Disclaimer- I don't own anything but Ariella and the plot

Summary- Temptation; Try and get a little bit. There's really nothing wrong with it~ When Buffy and Spike come to Ispwich, for their next mission, they didn't expect to make friends with their targets. Soon, all hell breaks loose. To make things worse Reid's little sister, Ariella, is caught inbetween the crossfire.

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She was only coming to these swim sessions because she was forced. In all honestly, the concept of swimming bored her to death. Sarah never has to come. Ariella never really knew if that was because she and Caleb haven't been dating long, or that they just didn't care enough to tell her to come? So here she sat, like every other time she was here. In the bleachers next to her brother and his best friend.

"Stop pouting shrimp. Just deal with it." Reid said with a roll of his eyes to his little sister. She was annoying him with the pouting. She always pouted every time he sees her. He hasn't seen her smile, really smile, since Pogue and Caleb thought it would be funny to soak him to the bone with tomato sauce.

"So what did the Provost want?" Tyler asked Caleb. Ariella looked confused at Caleb and Pogue, who had just arrived to the group. When was Caleb called down to the Provost's office? What did Caleb do? Ariella listened for Caleb's explanation.

"Someone told him about the fight at Nicky's." Caleb said as he looked at the pool. Ariella's head shot up. She looked over her brother. She had bumped into him and Tyler last night when they came back. Reid looked in bad shape. Now that explained it. Who did her brother get into a fight with though? Why was Caleb called in and not Reid?

"What fight?" Ariella asked out, only she was ignored. "Guys, what fight?" Ariella asked again. She was ignored, again. Reid shot Caleb a look. He didn't want Ariella to know about the fight he and Caleb had the night before. He would never hear the end of it. She's told him over and over again that he shouldn't use when it's not needed.

"Care to elaborate on that?" Reid asked Caleb. Ariella knew she was going to keep being ignored, so she stayed silent. She saw Caleb give Reid a short glare before Pogue reached out his hand to Reid's hair.

"You got a piece of glass on your face." Pogue said to her brother. Reid slapped his hand away and the four chuckled. Ariella looked even more concerned. Why did Reid have glass on his face at all? How bad of fight was he in? Did he fight Caleb? Is that why Caleb was called in?

She didn't get a chance to ask anymore question because the boys were called to the pool. They all, except Reid who ruffled her hair, kissed her cheek before leaving. She stuck her tongue out at her brother, but he just ignored her. She frowned and sighed. She was right. Last night was a one time thing for Reid to act like a brother to her.

"Now why would such a beautiful girl be so upset?" Ariella looked to her right, where her brother had just been, and saw another boy standing there. He's new. She knew that because she's never seen him in swim sessions before. He was dressed in the school's logo speedios. She smiled as she tilted her head to the right. Some times she looked and acted too much like her brother.

"And you are?" Ariella asked with a bit of seduction in her voice. She really needed to stop hanging around her brother and the other boys so much. The boy smiled back at her with mischief playing in his eyes. He was good looking. Had a well toned body. Something about him though sent chills down her spine.

"Collins. Chase Collins. You're Reid's sister, aren't you?" Chase asked her. Ariella bit her lip and nodded. She didn't mind being known as Reid's little sister, but she never knew if people would just talk to her to get closer to Reid. She frowned, but only for a moment, at the thought.

"I'm Ariella." She introduced herself to him. She held out her hand for him to shake, only he took her hand kissed her knuckled roughly. It wasn't like when Spike did this. She smiled weakly and pulled her hand away. She nodded to him with a smile. She looked past Chase and her smile beamed. "Buffy! Over here!" She shouted to her new friend. Chase seemed to back off a bit when the other blond joined them.

"Hey Ariella. Who's your friend?" Buffy asked curious seeing a strange boy with Ariella. She looked uncomfortable, even more than she did with Spike, when she walked in the pool area. She looked flustered with Spike, not how she did now with this boy. Ariella smiled at Chase weakly.

