The moon was shining brightly in the sky when Spike heard a banging noise on his crypt's door. He jumped up and turned off the TV. He opened the door to see Harmony. She had gone out the night before and hadn't come back. He thought she might be dead, but he wasn't that lucky.
"Spikey!" Harmony whined. "I heard you went to the Britney Spears concert last night. Why didn't you get me a ticket?"
"It was sort of a last minute thing, pet." he replied.
"But, you should've found me and we could've gone together."
"You wouldn't have liked it. The Slayer was there."
"Oh! You didn't tell her anything about me, did you?"
"Your name never came up."
"It didn't?" Harmony looked disappointed. "But, I'm a villain. Is she still out to get me?"
"Probably. You better stay in here just in case. I'm going for a walk." Spike left before she could say another word.
"Eat some peas, Buffy," Mrs. Summers said. "They're good for you."
Buffy reluctantly scooped a few peas onto her plate.
"Oh," Dawn said. "Guess what we did in school today?"
"What, honey?" Mrs. Summers asked.
"We dissected frogs. It was really nasty. There were all these guts and stuff."
"That's uh lovely, Dawn." Mrs. Summers replied.
"The best part was when Joe cut his open and all this juice flew out. Mrs. Branch went hysterical and almost gave him a detention."
"Did you learn anything about the anatomy of a frog?"
Dawn thought for a moment, then shrugged and said, "It's squishy."
"Oh. I better go. Duty calls." Buffy said as she stood up.
"Finish your peas, dear." Mrs. Summers said.
Buffy picked up her fork and shoved a mouthful of peas in her mouth. Then, she waved goodbye to her family, grabbed a stake, and walked outside. It was going to be busy night. Ten people had died of mysterious causes with odd neck wounds….
"There is nothing better than chocolate vanilla caramel fudge cookie swirl ice cream." Xander said.
"I thought there was nothing than mint chocolate cookie ice cream. And before that there was nothing better than Berry freeze frozen yogurt. And before that-" Willow replied. Xander, Anya, Willow, and Tara had just gone out to dinner together and had decided to get ice cream on their way home.
"Xander isn't judgmental. He has enough love for every kind of ice cream." Anya replied defensively.
"He must have an awfully big heart." Tara said.
"The biggest." Anya said proudly. "Almost as big as his-"
A scream filled the area. The group looked around and saw a pack of vampires attacking the Bronze.
"Anyone else thinking it's Buffy time?" Xander asked before they all ran in the direction of her house.
"I always wondered what it was like to taste the blood of the Slayer," the vampire snarled.
Buffy kicked him in the head. He fell over and landed helplessly on the ground. "Wouldn't you like to know?" she said sarcastically before driving a stake through his heart.
"Not bad." Spike called from behind her. "Your speed was good, but you have a weak back flip and your head kicking could use some work."
"Come here and we can practice that 'til I get it right." Buffy muttered.
"All in all, eight point five out of ten. Not bad at all." He continued before lighting a cigarette. He held the pack out to Buffy, but she shook her head.
"What are you doing here, Spike?" she asked. "Are you stalking me?"
Suddenly, a scream rang out. Buffy automatically started running in the direction of the Bronze with Spike not far behind her.
"Buffy!" Riley shouted from outside the Bronze. "I was just about to go in."
"Riley, you really shouldn't be patrolling on your own." she said.
"I know. I wasn't patrolling. I was looking for you and then I saw this. I couldn't just let all those people get killed and not do anything."
"If we don't stop jabbering and do something, they're going to get killed anyway." Spike said.
"Ok, on my signal, let's take this place. I'll take the main ones, you two get any other ones." Buffy commanded.
With that, they burst in. Buffy jumped on stage and took out the leaders. Riley tried to fight one of the weaker ones, but he got knocked into a table. Spike took out all the others, including the one that knocked Riley out. In a record two minutes, all the vamps were dust. With no casualties. Just a few injuries, including Riley.
Mrs. Summers jumped up when she heard a knock at her door. She opened it to see four of Buffy's friends standing there.
"Hey, Mrs. Summers," Willow said. "Is Buffy home?"
"Hello Willow. No, I'm afraid you just missed her. She left to do Slayer duty about twenty minutes ago."
"You don't know if she was going in the direction of the Bronze, do you?" Tara asked.
"I didn't see her go. Sorry."
They were about to leave, when Dawn ran downstairs. "Willow!" she called. "You'll never guess what I found out about Spike!"
"Are you sure you'll be ok?" Buffy asked Riley for the thousandth time. An ambulance had arrived shortly after the massacre to take Riley and a few other patients to the hospital. Buffy had gone along with him, while Spike had run off somewhere with only one sarcastic remark about Riley being a sissy. It was a record for him.
Buffy wanted to get home, but she didn't want to leave Riley when he was hurt.
"I'll be fine." He said. "It was just a little bump. They'll let me go in the morning."
"Do you want me to stay or-"
"Go home. Your mom needs you now. I'll be fine. Really."
"Ok." She kissed him on the forehead and left.
