Alex sat down on the porch and took out her cigarettes. "So much for trying to quit," she muttered trying to find her lighter. A lighter appeared in front of her and she looked up to see the blonde guy holding his lighter out. "Thanks."
"That's my favorite lighter, I want it back," Spike smirked, sitting down next to her. "Spike."
"Alex. Are they for real in there?" she asked, taking a long drag.
"I tend to wonder about that myself," Spike mused, "especially the whelp. He has beadie eyes, ask his girl."
"Seriously, where's Cody?" Alex asked, watching Spike place his mug next to his leg. "We're worried about him."
"He's a grown boy," Spike commented, measuring Cody's height with hand, "well, kinda, he's a little short. Enough about 'im, tell me about you."
Alex rolled her eyes and moved a few inches away from Spike. "Is that coffee?" she asked, picking up his mug.
"Uh, wait!" Spike stuttered, trying to get his mug back.
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"Enough with the demon talk!" Donovan ordered. He couldn't believe he let Cody visit these insane people. "Tell me what really happened to Cody and maybe I won't get the police involved."
"Like they could ever figure out what goes on around here." Xander commented.
"What?" Donovan demanded.
"Nothing." Xander squeaked.
"Maybe, maybe you should sit down," Tara offered, "before we explain everything."
"I think you better tell us now before he really gets mad." Jake commented.
"What the hell is this!" they heard Alex yell from outside, "You're trying to kill me!"
"Bloody hell!" they heard Spike yell.
They all ran outside to see Alex wiping her mouth and Spike laying out on the grass.
"What happened?" Donovan demanded, kicking the coffee cup near Jake.
Jake bent down to pick up the cup and examined the remains inside, "There's blood in the cup."
"We can explain," Willow smiled.
"Alex, what happened?" Donovan demanded.
"That crazy bint punched me in the face!" Spike replied, wiping the blood from his nose onto his hand.
"He gave me blood to drink!" Alex exclaimed, "What's wrong with his face?"
Jake and Donovan turned to face Spike, who was licking the blood from his lip. Spike's face was bumpy and he had yellow eyes.
"How hard did you hit him?" Jake asked Alex.
"Oh please!" Spike scoffed, "She didn't hit me that hard. Buffy's done worse."
"Spike shut up!" Buffy growled "Change!"
Spike realized he had his game face on and quickly changed back. "Bloody hell," Spike muttered.
"I think," Donovan started to say, "I think you better start explaining now."
"Where do you want us to start?" Anya asked.
"From the beginning." Donovan replied.
They all started to talk at the same time.
"Well, it all started when I was fifteen in Los Angles and this weird guy approached me," Buffy started to say.
"Well, we were normal high school kids until Buffy moved here," Xander spoke.
"I was just a normal girl interested in computers," Willow added.
"I didn't meet them until a few years ago." Tara admitted.
"I'm not getting' involved," Spike said lighting a cigarette. "I'm just a vampire."
"I was born over eleven hundred years ago and was a vengeance demon." Anya proudly smiled.
"Hold it!" Jake yelled, "One at a time. What the hell is a vengeance demon?"
"Vampire?" Alex interrupted, "You think you're a vampire?"
"Has everyone gone insane?" Donovan asked, "Where's Cody?"
"I've already told you that the Easter Bunny took him." Anya sighed.
"Not this again!" Donovan yelled, "There is no Easter Bunny. Now, who has Cody?"
"But.." Willow started to say.
"No," Donovan said, turning towards Willow, "the Easter Bunny is not real, Santa Clause is not real and that goes for fairies and leprechauns."
"Actually, that's not true," Anya spoke up, "Santa is real. Same goes for the fairies."
"Leprechauns too," Spike added, "Nasty little buggars."
"You're a vampire?" Jake asked.
"Seriously, you're a vampire?" Alex asked.
"Yes, he's a vampire and she's an ex-vengeance demon." Donovan sighed. "Can we wait for the trip to the mental ward after we find Cody."
"Look, I'm only going to do this once," Spike said walking into front of everyone. He let the cigarette drop out of his mouth and onto the ground. He shook his head and vamped out in front of everyone and smiled. "See, vampire."
"What the hell?" Jake whispered, elbowing Donovan. Donovan shook his head and walked back into the house. "Donovan? You okay?" Jake followed him inside the house.
Alex walked up to Spike and raised her hand. Spike took a step back, not knowing what to expect from her. She reached out and traced a finger along Spike's face. "Change back." Alex asked.
"What?"
"Change." Alex asked again. Spike shrugged his shoulders and changed back to his human face. "Change back."
"What?" Spike asked again puzzled.
"Change back." she asked.
"What!? No!" Spike protested trying to move away from Alex, "I'm nobody's soddin' play toy! Somebody get this woman away from me!"
"I think they took it well." Xander told Buffy.
"Uh, guys, can you come into the house?" Jake asked from the backdoor.
"What's wrong?" Alex asked, temporarily leaving Spike alone.
"It's Donovan." Jake said showing them where Donovan was sitting. "he hasn't said a word or moved in ten minutes."
"Is he under a spell?" Xander asked.
"What?" Alex asked.
"Naw, he's just a bit stunned is all." Spike smirked, waving his hand in front of Donovan's face. "This will be worth it." Spike took a step back from Donovan and sucker punched him.
"Bloody hell!!" Spike screamed, grabbing his head.
"Son of a…" Donovan growled, rubbing his cheek.
