Reunions
Disclaimer: I own nothing. No Buffy, no Spike, no nothing.
*****
"Oh my God." Dawn stared blankly at Buffy.
"Yeah." Buffy replied to her sister.
"Oh my God." Dawn said again.
"Yeah."
"Oh.My.God." Dawn said once more.
"Okay, this conversation is going nowhere." Buffy slid off of her stool and began walking towards the living room. Dawn followed right behind her.
"Buffy, what are you going to do?" Dawn asked sympathetically, sitting down next to Buffy on the couch.
"Nothing. Things will just go back to the way they were," Buffy looked at Dawn and saw her face light up, "before we got together." She corrected herself.
"Buffy, is that really what you want?" Dawn asked. Buffy picked up the remote and started flipping through the channels, avoiding answering Dawn's question.
"Buffy . . . " Dawn said sternly.
"Yes." Buffy said as she swallowed hard.
"You suck at lying." Dawn said. Buffy shot her a glare, but she just continued. " I saw how you two were together. I saw how happy he made you and how happy you made him. I also saw how crushed you were when he left and I saw how crushed he was too. He has loved you for so long, Buffy. And I know you love him, more than you think you do. Admit it. You've loved him longer than you let yourself think you have. You don't just forget about love that easily, Buffy."
"Well he sure did." Buffy said spitefully.
"Oh how I so don't believe that." Dawn laughed.
"Dawn, listen, you don't get it."
"No, Buffy. You don't get it. He has given up so much for you. He has put aside his fangy evil ways for you. He looked after me for you. He left to save the world from an impending doom for you. He risked loosing your love, the love he had tried so hard to earn for so many year, he risked loosing that just so you could live. Just so your friends, who I know he is not to find of, would be happy." Dawn finished and looked at Buffy, trying to find some emotion in her face.
Buffy slowly felt tears forming in her eyes. Dawn was right. Spike had to love her. They're love was something special and it couldn't be forgotten that easily.
"I'm going to ask you again, Buffy. Is that what you want, to be 'just friends'?"
Buffy looked up at her sister with tears in her eyes. "No. I wanna be with him, Dawn. So badly."
Dawn smiled and hugged her sister. "Good."
*****
The sun would be setting soon. Spike had been back for almost 24 hours and he hadn't seen anybody except for Buffy. He wanted to be with the rest of the Scooby gang. Sure, they weren't his friends, but they were the closest thing to friends that he had. He was almost positive Buffy hadn't told anyone that he was back, except maybe Dawn. He didn't know how to approach them, but he figured 'surprise! I'm no more dead than I used to be' wouldn't really work.
Spike thought for many minutes after that. He looked over and realized that the sun was down. It was now or never. He figured they would be at the Magic Box considering that was the only place they really ever "hung out". Spike grabbed his duster off the back of his chair and left.
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"Thank you. Please come back soon." Anya handed a customer a small bag and watched as she left the Magic Box.
"Are we closed yet?" She asked.
"Anya, I thought you liked suckering people into buying stuff. Or as you call it 'giving me money'." Willow said.
"Well, I do. It's just, my feet hurt." Anya walked out from behind the counter and sat on Dander's lap.
"There, all better." She said, smiling at Xander.
"Much." Xander smiled back.
Dawn rolled her eyes and finished stocking one of the shelves. "Anyway, yeah you're pretty much closed. You close early on Thursdays. Remember?" Dawn walked over towards the door to change the sign from 'Open' to 'Closed' when the door suddenly swung open.
"Care to take in one more customer?"
*****
It was 7:13 P.M. Buffy picked up her jacket and got ready to go. Anya closed the Magic Box early on Thursdays so the gang could have a weekly meeting that wasn't so one o'clock in the morning-ish.
She hoped the rest of the gang hadn't heard about Spike already. She asked Dawn not to tell anyone and Dawn always kept her promises. She kinda wanted to sort things out with Spike before anyone found out about him being there. It would just make things easier.
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Anya slid off of Xander's lap and stood up in shock. The rest of the group did the same. Xander was the first to speak.
"What the hell?" was all he could say. "No, I'm sorry." Xander quickly slapped his forehead and rubbed his eyes. He blinked hard a few times and his eyes flew open quickly. "Nope, you're still Spike."
"How did you . . . " Giles didn't have the words.
"It's a long story, Watcher. And I will explain, I just . . . " Spike stopped when he spotted Dawn in the corner grinning wildly. Just like he had suspected. Buffy hadn't told anyone, except for Dawn.
Dawn ran and hugged Spike with all her strength. Spike almost fell over when another body lunged at him from the side.
"Bloody hell." Dawn let got of Spike and revealed Willow, her hands thrown around his neck, hugging him tightly.
"What's gotten into you, Red?" Spike asked, confused.
"Sorry. I just . . . I know this will make Buffy happy." She smiled. Dawn and Spike both grew silent and lowered their heads.
"Right, uh, 'bout that. I need to speak with her. Is she uh . . . here?" He asked.
"N-no, sorry. She should be here s-soon though." Tara explained.
"Right. Well, I don't fancy sticking around here, seeing as how you're all doing, well . . . work. So I'll just hea-" Spike turned to leave but was stopped in his tracks by the petite blonde standing in from of him.
Buffy smiled a bit at the expression on his face. "Can we talk?" She asked politely.
She seemed happy. Everything about her was glowing. She seemed completely different from when he saw her the night before. Seeing her made him smiled and as an instinct he took her hand in his. She didn't pull away; as a matter of fact she tightened the grip which made Spike smile even wider.
"Of course, pet. We can talk."
*****
Next chapter: Their conversation and some fluff!
Reviews? Anybody? Please? (Aren't I pathetic?)