Xander had never laughed so hard in his life. Just the thought of what Dawn had just said and the laughter came again.
"Spike in love with Buffy?" he managed to get out. "Are we talking about the same Spike and Buffy?" Then, there was more laughter.
Willow glared at Xander. Dawn looked really hurt that no one was taking her comments seriously. "I can see where that'd be true. I mean, it's a classic psych case. You know, guy goes from anger obsession to love obsession."
"Isn't that Spike behind our tree?" Mrs. Summers asked.
"Well, what do you know?" Xander mumbled when he saw the peroxide vampire.
"He's been there like every night this week." Dawn said. "He followed us home last night. He just stood outside our house for awhile. It was scary."
"There's nothing scarier than a lovesick vampire." Willow said. "Especially when that vampire is Spike."
The wind rustled the leaves over Spike's head. He counted the leaves as they fell to the Summers' lawn. He had only been standing there about 5 minutes, but he was bored already. After the fight at the Bronze, Buffy and Riley had gotten in an ambulance and gone to get Riley's head stitched up or something of that sort. Spike had considered going with them, but decided against it. He couldn't stand the idea of seeing them grope anymore tonight. Instead, Spike had wandered around Sunnydale for awhile looking for something to kill until he somehow ended up in front of Buffy's house….
"Spike!" he heard Buffy shout from behind him. "What are you doing here?"
"Don't sound so happy to see me." He responded, his voice dripping in sarcasm. "I was out for a walk."
"Funny how your 'walks' continue to end up in front of my house."
"You should be thanking me. I saved your commando. He'd be stiffer than stiff if it wasn't for me."
Before Buffy could answer, Xander, Willow, Anya, and Tara came outside.
"Hey Buff!" Xander called. "Did you catch the fang gang attack at the Bronze?"
"Consider it done." she said. "Riley and I made dust out of 'em."
"Ahem." Spike said.
"Spike helped."
Just then, the door opened and Dawn came out carrying something behind her back.
In a really fast voice, she said, "Buffyyouknowhowyoupromisedmomyou'dhelpmegetreadyforthetalentshownextweek,
well,ineedhelp." She took a breath and then pulled out the object behind her back. A pair of handcuffs.
"What are those for?" Buffy asked cautiously.
"I'm doing a magic act." She walked over to Buffy and Spike and handcuffed them together.
"Dawn!" Buffy exclaimed. "What are you doing?"
"Trust me. I've been practicing on my um dolls all day. I just have to wave my wand over them and say the magic word- Presto. And…" The handcuffs didn't come off.
"Dawn!" Buffy and Spike yelled at the same time.
"Oops."
To Be Continued….
Disclaimer: See pt. 1
"Spikey!" Harmony whined. "I heard you went to the Britney Spears concert last night. Why didn't you get me a ticket?"
"It was sort of a last minute thing, pet." he replied.
"But, you should've found me and we could've gone together."
"You wouldn't have liked it. The Slayer was there."
"Oh! You didn't tell her anything about me, did you?"
"Your name never came up."
"It didn't?" Harmony looked disappointed. "But, I'm a villain. Is she still out to get me?"
"Probably. You better stay in here just in case. I'm going for a walk." Spike left before she could say another word.
"Eat some peas, Buffy," Mrs. Summers said. "They're good for you."
Buffy reluctantly scooped a few peas onto her plate.
"Oh," Dawn said. "Guess what we did in school today?"
"What, honey?" Mrs. Summers asked.
"We dissected frogs. It was really nasty. There were all these guts and stuff."
"That's uh lovely, Dawn." Mrs. Summers replied.
"The best part was when Joe cut his open and all this juice flew out. Mrs. Branch went hysterical and almost gave him a detention."
"Did you learn anything about the anatomy of a frog?"
Dawn thought for a moment, then shrugged and said, "It's squishy."
"Oh. I better go. Duty calls." Buffy said as she stood up.
"Finish your peas, dear." Mrs. Summers said.
Buffy picked up her fork and shoved a mouthful of peas in her mouth. Then, she waved goodbye to her family, grabbed a stake, and walked outside. It was going to be busy night. Ten people had died of mysterious causes with odd neck wounds….
"There is nothing better than chocolate vanilla caramel fudge cookie swirl ice cream." Xander said.
"I thought there was nothing than mint chocolate cookie ice cream. And before that there was nothing better than Berry freeze frozen yogurt. And before that-" Willow replied. Xander, Anya, Willow, and Tara had just gone out to dinner together and had decided to get ice cream on their way home.
"Xander isn't judgmental. He has enough love for every kind of ice cream." Anya replied defensively.
"He must have an awfully big heart." Tara said.
"The biggest." Anya said proudly. "Almost as big as his-"
A scream filled the area. The group looked around and saw a pack of vampires attacking the Bronze.
"Anyone else thinking it's Buffy time?" Xander asked before they all ran in the direction of her house.
"I always wondered what it was like to taste the blood of the Slayer," the vampire snarled.
Buffy kicked him in the head. He fell over and landed helplessly on the ground. "Wouldn't you like to know?" she said sarcastically before driving a stake through his heart.
