Title: Summer Rain Part 9/?
Author: Emily
Rating: PG 13, same as show.
Disclaimer: Property of Joss and Marti
Spoilers: Set in the summer after 'The Gift'. My
version of season six and before it. Continues on from
the rest of my Summer Rain series which you can find
archived at Lil' Nibblin, ff.net etc.
Feedback: Where's the love, people?! Feedback is always good. pipergal33@y...
Notes: Help! I'm not too sure where to go with this,
should I bring Buffy back or not? Let me know what you
think after reading these two parts. Oh and hell yes,
I'm a B/A 'shipper! Darn proud too!
Distribution: Lil' Nibblin, LNABB, ff.net anywhere else just
ask.
Part 9
I walked into the Magic Shop. Willow passed a book
across the table to Tara, and pulled some herbs out of
her pocket. Anya said something that I couldn't hear
and Xander patted her on the shoulder. What was going
on? I guess they must have gotten in with Anya's key
'cause Giles wasn't there. Weird much. They were
having a meeting without Giles? Or Spike, or me?
This wasn't the first time it'd happened either. Just
the other day Willow had gotten rid of me so she could
have some kind of meeting with the gang, not including
Giles. I could name a few other times too. Not to be
paranoid, but something really was going on. This
wasn't just group hang time.
" Dawn!" Tara said, looking up and suddenly seeing me.
" Hi guys. What's going on?"
Willow hastily put the book into her bag and swept the
herbs off the table.
" Nothing. Nothing is going on" She said quickly. What
a bad liar.
" Oh – kay"
" How are you today? Sleep well?" Willow asked
brightly.
" Uh huh. What's with all the questions?" I asked.
" Nothing." She repeated.
Like I'm going to fall for that. There really is
something going on here and I'm going to figure it
out.
" Oooh we have presents!" Willow announced.
" You didn't have to get me presents" I protested
slightly. But hell yes, they had to get me presents.
" That's what I told them. Birth is a special occasion
and there's no point in receiving presents on the
wrong day. It's a waste of good, healthy money." Anya
told me.
Xander looked across at her.
" What? It *is* a waste of money. We could buy all
sorts of things with it like antelopes or zebras oh
and stock market shares…" She started, her lips
curving in a smile at the thought of money.
Everyone looked across at her.
" Happy Birthday!" Anya said with a big smile. " Have
some presents"
Willow reached for something under the table and piled
a bunch of brightly wrapped presents onto the table.
She beamed at me and I couldn't help smiling back.
* * *
I looked around slightly guiltily. No-one was looking
in my direction. I was being the invisible girl again.
My gaze flicked to Willow's bag right beside my feet.
The corner of the book they had been looking at before
stuck out. It was almost asking me to take a look. So
I did.
Osiris.
The word caught my eye and I gasped. Osiris. An
Egyptian guy. Um, the god of the dead or something. I
don't know. God, he was the one in the spell I used to
bring Mom back. In the book with the resurrection
spells.
Osiris. Resurrection. Secret meetings. Suddenly
everything makes an awful, horrible kind of sense.
Oh my God.
" Dawn?"
I dropped the book on the floor, damn, and tried to
put it in the bag, managing to put it in before Willow
came round to talk to me.
" Hey" She said, not seeming to notice anything out of
the normal.
" Hi!" I said quickly trying not to look guilty and
making myself look even worse.
" You okay?" Will asked.
" I'm fine. I'm good. I was um drinking coffee."
" You're too young for that!" Anya called across the
store.
" Next she'll be taking drugs and having sex" I heard
Anya say it but didn't take it in. I couldn't really
take anything in.
Willow made a face. "Anya!"
Anya shrugged.
"Yeah, caffeine makes me jumpy too", Willow continued.
" It's getting late. You want to go home?" She asked.
"Okay"
"Spike can walk you home" Willow added.
" Spike's here?" I brightened slightly, coming back to
the real world, trying not to think about the
knowledge weighing down on me.
* * *
" You're quiet, Nibblet." I commented.
" Huh?" Dawn asked, jumping
" Oh right, quiet yeah."
I frowned in her direction.
" What is it?" I demanded.
" It's nothing. Just school and stuff."
" Dawn it's the bleedin' summer vacation." I rolled my
eyes
" Oh. But I have homework." She persisted.
" So you've been preoccupied with math this whole
time?" I asked sarcastically.
" Uh huh" Dawn said in a small voice.
" Is it the birthday thing? Because Willow and that
lot forgot?" I started.
" Nope" Dawn said.
" You're not pregnant or anything…bloody hell, please
say you're not?" I panicked.
Dawn stared at me and then gave me a look. "No. No!"
