A/N thanks to Jane for the whole "No honestly, he's really a evil vampire!" idea. I decided to play around with the idea a bit ^_^

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Buffy glanced at Spike quickly out of the corner of her eye. The vampire-gone-dog was walking about two feet away, his eyes locked on her. "Stop looking at me." She commanded.

Yes, your highness…Spike diverted his eyes back to the ground.

"Augh!! This is no use." Buffy stomped her foot and glared annoyingly at him.  "I'm going home." She turned on her heels and made her way up the dimly lit street. They had searched and pummeled demons for the remainder of the night but nothing had come up. Morning was now upon them and they still had nothing.

Um, ello, still a dog here. Spike rolled his eyes and followed after her.

Buffy stopped and glared at him. "What are you doing? Go home!!"

Vampire-Spike may live in that dark ole crypt, but puppy-Spike lives with you, sweets. Spike sat on the ground and wagged his tail.

"You're not coming back to my house." She stated, putting her hands on her hips.

And what the bloody hell am I supposed to do then? Rummage through dumpsters?

"Just….stay. Got it? Staaay." She ordered him in a pure doggy manner as she pointed a finger at him and began to walk away. Spike just yawned and took up step behind her once more. "Spike!! God, what is your problem?! I don't want you!! You're not my dog, got it?!"

You told Dawn she could keep me. He thought cockily.

"Just… I don't know, go to the park, go to your crypt, just don't come to my house!!" she shook her head at him and began to storm down the street once more. She stopped when she heard Spike's claws clicking on the pavement behind her. In one quick movement, she spun around and grabbed him by the neck, narrowly avoiding being poked by his collar.

Ouch, Slayer, I don't think you're supposed to use your nails to pick me up like that….

"Listen to me. First off, you're an evil bloodsucking vampire!! Why would I let you in my house? Secondly, you just want sex. That's all that matters to you! Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex!!"

No, that would be you, pet. I'm in this 'cause I love you.

"You tell me over and over how much you love me and that you'd never do anything to hurt me, and then what do you do? You sleep with my best friend's ex-fiance!! Some love, Spike. I break up with you for a day and you find someone else to bang. Plus, you always…"

Wait, we broke up? Don't you have to be together in order to break up?

"Excuse me, Miss?"

Buffy turned as a woman tapped her on the shoulder and gave her a small smile.

"Are you alright?"

"Um…" Buffy glanced from the woman to Spike and back again. She must have saw her whole little rant. Great, a stranger thinks I'm sleeping with a dog, just great.  "It's not what you think, really." She said in a measley attempt to save her pride.

Oh this is just bloody great….. Spike's grinned inwardly and wiggled, trying to get free from her grasp. Buffy gave him a sharp jolt and he took the hint and held still.

"Well, maybe I should take him." The woman said with a nod as she extended her arms to take Spike from Buffy's grasp.

"What? Spike? No, no. I mean.. he's my sister's dog, you can't take him."

"Miss, you just yelled at him for cheating on you…." The woman pointed out.

"Well… no, ha, you see, I'm in a play. Y-yes, a play a-and I was just rehearsing with the dog." She put on a fake smile and dropped Spike to the ground. She continued to smile at the woman as she pushed him behind her with her foot.

"You're in a play….about vampires and sex?" the woman asked skeptically. Not only was it a far out idea, but wasn't this girl a bit old for plays?

"Yes." Buffy nodded.

"Well, alright I suppose. Just try to be a bit more gentle with him, okay?" She motioned to Spike as she began to walk past Buffy.

"Yeah, I will….." Buffy continued to smile cheesily as the woman disappeared from sight. Spike sat at her feet, wagging his tail. Her grin faded and she glared at Spike. "March. Now." She growled, pointing in the direction of her house.

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"Dawn!" Buffy called up the stairs as she closed the door. She glanced at the wall clock and determined that the girl had about fifteen minutes to walk to school.

"I'm right here." Dawn stated as she walked out of the kitchen, her bookbag slung over her shoulder. She looked skeptically down at Spike, "So, is that him?"

"Yes, Dawn, it's him. Now get going so you're not late."

"Do you know how to change him back?"

"I'm working on it. Now go." She ushered Dawn out the door by her shoulders and shut it behind her. When she turned back around, Spike was staring again. "Go dig a hole or something." She commanded as she marched into the living room, wanting to stay as far away from the pooch as possible.

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*Later that night*

 "Oooo, are you looking for a spell to cast on Xander?"

Anya looked up from the book in her lap as Hallie walked in. She rolled her eyes. "No, Hallie, how many times do I have to tell you? I'm not cursing Xander. I'm looking for a spell to help Spike."

"Oh. A love spell for Buffy then." Hallie stated as she sat down.

"No, Spike somehow managed to get himself turned into a puppy and I'm trying to find out how so I can fix him."

"A puppy?"

"Yes, Hallie, a puppy."

"Hmm. That's interesting." The demon shrugged and stood up. "I would help, but I have to….oh, hell, I just don't want to help. Maybe I'll come back later." She snapped her fingers and was gone.

"Why gee Hallie, you're such a helpful friend." Anya said sarcastically to herself as she stood. Walking over to a shelf, she grabbed a few herbs and some black powdery stuff. Sighing, she threw the ingredients into small bowl on the counter. "Let's just hope this works…." She muttered absently to herself. She'd been doing that a lot lately, what with not having anyone to talk to.

Striking  a match, she tossed it into the bowl and watched as it erupted into large blue flames. When they died down, a thin trail of purple smoke remained in the air. Anya raised an eyebrow and tried to fan the smoke towards the door. "Um, go…. Do whatever it is you do." Much to her surprise, it didn't go out the door, but made it's way to the other end of the shop and began to swirl around a green orb on the shelf.

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