
"Girl?" Buffy asked.
"The girl who gave me her tickets in exchange for her life." everyone glared at him. "What? I'm evil." Someone walked into him. "Hey!"
"W-Willow." Tara said after she walked away from Spike. "What are you doing here?"
"That seems to be tonight's million dollar question." Xander muttered.
"Tara! Hey!" Willow replied. "Buffy wanted me to come with her and Dawn. Why are you here?"
"I was walking by and this girl handed a ticket to me saying there was an insane guy in there and she didn't want to go anymore." Everyone glared at Spike again who gave them an innocent expression.
"Ok, everyone. The doors are now open. Everyone in," the security guard yelled from the door.
"Finally!" Dawn exclaimed as they made their way to their seats, which coincidentally were all together. "I think I did it again. I made you believe we're more than just friends. Oh baby, it might see like a crush but it doesn't mean that I'm serious. But to loose all my senses that is just so typically me." Dawn sang, then she exclaimed, "Everyone!"
They all just looked at her.
"Or not."
"I think they want to save their voices for the concert." Willow tried to console her.
"Yeah and some of us don't even like the girl." Spike said. "Unless-" he paused. "Do you like her, Buffy?"
"She's ok. Not really my thing." Buffy said from her position on Riley's arm, much to a silently fuming Spike's dismay.
"I can't believe we're about to see Britney Spears in person!" Anya squealed. "This is so exciting. I can't wait to see her and I am not in any way jealous."
"You know, Britney really isn't that pretty." Xander said. "And, I heard she can't even sing that well."
"Really?" Anya said. "You're not just saying that?"
"Hey look!" Dawn squealed happily. "It's starting!"
"Isn't she lovely? This Hollywood girl." Britney Spears "sang". "And they say she's a lucky. She's a star. But she cry cry cries in her lonely heart thinking if there's nothing missing in my life why do these tears come at night?"
"Isn't she so cool?" Dawn said to Willow. "I can't believe we're here."
"She is pretty cool." Willow replied. It made her happy to see Dawn so happy.
"I like her too." Tara said shyly. "I mean, I don't really this k-kind of music, but she's nice." Willow smiled at her.
"Who is she again?" Giles asked. Everyone stared at him.
"Remind me again why you're here?" Xander asked.
"I bought the wrong tickets. Now, is she famous?"
"Just a little." Xander answered.
"Do those two ever stop?" Spike asked, staring at Buffy and Riley who were making out in their seats.
"Very rarely." Xander said.
"I bet they've had sex." Dawn said thoughtfully. Everyone else exchanged an amused look. "What?" Dawn asked.
"I'm going to get something to drink. Anyone want anything?" Willow asked.
"I'll have a Coke." Xander said, handing her a dollar.
"Make that 2 Cokes." Anya said. She stared at Xander expectantly. "Aren't you going to give her some money? Why aren't you giving her any money?" Xander groaned and handed Willow another dollar. "Good boy." Anya said.
"Don't suppose they sell blood here?" Spike asked.
"Somehow I think not." Willow replied.
"Buffy? Tara? Giles? Riley? Dawn?" Willow asked.
"Huh?" Buffy asked, lifting her head up for some air. "Someone call me?"
"You want anything?" Willow asked.
"Anything? Anything what?" Buffy asked. "I'll have a soda if you're going to the concession stand."
"Here." Riley handed Willow 2 dollars. "It's on me. Make it 2."
"Gotcha." Willow answered.
"I'll go with you. H-help you carry." Tara said. Willow smiled at her.
"I'll come too." Dawn said jumping up.
"We'll come too." Xander said. "I want to get a Britney lollipop."
The five of them left.
"Um, if you'll excuse me," Giles said. "I need to use the um-"
"Potty?" Buffy chirped.
Giles nodded his head slightly and left them.
Riley put his arm around Buffy and she snuggled against him as Britney began to sing her next song and Spike watched them pitifully.
"Do you mind?" He snarled as they started to kiss. "I'm trying to watch the blonde girl dance."
"Thanks again for taking me, Buffy." Dawn said as they walked back home. Willow had gone with Tara and everyone else went their own ways. "That was pretty cool of you."
"No problem." Buffy said running her hand through Dawn's hair. "It wasn't that bad. Better than having my teeth pulled."
"So, about the NSYNC concert next month-" Dawn started.
"Don't even think about it." Buffy replied.
"Please!" Dawn begged.
"Ask mom to take you." Buffy said.
"I can't. What if she's still sick?"
"No! I'm not going."
"Pleeeeeeaaaaase!" Dawn begged. "I'll do anything. I'll clean your room or whatever."
Buffy just laughed and walked in the house.
Dawn walked over to the figure that had followed them home. It amazed Dawn that she had noticed, but her sister, the Slayer, had not.
"So, you like my sister?" she asked Spike.
"What? Of course not?" he answered. "She's the most annoying-"
"Right. And you just followed us because our house is on the way to wherever you live?"
"I felt like taking a walk."
"A walk that just happens to lead you right by our house after you spent the whole night giving Buffy puppy eyes?"