"Well, now that's out of the way," Spike smiled, still holding his head, "we going to find your mate or what?"
"That's my favorite lighter, I want it back," Spike smirked, sitting down next to her. "Spike."
"Alex. Are they for real in there?" she asked, taking a long drag.
"I tend to wonder about that myself," Spike mused, "especially the whelp. He has beadie eyes, ask his girl."
"Seriously, where's Cody?" Alex asked, watching Spike place his mug next to his leg. "We're worried about him."
"He's a grown boy," Spike commented, measuring Cody's height with hand, "well, kinda, he's a little short. Enough about 'im, tell me about you."
Alex rolled her eyes and moved a few inches away from Spike. "Is that coffee?" she asked, picking up his mug.
"Uh, wait!" Spike stuttered, trying to get his mug back.
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"Enough with the demon talk!" Donovan ordered. He couldn't believe he let Cody visit these insane people. "Tell me what really happened to Cody and maybe I won't get the police involved."
"Like they could ever figure out what goes on around here." Xander commented.
"What?" Donovan demanded.
"Nothing." Xander squeaked.
"Maybe, maybe you should sit down," Tara offered, "before we explain everything."
"I think you better tell us now before he really gets mad." Jake commented.
"What the hell is this!" they heard Alex yell from outside, "You're trying to kill me!"
"Bloody hell!" they heard Spike yell.
They all ran outside to see Alex wiping her mouth and Spike laying out on the grass.
"What happened?" Donovan demanded, kicking the coffee cup near Jake.
Jake bent down to pick up the cup and examined the remains inside, "There's blood in the cup."
"We can explain," Willow smiled.
"Alex, what happened?" Donovan demanded.
"That crazy bint punched me in the face!" Spike replied, wiping the blood from his nose onto his hand.
"He gave me blood to drink!" Alex exclaimed, "What's wrong with his face?"
Jake and Donovan turned to face Spike, who was licking the blood from his lip. Spike's face was bumpy and he had yellow eyes.
"How hard did you hit him?" Jake asked Alex.
"Oh please!" Spike scoffed, "She didn't hit me that hard. Buffy's done worse."
"Spike shut up!" Buffy growled "Change!"
Spike realized he had his game face on and quickly changed back. "Bloody hell," Spike muttered.
"I think," Donovan started to say, "I think you better start explaining now."
"Where do you want us to start?" Anya asked.
"From the beginning." Donovan replied.
They all started to talk at the same time.
"Well, it all started when I was fifteen in Los Angles and this weird guy approached me," Buffy started to say.
"Well, we were normal high school kids until Buffy moved here," Xander spoke.
"I was just a normal girl interested in computers," Willow added.
"I didn't meet them until a few years ago." Tara admitted.
"I'm not getting' involved," Spike said lighting a cigarette. "I'm just a vampire."
"I was born over eleven hundred years ago and was a vengeance demon." Anya proudly smiled.
"Hold it!" Jake yelled, "One at a time. What the hell is a vengeance demon?"
"Vampire?" Alex interrupted, "You think you're a vampire?"
"Has everyone gone insane?" Donovan asked, "Where's Cody?"
"I've already told you that the Easter Bunny took him." Anya sighed.
"Not this again!" Donovan yelled, "There is no Easter Bunny. Now, who has Cody?"
"But.." Willow started to say.
"No," Donovan said, turning towards Willow, "the Easter Bunny is not real, Santa Clause is not real and that goes for fairies and leprechauns."
"Actually, that's not true," Anya spoke up, "Santa is real. Same goes for the fairies."
"Leprechauns too," Spike added, "Nasty little buggars."
"You're a vampire?" Jake asked.
"Seriously, you're a vampire?" Alex asked.
"Yes, he's a vampire and she's an ex-vengeance demon." Donovan sighed. "Can we wait for the trip to the mental ward after we find Cody."
"Look, I'm only going to do this once," Spike said walking into front of everyone. He let the cigarette drop out of his mouth and onto the ground. He shook his head and vamped out in front of everyone and smiled. "See, vampire."
"What the hell?" Jake whispered, elbowing Donovan. Donovan shook his head and walked back into the house. "Donovan? You okay?" Jake followed him inside the house.
Alex walked up to Spike and raised her hand. Spike took a step back, not knowing what to expect from her. She reached out and traced a finger along Spike's face. "Change back." Alex asked.
"What?"
"Change." Alex asked again. Spike shrugged his shoulders and changed back to his human face. "Change back."
"What?" Spike asked again puzzled.
"Change back." she asked.
"What!? No!" Spike protested trying to move away from Alex, "I'm nobody's soddin' play toy! Somebody get this woman away from me!"
"I think they took it well." Xander told Buffy.
"Uh, guys, can you come into the house?" Jake asked from the backdoor.
"What's wrong?" Alex asked, temporarily leaving Spike alone.
"It's Donovan." Jake said showing them where Donovan was sitting. "he hasn't said a word or moved in ten minutes."
"Is he under a spell?" Xander asked.
"What?" Alex asked.
"Naw, he's just a bit stunned is all." Spike smirked, waving his hand in front of Donovan's face. "This will be worth it." Spike took a step back from Donovan and sucker punched him.
"Bloody hell!!" Spike screamed, grabbing his head.
"Son of a…" Donovan growled, rubbing his cheek.
"Well, now that's out of the way," Spike smiled, still holding his head, "we going to find your mate or what?"