Spike looked around the door into Dawn's hospital room. He saw Buffy lying on the bed next to Dawn's and they were both sleeping. He didn't see anyone else in the room so he walked in quietly so not to disturb Lil Bit and the Slayer. He lay the flowers in his hand on the table next to Dawn's bed and looked down at the sleeping face. He smiled thinking about the funny things Dawn had done in the past to get her way and how it was always hard for him to stay mad at her when she did something foolish like making out with Vampire boy.

Spike was lost in his thoughts and didn't hear Connor and Angel walk into the room. Angel saw his Childe and the look on his face as he stood next to Dawn's face. "He really cares about her," he whispered. Spike hearing Angel turned abruptly making Connor go into fighting stance. Angel put a hand on his son's shoulder so he wouldn't start anything with Spike. "What are you doing here?" Angel asked whispering. "I came to see Lil Bit, see how she was doing. I'll leave." He started to walk out but was stopped by Angel. "I understand," he whispered before letting Spike walk out the door.

Buffy awoke to see Spike step out of the room. Seeing how Angel hadn't stopped him, she jumped up and ran out into the hallway, but he had already disappeared. She stalked back into the room glaring at Angel. "Why did you let him come in hee, he's dangerous," Angel looked at her and was about to defend himself when Dawn woke up and mumbled something. Connor was next to her bed in a flash grabbing her hand. She opened her eyes and saw Connor and his chocolate brown eyes, filled with worry. She smiled and yawned. "How long have I been asleep?" she asked. "Just a couple of hours," Connor said sitting on the side of her bed. Dawn noticed the tension in the room and noticed Buffy standing angrily by the door. She was about to ask what was going on when she smelled flowers. She turned her head towards the table next to her bed and saw roses lying on the table. She picked them up and noticed the note tucked into the wrapping. Opening the envelope she read what was inside,

Lil Bit,

I've missed you, I'm sorry we had to meet again as we did. Get better soon so you can come visit me in my crypt.

Spike

She smiled and lay the flowers back onto the table.

A couple of hours later the doctor walked into the room while Dawn was putting a puzzle together with Connor. Dawn looked up to see the Doctors face, which was etched with worry. Buffy was sitting in the chair reading a magazine and noticed the Doctors face too. "What's going on?" Dawn asked, the Doctor looked at Connor but before he could tell him to leave Dawn cut in "He can stay, tell me what's wrong," The Doctor walked to the bed, "We went over your cat scans and there seems to be a problem, you have a small tumor on your frontal lobe. We can't tell whether it's cancerous or not but we're going to go in as soon as possible to make sure." Dawn's eyes grew wider and wider as he continued on and she started to cry silently, tears streaming down her face. "Am I going to die?" she asked softly, not believing what she heard. "We're going to do everything we can, in the meantime we're going to do more tests to see if we can find out what more about what's going on.

Buffy sat in the chair, not believing that this could happen to her sister after everything with her mom. Before the doctor said anymore she ran out of the room, out of the hospital and to the only place she felt safe and comforted from reality.