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Summary: It's 7 years after Season 6. Buffy's no longer the slayer and Spike has never come back. Sorry not so good with summaries.
Author Notes: It would be great if you could feedback me. It's my very first fanfic so please be nice and thank you to those who have given me feedback. They give me the motivation to continue my story. Sorry about the conversation parts, I'm not so good with that yet. I tried my best though to make this chapter a little longer.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except maybe a few original characters but they're pretty easy to spot.
I really like this chapter, one of the best I've ever thought up. : )
Chapter Thirteen
"Hey Buff? I'm going already!" Dawn called to her sister.
"Oh okay. Hey what time is it?"
"It's about quarter to seven... why?"
"WHAT?!? Oh my God I'm so going to be late. I have to go!" Buffy said
"Ookay. Well then I have nothing to say to that so I'm just gonna go. See Ya!" Dawn said as she opened the door.
"Wait!" Buffy called
"What? I'm going to be late."
"How do I look?" Buffy asked as she stepped out of her room.
"You look... fine." Dawn said.
"Fine? Fine? Just FINE?"
Buffy was bordering on hysterical now so Dawn just said: "No, no, you look freakin' fantastic. Look I really gotta go so Bye." Dawn hurried out the door before Buffy could say another word.
"Just fine..." Buffy muttered to herself.
After checking out how she looked in the mirror one last time, Buffy grabbed her purse and headed out the door. By the time she reached the gallery, she had only five minutes to go before seven.
'At least I made it in time.' Buffy thought to herself as she let herself in the gallery.
At exactly seven o'clock, Kent came and picked her up.
"You look beautiful." Kent complimented as her gave her some flowers.
"Thank you." Buffy said as she started to blush. "Um I-I I'm going to put these in water and then we can go." Good thing Buffy had some empty paint cans lying around so she filled them with water and put the flowers in them.
"Okay." Buffy said as she wiped her hands.
"Shall we go?" Kent asked.
"We shall."
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By the time they reached the restaurant there were already a lot of people. Apparently the restaurant had gotten so much buzz that now so many people wanted to see it for themselves.
"Wow, it seems like your restaurant is pretty popular." Buffy commented to Kent as they entered. "And you named it 'Dawn' I like it."
"Yeah well my business partner wanted to name it that and when he sets his mind to something... let's just say you can't talk him out of it. Why do you like the name?" Kent said, louder than usual. It was pretty crowded and noisy all around.
"Oh, It's my sisters' name." Buffy explained as they finally found some chairs and sat down.
"What a coincidence."
"Yeah it really is."
"So... what do you...? Kent started
"Mr. Clarkson? The investors want you to meet some people." Nikki said as she called him.
"What? Oh, okay. Order anything you want and I'll be right back ok ?"
"Yes sure, I understand." Buffy said as Kent walked away barely hearing her.
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Dawn spotted Buffy as soon as Buffy walked through the doors. She had been hanging around with Spike but he had to go meet some people and left Dawn alone though he promised to be right back.
'So I was right.' Dawn thought to herself. 'It really was no coincidence.' Dawn smiled to herself. Maybe tonight would be the night where Buffy and Spike would meet again and sparks would fly and BAM! They would realize that they were so stupid years ago (especially Buffy) and everything would just fall into place. There was the little problem of Kent though. She learned through Spike that he had a business partner named Kent and Dawn pretty much guessed that since Buffy's supposed date tonight was the owner of a restaurant that the guy Buffy walked in with was Kent.
'Shame though...' Dawn thought to herself. 'He seems like a really nice, normal guy. Kinda cute too but in that older guy who's in love with my sister kinda way just like Spike.'
'But still, nice guy or not. I don't know who he is... but I know Spike and I'm sure that after all these years he still loves her so...' Dawn was so busy thinking up a plan to get them to meet that she didn't notice Spike come back.
"Hey lil bit, I'm back." Spike said as he sat down next to her. Noticing that she didn't seem to be listening to her he asked: "Helllooo? Anyone in there?"
"Huh? Oh Spike you're back."
"Yup. Sorry to leave you alone but you know opening night and all... have to make rounds and get to know people. Which reminds me, have you seen a tall brown hair guy, looks a lot like a model come in?