"I did n-" he paused and glared at her. "And, shouldn't you be inside. It isn't safe out here."
"You know you like her." Dawn replied before walking toward the house.
"I do not!" Spike called after her.
"Do too!" Dawn yelled before going inside.
Spike watched the Summers' house for a moment. He wasn't sure why he kept coming back there. There was something that made him want to wait outside her house in case she decided to come out. It was pathetic. But he was pathetic. He was love's bitch and damn proud of it.
As he walked away from her house, Spike could still hear the last song Britney had sung. Something about it had almost pulled on the strings of that unbeating mass in his chest.
"Don't, don't let me be the last to know. Don't hold back just let it go. I need to hear you say you need me all the way. Oh, if you love me so don't let me be the last to know."
The End- for now.
Disclaimer:
I do NOT own or am in any way in control of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I also do not own Britney Spears or any of her songs (Baby One More Time, Oops I Did It Again, Lucky, and Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know) I quoted. And, btw, I don't really like Britney Spears, but I thought it would be funny if everyone went to her concert.
"Please!" Dawn begged following Buffy upstairs as she gathered her weapons for patrol.
"Get mom to take you." Buffy said.
"I can't go with mom. It'd give her a headache."
Buffy just looked at her.
"Pretty please with cherries and all that stuff on top. This is the biggest thing to ever happen to this town. I have to go."
"No!" Buffy replied. "I'm not going to the concert with you."
"Some sister you are." Dawn complained before going back downstairs.
Buffy sighed. She did feel a little bad for not going with Dawn, but there was no way she was going to be seen at a Britney Spears concert. It wasn't like Dawn really like Britney that much. She wouldn't want to go at all if her friends weren't going. Buffy grabbed a stake and went downstairs. Dawn was sitting at the bottom of the stairs sulking.
"Can you move?" Buffy asked as nicely as she could manage.
"I'm not talking to you." Dawn said.
Buffy sat down next to her. "What time is the concert?"
"Why do you want to know?" Dawn asked.
"We don't want to be late, do we?"
An hour later, after Buffy had finished a quick patrol, the sisters and Willow, who Buffy had dragged along, were standing in line to get in the arena. Dawn was hyper and kept singing Britney songs.
"My loneliness is killin' me. I must confess-" Dawn sang. Then, she paused and shouted. "Hey, Xander! Willow, look Xander's here."
Xander sheepishly made his way through the crowd to them. "Hello ladies." he said.
"Didn't realize you had a thing for Britney Spears." Buffy greeted him. She and Willow exchanged amused glances.
"Yeah, well, she has so much talent. I admire her singing and dancing. Mostly, the dancing."
Before anyone could respond, Anya ran up to them with Giles in tow.
"Look, Xander," Anya said. "I bought all 11 Britney t-shirts, 4 Britney hats, all the posters, and-"
"Giles!" Buffy exclaimed, cutting Anya off midway through her spiel to impress Xander. "What are you doing at a Britney Spears concert?"
"Um, I-I wasn't aware the young lady was performing tonight." Giles said awkwardly. "I thought there was to be another performance." Drat! he thought That NSYNC concert must be next month.
"Oh, come on, British man." Xander replied. "We all know why you're really here."
"I don't know what you're referring to Xander, but I am certain it is incorrect. I was going to get return my ticket, but they wouldn't let me." Giles said.
"Then, stay." Buffy said. "We can all hang out together. You know, have a Scooby night out."
"Yeah and this night just keeps getting interestinger and interestinger. Who knows what'll happen next." Willow said cheerfully.
"I have a feeling it's about to get even more interestinger." Buffy replied nodding toward a familiar figure at the concession stand.
"Isn't that Spike?" Giles asked. And everyone laughed.
Spike turned around and saw the gang. He tried to leave, but was stopped by Riley who had just gotten in the other line.
"Riley," Buffy said. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be resting?"
"I called and your mom said you were here, so I decided to come." he replied. "Hi everyone."
"How'd you get a ticket?" Dawn asked, skeptically. "It's been sold out for months."
"Would you believe I found one lying on the ground?" he replied.
'Let me see that." Spike said. He looked at the ticket and said "This is mine. I dropped it after the girl ran off."
"Girl?" Buffy asked.
"The girl who gave me her tickets in exchange for her life." everyone glared at him. "What? I'm evil." Someone walked into him. "Hey!"
"W-Willow." Tara said after she walked away from Spike. "What are you doing here?"
"That seems to be tonight's million dollar question." Xander muttered.
"Tara! Hey!" Willow replied. "Buffy wanted me to come with her and Dawn. Why are you here?"
"I was walking by and this girl handed a ticket to me saying there was an insane guy in there and she didn't want to go anymore." Everyone glared at Spike again who gave them an innocent expression.
"Ok, everyone. The doors are now open. Everyone in," the security guard yelled from the door.
"Finally!" Dawn exclaimed as they made their way to their seats, which coincidentally were all together. "I think I did it again. I made you believe we're more than just friends. Oh baby, it might see like a crush but it doesn't mean that I'm serious. But to loose all my senses that is just so typically me." Dawn sang, then she exclaimed, "Everyone!"
They all just looked at her.