Disclaimer: I own nothing. No Buffy, no Spike, no nothing.
*****
"Oh my God." Dawn stared blankly at Buffy.
"Yeah." Buffy replied to her sister.
"Oh my God." Dawn said again.
"Yeah."
"Oh.My.God." Dawn said once more.
"Okay, this conversation is going nowhere." Buffy slid off of her stool and began walking towards the living room. Dawn followed right behind her.
"Buffy, what are you going to do?" Dawn asked sympathetically, sitting down next to Buffy on the couch.
"Nothing. Things will just go back to the way they were," Buffy looked at Dawn and saw her face light up, "before we got together." She corrected herself.
"Buffy, is that really what you want?" Dawn asked. Buffy picked up the remote and started flipping through the channels, avoiding answering Dawn's question.
"Buffy . . . " Dawn said sternly.
"Yes." Buffy said as she swallowed hard.
"You suck at lying." Dawn said. Buffy shot her a glare, but she just continued. " I saw how you two were together. I saw how happy he made you and how happy you made him. I also saw how crushed you were when he left and I saw how crushed he was too. He has loved you for so long, Buffy. And I know you love him, more than you think you do. Admit it. You've loved him longer than you let yourself think you have. You don't just forget about love that easily, Buffy."
"Well he sure did." Buffy said spitefully.
"Oh how I so don't believe that." Dawn laughed.
"Dawn, listen, you don't get it."
"No, Buffy. You don't get it. He has given up so much for you. He has put aside his fangy evil ways for you. He looked after me for you. He left to save the world from an impending doom for you. He risked loosing your love, the love he had tried so hard to earn for so many year, he risked loosing that just so you could live. Just so your friends, who I know he is not to find of, would be happy." Dawn finished and looked at Buffy, trying to find some emotion in her face.
Buffy slowly felt tears forming in her eyes. Dawn was right. Spike had to love her. They're love was something special and it couldn't be forgotten that easily.
"I'm going to ask you again, Buffy. Is that what you want, to be 'just friends'?"
Buffy looked up at her sister with tears in her eyes. "No. I wanna be with him, Dawn. So badly."
Dawn smiled and hugged her sister. "Good."
*****
The sun would be setting soon. Spike had been back for almost 24 hours and he hadn't seen anybody except for Buffy. He wanted to be with the rest of the Scooby gang. Sure, they weren't his friends, but they were the closest thing to friends that he had. He was almost positive Buffy hadn't told anyone that he was back, except maybe Dawn. He didn't know how to approach them, but he figured 'surprise! I'm no more dead than I used to be' wouldn't really work.
Spike thought for many minutes after that. He looked over and realized that the sun was down. It was now or never. He figured they would be at the Magic Box considering that was the only place they really ever "hung out". Spike grabbed his duster off the back of his chair and left.
*****
"Thank you. Please come back soon." Anya handed a customer a small bag and watched as she left the Magic Box.
"Are we closed yet?" She asked.
"Anya, I thought you liked suckering people into buying stuff. Or as you call it 'giving me money'." Willow said.
"Well, I do. It's just, my feet hurt." Anya walked out from behind the counter and sat on Dander's lap.
"There, all better." She said, smiling at Xander.
"Much." Xander smiled back.
Dawn rolled her eyes and finished stocking one of the shelves. "Anyway, yeah you're pretty much closed. You close early on Thursdays. Remember?" Dawn walked over towards the door to change the sign from 'Open' to 'Closed' when the door suddenly swung open.
"Care to take in one more customer?"
*****
It was 7:13 P.M. Buffy picked up her jacket and got ready to go. Anya closed the Magic Box early on Thursdays so the gang could have a weekly meeting that wasn't so one o'clock in the morning-ish.
She hoped the rest of the gang hadn't heard about Spike already. She asked Dawn not to tell anyone and Dawn always kept her promises. She kinda wanted to sort things out with Spike before anyone found out about him being there. It would just make things easier.
*****
Anya slid off of Xander's lap and stood up in shock. The rest of the group did the same. Xander was the first to speak.
"What the hell?" was all he could say. "No, I'm sorry." Xander quickly slapped his forehead and rubbed his eyes. He blinked hard a few times and his eyes flew open quickly. "Nope, you're still Spike."
"How did you . . . " Giles didn't have the words.
"It's a long story, Watcher. And I will explain, I just . . . " Spike stopped when he spotted Dawn in the corner grinning wildly. Just like he had suspected. Buffy hadn't told anyone, except for Dawn.
Dawn ran and hugged Spike with all her strength. Spike almost fell over when another body lunged at him from the side.
"Bloody hell." Dawn let got of Spike and revealed Willow, her hands thrown around his neck, hugging him tightly.
"What's gotten into you, Red?" Spike asked, confused.
"Sorry. I just . . . I know this will make Buffy happy." She smiled. Dawn and Spike both grew silent and lowered their heads.
"Right, uh, 'bout that. I need to speak with her. Is she uh . . . here?" He asked.
"N-no, sorry. She should be here s-soon though." Tara explained.
"Right. Well, I don't fancy sticking around here, seeing as how you're all doing, well . . . work. So I'll just hea-" Spike turned to leave but was stopped in his tracks by the petite blonde standing in from of him.
Buffy smiled a bit at the expression on his face. "Can we talk?" She asked politely.
She seemed happy. Everything about her was glowing. She seemed completely different from when he saw her the night before. Seeing her made him smiled and as an instinct he took her hand in his. She didn't pull away; as a matter of fact she tightened the grip which made Spike smile even wider.
"Of course, pet. We can talk."
*****
Next chapter: Their conversation and some fluff!
Reviews? Anybody? Please? (Aren't I pathetic?)