"Gee Spike, that's sooo specific, I'm sure he'll be easy to find." Dawn said sarcastically. "Also, I didn't know you were into guys?"
"WHAT?!?" Spike said almost spitting out his drink. "I most certainly am bloody not. What? What?"
"I was just kidding Spike. Why are you looking for a brown haired guy?" Dawn said trying to look as innocent as possible.
"My business partner. He's supposed to be bringing this girl he met as his mystery date and I want to see her. He wouldn't even tall me her bloody name!" Spike ranted.
'So Spike doesn't know... hmmm...'
"Nope sorry Spike haven't seen anyone like that."
"Well If you do tell me. You've got a better view of the doors."
"Um, excuse me Mr. James?" Nikki asked
"Yeah?"
"The investors want you to meet some people."
"Oh okay, I'll be right there. Is Kent here yet?"
"Yes sir, I've told him already."
"Oh okay... good."
"Well sorry bit but duty calls I'll be back."
"Take your time." Dawn called. She had to plan how they meet perfectly.
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Buffy sat at their table quietly waiting for Kent. 'Opening night of a restaurant... sooo not the right place for a date.' Buffy thought to herself.
Suddenly from out of the corner of her eye she saw a platinum haired guy walking to the other side.
'It's not Spike.' Buffy told herself. But she still couldn't resist looking and when she saw the guy she had to rub her eyes, blink twice and panic. 'Oh my god it is Spike. Oh shit! I have to get out of here." Buffy thought as she looked for the best possible exit. 'Oh no, wait, I can't just ditch Kent. I have to go find him.' Buffy thought as she stood up and tried not to look at him. He was currently talking to some people who had blocked his way to wherever he was going.
'Good, I can go to Kent without the danger of him spotting me.' Buffy said to herself as she finally spotted Kent and headed over to him. He was talking to some Chinese guys and she hated to bother him but this was an emergency. She just wasn't ready to meet Spike yet.
She lightly tapped Kent on the shoulder and said: "Uhmm, Kent?"
Kent turned around. "Oh Buffy, sorry I left you alone."
"That's okay, could I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure." He said. "Excuse me gentlemen." He said to those he was talking to
"Okay Buffy, shoot."
"I have to go." Buffy blurted out.
"What? Why? Is it me? I'm really sorry. I should have realized that this was not the best environment for a date and all."
"No, no it's not you. Really. But I have to go."
"Why?"
"I-I-I feel kinda sick. My head hurts a bit."
"What? Do you have fever?" He asked as he felt her head.
"No no. I think it's just all the noise here."
"Oh okay. Well I'll just get your coat and bring you home."
"No, no. This is your big night. I'll be fine."
"I can let you leave in this condition. What if you faint or something?"
"I won't really. I'll be fine." She said as she peered into his worried face.
"Really Buffy, I'm not kidding let me take you home."
"No. I'll just take the subway. It'll only take a few minutes and I'll be home."
"Are you crazy? I'm not going to let that happen. Look, if you wont let me take you home at least let me call you a cab."
"Okay." Buffy finally relented.
"Gentlemen, I'll be right back." He said to the investors as he led Buffy to the phone in the more secluded area of the restaurant.
"They'll be here soon. Why don't you sit down?" Kent asked, still worried about her.
Scared that spike might spot her Buffy said:" um no thanks, I think it's better if I stay here or outside. Less people equal less noise that way." Buffy lied
"Oh okay, well I'll sit with you first and try to salvage what's left of this date. I'm really really sorry. I totally screwed up."
"No. You didn't. You couldn't have expected this big of a turnout but it's a good sign. It really isn't your fault so don't worry about it."
"Okay, but I really feel bad about it. First I had to cancel then this..."
"Don't worry about it. Look let's just go outside and wait for the cab there. The smoke here is making it pretty hard to breathe."
"Okay."
So they went outside and a few minutes later the cab arrived. Kent paid the driver already and said to take Buffy where she lived and to keep the change.
Kent went back inside to the investors. Thank God Spike was there talking to them. He imagined they were pissed that he left them but glad that Spike had entertained them.
