Title: "Dominoes"
Spoilers: After the season finale, "Graves". Set in the beginning of season seven.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Joss, Mutant Enemy, Greenwolf, and UPN own the show and it's characters. So there. For this chapter, I don't own the characters Loraine and George either.
Summary: B/S (and others) and post-"Graves" fiasco, set in season 7. My first fanfic. Ever.
*italic text indicates thought and stress in dialogue.
Feedback: Very much encouraged. :)

Note: I went and made a splash for "Dominoes", located here: http://angel.racharoni.com/dominoes.jpg . Hope you like. :D


Buffy: "A soul."

Spike: "A soul."

He replied in affirmation. Spike looked the way he did before: wildly earnest. Except now there was a touch of fear in the mix, in his eyes. He waited, staring at her. She stared back. They all understood that he was the Aladdin in question.

Buffy: "What is this?"

Spike: "Wha--"

Buffy: "What kind of lie is this? You really expect me to believe you got a soul?"

Spike: "Buffy I.."

Anya, Willow, and Dawn switched their glances from slayer to vampire at every turn. Buffy was practically yelling at him now. Anya grabbed a handful of popcorn and munched on it without removing her stare.

Buffy: "And what exactly do you expect to get from it? Why are you doing this?"

Spike: "It's not.."

Buffy: "It's not a lie? Okay. Okay.. let's pretend, for a second, that your not a evil dead bod.. guy. Why on earth would you get a soul? Why?"

[munch]

Spike: "Because.."

Buffy: "Because you love me?"

Spike let a beat pass. It was very weird, that he came to the house with Shakespeare drama all over his dead heart. Now..

Spike: "No."


Xander locked up the shop while Giles went of to start the car.

Xander: "Wait. Giles?"

Giles: "Yes Xander?"

Xander: "I know.. I know that I screwed up. Again. With the magic. But you do understand why I did it, right?"

Giles: "Xander, this whole situation shouldn't concern you at all. It's their business, and it's vital that they do eventually fulfill the prophecies. I really don't--"

Xander: "Duck!"

Giles is no fool. When someone in Sunnydale tells you to duck, you duck. He ducks and evades the grasp of a grotesquely ugly female vampire, then spins around to give it a solid punch in the face. Her head snaps back, then returns from the shock.

Female Vampire: They usually run away.

Xander: "Giles! Stake!"

Xander grabs a stake from his pocket and tosses it to Giles. The female vampire intercepts it, and Giles mutters something under his breath.

Giles: "Oh shite."

Xander: "The car!"

They run towards it and manage to beat the vampire's chase, by some odd twist of fate. The two quickly enter the vehicle and drive away.

Xander: "Whew. That was a close one. Who would've known that a vampire would be lurking in the shadows nearby a mystical Sunnydale shop during the late of the night?"


The phone rings.

Buffy: "I'll get it."

She gets it.

Buffy: "Hello?"

Angel: "Buffy? Hi."

Buffy: "Angel?"

Spike flinches. The group, all up in the drama, does the same.

Angel: "Yeah, it's me. I just called to tell you that I'm back. They found me. Just in case Gunn hadn't called about it."

Buffy hears the mouthpiece muffled and then giggling...

Angel: "Um.. we got Cordelia back too. We.."

Buffy: "Angel? Can I call you back? I was kind of in the middle of something."

Angel: "O--"

Buffy hangs up the phone.