Summary/Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
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Chapter 12
"I've got an idea." Everyone looked at Willow. "What do we always do when we don't know what to do? Ask Giles."
Spike chuckled as he remembered similar words being said by Angelus just before he kidnapped the Watcher years ago. He thought it best not to voice his comparison with his sire to Willow. He had seen what she could do with her spells and she was very upset right now. Being on fire was something he wished to avoid.
"So who will phone him?" Willow continued.
"May as well be me." Spike started to walk over to the phone when Dawn spoke up.
"I'll do it Spike. If you phone him he'll probably not believe you or make some dumb accusation like Xander did." The teenager got up and went to the phone.
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Dawn stood with the phone in her hand waiting for the other end to be picked up. She realised that it may be late at night in England, she had forgotten about the time difference. After quite a few rings the phone was answered by a very tired sounding Giles.
"Hello?"
"Giles, it's Dawn."
"Dawn! It's good to hear from you. I trust everything is allright in Sunnydale?"
"Well that's the thing..." Dawn went on the describe the entire situation to Giles, much as she and Spike had done a few days earlier for the Scooby gang. When she had finished and convinced Giles that there would be no point in him flying over she asked him if he knew what to do.
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Everyone sat impatiently for Dawn to come back into the living room. It seemed that all hopes were on Giles knowing what to do. When she came back into the room, dawn looked defeated.
"He says there's nothing he can tell us, he doesn't know the American legal system so he can't help."
"Bloody great, Watcher knows everything there is to know about demons and apocalypses, but knows nothing about the law of the land."
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The rest of the day was spent with the gang trying to figure out a way that they would be able to keep Buffy and Dawn. Although they talked for hours and many different scenarios were thought of and rejected, no actual headway was made. Eventually it was decided that they would just have to turn up to the hearing and hope they could persuade the judge to let Buffy and Dawn stay.
It was after sunset when Willow, Tara and Anya left the Summers house. All three occupants of the house took a long time getting to sleep, Dawn and Spike worried about the hearing and Buffy troubled because Spike wasn't happy.
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The Scooby gang decided to stay away from the Summers house to give Spike, Dawn and Buffy some time together. After all, this could be the last day they get to spend together if the judge ruled against them.
Spike spent the day watching Dawn and Buffy playing together with Buffy's toys. They also baked some cookies but they didn't come out too well.
'This'll be the last time they get to play together,' he thought. 'They're going to take the Slayer and Nibblet away tomorrow and there's nothing I can do about it.'
His thoughts were interrupted by a ball bouncing off of the side of his head. He looked up to see Buffy grinning at him. 'Slayer wants to play eh?' he thought and started to chase Buffy around the room.
Buffy, having lost none of her slayer speed, managed to stay just ahead of Spike, laughing as the vampire mock growled at her.
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That night as Dawn got Buffy ready for bed, Spike's thoughts again started to turn pessimistic. Buffy and Dawn were getting ready in Dawn's room after Dawn and given Buffy a bath, so Buffy's room was empty. Spike decided to go in and get ready for bed himself.
Once he got into the room, instead of getting into bed he started to wander around, picking up various items and examining them. He stopped hen he got to a pink stuffed pig. 'Mr Gordo, I hope they let her keep this when they take her away.'
This thought caused him to break down into tears. He sat down on the bed and gently sobbed into the pig.
It was at this point that Buffy came into her room and sat down beside Spike. Nothing was said but Spike turned to Buffy and wrapped his arms around her. After a few moments he stopped crying. As he pulled back from Buffy, she did the last thing he was expecting.
She kissed him.
TBC
AN: Buffy kissing Spike! Where will it go from here?! You will have to read on to find out! Will be another chapter out today so you don't have to wait very long.
Sorry if this chapter is a bit short. I have now been up for 36 hours solid and that includes going to work twice. The only thing keeping me alive at the moment is coffee, beer and reviews.
I can't believe I've received 50 reviews! I really wasn't expecting to get so many, I thank you all. It really is a great help to hear what you all have to say and it keeps me motivated to continue updating as fast as I can.