"Hey Kent, good to see you've joined us." Spike said as Kent came.
"Yeah. My apologies gentlemen. Had an emergency to take care of."
When he said emergency, Spike looked at him with a puzzled look on his face and he mouthed:"What!"
Kent mouthed back: "Later"
A few minutes later, the investors started feeling hungry and went to sit down at their table. This gave spike the opportunity to ask Kent about the 'emergency.'
"What emergency?" Spike asked impatiently.
"It had nothing to do with the restaurant so don't worry." Kent said.
"Oh okay. Good. Sooo..." Spike said as he looked around. 'Where's the mystery date?"
"That was the emergency, she felt sick so she had to go home."
"You mean I still don't get to meet her?"
"Nope sorry my friend. You'll have to wait again for next time. If there is a next time that is."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I'll explain it to you later." Seeing as that the table he occupied with Buffy was still empty Kent told Spike: "Why don't you sit over there first and order some food. I'm going to wash my hands."
"Okay. Clean freak." Spike said as he went to the table.
"Very fun bleach head." Kent called back as he went to the bathroom.
Spike was about to sit down when he noticed something on the chair. It was a purse.
'Someone left their purse.' Spike thought as he opened it. He knew it wasn't his but maybe if he found a wallet it might hold the identity of the owner. He opened the wallet and found a driver's license.
'Bloody hell' Spike thought to himself as he looked at it. 'Buffy! This purse was Buffy's!' That meant she was there and she might come back and find him looking at her purse. As he scrambled to put the wallet back in the purse, Kent came back.
"Hey Spike." Kent said. Noticing that Spike was holding something he asked: "Hey what's that?"
"This? Oh, someone left it here."
"Wait a minute." Kent said noticing the purse. "That's Buffy's. She must have left it."
"Buffy?" Spike asked.
"Okay, you caught me. That's the name of my date. You know the girl I met last week??"
A/N: Well? How'd you guys like this one? I know I'm evil by still not making them meet. I assure you though that they definitely will (one day) ; ). Especially since it seems to be a very popular demand. Anyway thanks for reading and (maybe) reviewing.: )
Summary: It's 7 years after Season 6. Buffy's no longer the slayer and Spike has never come back. Sorry not so good with summaries.
Author Notes: It would be great if you could feedback me. It's my very first fanfic so please be nice and thank you to those who have given me feedback. They give me the motivation to continue my story. Sorry about the conversation parts, I'm not so good with that yet. I tried my best though to make this chapter a little longer.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except maybe a few original characters but they're pretty easy to spot.
I really like this chapter, one of the best I've ever thought up. : )
Chapter Thirteen
"Hey Buff? I'm going already!" Dawn called to her sister.
"Oh okay. Hey what time is it?"
"It's about quarter to seven... why?"
"WHAT?!? Oh my God I'm so going to be late. I have to go!" Buffy said
"Ookay. Well then I have nothing to say to that so I'm just gonna go. See Ya!" Dawn said as she opened the door.
"Wait!" Buffy called
"What? I'm going to be late."
"How do I look?" Buffy asked as she stepped out of her room.
"You look... fine." Dawn said.
"Fine? Fine? Just FINE?"
Buffy was bordering on hysterical now so Dawn just said: "No, no, you look freakin' fantastic. Look I really gotta go so Bye." Dawn hurried out the door before Buffy could say another word.
"Just fine..." Buffy muttered to herself.
After checking out how she looked in the mirror one last time, Buffy grabbed her purse and headed out the door. By the time she reached the gallery, she had only five minutes to go before seven.
'At least I made it in time.' Buffy thought to herself as she let herself in the gallery.
At exactly seven o'clock, Kent came and picked her up.
"You look beautiful." Kent complimented as her gave her some flowers.
"Thank you." Buffy said as she started to blush. "Um I-I I'm going to put these in water and then we can go." Good thing Buffy had some empty paint cans lying around so she filled them with water and put the flowers in them.
"Okay." Buffy said as she wiped her hands.
"Shall we go?" Kent asked.
"We shall."
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By the time they reached the restaurant there were already a lot of people. Apparently the restaurant had gotten so much buzz that now so many people wanted to see it for themselves.
