Chapter 3: visions
"Xander exactely how do you know alexandra?" buffy asked
" I'd like to know that too?" Anya said looking at Xander suppiously.
"We used to date when i was 15. She still looks 15 if you ask me."
"Thats cause she is,"buffy said," long story. Hang on shes starting to stir."
"Xander? Is it really you? You look great... hang on i'm having vision....a blonde man...William?... william is a vampire?.... Anyway, Hes being attacked by a gang vampires.......hurry i think hes in a graveyard." Lexi was starting to pass out again.
"I think shes talking about spike. I'll go help him. Wouldn't want him to be dusted.Okay, Wil, you Anya and dawn clean up the shop and find Angel's number. Xander take Lexi to the house. She can stay with us til this robbert guy shows up."
With that she was off to help spike.
Xander was now steadying lexi on a chair," Do you think you can walk out to the car?"
"Um... yeah, i think so," she started to get up but fainted once again.
"Okay, guess not," he picked her up and started to carry her to his car but stopped and said," Ypu guys will be okay right?"
"Yeah sure you get lexi to the house," Anya said with a wave.
Xander left.
"Anya, are you alright with this whole Xander, Alexandra thing?" dawn asked.
"Yeah of course why wouldn't i be. Shes like 15 and i'm xanders fiancee."
"Good i'm glad your okay. I hate it when theres fighting."
(Back at buffy's house)
Xander carried Lexi into buffys house and laid her on the couch.He started to go to the kitchen for a snack or something, when lexi called...
"Xander? Xander where are you?"
"I'm right here Ally, its okay."
"What happened?Where am i?" "Well you fainted, had a vision and your at buffy's house. She said you could stay here."
"Oh, well its not a surprise that I fainted. Sometimes when the visions come I faint."
"So are you some kind of visionary?"
"Well yes and no. I'm a caretaker of evil. I slay,do spells,fight, have visions, and faint.Why are you looking at me like that? Wait, never mind, your wondering why i'm still 15?" she said sitting up.He nodded at her," Well i put a spell on my self over 200 years ago when my brother became a vampire. So i have eternal life till i feel like taking it off."
"Oh that explains a lot. Whats your brothers name?"
"Angel."
"Deadboy? Hes your brother? Oh my gosh he is going to flip when he finds out i dated his sister."
"Why?"
" Because he hates me as much as i hate him."
" Oh, Xander, why didn't you ever write back? I must have wrote you a thousand letters?"
"I never got any letters. I spent a year writing you letters without any response so i stopped writing."
"I don't believe it. Robbert must have taken them. Hes my guardian.When i told him about you he got very angry he must have done something with them."
"What a slimey git. Oh no i'm starting to sound like spike. Anyway those letters took a lot of work."
"Hes not slimey hes just over protective. Like a father to a daughter.Whos this spike guy?"
"Spike? Hes the guy buffy went to help."
"Oh, he looked a lot like my friend Willam. He lived a long time ago. I'm having another vision....The Vampires are gone they must have dusted them... Spike, as you call him is passed out... wait no buffy is helping him up... their kissing."
"Gross,Why would you be having visions about that? I'm not saying it bad black-mail,but why?"
"I don't know.Maybe the powers that be want me to do something about it or maybe they just wanted to gross you out," she joked," Um.. Xan wheres the bahtroom? I'd like to go change in to some jeans or something."
"Upsatirs. While your changing i'll set ya up with a bed here."
"okay see ya in a few minutes."
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Dawn, Willow and Anya came home about 5 minutes later.
"Xander wheres Lexi?" dawn asked.
"Oh, she went upstairs to change."
"Thanks,"Dawn ran up the stairs.
"So, what did you guys do?" Anya investgated.
"Nothing, she woke up. I told she had a vision, blah, blah, then she told me she was the carertaker of evil, blah blah, then told me her brother was dead-guy. Oh, and get this she had another vision and it was of......" Xander filled them in on Lexi vision. Anya and Willow snickered.
"Well shes good for one thing to tell us what buffy is up to," willow sighed.
