Hiii!!! Let me just explain, the story is before Giles and Tara have left and it's before Buffy and Spike kissed. This story is meant to be just after the episode where Buffy tells Spike that she liked it better in heaven then on Earth. Heehee, enjoy!!!
"Hey Buffy, you want pancakes?" Dawn Summers asked as her sister walked into the kitchen, rubbing her eyes sleepily.
"What are you doing Dawn? You can't cook, I can't even cook!" Buffy shouted.
"Relax Buffy; I do have lessons at school ya know. Besides, Anya and Xander are here, Anya's helping me cook them." Dawn explained, smiling.
"Anya's helping you! You couldn't pick Willow or Tara; you have to pick the most incompetent person!" Buffy said but she couldn't help smiling at the thought of Anya cooking pancakes.
"Hey, I'm not incompetent!" Anya defended herself, entering the kitchen with Xander behind her. "Wait a minute, what does incompetent mean?"
Xander grinned. "Ladies and Gentlemen, my girlfriend Anya." He joked.
"So what are you doing today?" Buffy asked, pouring herself some orange juice.
Xander shrugged. "Giles is working at the Magic Box today so Anya's got a free day. We just thought we'd crash over here for a while."
"Make yourself at home." Buffy said sarcastically, raising her eyebrows.
"Hey look at this." Dawn said. Everyone turned her way to find she was juggling three eggs. All of a sudden she dropped one which crashed to the floor, splattering everywhere.
"Whoops . . . I'll get that." Dawn grinned sheepishly at Buffy and then began cleaning the mess up.
"I might go over to The Magic Box later." Buffy said, eyeing Dawn.
"Yeah we'll come with you . . . have you ever noticed how boring our lives are getting. We need to be getting out more." Xander said.
"Is there anywhere to go?" Buffy asked.
"Oh! We could take Dawn to the park!" Anya exclaimed, excitedly.
"I'm not a kid." Dawn reminded her.
"So what's going on with Slaying? Anything particularly exciting?" Xander asked.
"No, and it's starting to freak me out aswell. I mean, it's been a week since I haven't saved the world from terrible monsters and vampires." Buffy said. "When I'm out on patrol I only seem to get the odd vampire crossing my path."
"Why are you moaning about that?" Dawn asked.
Buffy shrugged. "I must be bored."
"Wakey wakey." Willow called, shaking Tara lightly.
Tara stirred and opened her eyes. "Hey." She said.
"Are you getting up baby? Giles asked us if we could give him a hand at the Magic Box." Willow asked, stroking Tara's cheek and then kissing her softly.
Tara got out of bed and dressed quickly. Then her and Willow made their way over to The Magic Box.
"Morning." Giles greeted them as they entered the shop hand in hand.
Buffy, Anya, Xander and Dawn were already there and said hi when they saw Willow and Tara.
Anya nudged Xander. "Can we tell them yet?" She asked.
"Tell them what?" Xander asked.
"Oh you know what Xander Harris! Us getting married, that you're my fiancé." Anya reminded him.
"I told you, when the time is right." Xander said softly.
"But the time is right! Look, they're all here so we can tell them." Anya said, raising her voice.
"Tell us what?" Buffy asked.
"Oh it's nothing. We just wanted to tell you that we are really bored and need to go out somewhere. We better be going, come on Anya." Xander blurted out quickly.
Xander grabbed Anya's hand and yanked her up, taking her outside. "Don't do that again Anya. I told you, I'll tell them when I feel ready."
"When will that be? The night before the wedding? You're obviously regretting getting engaged. I can't even wear the pretty ring." Anya asked sulkily.
"I can't believe you aren't with me on this one Anya, I want to tell my friends when I want to. When the time is right." Xander explained.
"Take your stupid ring back if you're gonna be like that!" Anya shouted, pulling the expensive ring out of her pocket and chucking it on the ground before storming off.
"Anya wait!" Xander called, picking up the ring and chasing after her.
There was a knock on Buffy's door. "Who could that be?" Buffy asked.
"I'll get it." Dawn shrugged, standing up.
"No, I'll get it." Buffy said, opening the front door.
"Spike?" Buffy asked.
Spike sighed with relief when he saw Buffy. "You're okay." He said.
"Yes, I'm fine . . . Spike what's going on?" Buffy asked, confused.
"Can I come in?" Spike asked.
"I guess." Buffy stepped aside and Spike strolled into the house. "Hey little bit." He waved to Dawn.
Dawn smiled and then turned back to the magazine she was reading.
"What are you doing here?" Buffy asked.
"I . . . I . . ." Spike stammered, thinking of an answer. The real reason why he had gone to Buffy's house was to check up on her and make sure Drusilla wasn't there.
"I just thought I'd say hello." Spike blurted out.
"Hmm . . . that doesn't sound like you. What are you hiding?" Buffy asked curiously.
"Nothing, I was just passing by and there was your house so I decided to pop in." Spike lied. "Plus I had a really weird dream last night." He mumbled.
"What?" Buffy asked.
"Nothing, never mind. Well, I'll be going." Spike said and before Buffy had time to say anything else he ran off.
"I can almost smell Spike." Drusilla said. "I want this meeting to be special." She hissed.
"Yes ma'am." The slave said, handing Drusilla Miss Edith which she hugged against her chest.
"We're going to have an interesting time in Sunnydale aren't we Miss Edith?" Drusilla asked her doll.
Then she laughed long and hard, her white dress flowing behind her.
"Go and fetch me something to eat." She ordered one of her vampire slaves. "And where is Harlem?" She asked.
"He's changing into something more appropriate, he wants to look nice when he kills the Slayer." One of the salves grimaced.
Drusilla smiled. "I can't wait till I introduce Spike to my new love. I have a feeling he's going to like Harlem. And we're gonna have to make a few changes in Sunnydale."