Title: Twilight Part 6/?
Author: Emily
Rating: PG 13
Category: Dawn/Spike
Summary: Dawn and Spike meet up in an alternate universe and Dawn's in serious need of help.
Spoilers: The Key part of season five I guess. This is an AU fic so most of isn't related to the current storylines etc. And obviously read the other parts first :)
Disclaimer: Dawn, Spike, Buffy, Glory and any other characters I bring into the story belong to Joss Whedon and his minions at Mutant Enemy. Wish they were mine but sadly they're not.
Distribution: Lil' Nibblin, LNABB, Spike/Dawn lists, fanfiction.net, SU, anywhere else that wants it sure just ask.
Feedback: Please let me know if you're still liking the story, if you still want more and what you think of it so far :) Thanks. Email feedback to pipergal33@yahoo.co.uk
~ Twilight ~
Part 6
Buffy looks at me for the hundredth time that night since we got back to the house. Something's up. She has that face on, that face which means she has something important to say to me, I really don't like that face. Usually it's about something bad. Once it was about me, uh taking some stuff from a shop, and once about skipping school. That was all years ago and I haven't seen that face in a long while. I start to brush my hair and act like I haven't noticed anything. Maybe she'll forget about it.
" Dawn..." Buffy starts. No such luck.
" Yes?" I ask and turn and face her. I feel suddenly guilty, I haven't done anything wrong but I feel guilty.
" Um...I know this sounds weird and I'm probably just being paranoid and doing the over protective big sister thing but...is there something going on between you and Spike?"
She's trying to be diplomatic and non confrontational. It shouldn't start me babbling but somehow it does.
" Why...why would something be going on? What makes you think that? I've known him for about a day. Of course nothing's going on." I deny it, shaking my head and then look down at the bed I'm sitting on. Can't lie to her to save myself. I've recognised my feeling of guilt now, it's that guilt that comes when I keep things from Buffy. It nags away at me till I eventually tell her.
Buffy stands up. " I knew it! There is something going on." She says accusingly, looking directly at me.
" Why would you think that?" I ask again, still studying the bed. She's totally dropped the diplomatic thing now, and adopted the aggressive tell me what you know or I'll beat you to a pulp attitude. She already knows anyway and there really isn't any point in me lying to her but I carry on all the same.
" You were jealous when he called me pet, which by the way I found offensive. The 'hey' thing and let's not forget your little discussion on why he's called Spike. Do you want more?" Buffy asks, sitting down.
" No, it's okay." I mutter.
" Dawn, what are you doing? He's a vampire. And don't give me that 'Angel was a vampire' comeback."
" Well he was."
" Dawn." Buffy sighs. "Okay c'mon, spill."
" Spill what?"
" Something must have happened. You wouldn't be head over heels for him if it hadn't."
" Okay first of all I'm not head over heels." Saying it out loud doesn't help convince me. " And we just kissed, that was all." I say the last line quickly, like maybe she won't hear it.
" You kissed him?" Her eyes widen in surprise.
I nod. "Well it was a mutual thing."
She sighs again. " I don't know what I'm supposed to say to you."
" Isn't this where you tell me that he's a vampire and that never works out plus this is a really stupid time since I'm going to die soon anyway?" I ask with a shrug.
" Would you not say that?" Buffy demands. " Damn it Dawn, remember the whole thing where Spike's going to help you get out of here and make sure you don't die? You're not going to die." She says quietly. I look at her and realise she believes this, she really believes it. However mean she is about Spike and sceptical about this, she does believe that I'm going to be okay. Me, I try and believe it. When I'm with him I believe it like it's everything. Here trapped in this stupid big house though, that fades a little and I wonder if I really will be okay.
" Sorry" I say. I feel bad for making stupid flip remarks about dying. Being here is killing her, she can't do anything, and if not for Spike it would be killing me too.
" Okay. Good. You shouldn't talk like that. Now what are you going to do about Spike?" She looks at me seriously. " If you're not head over heels, which I seriously doubt from the way you're acting, then you must at least really like him. Dawn... I don't want you to get hurt. He is a vampire and he used to be one of the worst, sure it seems like he's not now but we don't know that. He says he has a chip in his head and he does seem to care about you, it's not like he'd do this just for the hell of it, or because he was bored. I guess we have to trust him. You obviously already do." She shrugs. " Don't do anything stupid."
I stare at her. " That's it? No telling me it's a stupid idea and I must be crazy?"
Buffy smiles. " I didn't say it *wasn't* a stupid idea or that you *weren't* crazy."
I smile back at her.
" Go to sleep" She instructs. "And don't lie to me again."
" Love you" I say softly as I pull the covers over my head. I know she's not my real sister; it's more than that. She is my sister and I'm glad.
" You too" Buffy whispers before rolling onto her side and trying to sleep.
As I close my eyes and try and sleep too I hear her mutter something under her covers.
