TADS



Buffy/Spike Anya/Xander Willow/Tara

Set Post Doublemeat Palace.

I don't own any of the characters, I just play with them.

The songs are; Strange Relationship by Darran Hayes, A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton, I Don't wanna Wait by Paula Cole (The Dawsons Creek Theme), Forever Blue by Gareth Gates and Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne. All songs can be downloaded from kazaa.

I think all the lines are right in the songs but the odd word may be wrong as I typed them from memory and while listening to them.

The fic will make more sense if you know the songs but will still make sense if you don't know them.

I'm only 14 years old so don't expect the fic to be perfect.

If you want to you use any of my fanfics on other websites, just let me know at spikerox@yahoo.co.uk

Right, on with the story.



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Buffy, Willow and Xander sat at one of the table's in the Bronze, chatting happily. They had decided that they needed a night out, just the three of them. And where better to go than the Bronze? Dawn had convinced them to go out; she was going round Janice's house and Anya was working late.

There had been rumours round town that this new band, TADS, was playing their first gig tonight, therefore the place was packed. The instruments were all set on stage ready; all that everyone was waiting for was the band.

Flyers advertising TADS had been around for weeks now. All anyone knew about them was that they sung more pop music than the stuff that was normally played in the Bronze.

The spotlights hit the stage and the club fell silent. Then, all the lights in the place dimmed right down so it was almost pitch black. The sound of people moving about could be heard coming from the stage, but the figures could not be seen, this sent a murmur of confusion running through the club. After a minute or two the spotlights returned.

The three friends' jaws dropped as they saw the four people standing on stage. Spike stood at the microphone at the front of the stage, electric guitar in his hand. Dawn stood to the side, guitar hanging from her neck. Anya sat behind the drum kit and Tara sat infront of a keyboard.

"Hi," Spike greeted the crowd. "As you may have guessed, this is our first gig ever. We're called TADS because it's our names , Tara, Anya, Dawn and I'm Spike." He pointed to each band member as he said there names. "Hope you enjoy."

The three friends in the crowd looked from one band member to another. None of them had had any idea that they started a band.

"This is a song I wrote called Strange Relationship," Spike introduced the song, catching Buffy's eye. Tara started playing some violin effects on the keyboard and Anya started a light drumbeat and Dawn played a few notes every now and then on her guitar. Spike begun to sing-









Do you love me?

Or am I just another trip

In this strange relationship?

You push and pull me

Yeah

But I'm about to lose my mind

Is this just a waste of time?

Keep acting like you own me

I keep running

Watch me walking out the door

I here you behind me

Gimme that strange relationship

Never felt pleasure and pain like this

Something's so right

But it feels so terribly wrong

I keep holding on

Gimme that strange relationship

One of use gotta let go of this

I keep pushing and you keep holding on

I'm already gone

Do you love me?

Yeah

We break up and back together

And I swore to myself, never

Oh, how you do me

Yeah

You strip me of my honour

I don't think I'm gonna

Break free of these mon-games

All I'm try'n do is modify my plan

Cos I can't contain you

Gimme that Strange Relationship

Never felt pleasure and pain like this

Something's so right but it feel so terribly wrong

I keep holding on

Do you love me?

One of us gotta let go f this

I keep pushing but you keep holding on

I'm already gone



You keep acting like you own me

I can't control me

You say you never really wanted me back

Well maybe that's a fact

May I suggest a brand new plan of attack

And in the fists of that you're hard to crack

I'm way of track

I want you back

I want you gone

Baby I'm scared of holding on



Do you love me?

Yeah

Or am I just another trip

In this strange relationship

Do you love me

Yeah?

Something's so write but I feels so terribly wrong

I keep holding on

Gimme that strange relationship

One of us gotta let go of this

I keep pushing and you keep holding on

I'm already gone

Do you love me

Yeah?

Something's so write but I feels so terribly wrong

I keep holding on

Gimme that strange relationship

One of us gotta let go of this

I keep pushing and you keep holding on

I'm already gone

Do you love me

Yeah?

Something's so write but it feels so terribly wrong

I keep holding on

Gimme that strange relationship

One of us gotta let go of this

I keep pushing and you keep holding on

I'm already gone

I'm already gone

I'm gone











The whole way through the song Buffy could feel the truth behind the song. He had written it just for her and it had affected her in the way he had hoped. It had got her thinking about her real feelings for him and if she didn't admit them soon, he would leave her.

