Part Three
Anya was just finishing telling Dawn about her scheme when they heard some noise outside. Dawn got up from her seat in the kitchen and ran to the front door. She threw it open and looked outside, but didn't see anything. She walked out of the house and looked down the street and saw four figures fighting. She took off running and as she came closer she saw Spike and Xander fighting two vampires who looked like they were in serious need of a shower.
She quickly looked around for a tree branch big enough and she found one laying near a bush. She broke it in two and saw Spike being pinned beneath the gross looking vampire. She ran and threw herself at the vampire, knocking him down off of Spike, and she thrust the wood into his heart before he had a chance to defend himself. He exploded into ashes and she slowly stood up and saw Spike and Xander staring at her.
"What?"
Spike walked over and flicked some vampire dust off of her cheek. "Nibblin, you just saved my arse."
Dawn shrugged and threw the branch back over on the lawn. "I just saw you guys fighting and I thought I would help."
Xander shook his head. "But Dawnie, you tackled that vamp like he was nothing."
Dawn shrugged again. "Well you know how Buffy and I shared the same blood... maybe I just had a little of her slayer strength that's all."
Xander nodded his head. "Yeah you're probably right. I better go and say hi to Anya before she starts getting wiggy." He turned and started walking to the house, rubbing his arm where the other vampire scratched him.
Dawn turned towards Spike and looked at him worriedly. "Are you okay?"
Spike rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah bit, I'm fine, I've got a bump on the back of me head, but it'll be gone by morning, you shouldn't worry about me."
Dawn smiled slightly and then noticed a large cut on his forehead that was starting to bleed.
"Oh you're bleeding Spike."
She took a tissue out of her pants pocket and reached up to press it on his cut. Spike winced at the pain at first, but then as glanced at her face he noticed how worried she was about him. He reached up and took hold of her wrist. "I'm fine Nibblin, it'll heal."
She looked up into his eyes and realized how close they were to each other. She immediately thought of Anya and what she had said, and her eyes grew wide. She slid her arm down so it brushed past Spike's and he closed his eyes for a brief moment. Dawn noticed his sudden quietness and as much as she hated doing it, she stepped back, out of his reach. He inwardly sighed, thinking to himself that she didn't like him as anything other then a friend.
Dawn awkwardly ran a hand through her hair. "Want to walk me home?"
Spike nodded. "Yeah let's go before anything else jumps out and you have to save me."
She looked over at him and he was making a sarcastic face at her. She stuck her tongue out at him and started walking a little faster since it was starting to get more then a little chilly outside.
"Cold Nibblet?"
Dawn nodded her head. "We're almost there though."
Spike slid out of his trenchcoat and draped it over Dawn's shoulders. "Thanks." She smiled at him and he grinned back.
"Are you sure you won't be cold?"
"I don't really have much of a body temperature Nibblin, so its okay."
Dawn slid her arms through the sleeves of the coat and hugged it close to her body. She inhaled deeply, and noticed it had Spike's scent on it. She smiled as they continued walking, but she noticed how quiet Spike still was. "Are you all right Spike?"
Spike snapped out of the trance he was in and nodded. "Sure Bit, I'm fine, I just want to get you home safe 'n' sound is all."
They kept walking until they got to her apartment building. "Do you want to come in? I could make that hot chocolate with the little marshmallows in it that you like so much."
Spike acted like he was thinking about the offer. "I don't know Nibblin, they're having a Passions reunion special on later..."
Dawn playfully smacked his arm. "Come on, you know you can't resist those marshmallows floating in the warm cocoa..."
Spike grinned. "You really know how to make a man happy Nibblin."
With that, they walked side by side into her apartment building.
Anya was just finishing telling Dawn about her scheme when they heard some noise outside. Dawn got up from her seat in the kitchen and ran to the front door. She threw it open and looked outside, but didn't see anything. She walked out of the house and looked down the street and saw four figures fighting. She took off running and as she came closer she saw Spike and Xander fighting two vampires who looked like they were in serious need of a shower.
She quickly looked around for a tree branch big enough and she found one laying near a bush. She broke it in two and saw Spike being pinned beneath the gross looking vampire. She ran and threw herself at the vampire, knocking him down off of Spike, and she thrust the wood into his heart before he had a chance to defend himself. He exploded into ashes and she slowly stood up and saw Spike and Xander staring at her.
"What?"
Spike walked over and flicked some vampire dust off of her cheek. "Nibblin, you just saved my arse."
Dawn shrugged and threw the branch back over on the lawn. "I just saw you guys fighting and I thought I would help."
Xander shook his head. "But Dawnie, you tackled that vamp like he was nothing."
Dawn shrugged again. "Well you know how Buffy and I shared the same blood... maybe I just had a little of her slayer strength that's all."
Xander nodded his head. "Yeah you're probably right. I better go and say hi to Anya before she starts getting wiggy." He turned and started walking to the house, rubbing his arm where the other vampire scratched him.
Dawn turned towards Spike and looked at him worriedly. "Are you okay?"
Spike rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah bit, I'm fine, I've got a bump on the back of me head, but it'll be gone by morning, you shouldn't worry about me."
Dawn smiled slightly and then noticed a large cut on his forehead that was starting to bleed.
"Oh you're bleeding Spike."
She took a tissue out of her pants pocket and reached up to press it on his cut. Spike winced at the pain at first, but then as glanced at her face he noticed how worried she was about him. He reached up and took hold of her wrist. "I'm fine Nibblin, it'll heal."
She looked up into his eyes and realized how close they were to each other. She immediately thought of Anya and what she had said, and her eyes grew wide. She slid her arm down so it brushed past Spike's and he closed his eyes for a brief moment. Dawn noticed his sudden quietness and as much as she hated doing it, she stepped back, out of his reach. He inwardly sighed, thinking to himself that she didn't like him as anything other then a friend.
Dawn awkwardly ran a hand through her hair. "Want to walk me home?"
Spike nodded. "Yeah let's go before anything else jumps out and you have to save me."
She looked over at him and he was making a sarcastic face at her. She stuck her tongue out at him and started walking a little faster since it was starting to get more then a little chilly outside.
"Cold Nibblet?"
Dawn nodded her head. "We're almost there though."
Spike slid out of his trenchcoat and draped it over Dawn's shoulders. "Thanks." She smiled at him and he grinned back.
"Are you sure you won't be cold?"
"I don't really have much of a body temperature Nibblin, so its okay."
Dawn slid her arms through the sleeves of the coat and hugged it close to her body. She inhaled deeply, and noticed it had Spike's scent on it. She smiled as they continued walking, but she noticed how quiet Spike still was. "Are you all right Spike?"
Spike snapped out of the trance he was in and nodded. "Sure Bit, I'm fine, I just want to get you home safe 'n' sound is all."
They kept walking until they got to her apartment building. "Do you want to come in? I could make that hot chocolate with the little marshmallows in it that you like so much."
Spike acted like he was thinking about the offer. "I don't know Nibblin, they're having a Passions reunion special on later..."
Dawn playfully smacked his arm. "Come on, you know you can't resist those marshmallows floating in the warm cocoa..."
Spike grinned. "You really know how to make a man happy Nibblin."
With that, they walked side by side into her apartment building.