"Not bad." Spike called from behind her. "Your speed was good, but you have a weak back flip and your head kicking could use some work."
"Come here and we can practice that 'til I get it right." Buffy muttered.
"All in all, eight point five out of ten. Not bad at all." He continued before lighting a cigarette. He held the pack out to Buffy, but she shook her head.
"What are you doing here, Spike?" she asked. "Are you stalking me?"
Suddenly, a scream rang out. Buffy automatically started running in the direction of the Bronze with Spike not far behind her.
"Buffy!" Riley shouted from outside the Bronze. "I was just about to go in."
"Riley, you really shouldn't be patrolling on your own." she said.
"I know. I wasn't patrolling. I was looking for you and then I saw this. I couldn't just let all those people get killed and not do anything."
"If we don't stop jabbering and do something, they're going to get killed anyway." Spike said.
"Ok, on my signal, let's take this place. I'll take the main ones, you two get any other ones." Buffy commanded.
With that, they burst in. Buffy jumped on stage and took out the leaders. Riley tried to fight one of the weaker ones, but he got knocked into a table. Spike took out all the others, including the one that knocked Riley out. In a record two minutes, all the vamps were dust. With no casualties. Just a few injuries, including Riley.
Mrs. Summers jumped up when she heard a knock at her door. She opened it to see four of Buffy's friends standing there.
"Hey, Mrs. Summers," Willow said. "Is Buffy home?"
"Hello Willow. No, I'm afraid you just missed her. She left to do Slayer duty about twenty minutes ago."
"You don't know if she was going in the direction of the Bronze, do you?" Tara asked.
"I didn't see her go. Sorry."
They were about to leave, when Dawn ran downstairs. "Willow!" she called. "You'll never guess what I found out about Spike!"
"Are you sure you'll be ok?" Buffy asked Riley for the thousandth time. An ambulance had arrived shortly after the massacre to take Riley and a few other patients to the hospital. Buffy had gone along with him, while Spike had run off somewhere with only one sarcastic remark about Riley being a sissy. It was a record for him.
Buffy wanted to get home, but she didn't want to leave Riley when he was hurt.
"I'll be fine." He said. "It was just a little bump. They'll let me go in the morning."
"Do you want me to stay or-"
"Go home. Your mom needs you now. I'll be fine. Really."
"Ok." She kissed him on the forehead and left.
Xander had never laughed so hard in his life. Just the thought of what Dawn had just said and the laughter came again.
"Spike in love with Buffy?" he managed to get out. "Are we talking about the same Spike and Buffy?" Then, there was more laughter.
Willow glared at Xander. Dawn looked really hurt that no one was taking her comments seriously. "I can see where that'd be true. I mean, it's a classic psych case. You know, guy goes from anger obsession to love obsession."
"Isn't that Spike behind our tree?" Mrs. Summers asked.
"Well, what do you know?" Xander mumbled when he saw the peroxide vampire.
"He's been there like every night this week." Dawn said. "He followed us home last night. He just stood outside our house for awhile. It was scary."
"There's nothing scarier than a lovesick vampire." Willow said. "Especially when that vampire is Spike."
The wind rustled the leaves over Spike's head. He counted the leaves as they fell to the Summers' lawn. He had only been standing there about 5 minutes, but he was bored already. After the fight at the Bronze, Buffy and Riley had gotten in an ambulance and gone to get Riley's head stitched up or something of that sort. Spike had considered going with them, but decided against it. He couldn't stand the idea of seeing them grope anymore tonight. Instead, Spike had wandered around Sunnydale for awhile looking for something to kill until he somehow ended up in front of Buffy's house….
"Spike!" he heard Buffy shout from behind him. "What are you doing here?"
"Don't sound so happy to see me." He responded, his voice dripping in sarcasm. "I was out for a walk."
"Funny how your 'walks' continue to end up in front of my house."
"You should be thanking me. I saved your commando. He'd be stiffer than stiff if it wasn't for me."
Before Buffy could answer, Xander, Willow, Anya, and Tara came outside.
"Hey Buff!" Xander called. "Did you catch the fang gang attack at the Bronze?"
"Consider it done." she said. "Riley and I made dust out of 'em."
"Ahem." Spike said.
"Spike helped."
Just then, the door opened and Dawn came out carrying something behind her back.
In a really fast voice, she said, "Buffyyouknowhowyoupromisedmomyou'dhelpmegetreadyforthetalentshownextweek,
well,ineedhelp." She took a breath and then pulled out the object behind her back. A pair of handcuffs.
"What are those for?" Buffy asked cautiously.
"I'm doing a magic act." She walked over to Buffy and Spike and handcuffed them together.
"Dawn!" Buffy exclaimed. "What are you doing?"
"Trust me. I've been practicing on my um dolls all day. I just have to wave my wand over them and say the magic word- Presto. And…" The handcuffs didn't come off.
"Dawn!" Buffy and Spike yelled at the same time.
"Oops."
To Be Continued….
Disclaimer: See pt. 1