"And you obviously are crazy"
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Author: Emily
Rating: PG 13
Category: Dawn/Spike
Summary: Dawn and Spike meet up in an alternate universe and Dawn's in serious need of help.
Spoilers: The Key part of season five I guess. This is an AU fic so most of isn't related to the current storylines etc. And obviously read the other parts first :)
Disclaimer: Dawn, Spike, Buffy, Glory and any other characters I bring into the story belong to Joss Whedon and his minions at Mutant Enemy. Wish they were mine but sadly they're not.
Distribution: Lil' Nibblin, LNABB, Spike/Dawn lists, fanfiction.net, SU, anywhere else that wants it sure just ask.
Feedback: Please let me know if you're still liking the story, if you still want more and what you think of it so far :) Thanks. Email feedback to pipergal33@yahoo.co.uk
~ Twilight ~
Part 6
Buffy looks at me for the hundredth time that night since we got back to the house. Something's up. She has that face on, that face which means she has something important to say to me, I really don't like that face. Usually it's about something bad. Once it was about me, uh taking some stuff from a shop, and once about skipping school. That was all years ago and I haven't seen that face in a long while. I start to brush my hair and act like I haven't noticed anything. Maybe she'll forget about it.
" Dawn..." Buffy starts. No such luck.
" Yes?" I ask and turn and face her. I feel suddenly guilty, I haven't done anything wrong but I feel guilty.
" Um...I know this sounds weird and I'm probably just being paranoid and doing the over protective big sister thing but...is there something going on between you and Spike?"
She's trying to be diplomatic and non confrontational. It shouldn't start me babbling but somehow it does.
" Why...why would something be going on? What makes you think that? I've known him for about a day. Of course nothing's going on." I deny it, shaking my head and then look down at the bed I'm sitting on. Can't lie to her to save myself. I've recognised my feeling of guilt now, it's that guilt that comes when I keep things from Buffy. It nags away at me till I eventually tell her.
Buffy stands up. " I knew it! There is something going on." She says accusingly, looking directly at me.
" Why would you think that?" I ask again, still studying the bed. She's totally dropped the diplomatic thing now, and adopted the aggressive tell me what you know or I'll beat you to a pulp attitude. She already knows anyway and there really isn't any point in me lying to her but I carry on all the same.
" You were jealous when he called me pet, which by the way I found offensive. The 'hey' thing and let's not forget your little discussion on why he's called Spike. Do you want more?" Buffy asks, sitting down.
" No, it's okay." I mutter.
" Dawn, what are you doing? He's a vampire. And don't give me that 'Angel was a vampire' comeback."
" Well he was."
" Dawn." Buffy sighs. "Okay c'mon, spill."
" Spill what?"
" Something must have happened. You wouldn't be head over heels for him if it hadn't."
" Okay first of all I'm not head over heels." Saying it out loud doesn't help convince me. " And we just kissed, that was all." I say the last line quickly, like maybe she won't hear it.
" You kissed him?" Her eyes widen in surprise.
I nod. "Well it was a mutual thing."
She sighs again. " I don't know what I'm supposed to say to you."
" Isn't this where you tell me that he's a vampire and that never works out plus this is a really stupid time since I'm going to die soon anyway?" I ask with a shrug.
" Would you not say that?" Buffy demands. " Damn it Dawn, remember the whole thing where Spike's going to help you get out of here and make sure you don't die? You're not going to die." She says quietly. I look at her and realise she believes this, she really believes it. However mean she is about Spike and sceptical about this, she does believe that I'm going to be okay. Me, I try and believe it. When I'm with him I believe it like it's everything. Here trapped in this stupid big house though, that fades a little and I wonder if I really will be okay.
" Sorry" I say. I feel bad for making stupid flip remarks about dying. Being here is killing her, she can't do anything, and if not for Spike it would be killing me too.
" Okay. Good. You shouldn't talk like that. Now what are you going to do about Spike?" She looks at me seriously. " If you're not head over heels, which I seriously doubt from the way you're acting, then you must at least really like him. Dawn... I don't want you to get hurt. He is a vampire and he used to be one of the worst, sure it seems like he's not now but we don't know that. He says he has a chip in his head and he does seem to care about you, it's not like he'd do this just for the hell of it, or because he was bored. I guess we have to trust him. You obviously already do." She shrugs. " Don't do anything stupid."
I stare at her. " That's it? No telling me it's a stupid idea and I must be crazy?"
Buffy smiles. " I didn't say it *wasn't* a stupid idea or that you *weren't* crazy."
I smile back at her.
" Go to sleep" She instructs. "And don't lie to me again."
" Love you" I say softly as I pull the covers over my head. I know she's not my real sister; it's more than that. She is my sister and I'm glad.
" You too" Buffy whispers before rolling onto her side and trying to sleep.
As I close my eyes and try and sleep too I hear her mutter something under her covers.
"And you obviously are crazy"
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