Chapter 4
Dawn sat in the small coffee shop with Fred and Cordelia. She was now going out to lunch everyday with them. That was good considering she had been there 3 weeks.
"So Dawn have you met anyone at your school?" Cordelia asked.
"I'm only taking 2 classes right now. Not really an opportunity. It doesn't matter anyway I already." Dawn stopped. She hadn't been thinking. Damn, how was she getting out of this one?
"Who?" Fred took a sip of her coffee.
"Never mind. He-just never mind!" Dawn cut herself off before anymore was reviled.
"Oh come on! Tell! Tell all! He's hot, you shouldn't be embarrassed." Cordelia said.
"Do you even know who I'm talking about?"
Fred rolled her eyes, "It's obvious. You are so in love with Spike."
Dawn almost stopped breathing. They knew! Which meant Spike knew and he just didn't wan to be with her, but she already knew that.
Cordelia knew what Dawn was thinking, "Don't worry. Men are so blind. They can't read any of the 'I love you' signs." Cordelia reassured Dawn.
"God," Dawn covered her face with her hands. "He doesn't want me. He never really spends that much time with me anymore."
"That's because Angel thinks he's bad for you and keeps him so busy he has no time for you. Really Angel thinks he'll 'corrupt' an 'innocent little girl'. Believe me. Spike just thinks you don't like him, I bet." Fred told her.
"Yea right." Dawn whined.
"Oh I have an idea." Cordelia said, "Tonight We'll go out. You, me, Fred, Gunn, and the two vamps. You'll find someone guy to dance with. Make him totally jealous. He's a vampire, their very possessive. Believe me."
"I don't know."
"Come on Dawn. It'll be fun, Cordelia and I will plan it all. Spike will never know what hit him."
*
"Why do I have to come?" Spike asked.
"Because you should get out." Cordelia snapped.
"Hey guys." Dawn came into the hotel with some guy Spike had never seen before.
"Hey Dawn. Who is this?" Angel asked. He was almost beaming because Dawn was interested in someone besides Spike.
"Oh this is Jared. He's my date for tonight. Jared this is Gunn, Cordy, Fred, Angel, and the bleached one is Spike."
Cordelia and Fred smiled as Spike growled.
"Ok should we leave?" Fred asked.
At the club Spike sat at the bar watching all the couples dance. He was really watching Dawn. That Jared guy had been making moves at Dawn all night. Dawn would laugh and smile. Spike wanted nothing more than to rip off that punk's head.
"Hey Spike." Cordelia came off the dance floor. "Doesn't she look bored? I mean his jokes are worse than Xander's. I think it's taking all of her strength not to fall asleep. You know what? And to think, Dawn only brought Jared here to make you jealous, the poor boy really thinks he has a chance."
Spike sat speechless as Cordelia ran back to the dance floor to Angel. Had Dawn really said that? He turned to look at Dawn. He saw her roll her eyes as Jared looked at some bottled blond pass him by.
"Care if I cut in?" Spike finally decided to dance.
Dawn smiled brightly and nodded, "Jared you don't mind?"
"No." Jared really looked hurt. Spike decided that guy was the kind that wasn't turned down by many girls.
"So what do you really think about Jared?" Spiked asked.
Busted, "I'm going to scream if he looks at another Blond Bint!"
"You're spending too much time around me."
"It happens when you're the only person I've spent more than 5 hours with in 5 years."
"Well I could always leave if you want." Spike tired testing her.
"No!" Dawn panicked, "I mean I like having you around."
"But I think I fell in love with someone."
Dawn felt like crying. "Is she nice? I want to meet her."
"Yea she's really wonderful. I don't think I could live without her."
Dawn felt a small tear trickle down her face. She turned around and ran out of the club. Spike didn't love her. Cordelia was wrong.
Spike stood there for a minute dumb struck. He would have smiled if the girl he loved hadn't just run out of the club. He followed her outside. He saw her sitting in the alley crying.
"Hey Sweet Pea," Spike sat down beside her, "I think you should meet this girl."
"Really." Dawn wiped the tears from her eyes, "You don't get it, do you?!"
"She's the strongest person I ever met. She survived a Hell God, her sister dieing, and some Jerk who thought he could break her. I think you two would really get along."
Dawn smiles realizing he's talking about her, "Is she pretty?"
"I don't know about pretty, but I think she's Bloody beautiful."
"Spike?"
"Yea?"
"I love you too."
"Good," Spike pulled Dawn into a long kiss.
