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Promise







"Buffy?" Dawn asked when her sister fell silent. When she didn't answer Dawn spoke louder.

"Buffy answer me please!"

"Don't worry Dawnie" Buffy said placing her hand over her sisters.

"Buffy you have to marry Spike, and you have to have this baby! You deserve to be happy" Dawn pleaded with her sister.

"How can I be happy Dawn? All these things they just keep coming! First mom dies and then I almost lose you and then I die and come back again! The only person that understood what I was going through was Spike! And now the only choices I have are to let you die, I don't have mine and Spike's baby, or I don't marry Spike! I love him Dawn, I love him so much! I can't not marry him, but I can't loose you. I would be losing a piece of myself, and there were so many pieces gone already" Buffy rambled harshly and began to sob.

"We will figure this out Buffy, you can't lose faith! Everything will work out" Dawn said trying to comfort her sister.

"How can you be so sure?" Buffy asked unsure.

"She can't" a rough male voice said. Dawn and Buffy spun around to see Spike walking towards them.

"But that's not what matters Buffy. What matters is that we love each other and we are meant to be a family. We will change things, break the god damn rules! Like we always have" Spike said coming around to stand in front of them.

"He's right" Dawn filled in.

"I can't lose another person I love. It hurts just way to much" Buffy said whipping her eyes.

"I can't promise you won't Buffy. But I can promise that I will *never* leave you and I still stand by my promise to protect Dawn." Spike said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. She got off the swing and they embraced tightly, almost holding on for dear life. Dawn smiled at her sister and her soon to be brother-in-law and felt content. Buffy caught her smile when her and Spike finally parted and looked at her quizzically.

"I hope I find someone to love me as much as you two love each other" Dawn said wishfully.

"You will bit, and then I get to scare the living shit out of him" Spike said smirking.

'Spike!' Buffy reprimanded.

"How are you going to do that Mr. Ex-vampire?" Dawn asked teasing him.

"I still have my vampire endurance and I have slayer strength now!" Spike said wrapping his arm around Buffy's waist. "I'm sure I can rough up some horny teenage boy"

"SPIKE!" Dawn and Buffy screamed at the same time.

"What?" Spike asked innocently.

"Pffft" Dawn said and headed towards the car. Spike laughed and as soon as Dawn was out of earshot Buffy started laughing too.

"See now that's the Slayer I love" Spike smiled. "wait a tick. You were on her side! Why are you laughing?"

"I'm laughing cause its so funny" Buffy said giggling.

"What's so funny luv?" he asked looking at her like she had lost her marbles.

"I'm only on her side when she's around." she said regaining her composure.

"Oh I see. I'm the big bad brother, scaring the boyfriends away, while you're the understanding big sis" Spike said and smirked. "I thought I was the one who was evil?"

"You were. Now your just the 'Slayer's lapdog'" She said retorted referring to his comment from week's earlier.

"Now you just wait a min-"

"If you guys don't hurry up I am going to drive myself home!!" Dawn yelled from the driver's seat of the car, moving her hand towards the keys which Spike left in the ignition.

"LIKE FUCK YOU ARE!" Spike said sprinting over to the car, Buffy followed him smiling.

'Things really are going to be okay' she thought. When she got to the car Spike had lifted Dawn over his shoulder and was tickling her. She was begging him to stop but he was relentless. Buffy got an evil idea and slipped into the driver's seat and started the car, she pushed lightly on the gas and the car started to roll forward. Dawn and Spike both stopped their laughing and stared as the car started to drive away.

"Buffy, luv, I love you but if you reck that car I will spank you!" Spike said running up beside the car and jumping in the passenger side. Dawn quickly followed suit and slipped into the back seat. As soon as Dawn and Spike were in, Buffy hit the gas and sped up.

"Oh Spikey, do you promise? Do you really?" she quipped as she accelerated.

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"They're home" Tara said from the window. "and B-Buffy drove home" she said with a look of astonishment on her face.

"oh dear" Giles said standing up.

"what's going on?" Xander said coming down the stairs with Anya.

"What were you guys doing upstairs?" Willow asked.

"Umm nothi-" Xander was about to answer but Anya cut him off.

"Having sex in the bathroom" she said proudly.

"Do you guys ever desist?" Giles asked almost amazed. "it's almost as if you two are bunnies"

"Bunnies? Where? Ahh" Anya screamed as Buffy, Spike and Dawn walked in. Spike was reprimanding Buffy for her use on the brakes.

"You do know what slowly and lightly means right?" Spike asked scowling at her.

"Yes I do!" She replied taking off her coat.

"Didn't seem like it every time you slammed on the bloody breaks!" he said smiling at her.

'Oh come on I wasn't that bad' she pouted.

'Oh no, the lip' Spike said and kissed her.

"Is everything alright?" Giles asked.

"Yea Giles everything is fine" Dawn said heading towards the living room, she plopped down on to the chair and smiled.

"Now how about those presents and cake!!" Willow asked.

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"Lingerie?" Buffy asked quizzically to Xander.

"Yea you can wear it while laying I mean Slaying" Xander answered jokingly. "Actually it was Anya's idea, she thought that you needed something kinky". Spike laughed and bit his lip.

"Thanks Anya" she said and hugged her.

"Your welcome" Anya replied happily.

"Next one please!" Buffy said giddily. Giles got up and handed her a small box. She unwrapped it and found two rings.

"They were my mothers and father's." Giles said smiling at her.

"They're wedding rings" Buffy observed.

"Yes quite. I am never going to get married, the ripper in me just won't stand for it. And even if I do, it doesn't matter to me, I want my daughter and new son-in-law to have them" he said sentimentally.

"Thank-you so much Giles, this means a lot" she said and hugged him. Spike shook his hand and respectively said "Thanks Rupert". Giles nodded and spoke again.

"I love you Buffy, and frankly Spike is a better choice than anyone else."

"You like me?" Spike asked bemused.

"No! I tolerate you" Giles answered and everyone laughed.

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"that was fun" Buffy said as she took of her shirt. Spike raised and eyebrow at her and smirked.

"And there's more to come" he said lunging at her. He pushed her on to the bed and kissed her passionately. She moaned beneath him kissing back. He ran his hand down her side and then rolled them over so that she was on top.

"Happy Birthday Buffy" he said as he undid her bra. When he had it off she leaned down and began to kiss his chest. She moved her way down to his nipples and nibbled them lightly. When he moaned she moved her hand and undid the button on his jeans. He moved his hands to over top of her ass and squeezed lightly lifting her up and kissing her softly.

"I love you" he said as her hand undid the zipper of his jeans.

"I love you too" she said and got off him. She pulled his jeans off and put them on the floor.

"I'll be right back" she said and went into the bathroom. He moved off the bed and pulled the blankets back and layed down, smiling proudly to himself. When she returned the only thing she was wearing was the forest green lingerie that Anya had given her.

"You do know that, that is going to be off soon, if not broken." Spike said taking a breath in. She was so beautiful, and she was his.

"Not really one for clothing anyway" She said and took it off right there in front of him. Spike gulped at her forwardness and let his jaw drop.

"For some reason I feel like a bloody virgin" he said noticing his already apparent erection.

"What's the matter Spikey?" she asked crawling on the bed like a cat.

"N-nothing. your just so.." he said not finishing. She was on top of him and kissing him with a fierce passion.





End Chapter 7.



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