"This is Chase Collins. He's new like you and Spike." Ariella told Buffy. Buffy nodded and got on the bleachers and seated herself next to Ariella. She glanced at the pool to see Tyler and Reid about to race in the water. Chase extended his hand to Buffy. She shook it, a shock went through her veins when he touched her. Something was off about him.

"Buffy Summers." She said as she shook his hand. He nodded and gave her a toothy smirk. Buffy didn't like this guy. Something was off about him. Spike didn't even give her these vibes when they first met. He was telling to kill her back then too, he still tries once and a while to get a good shot in.

"Collins! Stop flirting and get in the pool!" The coach shouted. Chase winked at the two blonds and went to go in the pool. Arella turned red on sight from the coaches statement. Chase wasn't flirting with her and Buffy. Buffy maybe, but not her.

"He seems, okay?" Buffy said once he was gone from hearing distance. Ariella shook her head a little and looked at Buffy. She nodded. Ariella noticed that Tyler had won his and Reid's race and Caleb and Pogue were teasing Reid.

"Were you at Nicky's last night with the boys and Sarah?" Ariella asked her. Sarah would bring her, wouldn't she? They were room mates after all. Did Spike go too? Did he stay at the dorms? Why is she obsessing over him? Why does she even care? She only knows one thing about him really. His name, or well his first name.

"No. Spike came over." Buffy told her. She wasn't lying. He really did come over. They needed to go over how things were going and if they were getting any closer to ending this hunt. Arella frowned. Was Spike and Buffy, together? They do know each other. They both came from the same town. It wouldn't be far fetched for them to be an item.

"Oh." Ariella said sadly. Of course the guy that showed interest, or what she thought was interest, would be with the girl he already knew. How could Ariella be so stupid? No one would put her first. Why would she even think someone could like her? Buffy caught the sadness in the girl's eyes. Did she think Spike her were together? She took what she said the wrong way? Buffy smiled weakly at Ariella. At least Spike was doing something right.

"Oh god no! You don't think that Spike and I are . . . are together, do you?" Buffy said with distaste in her voice. It grossed her out to no point just at the idea of her and Spike. He was pig that never gave up. He never shuts up! Ariella blushed and nodded as she tried not to smile at Buffy. She was secretly happy, for some reason, that Spike and Buffy weren't together.

"Hey Angel!" Ariella's head shot up and looked at the pool. She saw Chase in the pool motioning her over to him. She smiled at Buffy before getting up to go over to him. Buffy got up and went over to Pogue, who had just came out of the pool. She snuck up behind him and saw that he was, too, watching Chase and Ariella. She could tell Pogue didn't trust him either.

"You don't trust him, do you?" Buffy asked as she came to a stop next to him. Pogue looked down at the new blond. They hadn't formally met yet, but they knew who the other was. Buffy was Sarah's new room mate. Pogue was Sarah's boyfriend's best friend.

"Do you? It's Pogue by the way." Pogue said as he held out his hand to her. She smiled up at him and took his hand in her own.

"Buffy." She introduced herself formally to him. They shook hands quickly. "I just met him, but no. Something about him just, just seems off about him" Buffy confessed to him. Pogue nodded, he felt the same way on Chase. They watched as Ariella laughed at something Chase had said to her.
　

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Buffy sat across from Spike at the lunch table Sarah had told her to go find in their last class together. Spike looked bored out his mind. He looked quite funny in his uniform, this time with out his duster on. Buffy picked at her food in front of her.

"Ick, I don't know how you humans can eat that stuff." Spike hissed as he looked at his tray in disgust. Buffy rolled her eyes. She couldn't disagree though. She never liked school lunch, even though granted this is better than the last school she went to, it was still school food. She leaned in closer to him so she could whisper.

"Well, it's not like there's an option for blood, so shut up and eat." Buffy whispered in a demanding tone to him. She picked up a cookie she had bought and shoved it in his mouth before he could say another word. She leaned back in her seat as he took the cookie out his mouth and chewed, with a sour face, the cookie.

"I might try to bite someone before something gets to her first." Spike says back to her once he swallows his cookie bite. Buffy looked at him puzzled. She knew the 'someone' he was talking about, but not the 'something'. He had said something about someone watching the youngest of the group, but not much.

