CHAPTER SEVEN
Spike tapped his fingers on the dashboard of the car he'd bought with one of Angel's blank checks, he smiled to himself at just the thought of conning all that money out of Angel.
"Serves the stupid bugger right for not just telling me where she was." He said with a truly Spike smile.
Even with the semi-evil thoughts of how he had managed to get one over Angel and obtain the information he wanted on Buffy he wasn't completely happy. Because despite all this he still didn't know exactly where she was and searching the whole of Cleveland was going to take a long time.
He had already considered his options and there weren't many. First he had thought of just knocking on every door in the place and hope that his lost love would answer it, but that method wasn't fast enough for Spike after all it would require patience not something he was known for.
Secondly he had thought of putting an ad in the local paper but that plan had its faults as well. Very rarely in the time he had known Buffy had he seen her read the newspaper and when she had it had normally been out of the line of duty. However he knew that both Rupert and Xander read the newspaper nearly everyday but he doubted very much that they would pass on a message for Buffy from him.
So Spike was left sat in his car in a strange town that he knew was a hellmouth not having a clue where he should start. He stared the street map he had bought from the front desk at the motel as if looking for the answer, it didn't come.
"Well then Spike looks as if you're gonna have to drive around and hope you find her." He said as he moved from his stationary position outside a gym called 'Aro-bo World'.
He glanced at every person that he drove past hoping with all of his soul that he would see Buffy just by chance, that was until he saw a local high school.
~*~
Spike approached the main desk in the high school, he wasn't happy about being there because he had never had a good experience with schools in his whole life and unlife.
It had all started when he was a human boy, he was constantly in trouble for not getting things right and being clumsy. Then Joyce had hit him over the head with an axe at the original Sunnydale high. And then, well he wouldn't even let himself think about that experience.
"Excuse me sir can I help you?" The middle-aged woman behind the desk said.
"Big place this, must have to be being the only state high school in the area." Spike said treading the water.
"Yes we are a big school, now was there something I could do for you?" She asked with a little more force this time.
Spike smiled his most charming smile, "Yes I need to speak with my sister, we've had a family emergency and I need to take her home."
The woman regarded him with a bit of suspicion, "What's your sisters FULL name?"
"Dawn Summers." Spike replied.
"Middle name?" The woman asked.
"No middle name love she's just Dawn." Spike answered knowing that the woman was trying to catch him out.
"Yes well we can't be too careful can we, I thought for a second you might be her boyfriend."
Spike just laughed, 'In her 13 year old dreams' he thought to himself.
~*~
Dawn was sat in her early afternoon media class when the chiming PA system bell went off.
The voice of Mrs Myers the school secretary boomed out from the speakers all around the school, "Could Dawn Summers please come to the main desk her brother is here to take her home."
Dawn looked confused for a moment knowing fine well that she didn't have a brother but then smiled to hide her confusion. It'd be Xander and there was no way she was going to screw up an afternoon off school because she gave the game away.
"It just better not be another Monk thing." She muttered as she picked up her bag and headed out of the class.
He heart was racing a little bit as she rounded the corner towards the main desk, maybe it wasn't Xander coming to take her out for ice-cream which in it's self seemed a little unlikely, maybe it was Xander coming to tell her someone had died.
All the memories of what had happened with her mother came back to her as she approached the main desk, he lifted her head up to assess if Xander looked upset.
~*~
Spike watched as Dawn came round the corner her head hung low while she stared at the ground, it was amazing how much older she looked in under a year.
He watched he with deep interest as she lifted her head to see who it was that wanted to see her, and then he watched, as she stood stock-still and took in the sight before her.
"Spike!" she screamed and she ran and launched herself into his arms.
TBC.
Spike tapped his fingers on the dashboard of the car he'd bought with one of Angel's blank checks, he smiled to himself at just the thought of conning all that money out of Angel.
"Serves the stupid bugger right for not just telling me where she was." He said with a truly Spike smile.
Even with the semi-evil thoughts of how he had managed to get one over Angel and obtain the information he wanted on Buffy he wasn't completely happy. Because despite all this he still didn't know exactly where she was and searching the whole of Cleveland was going to take a long time.
He had already considered his options and there weren't many. First he had thought of just knocking on every door in the place and hope that his lost love would answer it, but that method wasn't fast enough for Spike after all it would require patience not something he was known for.
Secondly he had thought of putting an ad in the local paper but that plan had its faults as well. Very rarely in the time he had known Buffy had he seen her read the newspaper and when she had it had normally been out of the line of duty. However he knew that both Rupert and Xander read the newspaper nearly everyday but he doubted very much that they would pass on a message for Buffy from him.
So Spike was left sat in his car in a strange town that he knew was a hellmouth not having a clue where he should start. He stared the street map he had bought from the front desk at the motel as if looking for the answer, it didn't come.
"Well then Spike looks as if you're gonna have to drive around and hope you find her." He said as he moved from his stationary position outside a gym called 'Aro-bo World'.
He glanced at every person that he drove past hoping with all of his soul that he would see Buffy just by chance, that was until he saw a local high school.
~*~
Spike approached the main desk in the high school, he wasn't happy about being there because he had never had a good experience with schools in his whole life and unlife.
It had all started when he was a human boy, he was constantly in trouble for not getting things right and being clumsy. Then Joyce had hit him over the head with an axe at the original Sunnydale high. And then, well he wouldn't even let himself think about that experience.
"Excuse me sir can I help you?" The middle-aged woman behind the desk said.
"Big place this, must have to be being the only state high school in the area." Spike said treading the water.
"Yes we are a big school, now was there something I could do for you?" She asked with a little more force this time.
Spike smiled his most charming smile, "Yes I need to speak with my sister, we've had a family emergency and I need to take her home."
The woman regarded him with a bit of suspicion, "What's your sisters FULL name?"
"Dawn Summers." Spike replied.
"Middle name?" The woman asked.
"No middle name love she's just Dawn." Spike answered knowing that the woman was trying to catch him out.
"Yes well we can't be too careful can we, I thought for a second you might be her boyfriend."
Spike just laughed, 'In her 13 year old dreams' he thought to himself.
~*~
Dawn was sat in her early afternoon media class when the chiming PA system bell went off.
The voice of Mrs Myers the school secretary boomed out from the speakers all around the school, "Could Dawn Summers please come to the main desk her brother is here to take her home."
Dawn looked confused for a moment knowing fine well that she didn't have a brother but then smiled to hide her confusion. It'd be Xander and there was no way she was going to screw up an afternoon off school because she gave the game away.
"It just better not be another Monk thing." She muttered as she picked up her bag and headed out of the class.
He heart was racing a little bit as she rounded the corner towards the main desk, maybe it wasn't Xander coming to take her out for ice-cream which in it's self seemed a little unlikely, maybe it was Xander coming to tell her someone had died.
All the memories of what had happened with her mother came back to her as she approached the main desk, he lifted her head up to assess if Xander looked upset.
~*~
Spike watched as Dawn came round the corner her head hung low while she stared at the ground, it was amazing how much older she looked in under a year.
He watched he with deep interest as she lifted her head to see who it was that wanted to see her, and then he watched, as she stood stock-still and took in the sight before her.
"Spike!" she screamed and she ran and launched herself into his arms.
TBC.