Anya stepped up to the microphone and Spike took over the drums. Dawn put her guitar to the side and pulled her mic up to her mouth.

"Hi." Anya said. "I wrote this song for my fiancée, hi honey." Anya waved at Xander. He blushed his usual shade of pink.









So open up your morning light

And say a little prayer for life

You know that if we are to stay alive

And see the peace in every eye



She had two babies

One was six months

One was three

In the fall of '44

Every time the phone rings

Every heart beat stings

When she felt that it was gone

Would her son grow to know his father?



I don't wanna wait

For our lives to be over

I want to know right now

What will it be?

I don't wanna wait

For our lives to be over

Will it be yes

Or will it be sorry?

He showed up all wet

On the rainy front step

Wearing trundles in his skin

And at what he saw

He turned and wept

It's so hard to be gentle no more

The years past by and all he had was daughters



I don't wanna wait

For our lives to be over

I want to know right now

What will it be?

I don't wanna wait

For our lives to be over

Will it be yes

Or will it be

I see you look at me from across the room

You're wearing you anguish again

Believe me I know the feeling

It shocks you into the jaws of anger

Oh, so breath a little more deeply

All we have is this very moment

And I don't wanna know what his father

And his father and his father did

I wanna be here now

So open up your morning light

And say a little prayer for life

You know that if we are to stay alive

And see the peace in every eye

I don't wanna wait

For our lives to be over

I want to know right now

What will it be?

I don't wanna wait

For our lives to be over

Will it be yes

Or will it be.

I don't wanna wait

For our lives to be over

I want to know right now

What will it be?

I don't wanna wait

For our lives to be over

Will it be yes

Or will it be sorry

So open up your morning light

And say a little prayer for life

You know that if we are to stay alive

And see the peace in every eye













The song ended and Anya scuttled back to behind the drum kit.

Xander sat there in awe. He didn't realised Anya knew that he was scared about getting married and he wanted to wait a few years. But listening to her singing made him think about how much he loved her and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her and if he didn't marry her now then he might never get to because they would be dead. There was no way he was backing out now.

Spike and Dawn stood to the side, they obviously didn't have any part in the next song. Tara stayed sitting at her keyboard but turned round to face the audience.

"This is a song I wrote, it's called A Thousand Miles." Tara said quietly, she glanced at Willow shyly. She turned back to her keyboard and began to play and sing.



Making my way downtown

Walking fast

Faces pass and I'm homebound

Staring blankly ahead

Just making my way

Making my way through the crowd

And I need you

And I miss you

And now I wonder.



If I could fall into the sky

Do you think time

Would pass me by

Cos you know I'd walk a thousand miles

If I could just see you

Tonight



It's always time like this

And I think of you

And I wonder if you ever think of me

With ever thing so wrong

And I don't belong

Living in your precious memory

Cos I need you

And I miss you

And now I wonder.



If I could fall into the sky

Do you think time

Would pass me by

Cos you know I'd walk a thousand miles

If I could just see you

Tonight



And I, I

Drown in your memory

And I, I

Don't wanna let you know

I, I

Drown in your memory

I, I

Don't let this go

I, I

Don't.



Making my way downtown

Walking fast

Faces pass and I'm homebound

Staring blankly ahead

Just making my way

Making my way through the crowd

And I still need you

And I still miss you

And now I wonder.



If I could fall into the sky

Do you think time

Would pass me by

Cos you know I'd walk a thousand miles

If I could just see you

Tonight



If I could fall into the sky

Do you think time

Would pass me by

Cos you know I'd walk a thousand miles

If I could just see you

If I could just hold you

Tonight







Tara breathed a sigh of relief as she finished the song. Willow too joined her friends in a state of awe. Tara still had feelings for her! She smiled and tried to catch Tara's eye, but Spike was already introducing the next song.

"This one was a joint effort from all of us and is for you three," he didn't say any names but Buffy, Willow and Xander knew that he meant them.









ANYA: Did you ever see the rainbow?

TARA: Did you ever hear me cry?

DAWN: Did you ever see the colours fade away?

The night, the night you said goodbye

ALL: I'm never gonna love again

SPIKE: The way that I love you

ALL: Never gonna smile again

ANYA: I will be forever.





