Dawn walked down stairs to find Buffy in the kitchen with Tara, she smiled at them " Morning." Tara looked over smiling at Dawn "Morning Dawnie. I'm making pancakes, do you want funny shapes?" She asked as she walked over to the stove pouring the pancake batter into the pan. Dawn sat next to Buffy who smiled at her "That's fine." She answered Tara. Buffy was in a white t-shirt and a brown skirt "Dawn how would you feel about a sister day?" She asked her. Dawn looked at her and thought for a moment before answering "What would we do?" Buffy smiled at her "We could go shopping? Or stop by the magic shop. Giles is flying in tonight." She told her younger sister. Dawn nodded as Tara placed her plate in front of her, she knew the only reason Giles was coming back was to see her, she knew she was still the key and that scared her. What if she had to die again? She must not have touched her food because she looked up to see Tara watching her. As if on cue she picked up her fork and took a bite, making the yummy noises she knew everyone was waiting for.
Spike was still in Dawn's room not that he minded but he had nothing to do up there. He looked over to see the burned remains of the Dawn Chronicles. He remembered her always writing in them, no one could pry her away from them, until she found out that she was the key. As soon as she found that out she had burned them all and ran away. She had run to his crypt, he opened the door to see her standing there, a bandage on her arm from the cut. "What happened to your arm bit?" He asked once he had gotten her inside the crypt. She watched him as he warmed up a mug of blood. She thought about the cuts on her arm and how blood had flown out of her so she couldn't be the key right?
Spike could tell this whole key thing was bothering her, he sat next to her "Your still you Dawn. Nothing can change that." That made her laugh "Spike I'm not even real. I just a blob of energy. "She said making him sigh, he hadn't thought about Dawn not being real. She was too beautiful to be real. He didn't want to press her about this "How about we watch some telly? Passions is on soon." He said getting up and turning on the TV. Dawn smiled as he did this, it was normal for them.
Spike shook his head getting out of the memory of him and Dawn, there was way too many that he could go through. He heard the door close downstairs. He took a chance and walked down stairs to see Tara cleaning the kitchen. "Where did Dawn go?" He asked watching her jump. "Whoa Spike you scared me. When did you get here?" She asked looking at him. He pulled a smoke out of the pack and lit it knowing it would piss the slayer off good. "I was around. Now where did she go Glinda?" he asked again. "She went out with Buffy for a Sss sisters day." She stuttered. Spike nodded before grabbing a blanket "Tell bit I went home." He said throwing the blanket over him before running back to his crypt burning slightly.
Buffy was sitting in the food court with Dawn, She was watching her sister pick at the hamburger that sat in front of her, and she wanted the little sister back. The girl who annoyed her. "How did you like the movie Dawnie?" She asked trying to get her sister to talk. Dawn snapped her head looking at her "Oh it was cool. I really liked the part with the bunnies." She said smiling as she thought about Anya. She missed Anya a lot but she understood why she had left. Buffy smiled "Yeah. It was good. So what did you want to do? Giles gets in, in about an hour. I was going to go get him." She told her. Dawn nodded not really wanting to go pick him up "I think I want to go to Spikes. Is that ok?" She asked in a small voice. Buffy stiffened not really wanting her sister around Spike but she also knew Spike wouldn't let anything happen to her "That should be ok. Then he could walk you home in time to see Giles." She stood up and threw the trash away "Ok I will drive you over there." Dawn stood up and shook her head "I'm ok Buffy. I can walk. I need to." She hugged buffy and walked off not giving Buffy the chance to say know.
Dawn was walking down Main Street; she was trying to clear her head of all the thoughts running through it. All of those thoughts led back to Spike for some reason, she knew how she felt about him but she couldn't do anything with him. He was Buffy's, he was only around her to show Buffy how great he was. She found herself at his crypt already; she took a few breaths before knocking.
Spike was sitting on the bed in the bottom of his crypt, he looked at a picture of Dawn on his nightstand, and she was smiling and happy. Her arms wrapped around her waist, he had never wished that he could be seen in a picture more than he did that day. He had snuck up behind Dawn and taken the picture. He knew he wouldn't show up but it didn't matter. He could hear someone knocking up stairs, "Hope it's not the slayer" He thought to himself as he got up climbing up the ladder. He walked to the door and opened it to find Dawn standing there. "Hey Dawn." He said once he could finally speak, she smiled her soft smile "Can I come in?" She asked biting her lip. Spike nodded moving out of the door way so she could walk in, closing the door behind her "So what are you doing here nibblit?" he asked looking a little confused. She walked over to him and smiled before hugging him tightly "To say thank you" she whispered. He wrapped his arms around her "No worries pet." He leaned down placing a kiss on her hair, smelling it as he pulled away. Dawn looked up and smiled at him, before Spike could think he bent his head down and kissed her softly. It took Dawn back for a minute but she didn't stop, until one thought entered her mind, Buffy. She pulled back, "I'm not Buffy Spike. I never will be." Spike gave her a funny look "Bit what you are talking about?" He asked but Dawn had already taken off running. That's when it hit him; she thought he kissed her wishing it was Buffy. He groaned as he opened the door going after her. "Damn bloody Summers Woman." He yelled into the night.
A/N: I hope you guys like it. I tried to get Buffy more in character. Leave me some Reviews please!