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Not the Same

Disclaimer: 3 Doors Down owns 'Ticket To Heaven'

"So are you going to talk to me, or just sit there and pout, lil bit?" Spike said looking at the girl sitting in the passenger seat next to him. It had been 30 minutes and she hadn't said one word yet. She raised her chin, and looked out of the window making it apparent that she wasn't going to talk anytime soon.

"Suit yourself." Spike said turning on his tape of the Ramones extremely loud.

"You know Angel is probably following us right now, especially since you mentioned the part about Buffy being alive during your dramatic exit." Dawn mumbled.

"It's bloody likely." Spike agreed and pulled a cigarette out. Once he lit it Dawn took it out of his hands and threw it out the window. This little game went on about every ten minutes.

As much as Dawn was excited to see Buffy again, she didn't want to go back to Sunnydale. She had everything she needed back in LA. When Buffy around she never felt like anything was ever hers. It was always Buffy's friends, Buffy's boyfriends, and Buffy's little sister. Dawn wasn't ready to go back to that. Not ready to have to feel like she had nothing left of life after Buffy.

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It's a voices lie, innocents die
And all your dreams, and all your money they don't mean a thing
When everything is said and done, you won't have one thing left
What happened to everything that I ever known

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"How do you just become alive again?" Connor asked.

"Twice." Angel and Cordelia corrected in unison.

"And was Spike thinking just taking Dawn out of there like that?"

"Well thinking has never been Spike's strongpoint. Plus he never has cared about the consequences, but that's beside the point. When we get back we are going to have a talk about yours and Dawn's  'relationship'" Angel replied

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All he gave me was this ticket to heaven, that ticket to heaven,
said to lie in the bed that you make
Now I'm restless and I'm running from everything, I'm running from everything, I'm afraid it's
a little too late
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When Spike's car pulled into the driveway it was dark out. Dawn jumped out of the car and ran inside. When she got inside Buffy was sitting on the couch. Dawn gave Buffy an awkward hug. For someone who was given the chance to live again, and be with her friends she wasn't exactly acting like a happy camper.
 
Buffy looked past Dawn, and saw Spike walk into the house. "Let's talk." Buffy said weakly and lead him up to her bedroom.
 
Willow and Xander walked into the living room, saw Dawn, and gave her a hug.
 
"Where is Buffy? I've got her tea." Willow asked.
 
"Upstairs with Spike." Dawn answered.
 
"What? I don't think so…" Xander said outraged and started up the stairs.
 
"Xander no. If it's what Buffy wants then let her." Willow said stopping him.
 
"Spike really did love her. I've spent a lot of time with him, I know. He needs this time…" Dawn said, "Anyway, how exactly did Buffy become alive again?"
 
"Well it started with a spell I found." Willow began.
 
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I'm walking a wire, it feel likes a thousand ways I could fall
To want is to buy, but to live is to die and you can't take it all
And everything is said and done I won't have one thing left
What happened to everything that I ever known
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Angel's car pulled up next to Spike's ten minutes later. Angel got out of the car walked into the house, and walked up the stairs following Buffy's scent with Cordelia and Connor in tow. He walked to her room and was so excited to see her he just threw open the door without knocking. Inside Buffy was sitting on Spike's lap crying.
 
"I was in Heaven, Spike." Buffy cried and the door opened behind her, "They pulled me out of Heaven."
 
Angel's smile faded into a frown, and Cordelia gasped. Buffy quickly turned around surprised to see them there and wished they hadn't of heard what she had just said.
 
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All he gave me was this ticket to heaven, that ticket to heaven, said to lie in the bed that
you make
Now I'm restless and I'm running from everything, I'm running from everything, I'm afraid it's
a little too late
It's a little too late
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