"Or not."
"I think they want to save their voices for the concert." Willow tried to console her.
"Yeah and some of us don't even like the girl." Spike said. "Unless-" he paused. "Do you like her, Buffy?"
"She's ok. Not really my thing." Buffy said from her position on Riley's arm, much to a silently fuming Spike's dismay.
"I can't believe we're about to see Britney Spears in person!" Anya squealed. "This is so exciting. I can't wait to see her and I am not in any way jealous."
"You know, Britney really isn't that pretty." Xander said. "And, I heard she can't even sing that well."
"Really?" Anya said. "You're not just saying that?"
"Hey look!" Dawn squealed happily. "It's starting!"
"Isn't she lovely? This Hollywood girl." Britney Spears "sang". "And they say she's a lucky. She's a star. But she cry cry cries in her lonely heart thinking if there's nothing missing in my life why do these tears come at night?"
"Isn't she so cool?" Dawn said to Willow. "I can't believe we're here."
"She is pretty cool." Willow replied. It made her happy to see Dawn so happy.
"I like her too." Tara said shyly. "I mean, I don't really this k-kind of music, but she's nice." Willow smiled at her.
"Who is she again?" Giles asked. Everyone stared at him.
"Remind me again why you're here?" Xander asked.
"I bought the wrong tickets. Now, is she famous?"
"Just a little." Xander answered.
"Do those two ever stop?" Spike asked, staring at Buffy and Riley who were making out in their seats.
"Very rarely." Xander said.
"I bet they've had sex." Dawn said thoughtfully. Everyone else exchanged an amused look. "What?" Dawn asked.
"I'm going to get something to drink. Anyone want anything?" Willow asked.
"I'll have a Coke." Xander said, handing her a dollar.
"Make that 2 Cokes." Anya said. She stared at Xander expectantly. "Aren't you going to give her some money? Why aren't you giving her any money?" Xander groaned and handed Willow another dollar. "Good boy." Anya said.
"Don't suppose they sell blood here?" Spike asked.
"Somehow I think not." Willow replied.
"Buffy? Tara? Giles? Riley? Dawn?" Willow asked.
"Huh?" Buffy asked, lifting her head up for some air. "Someone call me?"
"You want anything?" Willow asked.
"Anything? Anything what?" Buffy asked. "I'll have a soda if you're going to the concession stand."
"Here." Riley handed Willow 2 dollars. "It's on me. Make it 2."
"Gotcha." Willow answered.
"I'll go with you. H-help you carry." Tara said. Willow smiled at her.
"I'll come too." Dawn said jumping up.
"We'll come too." Xander said. "I want to get a Britney lollipop."
The five of them left.
"Um, if you'll excuse me," Giles said. "I need to use the um-"
"Potty?" Buffy chirped.
Giles nodded his head slightly and left them.
Riley put his arm around Buffy and she snuggled against him as Britney began to sing her next song and Spike watched them pitifully.
"Do you mind?" He snarled as they started to kiss. "I'm trying to watch the blonde girl dance."
"Thanks again for taking me, Buffy." Dawn said as they walked back home. Willow had gone with Tara and everyone else went their own ways. "That was pretty cool of you."
"No problem." Buffy said running her hand through Dawn's hair. "It wasn't that bad. Better than having my teeth pulled."
"So, about the NSYNC concert next month-" Dawn started.
"Don't even think about it." Buffy replied.
"Please!" Dawn begged.
"Ask mom to take you." Buffy said.
"I can't. What if she's still sick?"
"No! I'm not going."
"Pleeeeeeaaaaase!" Dawn begged. "I'll do anything. I'll clean your room or whatever."
Buffy just laughed and walked in the house.
Dawn walked over to the figure that had followed them home. It amazed Dawn that she had noticed, but her sister, the Slayer, had not.
"So, you like my sister?" she asked Spike.
"What? Of course not?" he answered. "She's the most annoying-"
"Right. And you just followed us because our house is on the way to wherever you live?"
"I felt like taking a walk."
"A walk that just happens to lead you right by our house after you spent the whole night giving Buffy puppy eyes?"
"I did n-" he paused and glared at her. "And, shouldn't you be inside. It isn't safe out here."
"You know you like her." Dawn replied before walking toward the house.
"I do not!" Spike called after her.
"Do too!" Dawn yelled before going inside.
Spike watched the Summers' house for a moment. He wasn't sure why he kept coming back there. There was something that made him want to wait outside her house in case she decided to come out. It was pathetic. But he was pathetic. He was love's bitch and damn proud of it.
As he walked away from her house, Spike could still hear the last song Britney had sung. Something about it had almost pulled on the strings of that unbeating mass in his chest.
"Don't, don't let me be the last to know. Don't hold back just let it go. I need to hear you say you need me all the way. Oh, if you love me so don't let me be the last to know."
The End- for now.
Disclaimer:
I do NOT own or am in any way in control of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I also do not own Britney Spears or any of her songs (Baby One More Time, Oops I Did It Again, Lucky, and Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know) I quoted. And, btw, I don't really like Britney Spears, but I thought it would be funny if everyone went to her concert.