THUD
Spike rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and then heard the sound that woke him up again
THUD
"Bloody hell, can't get a good nights sleep around here" he said as he pulled on his boxers
THUD… ugh
The sound came again but accompanied by one of Buff's random fighting noises following. Spike quickly ran down the hall of the mansion. Andrew, Dawn and Xander stood in the hallway looking confused and tired. Spike continued towards Buffy's room while the sounds grew louder. He opened the door just in time to see a vampire burst into dust in the doorway, the stake stopping right near his chest.
"Please back away with sharp, pointy object, love" Spike said
"What are you doing here Spike?" Buffy asked throwing the stake back into her room.
"Well I came to help but it'd seem you took care of it yourself"
"Well thanks… but next time dress…. more" she replied
"Oh sorry for trying to help… and it's not like you haven't seen it before" he said smirking as he spun around an d walked down the hall to where Andrew stood trying to look innocent
"You really need to stop talking in your sleep" he said as he continued back to his room and went back to sleep. Just another average night at the new hellmouth.
The next morning Spike walked down the stairs, and saw Andrew sitting on the couch, wearing what looked like 10 sweaters.
"Aren't you cold?" Andrew questioned
"No Andrew, we've been over this, I'm dead, I don't get cold" Spike explained to him as if he was talking to a small child. "So where is everyone" he continued.
"Well Buffy's still sleeping, and so is Dawn. Xander and her were up talking all night, I'm surprised Buffy hasn't found out about-"
Just then Buffy walked down the stairs, looking peeved "Found out about what?"
Andrew froze, Buffy didn't know about the relationship between Dawn and Xander, and they didn't want her to know at the moment. Could be shocking for her, but Spike keeping cool replied
"We can't believe you haven't found out about the new trend of dating, say, blonde English vampires, love"
"Right…." She didn't really have a comeback for that one.
He smiled a mischievous look in his eyes "So how bout it love?"
"I'll think about it" she said distractedly
That was farther than he'd got in while so he was pleased. They looked up as they heard someone else walk down the stairs.
"Hey everyone" the girl said as she sat down next to Andrew
"Hi Katie" said Andrew smiling, somewhat nervously
Katie pulled back her shiny brown hair into a ponytail, letting bits of it fan out over her blue eyes. The bridge of her nose and under her eyes were dappled with freckles, giving her a sort of childish look. The new slayer had been a native to the area, so when the gang had moved here they just, openly accepted her into their group. She fit in pretty nicely anyway, they all liked her, especially… Andrew.
"So anyway what are we doing today?" Buffy asked
"Well, I'm the Watcher here, so I get decide what we're going to do. Since there hasn't been anything going on in the demon world, I say we play Truth, Dare, Firehouse or Would You Rather." Andrew said
"Right you in charge" Buffy said
"C'mon pet, it sounds fun" Spike said laughing "Okay so we know the truth/dare part, what's Firehouse and Would You Rather?"
"Well Firehouse is where the asker picks 3 people for the asked and the asked has to pick one to save, one to burn, and one to marry" Dawn said as she walked down the steps
Andrew smiled and picked up "Would you rather is simply, would you rather do this or that"
"Cool" said Katie "Where's Xander, wouldn't he like to play?"
"He's at work" Dawn said quickly
"Okay, fine but, I want breakfast first, lets play in half an hour" Buffy said turning away.