"Wow, it seems like your restaurant is pretty popular." Buffy commented to Kent as they entered. "And you named it 'Dawn' I like it."
"Yeah well my business partner wanted to name it that and when he sets his mind to something... let's just say you can't talk him out of it. Why do you like the name?" Kent said, louder than usual. It was pretty crowded and noisy all around.
"Oh, It's my sisters' name." Buffy explained as they finally found some chairs and sat down.
"What a coincidence."
"Yeah it really is."
"So... what do you...? Kent started
"Mr. Clarkson? The investors want you to meet some people." Nikki said as she called him.
"What? Oh, okay. Order anything you want and I'll be right back ok ?"
"Yes sure, I understand." Buffy said as Kent walked away barely hearing her.
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Dawn spotted Buffy as soon as Buffy walked through the doors. She had been hanging around with Spike but he had to go meet some people and left Dawn alone though he promised to be right back.
'So I was right.' Dawn thought to herself. 'It really was no coincidence.' Dawn smiled to herself. Maybe tonight would be the night where Buffy and Spike would meet again and sparks would fly and BAM! They would realize that they were so stupid years ago (especially Buffy) and everything would just fall into place. There was the little problem of Kent though. She learned through Spike that he had a business partner named Kent and Dawn pretty much guessed that since Buffy's supposed date tonight was the owner of a restaurant that the guy Buffy walked in with was Kent.
'Shame though...' Dawn thought to herself. 'He seems like a really nice, normal guy. Kinda cute too but in that older guy who's in love with my sister kinda way just like Spike.'
'But still, nice guy or not. I don't know who he is... but I know Spike and I'm sure that after all these years he still loves her so...' Dawn was so busy thinking up a plan to get them to meet that she didn't notice Spike come back.
"Hey lil bit, I'm back." Spike said as he sat down next to her. Noticing that she didn't seem to be listening to her he asked: "Helllooo? Anyone in there?"
"Huh? Oh Spike you're back."
"Yup. Sorry to leave you alone but you know opening night and all... have to make rounds and get to know people. Which reminds me, have you seen a tall brown hair guy, looks a lot like a model come in?
"Gee Spike, that's sooo specific, I'm sure he'll be easy to find." Dawn said sarcastically. "Also, I didn't know you were into guys?"
"WHAT?!?" Spike said almost spitting out his drink. "I most certainly am bloody not. What? What?"
"I was just kidding Spike. Why are you looking for a brown haired guy?" Dawn said trying to look as innocent as possible.
"My business partner. He's supposed to be bringing this girl he met as his mystery date and I want to see her. He wouldn't even tall me her bloody name!" Spike ranted.
'So Spike doesn't know... hmmm...'
"Nope sorry Spike haven't seen anyone like that."
"Well If you do tell me. You've got a better view of the doors."
"Um, excuse me Mr. James?" Nikki asked
"Yeah?"
"The investors want you to meet some people."
"Oh okay, I'll be right there. Is Kent here yet?"
"Yes sir, I've told him already."
"Oh okay... good."
"Well sorry bit but duty calls I'll be back."
"Take your time." Dawn called. She had to plan how they meet perfectly.
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Buffy sat at their table quietly waiting for Kent. 'Opening night of a restaurant... sooo not the right place for a date.' Buffy thought to herself.
Suddenly from out of the corner of her eye she saw a platinum haired guy walking to the other side.
'It's not Spike.' Buffy told herself. But she still couldn't resist looking and when she saw the guy she had to rub her eyes, blink twice and panic. 'Oh my god it is Spike. Oh shit! I have to get out of here." Buffy thought as she looked for the best possible exit. 'Oh no, wait, I can't just ditch Kent. I have to go find him.' Buffy thought as she stood up and tried not to look at him. He was currently talking to some people who had blocked his way to wherever he was going.
'Good, I can go to Kent without the danger of him spotting me.' Buffy said to herself as she finally spotted Kent and headed over to him. He was talking to some Chinese guys and she hated to bother him but this was an emergency. She just wasn't ready to meet Spike yet.
She lightly tapped Kent on the shoulder and said: "Uhmm, Kent?"
Kent turned around. "Oh Buffy, sorry I left you alone."
