The Memorable Time In LA

Rated- R

Disclaimer- I own nothing except my imagination

A/N- Buffy is not coming back

       It had been over three years since Spike had moved in, and everything had turned out great. Willow and Tara had moved into their own apartment and Spike had taken over patrol, so that Xander could be home more, as Dawn got older. In fact, Dawn's 18 birthday was fast approaching, and Spike didn't know what to do.

        "Hey Spike," Dawn said as she came down the stairs. She sat down on the arm of the chair he was sitting in.

       "Hey Bit." Spike wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her into his lap. "What are you up to?"

       "Oh nothing. I just have simple question," she said with an innocent smile.

       "And what is that?"

       "What did you get me?"

       "What do you mean," he asked sounding confused.

       "C'mon, you know what I mean, for my birthday," Dawn said frustrated.

       "Your birthday?"

       "C'mon stop! What did you get me?"

       "You'll have to wait," he said with a smile.

       "Please?"

       "It's only two more days, Nibblet. Besides, I have something planned that I know you'll enjoy."

       "Stop, your just making it worse!"

       "Anything to help, Bit," he said with a smile.

       "Please?" Dawn begged, and Spike shook his head no. "Fine!" she said and got off his lap.

       The two days went by very slow for Dawn, but when the day arrived she was so happy. She couldn't wait to find out what Spike had planned. She got out of bed and gathered some clothes and headed for the bathroom to get a shower.

Down stairs Spike was on the phone with Cordelia. "Are you sure it's ok, I don't want to impose on you guys."

"Oh yeah, it's fine. Not a problem. We'll all be glad to see her, Angel especially."

"Yeah, well, I'm not looking forward to seeing Angel."

"Well I'm not to happy to be seeing you either."

"Yeah, but it's not for us is it, it's for Dawn. I thought it would be nice for her. And we're able to stay for the whole week?"

"Yeah, it's ok. You could even stay for longer if you liked." 

"No, believe me. A week is long enough for me. It might even be to long. So uh, we'll leave here tonight," as he was talking Dawn came down the stairs and was heading into the kitchen, "so we'll be there tomorrow afternoon. So I'll see, uh thank you, but we're happy with our current phone company, uh bye." He quickly hung up the phone as Dawn walked up to him.

"So who were you talking to?" Dawn questioned.

"Oh, you know just some bloody git wanting us to change phone companies," he said with a smile.

"Oh ok. Right," she said not believing a word of it. She went to the cabinet and grabbed a cereal box and grabbed a bowl from another cabinet. "So what did you get me for my birthday?" she asked as she poured milk on her cereal.

"You'll find out tonight."

Later that night Willow, Tara, Anya, and Xander all showed up for Dawn's party. When it was time to open presents, they all sat in the living room and waited for Dawn to start. After she had gone through the presents they went on to cake.

At around 8:30 they all started to leave and head home. "Well, we have to go," Xander said as he and Anya headed for the door.

"Well thanks for coming, and for the gift," Dawn said and gave them each a hug.

"You're welcome, we'll see you later, bye." They left and Willow and Tara were the only one's there with them.

"Red, you guys don't have to help clean up. We've got everything under control."

"Well if you're sure."

"We're fine Willow. It's ok," Dawn assured her.

"Ok, we'll see you later Dawnie." Willow and Tara gave her a hug and she returned it, then they left.

While Dawn and Spike were cleaning Dawn confronted him again. "So what did you get me and who were you talking to this morning?"

Spike stopped what he was doing and went up stairs to his room. When he came back down he had a small box in his hand. She grabbed for it and he pulled his hand away. "Hold on Bit. What's the hurry?"

"I just can't wait any longer!" He gave the box and she ripped it open. Inside was a silver chain with a cursive nameplate that read 'Nibblet'. "Oh Spike, it's beautiful."

"And that's not all," he said with a grin. He was glad that she liked it. "I have arranged for a visit."

"What kind of visit?" Dawn asked excitedly.

"We're leaving for LA tonight, to go to Angel's."

"Spike!" Dawn cried and gave him a big hug.

"So you go get packed, and I'll finish cleaning up."

"Thanks Spike." Dawn said as she ran up stairs.

       "You're welcome," Spike said as he watched her go.