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When Buffy and Willow walked into the kitchen with Tara following. They all started laughing. The fridge
had been emptied onto the kitchen table. Spike was stuffing his face with food and Dawn was watching in
horror as he put ketchup on his cereal.
"Eww" Dawn squealed.
"What?" Spike asked in-between mouth fulls. Buffy walked up behind him.
"Honey, I think what she means is that you're not supposed to mix those foods together" Buffy said as she
reached to take the ketchup away from him, but he pulled his arm away quickly.
"Don't you take my food away" he said like a small child.
"Spike if you eat all of that you'll get sick" Dawn stated. Spike looked around the room at each of the
women.
"Fine, but you have to make me pancakes with chocolate chips" Spike pouted.
"Oh I want some too" Dawn added.
"I'll make them" Willow suggested.
"Thanks Will, that would be great" Buffy replied. Buffy looked back to Spike, who now had a huge smile
on his face.
"What do you want now?" Buffy asked.
"What?" Spike asked innocently.
"You have that I-want-something look on your face" Buffy replied "The same one that Dawn gets when
she wants something," Buffy added.
"Can we go on a picnic?" Spike asked hopping excitedly out of his chair.
"We'll see" Buffy replied.
"Please" Spike said. Buffy looked into his piercing blue eyes and she just couldn't say no.
"Fine, we can go on a picnic" Buffy replied.
An hour later they were all out the front door and on they're way to the park. Xander and Anya
were going to meet them there. They had decided to tell them all of the things happening with Buffy and
Spike at the park. That way they would be in public and Xander might not over react with so many other
people watching.
"Spike come on the swings with me" Dawn said as she ran ahead of the rest of the group. Dawn was so
happy to have Spike around. He was like the father that she never had. And Buffy was always so happy and
full of life with him around.
"I haven't been on one of these in like a few hundred years," Spike said as he swung higher and higher.
Dawn tried to match his height, but she couldn't pump her legs fast enough. Spike loved the feeling of
the sun on his skin and the light summer breeze in his hair.
"What time did you tell Xander and Anya to come?" Buffy asked as she watched Dawn and Spike swing
back and forth.
"I didn't tell them to come until 1:30" Willow replied.
"Why so late?" Buffy questioned.
"Well I thought that it might be nice to have a little bit of fun before Xander got here and freaked out over Spike" Willow replied.
"Good idea, Will" Buffy said with a slight giggle.
When Buffy and Willow walked into the kitchen with Tara following. They all started laughing. The fridge
had been emptied onto the kitchen table. Spike was stuffing his face with food and Dawn was watching in
horror as he put ketchup on his cereal.
"Eww" Dawn squealed.
"What?" Spike asked in-between mouth fulls. Buffy walked up behind him.
"Honey, I think what she means is that you're not supposed to mix those foods together" Buffy said as she
reached to take the ketchup away from him, but he pulled his arm away quickly.
"Don't you take my food away" he said like a small child.
"Spike if you eat all of that you'll get sick" Dawn stated. Spike looked around the room at each of the
women.
"Fine, but you have to make me pancakes with chocolate chips" Spike pouted.
"Oh I want some too" Dawn added.
"I'll make them" Willow suggested.
"Thanks Will, that would be great" Buffy replied. Buffy looked back to Spike, who now had a huge smile
on his face.
"What do you want now?" Buffy asked.
"What?" Spike asked innocently.
"You have that I-want-something look on your face" Buffy replied "The same one that Dawn gets when
she wants something," Buffy added.
"Can we go on a picnic?" Spike asked hopping excitedly out of his chair.
"We'll see" Buffy replied.
"Please" Spike said. Buffy looked into his piercing blue eyes and she just couldn't say no.
"Fine, we can go on a picnic" Buffy replied.
An hour later they were all out the front door and on they're way to the park. Xander and Anya
were going to meet them there. They had decided to tell them all of the things happening with Buffy and
Spike at the park. That way they would be in public and Xander might not over react with so many other
people watching.
"Spike come on the swings with me" Dawn said as she ran ahead of the rest of the group. Dawn was so
happy to have Spike around. He was like the father that she never had. And Buffy was always so happy and
full of life with him around.
"I haven't been on one of these in like a few hundred years," Spike said as he swung higher and higher.
Dawn tried to match his height, but she couldn't pump her legs fast enough. Spike loved the feeling of
the sun on his skin and the light summer breeze in his hair.
"What time did you tell Xander and Anya to come?" Buffy asked as she watched Dawn and Spike swing
back and forth.
"I didn't tell them to come until 1:30" Willow replied.
"Why so late?" Buffy questioned.
"Well I thought that it might be nice to have a little bit of fun before Xander got here and freaked out over Spike" Willow replied.
"Good idea, Will" Buffy said with a slight giggle.