"That's okay, could I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure." He said. "Excuse me gentlemen." He said to those he was talking to
"Okay Buffy, shoot."
"I have to go." Buffy blurted out.
"What? Why? Is it me? I'm really sorry. I should have realized that this was not the best environment for a date and all."
"No, no it's not you. Really. But I have to go."
"Why?"
"I-I-I feel kinda sick. My head hurts a bit."
"What? Do you have fever?" He asked as he felt her head.
"No no. I think it's just all the noise here."
"Oh okay. Well I'll just get your coat and bring you home."
"No, no. This is your big night. I'll be fine."
"I can let you leave in this condition. What if you faint or something?"
"I won't really. I'll be fine." She said as she peered into his worried face.
"Really Buffy, I'm not kidding let me take you home."
"No. I'll just take the subway. It'll only take a few minutes and I'll be home."
"Are you crazy? I'm not going to let that happen. Look, if you wont let me take you home at least let me call you a cab."
"Okay." Buffy finally relented.
"Gentlemen, I'll be right back." He said to the investors as he led Buffy to the phone in the more secluded area of the restaurant.
"They'll be here soon. Why don't you sit down?" Kent asked, still worried about her.
Scared that spike might spot her Buffy said:" um no thanks, I think it's better if I stay here or outside. Less people equal less noise that way." Buffy lied
"Oh okay, well I'll sit with you first and try to salvage what's left of this date. I'm really really sorry. I totally screwed up."
"No. You didn't. You couldn't have expected this big of a turnout but it's a good sign. It really isn't your fault so don't worry about it."
"Okay, but I really feel bad about it. First I had to cancel then this..."
"Don't worry about it. Look let's just go outside and wait for the cab there. The smoke here is making it pretty hard to breathe."
"Okay."
So they went outside and a few minutes later the cab arrived. Kent paid the driver already and said to take Buffy where she lived and to keep the change.
Kent went back inside to the investors. Thank God Spike was there talking to them. He imagined they were pissed that he left them but glad that Spike had entertained them.
"Hey Kent, good to see you've joined us." Spike said as Kent came.
"Yeah. My apologies gentlemen. Had an emergency to take care of."
When he said emergency, Spike looked at him with a puzzled look on his face and he mouthed:"What!"
Kent mouthed back: "Later"
A few minutes later, the investors started feeling hungry and went to sit down at their table. This gave spike the opportunity to ask Kent about the 'emergency.'
"What emergency?" Spike asked impatiently.
"It had nothing to do with the restaurant so don't worry." Kent said.
"Oh okay. Good. Sooo..." Spike said as he looked around. 'Where's the mystery date?"
"That was the emergency, she felt sick so she had to go home."
"You mean I still don't get to meet her?"
"Nope sorry my friend. You'll have to wait again for next time. If there is a next time that is."
"What do you mean by that?"
"I'll explain it to you later." Seeing as that the table he occupied with Buffy was still empty Kent told Spike: "Why don't you sit over there first and order some food. I'm going to wash my hands."
"Okay. Clean freak." Spike said as he went to the table.
"Very fun bleach head." Kent called back as he went to the bathroom.
Spike was about to sit down when he noticed something on the chair. It was a purse.
'Someone left their purse.' Spike thought as he opened it. He knew it wasn't his but maybe if he found a wallet it might hold the identity of the owner. He opened the wallet and found a driver's license.
'Bloody hell' Spike thought to himself as he looked at it. 'Buffy! This purse was Buffy's!' That meant she was there and she might come back and find him looking at her purse. As he scrambled to put the wallet back in the purse, Kent came back.
"Hey Spike." Kent said. Noticing that Spike was holding something he asked: "Hey what's that?"
"This? Oh, someone left it here."
"Wait a minute." Kent said noticing the purse. "That's Buffy's. She must have left it."
"Buffy?" Spike asked.
"Okay, you caught me. That's the name of my date. You know the girl I met last week??"
A/N: Well? How'd you guys like this one? I know I'm evil by still not making them meet. I assure you though that they definitely will (one day) ; ). Especially since it seems to be a very popular demand. Anyway thanks for reading and (maybe) reviewing.: )