"Wait, what's that suppose to mean?" Buffy hissed at him. He didn't even try to whisper that. He smirked and looked around. None of the others were in sight. He didn't get a chance to answer because Sarah, Caleb, and Pogue sat down next to them. Reid and Tyler sat down soon after them.

"Hey Buffy, I heard you went to the swim practice. How'd you like it?" Sarah asked as she got comfortable under Caleb's arm. Buffy smiled at her. Spike looked at her strange. Buffy actually went to one of those classes? Since when did she manage to sign up?

"It was fine. Ariella and I talked through most of it. It was fun cheering on the guys too." Buffy told her. Spike caught on then that Buffy didn't actually practice her stokes at the pool, she was there to watch. At the mention of Ariella's name, he got curious as to where she was. Did the lower grades not come to their lunch? Buffy caught his look, which she knew no one was suppose to see. He was worried. She's only seen it once or twice coming from him. "Where's Ariella? Is she still in class?" Buffy asked out to the group.

"Oh I think I saw her at her locker with that new guy. I think his name was Chase?" Sarah said to Buffy. Buffy noticed how Spike's teeth clenched. She wanted to laugh at him so badly. Spike, the big bad, was jealous.

"Damn, Arella was really that gullible to believe the guy. Kids works almost as fast I do." Reid said with a laugh. Spike made a low growl only Buffy heard. Tyler and the boys looked at Reid to see if he was serious. Did he care at all?

"Maybe you should keep an eye on him then, mate." Spike butted in. The three boys and Buffy nodded. Sarah was on Reid's side, for once. She always thought Ariella could use a man. If it wasn't going to be Spike, maybe Chase would do?

"He's right man." Pogue said before taking a big bite out of his food. Spike nodded thanks for backing him up. He already didn't like this kid. His hate only grew the longer Ariella was missing from their group. He should have met her at her class room, but he couldn't. He wasn't suppose to know which class she had. Spike's head shot up upon hearing Ariella's laughter close by.

"It's him." He breathed out under his breath. Only Buffy actually heard him though. She turned around and saw Chase with his arm around Arella's shoulders as they were heading over to the table. Ariella sat on the other side of Buffy and Chase sat next to her. Reid stood up and did a 'guy hand shake' with Chase with a 'Hey man' along with it. Ariella blushed under Spike's gaze. He smirked at this. This 'Chase' guy can't be that impressive if she's still blushing because of him. Tyler and Buffy had been the only ones to caught the little 'moment' between Spike and Ariella. Tyler shifted in his seat uncomfortable. Buffy sent him a 'Same here' look. Tyler smiled shyly at her and cleared his throat. Spike looked up from his and Ariella's stare down to look at Tyler. Ariella, nervously, played with her hair by twisting it with her finger.

"So, do we need to have the 'if you hurt Ariella, well, we hurt you' talk?" Pogue laughed to Chase. Ariella wanted to hit him so hard for saying that in front of everyone. Chase chuckled at how embarrassed Ariella looked. Spike wanted to tear Chase apart at the moment. No way would Ariella go for this poser.

"No, not yet." Chase laughed back as he stared at Ariella. Spike saw the hunger look he was giving Ariella. It wasn't the look he gave his pray. It was more like a power hungry look in his eyes. This was the guy that was watching her that night. He reeked of too much power flowing through him.

"Hey mate, I'm looking for a room mate. You interested?" Spike said to Chase, the whole time he was smirking as he looked at Ariella. Chase coughed and caught that Spike's eyes never left Ariella's as her own never left his either. Buffy caught this too. She was not happy. Ariella blushed, knowing he was hinting at how he had asked her before. She looked at the food in front of her and played with her hair. Buffy kicked him in the leg under the table. Hard.

"Sorry. I managed to snag a signal of my own, and not giving it up anytime soon" Chase chuckled as he lifted his head from his own food. Spike frowned and glared at Buffy. She was lucky no one caught his jolt from her kick. The others at the table started laughing. Buffy shot Spike a 'we'll talk later' look. Spike rolled his eyes at her and took another, angry, bite out of his cookie.