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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.
Oregano: Thanks for the compliment... I think.
John: I never actually said Dawn knew about the rape. I think, oh gosh, I don't remember. If I did, then that might be a problem. Not a big one but a problem nonetheless. Anyway, thanks for the review.
Littlebird: It's a talent, what can I say.
Shelly: Hi! Thanks for the email. : )
Everyone else: Thank You for reading and also possibly reviewing. Okay so they might meet in this chapter or they might not. Read on to find out. : )
Chapter Fourteen
"What?" Spike asked.
"My D A T E." Kent said. "Hey are you okay Spike? You look like you've seen a ghost."
"What? Me? Oh no. No ghost." Spike answered still a bit shaken.
"Okay. So anyway..." Kent started
Spike suddenly stood up and cut him off. I- I need to go... to the bathroom. Excuse me." And with that Spike who was still holding the purse left a bewildered Kent. Spike didn't go to the bathroom though. He headed straight for one person... Dawn.
He spotted her sitting by the bar and went there.
"Hey! Welcome back!" Dawn said as Spike sat down beside her.
"mm hmmm." Spike mumbled.
"What's wrong? And what's with the purse. Sorry to say this but it simply clashes with the look you're going for." Dawn asked cheerily.
"What?! I didn't realize I was still holding this. It's Buffy's."
"Buffy's? Why do you have it?"
"She was here Dawn."
"What do you mean?" Dawn asked feigning innocence.
"Here as in live in the flesh here."
"Did you guys meet?" Dawn asked excitedly.
"No, I didn't even meet her." Spike said.
"How do you know she was here I mean that purse could have been anyone's purse."
"Well... I sort of opened it and looked through it."
"Spike..." Dawn said disapprovingly. "That is a no no. A purse is sacred to a girl, which makes the things inside it personal. What if you had found something embarrassing like a... tampon."
"A what-on?"
"A tampon. God Spike you've been living for almost two hundred years now and you don't know what a tampon is?"
"Well, sorry. I'm not up to date with things women use because let see, why wouldn't I be hmmmm... oh I know way because I'm not a bloody woman."
"Well, you don't have to be so huffy. A tampon is what women use when... how do you say this... it's their time of the month."
"Time of the month for what?" Spike asked. Then it dawned on him. "Oh THAT time of the month. I see."
"Good. See so stop poking around things that aren't yours."
"Sorry. Wait a minute, let's get back to the topic... Dawn she was here! That meant she might have seen me."
"And what would be so wrong if she did?"
"Dawn!"
"I'll never understand the two of you." Dawn muttered.
"What should I do?"
"What do you want me to do? So she saw, you so what?"
"You... you just don't understand."
"How can I understand you won't tell me about what really happened between the two of you and Buffy, if I were to ask her she'd just say it's none of my business and change the topic." Dawn said a bit harshly.
Taken back a bit by her sudden harshness, Spike tried to atone by quickly saying :" I know, I know. Sorry Dawn. But I really shouldn't tell you, a lot of things happened back then that shouldn't have. After all, it was a really crazy time with Buffy resurrecting and all."
"I understand Spike, I really do. But you know what you should do? You should talk to her, sort everything that you guys fought about..."
"I wish it were that simple bit, but the fact is it's not. She might not even want to see me. I mean I was probably the reason why she left so early tonight."
"She left? What about her date?"
"I think she told Kent she was feeling sick or something. But that's not the point. It was me, I know your sister very well and when it comes to matters of the heart she runs away."
"That is too true. But come on Spike you've got to try. I mean don't you want to try and be friends?"
"Bit, I don't think I could stand just being her friend."
"What? Why not? You don't still love her do you? Not after all these years."
As soon as Dawn looked into Spike's eyes she knew what the answer was.
"Oh my God. You do."
"I always will."
"Well, you can't just do anything! You have to fight for her or at least get her to talk to you for now."
"No I can't. I don't want to complicate things especially now that she's staring this thing with Kent."
"Kent schment. No offense, I know he's like your best friend or something but he's not the one for Buffy. I can feel it."
"And you think that I am? I would just mess up her life Dawn."
After hearing this Dawn pinched Spike's arm. Hard.
"BLOODY HELL. What did you do that for?" Spike asked angrily holding his arm. If Spike were still a vampire, he would have shifted to game face right there and then.
"Well, the wallowing in self pit Spike I saw there awhile ago was not the real Spike. This one is." And with that Dawn pinched Spike again on the other arm.
"Would you stop doing that?!?!?" Spike asked. He was almost growling by that time.
"The REAL Spike the one just now wouldn't give up so easily."
"Well, as I was saying Dawn a lot of things happened. Plus Dawn, she doesn't love me, she never did and I don't know if I can do that anymore."
"But she does love you. When you left she wouldn't eat for almost two weeks."
"Dawn. That was then."
"Spike... why do you think she never dated anyone else for seven years until now?"
"I- I don't know. But that doesn't mean she'll forgive me after what I did. Plus I can't just come up to her after seven years and say 'Buffy, I still love you.' She'd first of all think I was crazy which would lead to her not believing me."
"Of course she will. All you have to do is prove it."
A/N: Thank you for all the reviews and for reading my story in the first place. Sorry it took a while, lots of evil exams. I promise, they will meet. : )
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.