ALL: Blue like the ocean

Silent waiting



Blue like the river

Floating by

I will tell you I'm fine

But it won't be true

If I cant have your love

If I can't be with you

I'll be forever blue



SPIKE: Did you ever see the sunrise?

TARA: Did you ever feel my pain?

DAWN: Did you ever see the sun go down?

When you, when you left me in the rain

ALL: I'm never gonna love again

ANYA: So say it isn't so

ALL: I really wanna smile again

TARA: Don't wanna be forever



ALL: Blue like the ocean

Silent waiting

Blue like the river

Floating by

I will tell you I'm fine

But it won't be true

If I cant have your love

If I can't be with you

I'll be forever blue



TARA: What do you do

When the sky's come falling down?

ANYA: Where do you run

When the winds come rolling in?

SPIKE: How do you cope

When the heart got a mind of it's own?

DAWN: I will be forever.



ALL: Blue like the ocean

Silent waiting

Blue like the river

Floating by

I will tell you I'm fine

But it won't be true



Blue like the ocean

Silent waiting

Blue like the river

Floating by I will tell you I'm fine

But it won't be true

SPIKE: If I cant have your love

TARA: If I can't be with you

DAWN: I'll be forever blue











The audience erupted into cheers and applause. The three friends still couldn't speak. The feelings their loved ones were showing were amazing.

"One last song for the evening," Dawn announced. "This is one that I wrote with a little help from Spike."

Anya started to play her drums and Spike started playing his guitar like a pro. Dawn glared at Buffy and began to sing.

As soon as the music had started Buffy recognised the song. It was the one Dawn had been playing on her CD player solid for the last month. She had never realised it was her singing it.





He was a boy

She was a girl

Can I make it anymore obvious?

He was a punk

She did ballet

What more can I say?

He wanted her

But she'd never tell

The secret she wanted him as well

All of her friends

Stuck up their nose

They had a problem with his baggy clothes



He was a skater boy

She said 'see ya later boy'

He wasn't good enough for her

She had a pretty face

But her head was up in space

She needed to come back down to earth



Five years later

She sits at home

Feeding the baby

She's all alone

She turns on TV

Guess who she sees?

Skater boy, rocking on MTV

Calls up her friends

They already know

And they've all got tickets to see his show

She tags along

Stands in the crowd

Looks up at the man she turned down



He was a skater boy

She said 'see ya later boy'

He wasn't good enough for her

Now he's a superstar

Slamming on his guitar

Does your pretty face see what he's worth?



He was a skater boy

She said 'see ya later boy'

He wasn't good enough for her

Now he's a superstar

Slamming on his guitar

Does your pretty face see what he's worth?











Dawn walked over to Spike and wrapped an arm around his waist lightly so not to bang his guitar. Buffy felt a pang of jealousy.







Sorry girl

But you missed out

Well, tough luck

That boy's mine now

We are more than just good friends

This is how the story ends

To bad you just couldn't see

She the man that boy can be

There is more that meets the eye

I see the soul that is inside







Buffy stood up from the table and made her way towards the stage. She knew the words and had taken Dawn's hint about singing it. She took the microphone from Dawn's hand and began to sing.





He's just a boy

I'm just a girl

Can I make it anymore obvious?

We are in love

Haven't you heard?

How we rock each others

World



I'm with the skater boy

I said 'see ya later boy'

I'll be backstage after the show

I'll be at the studio

Singing a song we wrote

About a girl you used to know



I'm with the skater boy

I said 'see ya later boy'

I'll be backstage after the show

I'll be at the studio

Singing a song we wrote

About a girl you used to know













Buffy finished the song and grinned at Spike. He was staring at her, mouth wide open. Dawn was smiling from ear to ear. Her plan had worked.

"Thanks," Buffy said to the audience that were clapping and cheering like mad. She pulled Spike off the stage and round to the side slightly. "You're song's really got to me."

Spike was still in a state of shock. "They were meant to," he said finally.

"I gathered that much." Buffy paused. "I have feelings for you."

Spike blinked a few times in disbelief before grinning. "I knew it!"

"Well, don't get too big headed; it's not love, but one day it could be." Spike nodded, the one day part made him happy enough.

"We'd better go make a fuss over how well Anya did," Spike pulled Buffy back towards the rest of her friends. "She was making a big fuss about the singing."

Buffy slipped her hand in his. She couldn't wait to see the expression on their faces when they saw her and Spike together.

The End