" God! I can't believe you would think that. Do I look
like the kind of person that..that does that? I mean,
I've only ever ki – never mind. I am so not having
this conversation with you." She finished starting to
blush and folded her arms across her chest
defensively.
I glanced at her, almost smirking.
" Leave me alone" Dawn protested, walking faster.
I laughed. Couldn't help it.
" You know what? I'm just going to walk by myself from
now on. It's not like anything's out here. But if
there is and if I get killed or whatever you can feel
guilty." She informed me.
I looked down briefly as memories swept my brain. Dawn
up there on that tower. That bastard slicing into her.
I didn't let them show on my face.
" All right." I said casually. Not gonna leave her
alone out here for a single minute.
Dawn turned to face me. "*All right*?"
She turned back round, offended and walked faster. I
just grinned and followed behind her, watching the
shadows nearby for any signs of danger.
A noise broke the silence as some garbage cans toppled
over.
Dawn jumped, startled and grabbed for my arm.
" What was that?" She asked urgently.
A barking sounded in the air.
" A dog"
" Oh." She rapidly let go of my arm.
" You're right love, there's nothing out here." I said
mockingly.
" It could have been a werewolf." She muttered.
" Yeah. Sure could have been."
" Oh look, my house" Dawn said with relief as we
reached 1630.
" And by the way, I' m not even inviting you in for
hot chocolate." She added.
" I prefer blood."
Dawn rolled her eyes and completely unexpectedly, out
of the blue, slid her jacket and top off her shoulder,
exposing pale white flesh and the soft curves of her
neck to me. She pushed down a pale aqua bra strap and
looked up at me.
" Go ahead" She smirked.
* * *
I was just kidding. I really was. But suddenly
everything turned serious.
He seemed to force a laugh. " Forgotten about this
chip, pet?"
" Would it stop you?" I asked.
He took a step closer and peered at me.
A pale vampire hand reached and stroked down my neck
in an unexpected gesture.
I gasped, surprised.
Spike's hand slid gently up and down my neck, fingers
tenderly caressing my skin before he removed it.
I looked up at him and then rapidly, suddenly, hastily
he pulled away from me entirely.
" Spike?" I started to say, but he was walking quickly
back in the direction we'd come from.
* * *
Oh my God. What was that about? Why did he do that?
I'm confused and oh God, I shouldn't be thinking about
this, about Spike. Willow had a book with Osiris in
it. That means resurrection. She…they're going to
bring Buffy back.
Author: Emily
Rating: PG 13, same as show.
Disclaimer: Property of Joss and Marti
Spoilers: Set in the summer after 'The Gift'. My
version of season six and before it. Continues on from
the rest of my Summer Rain series which you can find
archived at Lil' Nibblin, ff.net etc.
Feedback: Where's the love, people?! Feedback is always good. pipergal33@y...
Notes: Help! I'm not too sure where to go with this,
should I bring Buffy back or not? Let me know what you
think after reading these two parts. Oh and hell yes,
I'm a B/A 'shipper! Darn proud too!
Distribution: Lil' Nibblin, LNABB, ff.net anywhere else just
ask.
Part 9
I walked into the Magic Shop. Willow passed a book
across the table to Tara, and pulled some herbs out of
her pocket. Anya said something that I couldn't hear
and Xander patted her on the shoulder. What was going
on? I guess they must have gotten in with Anya's key
'cause Giles wasn't there. Weird much. They were
having a meeting without Giles? Or Spike, or me?
This wasn't the first time it'd happened either. Just
the other day Willow had gotten rid of me so she could
have some kind of meeting with the gang, not including
Giles. I could name a few other times too. Not to be
paranoid, but something really was going on. This
wasn't just group hang time.
" Dawn!" Tara said, looking up and suddenly seeing me.
" Hi guys. What's going on?"
Willow hastily put the book into her bag and swept the
herbs off the table.
" Nothing. Nothing is going on" She said quickly. What
a bad liar.
" Oh – kay"
" How are you today? Sleep well?" Willow asked
brightly.
" Uh huh. What's with all the questions?" I asked.
" Nothing." She repeated.
Like I'm going to fall for that. There really is
something going on here and I'm going to figure it
out.
" Oooh we have presents!" Willow announced.
" You didn't have to get me presents" I protested
slightly. But hell yes, they had to get me presents.
" That's what I told them. Birth is a special occasion
and there's no point in receiving presents on the
wrong day. It's a waste of good, healthy money." Anya
told me.
Xander looked across at her.
" What? It *is* a waste of money. We could buy all
sorts of things with it like antelopes or zebras oh
and stock market shares…" She started, her lips
curving in a smile at the thought of money.
Everyone looked across at her.
" Happy Birthday!" Anya said with a big smile. " Have
some presents"
Willow reached for something under the table and piled
a bunch of brightly wrapped presents onto the table.