"Defintely. Instead of reading Buffy's diary we could just talk to Lexi about it," Anya said.
"Whos been reading my diary?" buffy asked as Spike and her entered.
"Hey, if it isn't the make-out king and gueen," xander said when he saw them.
"What are you rambling on about?" Spike said giving him a dirty look.
"Well Ally had a little vision while ya-all were out at the cemetary. It seems she saw that you two beat the bad guys and were having a little celebration of your own."
Buffy blushed and spike just smiled one of his grins.
"Xander your crazy. You must have misunderstood Lexi," buffy said as she fidgeted with the buttons on her coat.
"Well, it was pretty much plain as day. She said and i quote' Their kissing...' Not to hard to understand is it."
"Y-y-y-you kissed Spike?"Dawn stuttered, she said as she came down the stairs.
"Dawney.." buffy started but was interupted by dawn.
"No, don't even answer it," she turned around and ran out the door.
Buffy started to go after her but spike grabbed her arm and said," Slayer, let her go. She needs to blow off steam."
" But she shouldn't be out there alone!" She yelled.
" Um... buffy," Lexi said as she came down the stairway," I'll get her."
"Fine but take a stake with you just to be safe," she whispeared.
"No need. I know all the slaying spells there could be," she said as she walked out," Its alright she'll be okay."
Willow and Anya were standing there.Their snickering had stopped by now. Anya, of course, was first to speak," So you kissed spike?"
Buffy clenched her fists and spike chuckled a little.
Xander, seeing how tense everything was, said," Um.. Anya maybe we should go home i think maybe spike and buffy need to talk alone."
" But i want to know if they really kissed," she whined.
Xander rolled his eyes and grabbed her arm," We'll see you tomorrow at the magic shop. bright and early. Tell Ally and dawn we said goodnight."
Now spike,buffy and willow were the only ones in the room.
"Well i should go upstairs and check on Amy, shes still adjusting to the whole human thing." She started to leave but turned around," Oh, right since Xander has Lexi set up on the couch, i'll let Amy sleep in my room. Goodnight," Willow said trying to get out of the room quickly.
" So alone again, slayer," spike taunted,"Would you like to pick off where we left off?"
" I don't think so. I'm never kissing you again. Especially since i know how much dawn cares about you."
" So the bit as a little crush on me. I'm just so cute and cuddlely can ya blame the little bit."
" Spike has anyone ever told you that your way too sure of yourself?"
"Well sure they have, but do you ever think i would actually listen. So buffy are we going to talk about what happened that night in the abandoned house or how about what happened tonite in the graveyard. Are we going to talk about it or not."
"Not, all i care about is getting Dawn home."
"Could you tell me who that girl was she looked awefully familar?"
"Spike not now."
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"Dawn? Its me, Lexi. Can we talk?" she said as she approached dawn crying on the side walk.
"Sure, why not. My sister was kissing the one guy who i really care about and now I'm out here crying like a baby."
"Go ahead and cry. Its your right.I kinda feel like crying myself."
"Why? What happened?" dawn sobbed as she wiped her eyes on her sleeve.
" Well, its xander. We dated for 3 weeks and i fell madly in love with him. Do you know i've been alive for over 200 and something years and he has been my only boy-friend."
"Wow, thats a long time to go with only dating one guy."
"Yeah,well i wasn't going to cause my identity to be revealed because of some guy. My guardian, robbert, wouldn't let me date anyone, it was to dangerous. I was never even going to date Xander, but weakness overflowed me and i fell for him. I decieded my destiny was to important so i left before he could fall for me. I had that vision and i knew i had to leave."
"Your a lot stronger then a lot of people around here. I don't know why i'm so upset. You haven't had any contact with any guys and i'm crying over one guy when i know there will be more."
"Yeah well my birthday is in june, so i will be a regular 15 year old girl again."
"What do you mean?"
"Well the spell i used has to be renewed every 15 years and i've decided not to do it. Since i have found the right spell. All i need is my brother and everything will be just dandy. So what do you say about heading back about now?"
