Vampire Instinct
Raven flopped herself down on Spike's bed, still slightly hyper.
"So how was L.A.?" Spike asked, sitting down next to her.
"Eh pretty boring, not much fun without you" Raven replied.
Spike grinned at her answer and laid down on his back so Raven would lay her head down on his chest. She did so but it killed her energy.
"Hey Spike" Raven started, sitting up slowly. " I think I should head back to Buffy's, I'm getting tired."
"You could stay here love" Spike suggested seductively.
Raven actually took a minute to consider it and Spike took her silence as a yes.
"Perfect" he said, and then rolled over on top of Raven, surprising the young witch.
"Wait, I didn't say yes Spike" Raven squealed.
"You took to long, so I chose for you" Spike said.
Spike gently clasped his hands around Raven's wrist and brought his lips down on hers. Their kiss lasted almost as long as the one in the forest, then Spike trailed his lips down his flame's neck. Raven was overcome with pleasure and got lost.
"Spike I really should leave" Raven was able to breath out quietly.
But Spike didn't listen. The young witch felt her vampire's mouth form into a grin on her neck as he continued to kiss it, then he started to give her a hickey again. Raven moaned and Spike got lost in the ecstasy himself. Then without even realizing it something sparked in Spike, then a few seconds later Raven felt a pinch, let out a quiet ow, and the smell of blood brought Spike a little bit out of the trance. The vampire's tongue lapped up the small amount of blood from Raven's neck automatically as Spike slowly noticed what he had just down. He had felt no surge of pain in his head from the chip and then he began to crave for more of his flame's blood. Spike face morphed uncontrollably and Raven let out a small cry of pain as she felt Spike's fangs dig into her neck.
All of the sudden Spike slapped back to reality and forced himself off Raven completely. He raced off the bed and stood as far away from Raven with his back to her.
"Sorry" Spike growled out, as he tried to change his face back to normal.
Raven realizing what just happened sat up, and raised her hand to her neck. When she brought it back she saw a few smudges of blood.
"Its not that bad" Raven said quietly.
"You should leave now" Spike said, his back still facing Raven.
"I'm fine" Raven tried to re-sure.
Spike whipped around to face Raven still vamped out.
"Leave" he shouted more fiercely then he wanted to.
Raven more surprised then afraid stood up quickly and tried to find some gentleness in Spike, but got nothing. The young witch nodded her head then rushed out of her vampire's crypt with her hand plastered to her fresh wound.
Spike relaxed as the smell of blood left him and his face changed back to normal.
"Dammit" Spike yelled and punched his fist into the wall.
At the Summers house Raven let a sigh of relief when she found everyone else was asleep, Buffy would kill her if she saw the bite marks. The young witch situated herself on the tub in the upstairs bathroom as she cleaned off the blood with a wet washcloth. After a few minutes Raven stood up and checked out the marks in the mirror as she let the washcloth rinse. She slid two of her fingers over the holes to find them about a centimeter deep, and when she moved her fingers a drop of blood sat on them. Raven huffed out a long sigh as it registered that she would have to put a bandage over the marks, and somehow hide it from the scoobies. She grabbed a large ban-aid from the cabinet and tried to place the box back exactly the way she found it. Then she slapped it on with some neosporn and burned the packaging to ashes instead of just throwing them away.
~I wonder if Spike is alright ~ Raven thought as she laid down on her bed.
She shifted uncomfortably as she felt something hard under her back, but it didn't move. She got off the bed and lifted the covers to find a small cardboard jewelery box, she was surprised it wasn't crushed. Raven opened it to find a locket with her and Spike in the hearts.
~He must have dropped this off the night before I left, and it fell under my covers~ Raven thought.
The young witch ran her fingers along the heart with Spike in it, and a soft smile crept onto her face. She hung the necklace on her dressing table mirror then slipped on her pj's and fell asleep.
The next morning Raven woke up and got dressed and slipped on her new locket. Then she pulled off the bandage on her neck and hid the marks with her hair, then walked downstairs.
"So what time did you get home last night?" Buffy asked as soon as she saw Raven.
"Good morning to you to" Raven replied sarcasticly. "I got back around midnight."
"Really it sounded later" the slayer retorted.
"She didn't wake me up, Buffy your just a light sleeper" Dawn chimed in.
"Thanks Dawn" Raven said and sat down with her breakfast.
"Hey cute necklace" Dawn told Raven.
