Author Note: Okay, who here hates writer's block? ((raises hand)) I'm soooo sorry I haven't updated in two months. I'm horrible. Hopefully, you'll love the rest of my story, and forgive me. . . But maybe not. I totally plan on finishing soon though, so stay tuned.

And don't be surprised if there are big time jumps. I'm not gonna go through all those weeks that were on the show again. Okay? On to the story. . .

Buffy strolled into the Magic Box, a big smile on her face. Everyone was there, Willow, Xander, Anya, Dawn- they could all hear about her total triumph with the nerds.

"Hey, guys! I've got some great news!"

Everyone looked up at her. Willow looked mildly curious, like she usually did when someone had news. But why did Dawn look like she was about to win a million bucks? And why did Xander look like he was about to throw up?

Anya just looked bored. "We already know. Dawn told us."

Buffy looked surprised. "Dawn, how did you know?"

Dawn managed to look excited and sheepish at the same time. "I couldn't keep it a secret anymore. I'm sorry. But this is so great! Now everybody knows and we'll have so much fun and. . ."

Willow looked a little confused. "Um, what are you talking about?"

Finally Xander burst out with, "How could you be sleeping with Spike?!?!?"

Now Willow looked shocked. "What?"

Buffy looked equally dazed. "How did you know that? Who told yo- DAWN! THAT WAS A SECRET!"

"What does it matter? You were gonna tell them anyway! I just, kinda, told them first."

"I was not going to tell them that. I was going to say that I caught the ones that robbed the bank a couple of weeks ago and stole the diamond from the museum."

Dawn looked sheepish again, and more than a little scared. "Oops. Sorry."

Willow, still confused piped in, "That's great! Who were they?"

Buffy, glad that momentarily the subject had taken a turn from her sex life, replied, "Oh it was Jonathon,"

"From high school?"

"And Andrew,"

"I really don't know who that is."

"And. . . Warren."

Xander spoke up again. "Hey, I remember him. He made the Buffybot. Remember that? The robot girlfriend that looked exactly like you that Spike made to have sex with?"

Anya was getting a little tired of her fiancé's behavior. "Xander, please shut up and get a life."

"Anya!"

Willow, still confused about the situation, said, "Okay. I'm a little lost. Buffy, are you sleeping with Spike?"

Stay cool Buff. Stay true to your feelings, save the world. Okay. "Yes, I am. And you know what? I'm not lie and say that I'm completely and utterly ashamed. I'm a little embarrassed that my SISTER shared the details of my sex life with you, but I'm not embarrassed that I slept with him."

Xander, once again, had to have his input. "But Buffy, he's a vampire. He's EVIL. He's killed a lot of people in his 200 years."

Buffy turned to Anya. "Anya, how many people did you kill as a vengeance demon?"

"Well, I killed 4,732 directly, and 2,156 indirectly. That's 6,888 altogether. You had to keep a strict record, you know."

Buffy turned back to Xander. "It's perfectly alright for you to sleep with someone who has a shaky past, but not me. That's great logic."

Xander could see he was fighting a losing battle. Still he pursued. "He doesn't have a soul. He doesn't care about all those people."

Anya sighed. She loved Xander, but he could be so thickheaded. "Xander, having a soul doesn't make any of the people I killed any less dead. I feel a little sorry, sure, but I did what it was my nature to do. And let's face it; Spike's probably the best boyfriend Buffy could come up with. Angel brooded all the time, from what I heard. And Riley was a little too- ooky. Who wants a ooky boyfriend?"

"At least Riley was human."

"At least Spike isn't ooky."

Buffy finally got fed up. "Xander, I'm sleeping with Spike, okay? I'm not saying I'm in love with him, but I'm not going to say I'm not. And I don't need your approval be for going into a relationship with someone. Got it?"

Willow smiled. She liked Spike. "Good for you, Buffy. Anya's right- Spike doesn't brood and he isn't all ooky. I think you look cute together."

Dawn, amazed at her sister's sudden backbone when it came to this kind of thing, agreed, "Totally."

Xander remained silent.

Buffy rolled her eyes at him. "Xander, I love you, but God, get a life. Oh, and thanks Anya." She walked out.

Anya turned to her future husband. "You know, of course, there is no sex tonight."

Andrew rested his head on the bars of the tiny cell. They were in jail. They were in jail! Oh God, they were in jail.

Jonathon on the other side of the cell, lamented, "Oh my god. We're in prison. We're inmates. And I'm small. Do you know what happens to the small guys in prison????"

Andrew turned around. "Dude, I'm claustrophobic. I'm so gonna hyperventilate."

Warren just cursed himself for teaming up with such idiots. "Guys, don't sweat it. They've got nothing on us. We'll be back in the basement by tomorrow morning. Guaranteed."

Jonathon stood up. "How do you know, Mr. They'll-Never-Catch-Us? Guess what? They caught us!"

Andrew agreed. "I think they got something on us. Maybe the THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS on the floor will get us. That kind of indicates bank robbery."

Warren just smiled. "True. But we'll still get out. I've got a plan."