"Sure, why not."
As they started to walk back to the house a group of vampires attacked.
" Dawn, get back to the house. I can take care of these demons."
"I can't leave you alone. You could get hurt."
"No i have the spell on me remember. Just run they won't touch you i'll make sure of that." Dawn ran for her life and lexi stayed to fight the bad guys.
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"You gotta be kidding me. Buffy, Dawn will be fine." spike said frustrated that she wouldn't tell him about the girl who was in the room.
" A bunch of vamps.... attacked me and lexi on our way here.... lexi told me to run... and shes taking them on herself.." Dawn said out of breath.
"Come on spikey i think its time to fight."
He nodded in agreement and went to help.
When they arrived lexi had all 10 of the vamps. on the ground saying," What did you say, Tony? Wasn't it something like little girl. Now i don't think that i'm much of a 'little girl'. Now i'm trying to decide, do i dust ya or do i turn ya back to your human form.You see its your choice of course."
" I'd rather be dead than a pathetic human."
"Fine i gave you a chance any of you others wish to be alive?"
They all grumbled.
"Well i'll take that as a no. Palo." One by one the vamps. burst into dust.
"Shes rather good, Wait a minute, Lexi?"
"You know her?" dawn asked, but before he could answer lexi interupted.
"Hi, you okay dawn?" lexi said as she came over," They were tuff but they were easily persuraded to my way of thinking," she nodded to the dust in the street. The dark figure which was behind Buffy came into veiw. " William?"
" yeah. I thought it was you."
"Oh my gosh," she jumped on him giving him a bear hug.
"You two know each other?" buffy said.
"Yeah, sure. This is the original little bit." spike said grinning.
" Oh," dawn said, she didn't like that someone else had her nickname.
" I always hated that nickname.What happened to you anyway?When you vanished i figured you were sired but by who?I mean who would want William, here on their hands for an eternity." lexi said as she playfully puched his arm. Dawn and buffy snickered.
"Oh, Hahahaha very funny.Her name was drusilla." He said as they started to walk back.
"Oh, i heard of that looney. She like to talk to porcelain dolls or something. No wonder she picked you, William"
" Hey, not funny. And its Spike now. Not William," He said giving her a look.
"Oh please, William. you could have done so much better like Spot or Butch."
Buffy was just waiting to see spike explode, but was very surprised at how lose he was with Lexi.
" Whats with you. We get reunited once again and all you can do is tease me. If you remember i am a vampire."
"Yeah right. I know about the chip in your head."
" How?"
"Well, lets see i seem to have magical powers so i did a general scan of your head to see why you weren't out chasing some inncent people to kill."
"By the way how do you two know each other?" buffy asked.
"Well, Miss Alexandra here, came into town with her tutor and his two sons looking for her brother. We met by accident. In some the genreal store. Eventually the tutor's son started looking for wifes and his son thomas started to court my sister.While my sister would be on walks with Thomas i got to know Lexi. She became very much like a little sister to me. By the way did you ever find your brother?"
" No, thats why i'm here. What i never told you was that my brother was a vampire. I didn't tell you for obvius reasons. You must know him if you were sired by Drusilla."
"Really. How?" By now they had reached the house. They stopped at the door, even buffy and dawn.
"Well Drusilla was sired by my brother. Angleus."
"Angel is your brother?" she nodded," that stupid git. I feel sorry for you."
" i'm supposing you two didn't get along very well."
buffy said," Thats an understatment. spike its 30 minutes till Sunrise. You should get going."
"Right. We'll catch up later." with a wave he was gone
Dawn went right in the house, buffy was about to but lexi grabbed her arm.
"yes?" buffy asked as she eyed lexi's hand.
"Buffy, i have a odd feeling. I think maybe you might be with child." Lexi said.
"What? Lexi you must be mistaken." she smiled nervously at her.
" I wasn't wrong about you and spike kissing was i?' buffy looked at her and shook her head," See, you don't have to take my advice, but you might want to go see a docter in case." She walked into the house leaving a shocked buffy on the porch.