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Chapter 12
"I've got an idea." Everyone looked at Willow. "What do we always do when we don't know what to do? Ask Giles."
Spike chuckled as he remembered similar words being said by Angelus just before he kidnapped the Watcher years ago. He thought it best not to voice his comparison with his sire to Willow. He had seen what she could do with her spells and she was very upset right now. Being on fire was something he wished to avoid.
"So who will phone him?" Willow continued.
"May as well be me." Spike started to walk over to the phone when Dawn spoke up.
"I'll do it Spike. If you phone him he'll probably not believe you or make some dumb accusation like Xander did." The teenager got up and went to the phone.
*****
Dawn stood with the phone in her hand waiting for the other end to be picked up. She realised that it may be late at night in England, she had forgotten about the time difference. After quite a few rings the phone was answered by a very tired sounding Giles.
"Hello?"
"Giles, it's Dawn."
"Dawn! It's good to hear from you. I trust everything is allright in Sunnydale?"
"Well that's the thing..." Dawn went on the describe the entire situation to Giles, much as she and Spike had done a few days earlier for the Scooby gang. When she had finished and convinced Giles that there would be no point in him flying over she asked him if he knew what to do.
*****
Everyone sat impatiently for Dawn to come back into the living room. It seemed that all hopes were on Giles knowing what to do. When she came back into the room, dawn looked defeated.
"He says there's nothing he can tell us, he doesn't know the American legal system so he can't help."
"Bloody great, Watcher knows everything there is to know about demons and apocalypses, but knows nothing about the law of the land."
*****
The rest of the day was spent with the gang trying to figure out a way that they would be able to keep Buffy and Dawn. Although they talked for hours and many different scenarios were thought of and rejected, no actual headway was made. Eventually it was decided that they would just have to turn up to the hearing and hope they could persuade the judge to let Buffy and Dawn stay.
It was after sunset when Willow, Tara and Anya left the Summers house. All three occupants of the house took a long time getting to sleep, Dawn and Spike worried about the hearing and Buffy troubled because Spike wasn't happy.
*****
The Scooby gang decided to stay away from the Summers house to give Spike, Dawn and Buffy some time together. After all, this could be the last day they get to spend together if the judge ruled against them.
Spike spent the day watching Dawn and Buffy playing together with Buffy's toys. They also baked some cookies but they didn't come out too well.
'This'll be the last time they get to play together,' he thought. 'They're going to take the Slayer and Nibblet away tomorrow and there's nothing I can do about it.'
His thoughts were interrupted by a ball bouncing off of the side of his head. He looked up to see Buffy grinning at him. 'Slayer wants to play eh?' he thought and started to chase Buffy around the room.
Buffy, having lost none of her slayer speed, managed to stay just ahead of Spike, laughing as the vampire mock growled at her.
*****
That night as Dawn got Buffy ready for bed, Spike's thoughts again started to turn pessimistic. Buffy and Dawn were getting ready in Dawn's room after Dawn and given Buffy a bath, so Buffy's room was empty. Spike decided to go in and get ready for bed himself.
Once he got into the room, instead of getting into bed he started to wander around, picking up various items and examining them. He stopped hen he got to a pink stuffed pig. 'Mr Gordo, I hope they let her keep this when they take her away.'
This thought caused him to break down into tears. He sat down on the bed and gently sobbed into the pig.
It was at this point that Buffy came into her room and sat down beside Spike. Nothing was said but Spike turned to Buffy and wrapped his arms around her. After a few moments he stopped crying. As he pulled back from Buffy, she did the last thing he was expecting.
She kissed him.
TBC
AN: Buffy kissing Spike! Where will it go from here?! You will have to read on to find out! Will be another chapter out today so you don't have to wait very long.
Sorry if this chapter is a bit short. I have now been up for 36 hours solid and that includes going to work twice. The only thing keeping me alive at the moment is coffee, beer and reviews.
I can't believe I've received 50 reviews! I really wasn't expecting to get so many, I thank you all. It really is a great help to hear what you all have to say and it keeps me motivated to continue updating as fast as I can.