Rating: T
Summary: Post Chosen. The strangest things remind Buffy of Spike… or parts of him.
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Buffy the Vampire Slayer - just saying in case you thought I did.
A/N: I wanted something silly. I was playing an on-line word game: Potassium. Banana. Remembered a Rachel Ray show with some kind of monkey. Volà.
Banana
'God! Gutter diving much, Buffy?' she thought to herself trying to get out of her trance like state and back into what her sister was so eagerly telling her about.
But now, when she'd made the connection, she couldn't get it out of her head. And Dawn just kept on talking, as much with her hands as her mouth so that the half peeled banana she was holding just floated around in front of Buffy.
It was bright yellow with a slight curve and was doubling for a blinking neon sign to Buffy.
It was the curve she finally realized, and the angle from which it stood out of Dawn's fist.
'Bloody hell' was surely an appropriate phrase. During the year since the big battle, since loosing him, Buffy had found herself reminded of Spike at the oddest of times and by the strangest things. But this was in a different league of… weirdness. That was the nice word for it.
To boot, the banana/billboard not only made her heart ache but also yelled out a different message: It was way too long since she'd had sex.
She realized that Dawn had stopped talking and she didn't look pleased. Buffy managed to hear a muffled "You're not even listening to me" followed by a heavy sigh before the banana started moving again. This time the movement was different. It had an aim.
"No," Buffy yelled, grabbed her sister's arm and took the banana from her grip. "Dawn, I know this sounds insane, but please don't eat this particular banana. Take another one..." She pushed the bunch of bananas across the table towards Dawn. "… and let me have this one."
Dawn's look didn't argue Buffy on the insanity diagnosis but she seemed to decide that the fight wasn't worth it. Without saying anything she took the bunch of fruit and broke off another piece. Buffy thankfully noticed that this one had a very different shape, an unfamiliar curve.
Finally she could devote her entire attention towards the special fruit she was now holding. She ceremoniously pulled the peel down to the tip, gave it a last look and hauled it down.
Dawn just gaped in astonishment, then rolled her eyes with teenage expertise. "You sure love your potassium."