"Xander exactely how do you know alexandra?" buffy asked
" I'd like to know that too?" Anya said looking at Xander suppiously.
"We used to date when i was 15. She still looks 15 if you ask me."
"Thats cause she is,"buffy said," long story. Hang on shes starting to stir."
"Xander? Is it really you? You look great... hang on i'm having vision....a blonde man...William?... william is a vampire?.... Anyway, Hes being attacked by a gang vampires.......hurry i think hes in a graveyard." Lexi was starting to pass out again.
"I think shes talking about spike. I'll go help him. Wouldn't want him to be dusted.Okay, Wil, you Anya and dawn clean up the shop and find Angel's number. Xander take Lexi to the house. She can stay with us til this robbert guy shows up."
With that she was off to help spike.
Xander was now steadying lexi on a chair," Do you think you can walk out to the car?"
"Um... yeah, i think so," she started to get up but fainted once again.
"Okay, guess not," he picked her up and started to carry her to his car but stopped and said," Ypu guys will be okay right?"
"Yeah sure you get lexi to the house," Anya said with a wave.
Xander left.
"Anya, are you alright with this whole Xander, Alexandra thing?" dawn asked.
"Yeah of course why wouldn't i be. Shes like 15 and i'm xanders fiancee."
"Good i'm glad your okay. I hate it when theres fighting."
(Back at buffy's house)
Xander carried Lexi into buffys house and laid her on the couch.He started to go to the kitchen for a snack or something, when lexi called...
"Xander? Xander where are you?"
"I'm right here Ally, its okay."
"What happened?Where am i?" "Well you fainted, had a vision and your at buffy's house. She said you could stay here."
"Oh, well its not a surprise that I fainted. Sometimes when the visions come I faint."
"So are you some kind of visionary?"
"Well yes and no. I'm a caretaker of evil. I slay,do spells,fight, have visions, and faint.Why are you looking at me like that? Wait, never mind, your wondering why i'm still 15?" she said sitting up.He nodded at her," Well i put a spell on my self over 200 years ago when my brother became a vampire. So i have eternal life till i feel like taking it off."
"Oh that explains a lot. Whats your brothers name?"
"Angel."
"Deadboy? Hes your brother? Oh my gosh he is going to flip when he finds out i dated his sister."
"Why?"
" Because he hates me as much as i hate him."
" Oh, Xander, why didn't you ever write back? I must have wrote you a thousand letters?"
"I never got any letters. I spent a year writing you letters without any response so i stopped writing."
"I don't believe it. Robbert must have taken them. Hes my guardian.When i told him about you he got very angry he must have done something with them."
"What a slimey git. Oh no i'm starting to sound like spike. Anyway those letters took a lot of work."
"Hes not slimey hes just over protective. Like a father to a daughter.Whos this spike guy?"
"Spike? Hes the guy buffy went to help."
"Oh, he looked a lot like my friend Willam. He lived a long time ago. I'm having another vision....The Vampires are gone they must have dusted them... Spike, as you call him is passed out... wait no buffy is helping him up... their kissing."
"Gross,Why would you be having visions about that? I'm not saying it bad black-mail,but why?"
"I don't know.Maybe the powers that be want me to do something about it or maybe they just wanted to gross you out," she joked," Um.. Xan wheres the bahtroom? I'd like to go change in to some jeans or something."
"Upsatirs. While your changing i'll set ya up with a bed here."
"okay see ya in a few minutes."
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Dawn, Willow and Anya came home about 5 minutes later.
"Xander wheres Lexi?" dawn asked.
"Oh, she went upstairs to change."
"Thanks,"Dawn ran up the stairs.
"So, what did you guys do?" Anya investgated.
"Nothing, she woke up. I told she had a vision, blah, blah, then she told me she was the carertaker of evil, blah blah, then told me her brother was dead-guy. Oh, and get this she had another vision and it was of......" Xander filled them in on Lexi vision. Anya and Willow snickered.
"Well shes good for one thing to tell us what buffy is up to," willow sighed.
