Chapter 2
Spike came home late that night. He had been drinking himself into oblivion over Dawn getting a boyfriend. Only vampires don't get drunk that easy. And he wanted to come home.
"Dawn?"
The vampire stepped father in and smelled the blood. He knew it was Dawn's, it was sweet and overwhelming. He followed the scent to the bath room. He heard the shower on and Dawn crying.
"Bit?"
"Spike! Go away, please!"
"No, what's wrong? Are you hurt? I can smell blood."
"No, I'm fine. Just go away."
"I know you're not fine. Please let me in."
"No!"
Spike knew she wouldn't like it if he walked in, but if she was hurt he had to help her. Spike carefully turned the knob and walked into the steaming room. He saw Dawn sitting in the shower. There was a trail of blood water from her to the drain. Her body was covered in bruises and cuts.
"God, what happened?"
"Nothing," Dawn mumbled through her tears.
"What did he do to you?"
Dawn began to sob even more, "He said if I didn't love him I would learn to. And when I fought back he did this."
Spike began to growl. He grabbed a towel and turned off the shower. He kneeled do and placed the towel around the crying girl. She shuddered when he touched her. Then shakily she stood up. Spike picked her up carefully and took her to her room. He gently laid her down on her bed.
"I'm so sorry, Bit."
"Why?"
"It was my job to protect you, I failed."
Dawn sat up clutching her towel tight, "No, Spike I told you to stay away. No one told have down anything about it."
Spike smoothed the girl's hair down, "You wan to sleep. You look so tired."
Dawn nodded and closed her eyes. Spike was about to leave when Dawn started to stir. So he sat back down beside her until he himself fell asleep.
*
Dawn sat down on the couch bench. She had been feeling sick all day. She was throwing up and not even eating anything. Dawn looked around the room for Spike. He was probably a sleep, he was dead so who could tell?
Dawn turned on the TV. Spike had been watching TV last night, she could tell by the channel. Suddenly Dawn ran to the washroom and threw up, again.
The brunette sat down on the washroom floor. He elbow knocked the bottom cupboard and the contents fell out. Dawn looked down at her 'feminine' things and almost panicked. How long had it been? Seven or eight weeks?
Dawn felt even sicker. How long had it been since David had rapped her? Dawn be began to cry. This couldn't happen. It was just the flu that made her sick, and as for skipping her period, well that was normal sometimes. Right?
Spike woke up in late afternoon. He smelt a salty scent in the air. He quickly got up and dress. He knew something was wrong, Dawn had been crying again, she only cried when she had nightmares. Spike walked into the living room to find Dawn curled up in a ball on the couch.
"Ducks?"
Dawn only looked up at him with teary eyes, "I think I'm pregnant."
Spike's eyes nearly popped out, which only made Dawn cry even more. She hide her face in her knees and sobbed. Spike sat down beside her and rubbed her back.
"'S ok. We'll get threw this Dawn. You're strong and brave. I'll help."
"It's not that. I'm 19! I can't have a kid! We skipped the whole Mr. Right part!"
Spike pulled Dawn into a hug, "Shh. I'll be here with you, threw all of this."
"Thank you Spike."
The next day Dawn and Spike stood outside a walk-in clinic. "You have too go in."
Dawn nodded, "I don't want too."
"But you have too."
Dawn sighed and walked in with Spike. She watched as he sat down in the cheap plastic seats. Dawn followed the nurse into the doctor's office and waited.
Spike waited patiently outside. Suddenly he heard a scream from inside the office. He recognized it as Dawn's. He got up and ran to the office. He found her with the doctor, she was crying.
"What? What is it?"
"Spike, it's true." Dawn sank into his embrace.
"Shh," Spike rocked her gently, "It's ok. We'll go away. It'll be ok, I'll never let anyone hurt you again."
"Are you Miss. Randall's boy friend?" the doctor asked.
He wished, "No. Family."
"Oh, well I think it would be best to find the father and tell him."
"Yea. We'll take care of it." Dawn said.