She beamed at me and I couldn't help smiling back.
* * *
I looked around slightly guiltily. No-one was looking
in my direction. I was being the invisible girl again.
My gaze flicked to Willow's bag right beside my feet.
The corner of the book they had been looking at before
stuck out. It was almost asking me to take a look. So
I did.
Osiris.
The word caught my eye and I gasped. Osiris. An
Egyptian guy. Um, the god of the dead or something. I
don't know. God, he was the one in the spell I used to
bring Mom back. In the book with the resurrection
spells.
Osiris. Resurrection. Secret meetings. Suddenly
everything makes an awful, horrible kind of sense.
Oh my God.
" Dawn?"
I dropped the book on the floor, damn, and tried to
put it in the bag, managing to put it in before Willow
came round to talk to me.
" Hey" She said, not seeming to notice anything out of
the normal.
" Hi!" I said quickly trying not to look guilty and
making myself look even worse.
" You okay?" Will asked.
" I'm fine. I'm good. I was um drinking coffee."
" You're too young for that!" Anya called across the
store.
" Next she'll be taking drugs and having sex" I heard
Anya say it but didn't take it in. I couldn't really
take anything in.
Willow made a face. "Anya!"
Anya shrugged.
"Yeah, caffeine makes me jumpy too", Willow continued.
" It's getting late. You want to go home?" She asked.
"Okay"
"Spike can walk you home" Willow added.
" Spike's here?" I brightened slightly, coming back to
the real world, trying not to think about the
knowledge weighing down on me.
* * *
" You're quiet, Nibblet." I commented.
" Huh?" Dawn asked, jumping
" Oh right, quiet yeah."
I frowned in her direction.
" What is it?" I demanded.
" It's nothing. Just school and stuff."
" Dawn it's the bleedin' summer vacation." I rolled my
eyes
" Oh. But I have homework." She persisted.
" So you've been preoccupied with math this whole
time?" I asked sarcastically.
" Uh huh" Dawn said in a small voice.
" Is it the birthday thing? Because Willow and that
lot forgot?" I started.
" Nope" Dawn said.
" You're not pregnant or anything…bloody hell, please
say you're not?" I panicked.
Dawn stared at me and then gave me a look. "No. No!"
" God! I can't believe you would think that. Do I look
like the kind of person that..that does that? I mean,
I've only ever ki – never mind. I am so not having
this conversation with you." She finished starting to
blush and folded her arms across her chest
defensively.
I glanced at her, almost smirking.
" Leave me alone" Dawn protested, walking faster.
I laughed. Couldn't help it.
" You know what? I'm just going to walk by myself from
now on. It's not like anything's out here. But if
there is and if I get killed or whatever you can feel
guilty." She informed me.
I looked down briefly as memories swept my brain. Dawn
up there on that tower. That bastard slicing into her.
I didn't let them show on my face.
" All right." I said casually. Not gonna leave her
alone out here for a single minute.
Dawn turned to face me. "*All right*?"
She turned back round, offended and walked faster. I
just grinned and followed behind her, watching the
shadows nearby for any signs of danger.
A noise broke the silence as some garbage cans toppled
over.
Dawn jumped, startled and grabbed for my arm.
" What was that?" She asked urgently.
A barking sounded in the air.
" A dog"
" Oh." She rapidly let go of my arm.
" You're right love, there's nothing out here." I said
mockingly.
" It could have been a werewolf." She muttered.
" Yeah. Sure could have been."
" Oh look, my house" Dawn said with relief as we
reached 1630.
" And by the way, I' m not even inviting you in for
hot chocolate." She added.
" I prefer blood."
Dawn rolled her eyes and completely unexpectedly, out
of the blue, slid her jacket and top off her shoulder,
exposing pale white flesh and the soft curves of her
neck to me. She pushed down a pale aqua bra strap and
looked up at me.
" Go ahead" She smirked.
* * *
I was just kidding. I really was. But suddenly
everything turned serious.
He seemed to force a laugh. " Forgotten about this
chip, pet?"
" Would it stop you?" I asked.
He took a step closer and peered at me.
A pale vampire hand reached and stroked down my neck
in an unexpected gesture.
I gasped, surprised.
Spike's hand slid gently up and down my neck, fingers
tenderly caressing my skin before he removed it.
I looked up at him and then rapidly, suddenly, hastily
he pulled away from me entirely.
" Spike?" I started to say, but he was walking quickly
back in the direction we'd come from.
* * *
Oh my God. What was that about? Why did he do that?
I'm confused and oh God, I shouldn't be thinking about
this, about Spike. Willow had a book with Osiris in
it. That means resurrection. She…they're going to
bring Buffy back.