Oregano: Thanks for the compliment... I think.
John: I never actually said Dawn knew about the rape. I think, oh gosh, I don't remember. If I did, then that might be a problem. Not a big one but a problem nonetheless. Anyway, thanks for the review.
Littlebird: It's a talent, what can I say.
Shelly: Hi! Thanks for the email. : )
Everyone else: Thank You for reading and also possibly reviewing. Okay so they might meet in this chapter or they might not. Read on to find out. : )
Chapter Fourteen
"What?" Spike asked.
"My D A T E." Kent said. "Hey are you okay Spike? You look like you've seen a ghost."
"What? Me? Oh no. No ghost." Spike answered still a bit shaken.
"Okay. So anyway..." Kent started
Spike suddenly stood up and cut him off. I- I need to go... to the bathroom. Excuse me." And with that Spike who was still holding the purse left a bewildered Kent. Spike didn't go to the bathroom though. He headed straight for one person... Dawn.
He spotted her sitting by the bar and went there.
"Hey! Welcome back!" Dawn said as Spike sat down beside her.
"mm hmmm." Spike mumbled.
"What's wrong? And what's with the purse. Sorry to say this but it simply clashes with the look you're going for." Dawn asked cheerily.
"What?! I didn't realize I was still holding this. It's Buffy's."
"Buffy's? Why do you have it?"
"She was here Dawn."
"What do you mean?" Dawn asked feigning innocence.
"Here as in live in the flesh here."
"Did you guys meet?" Dawn asked excitedly.
"No, I didn't even meet her." Spike said.
"How do you know she was here I mean that purse could have been anyone's purse."
"Well... I sort of opened it and looked through it."
"Spike..." Dawn said disapprovingly. "That is a no no. A purse is sacred to a girl, which makes the things inside it personal. What if you had found something embarrassing like a... tampon."
"A what-on?"
"A tampon. God Spike you've been living for almost two hundred years now and you don't know what a tampon is?"
"Well, sorry. I'm not up to date with things women use because let see, why wouldn't I be hmmmm... oh I know way because I'm not a bloody woman."
"Well, you don't have to be so huffy. A tampon is what women use when... how do you say this... it's their time of the month."
"Time of the month for what?" Spike asked. Then it dawned on him. "Oh THAT time of the month. I see."
"Good. See so stop poking around things that aren't yours."
"Sorry. Wait a minute, let's get back to the topic... Dawn she was here! That meant she might have seen me."
"And what would be so wrong if she did?"
"Dawn!"
"I'll never understand the two of you." Dawn muttered.
"What should I do?"
"What do you want me to do? So she saw, you so what?"
"You... you just don't understand."
"How can I understand you won't tell me about what really happened between the two of you and Buffy, if I were to ask her she'd just say it's none of my business and change the topic." Dawn said a bit harshly.
Taken back a bit by her sudden harshness, Spike tried to atone by quickly saying :" I know, I know. Sorry Dawn. But I really shouldn't tell you, a lot of things happened back then that shouldn't have. After all, it was a really crazy time with Buffy resurrecting and all."
"I understand Spike, I really do. But you know what you should do? You should talk to her, sort everything that you guys fought about..."
"I wish it were that simple bit, but the fact is it's not. She might not even want to see me. I mean I was probably the reason why she left so early tonight."
"She left? What about her date?"
"I think she told Kent she was feeling sick or something. But that's not the point. It was me, I know your sister very well and when it comes to matters of the heart she runs away."
"That is too true. But come on Spike you've got to try. I mean don't you want to try and be friends?"
"Bit, I don't think I could stand just being her friend."
"What? Why not? You don't still love her do you? Not after all these years."
As soon as Dawn looked into Spike's eyes she knew what the answer was.
"Oh my God. You do."
"I always will."
"Well, you can't just do anything! You have to fight for her or at least get her to talk to you for now."
"No I can't. I don't want to complicate things especially now that she's staring this thing with Kent."
"Kent schment. No offense, I know he's like your best friend or something but he's not the one for Buffy. I can feel it."
"And you think that I am? I would just mess up her life Dawn."
After hearing this Dawn pinched Spike's arm. Hard.
"BLOODY HELL. What did you do that for?" Spike asked angrily holding his arm. If Spike were still a vampire, he would have shifted to game face right there and then.
"Well, the wallowing in self pit Spike I saw there awhile ago was not the real Spike. This one is." And with that Dawn pinched Spike again on the other arm.
"Would you stop doing that?!?!?" Spike asked. He was almost growling by that time.
"The REAL Spike the one just now wouldn't give up so easily."
"Well, as I was saying Dawn a lot of things happened. Plus Dawn, she doesn't love me, she never did and I don't know if I can do that anymore."
"But she does love you. When you left she wouldn't eat for almost two weeks."
"Dawn. That was then."
"Spike... why do you think she never dated anyone else for seven years until now?"
"I- I don't know. But that doesn't mean she'll forgive me after what I did. Plus I can't just come up to her after seven years and say 'Buffy, I still love you.' She'd first of all think I was crazy which would lead to her not believing me."
"Of course she will. All you have to do is prove it."
A/N: Thank you for all the reviews and for reading my story in the first place. Sorry it took a while, lots of evil exams. I promise, they will meet. : )