"Defintely. Instead of reading Buffy's diary we could just talk to Lexi about it," Anya said.
"Whos been reading my diary?" buffy asked as Spike and her entered.
"Hey, if it isn't the make-out king and gueen," xander said when he saw them.
"What are you rambling on about?" Spike said giving him a dirty look.
"Well Ally had a little vision while ya-all were out at the cemetary. It seems she saw that you two beat the bad guys and were having a little celebration of your own."
Buffy blushed and spike just smiled one of his grins.
"Xander your crazy. You must have misunderstood Lexi," buffy said as she fidgeted with the buttons on her coat.
"Well, it was pretty much plain as day. She said and i quote' Their kissing...' Not to hard to understand is it."
"Y-y-y-you kissed Spike?"Dawn stuttered, she said as she came down the stairs.
"Dawney.." buffy started but was interupted by dawn.
"No, don't even answer it," she turned around and ran out the door.
Buffy started to go after her but spike grabbed her arm and said," Slayer, let her go. She needs to blow off steam."
" But she shouldn't be out there alone!" She yelled.
" Um... buffy," Lexi said as she came down the stairway," I'll get her."
"Fine but take a stake with you just to be safe," she whispeared.
"No need. I know all the slaying spells there could be," she said as she walked out," Its alright she'll be okay."
Willow and Anya were standing there.Their snickering had stopped by now. Anya, of course, was first to speak," So you kissed spike?"
Buffy clenched her fists and spike chuckled a little.
Xander, seeing how tense everything was, said," Um.. Anya maybe we should go home i think maybe spike and buffy need to talk alone."
" But i want to know if they really kissed," she whined.
Xander rolled his eyes and grabbed her arm," We'll see you tomorrow at the magic shop. bright and early. Tell Ally and dawn we said goodnight."
Now spike,buffy and willow were the only ones in the room.
"Well i should go upstairs and check on Amy, shes still adjusting to the whole human thing." She started to leave but turned around," Oh, right since Xander has Lexi set up on the couch, i'll let Amy sleep in my room. Goodnight," Willow said trying to get out of the room quickly.
" So alone again, slayer," spike taunted,"Would you like to pick off where we left off?"
" I don't think so. I'm never kissing you again. Especially since i know how much dawn cares about you."
" So the bit as a little crush on me. I'm just so cute and cuddlely can ya blame the little bit."
" Spike has anyone ever told you that your way too sure of yourself?"
"Well sure they have, but do you ever think i would actually listen. So buffy are we going to talk about what happened that night in the abandoned house or how about what happened tonite in the graveyard. Are we going to talk about it or not."
"Not, all i care about is getting Dawn home."
"Could you tell me who that girl was she looked awefully familar?"
"Spike not now."
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"Dawn? Its me, Lexi. Can we talk?" she said as she approached dawn crying on the side walk.
"Sure, why not. My sister was kissing the one guy who i really care about and now I'm out here crying like a baby."
"Go ahead and cry. Its your right.I kinda feel like crying myself."
"Why? What happened?" dawn sobbed as she wiped her eyes on her sleeve.
" Well, its xander. We dated for 3 weeks and i fell madly in love with him. Do you know i've been alive for over 200 and something years and he has been my only boy-friend."
"Wow, thats a long time to go with only dating one guy."
"Yeah,well i wasn't going to cause my identity to be revealed because of some guy. My guardian, robbert, wouldn't let me date anyone, it was to dangerous. I was never even going to date Xander, but weakness overflowed me and i fell for him. I decieded my destiny was to important so i left before he could fall for me. I had that vision and i knew i had to leave."
"Your a lot stronger then a lot of people around here. I don't know why i'm so upset. You haven't had any contact with any guys and i'm crying over one guy when i know there will be more."
"Yeah well my birthday is in june, so i will be a regular 15 year old girl again."
"What do you mean?"
"Well the spell i used has to be renewed every 15 years and i've decided not to do it. Since i have found the right spell. All i need is my brother and everything will be just dandy. So what do you say about heading back about now?"