Buffy looked up surprised and a little disgusted.
"You're wearing that?" she asked rudely. "Spike gave it to her" She told her sister when Dawn gave her a bad look.
"Thanks, sweet huh" Raven said, ignoring Buffy.
"Was the chain always red?" the slayer asked. "I saw Spike drop it off so."
Raven lifted her fingers to the chain to feel that her wound had started to bleed and got on the necklace.
"Uh I'm gonna go look in the mirror, be right back" Raven said, then rushed upstairs.
She went in the bathroom and closed the door. The young witch let out a long breath then put her hair up and took off the locket. Raven rinsed off the chain and hung it on a towel hook. Then she grabbed the cloth from last night, wet it , and placed it on her neck. All of the sudden Dawn knocked on the bathroom door making Raven jumped.
"Hey Rae can I come in, I need to finish getting ready for school?" Dawn asked.
Raven sighed and tired to think of a way to hide but got nothing.
"I guess" the young witch let out.
Dawn entered and closed the door behind her, then starting to put on some simple make-up.
"So it your necklace alright?" Dawn asked.
Raven just nodded her head. So Dawn turned towards her and that's when she saw Raven holding the washcloth up to her neck.
"What happened?" Dawn asked.
Raven sighed and looked up at the youngest Summers.
"If you promise not to tell anyone, I'll show you" she said.
"I promise" Dawn replied.
Raven took the cloth away from her and turned her neck towards Dawn. Dawn gasped and walked closer to her friend.
"Did Spike bite you?" Dawn asked, running her fingers over the marks.
Raven nodded her head.
"It happened last night while we were making out on his bed" Raven said.
Dawn's face lit up when Raven didn't sugarcoat anything, she had always treated Dawn her age. She was a teenager, she knew about boys and many other things so what was the point of hiding it all from her. It was the main things Dawn loved about Raven.
"But wait a minute, what about Spike's chip? He shouldn't be able to bite you" Dawn asked.
"What do mean?" Raven asked.
"Well when Spike trys to hurt someone he gets this sharp pain in his head that makes him pull back right away" Dawn explained.
"While he didn't back off at all. Actually his fangs pinched my neck a few seconds before he completely dug in. Is there any reason why the chip wouldn't work?"
"Um no. Spike can only hurt demons, so it would have to be broken."
Raven sat there thinking it all over, she was defiantly human so did that mean the chip was really broken? And if so did that also mean that Spike would realize this and go out and try to hurt someone else.
"I gotta go check on Spike" Raven said and stood up fast.
"He'll probably be asleep, I mean it is daytime" Dawn told her.
"Ya but we don't know that for sure. Don't say a word to anyone Dawn, especially Buffy."
Dawn nodded her head, and then Raven telported out of the bathroom and to the cemetery. When she arrived at Spike's home, Raven banged on the door but got no answer.
"Spike" She yelled, but still got nothing.
Raven telported inside the crypt wearily to find that Spike was no where inside.
"Crap" she whispered then popped over to Giles.
The watcher jumped at the sight of his new company.
"Sorry" Raven said. " I need to know what Spike's hangout would be during the day?"
"My dear he usually stays in that so called home of his when the sun is out" Giles answered.
"Well he's not there."
"There is that bar just for the supernatural that he might be at, but its doubtful."
"Thanks" Raven said and then she was gone in seconds.
Raven appeared in the bar surprising everyone again, but ignored it and ran over to the owner.
"Have you seen Spike, Willie?" Raven asked the bartender.
Willie looked up at young witch a little frightened.
"Ah I have no idea who you are talking about miss" he said.
"Willie I know you know who Spike is and know you remember me to" Raven said.
Before Spike and her met Raven would go to this bar to have a taste of her own crowd and get away from the slayer.
"If you know what's good for you, you will tell me everything I want to know" Raven kinda shouted.
Willie became more frightened and still tried to deny everything. The young witch reached over the bar counter and grabbed Willie's shirt collar.
"Tell me" she growled and made a fireball in her other hand.
Willie started shake and sweat.
"Alright, alright. He was in here a little while ago getting drunk then he followed some girl outside" Willie stuttered.
"Was the girl a human?" Raven asked.
"I don't know, really I swear."
Raven sighed and let go of Willie, distinguish the fireball, then stormed out the back door to an ally.
The smell of fresh blood hit her nose automatically and Raven rushed in the direction of the scent fearing the worse.