Spike came home late that night. He had been drinking himself into oblivion over Dawn getting a boyfriend. Only vampires don't get drunk that easy. And he wanted to come home.
"Dawn?"
The vampire stepped father in and smelled the blood. He knew it was Dawn's, it was sweet and overwhelming. He followed the scent to the bath room. He heard the shower on and Dawn crying.
"Bit?"
"Spike! Go away, please!"
"No, what's wrong? Are you hurt? I can smell blood."
"No, I'm fine. Just go away."
"I know you're not fine. Please let me in."
"No!"
Spike knew she wouldn't like it if he walked in, but if she was hurt he had to help her. Spike carefully turned the knob and walked into the steaming room. He saw Dawn sitting in the shower. There was a trail of blood water from her to the drain. Her body was covered in bruises and cuts.
"God, what happened?"
"Nothing," Dawn mumbled through her tears.
"What did he do to you?"
Dawn began to sob even more, "He said if I didn't love him I would learn to. And when I fought back he did this."
Spike began to growl. He grabbed a towel and turned off the shower. He kneeled do and placed the towel around the crying girl. She shuddered when he touched her. Then shakily she stood up. Spike picked her up carefully and took her to her room. He gently laid her down on her bed.
"I'm so sorry, Bit."
"Why?"
"It was my job to protect you, I failed."
Dawn sat up clutching her towel tight, "No, Spike I told you to stay away. No one told have down anything about it."
Spike smoothed the girl's hair down, "You wan to sleep. You look so tired."
Dawn nodded and closed her eyes. Spike was about to leave when Dawn started to stir. So he sat back down beside her until he himself fell asleep.
*
Dawn sat down on the couch bench. She had been feeling sick all day. She was throwing up and not even eating anything. Dawn looked around the room for Spike. He was probably a sleep, he was dead so who could tell?
Dawn turned on the TV. Spike had been watching TV last night, she could tell by the channel. Suddenly Dawn ran to the washroom and threw up, again.
The brunette sat down on the washroom floor. He elbow knocked the bottom cupboard and the contents fell out. Dawn looked down at her 'feminine' things and almost panicked. How long had it been? Seven or eight weeks?
Dawn felt even sicker. How long had it been since David had rapped her? Dawn be began to cry. This couldn't happen. It was just the flu that made her sick, and as for skipping her period, well that was normal sometimes. Right?
Spike woke up in late afternoon. He smelt a salty scent in the air. He quickly got up and dress. He knew something was wrong, Dawn had been crying again, she only cried when she had nightmares. Spike walked into the living room to find Dawn curled up in a ball on the couch.
"Ducks?"
Dawn only looked up at him with teary eyes, "I think I'm pregnant."
Spike's eyes nearly popped out, which only made Dawn cry even more. She hide her face in her knees and sobbed. Spike sat down beside her and rubbed her back.
"'S ok. We'll get threw this Dawn. You're strong and brave. I'll help."
"It's not that. I'm 19! I can't have a kid! We skipped the whole Mr. Right part!"
Spike pulled Dawn into a hug, "Shh. I'll be here with you, threw all of this."
"Thank you Spike."
The next day Dawn and Spike stood outside a walk-in clinic. "You have too go in."
Dawn nodded, "I don't want too."
"But you have too."
Dawn sighed and walked in with Spike. She watched as he sat down in the cheap plastic seats. Dawn followed the nurse into the doctor's office and waited.
Spike waited patiently outside. Suddenly he heard a scream from inside the office. He recognized it as Dawn's. He got up and ran to the office. He found her with the doctor, she was crying.
"What? What is it?"
"Spike, it's true." Dawn sank into his embrace.
"Shh," Spike rocked her gently, "It's ok. We'll go away. It'll be ok, I'll never let anyone hurt you again."
"Are you Miss. Randall's boy friend?" the doctor asked.
He wished, "No. Family."
"Oh, well I think it would be best to find the father and tell him."
"Yea. We'll take care of it." Dawn said.