Dawn sat in the small coffee shop with Fred and Cordelia. She was now going out to lunch everyday with them. That was good considering she had been there 3 weeks.
"So Dawn have you met anyone at your school?" Cordelia asked.
"I'm only taking 2 classes right now. Not really an opportunity. It doesn't matter anyway I already." Dawn stopped. She hadn't been thinking. Damn, how was she getting out of this one?
"Who?" Fred took a sip of her coffee.
"Never mind. He-just never mind!" Dawn cut herself off before anymore was reviled.
"Oh come on! Tell! Tell all! He's hot, you shouldn't be embarrassed." Cordelia said.
"Do you even know who I'm talking about?"
Fred rolled her eyes, "It's obvious. You are so in love with Spike."
Dawn almost stopped breathing. They knew! Which meant Spike knew and he just didn't wan to be with her, but she already knew that.
Cordelia knew what Dawn was thinking, "Don't worry. Men are so blind. They can't read any of the 'I love you' signs." Cordelia reassured Dawn.
"God," Dawn covered her face with her hands. "He doesn't want me. He never really spends that much time with me anymore."
"That's because Angel thinks he's bad for you and keeps him so busy he has no time for you. Really Angel thinks he'll 'corrupt' an 'innocent little girl'. Believe me. Spike just thinks you don't like him, I bet." Fred told her.
"Yea right." Dawn whined.
"Oh I have an idea." Cordelia said, "Tonight We'll go out. You, me, Fred, Gunn, and the two vamps. You'll find someone guy to dance with. Make him totally jealous. He's a vampire, their very possessive. Believe me."
"I don't know."
"Come on Dawn. It'll be fun, Cordelia and I will plan it all. Spike will never know what hit him."
*
"Why do I have to come?" Spike asked.
"Because you should get out." Cordelia snapped.
"Hey guys." Dawn came into the hotel with some guy Spike had never seen before.
"Hey Dawn. Who is this?" Angel asked. He was almost beaming because Dawn was interested in someone besides Spike.
"Oh this is Jared. He's my date for tonight. Jared this is Gunn, Cordy, Fred, Angel, and the bleached one is Spike."
Cordelia and Fred smiled as Spike growled.
"Ok should we leave?" Fred asked.
At the club Spike sat at the bar watching all the couples dance. He was really watching Dawn. That Jared guy had been making moves at Dawn all night. Dawn would laugh and smile. Spike wanted nothing more than to rip off that punk's head.
"Hey Spike." Cordelia came off the dance floor. "Doesn't she look bored? I mean his jokes are worse than Xander's. I think it's taking all of her strength not to fall asleep. You know what? And to think, Dawn only brought Jared here to make you jealous, the poor boy really thinks he has a chance."
Spike sat speechless as Cordelia ran back to the dance floor to Angel. Had Dawn really said that? He turned to look at Dawn. He saw her roll her eyes as Jared looked at some bottled blond pass him by.
"Care if I cut in?" Spike finally decided to dance.
Dawn smiled brightly and nodded, "Jared you don't mind?"
"No." Jared really looked hurt. Spike decided that guy was the kind that wasn't turned down by many girls.
"So what do you really think about Jared?" Spiked asked.
Busted, "I'm going to scream if he looks at another Blond Bint!"
"You're spending too much time around me."
"It happens when you're the only person I've spent more than 5 hours with in 5 years."
"Well I could always leave if you want." Spike tired testing her.
"No!" Dawn panicked, "I mean I like having you around."
"But I think I fell in love with someone."
Dawn felt like crying. "Is she nice? I want to meet her."
"Yea she's really wonderful. I don't think I could live without her."
Dawn felt a small tear trickle down her face. She turned around and ran out of the club. Spike didn't love her. Cordelia was wrong.
Spike stood there for a minute dumb struck. He would have smiled if the girl he loved hadn't just run out of the club. He followed her outside. He saw her sitting in the alley crying.
"Hey Sweet Pea," Spike sat down beside her, "I think you should meet this girl."
"Really." Dawn wiped the tears from her eyes, "You don't get it, do you?!"
"She's the strongest person I ever met. She survived a Hell God, her sister dieing, and some Jerk who thought he could break her. I think you two would really get along."
Dawn smiles realizing he's talking about her, "Is she pretty?"
"I don't know about pretty, but I think she's Bloody beautiful."
"Spike?"
"Yea?"
"I love you too."
"Good," Spike pulled Dawn into a long kiss.