"Sure, why not."
As they started to walk back to the house a group of vampires attacked.
" Dawn, get back to the house. I can take care of these demons."
"I can't leave you alone. You could get hurt."
"No i have the spell on me remember. Just run they won't touch you i'll make sure of that." Dawn ran for her life and lexi stayed to fight the bad guys.
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"You gotta be kidding me. Buffy, Dawn will be fine." spike said frustrated that she wouldn't tell him about the girl who was in the room.
" A bunch of vamps.... attacked me and lexi on our way here.... lexi told me to run... and shes taking them on herself.." Dawn said out of breath.
"Come on spikey i think its time to fight."
He nodded in agreement and went to help.
When they arrived lexi had all 10 of the vamps. on the ground saying," What did you say, Tony? Wasn't it something like little girl. Now i don't think that i'm much of a 'little girl'. Now i'm trying to decide, do i dust ya or do i turn ya back to your human form.You see its your choice of course."
" I'd rather be dead than a pathetic human."
"Fine i gave you a chance any of you others wish to be alive?"
They all grumbled.
"Well i'll take that as a no. Palo." One by one the vamps. burst into dust.
"Shes rather good, Wait a minute, Lexi?"
"You know her?" dawn asked, but before he could answer lexi interupted.
"Hi, you okay dawn?" lexi said as she came over," They were tuff but they were easily persuraded to my way of thinking," she nodded to the dust in the street. The dark figure which was behind Buffy came into veiw. " William?"
" yeah. I thought it was you."
"Oh my gosh," she jumped on him giving him a bear hug.
"You two know each other?" buffy said.
"Yeah, sure. This is the original little bit." spike said grinning.
" Oh," dawn said, she didn't like that someone else had her nickname.
" I always hated that nickname.What happened to you anyway?When you vanished i figured you were sired but by who?I mean who would want William, here on their hands for an eternity." lexi said as she playfully puched his arm. Dawn and buffy snickered.
"Oh, Hahahaha very funny.Her name was drusilla." He said as they started to walk back.
"Oh, i heard of that looney. She like to talk to porcelain dolls or something. No wonder she picked you, William"
" Hey, not funny. And its Spike now. Not William," He said giving her a look.
"Oh please, William. you could have done so much better like Spot or Butch."
Buffy was just waiting to see spike explode, but was very surprised at how lose he was with Lexi.
" Whats with you. We get reunited once again and all you can do is tease me. If you remember i am a vampire."
"Yeah right. I know about the chip in your head."
" How?"
"Well, lets see i seem to have magical powers so i did a general scan of your head to see why you weren't out chasing some inncent people to kill."
"By the way how do you two know each other?" buffy asked.
"Well, Miss Alexandra here, came into town with her tutor and his two sons looking for her brother. We met by accident. In some the genreal store. Eventually the tutor's son started looking for wifes and his son thomas started to court my sister.While my sister would be on walks with Thomas i got to know Lexi. She became very much like a little sister to me. By the way did you ever find your brother?"
" No, thats why i'm here. What i never told you was that my brother was a vampire. I didn't tell you for obvius reasons. You must know him if you were sired by Drusilla."
"Really. How?" By now they had reached the house. They stopped at the door, even buffy and dawn.
"Well Drusilla was sired by my brother. Angleus."
"Angel is your brother?" she nodded," that stupid git. I feel sorry for you."
" i'm supposing you two didn't get along very well."
buffy said," Thats an understatment. spike its 30 minutes till Sunrise. You should get going."
"Right. We'll catch up later." with a wave he was gone
Dawn went right in the house, buffy was about to but lexi grabbed her arm.
"yes?" buffy asked as she eyed lexi's hand.
"Buffy, i have a odd feeling. I think maybe you might be with child." Lexi said.
"What? Lexi you must be mistaken." she smiled nervously at her.
" I wasn't wrong about you and spike kissing was i?' buffy looked at her and shook her head," See, you don't have to take my advice, but you might want to go see a docter in case." She walked into the house leaving a shocked buffy on the porch.