Summery: Buffy and Spike are at Angel's. Buffy meets Connor and falls in love with him. She has had a talk with Angel, and asked Wes for some help and she has said the words Spike has longed to hear.

Rating: R

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A/N: This is what I would like to happen in good old Sunnydale, but we all know that Joss would never let anybody be happy for very long. Dam him.   

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Hope, Dreams and Miracles

Part XIII- Family Matters

It was long and quiet ride most of the way home. Neither of them knowing quite what to say to the other, Buffy had taken a nap, listened to the radio and she still wasn't sure what to say to Spike. 'What do we do now, now that he finally knows how I really feel.' Buffy thought as the miles quickly passed by and they made their way back to Sunnydale.

   Spike couldn't stand the silence it was driving him mad. The longer she remained silent the more he questioned their relationship; does she regret it, did she change her mind or did she not mean what she said? Finally Spike couldn't take it any more. "Buffy….is everything alright?" he questioned.

"Fine, I was just thinking." She sighed. "The wedding is coming up; Dawn and I both have to get dresses. You know that kind of stuff."

"Oh ya, the whimp and Anya must be going nuts by now with all that bloody planning." He joked.

"I really haven't had the time to help or tried. I should see if they need my help when I get back, it's the least I can do."

For the back seat there came a muffled ringing. "What's that?" Buffy asked Spike as she turned in her seat.

It took him a minute but then he answered, "The phone, it's in your top bag. Cordy gave it to me incase of an emergency."

Buffy quickly grabbed the bag and riffled though it, until she found the phone. "Hello?" Buffy listened to the babbling voice on the other end for a moment. "She did what? You let her?" ……… "Oh she is sooooo dead when I get a hold of her! Where is she?" …………. "Ya, it's not far from here…….No, we'll go and get her you stay there in case she comes home first. See you soon. Bye." Spike wasn't sure what it was all about but he figured it had something to do with little sis.

As Buffy hung up the phone he asked, "What she do this time?" and rolled him eyes.  

 "I swear I'm going to kill her this time." Buffy was so mad that she probably was going to do it. "She skipped school and went to some amusement park with most of her class. Does she ever stop and think of the consequences? I mean really, the social worker is already to take her way as is. Does she want that?" she snapped.

"I don't think she thought of it that way, pet. I'm pretty sure she doesn't want to get taken away." Spike says trying to sooth her.

"Well she keeps it up and she will!" Buffy snapped.

"Let's just go get her and hope the social worker doesn't find out." They drive to a small dive of an amusement park about 30 minutes outside of Sunnydale. Once inside the park they start to search for Dawn. Buffy was just getting madder the longer they searched. Madder at Dawn for skipping school but most of for not asking her, "Spike, you know if she had asked me I might have even said yes, but did she oh no!" She ranted.

"Don't think so."

"I would have! If I know I could have covered for her. I remember what it was like, was fifteen once."

 "Yeah, you were Ms. Pompoms." He rolled his eyes "then you killed your first vamp."

"Spike! This is serous, Dawn is going to…….." Buffy's words were cut off by a sound of a gun fire. Buffy had only a moment of panic. Then they both started to run to where they heard the gun go off. Buffy was so scared that it was Dawn, she forgetting for a moment how mad she was at her. As they turn the corner they see Dawn on her knees, holding pressure on one of her friend's arms. "Dawn!" Buffy yelled and ran to her sister's side. Spike drove at the young man holding the gun, knocking him to the ground and the gun out of his hand.

A few minutes later the paramedics had arrived, they tended to Dawn's wounded friend. Buffy finally gets a chance to talk to Dawn, "You all right?" 

 "Yeah, just a bit shaken, but they say Jen's going to be alright. It just grazed her shoulder." Dawn was scared. She didn't know how Buffy knew where she was. The one person she told, about coming here promised not to tell. But just the same she was glad that Buffy come when she did. "I'm sorry." Dawn pleaded with her sister giving her those puppy dog eyes.

"I'm glad you'll all right. But you're still grounded! If social services find out about this it's going to be a lot worse!" Spike came over to see if everything is ok once the park's security had taken the boy in to custody.

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"I still don't believe you didn't tell me about this." Buffy snapped at Dawn.

"Like YOU would have let me go even if, I told you! HA!!" Dawn barked back. "Beside someone did know where I was! And he didn't mind me going!" Dawn let it slip, before she could stop herself. She knew they were going to catch hell for her mistake.

Buffy's eyes widened and she whipped her head towards Spike. "YOU know about this and you didn't tell me!!!" Her voice cut through him like a knife.

"Sorry luv, she told me a few weeks ago. I forget about it." Spike was truly sorry about it. That he hadn't told her when Dawn had first told him, but he that it was innocent enough and the rest of her class was going. Spike tried to apologies to her the rest of the way home, but she wouldn't listen to him.

When they arrive home Buffy ordered Dawn to go to her room. Then turn her rage on Spike.

 "How dare you keep this from me! I can't believe that I trusted you. How can I love someone I can't even trust?" Buffy's voice was as cold as ever. All the love was gone. She felt lonely, hatred and betrayal.

"Buffy will you just listen to me, please?" Spike pleaded.

"No, I have nothing to say to you. Just leave me alone. Go way and don't come back!" She said as she grabbed her bags and stormed off to the house. Spike just stood there, leaning against the car watching her leave. All his hope for them to be happy faded away as the distance between them grew greater. 'Well you're a bloody idiot  for not telling her' he said to himself as he climbed back into the car.

TBC…..